Books published by The University of Michigan Press

Editors Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson have been at the vanguard of the study of women's self-representation, and here have collected leading critics' and scholars' thoughts on artistic fusions of the visual and autobiographical. Contributors offer new insights into the work of such artists as Laurie Anderson, Judy Chicago, Frida Kahlo, and Orlan.

An intriguing historical examination of China's widespread opium epidemic

In this pioneering work, Paul Abramson and Ronald Inglehart show that the gradual shift from Materialist values (such as the desire for economic and physical security) to Post-materialist values (such as the desire for freedom, self-expression, and the quality of life) is in all likelihood a global phenomenon.