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Book SynopsisExamines the bleak television comedies that illustrate the obsession of the white left with its own anxiety and sufferingAt the same time that right-wing political figures like Donald Trump were elected and reactionary socio-economic policies like Brexit were voted into law, representations of bleakly comic white fragility spread across television screens. American and British programming that featured the abjection of young, middle-class, liberal white peoplesuch as Broad City, Casual, You're the Worst, Catastrophe, Fleabag, and Transparentproliferated to wide popular acclaim in the 2010s. Taylor Nygaard and Jorie Lagerwey track how these shows of the white left, obsessed with its own anxiety and suffering, are complicit in the rise and maintenance of the far rightparticularly in the mobilization, representation, and sustenance of structural white supremacy on television. Nygaard and Lagerwey examine a cycle of dark television comedies, the focus of which are horrible white people, Trade Review"Horrible White People examines contemporary TV’s preoccupation with White people’s anxieties and fears. Taylor Nygaard and Jorie Lagerway define what they call the Horrible White People cycle as a group of shows that emerged after the Great Recession between 2014 and 2016, mostly starring White actors in 30 minute comedies or satires." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Makes an important contribution to television and media studies, which is in the beginning stages of grappling with its own Whiteness. Cannily, Nygaard and Lagerwey focus on series that appear less nakedly racist, even liberal, to show how White supremacy is more common and insidious than most scholarship recognizes. Yet they never forget to attend to the nuances of representation, how race intersects with other indices of identity -- class, gender, etc. -- and how representationally groundbreaking series can simultaneously reinforce norms and obfuscate systemic privilege. This book fills a much-needed gap in media studies and will find a place in my syllabi for the foreseeable future." * Aymar Jean Christian, author of Open TV: Innovation Beyond Hollywood and the Rise of Web Television *"A bold, insightful analysis of what Nygaard and Lagerwey identify as a key cycle of sitcoms: ‘horrible White people’ shows. With an insistently anti-racist and feminist lens, they connect this cycle to shifts in the contemporary media industry and U.S. culture in order to show how Whiteness, yet again, reinvents itself." * Sarah Projansky, author of Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture *

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Book SynopsisThe story of racial hierarchy in the American film industry The #OscarsSoWhite campaign, and the content of the leaked Sony emails which revealed, among many other things, that a powerful Hollywood insider didn't believe that Denzel Washington could open a western genre film, provide glaring evidence that the opportunities for people of color in Hollywood are limited. In The Hollywood Jim Crow, Maryann Erigha tells the story of inequality, looking at the practices and biases that limit the production and circulation of movies directed by racial minorities. She examines over 1,300 contemporary films, specifically focusing on directors, to show the key elements at work in maintaining the Hollywood Jim Crow. Unlike the Jim Crow era where ideas about innate racial inferiority and superiority were the grounds for segregation, Hollywood's version tries to use economic and cultural explanations to justify the underrepresentation and stigmatization of Black filmmakers. Erigha exposes the key eTrade Review"Offers a provocative lens for understanding how entrenched the industrys racial imbalances areand how the lack of people of color in top studio roles only perpetuates this inequality." * The Atlantic *"#OscarsSoWhite was a spotlight on the obvious. The Hollywood Jim Crow is an important and eloquent extension of that conversation." * Film Comment *"Aconvincing analysis of structural barriers and attitudes that obstruct black filmmakers in today's culture. .. .A meaningful tribute to the achievements of pioneer directors and a sharp call for studios to keep trying harder to acknowledge structural racism." * Kirkus Reviews *"Erigha analyzes the barriers that black filmmakers face in Hollywood . . . this well-written work demonstrates a cogent understanding of institutional racism . . . Anyone seeking to study, and dismantle, structures of oppression will appreciate this clarifying read." * STARRED Library Journal *"The superhero blockbuster Black Panther is the most recent exception to Hollywoods golden rule: the only color that matters is green, and in the name of green, one should downplay Black. Maryann Erigha confronts the implications of this rule in The Hollywood Jim Crow, which traces how the conflation of race and economics works, in the minds of the white men who dominate the industry, to marginalize Black stories and Black talent at the movies. Through a careful analysis of more than a decade of box office data, film budgets, and incriminating insider statements about the role race plays in shaping industry decision-making, Erigha exposes the centrality of ghettoization processes in a key American cultural forum." -- Darnell Hunt,Co-editor of Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities"Draws important conclusions about genre production, career trajectories, and occupational segregation by race and gender in one of the world’s most high-profile industries... I can recommend this book to anyone teaching or researching on work and occupational careers, inequality in popular culture, symbolic or colorblind racism, of the production of culture in the film industry." * Social Forces *"Erigha’s study is a tour de force in six acts, taking on the topics of how racial hierarchy is maintained, how blackness is labeled ‘unbankable,’ why black directors are often marginalized, how black films are ‘ghettoized,’ what backstage assumptions are made concerning market success, and how a new, equitable Hollywood could be formed." * Journal of American Ethnic History *"In Maryann Erigha’s probing, razor-sharp, and damning The Hollywood Jim Crow, what is and is not predictable about hitmaking gets flipped. In making her argument, Erigha relies on quantitative data, public interviews, and (anonymized) private emails ... she finds Black directors and actors trying to navigate a two-tiered system in which they’re cordoned off into lower-cost (and, therefore, almost always lower-profit) genres." * Public Books *

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2019 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice, given by the Goddard Riverside Community CenterThe impact of stop-and-frisk policing on a South Bronx community What's it like to be stopped and frisked by the police while walking home from the supermarket with your young children? How does it feel to receive a phone call from your fourteen-year-old son who is in the back of a squad car because he laughed at a police officer? How does a young person of color cope with being frisked several times a week since the age of 15? These are just some of the stories in No Place on the Corner, which draws on three years of intensive ethnographic fieldwork in the South Bronx before and after the landmark 2013 Floyd v. City of New York decision that ruled that the NYPD's controversial stop and frisk policing methods were a violation of rights. Through riveting interviews and with a humane eye, Jan Haldipur shows how a community endured this aggressive policing regime. ThTrade Review"No Place on the Corner is an important, insightful and nuanced study of the effects of aggressive policing on young people of color in the Bronx. While many scholars have written about the impacts of mass incarceration on people and communities of color, few have delved into how 'public order' policing tactics, especially high volume stop-and-frisk practices, can shape how these young people and their families cope day to day with the fear of the police. This fear is palpable, heartbreaking, and underscores how important it is for policy makers to understand some of the hidden but profound implications of this type of policing. Haldipur manages to combine a keen ethnographers insight along with a real understanding of the sociological and criminological literature on communities and crime and as a result has produced an original and valuable book." -- Michael Jacobson, author of Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration"No Place on the Corner is an incredibly insightful ethnography showing the devastating consequences of the racially targeted policy of stop-and-frisk policing. This is a must-read book for anyone interested in justice and policing." -- Victor Rios, Author of Human Targets: Schools, Police, and the Criminalization of Latino Youth"A focused, emotionally devastating argument against aggressive policing. . . Although the author offers plenty of smart policy recommendations involving the concept of 'community policing,' the personal stories resonate most deeply. . . A sharp portrait of one of the many seriously troubled areas of the American criminal justice systemand one without clear solutions." * Kirkus Reviews *"An important contribution and a great read." -- Barry Glassner, author of The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things"Insightful . . . Haldipur finds the loss of freedom in public space 'most devastating and most enduring' . . . [His] focus is fresh and the message of aggressive policing's devastating effects on communities is clear." * Publishers Weekly *"No Place on the Corner makes several meaningful contributions to research in urban sociology, social control, and inequality. Even with regard to the well-trodden topic of the policing and criminalization of minority youth, Haldipur’s analysis of individuals’ strategic self-isolation provides penetrating evidence of policing’s role in the legal socialization of marginalized communities and the dissolution of social ties crucial to collective efficacy, social mobility, and desistance from crime." * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book Synopsis A history of the McCleskey v. Kemp Supreme Court ruling that effectively condoned racism in capital casesIn 1978 Warren McCleskey, a black man, killed a white police officer in Georgia.  He was convicted by a jury of 11 whites and 1 African American, and was sentenced to death.  Although McCleskey's lawyers were able to prove that Georgia courts applied the death penalty to blacks who killed whites four times as often as when the victim was black, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence in McCleskey v.Kemp, thus institutionalizing the idea that racial bias was acceptable in the capital punishment system.  After a thirteen-year legal journey, McCleskey was executed in 1991.  In Killing with Prejudice, R.J. Maratea chronicles the entire litigation process which culminated in what has been called the Dred Scott decision of our time. Ultimately, the Supreme Court chose t

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Book SynopsisThe unheard history of how race and racism are constructed from sound and maintained through the listening ear. Race is a visual phenomenon, the ability to see difference. At least that is what conventional wisdom has lead us to believe. Yet, The Sonic Color Line argues that American ideologies of white supremacy are just as dependent on what we hearvoices, musical taste, volumeas they are on skin color or hair texture. Reinforcing compelling new ideas about the relationship between race and sound with meticulous historical research, Jennifer Lynn Stoever helps us to better understand how sound and listening not only register the racial politics of our world, but actively produce them. Through analysis of the historical traces of sounds of African American performers, Stoever reveals a host of racialized aural representations operating at the level of the unseenthe sonic color lineand exposes the racialized listening practices she figures as the listening ear. UsiTrade ReviewThe Sonic Color Linewill open up new vistas for thinking about sound, race, and identity, and for understanding how racism is enforced through both sounding and listening. Painstakingly researched and written with verve, Stoevers book will shape the way scholars of American and African American culture and history think about sound, even when our primary texts, like photographs and literary works, are seemingly silent. -- Gayle Wald,author of It's Been Beautiful: Soul! and Black Power TelevisionA gripping read and a rousing call to political attunement by way of sound, The Sonic Color Line investigates scenes of racialized audition from Civil War times to the Civil Rights era. This theoretically rich and passionately argued book made me wiser about the social relations that define sound, the resonant events that suggest how the ear is disciplined, the racial politics of listening that extend into every corner of the republic. -- Eric Lott,City University of New York Graduate CenterThat the critical intertexts for this book are not only scholarly works but also the Black Lives Matter movement and the many other political movements dedicated to racial justice is a key element in its timeliness and appeal. Engaged scholarship dedicated to an ethics of equality, community, and demystification is a powerful necessity in these times of increasing uncertainty about what 'America' is and how it came to be. -- John Melillo * American Literary History Online *

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Book SynopsisThe election of President Barack Obama signaled for many the realization of a post-racial America, a nation in which racism was no longer a defining social, cultural, and political issue. This title helps you examine television's role as the major discursive medium in the articulation and contestation of racialized identities in the United States.Trade Review"Collectively the essays document the dominance of colorblind ideology, which, the volume argues, has been enabling the continuation of 'racial apathy.' This volume contributes to postracial discourse and is also a valuable resource for those interested in media criticism." * Choice *"Overall, The Colorblind Screen is a timely anthology that joins a smallbut, I hope, growingnumber of works that address colorblind and post-race discourses in media. This collection demonstrates the continued need to consider the central role television plays in the articulation, construction, and contestation of contemporary racial politics . . . . This collection is essential for anyone interested in exploring current racial politics and representations of racial difference in media." * International Journal of Communication *Table of ContentsIntroduction Sarah Nilsen and Sarah E. TurnerPart I: Theories of Colorblindness1. Shades of ColorblindnessAshley ("Woody") Doane 2. Rhyme and ReasonRoopali Mukherjee3. The End of Racism? Colorblind Racism and Popular Media Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Austin AshePart II: Icons of Post-Racial America4. Oprah Winfrey5. The Race Denial CardDavid J. Leonard and Bruce Lee Hazelwood 6. Representations of Arabs and Muslims in Post-9/11 Television DramasEvelyn Alsultany7. Maybe Brown People Aren't So Scary If They're Funny ComediesDina IbrahimPart III: Reinscribing Whiteness8. "Some People Just Hide in Plain Sight"Sarah Nilsen9. Watching TV with White SupremacistsC. Richard King10. BBFFsPart IV: Post-Racial Relationships11. Matchmakers and Cultural CompatibilityShilpa Dave12. Mainstreaming Latina IdentityPhilip A. Kretsedemas13. Race in Progress, No Passing ZoneJinny Huh About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn everyday language, masochism is usually understood as the desire to abdicate control in exchange for sensation - pleasure, pain, or a combination thereof. This book uses masochism as a lens to examine how power structures race, gender, and embodiment in different contexts.Trade ReviewSensational Flesh explores the material aspects of powerhow, in a Foucauldian sense, it is & felt in the bodyunpacking the bodily, sensational dimensions of subjectivity. Comprehensive and exhaustive in scope, Musser leaves no stone unturned in her consideration of & masochism in all its different formulations, and in the often-contradictory ways it has been deployed. -- Jean Walton,author of Fair Sex, Savage Dreams: Race Psychoanalysis, Sexual DifferenceA lively and enlightening contribution to queer studies, investigating affect and embodiment as avenues for the radical reinvigoration of how we experience and think about raced, gendered, and sexualized subjectivities. Masterful in her engagement with queer, feminist, and psychoanalytic theory and their historical contexts, Musser provides incisive analyses that make for exhilarating and highly informative reading. -- Darieck Scott,author of Extravagant AbjectionMusser has written a book well worth reading. * Sexuality and Culture *InSensational Flesh, Amber Jamilla Musser explores the appeal of masochism via empathetic readings of historical texts, extracting meaning from writing that might otherwise appear outdated or limited in its perspective. . . . Musser does a fine job of weaving together various texts to present the reader with a nuanced view of the practice. . . . [F]or those with a basic understanding of the philosophical complexities of arguments concerning subjects, objects, and notions of the 'other,' Musser presents a compelling and deeply satisfying read. * Bitch Magazine *In a sex-positive era, Musser admirably defends black womens rights to experiment boundlessly with sensations and the erotics of power, free from the restraints of the collective memory of slavery. * Gender & Society *What does it feel like to be enmeshed in regimes of power? And how does masochism challenge and extend notions of agency, subjectivity, difference, freedom, and representation? InSensational Flesh, Musser probes such questions in an effort to distill how it feels to exist in the liminal space between agency and subjectlessness and, importantly, how to account for difference within these performances of submission. * GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments xi1 Introduction: Theory, Flesh, Practice 12 Specters of Domination: Patriarchy, Colonialism, and Masochism 313 Objectification, Complicity, and Coldness: The Story of O's Narratives of Femininity and Precarity 584 Time, Race, and Biology: Fanon, Freud, and the Labors of Race 885 Lacerated Breasts: Medicine, Autonomy, Pain 118Conclusion: Making Flesh Matter 151Notes 185Bibliography 211Index 231About the Author 255

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Book SynopsisStella, first published in 1859, is an imaginative retelling of Haiti's fight for independence from slavery and French colonialism. Set during the years of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), Stella tells the story of two brothers, Romulus and Remus, who help transform their homeland from the French colony of Saint-Domingue to the independent republic of Haiti. Inspired by the sacrifice of their African mother Marie and Stella, the spirit of Liberty, Romulus and Remus must learn to work together to found a new country based on the principles of freedom and equality. This new translation and critical edition of Émeric Bergeaud's allegorical novel makes Stella available to English-speaking audiences for the first time. Considered the first novel written by a Haitian, Stella tells of the devastation and deprivation that colonialism and slavery wrought upon Bergeaud's homeland. Unique among nineteenth-century accounts, Stella gives a pro-Haitian version of the Haitian Trade ReviewGiven the linguistic barriers that often impede the work of studying multilingual archives, such as the Haitian Revolution, Lesley S. Curtis and Christen Mucher have performed crucial scholarly work by making available to Anglophone scholars of early Americas an edited translation of Haitis first novel, Emeric Bergeauds Stella Curtiss and Muchers translation is a solid effort. * Early American Literature *Representing the Haitian Revolution has proven as much a challenge for Haitian as for Caribbean writers. An early exemplar of the ideal of the Haitian writer as national visionary,Émeric Bergeaud was a pioneer in this regard, choosing the novel form to recount Haitis complex revolutionary past.More than a mere curiosity,Stellauses symbol and allegory to establish a foundational myth for the new republic. Curtis and Muchers welcome translation provides a fluent, often poetic rendering of the original work. -- J. Michael Dash,New York UniversitySure to have a tremendous impact on the fields of transatlantic, colonial, early American, and Caribbean studies. The voice of Haitians is too often unregistered in scholarly accounts of the history of Haiti. This translationintroduces a different and absolutely crucial perspective on the Haitian Revolutionnamely, a Haitian perspective. -- Elizabeth Maddock Dillon,author of New World Drama: The Performative Commons in the Atlantic World, 1649-1849Table of ContentsContents Editors' Acknowledgments vii Editors' Introduction Lesley S. Curtis and Christen Mucher ix Author's Note 1 To the Reader B. Ardouin 3 STELLA Glossary of Foreign Words and Expressions 185 Original Explanatory Notes 187 Editors' Notes 191 About the Editors 195

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Book SynopsisThe successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. The author show that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in London, delighting Africans as much as it outraged slaveholders, and sparking the colonial revolt.Trade Review"The Counter-Revolution of 1776 shows the centrality of slavery in colonial American life, north as well as south. It demonstrates how enslaved peoples struggles merged with international and imperial politics as the British empire frayed. Gerald Horne finds among white American revolutionaries people who wanted to defend slavery against real threats. He addresses how in the United States, alone among the new western hemisphere republics, slavery thrived rather than waned, until its cataclysmic destruction during the Civil War." * Edward Countryman, Southern Methodist University *"Nearly everything about Gerald Homes lively The Counter-Revolution of 1776, from the questions asked to the comparisons drawn, is provocative. And if Professor Home is right, nearly everything American historians thought we knew about the birth of the nation is wrong." * Woody Holton, author of Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in *"This utterly original book argues that story of the American Revolution has been told without a major piece of the puzzle in place. The rise of slavery and the British empire created a pattern of imperial war, slave resistance, and arming of slaves that led to instability and, ultimately, an embrace of independence. Horne integrates the British West Indies, Florida, and the entire colonial period with recent work on the Carolinas and Virginia; the result is a larger synthesis that puts slave-based profits and slave restiveness front and center. The Americans re-emerge not just as anti-colonial free traders but as particularly devoted to an emerging color line and to their control over the future of a slavery based economy. A remarkable and important contribution to our understanding of the creation of the United States." * David Waldstreicher, Temple University *"The Counter-Revolution of 1776 asks us to rethink the fundamental narrative of American history and to interrogate nationalist myths. Horne demands that historians consider slavery not as the exception to the republican promise of the American Revolution but rather as the norm insofar as protecting slavery was a fundamental cause of colonial revolt." * The New England Quarterly *"History books have painted a narrative of the U.S. founding that any student can recite: Colonists, straining against the tyranny of the British crown, revolted in the name of freedom, liberty and justice for all. But in recent years, historians have revisited that conventional story, examining the important role slaves played for Britain in its quest to quell colonists. Now, in a new book, historian Gerald Horne argues it was the desire to maintain slavery that was the prime motivator of the uprising . . . . Horne revisit[s] the period leading up to 1776 to find out how slavery in North America and the British colonies influenced the revolution." * The Kojo Nnamdi Show, DC Public Radio *"In a refreshing take on the independence movement, Horne places slavery and its expansion in North American during the early eighteenth century at the center if the conflict between London and its increasingly nervous and truculent colonies across the Atlantic . . . . This is an important book for both its novelty in a crowded field and its implications . . . . Eminently readable, this is a book that should be on any undergraduate reading list and deserves to be taken very seriously in the ongoing discussion as to the American republic's origins." * The American Historical Review *"Horne, Moores Professor of history and African-American studies at the University of Houston, confidently and convincingly reconstructs the origin myth of the United States grounded in the context of slavery . . . . Horne's study is rich, not dry; his research is meticulous, thorough, fascinating, and thought-provoking. Horne emphasizes the importance of considering this alternate telling of our American origin myth and how such a founding still affects our nation today." * STARRED Publishers Weekly *"In The Counter Revolution of 1776, Horne marshals considerable research to paint a picture of a U.S. that wasn't founded on liberty, with slavery as an uncomfortable and aberrant remnant of a pre-Enlightenment past, but rather was founded on slavery as a defense of slavery with the language of liberty and equality used as window dressing. If hes right, in other words, then the traditional narrative of the creation of the U.S. is almost completely wrong." * Salon.com *"[I]t is Horne's book that has the most to teach about the complex intersections of race, class, religion, and ethnicity." * Cambridge Humanities Review *"With The Counter-Revolution of 1776, Gerald Horne refigures the origins of the American & revolution to offer a challenging and potentially explosive critique of foundational myths of liberty and rebellion." * American Historical Review *"Gerald Horne's Counter Revolution of 1776 is a critical contribution in the struggle for clarity around one of the most misconceived periods of history. Horne's work provides the vast historical narrative that proves how this premise is false. He centers his analysis on the inherently counter-revolutionary nature of what led to the colonists desire for succession." * Black Agenda Report *"Horne returns with insights about the American Revolution that fracture even more some comforting myths about the Founding Fathers.The author does not tiptoe through history's grassy fields; he swings a scythe . . . . Clear and sometimes-passionate prose shows us the persistent nastiness underlying our founding narrative." * Kirkus Reviews *"The Counter Revolution of 1776 drives us to a radical new understanding of the traditional heroic creation myth of the United States." * Philadelphia Tribune *"The underlying truth of the 'so-called' American Revolution is finally now out of the bag, and told in its fullest glory for the first time here. And what Professor Horne has discovered through meticulous research is nothing short of revolutionary in itself." * OpEdNews *"Every personcommitted to the struggle for racial justice, liberation, and equality, and who struggles every day with the difficulties of forging unity between Black and white, needs to read this book." * Portside.org *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 Rebellious Africans: How Caribbean Slavery Came to the Mainland 2 Free Trade in Africans? Did the Glorious Revolution Unleash the Slave Trade? 3 Revolt! Africans Conspire with the French and Spanish 4 Building a "White" Pro-Slavery Wall: The Construction of Georgia 5 The Stono Uprising: Will the Africans Become Masters and the Europeans Slaves? 6 Arson, Murders, Poisonings, Shipboard Insurrections: The Fruits of the Accelerating Slave Trade 7 The Biggest Losers: Africans and the Seven Years' War 8 From Havana to Newport, Slavery Transformed: Settlers Rebel against London 9 Abolition in London: Somerset's Case and the North American Aftermath 10 The Counter-Revolution of 1776 Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExamining writing by Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and gay and lesbian Americans after 1968, the author compares and historicizes what might be characterized as the minority literatures within US minority literature.Trade Review"[] Patells brief assessment of each author or text provides a useful stepping stone for other scholars who can build on his work, so the book concludes by opening up the debate and paving the way for others to join in." * The Review of English Studies *"Emergent U.S. Literatureswill be anessentialtext for understanding the historical forces at work in the ways in which we define American literature today. An ambitious piece of scholarship, Cyrus Patell draws from an impressive knowledge of major works in emergent literatures, showing us not only how these literatures have developed in conversation with each other but also pushing us to think about the cosmopolitan nature of creative expression." -- Min Hyoung Song,author of The Children of 1965: On Writing, and Not Writing, as an Asian American"InEmergent U.S. LiteraturesCyrus R.K. Patell makes a key distinction between the previously preferred term multiculturaland newly favored wordcosmopolitanwhen describing what he calls & emergent literatures." * American Literary Scholarship *"Patells close reading of a wide array of writersJessica Hagedorn, Leslie Marmon Silko, Paul Monette, and N. Scott Momaday, among othersis skillful and sensitive." * American Literature *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Theorizing the Emergent 1 1 From Marginal to Emergent 19 2 Nineteenth-Century Roots 47 3 The Politics of Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Literary History 89 4 Liberation Movements 115 5 Multiculturalism and Beyond 187 Conclusion: Emergent Literatures and Cosmopolitan 235 Conversation Notes 241 Index 271 About the Author 285

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Book SynopsisThe murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his assailant, George Zimmerman, sparked a passionate national debate about race and criminal justice in America that involved everyone from bloggers to mayoral candidates to President Obama himself. With increased attention to these causes, from St. Louis to Los Angeles, intense outrage at New York City's Stop and Frisk program and escalating anger over the effect of mass incarceration on the nation's African American community, the Trayvon Martin case brought the racialized nature of the American justice system to the forefront of our national consciousness. Deadly Injustice uses the Martin/Zimmerman case as a springboard to examine race, crime, and justice in our current criminal justice system. Contributors explore how race and racism informs how Americans think about criminality, how crimes are investigated and prosecuted, and how the media interprets and reports on crime. At the centeTrade ReviewDevon Johnson, Patricia Warren, and Amy Farrell have assembled an impressive array of scholars to focus on [a] set of thorny issues for our criminal justice system and for the vitality of American democracy....This volume, bringing together new research and fresh analyses from sociologists, criminologists, legal scholars, and political scientists takes huge steps toward the all-important...re-framing of issues that needs to happen. -- from the Foreword by Lawrence BoboDeadly Injustice strips away the willful racial blindsight that has frustrated scholars who seek to reveal the ways in which our legal institutions deny basic justice when state actors kill young black men and women.Johnson, Warren and Farrell have assembled outstanding scholars whose analytic skills shed new and harsh light into the dark corners of law and criminal justice to reveal the racialization and inequalities in the course of both egregious and everyday events.The analytic focus of this unique volume will sharpen theory and research on racial disparities in justice, and create a new scholarship that can shift our basic understanding of race, law and socio-legal culture to explain these undeniable and disturbing facts. -- Jeffrey A. Fagan,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of LawAt a time when weve seen fundamental shifts in the policing and criminal justice terrain in our country, this important volume adds depth and dimension to our understanding of race, ethnicity and justice in America.This is must reading not only for scholars in the field but also for policymakers and practitioners committed to ensuring that our criminal justice system actually delivers justice. -- Laurie O. Robinson,Co-Chair, The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and former Assistant Attorney GeneralThis book provides a powerful and timely review of the need to see the connection between race, death, and injustice in America. It is time for us to have this much-needed conversation, which will help us, as a community, understand that far too many children are dying from the hands of assailants. We need to focus on life, rather than death, for our children. -- Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.,Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard Law SchoolThe opinions of the researchers point to a need for an overhaul of the criminal justice system and the beliefs espoused therein, as well as those expressed on social media. Highly readable and informative. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThe fullest account to date of African American young people in a segregated cityComing of Age in Jim Crow DC offers a complex narrative of the everyday lives of black young people in a racially, spatially, economically, and politically restricted Washington, DC, during the 1930s. In contrast to the ways in which young people have been portrayed by researchers, policy makers, law enforcement, and the media, Paula C. Austin draws on previously unstudied archival material to present black poor and working class young people as thinkers, theorists, critics, and commentators as they reckon with the boundaries imposed on them in a Jim Crow city that was also the American emblem of equality. The narratives at the center of this book provide a different understanding of black urban life in the early twentieth century, showing that ordinary people were expert at navigating around the limitations imposed by the District of Columbia's racially segregated politics. Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC Trade Review"A superlative analysis [...] Austin restores the humanity of poor and working-class black youth, who lived through the Jim Crow era in Washington, D.C., by reading against the grain. She locates the ideas, thoughts, and intellectual frameworks of youths such as seventeen-year-old Louise Freely, who wrote twelve poems that were simply discarded by the social science investigators who deemed her thoughts unimportant to their larger sociological analysis of black youths in the district at the time. Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC might be easily used in several courses in the humanities and social sciences." * The Journal of Southern History *"An excellent roadmap for the elusive quest to illuminate the everyday lives of black children in the nation’s capital [...] Her methodological insights will be of great value to scholars of the African-American experience." * The Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"Coming of Age is an invaluable addition to Washington, DC social and cultural studies, which are a constant dialogue among history, symbol, access, inclusion—a clash between lofty promises and failed ideals." * Washington History *"Austin makes a vital contribution to the history of race, youth, and urban studies by creatively mining the original interviews gathered by early social scientists E. Franklin Frazier and William Henry Jones and their assistants. Her book both reveals new dimensions of African American history and offers a generative method for interpreting the raw data of early twentieth century social science. An excellent, insightful, and engaging book." -- Corinne T. Field, University of Virginia."Paula C. Austin’s book provides fascinating insight into a much overlooked and understudied topic: the personal thoughts, social psychology and, most important, social analysis of black young adults during a formative period in American urban history. With this book’s treatment of young people as theorists, thinkers, critics, and commentators, Austin provides an important contribution to histories of cities and of African Americans during the interwar period, the age of the New Negro Renaissance, in which black people emerged as formative artists, intellectuals, and activists." -- Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Bowdoin College

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Book SynopsisIntroduces the dynamic process out of which social movements in Black America, Japan, and Okinawa formed Afro-Asian solidarities against the practice of white supremacy in the twentieth century.Trade Review"In its best moments, Transnational Antiracism offers a complex and multifaceted understanding of international struggles for liberation and solidarity as occurring organically from the bottom up. History should ideally be seen as making sense of the big picture through an account of the smaller fragments and individuals who lived within the moments in question. At times, Onishi shows that his mastery of this aforementioned point is most profound. . . . Scholars of contemporary African American and Japanese history stand to gain much from Onishis efforts.Transpacific Anitracism reminds us that any striving towards mutual understanding and change is a utopian dream, both fragile and fleeting. In doing so, Onishi has helped to expand our understanding of what Afro-Asian solidarity was in times past and can be in times yet to come." * Social Science Japan Journal *"Onishi is unapologetically hopeful that another world is possible. He ends the book with a story about a time when he taught African American studies to a class of mostly African descent. It was challenging for all involved, but they managed to create a discursive space of understanding. As Onishi concludes: 'contained in this experience was a tale of utopian potential.'" * The Journal of American History *"[Onishi] adds to the new, growing, but still under-studied scholarly field of African Americans in the transpacific context." -- Y. Kiuchi * Choice *"In this exhaustively researched and beautifully written book, Onishi uncovers a hidden history of Afro-Asian radicalism and internationalism. He presents bold and generative arguments about the ways in which the affiliation of kindred spirits across the Pacific enabled anti-racist intellectuals and activists from Japan and the U.S. to forge a new philosophy of world history and formulate practical programs for liberation." -- George Lipsitz,author of How Racism Takes Place"This fascinating and ground-breaking book offers a new window into the vital history of Afro-Asiansolidarity against empire and white supremacy. Meticulously researched, it recovers the epistemological breakthroughsthat emerged at the intersection of radical struggle and geographical reorientation. Through hissharp analysis of cross-cultural andtransnational collectivity, Onishi provides a guidepost for all those interested in the study of utopian, boundary-crossing projects of the past, as well as the creation of future ones." -- Scott Kurashige,author of The Shifting Grounds of Race and co-author of The Next American Revolution"Yuichiro Onishis Transpacific Antiracism is a unique and valuable contribution to the scholarship on Afro-Asian relationsthere are things that Onishi does that few have done before" * American Studies *"Transpacific Antiracism contributes invaluably to the study of social movements. . . . It beautifully captures the desire of oppressed people to develop revolutionary ideas and practices by learning from 'ancestors'whose skin color might have differed from their own." * Against the Current *"Yuichiro Onishi has provided several interesting case studies of groups that hoped to forge a trans-Pacific coalition against imperialism and racism." * Labour *"By tracing the spread of racial discourse through expressive and political texts rather than individuals, Onishi shows how ideas flow in less regulated ways. Transpacific antiracism can be found in various discourses of liberation and freedom and forms the foundation for Afro-Asian solidarity. By focusing on the way black thought intervenes in black internationalism informed by Japans global aspirations, the book continues the excavation work on various modes of Afro-Asian dynamics. This work continues to expand our notions of black intellectualism by making it part of a global intellectual tradition that impacts a wide range of groups and individuals engaged in liberation work." * Journal of American Studies *"Transpacific Antiracismintervenes superbly in the new and growing body of historical scholarship on Afro-Asian radicalism. It should be required reading for historians interested in complicating the historical narratives on the & United States in the world by placing it within an African American, transpacific context." * Journal of African American History *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments viiNotes on Japanese Sources and Names xiIntroduction: Du Bois's Challenge 1Part I: Discourses1 New Negro Radicalism and Pro-Japan Provocation 192 W. E. B. Du Bois's Afro-Asian Philosophy of World History 54Part II: Collectives3 The Making of "Colored-Internationalism" in Postwar Japan 974 The Presence of (Black) Liberation in Occupied Okinawa 138Conclusion: We Who Become Together 183Notes 189Bibliography 217Index 233About the Author 243

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Book SynopsisIlluminating how the identities of Taiwanese diasporic subjects are contextually and historically shaped, this book advances a nuanced, complex, and differentiated understanding of globalization.Table of Contents1. Why Taiwan? Taiwanese Identity and the Chinese Diaspora 2. The (Taiwanese) Network Society 3. Signs and Meanings: Defining and Maintaining Taiwanese Identity 4. London: The City of Sojourners 5. Toronto: The City of Settlers 6. Taipei: The City of Origin 7. Cutting Bamboo: Migrants and Transnational Ethnic Networks 8. The Social Network: Migrants and Transnational Networking Organisations 9. Taiwan in the Net: Identities in Perspective Appendix 1: List of Interviewees Appendix 2: Indicative Questions from Semi-Structured Interviews

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Book SynopsisThis book reveals how processes of racialized, gendered, and classed exclusion are organized across institutional contexts making it difficult to see and disrupt the relations through which privilege is protected for some and denied others.Table of ContentsForeword by Dorothy E. Smith Introduction: The Institutional and Policy Contexts That Shape Young People’s Lives Outline of the Book 1. Experience, Ontology, and Sociologies of Resistance Social Research and Ideology Beyond Alienation: Ideology and Processes of Domination Beginning with Experience Conclusion: A Feminist Method of Inquiry 2. Participatory Institutional Ethnographies of the State Project 1: Schools, Safety, and the Urban Neighbourhood Project 2: Sampling Youth Development Research Participants Methods Analysis Youth Summer Research Internships 3. The Neoliberal State and the Creation of Race, Class, and Gender Racism without Intent The Police “Don’t Care About Us” Differential Policing Practices Housing, Policing, and the State Conclusion: Technologies of Evidence and the Construction of a Post-Racial, Post-Gendered, Post-Class World 4. Evidential Practices in Education and the Negation of Race Comparing Educational Contexts: Toronto and Montreal Educational Exclusions and the Evidential Turn in Education Teachers: “Most of Them Mean Very Well” Conclusion: The Affirmation of Race, Class, and Gender Categories in Post-race, Post-class, and Post-gender Times 5. Risk, Safety, Inclusion, and the Inter-Institutional Organization of Educational Interventions Like Moves on a Chessboard “Special” Education – Assessment, Identification, and Segregation “Welcome Schools,” Language Laws, and Inter-Cultural Policies Youth “At Risk” Negotiating, Coordinating, and Enabling Access to Education Conclusion 6. State Surveillance and School Discipline Safe Schools Policy Background: Ontario and Quebec “Then I Got Suspended:” Young People’s Experiences of School Discipline in Montreal and Toronto School Discipline, Surveillance, and Educational (Under) Achievement Institutionally Organized Intersections: Special Education and School Safety Intersectional Practices of Surveillance: Education, Child Protection, Policing, and Probation Conclusion My Next Moves References Index

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Book SynopsisToronto the Good? uniquely explores what diversity does to remake the City of Toronto as a beacon of democracy, racial inclusion, and progress.Table of Contents1. The Diversification of Diversity Toronto the Good: Critical Contexts Toronto the Good: The Research Project Organization of the Book 2. Theoretical Concepts Racialization and Race Abjection Discourse, Power, Space Belonging On Diversity Discourse, Race, Belonging, and Space 3. Being Exceptional: Moving Diversity beyond Race Embodying Progress: Equity, Inclusion, and Intersectionality Moving beyond Race in Text Not Seeing Exceptional via the “Outside” On Diversity and Racial Inclusion 4. Being Like No Other: Building Inside(r) Relations through Race Anti-racism Like No Other Diversity Like No Other Invoking the Stereotype On Being Like No Other: Final Thoughts 5. Being through Consultation Consultation, Democracy, Diversity Being through Commodification Commodification through Re-circulation Through Consultation: Final Thoughts 6. On Diversity Discourse and the Problem of Agency Toronto the Good: Critical insights On the Problem of Agency References

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Book SynopsisThis book is the product of voices and perspectives from African Canadian intellectuals across Canada on leadership and African Canadian communities.Trade Review"The contributors bring a wide range of critical political theories to bear on this topic, but also, activist and community-based literatures and experiences, historical research, feminism and sexual politics. As a result, this book offers a deep context to the questions under consideration and the scope of the research presented is quite significant. Although the United States often looms large in any exploration of Canadian life, this book is decidedly and refreshingly Canadian centric with a nonetheless transnational bent, making it a distinct and important contribution. As the editors convincingly argue, Canadian racist practices are forever measured against our American neighbors, often deemed ‘not as bad or non-existent.’" -- Corrie Scott * Ethnic and Racial Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Interrogating the Notion of Crisis in African Canadian Leadership Tamari Kitossa, Brock University, Erica S. Lawson, University of Western Ontario, and Philip S.S. Howard Part One: Models and Theories 1. Black Leadership and White Logic: Models of Community Engagement Carl E. James, York University 2. War on Multiple Fronts: Black Leadership and Backlash Politics in the Context of Policing Controversies Christopher J. Williams, Anti-Racism Directorate 3. African Canadian Leadership and the Metaphoricality of "Crisis": Toward Theorizing, Research, and Practice Tamari Kitossa, Brock University 4. African Canadian Leadership: Pan-Africanism, Trans-nationality, and Community Organizing Amoaba Gooden, Kent State University Part Two: Women and Leadership 5. To Commit and to Lead: Black Women Organizing across Communities in Montreal Rosalind Hampton, University of Toronto - OISE and Désirée Rochat, McGill University 6. Standing Firm on Uneven Ground: A Letter to Black Women on Academic Leadership Annette Henry, University of Britsh Columbia 7. Mercy for Their Children: A Feminist Reading of Black Women’s Maternal Activism and Leadership Practice Erica S. Lawson, University of Western Ontario Part Three: Organizing and Mobilizing 8. Forging Fortuity, Asserting Humanity: The Emotional Labour and Resistance of Black Racial Equity Leaders in Predominantly White Institutions Philip S.S. Howard 9. "Movin’ On Up" in the Age of Neoliberalism: Reflections on Black Middle-Class Consciousness and the Implications for Black Unity, Leadership, and Activism Kevin Gosine, Brock University 10. Building Capacity and Making History: African Canadian Leadership in Ontario’s HIV/AIDS Sector Shamara Baidoobonso, Research Committee of the African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario Part Four: The Politics of the Personal 11. Black Consciousness and the Sexual Politics of Black Leadership in Toronto: A Commentary Wesley Crichlow, University of Ontario Institute Technology 12. "Is There No Balm in Gilead?" The Search for Radical Leadership in the Black Church of the Twenty-First Century Paul Banahene Adjei, Memorial University Part Five: Black Intellectuals 13. An Indigenous Africentric Perspective on Black Leadership George J. Sefa Dei, University of Toronto - OISE 14. Just Below the Threshold: A Conversation with David Austin on Black Leadership Sam Tecle, York University and David Austin, John Abbott College

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Book SynopsisFrom Water to Wine explores how Angola has changed since the end of its civil war in 2002. Its focus is on the middle class—defined as those with a house, a car, and an education—and their consumption, aspirations, and hopes for their families. It takes as its starting point "what is working in Angola?" rather than "what is going wrong?" and makes a deliberate, political choice to give attention to beauty and happiness in everyday life in a country that has had an unusually troubled history.Each chapter focuses on one of the five senses, with the introduction and conclusion provoking reflection on proprioception (or kinesthesia) and curiosity. Various media are employed—poetry, recipes, photos, comics, and other textual experiments—to engage readers and their senses. Written for a broad audience, this text is an excellent addition to the study of Africa, the lusophone world, international development, sensory ethnography, and ethnographic Trade Review"[I]t is refreshing to get insight into actors, stories, and institutions generally ignored by most scholars, who are more interested in the state, politics, corruption, and exclusion than in seeking out new narratives and framings of Angola. The result is an absorbing account of everyday life as [Auerbach] investigates how people prosper and find meaning under difficult conditions." -- Claudia Gastrow, University of Johannesburg * H-Luso-Africa *Table of ContentsList of Images Acknowledgments Interview Report Preface Proprioception Introduction: Where Petrol Is Cheaper than Water: Life in Capitalismo selvagem The Back Story Representing “Africa”? On Making Sense in the Writing What the Book Is Actually About How the Research Was Done How to Read This Book Core Concepts Interlude: A Brief History of Angola Illustrated by Elinor Driver Smell 1. The Smell of Success: Perfume, Beauty, Sweat, Oil Read with Your Nose Conditioning the Air: Space and Control Class, Perfume, Dream: Aspiration and Authenticity Interlude: Recording Fieldwork Notes Objects Structured Observations of Space Touch 2. Touch and the Tactile: The Textures of Scouting in Capitalismo selvagem Seeing through the Skin Making the Mafia Stitching Pano Pants Catching Slipping Children Lighting the Fire as Service Building the New Man Choosing Appropriate T-Shirts Practicing Peace Interlude: Poems 1 Fatherhood Radio Building Seven Women Buying Cloth Fátima’s Mother, on Christmas Day 2013 The Cuban Help The Driver Taste 3. Changing Tastes: Palates and the Possible Recipes The Man Who Made Cake, Dona Maria, and the Sushi Chef Oral Histories: The Stories of Two Lives Interlude: Photo Essay 1: The Flavors of Peace Interlude: Photo Essay 2: Choices and Consumption Sound 4. Music, Fofoca, and the News: Sound, Space, and Orientation Sound Readings: Spectrographs, Annotation, Language Cold War Echoes: Higher Education, Ideology, and Contested Duties Interlude: Poems 2 Estrelinha (Little Star) Birds on Campus João, Collapsing Dona Maria Serving Soup Dona Inês Two Photographers Cinema Church Yoga Teacher Interlude: Photo Essay 3: Childhoods Interlude: Photo Essay 4: Leisure Sight 5. National Rebranding The Selfie and the Other National Rebranding: Guarantee Your Children a Better Past Biopolitical Screens: Frames of Vision Laughing on the Internet Insta Lies or Insta Truths? Fieldwork Ethics: Seven Afterimages Interlude: Photo Essay 5: Art Interlude: Photo Essay 6: Architecture Curiosity Conclusion: Attending the Beautiful in the Light of What We Know Capitalismo selvagem in Uncertain Times The Government Has Gone on Holiday, but Maybe João Lourenço Will Bring It Back Practicing Peace ... Again Notes Indicative Bibliography References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book reveals how processes of racialized, gendered, and classed exclusion are organized across institutional contexts making it difficult to see and disrupt the relations through which privilege is protected for some and denied others.Table of ContentsForeword by Dorothy E. Smith Introduction: The Institutional and Policy Contexts That Shape Young People’s Lives Outline of the Book 1. Experience, Ontology, and Sociologies of Resistance Social Research and Ideology Beyond Alienation: Ideology and Processes of Domination Beginning with Experience Conclusion: A Feminist Method of Inquiry 2. Participatory Institutional Ethnographies of the State Project 1: Schools, Safety, and the Urban Neighbourhood Project 2: Sampling Youth Development Research Participants Methods Analysis Youth Summer Research Internships 3. The Neoliberal State and the Creation of Race, Class, and Gender Racism without Intent The Police “Don’t Care About Us” Differential Policing Practices Housing, Policing, and the State Conclusion: Technologies of Evidence and the Construction of a Post-Racial, Post-Gendered, Post-Class World 4. Evidential Practices in Education and the Negation of Race Comparing Educational Contexts: Toronto and Montreal Educational Exclusions and the Evidential Turn in Education Teachers: “Most of Them Mean Very Well” Conclusion: The Affirmation of Race, Class, and Gender Categories in Post-race, Post-class, and Post-gender Times 5. Risk, Safety, Inclusion, and the Inter-Institutional Organization of Educational Interventions Like Moves on a Chessboard “Special” Education – Assessment, Identification, and Segregation “Welcome Schools,” Language Laws, and Inter-Cultural Policies Youth “At Risk” Negotiating, Coordinating, and Enabling Access to Education Conclusion 6. State Surveillance and School Discipline Safe Schools Policy Background: Ontario and Quebec “Then I Got Suspended:” Young People’s Experiences of School Discipline in Montreal and Toronto School Discipline, Surveillance, and Educational (Under) Achievement Institutionally Organized Intersections: Special Education and School Safety Intersectional Practices of Surveillance: Education, Child Protection, Policing, and Probation Conclusion My Next Moves References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is the product of voices and perspectives from African Canadian intellectuals across Canada on leadership and African Canadian communities.Trade Review"The contributors bring a wide range of critical political theories to bear on this topic, but also, activist and community-based literatures and experiences, historical research, feminism and sexual politics. As a result, this book offers a deep context to the questions under consideration and the scope of the research presented is quite significant. Although the United States often looms large in any exploration of Canadian life, this book is decidedly and refreshingly Canadian centric with a nonetheless transnational bent, making it a distinct and important contribution. As the editors convincingly argue, Canadian racist practices are forever measured against our American neighbors, often deemed ‘not as bad or non-existent.’" -- Corrie Scott * Ethnic and Racial Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Interrogating the Notion of Crisis in African Canadian Leadership Tamari Kitossa, Brock University, Erica S. Lawson, University of Western Ontario, and Philip S.S. Howard Part One: Models and Theories 1. Black Leadership and White Logic: Models of Community Engagement Carl E. James, York University 2. War on Multiple Fronts: Black Leadership and Backlash Politics in the Context of Policing Controversies Christopher J. Williams, Anti-Racism Directorate 3. African Canadian Leadership and the Metaphoricality of "Crisis": Toward Theorizing, Research, and Practice Tamari Kitossa, Brock University 4. African Canadian Leadership: Pan-Africanism, Trans-nationality, and Community Organizing Amoaba Gooden, Kent State University Part Two: Women and Leadership 5. To Commit and to Lead: Black Women Organizing across Communities in Montreal Rosalind Hampton, University of Toronto - OISE and Désirée Rochat, McGill University 6. Standing Firm on Uneven Ground: A Letter to Black Women on Academic Leadership Annette Henry, University of Britsh Columbia 7. Mercy for Their Children: A Feminist Reading of Black Women’s Maternal Activism and Leadership Practice Erica S. Lawson, University of Western Ontario Part Three: Organizing and Mobilizing 8. Forging Fortuity, Asserting Humanity: The Emotional Labour and Resistance of Black Racial Equity Leaders in Predominantly White Institutions Philip S.S. Howard 9. "Movin’ On Up" in the Age of Neoliberalism: Reflections on Black Middle-Class Consciousness and the Implications for Black Unity, Leadership, and Activism Kevin Gosine, Brock University 10. Building Capacity and Making History: African Canadian Leadership in Ontario’s HIV/AIDS Sector Shamara Baidoobonso, Research Committee of the African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario Part Four: The Politics of the Personal 11. Black Consciousness and the Sexual Politics of Black Leadership in Toronto: A Commentary Wesley Crichlow, University of Ontario Institute Technology 12. "Is There No Balm in Gilead?" The Search for Radical Leadership in the Black Church of the Twenty-First Century Paul Banahene Adjei, Memorial University Part Five: Black Intellectuals 13. An Indigenous Africentric Perspective on Black Leadership George J. Sefa Dei, University of Toronto - OISE 14. Just Below the Threshold: A Conversation with David Austin on Black Leadership Sam Tecle, York University and David Austin, John Abbott College

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Book SynopsisFrom Water to Wine explores how Angola has changed since the end of its civil war in 2002. Its focus is on the middle class—defined as those with a house, a car, and an education—and their consumption, aspirations, and hopes for their families. It takes as its starting point "what is working in Angola?" rather than "what is going wrong?" and makes a deliberate, political choice to give attention to beauty and happiness in everyday life in a country that has had an unusually troubled history.Each chapter focuses on one of the five senses, with the introduction and conclusion provoking reflection on proprioception (or kinesthesia) and curiosity. Various media are employed—poetry, recipes, photos, comics, and other textual experiments—to engage readers and their senses. Written for a broad audience, this text is an excellent addition to the study of Africa, the lusophone world, international development, sensory ethnography, and ethnographic Trade Review"[I]t is refreshing to get insight into actors, stories, and institutions generally ignored by most scholars, who are more interested in the state, politics, corruption, and exclusion than in seeking out new narratives and framings of Angola. The result is an absorbing account of everyday life as [Auerbach] investigates how people prosper and find meaning under difficult conditions." -- Claudia Gastrow, University of Johannesburg * H-Luso-Africa *Table of ContentsList of Images Acknowledgments Interview Report Preface Proprioception Introduction: Where Petrol Is Cheaper than Water: Life in Capitalismo selvagem The Back Story Representing “Africa”? On Making Sense in the Writing What the Book Is Actually About How the Research Was Done How to Read This Book Core Concepts Interlude: A Brief History of Angola Illustrated by Elinor Driver Smell 1. The Smell of Success: Perfume, Beauty, Sweat, Oil Read with Your Nose Conditioning the Air: Space and Control Class, Perfume, Dream: Aspiration and Authenticity Interlude: Recording Fieldwork Notes Objects Structured Observations of Space Touch 2. Touch and the Tactile: The Textures of Scouting in Capitalismo selvagem Seeing through the Skin Making the Mafia Stitching Pano Pants Catching Slipping Children Lighting the Fire as Service Building the New Man Choosing Appropriate T-Shirts Practicing Peace Interlude: Poems 1 Fatherhood Radio Building Seven Women Buying Cloth Fátima’s Mother, on Christmas Day 2013 The Cuban Help The Driver Taste 3. Changing Tastes: Palates and the Possible Recipes The Man Who Made Cake, Dona Maria, and the Sushi Chef Oral Histories: The Stories of Two Lives Interlude: Photo Essay 1: The Flavors of Peace Interlude: Photo Essay 2: Choices and Consumption Sound 4. Music, Fofoca, and the News: Sound, Space, and Orientation Sound Readings: Spectrographs, Annotation, Language Cold War Echoes: Higher Education, Ideology, and Contested Duties Interlude: Poems 2 Estrelinha (Little Star) Birds on Campus João, Collapsing Dona Maria Serving Soup Dona Inês Two Photographers Cinema Church Yoga Teacher Interlude: Photo Essay 3: Childhoods Interlude: Photo Essay 4: Leisure Sight 5. National Rebranding The Selfie and the Other National Rebranding: Guarantee Your Children a Better Past Biopolitical Screens: Frames of Vision Laughing on the Internet Insta Lies or Insta Truths? Fieldwork Ethics: Seven Afterimages Interlude: Photo Essay 5: Art Interlude: Photo Essay 6: Architecture Curiosity Conclusion: Attending the Beautiful in the Light of What We Know Capitalismo selvagem in Uncertain Times The Government Has Gone on Holiday, but Maybe João Lourenço Will Bring It Back Practicing Peace ... Again Notes Indicative Bibliography References Index

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Book SynopsisA historical narrative and critical analysis of higher education centred on the experiences of Black students and faculty at McGill University.Trade Review"Black Racialization and Resistance at an Elite University is an important scholarly contribution to educational history broadly and more specifically in its documentation of Black experiences in Canadian universities. It is a welcomed intervention in the institutional histories of the Canadian academy that is often whitewashed and actively erases the presence and activism of Black students, faculty, and community members." -- Natasha Henry * Historical Studies in Education, Vol. 33, No. 1 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Prelude Finding a Conversation "Becoming" an Activist 1. Introduction: The University as a Site of Struggle Settler Colonialism and Education: A Brief Overview The Canadian University Whose University? The 1960s Black Educational Activism and Black (Canadian) Studies Neoliberalism and the University On Critical Race Counter-Storytelling 2. Colonial Legacies and Canadian Ivy Meeting James McGill Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Economy The University and its Sponsors McGill Lineage 3. Trying to Keep Canada White and the Power to Write History McGill and the Modernization of Québec Anticolonial Resistance and Black Power Toward a New Millennium Conclusion: On a Critical Engagement with History 4. The Idealized Elite University Class and Class-Minded-ness "The McGill Bubble": A "Sea of Whiteness" White Hallways by Cora-Lee Conway The professoriate On Mentorship and Academic "Expertise" The Power of the Prof Conclusion: Expectations Meet Experience 5. Being and Becoming Black A Word on Whiteness Socialization in a Culture of Whiteness "I didn’t know I was Black" Black Canadian "identity problems" Managing Interlocking Stereotype Threats Construction Work Black as in Radical, Radical as in Rooted Community and Communing Conclusion: Navigating and Resisting Racialization and Colonial Ideology 6. Serving Up Resistance "Diversity & equity" work Hiring committees The Africana Studies Committee Mapping Power and Informed Decision Making Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisBased on research conducted in Black communities, along with over thirty years of teaching experience, Colour Matters presents a collection of essays that engages educators, youth workers, and policymakers to think about the ways in which race shapes the education, aspirations, and achievements of Black Canadians. Informed by the current socio-political Canadian landscape, Colour Matters covers topics relating to the lives of Black youth, with particular, though not exclusive, attention to young Black men in the Greater Toronto Area. The essays reflect the issues and concerns of the past thirty years, and question what has changed and what has remained the same. Each essay is accompanied by an insightful response from a scholar engaging with topics such as immigration, schooling, athletics, mentorship, and police surveillance. With the perspectives of scholars from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, Colour Matters provides provocative narrTable of ContentsForeword D. Alissa Trotz Introduction: Exploring the Social and Educational Experiences of Black Canadian Youth Over Time 1. Historical and Social Context of the Schooling and Education of African Canadians Response: Complicating Gender and Racial Identities within the Study of Educational History Funke Aladejebi 2. Generational Differences in Black Students’ School Performance Response: It’s the Same with Black British Caribbean Pupils Shirley Anne Tate 3. “To make a better future”: Narrative of a 1.5 Generation Caribbean-Canadian Response: Using Gender to Think Through Migration, Love, and Student Success Amoaba Gooden 4. Students “at risk”: Stereotypes and the Schooling of Black Boys Response: Black Lives Matter in the USA and Canada Joyce E. King 5. More than Brains and Hard Work: The Aspirations and Career Trajectories of Two Young Black Men Response: What Folks Don’t Get: Race and Class Matter Annette M. Henry 6. Class, Race, and Schooling in the Performance of Black Male Athleticism Response: Basketball’s Black Creative Labour and the Mitigation of Anti-Black Schooling Mark V. Campbell 7. Troubling Role Models: Seeing Racialization in the Discourse Relating to “Corrective Agents” for Black Males Response: Black Role Models and Mentorship Under Racial Capitalism Sam Tecle 8. “Up to No Good”: Black on the Streets and Encountering Police Response: It Could Have Been Written Today: A Montrealer’s Reflection Adelle Blackett 9. “Colour Matters”: Suburban Life as Social Mobility and its High Cost for Black Youth Response: Respectability Politics and the Search for Upward Mobility in Canada Andrea A. Davis 10. Toward Equity in Education for Black Students Response: “I will treat all my students with respect”: The Limits to Good Intentions Leanne Taylor Epilogue Michele A. Johnson Acknowledgements Biographies of Contributors/Respondents

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Book SynopsisThis book explores relations between smartness and social justice, and questions whether working toward more just and sustainable cities requires that we look beyond the limitations of smartness altogether.Table of ContentsList of Figures Contributors Toward Urban Digital Justice: The Smart City as an Empty Signifier Part 1: Challenging the Foundations of Smart Dialogue with Stephen Graham 1. Who Is Telling the Smart City Story? Feminist Diffractions of Smart Cities 2. More Queer, More than Human: Challenges for Thinking Digital Justice in the Smart City 3. Urbanists in the Smart City: Sidewalks, Sidewalk Labs, and the Limits to “Complexity” 4. COVID-19 and the Co-evolution of Conspiratorial Urban Systems 5. Reimagining Smart Citizenship, Reconciling (Im)partial Truths: POFMA, Digital Data, and Singapore’s Smart Nation Part 2: Data Decisioning and Data Justice Dialogue with Rob Kitchin 6. Coding Out Justice: Digital Platforms’ Enclosure of Public Transit in Cities 7. Epistemic (In)justice in a Smart City – Proto-smart and Post-smart Infrastructures for Urban Data 8. The Politics of Re-membering: Inequity, Governance, and Biodegradable Data in the Smart City 9. The Data City as Public Experiment? Part 3: Infrastructures of Injustice Dialogue with Vincent Mosco 10. Good and Evil in the Autonomous City 11. Pornhub Helps: Digital Corporations in Italian Pandemic Cities 12. Trajectories of Data-Driven Urbanism and the Case of Intelligent Transport Systems 13. The Parking Problem and Limits of Urban Digitalization 14. On the Contradictions of the (Climate) Smart City in the Context of Socio-Environmental Crisis Part 4: Complicated and Complicating Digital Divides Dialogue with Ayona Datta 15. Decolonizing the Smart City: Excess and Appropriation of Uber Eats in Santiago de Chile 16. Does Formalization Make a City Smarter? Towards Post-elitist Smart Cities 17. The Smart City and COVID-19: New Digital Divides amid Hyper-connectivity 18. Beyond the Digital Divide: Libraries Enabling the Just Smart City 19. Struggling Zones, Stagnant Cities, Inner Regions: Just Renewal through Smartness in Saint John, New Brunswick? Part 5: Urban Citizenship and Participation Dialogue with Alison Powell 20. Smart Citizenship, Self-Organizing Communities, and Cybernetic Urbanism 21. Emerging Inequalities in Citizen-Centric Smart City Development: The “Perceptible” Initiatives in Taipei 22. The Challenges of Fostering Citizenship in the Smart City 23. From Smart to Sharing Cities: Towards Urban Social Justice in the Digital Age 24. Structuring More, Inclusive, and Smart Participation in Planning: Lessons from the Field

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Book SynopsisThis book explores relations between smartness and social justice, and questions whether working toward more just and sustainable cities requires that we look beyond the limitations of smartness altogether.Table of ContentsList of Figures Introduction: Towards Urban Digital Justice: The Smart City as an Empty Signifier Part One: Challenging the Foundations of Smart A Dialogue with Stephen Graham 1 Who Is Telling the Smart City Story? Feminist Diffractions of Smart Cities 2 More Queer, More than Human: Challenges for Thinking Digital Justice in the Smart City 3 Urbanists in the Smart City: Sidewalks, Sidewalk Labs and the Limits to “Complexity” 4 The Evolution of Splintering Urbanism in Planetary Information Ecosystems 5 Cybernetic Urbanism: Tracing the Development of the Responsibilized Subject and the Self-Organizing Communities in Smart Cities Part Two: Data Decisioning and Data Justice A Dialogue with Rob Kitchin 6 Articulating Urban Collectives with Data 7 Coding Out Justice: Digital Platforms’ Enclosure of Public Transit in Cities 8 Epistemic (In)justice in a Smart City: Proto-Smart and Post-Smart Infrastructures for Urban Data 9 The Politics of Re-membering: Inequity, Governance, and Biodegradable Data in the Smart City Part Three: Infrastructures of Injustice A Dialogue with Vincent Mosco 10 Good and Evil in the Autonomous City 11 Pornhub Helps: Digital Corporations in Italian Pandemic Cities 12 Trajectories of Data-Driven Urbanism and the Case of Intelligent Transport Systems 13 The Parking Problem and the Limits of Urban Digitalization 14 On the Contradictions of the (Climate) Smart City in the Context of Socio-environmental Crisis Part Four: Complicated and Complicating Digital Divides A Dialogue with Ayona Datta 15 Decolonizing the Smart City: Excess and Appropriation of Uber Eats in Santiago de Chile 16 Does Formalization Make a City Smarter? Towards Post-Elitist Smart Cities 17 The Smart City and COVID-19: New Digital Divides amid Hyperconnectivity 18 Beyond the Digital Divide: Libraries Enabling the Just Smart City 19 Struggling Zones, Stagnant Cities, Inner Regions: Just Renewal through Smartness in Saint John, New Brunswick? Part Five: Urban Citizenship and Participation A Dialogue with Alison Powell 20 The Challenges of Fostering Citizenship in the Smart City 21 Structuring More, Inclusive, and Smart Participation in Planning: Lessons from the Field 22 Emerging Inequalities in Citizen-centric Smart City Development: The Perceptible Initiatives in Taipei 23 Reimagining Smart Citizenship, Reconciling (Im)Partial Truths: POFMA, Digital Data, and Singapore’s Smart Nation 24 From Smart to Sharing Cities: The Promise of Citizen-Led, Place-Based Digitalization Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis path-breaking collaboration by leading Black scholars examines the complexities of Black life in Canadian post-secondary education.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Preface: The Nuances of Blackness: A Genesis and Outline Acknowledgments Introduction: A Meditation on the Nuances of Blackness in the Canadian Academy Awad Ibrahim, Tamari Kitossa, Malinda S. Smith, and Handel Kashope Wright Part One: Blackness: What’s in a Name? Commentary on Part I: Why the Study of Blackness Is Critical at This Historical Juncture George J. Sefa Dei 1. The Awkward Presence of Blackness in the Canadian Academy Handel Kashope Wright 2. Exposed! The Ivory Tower’s Code Noir Delia D. Douglas 3. The Precariat African-Canadian Academic: Problematic Historical Constructions, Perpetual Struggles for Recognition Ali A. Abdi 4. What Have Deleuze and Guattari Got to Do with Blackness? A Rhizomatic Analysis of Blackness Awad Ibrahim 5. Dancing with the Invisibility/Inaudibility: Nuances of Blackness in a Francophone Context Gina Thésée Part Two: Blackness and Academic Pathways Commentary on Part II: Blackness in the Canadian Academy: Challenges, Contestations, and Contradictions Wisdom J. Tettey 6. Hidden Figures: Black Scholars in the Early Canadian Academy Malinda S. Smith 7. Committed to Employment Equity? Impediments to Obtaining University Appointments Carl E. James 8 Black Gay Scholar and the Provocation of Promotion Wesley Crichlow 9 “Certain Uncertainty”: Phenomenology of an African Canadian Professor Tamari Kitossa 10. Socio-Cultural Obligations and the Academic Career: The Dual Expectations Facing Black Canadian Academics Kay-Ann Williams and Gervan Fearon Part Three: Blackness: A Complicated Canadian Conversation Commentary on Part III: “Killing Us Softly” – with Questions Annette Henry 11. Fitting (Out-Fitting) In Henry Daniel 12. The Caged Bird Still Sings in Harmony: The Academy, Spoken Word Poetry, and the Making of Community Emmanuel Tabi 13. States of Being: The Poet & Scholar as a Black, African, & Diasporic Woman Juliane Okot Bitek 14. Intersectionality in Blackface: When Post-racial Nationalism Meets Black Feminism Délice Mugabo 15. Re-spatializing the Boundaries of Belonging: The Subversive Blackness of Muslim Women Jan-Therese Mendes Part Four: Black Pasts, Black Futurity Commentary on Part IV: Surviving Anti-Blackness: Vulnerability, Speaking Back, and Building Black Futurity Shirley Anne Tate 16. (Re)situating Black Studies at York University: Unsilencing the Past, Locating the Present, Routing Futures at the York University Black Graduate Students’ Collective 17. Community Service Learning and Anti-Blackness: The Cost of Playing with Fire on the Black Female Body Delores v. Mullings 18. Blackness and the Limits of Institutional Good Will Omisoore H. Dryden 19. Leadership in Neoliberal Times: A Road to Nowhere Jennifer R. Kelly 20. Vocation of the Black Scholar in the Neoliberal Academy: A Love Story Adelle Blackett 21. The Changing Same: Black Lives Matter, the Work of History, and the Historian’s Craft Barrington Walker 22. Charting Black Presence and Futures in the Canadian Academy Malinda S. Smith Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis path-breaking collaboration by leading Black scholars examines the complexities of Black life in Canadian post-secondary education.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Preface: The Nuances of Blackness: A Genesis and Outline Acknowledgments Introduction: A Meditation on the Nuances of Blackness in the Canadian Academy Awad Ibrahim, Tamari Kitossa, Malinda S. Smith, and Handel Kashope Wright Part One: Blackness: What’s in a Name? Commentary on Part I: Why the Study of Blackness Is Critical at This Historical Juncture George J. Sefa Dei 1. The Awkward Presence of Blackness in the Canadian Academy Handel Kashope Wright 2. Exposed! The Ivory Tower’s Code Noir Delia D. Douglas 3. The Precariat African-Canadian Academic: Problematic Historical Constructions, Perpetual Struggles for Recognition Ali A. Abdi 4. What Have Deleuze and Guattari Got to Do with Blackness? A Rhizomatic Analysis of Blackness Awad Ibrahim 5. Dancing with the Invisibility/Inaudibility: Nuances of Blackness in a Francophone Context Gina Thésée Part Two: Blackness and Academic Pathways Commentary on Part II: Blackness in the Canadian Academy: Challenges, Contestations, and Contradictions Wisdom J. Tettey 6. Hidden Figures: Black Scholars in the Early Canadian Academy Malinda S. Smith 7. Committed to Employment Equity? Impediments to Obtaining University Appointments Carl E. James 8 Black Gay Scholar and the Provocation of Promotion Wesley Crichlow 9 “Certain Uncertainty”: Phenomenology of an African Canadian Professor Tamari Kitossa 10. Socio-Cultural Obligations and the Academic Career: The Dual Expectations Facing Black Canadian Academics Kay-Ann Williams and Gervan Fearon Part Three: Blackness: A Complicated Canadian Conversation Commentary on Part III: “Killing Us Softly” – with Questions Annette Henry 11. Fitting (Out-Fitting) In Henry Daniel 12. The Caged Bird Still Sings in Harmony: The Academy, Spoken Word Poetry, and the Making of Community Emmanuel Tabi 13. States of Being: The Poet & Scholar as a Black, African, & Diasporic Woman Juliane Okot Bitek 14. Intersectionality in Blackface: When Post-racial Nationalism Meets Black Feminism Délice Mugabo 15. Re-spatializing the Boundaries of Belonging: The Subversive Blackness of Muslim Women Jan-Therese Mendes Part Four: Black Pasts, Black Futurity Commentary on Part IV: Surviving Anti-Blackness: Vulnerability, Speaking Back, and Building Black Futurity Shirley Anne Tate 16. (Re)situating Black Studies at York University: Unsilencing the Past, Locating the Present, Routing Futures at the York University Black Graduate Students’ Collective 17. Community Service Learning and Anti-Blackness: The Cost of Playing with Fire on the Black Female Body Delores v. Mullings 18. Blackness and the Limits of Institutional Good Will Omisoore H. Dryden 19. Leadership in Neoliberal Times: A Road to Nowhere Jennifer R. Kelly 20. Vocation of the Black Scholar in the Neoliberal Academy: A Love Story Adelle Blackett 21. The Changing Same: Black Lives Matter, the Work of History, and the Historian’s Craft Barrington Walker 22. Charting Black Presence and Futures in the Canadian Academy Malinda S. Smith Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis book compares Canada's Jews with other Canadian ethnic and religious groups and with Jewish communities in other diaspora countries, offering insights into the ethnic identity, values, behaviour, and likely future of Jews in Canada.Table of ContentsPart One. Introduction: Profiles of Canadian Jewish life 1. An Ever-Dying People? Some Advantages of Comparative Analysis Robert Brym and Randal F. Schnoor 2. Canadian Jewry since World War II Richard Menkis and Harold Troper 3. Demographic Overview Charles Shahar 4. Antisemitism in Canada Morton Weinfeld 5. The Centrality of Jewish Education in Canada Randal F. Schnoor Part Two. Comparing Categories of Canadian Jews 6. Twelve Degrees of Jewish Identity Robert Brym and Feng Hou 7. Jewish Residential Patterns and Identity Joshua Harold 8. Immigrant and Non-immigrant Household Income Naomi Lightman 9. Comparing Montreal and Toronto Ira Robinson 10. Experiencing Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender: Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Toronto Marina Morgenstern 11. Attitudes and Activism Concerning Israel Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein Part Three. Comparing Canadian Jews and Other Canadians 12. From the Jewish Question to the Muslim Question Abdolmohammad Kazemipur 13. Jews and the Christian Goliath Reginald Bibby 14. Are the Chinese Canada’s New Jews? Feng Hou and Robert Brym 15. Jews and Métis in Canada: Ethnic Mobility and the Politics of Counting David S. Koffman and Paul L. Gareau 16. Jewish Intellectual Exceptionalism? Ethnic Diversity in the University of Toronto’s School of Medicine Jordan Chad and Robert Brym Part Four. Comparing Jews in Canada and Other Countries 17. Jewish Demography and Identity in Canada and Eight Other Countries Sergio DellaPergola 18. Intermarriage in Canada and the United States: Déjà vu or Different? Fern Chertok and Matthew A. Brookner 19. Qualifying the Leading Theory of Diaspora Jewry: Jews from the Former Soviet Union in Canada and the United States Robert Brym, Anna Slavina, and Rhonda Lenton 20. Perceptions and Realities of Antisemitism: Canadian, British, and French Jews Daniel Staetsky 21. Marriage and Mobility of Moroccan Jews in Montreal and Paris Martin Messika and Yolande Cohen 22. Jewish Engagement in Canada and Australia Adina Bankier-Karp Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book compares Canada's Jews with other Canadian ethnic and religious groups and with Jewish communities in other diaspora countries, offering insights into the ethnic identity, values, behaviour, and likely future of Jews in Canada.Table of ContentsPart One. Introduction: Profiles of Canadian Jewish life 1. An Ever-Dying People? Some Advantages of Comparative Analysis Robert Brym and Randal F. Schnoor 2. Canadian Jewry since World War II Richard Menkis and Harold Troper 3. Demographic Overview Charles Shahar 4. Antisemitism in Canada Morton Weinfeld 5. The Centrality of Jewish Education in Canada Randal F. Schnoor Part Two. Comparing Categories of Canadian Jews 6. Twelve Degrees of Jewish Identity Robert Brym and Feng Hou 7. Jewish Residential Patterns and Identity Joshua Harold 8. Immigrant and Non-immigrant Household Income Naomi Lightman 9. Comparing Montreal and Toronto Ira Robinson 10. Experiencing Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender: Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Toronto Marina Morgenstern 11. Attitudes and Activism Concerning Israel Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein Part Three. Comparing Canadian Jews and Other Canadians 12. From the Jewish Question to the Muslim Question Abdolmohammad Kazemipur 13. Jews and the Christian Goliath Reginald Bibby 14. Are the Chinese Canada’s New Jews? Feng Hou and Robert Brym 15. Jews and Métis in Canada: Ethnic Mobility and the Politics of Counting David S. Koffman and Paul L. Gareau 16. Jewish Intellectual Exceptionalism? Ethnic Diversity in the University of Toronto’s School of Medicine Jordan Chad and Robert Brym Part Four. Comparing Jews in Canada and Other Countries 17. Jewish Demography and Identity in Canada and Eight Other Countries Sergio DellaPergola 18. Intermarriage in Canada and the United States: Déjà vu or Different? Fern Chertok and Matthew A. Brookner 19. Qualifying the Leading Theory of Diaspora Jewry: Jews from the Former Soviet Union in Canada and the United States Robert Brym, Anna Slavina, and Rhonda Lenton 20. Perceptions and Realities of Antisemitism: Canadian, British, and French Jews Daniel Staetsky 21. Marriage and Mobility of Moroccan Jews in Montreal and Paris Martin Messika and Yolande Cohen 22. Jewish Engagement in Canada and Australia Adina Bankier-Karp Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBased on over five years of ethnographic fieldwork in Syria, Exemplary Life focuses on the life of a Damascus woman, Myrna Nazzour, who serves as an aspirational figure in her community. Myrna is regarded by her followers as an exemplary figure, a living saint, and the messages, apparitions, stigmata, and oil that have marked Myrna since 1982 have corroborated her status as chosen by God. Exemplary Life probes the power of examples, the modelling of sainthood around Myrna’s figure, and the broader context for Syrian Christians in the changing landscape of the Middle East. The book highlights the social use of examples such as the ones inhabited by Myrna’s devout followers and how they reveal the broader structures of illustration, evidence, and persuasion in social and cultural settings. Andreas Bandak argues that the role of the example should incite us to investigate which trains of thought set local worlds in motion. In doing so, Exemplary LiTable of ContentsPrologue Acknowledgments Introduction: Modelling Sainthood in Christian Syria 1. Closer to Mary 2. Repeated Prayers 3. Exemplary Series 4. Life and Story 5. Signs and Evidence 6. Prophecies of Unity 7. Damascus Speaking Conclusion Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisBased on over five years of ethnographic fieldwork in Syria, Exemplary Life focuses on the life of a Damascus woman, Myrna Nazzour, who serves as an aspirational figure in her community. Myrna is regarded by her followers as an exemplary figure, a living saint, and the messages, apparitions, stigmata, and oil that have marked Myrna since 1982 have corroborated her status as chosen by God. Exemplary Life probes the power of examples, the modelling of sainthood around Myrna’s figure, and the broader context for Syrian Christians in the changing landscape of the Middle East. The book highlights the social use of examples such as the ones inhabited by Myrna’s devout followers and how they reveal the broader structures of illustration, evidence, and persuasion in social and cultural settings. Andreas Bandak argues that the role of the example should incite us to investigate which trains of thought set local worlds in motion. In doing so, Exemplary LiTable of ContentsPrologue Acknowledgments Introduction: Modelling Sainthood in Christian Syria 1. Closer to Mary 2. Repeated Prayers 3. Exemplary Series 4. Life and Story 5. Signs and Evidence 6. Prophecies of Unity 7. Damascus Speaking Conclusion Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisPolitically Animated studies the convergence of animation and actuality within films, television series, and digital shorts from across the Spanish-speaking world. It interrogates the many ways in which animation as a stylistic tool and storytelling device participates in political projects underpinning an array of non-fiction works. The case studies in the book cover a diverse geographical scope, including Spain, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico. They critically analyse different works such as feature-length animated documentary films, a work of animated journalism, a short animated essay, and micro-short episodes from a televised animated documentary series. Jennifer Nagtegaal employs the term politically animated in reference to the ideological implications of choosing specific techniques and styles of animation within certain socio-historical and cultural contexts. Nagtegaal illuminates the creative union of animated documentary and the comics medium currenTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Towards Expansion and Liberation in the Field of Animated Documentary 1. Animating Agency: Children’s Articulated and Embodied Politics in Jairo Carrillo and Oscar Andrade’s Pequeñas voces / Little Voices (2010) 2. What’s in a(n) “Cómic Animado” (Animated Comic)? Poetics, Politics, and Personal Myths of Peronism in María Seoane’s Eva de la Argentina / Eva from Argentina (2011) 3. Animating Autobiography: Historical Memory and Catharsis in Manuel H. Martín’s Graphic Novel Documentary 30 años de oscuridad / 30 Years of Darkness (2012) 4. Simply A-musing: Aleix Saló’s Españistan / Spainistan (2011) as Animated Journalism in Spain’s Comic Public Sphere 5. Tracing Cultural Continuities: Rotoscope, Archons, and Archive 2.0 in Victor Orozco’s Essayistic Reality 2.0 (2012) 6. In Uncharted Waters and Totally Unmoored: The Transmedial Documentary Project Cuentos de viejos / Old Folks’ Tales (2013) Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a visually rich narrative of how coexistence is negotiated in Los Angeles, a city vibrant with sociocultural diversity.Trade Review“[Chan’s] findings and insights are of use to anyone interested in urbanization, urban planning, community life, race and ethnicity, or Los Angeles specifically.” -- Ronald J. Angel, University of Texas Austin * Ethnic and Racial Studies *Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Promise and Peril of Los Angeles “Diversity Explosion”: Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, Class, and Income Cities of Diversity: Nested Social Complex Studying Diversity as a Socio-Spatial Phenomenon More Quality Contact, Not Less The Trouble with Diversity 2. Comparing Spaces of Globalization and Diversity Neighbourhood and Community in Tension Approaching the Three Locales Cognitive Mapping of Diversity Reflections on Fieldwork 3. Scenes of Diversity in Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality Scene One: In San Marino Socio-Spatial Differentiation: Wealth and Ethnicity Divergent Routines Scene Two: In Central Long Beach Ethnicity as an Organizing Principle in Social Space “Canalized” Practices in Shared Space Scene Three: In Mid-Wilshire Contested Space and Cultural Enclaves Relational Web in Density and Diversity Concluding Thoughts: Multivalent Diversities in Los Angeles 4. Tensions in Diversity Competing Values in San Marino Ethnic Turfs in Central Long Beach Profiling in Polarities: Mid-Wilshire Concluding Thoughts about Tensions of Diversity 5. Boundaries and Local Belongings Elective Boundaries Circumscribed Boundaries Polarized Boundaries Fostering Local Belongings (S)elective Belonging Concluding Thoughts: Crossing Boundaries 6. Intercultural Contours of a Diverse Public Realm Configurations of Relational Web Interculturalism in Los Angeles Barriers to Intercultural Learning and Understanding in Los Angeles Lacking Community Space? Intercultural Opportunities in the Public Realm Neighbourhood Parks Public Libraries Public Events and Festivals Concluding Thoughts: Public Realm of Diversity 7. Designing for Collective Intercultural Life Evaluating the Urban Form of Diverse Public Environments Interculturalism in Urban Planning and Design Practice? Co-producing a Convivial Collective Life: Qualities of Intercultural Places Concluding Thoughts: Design for Public Life 8. Conclusions: Conflict and Conviviality in Diversity Diverse Public Realm and Its Promises Implications beyond Los Angeles Appendices Notes References

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Book SynopsisArmed with the motto Diversity Our Strength, the City of Toronto has garnered a world-class reputation for challenging racism, largely because of how it is seen to value and include racialized groups through its diversity policies and practices. Toronto the Good? unsettles popular depictions of both diversity and the City of Toronto by attending to what diversity does in and for the City in the context of historical relations of race. Toronto the Good? brings together Shana Almeida’s critical insights as a former political staff member along with her years of in-depth research on diversity in the City of Toronto to offer a compelling case to rethink how we understand diversity and racial inclusion in the City of Toronto and beyond. Initiated in a local context, Toronto the Good? critically contributes to global discussions on diversity, race, democracy, political participation, and power.Table of Contents1. The Diversification of Diversity Toronto the Good: Critical Contexts Toronto the Good: The Research Project Organization of the Book 2. Theoretical Concepts Racialization and Race Abjection Discourse, Power, Space Belonging On Diversity Discourse, Race, Belonging, and Space 3. Being Exceptional: Moving Diversity beyond Race Embodying Progress: Equity, Inclusion, and Intersectionality Moving beyond Race in Text Not Seeing Exceptional via the “Outside” On Diversity and Racial Inclusion 4. Being Like No Other: Building Inside(r) Relations through Race Anti-racism Like No Other Diversity Like No Other Invoking the Stereotype On Being Like No Other: Final Thoughts 5. Being through Consultation Consultation, Democracy, Diversity Being through Commodification Commodification through Re-circulation Through Consultation: Final Thoughts 6. On Diversity Discourse and the Problem of Agency Toronto the Good: Critical insights On the Problem of Agency References

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Book SynopsisIn The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans, 1862–1916, Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly examines generations of mixed-race African Americans after the Civil War and into the Progressive Era, skillfully tracking the rise of a leadership class in Black America made up largely of individuals who had complex racial ancestries, many of whom therefore enjoyed racial options to identity as either Black or White. Although these people might have chosen to pass as White to avoid the racial violence and exclusion associated with the dominant racial ideology of the time, they instead chose to identify as Black Americans, a decision that provided upward mobility in social, political, and economic terms. Dineen-Wimberly highlights African American economic and political leaders and educators such as P. B. S. Pinchback, Theophile T. Allain, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass as well as women such as Josephine B. Willson Bruce and E. Azalia Hackley who were promineTrade Review“In this masterful study Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly has administered a powerful antidote to the historical amnesia that has clouded—or nearly erased—our understanding of mixed-race, Black-identified Americans who played important roles in politics, artistic performance, business, and diplomatic relations. . . . Admirably researched and written with éclat, The Allure of Blackness sparkles with life stories rarely encountered in the history books from which young Americans derive their understanding of our past—and how it has affected the world we live in today.”—Gary B. Nash, professor emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles and author of Forbidden Love: The Hidden History of Mixed-Race America“With The Allure of Blackness, Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly positions herself as the preeminent interpreter of the Black elite of a century ago, as she challenges the binary assumptions of monoracialist interpreters, for whom one can be only Black or White. She reveals complicated strains of class positioning and racial reasoning that other authors have missed entirely or simplified greatly. Her book is utterly original, based on vast acquaintance with extant literature, and enriched by monumental archival digging. Professor Dineen-Wimberly will cause a major rethinking of the purposes, motivations, and strategies of these crucial generations of Black leaders.”—Paul Spickard, Distinguished Professor of History and Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara“A masterful examination. Dineen-Wimberly brings considerable depth, breadth, and nuance to explaining the disproportionate number of mixed-race individuals among the ranks of African American leadership. The riveting first-person testimony of mixed-race individuals themselves is an indispensable component of her analysis. Consequently, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students alike.”—G. Reginald Daniel, professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. “As a Negro I Will Be Powerful”: The Leadership of P. B. S. Pinchback 2. Postbellum Strategies to Retain Power and Status: From Political Appointments to Property Ownership 3. New Challenges and Opportunities for Leadership: From Domestic Immigration to “The Consul’s Burden” 4. “Lifting as We Climb”: The Other Side of Uplift Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive account of the most unique Major League Baseball game ever played, as well as the tragic events that led up to it and the therapeutic effect it had on a troubled city. Trade Review"Cowherd's book elucidates a chilling collision of race and sport from recent history."—John Swansburg, New York Times Book Review“Kevin Cowherd has written a remarkable sports book that isn’t actually about sports. Instead, it is a reflection on a single professional contest played in silence—a historical anomaly in which an American city, challenged by both legitimate protest and grievous violence that followed the unnecessary death of a man, took a deep breath and played a baseball game in a locked stadium, without fans. And in that empty space, everyone—from the teams’ owners, to the players, to the politicians, journalists, fans, and ordinary citizens—had to contemplate the hopes and fears and the failures and strengths of their city.”—David Simon, creator and executive producer of the HBO series The Wire "A compassionate, objectively rendered examination of a frightening case of police brutality."—Wes Lukowsky, Booklist"This book should be read under the knowledge that while it is about an unusual baseball game, it is more than just a baseball book. The reader will have a much better understanding of what the city of Baltimore was enduring during that week and how this game both gave the city a small amount of normalcy during a trying time and was a illustration of how grim the situation seemed at that time."—Guy Who Reviews Sports Books“Dad always used to say, if you hang around baseball long enough, you will always see something new. That was definitely the case when I watched this ball game in an empty Camden Yards. Kevin Cowherd has done an outstanding job capturing the uniqueness of this very odd day in baseball history and all that surrounded it.”—Cal Ripken Jr., Hall of Famer and former Baltimore Oriole

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Book SynopsisExamines the period between 1928 and 1937, when the promotion of antiracism by party and trade union officials in the Soviet Union became a priority. African Americans of various backgrounds became indispensable contributors to the Soviet antiracism campaign and helped Moscow challenge America's claim to be the beacon of democracy and freedom.Trade Review“Roman’s study adds a dimension most U.S. historians can only envy. . . . A fuller account is unlikely to appear, and the logic of Opposing Jim Crow could not easily be impeached.”—James G. Ryan, Journal of American History "A rich addition to the literature on Russian-American relations."—W. B. Whisenhunt, Choice“Breaks new theoretical ground. . . . Roman’s work, when closely read, might yet yield clues to a better understanding of the seemingly mysterious origins (and virulence) of post-Soviet racism.”—Maxim Matusevich, Slavic Review “Essential reading for those seeking a deeper understanding of the uneasy relationship between black radicals and Soviet propaganda, in both the decade it covers and beyond.”—Allison Blakely, Russian Review "Well written and well argued."—Randi Storch, Journal of Southern History"Opposing Jim Crow sheds light on the very real impact of institutionalized Soviet antiracism, which makes this book a welcome addition to the history of the Soviet Union."—Tony Pecinovsky, People's World"A clear and vibrant read."—Amanda Higgins, The RegisterTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: The Birth of a Nation1. American Racism on Trial and the Poster Child for Soviet Antiracism2. "This Is Not Bourgeois America": Representations of American Racial Apartheid and Soviet Racelessness3. The Scottsboro Campaign: Personalizing American Racism and Speaking Antiracism4. African American Architects of Soviet Antiracism and the Challenge of Black and White5. The Promises of Soviet Antiracism and the Integration of Moscow's International Lenin SchoolEpilogue: Circus and Going Soft on American RacismNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book Synopsis Finalist for the 2023 Seymour Medal Foreword INDIES Finalist in History In Baseball RebelsPeter Dreier and Robert Elias examine the key social challenges—racism, sexism and homophobia—that shaped society and worked their way into baseball’s culture, economics, and politics. Since baseball emerged in the mid-1800s to become America’s pastime, the nation’s battles over race, gender, and sexuality have been reflected on the playing field, in the executive suites, in the press box, and in the community. Some of baseball’s rebels are widely recognized, but most of them are either little known or known primarily for their baseball achievements—not their political views and activism. Everyone knows the story of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color line, but less known is Sam Nahem, who opposed the racial divide in the U.S. military and organized an integrated military team that won a championsTrade Review"In an age where increasing amounts of attention continue to be devoted to diversity and inclusion, Peter Dreier and Robert Elias reinforce the notion that we've come a long way but still have a long way to go. Baseball Rebels serves as a well-rounded volume that examines various aspects of the national pastime vis-à- vis the tumultuous social issues of race relations, the battle of the sexes— in more ways than one— and progressive activism."—Paul Hensler, NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture"Well-written and convincingly argued, Baseball Rebels warrants a place on the shelves of fans and scholars alike. Baseball may seem like a fundamentally conservative sporting culture. But as this important book shows, beneath the surface, there have always been brave dissenters willing to challenge the status quo even at the expense of their own careers, and even in the face of long, daunting odds."—Derek Catsam, Journal of Popular Culture"Baseball Rebels conducts deep dives into the ugly past in the game. The history lessons offered through the lens of Dreier and Elias make their book a must-read."—Don Laible, Bradenton Times"For all the progress that has been made, we're still waiting for greater minority representation in front offices, for women to be part of the game, and for LGBTQ+ individuals to feel unashamed of who they are within the context of the game. Baseball Rebels makes you feel like it's only a matter of time before that's a reality, though, and that's a really good thing."—Chris D. Davies, coveringthecorner.com"Readers will find much in this volume that a second or third reading will bring new delight and interest."—Paul Buhle, Progressive Magazine“Baseball is America’s game: it’s a game with an important and often-overlooked history of rebellion, and one that, with fits and starts, has helped lead the nation’s fight against racism, sexism, and homophobia. Don’t believe me? This incisive and compelling book proves it. . . . Highly recommended.”—Jonathan Eig, author of Luckiest Man and Opening Day“It’s not just that Baseball Rebels homes in on the heroes (and reprobates) in the ongoing battles for civil rights and against gender discrimination. It’s that it does it with grace and humanity, telling must-read stories of barrier-breakers we know, like Satchel Paige, and others we ought to, like Frank Sykes.”—Larry Tye, author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend“Baseball began in the cities, from a nostalgic longing for an agrarian paradise more ideal than real. That idealism—a wish for fairness and harmony on a level playing field—animated all that came after and is splendidly delineated in Robert Elias and Peter Dreier’s new book. Who is in, who is out, and who gets to decide: that has been the banner under which all baseball’s rebels have marched.”—John Thorn, official historian of Major League Baseball“We all know about Ruth and Koufax. But as Dreier and Elias remind us, the game has also been played by Octavius Catto and Helen Callaghan, Frank Sykes and Glenn Burke—men and women who used the ballfields to fight for social justice and equality. Read this book, and you will agree that their stories deserve to be known.”—Joshua Prager, author of The Family Roe and The Echoing Green“Baseball is a funny game. It’s also a serious game. In their book Baseball Rebels, Peter Dreier and Robert Elias take a deep look at the players and nonplayers who changed the game for the better by fighting for access and equality. From Jackie Robinson to Roberto Clemente to my own mother, a professional ballplayer herself, their individual stories as athletes add up to a revealing narrative of how the game reflected and impacted some of the most important cultural and social changes in the broader society. The book is a home run. In that I hit so few home runs in my major league career, I know one when I see one.”—Casey Candaele, Major League Baseball player with Montreal Expos, Houston Astros, and Cleveland Indians, and Triple-A managerTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Dave Zirin Acknowledgments Introduction Resisting Racism 1. Battling Jim Crow 2. Building Black Institutions 3. Before Jackie Robinson 4. Crossing the Color Line 5. Defending Civil Rights Resisting Sexism and Homophobia 6. Women in Baseball 7. Gay Men in Baseball Today’s Activists and an Agenda for Change 8. Modern-Day Rebels 9. Baseball Justice: An Unfinished Agenda Bibliography Index Also by the Authors

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Book SynopsisThe civil rightsera story of young boys whose dreams of playing in the Little League World Series were dashed, not by a loss to a more formidable team, but because of the color of their skin.Trade Review"Lamb's engaging and thought-provoking book provides readers with a unique story about integration, segregation, and America's pastime and cannot be recommended highly enough."—Chad S. Wise, NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture"Stolen Dreams works as a history told at the intersection of sports, civil rights, and southern memory, reminding readers of how often those fields are closely woven together."—Robert Greene II, Journal of Southern History"Lamb includes grand context of what was happening in South Carolina, the South and American courts during the tumultuous early 1950s. That makes Stolen Dreams . . . a slick double-play: academically worthy of any Palmetto State history syllabus and perfect for a baseball fan's 2022 season reading list."—Gene Sapakoff, Post and Courier“[Stolen Dreams] meticulously documents an important moment, and team, that few people will know but should. It’s about the collision of racism and baseball, years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, and shows just how far Blacks had left to go to be accepted in America’s pastime. Lamb writes this story with affection, grace, and skill.”—Mike Freeman, editor of race and inequality at USA Today“Chris Lamb takes a forgotten baseball tournament and a forgotten moment in the civil rights struggle and spins them into an unforgettable story, proving, as Martin Luther King Jr. might have said, that the long arc of a batted ball bends toward justice. With impressive research and sharp insight, Lamb illustrates once again the important role baseball plays in understanding and shaping American culture.”—Jonathan Eig, best-selling author of Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season“Sports is a brilliant and bracing window for understanding Jim Crow segregation in the South. With this book, Chris Lamb uncovers a narrative in this history that few readers will know: a history of racism, injustice, baseball, and the kids crushed by the hatreds of adults. I can’t recommend this book enough. It speaks to the past brilliantly, but it also speaks to our troubled present. A necessary and important read.”—Dave Zirin, author of The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World“Lamb has presented Little League Baseball as a microcosm of Jim Crowism with so many history lessons of shame, sadness, and racial injustices propagated by the white majority. Lamb fires cannon shots with explosive narratives about Octavius Catto, Judge J. Waties Waring, Isaac Woodard, Robert Morrison, Robert Small, Frazier B. Baker, and others. This narrative is one of the most comprehensive examinations of the Lost Cause obsession for control in America.”—Larry Lester, Negro League Baseball historian and author“Chris Lamb’s thorough and eloquent account embodies the best tradition of civil rights scholarship, exposing America’s long history of racism, particularly in Charleston, a city built literally on the backs of enslaved people. Redemptive at its core, Stolen Dreams reminds us of all of the importance of telling the stories of African Americans that have so often been erased, forgotten, or neglected.”—Marjory Wentworth, South Carolina poet laureate, 2003–20Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. “The Team Nobody Would Play” 2. America’s Original Sin 3. The Charleston Baseball Riot 4. The Lost Cause 5. The Accommodationist 6. The Blinding of Isaac Woodard 7. “It’s Time for South Carolina to Rejoin the Union” 8. The Story of Little League Baseball 9. The YMCA 10. Even the Ocean Was Segregated 11. Brown v. Board of Education 12. “A Dastardly Act” 13. A Long Time Coming 14. The Trip to Williamsport 15. “Let Them Play!” 16. Emmett Till 17. “Paper Curtain” 18. The Civil Rights Movement in Charleston 19. Gus Holt’s Crusade 20. Return to Williamsport 21. No City Owes Its Success More to the Whipping of Slaves 22. The “Emanuel Nine” 23. John Rivers’s Dream Notes Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis2022 Book of the Year Award from the Chicago Writers Association 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Finalist in Memoir 2021 Foreword Indies FinalistThis Jade World centers on a Thai American who has gone through a series of life changes. Ira Sukrungruang married young to an older poet. On their twelfth anniversary, he received a letter asking for a divorce, sending him into a despairing spiral. How would he define himself when he was suddenly without the person who shaped and helped mold him into the person he is? After all these years, he asked himself what he wanted and found no answer. He did not even know what wanting meant. And so, in the year between his annual visits to Thailand to see his family, he gave in to urges, both physical and emotional; found comfort in the body, many bodies; fought off the impulse to disappear, to vanish; until he arrived at some modicum of understanding. During this time, he sought to obliterate the stereotype of Trade Review"It was like watching an artist paint a picture. First come the random brushstrokes, then bits of color, then shape. Eventually the complete image emerges and what a thrill to have been there to see it evolve. While these essays circle around the topics of love and divorce, they're also about renewal, finding love again, and, of course, the joy of fatherhood."—Debbie Hagan, Brevity“In This Jade World Sukrungruang offers us a prayer and a meditation on the beginnings and endings of love. The love of parents and their children. The love among men and women. The love between the skin we live in and the memories we house. In this rare and beautiful offering, we experience a man undone by love and his journey to salvage hope in the face of incredible loneliness and doubt, a search for salvation found first in a dream.”—Kao Kalia Yang, author of Somewhere in the Unknown World and The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir “It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that when seemingly happy couples break up we all wonder what the hell happened. In Ira Sukrungruang’s affecting and vulnerable memoir, This Jade World, he narrates the dissolution of one marriage and the burgeoning of another as a double love story, laced with wonder, grief, downward spirals, and mature reinventions. Set in both Thailand and the U.S., examined against an epic web of family domestic strife and rearrangement, this gorgeously written book illuminates the necessity and complexity of intimate joy.”—Barrie Jean Borich, author of Body Geographic and Apocalypse, Darling “This Jade World is compulsively readable—its short chapters are polished stones, each delightful by itself while leading us on to another, another, until we’ve walked the road through the author’s divorce and into his new life and love. Mostly set during his yearly visits to his family, Sukrungruang offers a keenly observed Thailand—the monks slipping their cellphones into their robes, the tattoo artist praying before pushing his needle into the author’s back. And throughout we have the deepest pleasure—that of language charged with imagery, leavened with humor, and pierced with insight.”—Beth Ann Fennelly, author of Heating and Cooling: 52 Micro-MemoirsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments The First I I Am Sad In 1997 Touch A Brief History of Sex Stupid Men This Bed That Was Not My Bed Mount Crested Butte July 10 II After the Hysterectomy The Gastropub Sex Education The Abyss The Impossible Dream The Red Balloon Giggles July 10 III What I Want Bed, Bath, and Beyond The Sleep of the Restless It’s Raining July 10 IV Ruins Fortune July 10 V Inked Flesh of the Land Man Baby The Talk of the Body July 10 VI Monarchs and Memory The Broken Hearts Club To Have, to Hold Flowers Michael Chang Signs July 10 VII At the Border Balance Lesbians Invisible Partners July 10 VIII Okay That Long Couch Goodbye XI The Next Life

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Book SynopsisBlack Cowboys of Rodeo is a collection of one hundred years’ worth of firsthand cowboy stories, set against the backdrop of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, segregation, the civil rights movement, and eventually the integration of a racially divided country.Trade Review"The myths and legend of the American West meet the real-life struggles and triumphs of Black cowboys in this fascinating account from journalist Cartwright. . . . This stirring history will have readers rethinking the very definition of Americana."—Publishers Weekly, starred review"By including cowboys both in the arena and on the screen, Cartwright's stories introduce readers to Black cowboys who created the West and, in part, the development of the iconic cowboy."—Tracey Hanshew, Journal of Sport History"Cartwright's writing is exceptional. The reader is treated to superb narrative storytelling that makes domestic scenes and road trips just as lively as the rodeos themselves. The author uses oral histories to communicate his subjects' thoughts and experiences in a way that renders complex issues approachable."—Meg Frisbee, South Dakota History"This is a fantastic book and is a history book that hopefully never gets lost or forgotten. . . . This is a book that should be required reading in American History classes."—Tom Knuppel, KNUP Sports"An entertaining and informative addition to the genre."—Daily Kos“Keith Ryan Cartwright’s book is an essential corrective to the lily-white history of the cowboy and the American West that has been promoted by motion pictures and white supremacists for centuries. It works as both a sweeping look at the cowboy ethos and profiles of scores of those whose greatness made America.”—Nelson George, author, filmmaker, music and culture critic“Can I get a yee-haw? Black Cowboys of Rodeo is a marvel of a book—built with muscular research and smooth writing, resurrecting larger-than-life characters who will amaze and inspire readers. Cowboys have long been symbols of American grit and self-reliance. Black cowboys are that and more. Thank goodness their stories are finally being told—and told so beautifully.”—Jonathan Eig, best-selling author of Ali: A Life“Hollywood has not always been on the right side of history when it comes to portraying Black cowboys, but a thoroughly researched book like Black Cowboys of Rodeo finally amends that narrative.”—Blair Underwood, actor, producer, and director“Keith Ryan Cartwright’s masterful excavation of the contribution of Black cowboys to American history is both rich and timely. The engaging stories of the individuals in Black Cowboys of Rodeo chronicle the lives and struggles of men who were not only field hands and laborers but family men, businessmen, entertainers, and entrepreneurs. This book will be illuminating to many still unfamiliar with the important role they played in the taming and shaping of the American West.”—Yohuru Williams, founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas“Keith Ryan Cartwright is a master storyteller, who has accomplished what could be considered his life’s work in his first attempt. This is a very important book coming at an equally important time.”—Ty Murray, nine-time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world championTable of ContentsForeword by Danny L. Glover Abbreviations Chronology Note from the Author Introduction 1. Bill Pickett and the 101 Ranch 2. Robert “Money” Jackson 3. Charles, Roy, Clarence, and Kenneth LeBlanc 4. Nathaniel “Rex” Purefoy with Herb Jeffries 5. Willie Thomas Sr. and Harold Cash 6. Bailey’s Prairie Kid (aka Taylor Hall Jr.) 7. Myrtis “Jackie Robinson of Rodeo” Dightman Sr. 8. Freddie “Skeet” Gordon 9. Ernest “Bud” Bramwell Jr. 10. Nelson Jackson Jr. 11. Cleo “Mr. Black Rodeo” Hearn 12. Glynn Turman 13. Tommy Cloud (aka Tommy Cleoll Browning) 14. Eugene “Cowtown Gene,” Jimmy Lee, and Willie Ed Walker with Abraham Morris and John Harp Jr. 15. Thyrl and Mike Latting 16. Charlie Reno (aka Jesse C. R. Hall) 17. Steve Robinson 18. Barry Moore 19. Tex Williams and Larry Callies 20. Obba Babatundé (aka Donald Cohen) 21. James Pickens Jr. 22. Reginald T. Dorsey 23. Donald and Ronald Stephens with Cleatus Stephens 24. Marcous Friday and Charles Evans 25. Bud Bramwell and Cleo Hearn with Charles Evans and Marvel Rogers Sr. 26. Charlie “Pee Wee” Sampson 27. Ervin Williams Jr. 28. Charlie Reno and Steve Robinson 29. Dwayne Hargo Sr. 30. Fred Whitfield 31. Dihigi Gladney with John Davis and California Chrome 32. Gus Trent (aka Harlan Tyrone Ware) with Sedgwick Haynes 33. Dennis Davis with Alvo Tucker and Donald Goodman 34. Steve Reagor with Sidney Reagor 35. Glenn Jackson 36. Dwayne Jr. and Aaron Hargo 37. LaMontre “Tre” Hosley, Chris Byrd, and Stanley “Ray” Taylor 38. Bill Pickett and the U.S. Postal Service Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe story behind the mainstream press's efforts to preserve baseball's color line and the efforts of Black and communist newspapers to end it.Trade Review“Everyone—casual fans, journalists, and even the most knowledgeable baseball expert—will find something of interest in this significant contribution to our understanding of civil rights and baseball.”—John Paul Hill, NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Cultures "Lamb . . . brings all his scholarly tools to the project. . . . The author has documented a story of immense cultural importance."—Kirkus Starred Review"[Conspiracy of Silence] is a valuable resource for students of baseball history and for readers concerned with the history of race relations and the media in this country."—Robert Bruce Slater, Library Journal"Conspiracy of Silence represents a significant contribution to the study of baseball, race, and the press."—Trey Strecker, Journal of Sport History"Conspiracy of Silence offers overwhelming evidence of the effectiveness of the black press in advancing integration in this country."—Dorothy Seymour Mills, New York Journal"Lamb's thorough journalistic exposé chronicles the drama and history behind the game, while tracing how the desegregation of baseball parallels the story of the civil rights movement in the United States."—Kathleen Gerard, Shelf Awareness"Lamb's research shows the struggle that took place in the media had a lot to do with the tug-o-war of ideals and practicality of all the issues involved in the decision. It's as good a book on the subject as we've ever come across."—Tom Hoffarth, Farther Off The Wall "Though it covers some familiar ground, this solidly researched study introduces new faces to the picture to broaden the context. The clear, bold writing makes the book a joy to read."—L. A. Heaphy, Choice"This is important, overdue work."—Gene Sapakoff, Post and Courier"Everyone—casual fans, journalists, and even the most knowledgeable baseball expert—will find something of interest in this significant contribution to our understanding of civil rights and baseball."—John Paul Hill, NINETable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart 1 1. White Sportswriters and Minstrel ShowsPart 2 2. The Color Line Is Drawn 3. Invisible Men 4. “Agitators” and “Social-Minded Drum Beaters” (written with Kelly Rusinack) Part 3 5. “L’affaire Jake Powell” 6. Major League Managers and Ballplayers Call for End of Color Line Part 4 7. The Double V Campaign 8. “The Great White Father” Speaks 9. Black Editors Make Their Case for Desegregation 10. “Get Those Niggers Off the Field” Part 5 11. Robinson Becomes the Chosen OnePart 6 12. “I Never Want to Take Another Trip Like This One”Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe date is April 29, 2015. Baltimore is reeling from the devastating riots sparked by the death in police custody of twenty-five-year-old African American Freddie Gray. Set against this grim backdrop, less than thirty-six hours after the worst rioting Baltimore hasseen since the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968, the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox take the field at Camden Yards. It is a surreal event they will never forget: the only Major League game until COVID ever played without fans. The eerily quiet stadium is on lockdown for public safety and because police are needed elsewhere to keep the tense city from exploding anew. When the Crowd Didn't Roar chronicles this unsettling contestas well as the tragic events that led up to it and the therapeutic effect the game had on a troubled city. The story comes vividly to life through the eyes of city leaders, activists, police officials, and the media that covered the tumultuous unrest on the streets of BaltimoreTrade Review"Cowherd's book elucidates a chilling collision of race and sport from recent history."—John Swansburg, New York Times Book Review“Kevin Cowherd has written a remarkable sports book that isn’t actually about sports. Instead, it is a reflection on a single professional contest played in silence—a historical anomaly in which an American city, challenged by both legitimate protest and grievous violence that followed the unnecessary death of a man, took a deep breath and played a baseball game in a locked stadium, without fans. And in that empty space, everyone—from the teams’ owners, to the players, to the politicians, journalists, fans, and ordinary citizens—had to contemplate the hopes and fears and the failures and strengths of their city.”—David Simon, creator and executive producer of the HBO series The Wire "A compassionate, objectively rendered examination of a frightening case of police brutality."—Wes Lukowsky, Booklist"This book should be read under the knowledge that while it is about an unusual baseball game, it is more than just a baseball book. The reader will have a much better understanding of what the city of Baltimore was enduring during that week and how this game both gave the city a small amount of normalcy during a trying time and was a illustration of how grim the situation seemed at that time."—Guy Who Reviews Sports Books“Dad always used to say, if you hang around baseball long enough, you will always see something new. That was definitely the case when I watched this ball game in an empty Camden Yards. Kevin Cowherd has done an outstanding job capturing the uniqueness of this very odd day in baseball history and all that surrounded it.”—Cal Ripken Jr., Hall of Famer and former Baltimore Oriole

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Book SynopsisFeatures over one hundred of Florence Mars’ photographs, most taken in the decade between 1954 and 1964, almost all published here for the first time. While a few depict public events, most feature private moments, illuminating the separate and unequal worlds of black and white Mississippians in the final days of Jim Crow.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1966, more than ten years after the Supreme Court ended segregation in public schools, James Meredith describes his intense struggle to attend an all-white university and break down long-held race barriers in one of the most conservative states in America.

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Book SynopsisThe meticulously researched essays in A Centennial Celebration of ""The Brownies’ Book"" get to the heart of The Brownies’ Book ‘project’ using critical approaches both varied and illuminating.

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Book SynopsisAnalyses whether the roles for adolescent female characters of colour are changing or whether they remain re-creations of traditional slave narrative roles. Further, the chapters explore if trauma, healing, and activism are enacted in this genre.

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Book SynopsisCelebrates twelve Black feminists who have made an indelible mark not just on Black women’s intellectual history but on American intellectual history in general. The volume calls attention to the creativity of Black women who galvanized their readers, listeners, and fellow activists to seek justice for the oppressed.

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