List of Publications, March 2019 Benita Heiskanen Professor of North American Studies A. Articles in Refereed Scientific Journals 1. Imagining Urban Transformation in Post-Détente Havana, in City Imaginings and Urban Everyday Life, Wider Screen 1:2 (2018), edited by Seija Ridell, Jenni Partanen & Johanna Ylipulli. 2. Meme-ing as Electoral Participation, European Journal of American Studies 12:2 (2017), Document 8, http://ejas.revues.org/12158; DOI:10.4000/ejas.12158. 3. Popularizing Electoral Politics: Change in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Race, with Albion M. Butters, European Journal of American Studies 12:2 (2017), http://ejas.revues.org/12111; DOI: 10.4000/ejas.1211. 4. We Were All Involved : The Great Violence of 2008 2012, Comparative American Studies 14:3 4 (2016): 221 233. 5. Disrupting 21st-Century In/Security, with Samira Saramo, Comparative American Studies 14:3 4 (2016): 171 178. 6. Living with the Narcos: The Drug War in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez Border Region, American Studies in Scandinavia 45:1 2 (2014): 149 167. 7. Narco-Blogging as an Epistemological Conundrum, in The Border in the Classroom: Approaches to Border Studies, The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies 8 (Spring 2014), edited by Benita Heiskanen and Andrae Marak. 8. Ni Una Más, Not One More: Activist-Artistic Response to the Juárez Femicides, JOMEC Journal: Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies 3 (June 2013): 1 21. 9. A Day Without Immigrants, European Journal of American Studies, Special Issue on Immigration, Article 3, 1 December 2009, http://ejas.revues.org/document7717.html. 10. Where Are We in Transnational U.S. Latino/a Studies? Diálogos Latinoamericanos 16 (2009): 5 15. 11. On the Ground and Off: The Theoretical Practice of Professional Boxing, European Journal of Cultural Studies 9 (2006): 481 496. 12. Encounters with Jesus El Matador Chávez: In and Out of the Ring, Auto/Biography 14 (2006): 187 205. 13. The Latinization of Boxing: A Texas Case-Study, Journal of Sport History 32 (2005): 45 66. 1
Journal Articles in Progress 14. Un/Seeing Campus Carry: Visual-Spatial Expressions of SB 11, submission in April 2019. 15. Lord Save us from Champions like This : The Racialization of the Sonny Liston- Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Championship Bouts in 1960s Finland, with Hannu Salmi, submission in April 2019. 16. Of a Human Satellite : Muhammad Ali in the Cold War Finnish television culture, 1960 1965, with Hannu Salmi, submission in April 2019. B. Articles in Edited Volumes 17. A Century of Fighting Latinos: From the Margins to the Mainstream, in Gerald Early, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Boxing. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 118 136. 18. Kiekkokulttuurin tähtihetkiä, in Ossi Viita et al., Koko kansan Leijonat - Suomi-kiekon historia. Helsinki: Docendo, 2018, 309 310. 19. Vaikean muistin sota Vietnamin veteraanien muistomerkkikiistat Yhdysvalloissa, in Hanne Koivisto, Maarit Leskelä-Kärki, Kimi Kärki, eds. ILMESTYSKIRJA Vietnamin sodan kulttuurihistoriaa. Helsinki: THPTS, 2016, 561 579. 20. Pohjois-Amerikan tutkimusta yli rajojen, in Timo Soikkanen, ed. Lähihistorian palveluksessa. Turun poliittinen historia 50 vuotta. Turku: Contemporary History, University of Turku, 2015, 156 167. 21. De paradox van het boksen: Een haat liefdeverhoudingliefdeverhouding, in Arne De Winde et al., eds. De adelaar van Benidorm. Over bijnamen in de sport. Antwerpen: Houtekiet, 2015, 136 138. 22. It s the Devil Running Wild : Spatial Dis/Order in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez Border Region, in Rani-Henrik Andersson and Saara Kekki, eds. North American Studies Crossroads: An Anthology of Finnish Perspectives. Helsinki: Unigrafia, 2014, 62 80. 23. Kisakansan matkassa Minskissä, in Benita Heiskanen and Hannu Salmi, eds. Kiekkokansa. Helsinki: Teos, 2015, 256 280. 24. Kiekko jäähän, with Hannu Salmi, in Benita Heiskanen and Hannu Salmi, eds. Kiekkokansa. Helsinki: Teos, 2015, 7 11. 25. Introduction, with Andrae Marak, in The Border in the Classroom: Approaches to Border Studies, The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies, edited by Benita Heiskanen and Andrae Marak. Spring 2014. 26. Väkivallan arkipäivää El Paso-Ciudad Juárezin kaksoiskaupungin rajalla, in Pilvi Hämeenaho and Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto, eds. Moniulotteinen etnografia. Helsinki: Ethnos, 2014, 109 124. 2
27. Meidän Matti yleisön Nykänen, Nykäsen yleisö, in Benita Heiskanen, ed. Mitä Matti tarkoittaa? Esseitä Matti Nykäsestä. Turku: Savukeidas, 2013, 128 147. 28. Johdanto, in Benita Heiskanen, ed. Mitä Matti tarkoittaa? Esseitä Matti Nykäsestä. Turku: Savukeidas, 2013, 7 12. 29. Boxing, in Steven A. Riess, ed. Sports in America: From Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2011, 188 197. [This book won the Readers Choice Award in 2012]. C. Published Monographs 30. The Urban Geography of Boxing: Race, Class, and Gender in the Ring. New York: Routledge, 2012 (hardback). Reviews on The Urban Geography of Boxing: Geographical Review (2014); Idrottsforum (2016); International Review for the Sociology of Sport 48:4 (2013), 509 513; Journal of Sport History 40:2 (2013), 344 346; Race, Class and Gender 20:1 2 (2013), 363 365; Sociology of Sport Journal 30 (2013), 227 230; Sport in History (2014). [The Urban Geography of Boxing. New York: Routledge, 2014, paperback.] Other Books Related to Research 31. Kiekkokansa, edited by Benita Heiskanen and Hannu Salmi. Helsinki: Teos, 2015. Reviews and Press Coverage on Kiekkokansa: Agricola (July 20, 2015); Aamulehti (May 12, 2015); Aamuset (May 12, 2015); Hämeen Kaiku (August 28, 2015); Iltalehti (May 1, 2015); Keskisuomalainen (May 13, 2015); Turkulainen (May 13, 2015); Turun Sanomat (May 16, 2015); YLE Uutiset (May 1, 2015); Åbo Underrättelser (May 12, 2015). 32. Mitä Matti tarkoittaa? Esseitä Matti Nykäsestä, edited by Benita Heiskanen, Turku: Savukeidas, 2013. Reviews and Press Coverage on Mitä Matti tarkoittaa: Aamulehti (July 15, 2013); Aamuset (July 15, 2013); Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (July 15, 2017); Helsingin Sanomat (September 22, 2013); Hufvudstadsbladet (July 15, 2013); Iltalehti (July 15, 2013); Ilta- Sanomat (July 15, 2013); Kaleva (July 15, 2013); Kansan Uutiset (July 15, 2013); Keskisuomalainen (July 15, 2013); Lapin Kansa (August 5, 2013); Raumalainen (July 17, 2013); Savon Sanomat (July 15, 2013); Seura (July 17, 2013); Suomen urheiluhistoriallisen seuran vuosikirja 2013 2014 (September 2014); Turun Sanomat (July 13, 2013); Uusi Rauma (July 17, 2013); Uusi Suomi (July 19, 2013); Österbottens Tidning (July 19, 2013). 3
D. Other Publications Edited Journal Issues 33. Popularizing Politics: The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, European Journal of American Studies 12:2 (2017), Special Issue edited by Benita Heiskanen and Albion M. Butters. 34. Disrupting In/Securities: Grassroots Interventions in North America, Comparative American Studies 14:3 (2017), Special Issue edited by Benita Heiskanen and Samira Saramo. 35. The Border in the Classroom: Approaches to Border Studies, The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies 8 (Spring 2014), Special Issue edited by Benita Heiskanen and Andrae Marak. Reviews 36. Review of American Studies Today: New Research Agendas, American Studies in Scandinavia 47:1 (2015): 118 122. 37. Sport, Theory, and Social Problems, Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, March 14, 2014, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17430437.2014.898731. 38. Sports in American Film, Sport in History 27:4 (2007): 627 629. 39. Boxing, Masculinity and Identity: The I of the Tiger, Sociology of Sport Journal 45 (2007): 492 494. 40. Million Dollar Baby, Journal of Sport History 32 (2005): 440 441. 41. Race Demons and Class Goblins: Constructing an Ethnoracial Identity, Journal of African American Studies 7 (2003): 73 84. E. Other Publications Publications for Professional Communities 42. Black Codes -lakien paluu välivaalien vaiettu uutinen, University of Turku Blog, November 13, 2018. 43. Civil Rights in the United States: A Retrospective Look, SAM Magazine 1/2018, 16 17. 44. The Unbearable Lightness of Knowing in the Era of Trump, University of Turku Blog, January 19, 2018. 45. Envisioning a Bright JMC-Fulbright Future, Fulbright Finland News 27:1 (65), Spring 2017, 17. 46. Researching Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border, SUOMI-USA 2/2015, 16 18. 4
47. Yhdysvallat ja Suomi niin lähellä, mutta kuitenkin niin kaukana, Pulloposti 31, Centrum Balticum, December 22, 2015. 48. The JMC Research Network Kicks Off, JMC Current Issues, February 26, 2014. 49. Matista opittua, Kulttuurihistoria nyt! September 10, 2013. 50. Untitled, Main Currents, Department of American Studies, Spring Newsletter 2008, University of Texas at Austin, 7. 51. Behind a Pumpkin, Fulbright Center News 8:4 (December 1998), 22 23. 52. The Eighth Tampere Conference on North American Studies; Two Prominent Media Scholars at the Forefront of American Studies, with Tuija Modinos and Jarmo Oikarinen, Fulbright Center News 8:4 (December 1998), 20 21. Newspaper Articles 53. Tarina huumeparonista, Suomen Kuvalehti, Näkökulma, February 22, 2019, 14 15. 54. Nuoret USA:n aseaktivismin kärjessä, with Kirsi Cheas and Maiju Kannisto. Turun Sanomat, Alio, February 13, 2019, 2. 55. Viiden miljardin muuriruletti, Suomen Kuvalehti, Näkökulma, January 18, 2019, 14 15. 56. Häkkilapset uusnativismin uhreina, Turun Sanomat, Alio, June 27, 2018, 2. 57. Puerto Ricon kestämätön asema, with Henna-Riikka Pennanen. Turun Sanomat, Alio, October 6, 2017, 2. 58. Valkoinen nationalismi nousee Yhdysvalloissa, Turun Sanomat, Alio, August 17, 2017, 2. 59. Yhdysvaltain 45. presidentin kivinen polku, Turun Sanomat, Alio, January 24, 2017, 2. 60. Murheellisten syytösten vaalit, Turun Sanomat, Alio, October 22, 2016, 2. 61. Yhdysvaltalaisten itseymmärrys murroksessa, Turun Sanomat, Alio, August 18, 2016, 2. 62. Valtavirtapolitiikan murros USA:n presidentinvaaleissa, Turun Sanomat, Alio, February 12, 2016, 2. 63. Päätyvätkö protestiäänestäjät vaaliuurnille? Turun Sanomat, Alio, November 16, 2015, 2. 64. Yhdysvallat ei yksin määritä Kuuban tulevaisuutta, with Nadia Nava Contreras. Helsingin Sanomat, Vieraskynä, July 24, 2015, A5. 65. Kuka maksaa Yhdysvaltojen ja Meksikon huumesodat, Turun Sanomat, Alio, February 12, 2015, 2. 66. Fergusonin rotumellakat ilmentävät yhdysvaltalaisuuden jännitteitä, Turun Sanomat, Alio, September 9, 2014, 2. 5
Dissertations & Theses 67. Fighting Identities: The Body in Space and Place, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, August 2004. Supervisor Neil F. Foley; committee members Janet M. Davis, Steven D. Hoelscher, Jeffrey L. Meikle, and Samuel C. Watkins. 68. Manifestations of Fear: The Fiction of Toni Morrison, M.A. Thesis, University of Tampere, January 1995. 6