Books published by Rutgers University Press

First published in 1980, Beyond Geography continues to influence its readers. This new edition, prepared for the Columbus quincentennial, includes a new introduction by T.H. Watkins and a new preface by the author. As the public debates Columbus' legacy, it is important to learn of the spiritual background of European domination of the Americas.

Scarlet and Black documents the history of Rutgers’s connection to slavery, which was neither casual nor accidental—nor unusual. Like most early American colleges, Rutgers depended on slaves to build its campuses and serve its students and faculty. The contributors offer this history as a usable one—to strengthen Rutgers and help direct its course for the future. The work of the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Population in Rutgers History.

Viewing death as a natural event, hospices seek to enable people to live as fully and painlessly as possible. Award-winning medical historian Emily Abel provides insight into several important issues surrounding the growth of hospice care. Using a unique set of records, this book expands our understanding of the history of US hospices.

Challenges the notion that in some cultures, sex and sexuality have become privatized and located in individual subjectivity rather than in public political practices and institutions. Instead, the book contends that desire is a central aspect of political culture.

Offers a rich but concise introduction to this multifaceted field, authored by leading experts in multiple disciplines. The book opens diverse entryways to comics studies, including history, form, audiences, genre, and cultural, industrial, and economic contexts.

Released in conjunction with Russian conceptual artist Irina Nakhova’s first museum retrospective exhibition in the United States, this book includes many full-color illustrations of her work—spanning the entirety of her forty-year career and demonstrating her facility with a variety of media—plus essays by world-renowned curators and an interview with the artist herself. Published in partnership with the Zimmerli Museum.

This exhibition catalog brings together key works by Russian conceptualists Ilya Kabakov and Viktor Pivovarov, whose art depicted the absurdities of everyday life in the Soviet era. It not only includes nearly 100 pages of full-color illustrations, but also provides complete English translations of the texts that appear in the volume, plus new interviews with each artist. Published in partnership with the Zimmerli Museum.

Denuys Arcand has been making films since the early 1960s. When he started making films, Quebec was rapidly transforming from a relatively homogeneous community into a more fragmented modern society. This book sheds light on how Arcand addressed the impact of these changes from the 1960s to the present.

Each summer, tens of thousands of American Jews attend residential camps, where they see Hebrew signs, sing Hebrew songs, and hear a camp-specific hybrid language. Using historical and sociolinguistic methods, this book explains how camp directors came to infuse Hebrew in creative ways and how their rationales and practices have evolved over time.