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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A smart analysis of the ingrained gender assumptions and structural inequalities that continue to disadvantage both female chefs and women working in other male-dominated fields." * Bitch *"Integrating Bourdieuian field analysis with the study of gendered organizations, the book's insights extend beyond the professional kitchen. This is a story of how institutional processes, cultural evaluations, and the defense of precarious masculinity combine to preserve the inequities and exclusions of gendered occupations ... Taking the Heat makes a timely contribution at a moment when chefs are the rock stars of foodie culture, and when media continue to debate whether women will ever 'have it all.' With accessible writing and incisive analysis, this book is a great resource for the sociological classroom. " * Gender & Society *"Taking the Heat is a must read for gender scholars and students trying to tackle issues of gender inequality in paid labor in the modern U.S. economy." * American Journal of Sociology *"Taking the Heat makes a timely contribution at a moment when chefs are the rock stars of foodie culture, and when media continue to debate whether women will ever 'have it all.'" * Gender & Society *"According to Harris and Giuffre, [female chefs] have three choices: they can be bitches, girly girls, or moms. The authors' interviews with chefs give voice to and deep context for how real women employ these three archetypes in the professional kitchen." * Feminist Collections *"A fine exemplar of what a sociological perspective can teach us about food." * Qualitative Sociology *"In Taking the Heat, Harris and Giuffre analyze the experiences of and reception toward women working as chefs to highlight a fascinating case study of the economic and cultural capital men can accrue through masculinizing so-called 'women’s work.'” -- Kristen Schilt * The University of Chicago *"Harris and Giuffre have written a thought-provoking, timely book that takes a sharp look at the gender dynamics shaping the professional food industry and impacting women chefs in particular." -- Adia Harvey Wingfield * author of No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Men’s Work *"Mario Batali's food empire faces big changes amid sexual misconduct allegations" by Tracey Saelinger * Today.com *"When Male Chefs Fear the Specter of ‘Women’s Work’" by Meghan McCarron * Eater *"Rape in the storage room. Groping at the bar. Why is the restaurant industry so terrible for women?" by Maura Judkis and Emily Heil * Washington Post *"A timely sociological study of the gendered divide in professional cooking." * Enterprise & Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction “There’s a Girl in the Kitchen?!”: Why a Study of Women Chefs1 Home versus Haute: Gender and Status in the Evolution of Professional Chefs2 From Good to Great: Food Media and Becoming an Elite Chef3 Fitting In and Standing Out: Entering the Professional Restaurant Kitchen4 Bitches, Girly Girls, or Moms: Women’s Perceptions of Gender-Appropriate Leadership Styles in Professional Kitchens5 Challenging “Choices”: Women Who Leave Restaurant Kitchen Work6 Where Are the Great Women Chefs?Appendix Methodological ApproachReferencesIndex 

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Book SynopsisDocuments the extent to which retail establishments, both past and present, have often catered to specific ethnic and racial groups. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the original essays collected here explore selling and buying practices of nonwhite populations around the world and the barriers that shape these habits, such as racial discrimination, food deserts, and gentrification.Trade Review"This is the most important book on race and consumerism in many years." -- Kathy M. Newman * author of Radio Active: Advertising and Consumer Activism, 1935-1947 *"Providing effective analyses of how ethnicity affects people's experience as consumers as well as citizens, this cohesive collection will have a broad audience … Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"A fine resource for scholars and students alike, one that moves the field of consumer culture studies forward by enriching what we know and suggesting how much research - and much advocacy - still lie ahead." * The Journal of American History *"Definitively establishes the importance of retail as a site where racial and ethnic identities are formed, negotiated, policed, or contested … Race and Retail is an excellent collection, one whose rich content amply rewards careful reading." * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *"This is the most important book on race and consumerism in many years." -- Kathy M. Newman * author of Radio Active: Advertising and Consumer Activism, 1935-1947 *"Providing effective analyses of how ethnicity affects people's experience as consumers as well as citizens, this cohesive collection will have a broad audience … Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"A fine resource for scholars and students alike, one that moves the field of consumer culture studies forward by enriching what we know and suggesting how much research - and much advocacy - still lie ahead." * The Journal of American History *"Definitively establishes the importance of retail as a site where racial and ethnic identities are formed, negotiated, policed, or contested … Race and Retail is an excellent collection, one whose rich content amply rewards careful reading." * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Part I: Race, Place and Retail Spaces Chapter 1: Traveling Black /Buying Black: Retail and Roadside Accommodations during the Segregation Era Chapter 2: Retail Messages in the Ghetto Belt Chapter 3: The Other Migrants: Mexican Shoppers in American Borderlands Chapter 4: Southern Retail Campaigns and the Struggle for Black Economic Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s Chapter 5: Servicing a Racial Regime: Gender, Race and the Public Space of Department Stores in Baltimore, Maryland, and Johannesburg, South Africa, 1940-1970 Part II: Race, Retail and Communities Chapter 6: Athabascan Village Stores: Subsistence Shopping in Interior Alaska in the 1940s Chapter 7: Deghettozing Chinatown: Race and Space in Postwar America Chapter 8: Marketing Identity, Negotiating Boundaries: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Paterson, New Jersey’s Narghile Lounges Chapter 9: The Changing Politics of Latino Consumption: Debates in Downtown Santa Ana’s New Urbanist and Creative City Revitalization Chapter 10: The Spatial Politics of Black Business Closure in Central Brooklyn Part III: The Inner Landscapes of Racialized Consumption Chapter 11: Selling Voodoo in Migration Metropolises Chapter 12: A Fantasy in Fashion: Luxury Dressing and African American Lifestyle Magazines in the 1980s Chapter 13: Racial Discrimination in Retail Settings: A Liberation Psychology Perspective Chapter 14: Does the Retail Environment Affect Mental Health?: Satisfaction with Neighborhood Retail and Social Well Being among African Americans in New York City Notes on Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis book begins with a simple question: why do so many Dominicans deny the African components of their DNA, culture, and history? Seeking answers, Milagros Ricourt uncovers a complex and often contradictory Dominican racial imaginary. In doing so, she also delivers an inspiring message on how multicultural communities might cooperate to disrupt the enduring power of white supremacy.Trade Review"A necessary book to rethink Dominican racial identities. Ricourt challenges the hegemonic national imaginary and brings forward alternative discourses and practices highlighting the presence of Dominican Black identities and culture." -- José Itzigsohn * professor of sociology, Brown University *"By reconsidering Dominican Vodou as the living legacy of Indigenous-Black liberation projects, Ricourt manages to make sense of how Dominican history and culture create and sustain both black 'denial' and black 'existence.' I cannot emphasize enough how powerful, radical, and important an argument this is." -- Ginetta E. B. Candelario * sociology and Latin American & Latino studies, Smith College *"Ricourt challenges the long-held idea of black denial in the Dominican Republic by highlighting examples from Afro-Dominican religion and other cultural practices where the African past is present. This book continues to move us forward in the ways race and blackness are discussed in the Dominican Republic." -- Kimberly Eison Simmons * Anthropology and African American Studies, University of South Carolina *"A much-needed intervention in the historiography of Dominican racial and national identity." * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Border at the Crossroad Chapter 3 The Creolization of Race Chapter 4 Cimarrones: The Seed of Subversion Chapter 5 Criollismo Religioso Chapter 6 Race, Identity, and Nation NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book begins with a simple question: why do so many Dominicans deny the African components of their DNA, culture, and history? Seeking answers, Milagros Ricourt uncovers a complex and often contradictory Dominican racial imaginary. In doing so, she also delivers an inspiring message on how multicultural communities might cooperate to disrupt the enduring power of white supremacy.Trade Review"A necessary book to rethink Dominican racial identities. Ricourt challenges the hegemonic national imaginary and brings forward alternative discourses and practices highlighting the presence of Dominican Black identities and culture." -- José Itzigsohn * professor of sociology, Brown University *"By reconsidering Dominican Vodou as the living legacy of Indigenous-Black liberation projects, Ricourt manages to make sense of how Dominican history and culture create and sustain both black 'denial' and black 'existence.' I cannot emphasize enough how powerful, radical, and important an argument this is." -- Ginetta E. B. Candelario * sociology and Latin American & Latino studies, Smith College *"Ricourt challenges the long-held idea of black denial in the Dominican Republic by highlighting examples from Afro-Dominican religion and other cultural practices where the African past is present. This book continues to move us forward in the ways race and blackness are discussed in the Dominican Republic." -- Kimberly Eison Simmons * Anthropology and African American Studies, University of South Carolina *"A much-needed intervention in the historiography of Dominican racial and national identity." * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Border at the Crossroad Chapter 3 The Creolization of Race Chapter 4 Cimarrones: The Seed of Subversion Chapter 5 Criollismo Religioso Chapter 6 Race, Identity, and Nation NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTeacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions focuses on teacher education across a diverse array of institutions. It pushes for scholars to consider that racial diversity in teacher education is not simply an end in itself, but is rather, a means to accomplish other goals, such as developing justice-oriented and asset-based pedagogies. Trade Review"Petchauer and Mawhinney's Teacher Education across MSIs is the first book to include the voices of MSI scholars on the topic of teacher education at MSIs. These institutions are vital to ensuring a diverse teaching force in the U.S." -- Marybeth Gasman * Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Director, Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions *“With wide-ranging implications for higher education policy, Teacher Education across Minority Serving Institutions is honest and optimistic about transforming teaching practice through MSI teacher prep programs. Its grounded perspectives, intelligent analyses, and compelling narratives make this book an insightful read and a valuable contribution to higher education literature.” -- Ivory Toldson, Ph.D. * Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Negro Education and Former Director, White House Initiative on HBCUs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Teacher Education across Minority-Serving InstitutionsEmery Petchauer and Lynnette Mawhinney Part I. Community Connections and Justice-Oriented Teacher EducationChapter 1. The Promise of Equity: Preparing Future Teachers to be Socially Just EducatorsMae S. Chaplin and Annette M. DaoudChapter 2. Learning from the Community: Innovative Partnerships That Inform Tribal College Teacher Education ProgrammingDanielle LansingChapter 3. Teacher Preparation for Our Communities: Building Co-teaching Collaborative Schools from the Ground UpCheryl A. Franklin Torrez, Jonathan Brinkerhoff, and Irene WelchChapter 4. From Our Own Gardens: Growing Our Own Bilingual Teachers in the SouthwestSandra Browning Part II. Program Responses to Contemporary DemandsChapter 5. Lifting Gates and Building Skills: Preparing Diverse Candidates to Pass New Certification ExamsJoni S. Kolman, Laura M. Gellert, and Denise L. McLurkinChapter 6. Special Education Teacher Preparation Reform in Context: Lessons from a Decade of Program SupportMary Bay, Norma A. Lopez-Reyna, and Rosanne WardChapter 7. Becoming a Black Institution: Challenges and Changes for Teacher Education Programs at Emerging Minority-Serving InstitutionsByung-In Seo, DeWitt Scott, and Emery PetchauerChapter 8. The Future of Teacher Education at Tribal Colleges and Universities: A Talking Circle of Education WarriorsCarmelita LambChapter 9. Teacher Preparation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Remaining Relevant in a Climate of AccountabilityBrian Harper and Lynnette Mawhinney Conclusion: Teacher Education beyond Minority-Serving InstitutionsEmery Petchauer and Lynnette Mawhinney Notes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisTeacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions focuses on teacher education across a diverse array of institutions. It pushes for scholars to consider that racial diversity in teacher education is not simply an end in itself, but is rather, a means to accomplish other goals, such as developing justice-oriented and asset-based pedagogies. Trade Review"Petchauer and Mawhinney's Teacher Education across MSIs is the first book to include the voices of MSI scholars on the topic of teacher education at MSIs. These institutions are vital to ensuring a diverse teaching force in the U.S." -- Marybeth Gasman * Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Director, Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions *“With wide-ranging implications for higher education policy, Teacher Education across Minority Serving Institutions is honest and optimistic about transforming teaching practice through MSI teacher prep programs. Its grounded perspectives, intelligent analyses, and compelling narratives make this book an insightful read and a valuable contribution to higher education literature.” -- Ivory Toldson, Ph.D. * Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Negro Education and Former Director, White House Initiative on HBCUs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Teacher Education across Minority-Serving InstitutionsEmery Petchauer and Lynnette Mawhinney Part I. Community Connections and Justice-Oriented Teacher EducationChapter 1. The Promise of Equity: Preparing Future Teachers to be Socially Just EducatorsMae S. Chaplin and Annette M. DaoudChapter 2. Learning from the Community: Innovative Partnerships That Inform Tribal College Teacher Education ProgrammingDanielle LansingChapter 3. Teacher Preparation for Our Communities: Building Co-teaching Collaborative Schools from the Ground UpCheryl A. Franklin Torrez, Jonathan Brinkerhoff, and Irene WelchChapter 4. From Our Own Gardens: Growing Our Own Bilingual Teachers in the SouthwestSandra Browning Part II. Program Responses to Contemporary DemandsChapter 5. Lifting Gates and Building Skills: Preparing Diverse Candidates to Pass New Certification ExamsJoni S. Kolman, Laura M. Gellert, and Denise L. McLurkinChapter 6. Special Education Teacher Preparation Reform in Context: Lessons from a Decade of Program SupportMary Bay, Norma A. Lopez-Reyna, and Rosanne WardChapter 7. Becoming a Black Institution: Challenges and Changes for Teacher Education Programs at Emerging Minority-Serving InstitutionsByung-In Seo, DeWitt Scott, and Emery PetchauerChapter 8. The Future of Teacher Education at Tribal Colleges and Universities: A Talking Circle of Education WarriorsCarmelita LambChapter 9. Teacher Preparation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Remaining Relevant in a Climate of AccountabilityBrian Harper and Lynnette Mawhinney Conclusion: Teacher Education beyond Minority-Serving InstitutionsEmery Petchauer and Lynnette Mawhinney Notes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisArguing that race has been the specter that has haunted many of the discussions about Latin American regional and national cultures today, Anke Birkenmaier describes Latin American anthropology as a field of knowledge that evolved dramatically in the period between the two world wars.Trade ReviewThe Specter of Races is a bold, broad-reaching, and exciting exploration of cultural and literary history. Birkenmaier’s study synthesizes a large amount of primary scholarship and secondary criticism—in four languages—to produce a narrative that is clear, engaging, and compelling."" — Emily A. Maguire, Northwestern University, author of Racial Experiments in Cuban Literature and Ethnography

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Book SynopsisArguing that race has been the specter that has haunted many of the discussions about Latin American regional and national cultures today, Anke Birkenmaier describes Latin American anthropology as a field of knowledge that evolved dramatically in the period between the two world wars.Trade ReviewThe Specter of Races is a bold, broad-reaching, and exciting exploration of cultural and literary history. Birkenmaier’s study synthesizes a large amount of primary scholarship and secondary criticism—in four languages—to produce a narrative that is clear, engaging, and compelling."" — Emily A. Maguire, Northwestern University, author of Racial Experiments in Cuban Literature and Ethnography

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Book SynopsisOffers a unique take on Richmond’s racial politics since the civil rights era by demonstrating that the city’s current racial disparities in economic mobility, housing, and public education actually represent the unintended consequences of Richmond’s racial reconciliation measures.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue 1. "Build People, Not Things" 2. "Annexation Is Now The Only Answer" 3. Dogtown 4. "Where The Grass Roots Is Forever Active" 5. "A Dividing Line Separating Whites And Blacks" 6. "A Bridge Of Unity" 7. "The Conscience Of Richmond" 8. Healing The Heart Of The Nation 9. "Richmond Is No Longer The Capital Of The Confederacy" Epilogue: "Capital Of Reconciliation" Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOffers a unique take on Richmond’s racial politics since the civil rights era by demonstrating that the city’s current racial disparities in economic mobility, housing, and public education actually represent the unintended consequences of Richmond’s racial reconciliation measures.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue 1. "Build People, Not Things" 2. "Annexation Is Now The Only Answer" 3. Dogtown 4. "Where The Grass Roots Is Forever Active" 5. "A Dividing Line Separating Whites And Blacks" 6. "A Bridge Of Unity" 7. "The Conscience Of Richmond" 8. Healing The Heart Of The Nation 9. "Richmond Is No Longer The Capital Of The Confederacy" Epilogue: "Capital Of Reconciliation" Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAnalyses the role of Irishness in nineteenth-century constructions of race and racialization, both in the British Isles and in the United States, focusing on the years immediately preceding the American Civil War.

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the Civil Rights icon and Black lawyer who fought racism and political oppression with uncommon devotion. The stories of Black lawyers and judges are rarely told. By sharing George Crockett's life of principled courage, No Equal Justice breaks this silence.

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Book SynopsisPractical and candid, this book offers actionable steps to help Black women leaders create meaningful success. The reflections and recommendations of the contributors forge a critical and transformative analysis of race, gender, and higher education leadership.Trade ReviewExemplifying a key maxim in Black women’s survival and achievement, ‘lifting as we climb,’ this collection demonstrates to sister-scholar administrators and their non-Black colleagues that collaboration, commiseration, and celebration are strategic tools, meaningful service, and sources of strength for Black women leaders in higher education today. These thought-provoking essays are essential reading for all who seek to create academic excellence that is both inclusive and humane." - Bonnie Thornton Dill, University of Maryland"While there are many books about academic administrators, this unique and inspirational volume is the very first to center the perspectives and experiences of Black women leaders in academia. Desperately needed and long overdue, it is full of sage advice and concrete strategies for success, encouraging self-reflection, wellness, and humility; and emphasizing sisterhood, peer mentorship, and collaboration. It should be required reading for all academic leaders!" - Yolanda Covington-Ward, professor and Chair, W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst"Indeed, this important collection gives voice to a truth known to some but ignored by too many: If you look closely, Black women leaders are either present or in the process of being made. A must read for upper administrators, mentors, allies, and leaders in the making." - Tara T. Green, PhD, Chair and CLASS Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, University of Houston"Dear Department Chair is a welcomed collection that builds on the tradition of ‘lifting as we climb.’ Kudos to the editors who took it upon themselves to offer a readable collection about leadership in the academy. Colleagues, both women and men, of all hues will learn something from this work. I wish that it had been available when I became chair!" - Joye Bowman, Senior Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Book SynopsisBlackness, as a concept, is extremely fluid: it can refer to cultural and ethnic identity, socio-political status, an aesthetic and embodied way of being, a social and political consciousness, or a diasporic kinship. This book offers a study of blackness as it is understood within a specific community.Trade Review"WithGod and Blackness, Abrams gives us an engaging case study of a twenty-first-century American Religious world, expanding our conceptions of contemporary Protestantism scholars of American religion, race and class will find this ethnography fascinating." * Religion and Society *"What does it mean to treat everyday and existential commitments to 'blackness' in anthropologically holistic ways? God and Blackness provides one compelling version of an answer to that question. Abrams uses this rich ethnographic study of an Afrocentric church in suburban Atlanta to tackle an important and longstanding conceptual terrain, pushing readers to think just a little bit differently about some of their taken-for-granted assumptions vis-à-vis race, gender, class, and spirituality in all of their mutually constitutive simultaneity. . . . A very engaging read!" -- John L. Jackson, Jr.,author of Real Black: Adventures in Racial Sincerity""A welcome ethnographic study on middle-class African Americans. Abrams's research constitutes a significant advance in the study of Black religion and African American Studies. She reports on congregants views concerning blackness, middle-class status, feminism, and national identity and skillfully explores how middle class African Americans manage the tensions that arise between middle-class identity, Afro centrism, and Womanist perspectives. " -- Stephen D. Glazier,University of Nebraska-Lincoln"Abrams has written a striking interrogation of the multivalence of black identity constructions within Afrocentric communities wedded to Christianity. Using First Afrikan Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA, as a lens by which to expose the problematic nature of racial essentialism within concepts of Afrocentrism, Abrams reveals the fluid, convoluted ways black identity is constructed through class and gender experiences within local black Christian communities seeking to root themselves in Afrocentric paradigms. Furthering the arguments ofVictor Turner and W. E. B. DuBois around liminality and double consciousness, Abrams discloses the numerous ways in which black Christian nationalism, Americanness, and middle classness are structured within Afrocentric Christian identities.Summing Up: Recommended." * Choice *"God and Blacknessis an ideal introductory text for undergraduate courses on American religion and critical race theory, illustrating First Afrikan beliefs in compelling fashion while situating them within the contours of current scholarship on the intersections of race, class, and gender in the US." * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Sunday Morning: Anthropology of a Church 1. The First Afrikan Way: Method and Context 2. Situating the Self: Becoming Afrikan in America 3. "Who I Am and Whose I Am": Race and Religion 4. Ebony Affluence: Afrocentric Middle Classness 5. Eve's Positionality: Afrocentric and Womanist Ideologies Conclusion: The Benediction: Ashe Ashe Ashe O References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisHow will the changing ethnic and racial composition of American society affect the long struggle for black political power and inclusion? To what extent will these racial and ethnic shifts affect the already tenuous nature of racial politics in American society? This title deals with this questions.Trade ReviewA significant contribution that reflects the richness, complexity, and conceptual challenges of conducting and reporting on the pivotal intersection of race and ethnicity. The essays included here should find acceptance among a broad audience of scholars and laypersons alike. -- Georgia A. Persons,editor of National Political Science ReviewA valuable addition to the growing literature on black and multiracial politics. -- Paula D. McClain,coauthor of Can We All Get Along?Solid theory about the complicated relationships between blacks, whites and the new immigrants of `color' requires grounding in empirical studies, quantitative and qualitative. This volume contributes to theoretical understanding by using the black-white paradigm as a point of departure to study issues of identity, political incorporation and inter-ethnic conflict and cooperation. An important contribution. -- Robert C. Smith,author of We Have No LeadersThis collection of essays could not be timelier...scholars pondering the implications of recent immigration for ethnic and racial politics would do well to look at this collection of essays. * American Political Science Review *

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Book SynopsisProvides a history of Blackness and a theoretically challenging understanding of race and ethnicity. This book traces how Blackness was defined by cultural ideas, social practices and shared identities as well as shaped in response to the social and historical conditions at different moments in American history.Trade ReviewAlgernon Austin offers sweeping, occasionally defiant, essays on the state of Black social and political thought. Achieving Blackness will provoke, inspire, irritate, and educate its readers. Austin may well be setting the agenda for a new generation of race theorists. -- Charles Lemert,author of Dark Thoughts: Race and the Eclipse of SocietyAustin does a magnificent job of advancing the field and pushes the scholarly conversation in exciting and productive directions. Beautifully written, this truly is a groundbreaking piece of work and will have a major impact on the field because it challenges leading theorists and well-established theories of race and difference. -- David N. Pellow,author of Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in ChicagoThis book is engagingly written from start to finish, and, since (Austin) draws upon- and often debunks- views of other scholars, I felt like I was eavesdropping at a symposium which grew heated at times. . . . I also must confess this is the most compelling reading I've done this year. -- Gerri Gribi,Curator, AfroAmericanHeritage.comThis highly informed work addresses a complicated and difficult topic in light of solid research and common sense. It should become required reading for those who are interested in clear definitions and balanced views. -- Wilson J. Moses,author of Creative Conflict in African American ThoughtTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of TablesPreface 1 Making Races 2 Asiatic Identity in the Nation of Islam 3 Achieving Blackness during the Black Power Era 4 The Racial Structures of Black Power 5 The Racial Ideology of Afrocentrism 6 Conservative Black Nationalism in the Afrocentric Era 7 Change in Black Nationalism in the Twentieth Century =8 Making Races, Making Ethnicities Appendix Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplores the complex ideas about race, racism, and racial identity that have grown up among Afro-Brazilians in the black music sceneTrade Review"Burdick writes with an evocative clarity that allows the context and voices of his informants to shine through. His commitment to them and his passion for racial justice drive the account of his research." * Pneuma *"Overall, this work is an admirable achievement.-," -- David Lehmann * Cambridge University Press *"Reading John Burdicks The Color of Sound reminded me that the Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson, sang the legendary hymn 'How I Got Over' just minutes after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream Speech' at the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Burdick delivers an evocative book full of fresh insights, analyzing how religious music makers and black gospel have the potential to create deeply meaningful and positive new politically engaged black and Afro-Brazilian identities in Brazil." -- Donna M. Goldstein,author of Laughter Out of Place"Reveals the little-studied, but vast realm of transnational Christian popular music that circulates outside of mainstream channels. Burdicks evocative study of the vibrant scene of black evangelical music in São Paulo invites us to rethink notions of sonic performance, its relation to the body, and its reverberations in a modern urban society fraught by durable racial and social inequalities. Combining a richly textured ethnography with novel theoretical insights, this book points to new directions in the study of race, space, and faith in Brazilian culture. " -- Christopher Dunn,Tulane UniversityTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Something 'Bout the Name of Jesus: Racial Meanings in Evangelical Musical Scenes 1 We Are the Modern Levites: Three Gospel Music Scenes 2 We Are All One in the Periferia: Blackness, Place, and Poverty in Gospel Rap 3 The Flags of Jesus and Brazil: Body, History, and Nation in Samba Gospel 4 A Voice So Full of Pain and Power: Black Gospel and Blackness 5 The Bible Is Full of Prophecies: Black Evangelical Musicians and Black Politics Conclusion: Evangelicalism, Blackness, and Music in Brazil Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplores the complex ideas about race, racism, and racial identity that have grown up among Afro-Brazilians in the black music sceneTrade Review"Burdick writes with an evocative clarity that allows the context and voices of his informants to shine through. His commitment to them and his passion for racial justice drive the account of his research." * Pneuma *"Overall, this work is an admirable achievement.-," -- David Lehmann * Cambridge University Press *"Reading John Burdicks The Color of Sound reminded me that the Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson, sang the legendary hymn 'How I Got Over' just minutes after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream Speech' at the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Burdick delivers an evocative book full of fresh insights, analyzing how religious music makers and black gospel have the potential to create deeply meaningful and positive new politically engaged black and Afro-Brazilian identities in Brazil." -- Donna M. Goldstein,author of Laughter Out of Place"Reveals the little-studied, but vast realm of transnational Christian popular music that circulates outside of mainstream channels. Burdicks evocative study of the vibrant scene of black evangelical music in São Paulo invites us to rethink notions of sonic performance, its relation to the body, and its reverberations in a modern urban society fraught by durable racial and social inequalities. Combining a richly textured ethnography with novel theoretical insights, this book points to new directions in the study of race, space, and faith in Brazilian culture. " -- Christopher Dunn,Tulane UniversityTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Something 'Bout the Name of Jesus: Racial Meanings in Evangelical Musical Scenes 1 We Are the Modern Levites: Three Gospel Music Scenes 2 We Are All One in the Periferia: Blackness, Place, and Poverty in Gospel Rap 3 The Flags of Jesus and Brazil: Body, History, and Nation in Samba Gospel 4 A Voice So Full of Pain and Power: Black Gospel and Blackness 5 The Bible Is Full of Prophecies: Black Evangelical Musicians and Black Politics Conclusion: Evangelicalism, Blackness, and Music in Brazil Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe Los Angeles riot of 1992 marked America's first high-profile multiethnic civil unrest. Latinos, Asian Americans, whites, and African Americans were involved as both victims and assailants. Drawing from local as well as international examples, this book present strategies such as coalition building, dispute resolution, and community organizing.

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Book SynopsisConsiders the political expression of rap artists within the historical tradition of black nationalism. Interweaving songs and personal interviews with hip-hop artists and activists, Cheney links late 20th-century hip-hop nationalists with their 19th-century spiritual forebears.Trade Review“.[A] must read for anyone interested in the problems of gender and politics in rap music. Charise Cheney combines an historian’s insight with an expansive knowledge of hip-hop culture to produce this remarkable study of the rise of artists influenced by black nationalismthe self-proclaimed raptivists. Cheney dives head-on into the contentious debates regarding the articulations of masculinity and black nationalism in rap, and how these reflect black Americans’ age-old desire for power and authority. A vital contribution. -- Jane Rhodes,author of Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power IconA lively, unique, and often revisionist perspective on the sexual politics of hip-hop culture. -- William L. Van Deburg, author of New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965–1975A provocative analysis that no one will be able to ignore. A compelling challenge to consider the ways that patriarchy has influenced the movement for black self-determination. * Choice, Highly Recommended *A study of rap singers of the 1980s and 90s that sets their political expression in the context of the racial and sexual politics of black nationalism since the early 19th century. * The Chronicle *In her book, Cheney tries to dispel the notion that all rap music is about sex, violence and bling. . . . The book is insightfulparticularly to white Americans who don't get the appeal of Louis Farrakhan or to older African-Americans whose knowledge of black music stops at Smokey Robinson. After reading this book, both groups might at least be tempted to sample some Public Enemy music. * The San Luis Obispo Tribune *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1 From the Revolutionary War to the "Revolutionary Generation": Some Introductory Thoughts on Rap Music, Black Nationalism, and the Golden Age of Rap Nationalism 2 "We Men Ain't We?" Mas(k)ulinity and the Gendered Politics of Black Nationalism 3 Brothers Gonna Work It Out: The Popular/Political Culture of Rap Music 4 Ladies First? De?ning Manhood in the Golden Age of Rap Nationalism5 Representin' God: Masculinity and the Use of the Bible in Rap Nationalism 6 Be True to the Game: Final Re?ections on the Politics and Practices of the Hip-Hop Nation Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisProvides an overview of the ongoing Colombian political and economic crisis and the dynamics of Colombian immigration to metropolitan MiamiTrade ReviewCepeda's analysis stands on its own strength, grounded in her explication of complex social contexts in which popular Colombian music is made and disseminated . . . She skillfully weaves analyses of race, gender, class, and nation and offers multiple readings of of singular texts or perfromances. -- Hui Wilcox * Ethnic and Racial Studies *The book is a major contribution to studies of the production of Latin music in the United States and a significant intervention into debates about musical identities in an out of Columbia. -- Keith Negus * Journal of Popular Music *A valuable contribution to Latino/a cultural studies. Cepedas book expands the traditional boundaries by focusing on Colombianos transnational identity through popular music. Cepedas sophisticated, critical, and compelling arguments locate popular music as an alternative to violence in the social imaginaries of and about Colombianos. Erudite, rigorously researched, and accessibly written. -- Frances R. Aparicio,author of Listening to SalsaUsing the lens of popular music to illuminate the aesthetics and identities of Colombian musicians and their fans within the United States, Maria Elena Cepedas Musical ImagiNation finally gives these & new Latinos, so long tainted by facile and stereotypical associations with drugs and violence, the thorough and respectful attention they deserve. A masterful and deft exposition that draws the threads of social history, media studies, transnational studies, and gender and critical discourse together. -- Deborah Pacini Hernandez,Tufts University

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Book SynopsisProvides an overview of the ongoing Colombian political and economic crisis and the dynamics of Colombian immigration to metropolitan MiamiTrade Review"Cepeda's analysis stands on its own strength, grounded in her explication of complex social contexts in which popular Colombian music is made and disseminated . . . She skillfully weaves analyses of race, gender, class, and nation and offers multiple readings of of singular texts or perfromances." -- Hui Wilcox * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"The book is a major contribution to studies of the production of Latin music in the United States and a significant intervention into debates about musical identities in an out of Columbia." -- Keith Negus * Journal of Popular Music *"A valuable contribution to Latino/a cultural studies. Cepedas book expands the traditional boundaries by focusing on Colombianos transnational identity through popular music. Cepedas sophisticated, critical, and compelling arguments locate popular music as an alternative to violence in the social imaginaries of and about Colombianos. Erudite, rigorously researched, and accessibly written." -- Frances R. Aparicio,author of Listening to Salsa"Using the lens of popular music to illuminate the aesthetics and identities of Colombian musicians and their fans within the United States, Maria Elena Cepedas Musical ImagiNation finally gives these & new Latinos, so long tainted by facile and stereotypical associations with drugs and violence, the thorough and respectful attention they deserve. A masterful and deft exposition that draws the threads of social history, media studies, transnational studies, and gender and critical discourse together." -- Deborah Pacini Hernandez,Tufts University

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Book SynopsisExamines the religious experiences of the new second generation of immigrants to the US: the children of Asian and Latino immigrantsTrade Review"[T]he volume presents in rich empirical detail the way religion remains important in many different ways for Latino and Asian second-generation migrants in the USA. Sustaining Faith Traditionsallows us a glimpse into the ways in which the needs of migrant groups change over time and the role religion can play in their life, thus reaffirming its importance." -- Carolina Ivanescu * Social Anthropology *"A generation of scholars has arisen that makes clear the complex, shifting, but organic links between religion and racial and ethnic identities. Sustaining Faith Traditionsdemonstrates that the sociology of religion is alive, well, and relevant in today's America. Casting off the simplistic assimilation theories of earlier scholars, they chart a sophisticated course among race, religion, class, and context to explain the experiences, affiliations, and identities of second-generation Americans. In vivid ethnographic and interview studies, the contributing authors take you inside houses of worship, families, and communities. They illuminate how second-generation Korean, Arab, Mexican, Chinese, Filipino, and Jewish Americans live their religions and experience their identities. Students of religion, immigration, multiculturalism, and ethnic identity will want to read this book." -- Paul Spickard ,University of California, Santa Barbara"a well cited book for immigrant religion scholarship" -- Philip Conner * Sociology of Religion *"This book is particularly suited for scholars of immigrant religion, as well as those of racial and ethnic identity, as it increases the understanding of the complexity of race, ethnicity, and religion for second generation immigrant communities. It is a well-written and organized volume...provides empirical research from leaders in the subfield of immigrant religion." -- Jennifer L. Le * Religious Research Association Review *"Sustaining Faith Traditions includes an impressive array of new studies examining how race, ethnicity, and religion permeate the lives of second-generation Asian and Latino immigrants. Taken as whole, the collection shows how diverse faith traditions transform 21st-century America, offering a nuanced understanding of ethnoreligious hybridity and racialism." -- Min Zhou,Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, UCLA, and author of Contemporary Chinese AmericaTable of Contents1. Introduction: Religious, Racial, and Ethnic Identities of the New Second Generation Part I : Re l igious Primacy2. The Diversity-Affirming Latino: Ethnic Options and the Ethnic Transcendent Expression of American Latino Religious Identity 3. Islam Is to Catholicism as Teflon Is to Velcro: Religion and Culture among Muslims and Latinas 4. Second-Generation Asian Americans and Judaism Part I I : Racial i z ed Re l igion5. Second-Generation Latin@ Faith Institutions and Identity Formations 6. Latinos and Faith-Based Recovery from Gangs Part I I I : Hybrid i z ed Ethnore l igion7. Racial Insularity and Ethnic Faith: The Emerging Korean American Religious Elite 8. Second-Generation Filipino American Faithful: Are They "Praying and Sending"? 9. Second-Generation Korean American Christians' Communities:Congregational Hybridity Part IV : Minority Re l igions and Fami ly Trad itioning10. Second-Generation Chinese Americans: The Familism of the Nonreligious 11. "I Would Pay Homage, Not Go All 'Bling'": Vietnamese American Youth Reflect on Family and Religious Life 12. Religion in the Lives of Second-Generation Indian American Hindus About the ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisPresents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more.Trade ReviewThis is a fascinating project, a book that (at last!) gives the phenomenon of transnational China/U.S. adoption the sustained, serious attention that it deserves. -- Laura Briggs,author of Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto RicoThe book is useful, too, to sociologists and antropologists who seek to understand how American kinship norms and narratives are changing with America’s shifting demographic landscape. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Adoption Moves1. Why China? Identifying Histories 2. Matches Made on Earth: Making Parents and Children for Each Other 3. Picturing Kinship 4. Client, Ambassador, and Gift: Managing Adoption Exchange 5. Shamian Island: Borders of Belonging 6. Storied Origins: Abandonment, Adoption, and Motherhood 7. American Ghosts: Cultural Identities, Racial Constructions Conclusion: Akin to Di?erence Notes Bibliography Index About the Author v

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Book SynopsisFrom polo players to migrant workers, an inside peek at one of America's most exclusive communities.Trade Review"Delicious and intellectually nutritious as a Montauk seafood fiesta. Sharp and as jolting as the jitney journey from Manhattan, it is perfect beach reading, or enticing fodder for the downtime of long winters." -- Neil Smith,author of American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization"Takes us beyond the much-romanticized beaches of Long Island to the rich entrepreneurs and their McMansions, the Latino workers, and the stubborn indigenous residents refusing to disappear. The book is important because it is in so many ways a microcosm of the nation." -- Howard Zinn,author of A People's History of the United States"This superb book focuses on current controversies in the Hamptons. . . . Dolgons treatment of these issues is carefully researched, richly detailed, and original, and presented in a beautifully clear narrative." -- David Halle * Contemporary Sociology *"Dolgon tells a history that is balanced and agenda-free" * Foreword Magazine *"[A] very good book. It offers the reader an insightful political-economic analysis of eastern Long Island's microcosm of a class and ethnically divided society. . . . This is a fascinating book for scholars interested in how all these factors play out in a fabled locality." * Antipode, Susan S. Fainstein,Columbia University *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Spending Time in the Hamptons 1 Waves upon the Shore: Coming to the Hamptons from the Earliest Times to the 1970s 2 Houses in the Fields: New York City Moves East 3 Peconic County Now! Whose Quality of Life Is It Anyway? 4 Polo Ponies and Penalty Kicks: Sports on the East End 5 The Other Hamptons: Race and Class in America's Paradise 6 From Clam Beds to Casinos: The Enduring Battle over Native American Land Rights Epilogue NotesBibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisOffers a refreshing examination of how those working for change grapple with shifting racial dynamicsTrade Review"The Price of Progressive Politics is an engaging book with an important take home message. It reminds us that activists challenge a political system plagued by racism, classism, and sexism, while simultaneously struggling to avoid reproducing these inequalities themselves." -- JoEllen Pederson * Mobilization *"Ernst's creative research design offers unique insights into the impact of intersectional marginalization, welfare organizing, and social movement mobilization, and is an important contribution to each of these fields." -- Catherine M. Paden * Political Science Quarterly *"Nelson is as determined to protect the academic freedom of contingent faculty as of full professors . . . he speaks up not only for academic freedom, but for better wages and conditions." -- D.R. Imig * Choice Magazine *"Ernst has provided an amazing window into contemporary welfare organizing and the challenges faced in a political context that urges unitary rather than intersectional frames of social justice. Without a doubt she has provided an important book relevant to scholars and welfare organizers alike." -- Ange-Marie Hancock,author of The Politics of Disgust and the Public Identity of the ‘Welfare Queen’"In this important and courageous book, Rose Ernst shows how the discourse of colorblindness limits the progressive possibilities of the welfare rights movement. One must know the monster one is fighting if one wishes to slay it ‘for real.’ Otherwise, as Ernst’s data demonstrates, one ends up feeding the monster. Bravo for a job well done!" -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva,author of Racism without Racists: Color-BlindRacism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America"Rose Ernst’s book is well-written, with a nuanced theoretical frame that grows out of the relevant literature; it provides an important empirical contribution based poignantly on the voices of the women activists themselves." -- Sanford Schram,author of Welfare Discipline: Discourse, Governance and Globalization"This penetrating and thoughtful work confronts the challenges, conflicts, and opportunities in the fragile coalitions that compose the welfare rights movement today. Written with fidelity to the cause and an empirical eye, Ernst demonstrates how the false construction of a ‘post-racial’ America warps the discourse and activities of welfare rights organizers. A passionately written text that brings these women and this movement to life, The Price of Progressive Politics analyzes the welfare rights movement from within and without using the intersectional lens of race, ethnicity, and class. This timely, fascinating, and intricate book moves forward our understanding of colorblindness and intersectionality." -- Andrea Y. Simpson,author of The Tie That Binds: Identity and Political Attitudes in the Post-Civil Rights GenerationTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 To Each Her Own: Race and Class in Gendered Coalitions 3 Closing Rank: Power and Colorblindness 4 Pulling Rank: Gender and Class Colorblindness 5 Breaking Rank: Race and Class Consciousness 6 Crossing Over: Rethinking Movement Organization 7 Critical Alliances: Intersecting National Coalitions Appendix A: Interview Protocol Appendix B: Characteristics of Activists Appendix C: Organizations Appendix D: NOW Newsletters Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn insightful analysis of the structural racism that continues to shape the lives of millions of people in settler societies like the US. An accomplished legal scholar, Saito traverses some familiar historical ground in reflecting on the tension between indigenous sovereignty and the rights discourse of liberal democracies ... This is an important addition to the literature. * CHOICE *

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Book SynopsisIn 1966 a group of students, Boy Scouts, and local citizens rediscovered all that remained of a then virtually unknown community called Weeksville: four frame houses on Hunterfly Road. This book reconstructs the social history and national significance of this place.Trade Review"In Brooklyn's Promised Land: The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York, Judith Wellman, an emeritus professor at the State University of New York at Oswego, reanimates this black nationalist enclave in the boroughs eastern Beford Hills, which by the Civil War had more than 500 residents." * New York Times *"The author uses a variety of sources and biography to paint a multifaceted picture of Weeksvillean important symbol of African Americans struggle for equality and justice during a time when the nation did not want them to have either." * The Journal of American History *"Brooklyn's Promised Land is local history at its best. It sheds light on the politics, family life, and economic strivings of a remarkable independent black community all but lost to history." * Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University *"A comprehensive history of Weeksville, Brooklyn's nineteenth and early twentieth century free black community, is long overdue. Judith Wellman's meticulously researched and clearly written social history finally charts this story through the lives of teachers, ministers, activists, a woman doctor, and ordinary citizens. What an important contribution to the lexicon of books on New York, African American history, and the history of the preservation of African American historic sites and museums." * Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, Distinguished Professor, State University of NY College at Oneonta *"Fascinating and meticulously researched. . . . It highlights the experiences of a community founded on black nationalist principles during a time of instability in American race relations, and it highlights the power of blacks in carving out their own community in Brooklyn." * Jane Dabel, California State University, Long Beach *"In this fascinating and groundbreaking book, Judith Wellman opens wide a window on not just one long-forgotten community of black New Yorkers, but also more broadly upon the diverse, sometimes surprisingly successful lives of urban African Americans in the nineteenth century. Rooted in fine-grained research, written with grace and a fine eye for the telling detail, this book should serve be a model for historians struggling to wrest the realities of antebellum black life from scant documentary records, and the willful forgetting of the larger society." * Fergus M. Bordewich, author of America's Great Debate *"Judith Wellman has skillfully demonstrated how the success of her subjects transcends their important local history and enriches our understanding of free black life in nineteenth-century America. Brooklyns Promised Land is a welcome addition to the growing literature on free African Americans in the U.S. and New York in particular, and merits a place on the shelf of any serious student of antebellum black life." * American Historical Review *"Not a novel, but nevertheless a fascinating story of Weeksville, the little-known community of free blacks in what is today Crown Heights. Nearly lost to demolition, Weeksville was rediscovered in 1966 and is today home to several restored houses and a handsome new welcome center. Wellman tells the whole story, from the villages roots in the 1830s to its near fall into oblivion in the late 20th century." * Newsweek.com *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Brooklyn's Promised Land, Weeksville, 1 1835-1910: "A Model for Places of Much Greater Pretensions" 1. "Here Will We Take Our Stand": Weeksville's Origins, 13 from Slavery to Freedom, 1770-1840 2. "Owned and Occupied by Our Own People": Weeksville's 49 Growth: Family, Work, and Community, 1840-1860 3. "Shall We Fly or Shall We Resist?": From Emigration to the 97 Civil War, 1850-1865 4. "Fair Schools, a Fine Building, Finished Writers, Strong 137 Minded Women": Politics, Women's Activism, and the Roots of Progressive Reform, 1865-1910 5. "Cut Through and Gridironed by Streets": Physical Changes, 183 1860-1880 6. "Part of This Magically Growing City": Weeksville's Growth 211 and Disappearance, 1880-1910 7. "A Seemingly Viable Neighborhood That No Longer Exists": 226 Weeksville, Lost and Found, 1910-2010 Notes 241 Index 279 About the Author 295 Maps appear as an insert following page 136.

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Book SynopsisReconstructs the use of armed resistance by Black activists and supporters in Mississippi to challenge racist terrorism, segregation, and fight for human rights and political empowermentTrade Review"In We Will Shoot Back, Umoja presents a compelling and important argument for the role of armed resistance played in the Mississippi freedom struggle. . . . He successfully challenges the often silent narrative on the importance and prevalence of armed resistance in Mississippi and, in doing so, We Will Shoot Back underscores the importance of reexamining the Mississippi movement in all of its complexities." * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *"Umoja follows confrontation in communities across the state through the ends of the 1970s, demonstrating how black Mississippians were ultimately able to overcome intimidation by mainstream society, defeat legal segregation, and claim a measure of political control of their state." * The Clarion-Ledger *"In We Will Shoot Back, historian Akinyele Omowale Umoja adds his voice to the flurry of recent scholarship that examines the relationship between armed self-defense and nonviolent protest in the black freedom struggle. Umoja Succeeds in his quest to enshrine a tradition of militant self-defense within Mississippi's black freedom struggle." * Journal of African American History *"[B]y extending the narrative of armed resistance through the late 1970s and emphasizing grassroots activism, this well-researched and beautifully written book succeeds in pushing historiographical boundaries. It will undoubtedly be of interest to scholars and students alike." * Journal of American History *"[Nelson Mandela's] sister recalled when considering that thing in him; that courage and light in the world would eventually herald. . . . Akinyele Umoja, chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta and author of We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement concurs." -- Asha Bandele * Ebony *"Akinyele Umoja's marvelously rich and exhaustive study of Mississippi will radically transform the debate about the role of nonviolence within the civil rights movement, proving that armed self-defense actually saved lives, reduced terrorist attacks on African American communities, and laid the foundation for unparalleled community solidarity. We Will Shoot Back is decidedly not a romantic celebration of gun culture, but a sometimes sobering, sometimes beautiful story of self-reliance and self-determination and a peoples capacity to sustain a movement against all odds." * Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination *"Ranging from Reconstruction to the Black Power period, this thoroughly and creatively researched book effectively challenges long-held beliefs about the Black Freedom Struggle. It should make it abundantly clear that the violence/nonviolence dichotomy is too simple to capture the thinking of Black Southerners about the forms of effective resistance." * Charles M. Payne, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago *"The book is meticulously researched and easily accessible. Part of a wider trend toward understanding social movements through targeted community studies and oral histories, Umoja's scholarship has contributed to a deeper, richer, and ultimately more accurate understanding of the civil rights/black power movement(s). The stereotype of cowering black sharecroppers, awaiting the intervention of well-meaning white do-gooders to rescue them from virulent Klansmen, cannot withstand the withering fire of We Will Shoot Back." -- Christopher Strain * American Historical Review *"This riveting historical narrative relies upon oral history, archival material, and scholarly literature to reconstruct the use of armed resistance by Black activists and supporters in Mississippi to challenge racist terrorism, segregation, and fight for human rights and political empowerment from the early 1950s through the late 1970's." * Mark Anthony Neal *"Timely and timeless. . . . Expands our understanding of the hidden narratives of Mississippi's black armed resistance groups scattered through generations." * Kathleen Cleaver, Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, Emory Law School *"Umoja's eye-opening work is a powerful and provocative addition to the literature of the civil rights movement." * Publishers Weekly *"[Umoja] asserts that armed resistance played a significant role in the Mississippi Black Freedom Struggle, providing a useful corrective to the assumption that southern blacks were passive in response to white terror and the Ku Klux Klan. . . . Umoja's greatest contribution is to tell the stories of the less well-known black Mississippians who had the courage to confront White racism and fight back. . . . Their stories and legacy provide an essential correction to the stereotype of indigenous southern black passivity perpetuated by such popular Hollywood fare as Mississippi Burning (1988)." * Journal of American Culture *"Umoja (Georgia State Univ.) challenges the notion that the classic civil rights movement in the southern US was always a nonviolent movement. He provides new information and interpretations, which are a welcome contribution to knowledge of this period in the 1960s and an appreciated addition to the history of the civil rights movement." * Choice *"Umoja has contributed to a more complex and less romanticized understanding of the civil rights movement by documenting civil rights tactics difficult to hail in & beloved community tones: the deployment of coercion toward the very people the movement meant to free from coercion." * American Quarterly *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction 11. Terror and Resistance: Foundations of the Civil 11Rights Insurgency2. "I'm Here, Not Backing Up": Emergence of Grassroots 27Militancy and Armed Self-Defense in the 1950s3. "Can't Give Up My Stuff ": Nonviolent Organizations 50and Armed Resistance4. "Local People Carry the Day": Freedom Summer 83and Challenges to Nonviolence in Mississippi5. "Ready to Die and Defend": Natchez and the Advocacy 121and Emergence of Armed Resistance in Mississippi6. "We Didn't Turn No Jaws": Black Power, Boycotts, 145and the Growing Debate on Armed Resistance7. "Black Revolution Has Come": Armed Insurgency, Black 173Power, and Revolutionary Nationalism in the Mississippi Freedom Struggle8. "No Longer Afraid": The United League, Activist 211Litigation, Armed Self-Defense, and Insurgent Resilience in Northern MississippiConclusion: Looking Back So We Can Move Forward 254Notes 261Index 305About the Author 339

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Book SynopsisAnalyses the transformation of the national film industry in Bombay into a transnational and multi-media cultural enterprise, which has come to be known as BollywoodTrade ReviewReaders concerned with new media configurations in the wake of globalization will be attracted to From Bombay to Bollywood. The structure and prose grow clearer as the book proceeds. No prior knowledge of the Indian film industry is needed, but the Bombay Bollywood evolution provides insights that will carry over to those concerned with media developments in places ranging from Lagos to Sao Paulo. -- Maria Magdalena Leturia Bravo,International Journal of CommunicationFrom Bombay to Bollywoodis a truly distinctive contribution to the field of global media studies. Punathambekar's comparative and transnational approach examines the movement of people, capital, images, and ideas. An engrossing read. -- Marwan Kraidy,author of Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public LifeHistorically situating the spatial and geographical coordinates of both 'Bollywood' and 'Bombay' within global landscapes of intermedia relationships and expanding the domains within which we can constitute and imagine these as focal points, this book crucially illustrates that Bollywood can no longer be imagined only as a film industry. * The Velvet Light Trap *Aswin Punathambekars From Bombay to Bollywood is a welcome addition to the recent shift in Indian film and media studies from an overwhelming focus on texts to ethnographies of Bollywoods industrial, production, and material practices. [] [T]his book crucially illustrates that Bollywood can no longer be imagined only as a film industry. * The Velvet Light Trap *[A] timely reminder of the untapped potential of Bombay's film industry for extending existing theoretical frameworks in media, film and production studies...If the changing text in Bombay cinema in the past decade has been a visible fact, Punathambekar's book demystifies that change by showing us the structural, geographic, and material transformations that have enabled a new form of meaning making to emerge in Bombay. * Media, Culture & Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1 Bollywood Is Useful: Media Industries and the State in an Era of Reform2 Staging Bollywood: Industrial Identity in an Era of Reform 3 "It's All about Knowing Your Audience": Marketing and Promotions in Bollywood4 "Multiplex with Unlimited Seats": Dot-Coms and the Making of an Overseas Territory5 "It's Not Your Dad's Bollywood": Diasporic Entrepreneurs and the Allure of Digital MediaConclusion: Fandom and Other Transnational Futures Appendix 1: Profiles of Key Bollywood Companies Appendix 2: Top Box-Office Successes, 2000-2009 Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book Synopsis2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Book Award FinalistExplores how the traditions of black music are intertwined in the games black girls grow up withWhen we think of African American popular music, our first thought is probably not of double-dutch: girls bouncing between two twirling ropes, keeping time to the tick-tat under their toes. But this book argues that the games black girls playhandclapping songs, cheers, and double-dutch jump ropeboth reflect and inspire the principles of black popular musicmaking.The Games Black Girls Play illustrates how black musical styles are incorporated into the earliest games African American girls learnhow, in effect, these games contain the DNA of black music. Drawing on interviews, recordings of handclapping games and cheers, and her own observation and memories of gameplaying, Kyra D. Gaunt argues that black girls'' games are connecteTrade Review"Fusing academic prose with vividly rendered memories, Gaunt's journey is refreshing. . . . Gaunt successfully lifts ignored girls from obscurity to center stage. . . . With The Games Black Girls Play, Gaunt has created a necessary space for translating black girls joy in a society that typically overlooks it. Hopefully, others will take their turn and jump in to keep the games going." * Bitch *"In thoughtful and affectionate prose, Gaunt makes plain how the schoolyard syncopations of body and voice are both oral-kinetic play and improvised lessons in socializing girls into the unique social practices of black urban life. . . . The Games Black Girls Play is a smart, delightful and witty polemic of attributions; a cultural benchmark of the complex web of history, race and gender to suggest a & gendered musical blackness and an & ethnographic truth linking the & intergenerational cultures of black musical expression as embodied in the infectious playfulness of black girls." * Black Issues Book Review *"The Games Black Girls Play is an insightful inquiry into a frequently overlooked and influential site of cultural production." * Popular Music *"Gaunt provides a layered and rich analysis of a cultural form that has been all but ignored by scholars far and wide." * Gender and Society *"The Games Black Girls Play is beautifully and passionately written. This book presents an engaging reflexive narrative that ranges from childhood memories to involvement with ethnomusicological scholarship. Gaunt makes a convincing argument that the playsongs of African American girls is the foundation of African diasporic popular music-making. In a radical counter-history, she shows how African American girls-interlocutors who are triply minoritized through race, gender, and age-are producing music culture that has profound influences on popular music and the popular imagination. She calls for an engaged ethnomusicology and moves gracefully through an array of anti-essentialist perspectives on race and gender. She argues that kinetic orality is key to African American musicking and that the body is always a locus of memory and communality. From somatic historiography to serious cross-talk with girls, Gaunt offers new methodologies for ethnomusicological work. The reader is pulled into a world in which Black girls are masters of musical knowledge, and in emerging from the book, we can't see the world of American popular music in the same way. When we chant Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack is dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back, we suddenly see how musical play and embodied knowledge generates a world of raced and gendered sociality. Oo-lay oo-lay! Congratulations, Kyra!" * President Elect Professor Deborah Wong, Society for Ethnomusicology *Table of ContentsList of Musical Figures AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1 Slide: Games as Lessons in Black Musical Style 2 Education, Liberation: Learning the Ropes of a Musical Blackness 3 Mary Mack Dressed in Black: The Earliest Formation of a Popular Music 4 Saw You With Your Boyfriend: Music between the Sexes 5 Who's Got Next Game? Women, Hip-Hop, and the Power of Language 6 Double Forces Has Got the Beat: Reclaiming Girls' Music in the Sport of Double-Dutch 7 Let a Woman Jump: Dancing with the Double Dutch Divas Conclusion Appendix: Musical Transcriptions of Game-Songs Studied Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisAddressing the plethora of discourses on racial injury, the author offers an interdisciplinary analysis that challenges the reader to rethink nearly every model used in examining race in the US.Trade ReviewAn engaging and fascinating book. In a surprising and unexpected fashion, Carl Gutierrez-Jones shows how narrative fictions become social facts, and how 'raced ways of knowing' secretly shape how we make sense of our shared social life. -- George Lipsitz,author of The Possessive Investment in WhitenessIn its own rhetorical practices as well as its prescriptions, his book makes a powerful case for why not only John Rechy's migrants need 'alternative stories to engage their imagination and critical facilities,' but why the socially and economically privileged do too. It's an impressive display. -- Michael CowanMining the proliferation of discourses of racial injury in US popular culture, law, and academics, Carl Gutierrez-Jones offers an interdisciplinary tour de force that challenges readers to rethink nearly every model for analyzing race used today. Emerging when formal politics in the US have been wholly kidnapped by the far Right, Critical Race Narratives has arrived just in time. -- Robyn Wiegman,Duke University, author of American Anatomies: Theorizing Race and Gender

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Book SynopsisThis text explores the relationship between race and technology. From Indian H-1B workers and Detroit techno music to karaoke and the Chicano interneta, this book uses case studies to document the use of technology - rupturing stereotypes such as Asian whizz kids and black technophobes.Trade Review"Technicolor is at once heroic and tragic: an anthology that will prompt new conversations." -- Richard King ,Washington State University"What is revealed? Powerful visions, future-fantasies that as science fiction writer Nalo Hopkinson would argue, “can make the impossible, possible" * Resource Center for CyberCulture Studies *"New York's South Asian cabbies probably had no idea they were straddling the digital divide when they used their own CB channels to organize surprise strikes and demonstrations. But in Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life, the editors bring together a series of essays that broaden the concept far beyond the borders of your average two-part Times series." * New York Magazine *

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Book SynopsisLatinos have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. This title analyzes representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres - media, culture, music, film, theatre, art, and sports - that are emerging across the nation in relation to Chicanas, Chicanos, mestizos, Puerto Ricans, Caribbeans and Latinos in Canada.Trade Review"With stunning, eloquent, and insightful essays Latina and Latino Popular Culture offers the best guide to the cultural production of the largest group of people of color in the United States. The essays broaden both our knowledge of Latino/a cultural production and challenge the traditional paradigms of cultural and ethnic studies doing so through accessible, historically informed approaches." -- Mary Pat Brady,Cornell University"The book provides an insight into the current struggles that Latinos who live in the norhern hemisphere face." * MELUS *"Latino/a Popular Culture greatly contributes to the genres of both cultural studies and Latino studies. The editors exhort undergraduate and graduate students to continue looking at Latino/a popular coluture as "as site of invention, critique and pleasure" (p.16) since much work still needs to be done in this area." * Harvard Educational Review *Table of Contents1 Talking Back: Spanish Media and U.S. Latinidad 2 Barbie's Hair: Selling Out Puerto Rican Identity in the Global Market 3 The Buena Vista Social Club: The Racial Politics of Nostalgia 4 "Lemme Stay, I Want to Watch": Ambivalence in Borderlands Cinema 5 Encrucijadas: Ruben Blades at the Transnational Crossroads 6 "The Sun Never Sets on MTV": Tijuana NO! and the Border of Music Video 7 Bidi Bidi Bom Bom: Selena and Tejano Music in the Making of Tejas 8 Hip Hop and New York Puerto Ricans 9 Paul Simon's The Capeman: The Staging of Puerto Rican National Identity as Spectacle and Commodity on Broadway 10 Gender Bending in Latino Theater 11 "Don't Call Us Hispanic": Popular Latino Theater in Vancouver 12 A Decidedly "Mexican" and "American" Semi[er]otic Transference 13 Performing Multiple Identities: Guillermo Gomez-Pena and His "Dangerous Border Crossings" 14 Learning America's Other Game: Baseball, Race, and the Study of Latinos 15 Futbol Nation: U.S. Latinos and the Goal of a Homeland 16 Boxing and Masculinity: The History and (Her)story of Oscar de la Hoya

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Book SynopsisIn this volume the editers have brought together scholars from the humanities and social sciences to analyse representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres - media culture, music, film, theatre, art and sports - that are emerging across the US, in relation to different groups.Trade Review"With stunning, eloquent, and insightful essays Latina and Latino Popular Culture offers the best guide to the cultural production of the largest group of people of color in the United States. The essays broaden both our knowledge of Latino/a cultural production and challenge the traditional paradigms of cultural and ethnic studies doing so through accessible, historically informed approaches." -- Mary Pat Brady,Cornell University"The book provides an insight into the current struggles that Latinos who live in the norhern hemisphere face." * MELUS *"Latino/a Popular Culture greatly contributes to the genres of both cultural studies and Latino studies. The editors exhort undergraduate and graduate students to continue looking at Latino/a popular coluture as "as site of invention, critique and pleasure" (p.16) since much work still needs to be done in this area." * Harvard Educational Review *Table of Contents1 Talking Back: Spanish Media and U.S. Latinidad 2 Barbie's Hair: Selling Out Puerto Rican Identity in the Global Market 3 The Buena Vista Social Club: The Racial Politics of Nostalgia 4 "Lemme Stay, I Want to Watch": Ambivalence in Borderlands Cinema 5 Encrucijadas: Ruben Blades at the Transnational Crossroads 6 "The Sun Never Sets on MTV": Tijuana NO! and the Border of Music Video 7 Bidi Bidi Bom Bom: Selena and Tejano Music in the Making of Tejas 8 Hip Hop and New York Puerto Ricans 9 Paul Simon's The Capeman: The Staging of Puerto Rican National Identity as Spectacle and Commodity on Broadway 10 Gender Bending in Latino Theater 11 "Don't Call Us Hispanic": Popular Latino Theater in Vancouver 12 A Decidedly "Mexican" and "American" Semi[er]otic Transference 13 Performing Multiple Identities: Guillermo Gomez-Pena and His "Dangerous Border Crossings" 14 Learning America's Other Game: Baseball, Race, and the Study of Latinos 15 Futbol Nation: U.S. Latinos and the Goal of a Homeland 16 Boxing and Masculinity: The History and (Her)story of Oscar de la Hoya

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Book SynopsisLos Angeles is well-known as a temperate paradise with expansive beaches and mountain vistas, a booming luxury housing market, and the home of glamorous Hollywood. This title presents an analysis of the historical and contemporary contours of black life in Los Angeles.Trade ReviewOverall, this is an excellent book. * Journal of African American History *Black Los Angeles provides a telling tale about the need to examine the racial processes that impact Black urban communities. -- Clovis L. White * Du Bois Review *[T]his is an excellent book....Inside are studies of one specific city, but with applicability to African American urban communities nationwide. -- John H. Barnhill * Journal of African American History *A true masterwork of urban studies. Taken together, these wide-ranging, diverse, original essays significantly expand our understanding of the African-American experience in Los Angeles. With breathtaking scope and vision, Black Los Angeles is a brilliant example of cutting-edge scholarship and a powerful corrective to the enduring image of a city of drive-by shootings and low-rise projects. -- Robin D. G. Kelley,author of Freedom Dreams<To offset the notion that twenty-first century America is a "colorblind society,Black Los Angelesconstrues "black" as having more to do with power and politics than with natural features . . . The pyschological and sociological perspectives of many contributors present aspects of contemporary black life that historians often overlook and that future works of history should include. -- Lawrence B. de Graaf * Journal of American History *Its a deeper, better work of scholarship that wades into the history of this city, some of that history hundreds of years old, as a way of making sense of not just the present but the future as well. This wide sweep of Los Angeles history, and the role that black Americans played in its evolution at every level, is what sets this collection of supple, trenchant essays apart. -- Michael E. Ross * Popmatters.com *The book brings together the research interests of what Hunt describes as an & all‒star team of contributors, most but not all of them academics with strong California connections. Comprising 17 short to medium‒length essays, it pivots from data‒rich analyses of how the black community’s 20th century demographic center gradually has shifted from Central Avenue to Leimert Park, to interview‒driven, anecdotal accounts of the rise and decline of Venices Oakwood neighborhood and a revealing chronicle of the black‒owned SOLAR (Sounds of Los Angeles Records), a late ‘70s‒early ‘80s hit‒making machine for groups including the Whispers, Shalamar and Klymaxx. -- Reed Johnson * Los Angeles Times *These beautifully-written essays cover the grit of everyday life (family, gangs, gays), cultural magic (art, music, media), and political action (labor, education, and environment). The diversity of perspectives and eight-year commitment by scholars and community collaborators make this a one-of-a-kind collection. The result is a realistic and uplifting portrayal. Anyone who wants to understand Los Angeles and Black America needs to read this booknow. -- Michael Dear,author of The Postmodern Urban ConditionTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Darnell Hunt 1 Race, Space, and the Evolution of Black Los Angeles Paul Robinson 2 From Central Avenue to Leimert ParkReginald Chapple 3 The Decline of a Black Community by the SeaAndrew Deener 4 "Blowing Up" at Project BlowedJooyoung Lee 5 Out of the Void 6 Imprisoning the FamilyM. Belinda Tucker, Neva Pemberton, Mary Weaver, Gwendelyn Rivera, and Carrie Petrucci 7 Black and Gay in L.A.Mignon Moore 8 Looking for the 'Hood and Finding CommunityDionne Bennett 9 Playing "Ghetto"Nancy Wang Yuen 10 Before and After Watts 11 SOLARScot Brown 12 Killing "Killer King"Darnell Hunt and Ana-Christina Ramon 13 Bass to BassMelina Abdullah and Regina Freer 14 Concerned Citizens: Environmental (In)Justice in Black Los Angeles Sonya Winton 15 A Common Project for a Just SocietyEdna Bonacich, Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, Lanita Morris, Steven Pitts, and Joshua Bloom 16 Reclaiming UCLAAna-Christina Ramon and Darnell HuntBibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisChallenges the believe that West Indian American girls are but assert agency in defining race through strategic consumption of popular cultureTrade ReviewShe's Mad Realcontributes to the ongoing conversation about transnational black migration and diasporic identities. By focusing on teenagers, however, LaBennett attempts to fill a gap in this field, which has usually neglected this group to focus on adult subjects. For this reason, LaBennett's is a commendable work, especially suited for undergraduate and graduate students interested in understanding why the study of popular culture is an excellent opportunity to look at broader social-political phenomena. -- Andreea Micu * Journal of Popular Culture *She's Mad Realprovides a panorama of theory, deep description, and praxis to understand these black teenage girls. LaBennett is writing against the grain, as urban black female adolescents are typecast by their race, age, gender, and presumed class position. Furthermore, as urban black teen girls, it is assumed that they are 'at risk' for becoming underage mothers with low educational aspirations and with little thought of how to becomes wage earners. LaBennett breaks that mold and brings other variables into the mix. -- A. Lynn Bolles * American Anthropologist *LaBennett offers a pivotal critique as she takes issue with national (US) and global imagery of black teenage girls...She's Mad Realreminds readers to appreciate that ethnicity, gender, class and inter-generational differences, along with the contexts in which they are set in motion, are critical to understanding the experiences and subjectivity of American and immigrant black youth. -- Aisha Khan * Anthropological Quarterly *LaBennett is deeply attuned to her subjects. Together, researcher and research subjects explore the wide world around them: hip-hop culture, opportunities for mobility, sexual life, issues of risk, relationships with momits all here! LaBennett develops incisive new interpretations of such concepts as & play-labor and & authenticity. Shes Mad Real both joins a rich ethnographic literature and expands it in revealing politically conscious and hip ways. A fantastic text for in-class use. -- Howard Winant,University of California, Santa Barbara"LaBennett rightfully inserts the experiences West Indian female youth into a transnationalism literature that has privilege the experiences of adult migrants, and which has generally focused on tensions between African Americans and West Indians, rather than acknowledging the complexity of this relationship. The author compellingly advocates for a youth-centered approach to transnationalism, inter-ethnic relations, and multiple conceptions of Blackness that goes beyond the context of the school; in particular, she showcases the consumption practices, fluid work-leisure lives, and critical approach to popular culture she noticed among the young Black women who occupy center stage in the ethnography. These are among the most significant and welcomed contributions of the volume." -- Ana Ramos-Zayas * Critique of Anthropology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Consuming Identities: Toward a Youth Culture-Centered Approach to West Indian Transnationalism 2 "Our Museum": Mapping Race, Gender, and West Indian Transnationalism 3 Dual Citizenship in the Hip-Hop Nation: Gender and Authenticity in Black Youth Culture 4 "I Think They're Looking for a Skinny Chick!": Girls and Boys Consuming Racialized Beauty 5 Conclusion: Placing Gendered and Generational Notions of West Indian Success Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisDwight A. McBride examines the quiet way discriminatory hiring practices and racist ad campaigns seep into and reflect malevolent undertones in American culture. McBride maintains that issues of race and sexuality are often subtle and always messy, and his compelling new book does not offer simple answers.Trade ReviewMcBrides heady collection is an accessible think piece, starting with its agreeable title and its pointed essay of the same name. * Time Out New York *Possibly the best title of the season. * Books to Watch out For *A fair warning from an intelligent, well-informed writer. * Alter Magazine *A thrilling, imaginative, and brilliant reading of contemporary cultural politics from one of the freshest voices in the field today. Dwight McBrides graceful prose, sharp wit, and sound judgments leap from every page. His essays sparkle with abundant intelligenceand a striking personal investmentas they lead the reader through a complex array of ideas, practices, and situations without losing sight of the ultimate intellectual and political liberation at which they aim. Bravo! -- Michael Eric Dyson,author of The Michael Eric Dyson ReaderMcBride has emerged as one of the most eloquent public voices in both queer studies and black studies. In this wide-ranging bookwritten with intelligence, passion, and humorhe brings the insights of each field to the blind spots of the other. We all have something to learn from him. -- Michael Warner,Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments PrefaceIntroduction: The New Black Studies, or beyond the Old "Race Man" Part I Queer Black Thought1 Straight Black Studies 2 Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch 3 It's a White Man's World: Race in the Gay Marketplace of Desire Part II Race and Sexuality on Occasion4 On Race, Gender, and Power: The Case of Anita Hill 5 Feel the Rage: A Personal Remembrance of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising ix6 Ellen's Coming Out: Media and Public Hype 7 Af?rmative Action and White Rage Part III Straight Black Talk8 Speaking the Unspeakable: On Toni Morrison, African American Intellectuals, and the Uses of Essentialist Rhetoric 9 Cornel West and the Rhetoric of Race-Transcending 10 Can the Queen Speak? Sexuality, Racial Essentialism, and the Problem of Authority Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisChronicles the effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that ended welfare. This book profiles the day-to-day struggles of Mexican immigrant women in the Los Angeles area, showing that the "welfare-to-work" regime has produced tremendous instability and insecurity for these women and their children.Trade ReviewA smart, engaging, and groundbreaking study that exposes the racist underpinnings of welfare reform. A model of stellar scholarship and a must read for anyone seeking to understand poverty in relation to the meaning of American citizenship today. -- Arlene Davila,author of Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal CityOriginal and insightful. Not Working is a powerful book, connecting theories of the state, citizenship, and globalization with first rate ethnography. It is an instant classic and will remain the definitive book on immigrant women and welfare reform for some time. -- Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo,author of Doméstica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of AffluenceThis highly significant contribution assures that Latina immigrants will no longer be invisible in scholarly research on welfare reform. This superb ethnography establishes a clear connection to the political, legal, and economic realities that is needed in reassessing the success stories of welfare reform. It should be read by all those concerned with social inequality, poverty, and justice in America. -- Mary Romero,author of Maid in the U.S.AThis is a scholarly, professional critique of social science research paradigms generally, and poverty knowledge industry and associated applied policy research in particular: * Choice: Highly recommended *With this book, Marchevsky and Theoharis make a distinct contribution to the welfare reform debate by addressing a topic that has received less attention in the literature, namely how welfare reforms have impacted immigrant. Not Working is particularly timely as immigrants become more visible as they move to less traditional U.S. regions to find work and the immigration debate rages. * Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Latinas on the Fault Lines of Citizenship PART I Neither a Hand Up nor a Handout1 Ending Welfare: New Nativism and the Triumph of Post-Civil Rights Politics 2 Poverty in the Suburbs: Race and Redevelopment Policy in Long Beach PART II Any Job at Any Wage3 Tough Love in L.A. County: The Failure of Welfare-to-Work 4 The Myth of Welfare Dependency: Caught between Welfare and Work 5 "It's Not What You Choose, but Where They Send You": Inside Personal Responsibility Conclusion: The Emperor's New Welfare: Reassessing the "Success" of Welfare Reform Notes Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisTraces the visibility of the Latina body in the media and popular culture by analyzing a broad range of popular media including news, media gossip, movies, television news, and online audience discussions.Trade ReviewThis compelling study examines the visibility and marketability of Latina actors and characters in tabloids, blogs, telenovelas, movies, and music... [Molina-Guzman] argues that deviation from prescribed images unsettles mainstream viewers, whose notions of identity/sexuality reject foreign or exotic representations. * Choice *Dangerous Curves is an absolutely essential, central, and most insightful component of Latina/o media studies. Molina-Guzman brings together structural, labor, textual, and audience elements to provide a nuanced analysis whose influence will span across communication, media, and Latina/o studies. -- Angharad N. Valdivia,University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignDangerous Curves is an unswerving look at the flattening out of Latina lives in mainstream media narratives. A must read for anyone interested in understanding why and under what conditions the slightest tear of a stereotype can be perceived as disruptive of the social fabric. -- Frances Negron-Muntaner,author of Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American CultureDangerous Curves remains an engaging and compelling examination of the conflicting demands placed on Latina bodies in the popular imagination. -- Magdalena L. Barrera, Camino RealTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Mapping the Place of Latinas in the U.S. Media 1 Saving Elian: Cubana Motherhood, Latina Immigration, and the Nation 2 Disciplining J.Lo: Booty Politics in Tabloid News 3 Becoming Frida: Latinidad and the Production of Latina Authenticity 4 "Ugly" America Dreams the American Dream 5 Maid in Hollywood: Producing Latina Labor in an Anti-immigration Imaginary Conclusion: An Epilogue for Dangerous Curves Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisUsing evidence from the scientific survey addressed exclusively to Latino/Hispanic respondents, this book explores political diversity within the Latino community, considering how intra-community differences influence political behavior and policy preferences.Trade ReviewIt is a collection of cutting edge research, and a must-read for students and researchers alike. * American Politics *A must-read for scholars interested in understanding the political behavior of this growing and important sector of the U.S. polity, this volume situates the study of Latino politics within its historical context and provides readers with a wealth of tools for designing studies focused on this population. -- Lisa García Bedolla,author of Latino PoliticsThis collection of essays is as timely as it is important. With Latinos on the cusp of greatly enhanced power, this book illustrates the many nuances to Latino politics in contemporary America. -- Gary M. Segura,co-author of Latino Lives in AmericaThis outstanding collection of research articles by some of the brightest minds in political science should be read by everyone interested in the politics of race and ethnicity in the United States and especially by those who want to know considerably more about Latinos, the most fascinating and complicated identity group in America today. The range of topics covered in the book is very impressive as well. -- Valerie Martinez-Ebers,editor of American Political Science Review and author of Latinos in the New MillenniuThis volume brings together a number of excellent articles on central questions in Latino politics written by an impressive and accomplished group of scholars. The sections and various chapters therein engage and inform several themes that, while clearly important, have generally been under-studied and/or under-appreciated. As such, the volume nicely contributes to and substantially advances the (growing) body of Latino politics research. -- Rodney Hero,President Elect, American Political Science Association and author of Black-Latino RelationsTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Chapter Appendices Foreword: Latino People, Politics, Communities, and KnowledgeAcknowledgments Introduction 1 The Latino Voice in Political Analysis, 1970 - 2014 2 Identity Revisited 3 Latino Immigrant Transnational Ties 4 Multiple Paths to CynicismPart III: Acculturation, Differentiation, and Political Community 5 'Quien Apoya Que? The Influence of Acculturation and Political Knowledge on Latino Policy Attitudes 6 The Boundaries of Americanness 7 Black and Latino Coalition Formation in New England 8 Racial Identities and Latino Public Opinion 9 A "Southern Exception" in Black-Latino Attitudes? Perceptions of Competition with African Americans and Other Latinos 10 Latino Politics and Power in the Twenty-First CenturyAppendix A: Latino National Survey QuestionnaireAppendix B: Latino National Survey Questionnaire About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the environmental racism at the foundation of the Silicon Valley economyNext to the nuclear industry, the largest producer of contaminants in the air, land, and water is the electronics industry. Silicon Valley hosts the highest density of Superfund sites anywhere in the nation and leads the country in the number of temporary workers per capita and in workforce gender inequities. Silicon Valley offers a sobering illustration of environmental inequality and other problems that are increasingly linked to the globalization of the world''s economies. In The Silicon Valley of Dreams, the authors take a hard look at the high-tech region of Silicon Valley to examine environmental racism within the context of immigrant patterns, labor markets, and the historical patterns of colonialism. One cannot understand Silicon Valley or the high-tech global economy in general, they contend, without also understanding the role people of color play in the labor force, Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the contemporary critique of high tech industry. * Contemporary Sociology *The Silicon Valley of Dreams . . . exposes the numerous inequities that plague the area, from the huge number of temporary workers, the highest per capita in the nation, to the obvious absence of union jobs. * Conscious Choice *Offers a lot for the general reader. The authors must be congratulated. * International Migration Review *Powerful and passionate expose. * Journal of American Ethnic History *Provides a timely and necessary counter-balance to the incessant ‘new economy' hype that touts Silicon Valley as the answer to the myriad economic and environmental challenges around the world. This comprehensive overview helps to peel away the veneer by using an innovative combination of research methods, including direct participatory research. It raises disturbing and compelling concerns by examining the many environmental and gender injustices that have been at the center of the ‘Silicon Valley miracle.' An important contribution to the key debates of the twenty-first century about sustainable development. -- Ted Smith,Executive Director, Silicon Valley Toxics CoalitionThis landmark study adds significantly to our understanding of both the underside of Silicon Valley and the high-tech industry in specific, and the historic links between social inequality and environmental inequality in general. The authors also leave us with a sense of hope by offering examples of effective movements for justice. -- Karen Hossfeld,San Francisco State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction2 Early History and the Struggle for Resources: Native Nations, Spain, Mexico, and the United States 3 The Valley of the Heart's Delight: Santa Clara County's Agricultural Period, 1870-1970 4 The Emergence of Silicon Valley: High-Tech Development and Ecocide, 1950-2001 5 The Political Economy of Work and Health in Silicon Valley 6 The Core: Work and the Struggle to Make a Living without Dying 7 The Periphery: Expendable People, Dangerous Work 8 Beyond Silicon Valley: The Social and Environmental Costs of the Global Microelectronics Industry 9 Toward Environmental and Social Justice in Silicon Valley, USA, and Beyond 10 The Broader Picture: Natural Resources, Globalization, and Increasing InequalityNotes References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisConsiders race and ethnicity as central organizing principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed and enforced. This volume argues that dimensions of race and ethnicity condition the very laws that make certain behaviours criminal, and the determination of who becomes a victim of crime under which circumstances.Trade ReviewShines a new, critical light on race, ethnicity, crime and justice. The text pushes us to consider how these terms are defined, what's missing from our conventional analyses and ultimately why and how race matters in discussions of justice. -- Katheryn Russell-Brown,author of The Color of Crime: Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment, and Other MacroaggressionsThe most comprehensive treatment to date of the relationship between race, ethnicity, and crime. This collection will be valuable to practitioners and criminological theorists alike because it contains vast amounts of data on the topic, then orders and interprets these data with a strong socio-historical lens, enhanced by a comparative perspective. -- Troy Duster,author of Backdoor to EugenicsWith a distinguished cast of scholars, this book makes a major contribution to the field in its framing of a very complex social problem. -- Simon I. Singer,author of Recriminalizing Delinquency: Violent Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice ReformWith a dedicated focus on race and ethnicity, and through an examination of heretofore neglected groups (e.g., Haitian immigrants and rural blacks), the authors both broaden and deepen our understanding of the influence of race and ethnicity, often surprising us with their results. . . . The editors have assembled an impressive group of contributors who bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the table and also remind us how time-tested constructs such as social disorganization, informal social control, and the culture of violence can be applied in ways that allow us to learn something new about race, ethnicity, and crime. . . . The Many Colors of Crime is an important book not only for criminologists but also for those with an interest in race and ethnicity generally. * American Journal of Sociology *The volume’s devotion to establishing comparative studies of racial and ethnic groups and to acknowledging regional and temporal variances yields productive insights into structural and social inequalities in the United States. * Journal of American Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction1 Cultural Mechanisms and Killing FieldsPart I Constructs and Conceptual Approaches2 Conceptualizing Race and Ethnicity in Studies of Crime and Criminal Justice 3 Demythologizing the "Criminalblackman"4 Race and the Justice WorkforcePart II Populations and Intersectionalities5 Toward an Understanding of the Lower Rates of Homicide in Latino versus Black Neighborhoods6 Extending Ethnicity and Violence Research in a Multiethnic City7 Crime and Deviance in the "Black Belt"8 Crime at the Intersections9 Race, Inequality, and Gender ViolencePart III Contexts and Settings10 Is the Gap between Black and White Arrest RatesNarrowing? 11 Race, Labor Markets, and Neighborhood Violence 12 Drug Markets in Minority Communities13 Perceptions of Crime and Safety in Racially and Economically Distinct Neighborhoods14 Neighborhood, Race, and the Economic Consequences of Incarceration in New York City,1985-1996 Part IV Mechanisms and Processes15 Creating Racial Disadvantage16 Transforming Communities: Formal and Informal Mechanisms of Social Control 17 Toward a Developmental and Comparative Con?ictTheory of Race, Ethnicity, and Perceptions of Criminal Injustice18 Race and Neighborhood Codes of ViolenceBibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAsserts that the U.S. is in a new and distinct phase of racism that is "post-intentional," neither based on intentional discrimination nor drawing upon biological concepts of raceTrade Review"[Perry] offers provocative essays exploring various aspects of the societal contradictions between continuing racial inequalities and public professions of equality...Perry provides probing and original analyses of racial narratives such as the 'acting white' narrative that numerous prominent Americans, white and black, have periodically emphasized." * Contemporary Sociology *"Perry offers an insightful 'third way' analysis...the book...is a good fit for cutting-edge graduate and faculty research." -- M. Christian * Choice *"Imani Perry has done it again. With an uncanny ability to merge art, law, social science, and cultural studies, she weaves a powerful analysis of race in contemporary America." -- Patricia Hill Collins,author of Another Kind of Public EducationTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction 1 "It Wasn't Me!" Post-Intent and Correlational Racism 2 It's All of Us The Practice of Inequality 3 Telling Tales Out of School The Work of Racial Narratives 4 The House That Jack Built Inequality via Category 5 "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me" The Racing of Privacy, Voyeurism, and Surveillance 6 Exceptionally Yours Racial Escape Hatches in the Contemporary United States 7 Black Taxes and White Wages The Social Economy of Race Conclusion Remediation, or from Proof to Possibility Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisUsing evidence from the largest-ever scientific survey addressed exclusively to Latino/Hispanic respondents, this book explores political diversity within the Latino community, considering how intra-community differences influence political behavior and policy preferences.Trade ReviewIt is a collection of cutting edge research, and a must-read for students and researchers alike. * American Politics *A must-read for scholars interested in understanding the political behavior of this growing and important sector of the U.S. polity, this volume situates the study of Latino politics within its historical context and provides readers with a wealth of tools for designing studies focused on this population. -- Lisa García Bedolla,author of Latino PoliticsThis collection of essays is as timely as it is important. With Latinos on the cusp of greatly enhanced power, this book illustrates the many nuances to Latino politics in contemporary America. -- Gary M. Segura,co-author of Latino Lives in AmericaThis outstanding collection of research articles by some of the brightest minds in political science should be read by everyone interested in the politics of race and ethnicity in the United States and especially by those who want to know considerably more about Latinos, the most fascinating and complicated identity group in America today. The range of topics covered in the book is very impressive as well. -- Valerie Martinez-Ebers,editor of American Political Science Review and author of Latinos in the New MillenniuThis volume brings together a number of excellent articles on central questions in Latino politics written by an impressive and accomplished group of scholars. The sections and various chapters therein engage and inform several themes that, while clearly important, have generally been under-studied and/or under-appreciated. As such, the volume nicely contributes to and substantially advances the (growing) body of Latino politics research. -- Rodney Hero,President Elect, American Political Science Association and author of Black-Latino RelationsTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Chapter Appendices Foreword: Latino People, Politics, Communities, and KnowledgeAcknowledgments Introduction 1 The Latino Voice in Political Analysis, 1970 - 2014 2 Identity Revisited 3 Latino Immigrant Transnational Ties 4 Multiple Paths to CynicismPart III: Acculturation, Differentiation, and Political Community 5 'Quien Apoya Que? The Influence of Acculturation and Political Knowledge on Latino Policy Attitudes 6 The Boundaries of Americanness 7 Black and Latino Coalition Formation in New England 8 Racial Identities and Latino Public Opinion 9 A "Southern Exception" in Black-Latino Attitudes? Perceptions of Competition with African Americans and Other Latinos 10 Latino Politics and Power in the Twenty-First CenturyAppendix A: Latino National Survey QuestionnaireAppendix B: Latino National Survey Questionnaire About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the contemporary experiences of people of mixed descent in nations around the world, moving beyond US borders to explore the dynamics of racial mixing and multiple descent in Zambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Okinawa, Australia, and New Zealand.Trade ReviewGlobal Mixed Race is a comprehensive compilation of world mixed-race identities, histories, and issues. The editors have expertly prepared for comparison and intrinsic interest contemporary and timely discussions of mixed race as an increasingly recognized dimension of racial and ethnic diversity in the 21st century. From post-modern popular culture to academic race theory, this exciting, ground-breaking collection will be a standard resource and reference for general readers, multidisciplinary scholars, and specialists of race, ethnicity, culture, and mixed race. -- Naomi Zack,author of Race and Mixed RaceGlobal Mixed Race is a very welcome addition to the literature on race and mixedness. Its vibrant case studies, comparative frame and historical grounding offer a useful guide for understanding what contemporary concepts and experiences of 'mixed race' owe to global trends and local specificities. A must-read for anyone interested in racialization in its many forms. -- Kimberly Dacosta,author of Making Multiracials: State, Family, and Market in the Redrawing of the Color LineThis superb volume lays the groundwork for an emergent and exciting global comparative framework for understanding mixed race categories and identities. By decentering U.S. mixed race histories and experiences, these essays make us attentive to how notions such as nation and class, and processes such as colonization and migration, are fundamentally complicit in shaping the very definition and meaning of 'mixed race.' -- Michael Omi,co-author of Racial Formation in the United StatesMixtureracial, national, ethnicwhile not a new phenomenon is increasingly evident in todays globalized world. The authors of these 12 absorbing essays examine and discuss the status, identity, and life experiences of mixed-decent individuals and communities in different cultural and political environment. . . . This fine book makes valuable contributions to the study of race, ethnicity, and gender in a period of unprecedented global change.Summing up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAn IntroductionPart I: Societies with Established Populations of Mixed Descent 1. Multiraciality and Census Classification in Global Perspective 2. "Rider of Two Horses": Eurafricans in Zambia Juliette Bridgette 3. "Split Me in Two": Gender, Identity, and "Race Mixing" in the Trinidad and Tobago Nation 4. In the Laboratory of Peoples' Friendship: Mixed People in Kazakhstan from the Soviet Era to the Present 5. Competing Narratives: Race and Multiraciality in the Brazilian Racial Order 6. Antipodean Mixed Race: Australia and New Zealand 7. Negotiating Identity Narratives among Mexico's Cosmic RacePart II: Places with Newer Populations of Mixed Descent 8. Multiraciality and Migration: Mixed-Race American Okinawans, 1945-1972 9. The Curious Career of the One-Drop Rule: Multiraciality and Membership in Germany Today 10. Capturing "Mixed Race" in the Decennial UK Censuses: Are Current Approaches Sustainable in the Age of Globalization and Superdiversity? 11. Exporting the Mixed-Race Nation: Mixed-Race Identities in the Canadian ContextA ConclusionBibliography About the Contributors Index

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