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Joseph Pomp

Editor

startquote I am acquiring books that break new ground in politics, critical theory, and cultural studies as well as those that offer original viewpoints on current events. I have recently signed authors writing about Chinese natural resource extraction in Africa, op-ed journalism and the novel in Spain, and the virtues of being wrong. In all fields, I look for projects tackling political and philosophical questions with an international perspective. In critical theory, I seek works both new and old that have yet to appear in English. Before joining HUP as an editor, I completed a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature with a secondary field in Critical Media Practice. endquote

Recent Harvard University Press Titles in Literary Studies and Critical Theory

Cover: Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form, by Sianne Ngai, from Harvard University Press

Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form
Sianne Ngai

Cover: Causation in Psychology, by John Campbell, from Harvard University Press

Causation in Psychology
John Campbell

Cover: Love’s Shadow, by Paul A. Bové, from Harvard University Press

Love’s Shadow
Paul A. Bové

Cover: On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives, by Andrew H. Miller, from Harvard University Press

On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives
Andrew H. Miller

Cover: Urban Legends: The South Bronx in Representation and Ruin, by Peter L’Official, from Harvard University Press

Urban Legends: The South Bronx in Representation and Ruin
Peter L’Official

Cover: Toward a Contextual Realism, by Jocelyn Benoist, from Harvard University Press

Toward a Contextual Realism
Jocelyn Benoist

Cover: Statelessness: A Modern History, by Mira L. Siegelberg, from Harvard University Press

Statelessness: A Modern History
Mira L. Siegelberg

Cover: Paris to New York: The Transatlantic Fashion Industry in the Twentieth Century, by Véronique Pouillard, from Harvard University Press

Paris to New York: The Transatlantic Fashion Industry in the Twentieth Century
Véronique Pouillard

Cover: Time for Things: Labor, Leisure, and the Rise of Mass Consumption, by Stephen D. Rosenberg, from Harvard University Press

Time for Things: Labor, Leisure, and the Rise of Mass Consumption
Stephen D. Rosenberg

Vera Rubin: A Life, by Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton, with a Foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell, from Harvard University Press

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Jacket: Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound, by Daphne A. Brooks, from Harvard University Press

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