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Book SynopsisThe complete how-to guide on all things textured hair Natural & Curly Hair For Dummies offers you step-by-step direction and accurate information to manage and style your hair. Celebrity hairstylist Johnny Wright is here to help you ditch the chemicals and love your textured locks. You'll learn to tame frizz, keep your hair moisturized and looking luscious. With the right tricks, tips, and advice you can get a halo of soft, healthy curls just the way you want them. Plus, you'll find out how Johnny maintains the hair health of his most notable clients like Queen Latifah, Tamron Hall, Kerry Washington, and Michelle Obama.This book offers simple and useful scalp and hair guidance for Black and Latin hair care maintenance including styling tips to properly take care of your natural hair. Learn how natural and curly hair works, including hair porosity & hair elasticityDeal with breakage, dryness, dandruff, shedding, tangles, and frizzDiscover techniques on coloring and bleaching natural hair Learn which ingredients and products will help keep your unique hair texture and type healthy and looking its bestMaster toddler, child, and teen styles and carefor adoptive parents, parents of biracial children, and caregivers With full-color photographs throughout, Natural & Curly Hair For Dummies will give you the skills you need to bring out the born-with-it beauty in that amazing ethnic hair!Table of ContentsForeword xv Introduction 1 Part 1: Embracing Your Natural and Curly Hair 5 Chapter 1: Natural Is Beautiful 7 Chapter 2: The Biology of Hair 21 Chapter 3: Getting to Know Your Hair 35 Part 2: Maintaining Your Natural and Curly Hair 51 Chapter 4: Fresh and Clean: Wash Day 53 Chapter 5: Your Daily Root-ine 71 Chapter 6: Keeping Your Hair Healthy 85 Part 3: The Best Products and Tools for Natural and Curly Hair 105 Chapter 7: Picking the Perfect Products 107 Chapter 8: Selecting and Mastering Tools 129 Part 4: Creating Styles for Your Natural and Curly Hair 149 Chapter 9: Styling Your Natural Hair 151 Chapter 10: Quick and Easy Style Ideas 183 Part 5: Considerations for Kids 205 Chapter 11: Kiddie Curl Power 207 Chapter 12: Kid-Friendly Styles and Products 221 Part 6: The Part of Tens 235 Chapter 13: Ten Natural and Curly Hair Do’s and Don’ts 237 Chapter 14: Ten Hairstyling Tips from Industry Experts 243 Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Get Comfortable with Your Natural and Curly Hair 257 Index 265

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Book SynopsisThe consequences of globalization and mass migration are such that, it has been estimated, over 200 million people are living in countries other than where they were born. And as formerly homogeneous societies evolve into multicultural entities with traditional social and geographic boundaries giving way to increasingly complex representations of identity, newand urgentquestions for psychologists, social scientists, and policymakers arise.As research in and around cross-cultural psychology burgeons as never before, this new four-volume collection from Routledge meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of literature. Edited by two leading scholars, the collection is organized into four principal sections: Basic Issues; Theory and Method; Substantive Findings in Basic Processes; and Substantive Findings in Applied Issues. Cross-Cultural Psychology provides a one-stop mini library' of foundat

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Book SynopsisSo what if it’s true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. In the Black feminist tradition of Audre Lorde, Brittney Cooper reminds us that anger is a powerful source of energy that can give us the strength to keep on fighting.

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Book SynopsisOne of NPR's Books We Love in 2022. Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography In this erudite and piercing biography, best-selling author Reza Aslan proves that one person's actions can have revolutionary consequences that reverberate the world over.Trade Review"An engrossing, entertaining, evocative, and unexpectedly cinematic story, a pleasure to read in that specific way where it’s impossible not to imagine the movie or ten-episode series in your head as you go. For both the facts of the story and Aslan’s unique ability to merge literary flourish with accessible scholarship and historical deep-dives, it’s a page-turner the likes of which are rarely produced in the historical biography genre. For its filling of a major gap in the library of geopolitical history, its resonance with the present-day strife in Iran, its echoes of other historical political battlelines in the region, and its celebration of how sincere faith of any denomination can inform a more noble and humanistic view of international relations, it’s required reading." -- Shana Nys Dambort - LA Weekly"Aslan tells us Baskerville’s story with passion and sweetness." -- Tunku Varadarajan - Wall Street Journal"A rip-roaring tale of a fascinating time in history… Aslan’s vivid storytelling evokes an intriguing cast of courtiers, clerics, desperados and idealists." -- Tara Bahrampour - Washington Post"Reza Aslan has a unique talent for showing how piety and politics can merge, or quarrel, in the hearts of people. An American Martyr in Persia is a fascinating and thoroughly engrossing biography. A triumph." -- Laila Lalami, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, author of Conditional Citizens"An astonishing story that underscores the power of biography. In Reza Aslan’s lyrical voice, Howard Baskerville’s short life comes alive as a fantastical fairy tale—a wild and improbable adventure story. [Aslan] reminds us that Iran’s revolution is quite simply unfinished." -- Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Prometheus"Beautifully written and immensely readable.… Aslan meticulously weaves Iranian–US relations with palace intrigue, Russian and British designs on Persia, and heart-stopping accounts of battles between the forces of democracy and autocracy—some seventy years before another Iranian revolution grabbed the attention of the west." -- Hooman Majd, author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ"Great read, thoughtful and thought provoking. We must all pay attention to Reza Aslan’s timely reminder that ‘the suffering of any person anywhere is the responsibility of all peoples everywhere.’" -- Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran"Aslan has rediscovered the tale of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures of the early twentieth century.… [This story] is a poignant reminder of the extraordinary affinity that historically existed between the peoples of Iran and the United States and raises the hope that this closeness might someday be kindled anew." -- Scott Anderson, author of The Quiet Americans"A remarkable history that echoes to this day, with much to teach us about modern Iran and about ourselves. Read this book and be reminded of the common humanity that can transcend even our own cavernous divides." -- Ben Rhodes, author of After the Fall"Reza Aslan’s An American Martyr in Persia is a stirring reminder of the power of idealism, hope, and courage in the face of tyranny and injustice. The story of Howard Baskerville is as important today as it was in his lifetime, and Aslan’s lucid prose and compelling narrative introduces him to a new generation who will find inspiration in his deeds." -- Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer"Replete with fascinating asides into the revolutionary politics of the era and the complex dynamics between Russia, England, and Persia, this is a provocative portrait of an unsung American hero." -- Publishers Weekly"An intriguing read that breathes life into a pivotal moment of Persian/Iranian history." -- Kirkus

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Book SynopsisShakespeare is at the heart of the British theatrical tradition, but the contribution of Ira Aldridge and the Shakespearean performers of African, African-Caribbean, south Asian and east Asian heritage who came after him is not widely known. Telling the story for the first time of how Shakespearean theatre in Britain was integrated from the 1960s to the 21st century, this is a timely and important account of that contribution. Drawing extensively on empirical evidence from the British Black and Asian Shakespeare Performance Database and featuring interviews with nearly forty performers and directors, the book chronicles important productions that led to ground-breaking castings of Black and Asian actors in substantial Shakespearean roles including: Zakes Mokae (Cry Freedom) as one of three black witches in William Gaskill's 1966 production of Macbeth at the Royal Court Theatre. Norman Beaton as Angelo in Michael Rudman's 1981 production of Measure forTrade ReviewA much needed history … Rogers’s meticulous study is a clarion call for British Shakespearian performance – and the scholarship surrounding it – to do better. * Shakespeare Survey *A vital read for anyone interested in the gains made by, not just some of Britain’s greatest actors of colour, but by some of Britain’s greatest actors. * David Oyelowo OBE *This is a book that I have eagerly awaited, both as a playgoer and as a cultural historian. Jami Rogers’s engrossing account of Black and Asian Shakespeareans from Ira Aldridge to Josette Simon is a fascinating and timely contribution to Shakespeare studies, providing a much needed survey of the resistance that British actors of colour have long faced, as well as the inroads they have made in making Shakespeare truly representative. * James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare *Celebrating the contributions of actors of African-Caribbean and Asian heritage in the Shakespeare industry, this invaluable book contributes to decolonising the theatre and recuperating the experiences of practitioners of colour. - Adele Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing, Emerson CollegeTable of ContentsNote on interviews Abbreviations List of illustrations List of tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Forgotten Shakespeareans, 1825–1965 Shakespearean pioneers, 1866–1947 Shakespearean pioneers, 1950–1965 Chapter One: “Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist”: breakthroughs and stereotypes, 1966–1972 Royal Court – Macbeth – 1966 Mermaid Theatre – The Tempest – 1970 The Black Macbeth – Roundhouse Theatre, London – 1972 “Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist” Chapter Two: “Why weren’t we auditioned?”: the “black canon” and the battle for Othello “Why weren’t we auditioned?” Reclaiming Othello Chapter Three: From “suitable roles” to leads, 1980–1987 “Black roles” at the RSC Macbeth – Young Vic, 1984 Leading roles, 1984 Rosaline – RSC, 1984 “Othello was an Arab” – RSC, 1985 Emergence of a new “black canon” RSC 1986 “They’re nurturing you” Antony – Contact Theatre, 1987 Isabella – RSC, 1987 Julius Caesar – Bristol Old Vic, 1987 Chapter Four: Owning Shakespeare – Temba, Talawa and Tara Arts, 1988–1994 Romeo and Juliet – Temba, 1988 Antony and Cleopatra – Talawa, 1991 Troilus and Cressida – Tara Arts, 1993 King Lear – Talawa, 1994 Chapter Five: Cracking the glass ceiling, 1988–1996 “You can’t have a West Indian actor playing a Welsh poet …” Troilus … But West Indian opera singers can speak the verse? Young lovers Rosalind. Portia. The Shakespearean glass ceiling, 1988–1996. “Are we saying we’re white people?”. “That wouldn’t have happened here”. Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1993–1996. Chapter Six: “Monarchs to Behold”: 1997–2003. “I belong here”. Othello, National Theatre, 1997. Women of colour: pushing against the glass ceiling, 1998-1999. RSC, 1999. Troilus and Cressida, National Theatre, 1999 Identity and colour-blind casting Adrian Lester, Hamlet, 2000 David Oyelowo, Henry VI, 2000 Mu-Lan Romeo and Juliet, 2001 Adrian Lester, Henry V, 2003 The peak of progress? Chapter Seven: Progress Postponed, 2004–2011. “There’s a few more parts we could play, you know”. Tragic heroes and the Shakespearean glass ceiling, 2004–2011. Cross-cultural casting. “I think I need you to do an accent”. Maids and prostitutes, stereotyping Lucetta and Bianca. A new dawn. Chapter Eight: Shakespeare from Multiculturalism to Brexit, 2012-2018. Julius Caesar and Much Ado About Nothing, RSC, 2012. Othello. Joseph Marcell – King Lear, Shakespeare’s Globe, 2013. Shakespeare’s histories, 2013–2015. Paapa Essiedu – Hamlet, RSC, 2016. “It was a lack of faith”. Black Theatre Live’s Hamlet and Talawa’s King Lear, 2016. Alfred Enoch – Edgar, King Lear, Talawa, 2016. Women of colour in Shakespeare, 2016–2018. Josette Simon – Cleopatra, RSC, 2017 “They never asked me” Sheila Atim – Emilia, Othello, Shakespeare’s Globe, 2018 Troilus and Cressida – RSC, 2018. Coda – 2019…and beyond? References Index

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Book SynopsisA beautifully-illustrated 54-card oracle deck that reimagines the iconic game of Lotería by using the traditional symbols for divination, reflection, and healing. La Rosa. La Muerte. El Nopal. These are just a few of the 54 iconic symbols that appear in the beloved card game Lotería, also known as Mexican Bingo. Since reaching modern-day Mexico in 1779, the deck has seen many artful incarnations, and across Latinx cultures, it has served the multilayered purpose of practicing the Spanish language, bringing loved ones together, and of course, trying our luck. But Lotería Remedios enters the cards into the canon of cartomancy: it uses the traditional symbols for divination, reflection, and self-healing. Here author Xelena González, a member of the Tap Pillar Coahuiltecan Nation, is continuing the work of her great-grandmother, a curandera sought-after and highly respected for her abilities. Through beautiful illustrations and lyrical written remedios, L

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Book SynopsisA collection that showcases the scholarship in Asian American studies from a critical and cultural studies perspective. It takes on a range of topics and concerns, including Asian American film and popular culture; Asian Americans at the dawn of the 21st century; globalization and transnational citizenship; and queer Asian America.Trade Review“A stimulating set of essays from a new generation of Asian American Studies scholars. The collection opens new questions for the field and suggests important theoretical possibilities.” David Palumbo-Liu, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Asian American Studies in Its Second Phase: Kent A. Ono (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). PART I: Representations. 1 What is the Political? American Culture and the Example of Viet Nam: Viet Nguyen (University of Southern California). 2 Ethnography, the Cinematic Apparatus, and Asian American Film Studies: Peter Feng (University of Delaware). 3 Culinary Fictions: Immigrant Foodways and Race in Indian American Literature: Anita Mannur (Wesleyan University). PART II: Identities. 4 Foregrounding Native Nationalisms: A Critique of Anti-Nationalist Sentiment in Asian American Studies: Candace Fujikane (University of Hawaii). 5 A World Make-Over? An Asian American Queer Critique: Martin Manalansan IV (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). 6 Asian American Studies Through (Somewhat) Asian Eyes: Integrating “Mixed Race” into the Asian American Discourse: Cynthia Nakashima (University of California at Berkeley). PART III: Disciplines and Methodologies. 7 Asian American Studies and the “Pacific Question”: J. Kehaulani Kauanui (Wesleyan University). 8 Planet Youth: Asian American Youth Cultures, Citizenship, and Globalization: Sunaina Maira (University of California, Davis). 9 The Problematics of History and Location of Filipino American Studies within Asian American Studies: Helen Toribio (San Francisco State University). 10 Rethinking Asian American Victimhood: Understanding the Complexity of Race and Citizenship in America: Taro Iwata (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Index

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Book SynopsisA collection that showcases the scholarship in Asian American studies from a critical and cultural studies perspective. It takes on a range of topics and concerns, including Asian American film and popular culture; Asian Americans at the dawn of the 21st century; globalization and transnational citizenship; and queer Asian America.Trade Review“A stimulating set of essays from a new generation of Asian American Studies scholars. The collection opens new questions for the field and suggests important theoretical possibilities.” David Palumbo-Liu, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Asian American Studies in Its Second Phase: Kent A. Ono (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). PART I: Representations. 1 What is the Political? American Culture and the Example of Viet Nam: Viet Nguyen (University of Southern California). 2 Ethnography, the Cinematic Apparatus, and Asian American Film Studies: Peter Feng (University of Delaware). 3 Culinary Fictions: Immigrant Foodways and Race in Indian American Literature: Anita Mannur (Wesleyan University). PART II: Identities. 4 Foregrounding Native Nationalisms: A Critique of Anti-Nationalist Sentiment in Asian American Studies: Candace Fujikane (University of Hawaii). 5 A World Make-Over? An Asian American Queer Critique: Martin Manalansan IV (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). 6 Asian American Studies Through (Somewhat) Asian Eyes: Integrating “Mixed Race” into the Asian American Discourse: Cynthia Nakashima (University of California at Berkeley). PART III: Disciplines and Methodologies. 7 Asian American Studies and the “Pacific Question”: J. Kehaulani Kauanui (Wesleyan University). 8 Planet Youth: Asian American Youth Cultures, Citizenship, and Globalization: Sunaina Maira (University of California, Davis). 9 The Problematics of History and Location of Filipino American Studies within Asian American Studies: Helen Toribio (San Francisco State University). 10 Rethinking Asian American Victimhood: Understanding the Complexity of Race and Citizenship in America: Taro Iwata (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Index

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Book SynopsisThis book gives readers a broad understanding of the Black Church in America and a sense of its uniqueness in the wider world. Explores the history of the Black Church in America, its African roots, beliefs, practices, politics, and contemporary moral dilemmas Argues that in the Black Church, individual and communal destiny are bound together The author is a Priest in the Episcopal Church and teaches spirituality and Black Church studies at Duke University. Trade Review"Michael Battle's book is a wise and bold treatment of the most complex phenomenon in Afro-American life: The Black Church. We need to listen to his words." Cornel West, Princeton University "The key to understanding Battle's fine study of the black church is found in his background as an African American Episcopal priest. His major thesis is that a strong sense of community pervades African American spirituality, which comes from communal African religious traditions and the survival needs of enslaved Africans in a hostile American environment. Although Battle's treatment of the historical material is not new, his emphasis on the communal worship and spirituality of African American Christianity is an important theological direction. Deeply influenced by the theology of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who ordained him, Battle (Virginia Theological Seminary) argues that the communal spirituality of African Americans should be inclusive, eventually "inviting others to be black." He pushes this theme of community and reconciliation with a chapter that elaborates on Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of "the Beloved Community," indicating that the black church can be the fulfillment of that view. He concludes the study with two challenges: a "Churchless Black Church" and a "Womanless Black Church." The book includes a historical time line and a bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and specialists in the field." Choice "The African American churches need less absolutizing in order to undertake their great task of addressing the still rampant inequality and structural racism that criminalizes so many of their young males and reduces others to passivity. A radical gospel is needed more than ever, and it is to be hoped that this book will stimulate research to galvanize the churches into reflective action." Theological Book Review "An intriguing attempt at building a case for an African American Spirituality that is communal and relational in nature." Expository TimesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Introduction: An Amphibious Worldview xi 1 Emergence of What is African 1 African Warnings 1 What is African? 12 2 The Particularity of African American Spirituality 23 3 The Black Church in the Shadow of Slavery 43 The Scourge of Slavery 46 The Survival of Africanism 57 The Emergence of Black Denominations 60 4 Communal Worship 66 The Controversy of Emotionalism 70 “Spiritual Song” and the Emergence of Black Denominations 72 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 77 Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 77 African American Baptists Churches 78 National Baptist Convention, USA 85 African American Pentecostalism 86 Black Worship 88 5 Inviting Others to Be Black 98 African vs. Black: Dialectic Tension 103 James Cone and Desmond Tutu 106 African and Black: Communal Synthesis 115 6 The Black Church as the Beloved Community 127 King’s View: Prophecy and Nonviolence 133 African American Responses to King 144 King’s Dream of the Beloved Community 152 Communal Antithesis for King 154 7 Embodying African American Spirituality 163 A Churchless Black Church 165 A Womanless Black Church 169 The Full Embodiment of the Black Church 176 Timeline of the Black Church 183 Websites for Historic Black Denominations 203 Bibliography 204 Index 216

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Book SynopsisThis book gives readers a broad understanding of the Black Church in America and a sense of its uniqueness in the wider world. Explores the history of the Black Church in America, its African roots, beliefs, practices, politics, and contemporary moral dilemmas Argues that in the Black Church, individual and communal destiny are bound together The author is a Priest in the Episcopal Church and teaches spirituality and Black Church studies at Duke University. Trade Review"This work is a good contribution to the other books that are in the field of African American spirituality." (Expository Times, December 2008) "The key to understanding Battle's fine study of the black church is found in his background as an African American Episcopal priest. His major thesis is that a strong sense of community pervades African American spirituality, which comes from communal African religious traditions and the survival needs of enslaved Africans in a hostile American environment. Although Battle's treatment of the historical material is not new, his emphasis on the communal worship and spirituality of African American Christianity is an important theological direction. Deeply influenced by the theology of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who ordained him, Battle (Virginia Theological Seminary) argues that the communal spirituality of African Americans should be inclusive, eventually "inviting others to be black." He pushes this theme of community and reconciliation with a chapter that elaborates on Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of "the Beloved Community," indicating that the black church can be the fulfillment of that view. He concludes the study with two challenges: a "Churchless Black Church" and a "Womanless Black Church." The book includes a historical time line and a bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and specialists in the field." (Choice) "The African American churches need less absolutizing in order to undertake their great task of addressing the still rampant inequality and structural racism that criminalizes so many of their young males and reduces others to passivity. A radical gospel is needed more than ever, and it is to be hoped that this book will stimulate research to galvanize the churches into reflective action." (Theological Book Review) "An intriguing attempt at building a case for an African American Spirituality that is communal and relational in nature." (Expository Times)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction: An Amphibious Worldview. 1. Emergence of What is African. African Warnings. What is African?. 2. The Particularity of African American Spirituality. 3. The Black Church in the Shadow of Slavery. The Scourge of Slavery. The Survival of Africanism. The Emergence of Black Denominations. 4. Communal Worship. The Controversy of Emotionalism. “Spiritual Song” and the Emergence of Black Denominations. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. African American Baptists Churches. National Baptist Convention, USA. African American Pentecostalism. Black Worship. 5. Inviting Others to Be Black. African vs. Black: Dialectic Tension. James Cone and Desmond Tutu. African and Black: Communal Synthesis. 6. The Black Church as the Beloved Community. King’s View: Prophecy and Nonviolence. African American Responses to King. King’s Dream of the Beloved Community. Communal Antithesis for King. 7. Embodying African American Spirituality. A Churchless Black Church. A Womanless Black Church. The Full Embodiment of the Black Church. Timeline of the Black Church. Websites for Historic Black Denominations. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisOn the Nature of Prejudice commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Gordon Allport's classic work on prejudice and discrimination by examining the current state of knowledge in the field. A distinguished collection of international scholars considers Allport's impact on the field, reviews recent developments, and identifies promising directions for future investigation. Organized around Allport''s central themes, this book provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive view of where the field has been, where it is now, and where it is going.Trade Review"To simultaneously take stock of research on prejudice and mark the 50th anniversary of Gordon Allport's The Nature of Prejudice, a prolific group of 44 authors collaborated to produce a set of reviews that will surely guide the next 50 years of prejudice research. The resulting book, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years After Allport, reveals such a rich sense of dialogue, cooperation, and thoughtful regard for posterity that it reads like no ordinary academic text. Words like “wide-ranging,” “respectful,” “scholarly,” “comprehensive,” and “truly ground-breaking” came to mind as I read deliberations about why Allport's work remains so influential today, the new insights that have emerged in the field, and potential directions for future investigations." PsycCRITIQUES "This outstanding volume is more than just a well-written and entertaining homage to the work of Gordon Allport, arguably one of the most influential and insightful students of prejudice in the 20th century. In addition, this book has managed to assemble most of the leading scholars in the field and induce them to think clearly and succinctly about our present state of knowledge and to sketch out the several theoretical issues that remain to be clarified by future research. The overall result is a volume that is simply a tour de force and a “must read” for anyone seriously interested in deepening their understanding of the frustratingly complex issues of prejudice and intergroup conflict in the modern world." James Sidanius, UCLA “Even while acknowledging that Gordon Allport continues to dominate the agenda for prejudice research, this volume's contributions reveal many new insights based on the original and wide-ranging research of the authors - often calling for revision of Allport's thinking.” Anthony G. Greenwald, University of Washington “The idea of building an edited volume around Allport’s classic book is brilliant, and the timing could not be better.” Marilynn Brewer, Ohio State University "This book is an impressive addition to the literature in social psychology... certainly an excellent 'one stop-shop' for mainstream social psychology research on prejudice." Kenneth McKenzie, Trinity College, Dublin. Social Psychologyical Review, April 2006 "All in all, there can be no doubt that Gordon Allport laid the foundation for research on prejudice. However, we think the editors and authors of this volume have successfully built on that solid base by adding their own theoretical and empirical layers, ones that further strengthen the field’s knowledge for the future." American Journal of Psychology Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Foreword by Victoria M. Esses. Preface. 1. Introduction: Reflecting on The Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years after Allport. (John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick and Laurie A. Rudman). Part I: Preferential Thinking. 2. What is the Problem? Prejudice as an Attitude-in-Context. (Alice H. Eagly and Amanda B. Diekman). 3. Social Cognition and Prejudgment. (Susan T. Fiske). 4. Ingroup Affiliations and Prejudice. (Rupert Brown and Hanna Zagefka). 5. Categorization, Recategorization, and Intergroup Bias. (Samuel L. Gaertner and John F. Dovidio). 6. Paternalism and the "Rejection" of Outgroups. (Mary R. Jackman). 7. Rejection of Women? Beyond Prejudice as Antipathy. (Laurie A. Rudman). Part II: Group Differences. 8. Group Differences and Stereotype Accuracy. (Charles M. Judd and Bernadette Park). 9. The Psychological Impact of Prejudice. (Brenda Major and S. Brooke Vick). 10. Mechanisms for Coping with Victimization: Self-Protection Plus Self-Enhancement. (James M. Jones). Part III: Perceiving and Thinking About Group Differences. 11. Cognitive Process: Reality Constraints and Integrity Concerns in Social Perception. (Vincent Yzerbyt and Olivier Cornielle). 12. Linguistic Factors: Antilocutions, Ethnonyms, Ethnophaulisms, and Other Varieties of Hate Speech. (Brian Mullen and Tirza Leader). 13. Stereotypes in Our Culture. John T. Jost (New York University) and David L. Hamilton (University of California, Santa Barbara). Part IV: Sociocultural Factors. 14. Instrumental Relations Among Groups: Group Competition, Conflict, and Prejudice. (Victoria M. Esses, Lynne M. Jackson, John F. Dovidio, and Gordon Hodson). 15. Choice of Scapegoats. (Peter Glick). 16. Allport's Intergroup Contact Hypothesis: Its History and Influence. (Thomas F. Pettigrew and Linda R. Tropp). 17. Intergroup Contact: When Does it Work, and Why? (Jared B. Kenworthy, Rhiannon N. Turner, Miles Hewstone, Alberto Voci). Part V. Acquiring Prejudice. 18. Conformity and Prejudice. (Christian S. Crandall and Charles Stangor). 19. The Development of Prejudice in Childhood and Adolescence. (Frances E. Aboud). 20. Breaking the Prejudice Habit: Allport's "Inner Conflict" Revisited. (Patricia G. Devine). 21. Inner Conflict in the Political Psychology of Racism. (David O. Sears). Part VI. The Dynamics of Prejudice. 22. Aggression, Hatred, and Other Emotions. (Eliot R. Smith and Diane M. Mackie). 23. Allport's "Living Inkblots": The Role of Defensive Projection in Stereotyping and Prejudice. (Leonard S. Newman and Tracy L. Caldwell). Part VII. Character Structure. 24. Personality and Prejudice. (John Duckitt). 25. Religion and Prejudice. (C. Daniel Batson and E. L. Stocks). Part VIII. Reducing Group Tensions. 26. Intergroup Relations Program Evaluation. (Walter G. Stephan and Cookie White Stephan). Author Index. Subject Index

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Book SynopsisCritical Pedagogy and Race argues that a rigorous engagement with race is a priority for educators concerned with equality in schools and in society. * A landmark collection arguing that engaging with race at both conceptual and practical levels is a priority for educators.Trade ReviewIn this text, critical race theory in education approaches its adolescence. It has moved from the dependency of infancy where it could only be made understandable in the context of legal scholarship, to the uncertain steps of childhood where it kept looking elsewhere for approval, to the exciting, brash, and even rebellious period of its teenaged years. In this text it seeks its identity, defines a new way of being, and makes adults pay attention. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Kellner Family Professor in Urban Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison A book for all concerned about education for multiracial democracy. Critical pedagogy here meets critical race theory for the first time in a substantial framing. These pioneering scholars of education and communications go where few have gone before to develop a vital pedagogy taking institutionalized racism seriously. Formulating an educational perspective foregrounding white racism and privilege, these savvy educators press for a deep consideration of major anti-racist strategies in 21st century education. Joe R. Feagin, Texas University Table of ContentsEditorial (Michael A. Peters). Foreword (Zeus Leonardo). Introduction—‘Racism’ and ‘New Racism’: The contours of racial dynamics in contemporary America (Eduardo Bonna-Silva). 1. The Color of Supremacy: Beyond the discourse of ‘white privilege’ (Zeus Leonardo). 2. Whiteness and Critical Pedagogy (Ricky Lee Allen). 3. Maintaining Social Justice Hopes within Academic Realities: A Freirean approach to critical race/LatCrit pedagogy (Daniel G. Solorzano and Tara J. Rosso). 4. The Social Construction of Difference and the Quest for Educational Equality (James A. Banks). 5. Anti-racism: From policy to praxis (David Gillborn). 6. Critical Race Theory, Afrocentricity, and their Relationship to Critical Pedagogy (Marvin Lynn). 7. Class Dismissed? Historical materialism and the politics of ‘difference’ (Valerie Scatamburlo-D’Annibale and Peter McLaren). 8. Actions Following Words: Critical race theory connects to critical pedagogy (Laurence Parker and David O. Stovall). 9. Race, Class, and Gender in Education Research: Surveying the political terrain (Michele Foster). 10. An Apartheid of Knowledge in Academia: The struggle over the ‘legitimate’ knowledge of faculty of color (Delores Delgado Bernal and Octavio Villalpando). 11 Postcolonial Literature and the Curricular Imagination: Wilson Harris and the pedagogical implications of the carnivalesque (Cameron McCarthy and Greg Dimitriadis). Notes on Contributors. Index.

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Book SynopsisLatinas in Popular Culture explores the way Latina representations have exploded onto mainstream popular culture--and into American consciousness.Trade Review“It is destined to quickly become a landmark text and valuable archival resource for all scholars of media and popular culture, regardless of specialization, but will be of particular interest to those with interests in Latina/o/x Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Girl Studies, and Disney Studies.” - Global Media Journal –German Edition, Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021): Autumn/Winter 2021Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1 Continuities and Ruptures: The Gender of Latinidad 1 2 Spitfire Transition Tales: The Production of a Career 25 3 An Unambivalent Structure of Ambivalence: Disney’s Production of Latina Princesses 73 4 Latina/o Media Utopias: The Ideal Place or No Place 117 References 163 Index 183

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Book SynopsisThis volume considers the implications of national and international social, political, and economic realities for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groups. Addresses continuity and change in debates on ethnicity, health, and health care Considers the implications of national and international social, political, and economic realities for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groups Represents the experiences of settled and new minority ethnic groups, refugees, and asylum seekers across the world Includes international comparisons between Caribbean migrants to the US and UK, the provision of interpreters in general practice and the variations in uptake of disability living allowance across ethnic groups Trade Review"This book, edited by two sociologists who have helped delineate the field, brings the reader up to date through seven empirical studies in ethnicity and health care, covering self-reported health, nutrition, depression, end-of-life care, diabetes, chronic illness and interpretation . " (Sociology of Health & Illness, 2009) Table of Contents1. Locating Ethnicity and Health: Exploring Concepts and Contexts (Waqar Ahmad and Hannah Bradby). 2. The Black Diaspora and Health Inequalities in the US and England: Does Where You Go and How You Get There Make a Difference? (James Nazroo). 3. Race and Nutrition: An Investigation of Black-White Differences in Health-related Nutritional Behaviours (Peter Riley Bahr). 4. Describing Depression: Ethnicity and the Use of Somatic Imagery in Accounts of Mental Distress (Sara Mallinson and Jennie Popay). 5. Hospice or Home? Expectations of End-of-life Care among White and Chinese Older People in the UK (Jane Seymour, Sheila Payne, Alice Chapman and Margaret Holloway). 6. Contextualising Accounts of Illness: Notions of Responsibility and Blame in White and South Asian Respondents’ Accounts of Diabetes Causation (Julia Lawton, Naureen Ahmad, Elizabeth Peel and Nina Hallowell). 7. Long-term Health Conditions and Disability Living Allowance: Exploring Ethnic Differences and Similarities in Access (Sarah Salway, Lucinda Platt, Kaveri Harriss and Punita Chowbey). 8. Interpreted Consultations as ‘Business as Usual’? An Analysis of Organisational Routines in General Practices (Trisha Greenhalgh, Christopher Voisey and Nadia Robb). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Ethnic Dimension in American History is a thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States. Considering ethnicity in terms of race, language, religion and national origin, this important text examines its effects on social relations, public policy and economic development. A thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States, including the effects of ethnicity on social relations, public policy and economic development Includes histories of a wide range of ethnic groups including African Americans, Native Americans, Jews, Chinese, Europeans, Japanese, Muslims, Koreans, and Latinos Examines the interaction of ethnic groups with one another and the dynamic processes of acculturation, modernization, and assimilation; as well as the history of immigration Revised and updated material in the fourth edition reflects current thinkiTable of Contents Introduction 1 Part I Worlds Collide: Indian People, Africans, and Europeans in Colonial America 7 1 The First Americans 17 2 The European Migrations 29 3 Ethnicity and Manifest Destiny 58 4 African Americans in the Early Years 92 Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1890 113 Part II Ethnic America in Transition, 1890–1945 121 5 The Age of the New Immigrants 128 6 American Jews 151 7 Asian America, 1882–1945 165 8 The Nativist Reaction 179 9 Native Americans: The Assault on Tribalism 191 10 Jim Crow and Ghettos: African Americans 205 11 Mexican Americans 218 Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1945 230 Part III Change and Continuity in Ethnic America, 1945 to the Present 241 12 The African Americans 246 13 The Latino Mosaic 263 14 Asian Americans in the Modern World 282 15 The Newest Arrivals 298 16 Native Americans in the Modern World 314 17 White Ethnics in Modern America 329 Conclusion: Ethnic America in 2010 345 Selected Readings 357 Index 364

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Book SynopsisA succinct, up-to-date overview of the history of slavery that places American slavery in comparative perspective. Provides students with more than 70 primary documents on the history of slavery in America Includes extensive excerpts from slave narratives, interviews with former slaves, and letters by African Americans that document the experience of bondage Comprehensive headnotes introduce each selection A Visual History chapter provides images to supplement the written documents Includes an extensive bibliography and bibliographic essay Table of ContentsList of Figures x Series Editors’ Preface xi Preface to the New Edition xiii Preface xv Introduction 1 Chapter 1 ‘‘Death’s Gwineter Lay His Cold Icy Hands on Me’’: Enslavement 40 1 A European Slave Trader, John Barbot, Describes the African Slave Trade (1682) 42 2 A Muslim Merchant, Ayubah Suleiman Diallo, Recalls His Capture and Enslavement (1733) 45 3 An Employee of Britain’s Royal African Company Describes the Workings of the Slave Trade (1738) 48 4 Olaudah Equiano, an 11-Year-Old Ibo from Nigeria, Remembers His Kidnapping into Slavery (1789) 49 5 A Scottish Explorer, Mungo Park, Offers a Graphic Account of the African Slave Trade (1797) 51 6 Venture Smith Relates the Story of His Kidnapping at the Age of Six (1798) 52 Chapter 2 ‘‘God’s A-Gwineter Trouble de Water’’: The Middle Passage and Arrival 57 1 A European Slave Trader, James Barbot, Jr., Describes a Shipboard Revolt by Enslaved Africans (1700) 59 2 Olaudah Equiano, Who Was Born in Eastern Nigeria, Describes the Horrors of the Middle Passage (1789) 62 3 A Doctor, Alexander Falconbridge, Describes Conditions on an English Slaver (1788) 65 4 Olaudah Equiano Describes His Arrival in the New World (1789) 70 5 An English Physician, Alexander Falconbridge, Describes the Treatment of Newly Arrived Slaves in the West Indies (1788) 71 Chapter 3 ‘‘A Change is Gonna Come’’: Slavery in the Era of the American Revolution 74 1 The Poet Phillis Wheatley Writes about Freedom and Equal Rights (1774) 75 2 Massachusetts Slaves Petition for Freedom (1774) 76 3 Virginia’s Royal Governor Promises Freedom to Slaves Who Join the British Army (1775) 78 4 Virginia’s Assembly Denounces Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation (1775) 79 5 Connecticut Slaves Petition for Freedom (1779) 80 6 Boston King, a Black Loyalist, Seeks Freedom Behind British Lines (1798) 82 7 A Participant in Gabriel’s Rebellion Explains Why He Took Part in the Attempted Insurrection (1812) 84 8 Gabriel’s Brother Explains the Rebellion’s Objectives (1800) 84 9 President Thomas Jefferson Tries to Arrange for the Deportation of Men Involved in Gabriel’s Rebellion (1802) 85 Chapter 4 ‘‘We Raise de Wheat, Dey Gib Us de Corn’’: Conditions of Life 87 1 A Free Black Kidnapped from New York, Solomon Northrup, Describes the Working Conditions of Slaves on a Louisiana Cotton Plantation (1853) 88 2 Charles Ball, a Slave in Maryland, South Carolina, and Georgia, Compares Working Conditions on Tobaccoand Cotton Plantations (1858) 89 3 Josiah Henson, a Maryland Slave, Describes Slave Housing, Diet, and Clothing (1877) 91 4 Francis Henderson, Who Was a Slave near Washington, D.C., Describes Living Conditions Under Slavery (1856) 93 5 A South Carolina Slave, Jacob Stroyer, Recalls the Material Conditions of Slave Life (1898) 94 6 A Former Virginia Slave, James Martin, Remembers a Slave Auction (1937) 95 7 Elizabeth Keckley, Born into Slavery in Virginia, Describes a Slave Sale (1868) 96 Chapter 5 ‘‘Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen’’: Visual History of Slavery 98 1 The Inspection and Sale of an African Captive Along the West African Coast (1854) 99 2 An Illustration of the Layout of a Slave Ship (1807) 100 3 Enslaved Africans on the Deck of a Slave Ship (1860) 102 4 Two Slave Sale Advertisements (1859, c.1780s) 103 5 A Fugitive Slave Advertisement (1774) 105 6 An Illustration of a Slave Auction at Richmond, Virginia (1856) 107 7 Five Generations of a Slave Family (c.1850s) 108 8 An Engraving Illustrating Nat Turner’s Insurrection (c.1831) 109 9 A Plantation Manual Offers Detailed Instructions to Overseers about How They Are to Treat Nursing Mothers (1857–1858) 110 10 African Americans in Baltimore Celebrate the Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, Extending the Vote to Black Men (1870) 111 Chapter 6 ‘‘O Mother Don’t You Weep’’: Women, Children, and Families 114 1 Harriet Jacobs Describes Her Efforts to Escape Verbal, Physical, and Sexual Abuse (1861) 115 2 Bethany Veney Describes How She Aborted a Slave Sale (1889) 119 3 Susie King Taylor Escapes to Freedom During the Civil War (1902) 121 4 Jacob Stroyer Recalls the Formative Experiences of His Childhood (1898) 123 5 James W. C. Pennington Analyzes the Impact of Slavery upon Childhood (1849) 126 6 Lunsford Lane Describes the Moment When He First Recognized the Meaning of Slavery (1842) 128 7 Laura Spicer Learns that Her Husband, Who Had Been Sold Away, Has Taken Another Wife (1869) 130 8 An Overseer Attempts to Rape Josiah Henson’s Mother (1877) 132 9 Lewis Clarke Discusses the Impact of Slavery on Family Life (1846) 135 Chapter 7 ‘‘Go Home to My Lord and Be Free’’: Religion 138 1 Olaudah Equiano, from Eastern Nigeria, Describes West African Religious Beliefs and Practices (1789) 139 2 Charles Ball, a Slave in Maryland, Remembers a Slave Funeral, which Incorporated Traditional African Customs (1837) 142 3 Peter Randolph, a Former Virginia Slave, Describes the Religious Gatherings Slaves Held Outside of Their Masters’ Supervision (1893) 142 4 Henry Bibb, Who Toiled in Slavery in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Arkansas, Discusses ‘‘Conjuration’’ (1849) 145 Chapter 8 ‘‘Oppressed So Hard They Could Not Stand’’: Punishment 148 1 Frederick Douglass, a Fugitive Slave from Maryland, Describes the Circumstances that Prompted Masters to Whip Slaves (1845) 149 2 Elizabeth Keckley of Virginia Describes a Lashing She Received (1868) 150 3 John Brown, Born into Slavery in Virginia, Has Bells and Horns Fastened on His Head (1855) 152 4 William Wells Brown, a Missouri Slave Driver, Is Tied Up in a Smokehouse (1847) 153 5 Moses Roper, a Slave in Georgia and the Carolinas, Is Punished for Attempting to Run Away (1837) 154 6 A Kentucky Slave, Lewis Clarke, Describes the Implements His Mistress Used to Beat Him (1846) 155 Chapter 9 ‘‘Let My People Go’’: Resistance and Flight 157 1 Frederick Douglass Resists a Slave Breaker (1845) 158 2 Nat Turner, a Baptist Preacher in Virginia, Describes His Revolt Against Slavery (1831) 163 3 Harriet Tubman, a Former Maryland Slave, Sneaks into the South to Free Slaves (1872) 167 4 Harriet Tubman’s Life and Methods for Liberating Slaves (1863, 1865) 169 5 Levi Coffin, the ‘‘President’’ of the Underground Railroad, Assists Fugitives to Escape Slavery (1876) 172 6 A Maryland Slave, Margaret Ward, Follows the North Star to Freedom (1879) 174 7 Frederick Douglass Borrows a Sailor’s Papers to Escape Slavery (1855, 1895) 177 8 Henry ‘‘Box’’ Brown of Virginia Escapes Slavery in a Sealed Box (1872) 179 9 Margaret Garner, a Fugitive Slave from Kentucky, Kills Her Daughter Rather Than See Her Returned to Slavery (1876) 181 Chapter 10 ‘‘The Walls Came Tumblin’ Down’’: Emancipation 184 1 Hannah Johnson, the Mother of a Black Soldier, Pleads with President Abraham Lincoln Not to Rescind the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) 185 2 Private Thomas Long Assesses the Meaning of Black Military Service During the Civil War (1870) 186 3 Corporal Jackson Cherry Appeals for Equal Opportunity for Former Slaves (1865) 187 4 Jourdon Anderson, a former Tennessee Slave, Declines His Former Master’s Invitation to Return to His Plantation (1865) 188 5 Major General Rufus Saxon Assesses the Freedmen’s Aspirations (1866) 190 6 Colonel Samuel Thomas Describes the Attitudes of Ex-Confederates Toward the Freedmen (1865) 191 7 Francis L. Cardozo of South Carolina Asks for Land for the Freedmen (1868) 192 8 The Rev. Elias Hill Is Attacked by the Ku Klux Klan (1872) 193 9 Henry Blake, a Former Arkansas Slave, Describes Sharecropping (1937) 194 10 Frederick Douglass Assesses the Condition of the Freedmen (1880) 195 Bibliographical Essay 198 Bibliography 204 Index 236

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Book SynopsisThe Picts offers a broad survey of the historical and cultural developments of the people of northern Britain between AD 300 and AD 900. Dispelling the notion of the Picts as savages, they are revealed to be both politically successful and one of the most artistically sophisticated peoples of Europe.Trade Review“This exercise completes a superb and comprehensive survey of what is currently known about the Picts. The book also contains a lucid summary, and will be useful for both scholars and the general public.” (Hereditasnexus, 6 October 2015)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vi List of Lineages and Maps vii Preface and Acknowledgments viii Methodology x Abbreviations xii Introducing the Picts 1 1 Picts and Romans 15 2 Myth and Reality 40 3 The Early Middle Ages 57 4 People and Work 95 5 Spirituality 134 6 Art 162 7 Conquest and Obscurity 182 8 Literature and Remembrance 207 Conclusion 233 Select Bibliography 240 Index 255

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Book SynopsisBroad in scope and original in its interpretation, Fly Away illuminates the origins, development, and transformation of national culture during an important chapter in twentieth-century American history.Trade ReviewA grand work... An engaging and entertaining volume that ought to be of interest to anyone with a curiosity about African American migration and African American cultural contributions to American culture. Geographical Review As Rutkoff and Scott take the reader to Chicago's Bud Billiken Day or Houston's Juneteenth, August Wilson's Pittsburgh, or Walter Mosley's Los Angeles, 'the flashes of the West African spirit that black rural southerners brought north' are rendered visible. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Adds considerably to our understanding of this national exodus... The authors, who teach history at Kenyon College, argue that the black migrants preserved many of their West African roots and customs in the move north, just as they had during the Middle Passage from Africa to the Americas. These authors stress the cultural freedom afforded by holding on to a vision of Africa as the homeland. In preserving their African roots, the black migrants could take pride in where they came from and in who they were in their new circumstances. Wall Street Journal Fly Away represents a useful contribution. -- Brian Ward Journal of World History Fly Away is intended for an academic audience and its footnotes display the depth of the research. However, the authors' engaging style also should appeal to the general reader with an interest in African-American cultural history. Charleston Post and Courier [A] well-written, thought-provoking book. The authors have created a broad-ranging study that is well worth reading. It provides many new ways of thinking about and interpreting the impact of African American migration both on the migrants and the nation. -- Spencer R. Crew Journal of American History Rutkoff and Scott's book is likely to become a staple in undergraduate courses in African American and American Studies. -- Luther Adams American Historical Review Illuminating and impressive cultural history... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Maps and IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Out of Africa2. New Africa3. Negro Capital of the World4. Mules and Men5. Blues Pianos and Tricky Baseballs6. Walkin' Egypt7. Bronzeville's Pinkster Kings8. Dixie Special9. California Dreaming10. Circle UnbrokenNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisUncompromising Activist is a lively tale that will interest anyone curious about the human elements of the equal rights struggle.Trade ReviewThe greatest strength in Chaddock's account is that it is driven by context. Although Uncompromising Activist focuses on the life of one man, it is a case study in how an individual’s life is defined as much by temporal circumstance as by individual choice.—History: Reviews of New BooksMrs. Chaddock does a fine job in the short space she has to examine Mr. Greener’s life, accomplishments, and disappointments, something that he had to always struggle with. For bringing back to life a voice that has been lost and forgotten, this book does a good job.—San Francisco Book ReviewUncompromising Activist is a lively tale that will interest anyone curious about the human elements of the equal rights struggle.—Mixed Race StudiesHistorians of education and of postbellum Black history will, of course, want to read this book. But so will many others. Chaddock deftly uses Greener's life as a window into each of the times and places in which he lived and into each of the debates in which he engaged. Uncompromising Activist thus would fit nicely into an undergraduate course on either African American or nineteenth-century U.S. history. Readers outside academia would find it a coherent and ample introduction to Black history after the Civil War—a surprising and rare accomplishment for a scholarly book, let alone a scholarly biography . . . Chaddock has written a fascinating account of a man and a world that helped shape our own and that deserve rediscovery.—Michael David Cohen, University of Tennessee, Black PerspectivesAn important addition to the growing corpus of African American biography, this slender volume resurrects to historical memory Richard Theodore Greener (1844-1922), a semi-obscure figure best known for being the first black graduate of Harvard College. Katherine Reynolds Chaddock, a distinguished professor emerita of education at the University of South Carolina, shows in this clear and straightforward narrative that Greener actually deserves recognition for several other important contributions to civil rights in the early Jim Crow era as well. Readers may even come away wondering why Greener is not placed alongside his more famous contemporaries Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and W. E. B. Du Bois in the pantheon of great black leaders of his generation.—T. Adams Upchurch, East Georgia State College, Journal of Southern HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Boyhood Interrupted2. Being Prepared3. Experiment at Harvard4. An Accidental Academic5. Professing in a Small and Angry Place6. The Brutal Retreat7. Unsettled Advocate8. A Violent Attack and Hopeless Case9. Monumental Plans10. Off White11. Our Man in Vladivostok12. Closure in Black and WhiteEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWritten in vigorous prose for a wide audience and designed to inform popular debate on the relevance of the Civil War to the racial politics of modern America, Civil War Memories is required reading for informed Americans today.Trade ReviewThe book is full of interesting anecdotes that illustrate the many skirmishes between the competing narratives—History News NetworkCook's work has the advantage of covering the entirety of post-Civil War history, making his the most comprehensive entry in this scholarly debate . . . His consistent attention to electoral politics across time sets his work apart from that of many other authors and makes the book well worth reading.—Annals of IowaCivil War Memories offers a comprehensive treatment of the memory of the nation's most enduring and contested event. In offering a study of Civil War memory since 1865, Cook underscores that memories of the war have never been monolithic. They have always been debated, politicized, and maligned. His attention to the war's differing memories in the modern era reminds us how the Civil War continues to resonate within our own "mystic chords of memory."—Jennifer M. Murray, University of Virginia's College at Wise, Journal of Southern HistoryIn Civil War Memories: Contesting the Past in the United States since 1865, Robert J. Cook outlines the fight over the memory of the Civil War since Appomattox. It is a tightly argued work that blends adept synthesis with primary source research, and Cook offers an absorbing study of the Civil War's long memory and, implicitly, a meditation on the ways in which various entities "marshal the past so powerfully in the service of the present."—Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz, Eastern Illinois University, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I1. A Fractured Country and Its Fractured Memories2. The Resurgent South and Its Lost Cause3. Remembering the Victors' War in the Gilded Age4. The Rocky Road to Sectional ReconciliationPart II5. Distant Drums in an Age of Global Warfare6. Centennial Blues7. AfterlifeConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe years shortly after the end of World War II saw the beginnings of a new kind of community that blended the characteristics of suburbia with those of the central city. Over the decades these edge citieshave become permanent features of the regional landscape. Originally published in 1996. The years shortly after the end of World War II saw the beginnings of a new kind of community that blended the characteristics of suburbia with those of the central city. Over the decades these edge cities have become permanent features of the regional landscape. In Post-Suburbia, historian Jon Teaford charts the emergence of these areas and explains why and how they developed. Teaford begins by describing the adaptation of traditional units of government to the ideals and demands of the changing world along the metropolitan fringe. He shows how these post-suburban municipalities had to fashion a government that perpetuated the ideals of small-scale village life and yet, at the same time, provideTrade ReviewA pioneering study in the important history of our recent urban past and effectively uses history to produce a better understanding of our post-suburban world.—Planning PerspectivesTable of ContentsChapter 1. New Government for a New MetropolisChapter 2. The Age of the Suburban HavenChapter 3. The Emerging Post-Suburban Pattern, 1945-1960 Chapter 4. Maintaining the Balance of Power Chapter 5. Post-Suburban Imperialists Chapter 6. Recognition and Rebellion Chapter 7. The Pragmatic Compromise Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

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Book SynopsisA fascinating study of how behavioral science shaped twentieth-century politics and the modernist literary period. The advent of the twentieth century famously brought about new personal and political freedoms, including radical changes in voting rights and expressions of gender and sexuality. Yet writers and cultural critics shared a sense that modern life reduced citizens to automatons capable of interacting with the world in only the most reflexive ways. In Automatic, Timothy Wientzen asks why modernists were deeply anxious about the role of reflexive behaviorsand the susceptibility of bodies to physical stimuliin the new political structures of the twentieth century. Engaging with historical thinking about human behaviors that fundamentally changed the nature of political and literary practice, Wientzen demonstrates the ways in which a politics of reflex came to shape the intellectual and cultural life of the modernist era. Documenting some of the ways that modernist writers andTable of ContentsIntroduction: Prescribed Tracks1. Prescribed Tracks: Modernism, Modernity, and the Human Automaton2. Vibrant Bodies, Automatic Minds: Vitalism, D. H. Lawrence, and the Politics of Spontaneity3. Public Reflex: Wyndham Lewis, Public Relations, and the Invisible Government4. Pavlovian Nationalism: Rebecca West's Reflex Communities5. Higher Degrees of Automaticity: Habitus, Samuel Beckett, and Late ModernismAfterword: Choice Architects, Where Is Your Vortex? The Politics of Reflex in the Twenty-First CenturyWorks CitedNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis updated edition helps therapists understand the complex, overlapping cultural and social influences that make each client unique.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I. Becoming a Culturally Responsive Therapist Diversity, Complexity, and Intersectionality Essential Knowledge and Qualities Your Cultural Self-Assessment Part II. Making Meaningful Connections That’s Not What I Meant: Finding the Right Words Intersectionality: The Complexities of Identity Creating a Positive Therapeutic Alliance Part III. Sorting Things Out Conducting a Culturally Responsive Assessment Understanding Trauma Culturally Responsive Testing Making a Culturally Responsive Diagnosis Part IV. Beyond the Treatment Manuals Culturally Responsive Therapy: An Integrative Approach Culturally Adapted Tools and Techniques Indigenous, Creative, Mindfulness, and Social Justice Interventions Pulling It All Together: A Complex Case Conclusion References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an expert synthesis of the scholarly literature on approaches to decolonial psychology.Table of ContentsContributors Series ForewordFrederick T. L. Leong ForewordGayle Skawen:nio Morse and Marie C. Weil Acknowledgments Introduction: Decoloniality as a Transformative Force in Psychology: An Orientation to This BookHector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, and Lillian Comas-DíazPart I. History and Knowledge Chapter 1. Colonial Mentality: Manifestations, Operations, and Psychological ImplicationsHannah L. Rebadulla, Jonathan U. Guerrero, and E. J. R. David Chapter 2. Naming and Unlearning Psychological ColonialityCristalís Capielo Rosario, Eduardo Lugo-Hernández, and Loíza A. DeJesús Sullivan Chapter 3. Engaging With Decoloniality, Decolonization, and Histories of Psychology OtherwiseSunil Bhatia, Wahbie Long, Wade Pickren, and Alexandra RutherfordPart II. Science, Methods, and Epistemic Justice Chapter 4. Decolonizing and Building Liberatory Psychological SciencesHelen A. Neville, B. Andi Lee, and Amir H. Maghsoodi Chapter 5. Beyond Decolonization: Anticolonial Methodologies for Indigenous Futurity in Psychological Research Jillian Fish and Joseph P. Gone Chapter 6. Disciplinary Disruptions: Strategies Toward a Decolonial Community Psychology PraxisJesica Siham Fernández Chapter 7. Decolonizing in a Transnational Feminist Commons Perched Precariously Between the Academy and Movements for JusticeAdreanne Ormond, Puleng Segalo, María Elena Torre, and Michelle FinePart III. Education, Professional Training, and Mentoring Chapter 8. Decolonizing the High School and Undergraduate CurriculumEdil Torres Rivera and Ivelisse Torres Fernandez Chapter 9. Unlearning Colonial Practices and (Re)envisioning Graduate Education in Psychology Carrie L. Castañeda-Sound, Miguel Gallardo, and Susana O. Salgado Chapter 10. The Decolonial Mentoring Framework: Advancing an Anticolonial Future in Psychology and BeyondMackenzie T. Goertz, Hector Y. Adames, Chelsea Parker, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Radia DeLuna​, and Jessica G. Perez-Chavez Chapter 11. Wise Face, Firm Heart: Ethics and Decolonial PsychologyMelinda A. GarcíaPart IV. Psychotherapies Chapter 12. Decolonial Psychotherapy: Joining the Circle, Healing the WoundLillian Comas-Díaz and Frederick M. Jacobsen Chapter 13. Decolonizing Psychoanalysis: Anti-Blackness, Coloniality, and a New Premise for Psychoanalytic TreatmentDaniel Jose Gaztambide, Fabo Feliciano-Graniela, Jose Luiggi-Hernandez, and Edlyane Veronica Medina Escobar Chapter 14. Decolonizing Feminist TherapyThema Bryant, Carolyn Zerbe Enns, and Yuying TsongPart V. Queer Futures, Self-Care, and Community Care Chapter 15. Moving Psychology Toward Anticolonial Queer FuturesDella V. Mosley, Pearis L. Jean, Brittany Bridges, Maria Sobrino, Jeannette Mejia, Sunshine Adam, Garrett Ross, and Roberto Abreu Chapter 16. Your Self-Care Is Made of Capitalism: A Decolonial Approach to Self and Community CareArianne E. Miller and Nellie Tran Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisThis bookprovides a theoretical framework for empirically examining the impact of violence on marginalized peoples across the lifespan.Table of ContentsForeword: Thema Bryant Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: What's Racism Got To Do With It? Black Women & Girls, Sexual Abuse & Liberation Chapter 2: Black Women & Girls: Racism & Intersectional Oppression Chapter 3: The 'Rape Problem' & Secondary Marginalization Against Black Women & Girls Chapter 4: Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory: Framework, Evidence, & Future Directions Chapter 5: Culturally Competent Trauma Therapy: Holistic Healing Chapter 6: Radical Healing in the Black Community Chapter 7: Institutional Courage to Change the World Conclusion: What Does It All Mean? From Micro- to Macro-Level Change

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Book SynopsisA provocative critique of transnational, transracial adoption from a critical race and feminist perspective and a vision for reformTrade Review"Kristi Brian bravely shines a spotlight on the racial inequities that undergird transnational adoptions but are typically whitewashed by assumptions of adoptive parents' benevolence and colorblindness. Reframing Transracial Adoption proposes a more culturally inclusive, child-centered paradigm focused on the voices of Korean adoptees rather than the personal preferences of white adopters, who sometimes select children on the basis of racialized criteria and then refuse to take their racial identities seriously. A critical contribution to an honest discussion of the role race plays in adoption and, indeed, in all family structures." - Dorothy Roberts, Kirkland & Ellis Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, and author of Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare "[C]ompelling... Brian effectively analyzes the inherently political act of family building... Brian's critical race feminist methodology, and her explanation of the matters of adoption and the ways in which adoption matters are useful and often insightful... There is much to be applauded in a political analysis of a phenomenon such as Korean-American adoption and Kristi Brian's Reframing Transracial Adoption succeeds admirably in this regard." Anthropological Quarterly, Fall 2012 "Brian demonstrates an exceptional understanding of the problems affecting Korean adoption...her work is noteworthy for its effort to document racism within adoptive families... Reframing Transracial Adoption is at once a scholarly study and a work of adoption reform activism. Brian highlights structural problems in the transnational adoption industry and shows how adult Korean adoptees are working to change it. In addition, she makes a strong argument against the commonly held idea that transracial adoption is a cure for racism because it creates multiracial families. She instead shows how the adoption industry depends on white privilege and the geopolitical dominance of the United States."--Signs: Journal of Women and Culture in Society, Winter 2014 "Brian exhibits a strong conversant history and literature on race and adoption... She is particularly good at critiquing transracial adoption by celebrity... she raises the intriguing issue of how adoptees themselves are now changing the processes of adoption... Brian's book provides an excellent critique of the hidden racism in American adoptions." - Contemporary Sociology, May 2014Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Personal / Political Preface; (1) Adoption Matters: Beyond Catastrophe and Spectacle; (A)The Birth of "Sentimental" International Adoption; (B) Institutionalizing Harry Holt's Mission in Korea; (C)Research Questions & Methodology; (D) Towards a Critical Race Feminist Approach to Transnational Adoption; (E) Overview of chapters; (F) Names, Labels and Terms; (2) Adoption Facilitators and the Marketing of Family-Building:; "Expert" Systems meet Spurious Culture; Customized Family-Building and the Trouble with Culture; (B) Promoting Transnational Adoption; (B:1) Meeting the Consumer Needs of the Target Market; (B:2)Depicting Korea as a Nonpolitical, Cultural "Other"; (B:3)Assuming Race Consciousness in "Culture" - Consuming Parents; (C)A Confusion of Experts; (D)The Fault line between Domestic and Transnational Transracial Adoption; (E) Conclusion: Towards a Paradigm of Consciousness; (3) Navigating Racism: Avoiding and Confronting "Difference" in Families; (A) Phase 1: Choosing the "Acceptable" Model Minority in pre-adoption decision-making; (B) Phase 2: Family Lessons on Racism; (B:1) Assumptions of easy assimilation; (B:2) Failures of the "Ad Hoc," Colorblind Approach; (B:3)"The Fly on the Wall": Adoptees Witness and Confront Racism; (C)Phase 3: Adoption as Point of Departure; (C:1) Adoptees' Departures from Whiteness; (C:2)"This Is How I Taught Her To Be": Parents Observe Departures from Whiteness; (D) Conclusion; (4 ) Navigating Kinship: Searching for Family Beyond and Within "The Doctrine of Genealogical Unity"; Confronting the "Loss" of Birth and "Risk" of Adoption; Choosing "Closed" Adoptions and the "Familyless" Orphan; (C)Reconstructing Memories of Korea as Routes to the Meaning of Family; (D)Searching for Family Origins and Identities in the Shadow of Gratitude; (5) Strategic Interruptions versus Possessive Investment: Transnational Adoption in the Era of New Racism; (A) Towards a Shared Race-Conscious Discourse and Framework; (B) Abduction Language; (C)Race-blind U.S. Adoption Policy as Possessive Investment; (D) The Hague: Race-sensitive Understanding or Multicultural Fantasy?; (E) New Versions of Family to Resist the New Racism; (F) Disquieting Adoption; References.

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Book Synopsis In researching accounts of diasporic Chinese offspring who returned to their parents’ ancestral country, author Patricia Chu learned that she was not alone in the experience of growing up in America with an abstract affinity to an ancestral homeland and community. The bittersweet emotions she had are shared in Asian American literature that depicts migration-related melancholia, contests official histories, and portrays Asian American families as flexible and transpacific. Where I Have Never Been explores the tropes of return, tracing both literal return visits by Asian emigrants and symbolic “returns”: first visits by diasporic offspring. Chu argues that these Asian American narratives seek to remedy widely held anxieties about cultural loss and the erasure of personal and family histories from public memory. In fiction, memoirs, and personal essays, the writers of return narratives—including novelists Lisa See, May-lee Chai, Lydia M

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Book Synopsis In researching accounts of diasporic Chinese offspring who returned to their parents’ ancestral country, author Patricia Chu learned that she was not alone in the experience of growing up in America with an abstract affinity to an ancestral homeland and community. The bittersweet emotions she had are shared in Asian American literature that depicts migration-related melancholia, contests official histories, and portrays Asian American families as flexible and transpacific. Where I Have Never Been explores the tropes of return, tracing both literal return visits by Asian emigrants and symbolic “returns”: first visits by diasporic offspring. Chu argues that these Asian American narratives seek to remedy widely held anxieties about cultural loss and the erasure of personal and family histories from public memory. In fiction, memoirs, and personal essays, the writers of return narratives—including novelists Lisa See, May-lee Chai, Lydia M

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive study of one city, Baltimore, forty years after the unrest that swept across some 120 U.S. cities.Trade Review"These essays and primary accounts examine the roots of the broad spectrum of events that led to rioting in Baltimore following Martin Luther King's assassination and how these events shaped the social and economic fabric of today's Baltimore. I know it will be taken from library shelves for many years to come as a primary resource for historical study." -Carla D. Hayden, CEO, Enoch Pratt Free Library, BaltimoreTable of Contents1. Acknowledgments 2. Editors' Introduction - Jessica I. Elfenbein, Thomas L. Hollowak, Elizabeth M. Nix 3. Foreword, Howard F. Gillette 4. Peter Levy, The Dream Deferred: The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Holy Week Uprising of 1968 5. Jewell Chambers : Edited Oral History 6. John Breihan, Why Was There No Rioting in Cherry Hill? 7. Emily Lieb, "White Man's Lane": Hollowing Out the Highway Ghetto in Baltimore 8. Alex Csicsek, Spiro T. Agnew and the Burning of Baltimore 9. Tom Carney: Edited Oral History 10. Jessica I. Elfenbein, University of Baltimore, 'Church People Work on the Integration Problem': The Brethren's Interracial Work in Baltimore, 1949-1972 11. W. Edward Orser and Joby Taylor, Convergences and Divergences: The Civil Rights and Anti-War Movements, Baltimore 1968 12. The Pats Family: Edited Oral History 13. Howell Baum, How the 1968 Riots Stopped School Desegregation in Baltimore 14. Elizabeth M. Nix and Deborah R. Weiner, Pivot in Perception: The Impact of the 1968 Uprising on Three Baltimore Business Districts 15. Frankie Gamber, "Where We Live": Greater Homewood Community Corporation, 1967-1976" 16. Mary Potorti, Planning for the People: The Early Years of Baltimore's Neighborhood Design Center 17. Robert Birt : Edited Oral History 18. Epilogue, Clement A. Price, History and Memory: Why it Matters that We Remember

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Book SynopsisVietnamese diasporic relations affect—and are directly affected by—events in Viet Nam. In Transnationalizing Viet Nam, Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde explores these connections, providing a nuanced understanding of this globalized community. Valverde draws on 250 interviews and almost two decades of research to show the complex relationship between Vietnamese in the diaspora and those back at the homeland.In the series Asian American History and Culture, edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, Michael Omi, K. Scott Wong, and Linda Trinh VõTrade Review“It serves as an invaluable resource for students and researchers interested in understanding the Vietnamese American community.... [A]n important foundation for the study of Vietnamese diaspora.”—AmerasiaTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Transnationalizing Viet Nam 2 Popular Music: Sounds of Home Resistance and Change 3 Social Transformations from Virtual Communities 4 Defying and Redefining Vietnamese Diasporic Art and Media as Seen through Chau Huynh's Creations 5 Whose Community Is It Anyway? Overseas Vietnamese Negotiating Their Cultural and Political Identity: The Case of Vice-Mayor Madison Nguyen 6 Vietnamese Diaspora Revisited Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisProfiles of college athletes and teams that challenged the color line in AmericaTrade Review"Kaliss examines five stories of pioneering African American athletes... Explaining how the athletes sought to achieve full citizenship through their athletic achievements... He argues that their responses reveal much more than just what occurred on the playing field... Summing Up: Recommended." Choice, December 2012 "[A] careful study of five significant episodes in the racial integration of college football and basketball... The five episodes selected by the author fit together nicely in chronological, geographical, and thematic progression... Kaliss deserves praise for attempting to do more than merely chronicle the triumphs and travails of racial pioneers...[T]he book is a timely reminder that racial barriers in athletics were not exclusive to the South, and it makes a useful contribution to the study of college sports integration."--American History Review, December 2013Table of ContentsIntroduction - College Sports, Fair Play, and Black Masculinity; 1 - "Our Own 'Roby'" and "The Dark Cloud": Paul Robeson at Rutgers, 1915-1919; 2 - "Harbingers of Progress" and "The Gold Dust Trio": Washington, Strode, Robinson and the 1939 UCLA Football Team; 3 - "A First-Class Gentleman" and "That Big N----r": Wilt Chamberlain at the University of Kansas, 1955-1958; 4 - "Our Colored Boy" and "Fine Black Athletes": Charlie Scott at the University of North Carolina, 1965-1970; 5 - "Those Nigras" and "Men Again": Bear Bryant, John Mitchell, and Wilbur Jackson at the University of Alabama, 1969-1973; Conclusion - What We Talk About When We Talk About Sports; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThe Wat Thai Buddhist Temple in Silicon Valley was founded in 1983 by a group of predominantly middle-class men and women with different ethnic and racial identities. The temple, which functions as a religious, social, economic, educational, and cultural hub, has become a place for the community members to engage in spiritual and cultural practices. In Creating a Buddhist Community, Jiemin Bao shows how the Wat Thai participants practice Buddhism and rework gender relationships in the course of organizing temple space, teaching meditation, schooling children in Thai language and culture, merit making, fundraising, and celebrating festivals. Bao's detailed account of the process of creating an inclusive temple community with Thai immigrants as the majority helps to deconstruct the exoticized view of Buddhism in American culture. Creating a Buddhist Community also explores Wat Thai's identification with both the United States and Thailand and how thisTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: A Community in the Making 2 Creating a Temple Community 3 Erecting a Chapel: Carving Out Cultural Space 4 Monks in the Making 5 Merit Making: Transnational Circuits 6 Shaping and Performing Thai American Identities7 Conclusion: Interaction, Interdependence, and Transformations Notes GlossaryReferences Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the classic Black Feminist Thought, a book on the nature and value of the public intellectualTrade Review"On Intellectual Activism is Collins' attempt to frame her more-than-20-year intervention in the critical issues of gender, race and sexuality for an audience not likely to sit in on her--or anyone else's--introduction to gender studies class... Her book is a cogent reminder of the stakes of engagement." Ms. Magazine , Fall 2012 "On Intellectual Activism...presents readers with an opportunity to marvel at the incredible internal coherence of [Collins's] life's work. The sociology of Collins's imagining is quite appealing. Despite the sorrow reflected and generated by many of the topics under consideration, her analyses are enormously enjoyable to read because she is so cogent and she notices so much. Like a present-day sage, she seems able to interpret any situation - from the family rhetoric that supported Barack Obama's presidential election to the selection of housewares available at T. J. Maxx - with acuity... Her longstanding and gorgeously articulated contempt for the problematic standards that govern success in academia is on proud display in these writings that span decades."--Gender and SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Note on Usage I BLACK FEMINISM 1 Why Black Feminist Thought? 2 Fighting Words ... Or Yet Another Version of "The Emperor's New Clothes" 3 Black Sexual Politics 101 4 Resisting Racism, Writing Black Sexual Politics 5 Still Brave? Black Feminism as a Social Justice Project II SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE 6 Learning from the Outsider Within Revisited 7 Going Public: Doing the Sociology That Had No Name 8 Changing Times: Sociological Complexities 9 The Racial Threat 10 Rethinking Knowledge, Community, and Empowerment: An Interview III CRITICAL EDUCATION 11 Critical Pedagogy and Engaged Scholarship: Lessons from Africana Studies 12 Teaching for a Change: Critical Pedagogy and Classroom Communities 13 Another Kind of Public Education 14 Making Space for Public Conversations: An Interview IV RACIAL POLITICS 15 Coloring Outside the Color Line 16 Are We Living in a Post-Racial World? 17 The Ethos of Violence 18 Who's Right? What's Left? Family Values and U.S. Politics V INTELLECTUAL ACTIVISM REVISITED 19 Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection 20 Where Do We Go from Here? Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the classic Black Feminist Thought, a book on the nature and value of the public intellectualTrade Review"On Intellectual Activism is Collins' attempt to frame her more-than-20-year intervention in the critical issues of gender, race and sexuality for an audience not likely to sit in on her--or anyone else's--introduction to gender studies class... Her book is a cogent reminder of the stakes of engagement." Ms. Magazine, Fall 2012Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Note on Usage I BLACK FEMINISM 1 Why Black Feminist Thought? 2 Fighting Words ... Or Yet Another Version of "The Emperor's New Clothes" 3 Black Sexual Politics 101 4 Resisting Racism, Writing Black Sexual Politics 5 Still Brave? Black Feminism as a Social Justice Project II SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE 6 Learning from the Outsider Within Revisited 7 Going Public: Doing the Sociology That Had No Name 8 Changing Times: Sociological Complexities 9 The Racial Threat 10 Rethinking Knowledge, Community, and Empowerment: An Interview III CRITICAL EDUCATION 11 Critical Pedagogy and Engaged Scholarship: Lessons from Africana Studies 12 Teaching for a Change: Critical Pedagogy and Classroom Communities 13 Another Kind of Public Education 14 Making Space for Public Conversations: An Interview IV RACIAL POLITICS 15 Coloring Outside the Color Line 16 Are We Living in a Post-Racial World? 17 The Ethos of Violence 18 Who's Right? What's Left? Family Values and U.S. Politics V INTELLECTUAL ACTIVISM REVISITED 19 Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection 20 Where Do We Go from Here? Index

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Book SynopsisMaking visible the experiences of black professional men in white male-dominated occupationsTrade Review"Conducting in-depth interviews with black lawyers, engineers, doctors, and bankers, she studies their challenges, obstacles, opportunities, and interactions with colleagues. As expected, the subjects experienced racism, discrimination, and stereotyping at work...Though their upward mobility gave them solidarity with men in their social group, they no longer had an affinity with working-class blacks. This solid academic study enhances our understanding of the difficulties professional black men face in the work place." - Publishers Weekly "For those who delve into Wingfield's book, the one thing they are guaranteed to come away with is a greater appreciation for the fact that for Black men who work professional jobs, the work involves so much more than just the work itself... [No More Invisible Man] shows how entrenched and lingering racial stereotypes about the intelligence and aims of Black men often make the professional jobs they work much more complicated than they would otherwise be." - Diverse "What is unique about this book is the fact that very few studies focus on the issue of the black professional male across varied white-dominated professional spaces. Wingfield offers insight into the nuances involved in black male experiences at the professional level. Briefly, this study encapsulates how tricky it is to navigate the corridors of professional settings when confronted with age-old stereotypes. Summing Up: Recommended." - Choice, July 2013 "Wingfield's adeptness at relating each aspect of her findings to the wider scholarship on tokenism is one of this book's main strengths... [T]his is a revealing and thought-provoking study... [that] provides some new insights into this somewhat neglected topic." - Ethnic and Racial Studies "No More Invisible Man is an engaging and compelling book. Through interviews with forty-two doctors, lawyers, engineers, and bankers, Adia Harvey Wingfield illuminates the experiences of black male professionals and makes critical contributions to our understandings of inequalities in the workplace... One of Harvey Wingfield's strongest theoretical contributions is her documentation of the significance of black professional men's relationships with colleagues and potential mentors... Another significant theoretical contribution is Harvey Wingfield's description of the diversity of black professional men's responses to women in their male-dominated workplaces... [T]he book is superb. Harvey Wingfield's writing is fantastic and a pleasure to read... She walks the reader clearly and explicitly through the questions she brings to current theories, her comparisons between what theories predict and what her data reveal, and the theoretical and practical conclusions she draws... No More Invisible Man is a successful addition to Harvey Wingfield's legacy - and to intersectionality scholarship." - Gender & SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Tokenism Reassessed 2 The General Experience of Partial Tokenization 3 Interacting with Women in the Workplace 4 Other Men in the Workplace 5 Black Men and Masculinity 6 Emotional Performance Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow the suburbs can give rise to campaigns for progressive changeTrade Review"[A] comprehensive multidisciplinary view of modern suburbs in America. Christopher Niedt has assembled essays from historians, social psychologists, sociologists, and demographers, in order to investigate how political and social action arises and is organized in suburban locations. From issues of suburban space use to immigrant incorporation, the authors use both historic and contemporary examples to outline how residents unite to address distinct issues faced by suburbanites... This collection of essays will be of particular interest to researchers in the fields of urban studies and spatial demography, as many focus on the particular use of space within suburban environments, as well as the distinctions which set suburbs apart from cities as a unique spatial environment." - Contemporary SociologyTable of Contents1 Introduction Christopher NiedtPART I Race, Class, and Exclusion in the Twenty-First Century2 Twenty-First-Century Suburban Demography: Increasing Diversity Yet Lingering Exclusion Nancy A. Denton and Joseph R. Gibbons3 The Suburban Geography of Moral Panic: Low-Income Housing and the Revanchist Fringe L. Owen Kirkpatrick and Casey Gallagher4 Protest on the Astroturf at Downtown Silver Spring: July 4, 2007 June WilliamsonPART II Revealing Activist Histories5 “In the Spirit of Equality”: Conflict, Dissonance, and the Potential for Transformative Educational Change Anne Galletta6 Not Quite Suburban: Progressive Activism in Postwar Chicago Robert Gioielli7 Fringe Politics: Suburban Expansion and the Mexican American Struggle for Alviso, California Aaron CavinPart III Sustaining Social Justice in the Diverse Suburb8 Maywood, Not Mayberry: Latinos and Suburbia in Los Angeles County Manuel Pastor9 Black, Brown, White, and Green: Race, Land Use, and Environmental Politics in a Changing Richmond Alex Schafran and Lisa M. Feldstein10 Public Archaeology and Sense of Place in Alexandria, Virginia: An Exploration of the Changing Significance of Fort Ward Park Douglas R. Appler11 First Suburbs and Nonprofit Housing: How Do Urban CDCs Develop Affordable Housing in Suburban Communities? JoAnna Mitchell-Brown12 The Future of Fair Housing in a Diverse Suburbia john a. powell and Jason ReeceReferencesContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisHow the suburbs can give rise to campaigns for progressive changeTrade Review"[A] comprehensive multidisciplinary view of modern suburbs in America. Christopher Niedt has assembled essays from historians, social psychologists, sociologists, and demographers, in order to investigate how political and social action arises and is organized in suburban locations. From issues of suburban space use to immigrant incorporation, the authors use both historic and contemporary examples to outline how residents unite to address distinct issues faced by suburbanites... This collection of essays will be of particular interest to researchers in the fields of urban studies and spatial demography, as many focus on the particular use of space within suburban environments, as well as the distinctions which set suburbs apart from cities as a unique spatial environment." - Contemporary SociologyTable of Contents1 Introduction Christopher NiedtPART I Race, Class, and Exclusion in the Twenty-First Century2 Twenty-First-Century Suburban Demography: Increasing Diversity Yet Lingering Exclusion Nancy A. Denton and Joseph R. Gibbons3 The Suburban Geography of Moral Panic: Low-Income Housing and the Revanchist Fringe L. Owen Kirkpatrick and Casey Gallagher4 Protest on the Astroturf at Downtown Silver Spring: July 4, 2007 June WilliamsonPART II Revealing Activist Histories5 “In the Spirit of Equality”: Conflict, Dissonance, and the Potential for Transformative Educational Change Anne Galletta6 Not Quite Suburban: Progressive Activism in Postwar Chicago Robert Gioielli7 Fringe Politics: Suburban Expansion and the Mexican American Struggle for Alviso, California Aaron CavinPart III Sustaining Social Justice in the Diverse Suburb8 Maywood, Not Mayberry: Latinos and Suburbia in Los Angeles County Manuel Pastor9 Black, Brown, White, and Green: Race, Land Use, and Environmental Politics in a Changing Richmond Alex Schafran and Lisa M. Feldstein10 Public Archaeology and Sense of Place in Alexandria, Virginia: An Exploration of the Changing Significance of Fort Ward Park Douglas R. Appler11 First Suburbs and Nonprofit Housing: How Do Urban CDCs Develop Affordable Housing in Suburban Communities? JoAnna Mitchell-Brown12 The Future of Fair Housing in a Diverse Suburbia john a. powell and Jason ReeceReferencesContributorsIndex

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Book Synopsis Walking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in Walking in Cities, walking also reflects the systematic inequalities that order contemporary urban life. Walking has different meanings because it can be a way of temporarily “taking possession” of urban space, or it can make the relatively powerless more vulnerable to crime. The essays in Walking in Cities explore how walking intersects with sociological dimensions such as gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and power. Various chapters explorethe flâneuse, or female urban drifter, in Tehran’s shopping malls; Hispanic neighborhoods in New York, San Diego, and El Paso; and the intra-neighborhood and inter-class dynamics of gentrification in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.The essays in Walking in Cities provide important lessons about urban life.

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Book Synopsis Walking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in Walking in Cities, walking also reflects the systematic inequalities that order contemporary urban life. Walking has different meanings because it can be a way of temporarily “taking possession” of urban space, or it can make the relatively powerless more vulnerable to crime. The essays in Walking in Cities explore how walking intersects with sociological dimensions such as gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and power. Various chapters explorethe flâneuse, or female urban drifter, in Tehran’s shopping malls; Hispanic neighborhoods in New York, San Diego, and El Paso; and the intra-neighborhood and inter-class dynamics of gentrification in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.The essays in Walking in Cities provide important lessons about urban life.

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Book SynopsisThe Illegal Immigration Relief Act (IIRA), passed in the small Rustbelt city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania in 2006, was a local ordinance that laid out penalties for renting to or hiring undocumented immigrants and declared English the city's official language. The notorious IIRA gained national prominence and kicked off a parade of local and state-level legislative initiatives designed to crack down on undocumented immigrants.In his cogent and timely book, UndocumentedFears, Jamie Longazel uses the debate around Hazleton's controversial ordinance as a case study that reveals the mechanics of contemporary divide and conquer politics. He shows how neoliberal ideology, misconceptions about Latina/o immigrants, and nostalgic imagery of Small Town, America led to a racialized account of an undocumented immigrant invasion, masking the real story of a city beset by large-scale loss of manufacturing jobs. Offering an up-close look at how the local debate unfolded in the city that set off this bTrade Review“Using a magnifying lens to study immigrant bashing in his hometown, Jamie Longazel brings into sharp focus the anti-Latino racism at the heart of national politics today. Even as we as a society struggle to build solidarity across racial divisions, powerful forces seek advantage in tearing us farther apart. The concentrated focus of Undocumented Fears helps us understand not only why this occurs but also how we might help replace fear with friendship, social division with a sense of shared humanity.”—Ian F. Haney López, author of Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class“Undocumented Fears offers an incredibly rich and insightful analysis of how the political dynamics in a struggling former coal mining town resulted in its becoming ground zero in the raging national debate over immigration. Longazel provides a bird’s-eye view of the politics—racial and otherwise—that led Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to enact laws designed to punish undocumented immigrants, with Latino migrants in the crosshairs. The clash of Latino immigrants with the ‘small town America’ ideal is a gripping story that deserves the scholarly attention offered by Longazel. As some might say after reading Undocumented Fears, ‘Only in America.’”—Kevin Johnson, author of The “Huddled Masses” Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights "The author blends sociological reasoning with the analysis of single stories, interviews, news reports, trial and city council transcripts; this makes the book interesting and appealing for the audience.... The book has several strengths, notably its original blend of thought and action. Moreover, Longazel’s work marks an excellent attempt to discuss Latino Threat Narrative roots and connections with national immigration patterns and neoliberal depoliticization. Also, several references and numerous appendixes demonstrate the issue is extensively researched and in-depth scrutinized.... [T]he book will surely stimulate discussion between scholars and practitioners. It should be required reading for anyone interested to investigate how dominant ideologies relating to race and social class embedded in immigration politics continue to divide and conquer ordinary people today."-- International Criminal Justice ReviewTable of ContentsAuthor's Comment on the Notes Section Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Immigration and the Politics of Divide and Conquer 1. The Political Economy of Local Backlash 2. "The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back" 3. Lozano v. Hazleton and the Defense of White Innocence 4. "All We Can Do Is Show Them We Are a Respectable Bunch" Conclusion: Recovering Authenticity Appendix A: Data and Methods Appendix B: Full Text of the Illegal Immigration Relief Act Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe American Football League, established in 1960, was innovative both in its commitment to finding talented, overlooked playersparticularly those who played for historically black colleges and universitiesand in the decision by team owners to share television revenues.In Mavericks, Money and Men, football historian Charles Ross chronicles the AFL's key events, including Buck Buchanan becoming the first overall draft pick in 1963, and the 1965 boycott led by black players who refused to play in the AFL-All Star game after experiencing blatant racism. He also recounts how the success of the AFL forced a merger with the NFL in 1969, which arguably facilitated the evolution of modern professional football. Ross shows how the league, originally created as a challenge to the dominance of the NFL, pressured for and ultimately accelerated the racial integration of pro football and also allowed the sport to adapt to how African Americans were themselves changing the game.Table of ContentsIntroductionA New League with New Opportunities “We Don't Tote No Coloreds” “We Will Kick to the Clock” Boycott in New Orleans From Merger to Super Bowl The New NFL Marlin Briscoe and the Dawn of Black Quarterbacks The Birth of Modern Pro FootballEpilogue: The State of the Game IINotes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn his cogent and groundbreaking book, From Slave Ship to Supermax, Patrick Elliot Alexander argues that the disciplinary logic and violence of slavery haunt depictions of the contemporary U.S. prison in late twentieth-century Black fiction. Alexander links representations of prison life in James Baldwin's novel If Beale Street Could Talk to his engagements with imprisoned intellectuals like George Jackson, who exposed historical continuities between slavery and mass incarceration. Likewise, Alexander reveals how Toni Morrison's Beloved was informed by Angela Y. Davis's jail writings on slavery-reminiscent practices in contemporary women's facilities. Alexander also examines recurring associations between slave ships and prisons in Charles Johnson's Middle Passage, and connects slavery's logic of racialized premature death to scenes of death row imprisonment in Ernest Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying.Alexander ultimately makes the case that contemporary Black novelists depict racial terro

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Book SynopsisIn his cogent and groundbreaking book, From Slave Ship to Supermax, Patrick Elliot Alexander argues that the disciplinary logic and violence of slavery haunt depictions of the contemporary U.S. prison in late twentieth-century Black fiction. Alexander links representations of prison life in James Baldwin's novel If Beale Street Could Talk to his engagements with imprisoned intellectuals like George Jackson, who exposed historical continuities between slavery and mass incarceration. Likewise, Alexander reveals how Toni Morrison's Beloved was informed by Angela Y. Davis's jail writings on slavery-reminiscent practices in contemporary women's facilities. Alexander also examines recurring associations between slave ships and prisons in Charles Johnson's Middle Passage, and connects slavery's logic of racialized premature death to scenes of death row imprisonment in Ernest Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying.Alexander ultimately makes the case that contemporary Black novelists depict racial terro

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Book SynopsisGiven the limited economic opportunities in rural Nepal, the desire of young men of all income and education levels, castes and ethnicities to migrate has never been higher. Crossing the Border to India provides an ethnography of male labor migration from the western hills of Nepal to Indian cities. Jeevan Sharma shows how a migrant's livelihood and gender, as well as structural violence impacts his perceptions, experiences, and aspirations.Based on long-term fieldwork, Sharma captures the actual experiences of crossing the border. He shows that Nepali migration to India does not just allow young men from poorer backgrounds to save there and eat here, but also offers a strategy to escape the more regimented social order of the village. Additionally, migrants may benefit from the opportunities offered by the open-border between India and Nepal to attain independence and experience a distant world. However, Nepali migrants are subjected to high levels of ill treatment. Thus, while the idTrade Review"Crossing the Border to India is an important contribution to the scholarship on migration, development, and masculinities. Sharma provides a new perspective for understanding the complex relationship between immigration, work, and gender."--Men and Masculinities

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