Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Books

Book SynopsisTrade Review"An engaging, rich, and provocative work that re-directs 'mixed-race' studies back to its complex archival and historical roots, Manganelli’s book challenges readers to consider the deeply imbricated, transnational production of 19th century racial and gender mythologies." -- Daphne Brooks * Princeton University *"Manganelli's clear, engaging writing will captivate readers of nineteenth and early twentieth-century British and American literature. This book provides a powerful and lucid model for scholars and students interested in transatlantic work." -- Cherene Sherrard-Johnson * author of Portraits of the New Negro Woman *"Transatlantic Spectacles of Race is a valuable contribution to race and gender studies. It narrates the spectacular dynamics of power at intersections of race and gender, and illuminates the 'racial taxonomies attempting to controll uncontrollable shades of color.'" * American Studies *"An admirable example of the ways in which American theories of race have recently enriched what had previously been a somwehat circumscribed academic field." * Victorian Studies *"An engaging, rich, and provocative work that re-directs 'mixed-race' studies back to its complex archival and historical roots, Manganelli’s book challenges readers to consider the deeply imbricated, transnational production of 19th century racial and gender mythologies." -- Daphne Brooks * Princeton University *"Manganelli's clear, engaging writing will captivate readers of nineteenth and early twentieth-century British and American literature. This book provides a powerful and lucid model for scholars and students interested in transatlantic work." -- Cherene Sherrard-Johnson * author of Portraits of the New Negro Woman *"Transatlantic Spectacles of Race is a valuable contribution to race and gender studies. It narrates the spectacular dynamics of power at intersections of race and gender, and illuminates the 'racial taxonomies attempting to controll uncontrollable shades of color.'" * American Studies *"An admirable example of the ways in which American theories of race have recently enriched what had previously been a somwehat circumscribed academic field." * Victorian Studies *Table of ContentsPart I: Gender Boundaries Within Educational Spaces Creating a Gender-Inclusive Campus / Genny Beemyn and Susan R. Rankin Transgendering the Academy: Ensuring Transgender Inclusion in Higher Education / Pauline Park Part II: Trans Imaginaries "I'll call him Mahood instead, I prefer that, I'm queer": Samuel Beckett's Spatial Aesthetic of Name Change / Lucas Crawford Excruciating Improbability and the Transgender Jamaican / Keja Valens TRANScoding the Transnational Digital Economy / Jian Chen Part III: Crossing Borders/Crossing Gender When Things Don't Add Up: Transgender Bodies and the Mobile Borders of Biometrics / Toby Beauchamp Connecting the Dots: National Security the Crime-Migration Nexus, and Trans Women's Survival / Nora Butler Burke Affective Vulnerability and Transgender Exceptionalism: Norma Ureiro in Transgression / Aren Z. Aizura Part IV: Trans Activism and Policy The T in LGBTQ: How Do Trans Activists Perceive Alliances within LGBT and Queer Movements in Quebec (Canada)? / Mickael Chacha Enriquez Translatina Is about the Journey: A Dialogue on Social Justice for Transgender Latinas in San Francisco / Alexandra Rodriguez de Ruiz and Marcia Ochoa LGB within the T: Sexual Orientation in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey and Implications for Public Policy / Jody L. Herman Part V: Transforming Disciplines and Pedagogy Adventures in Trans Biopolitics: A Comparison between Public Health and Critical Academic Research Praxes / Sel J. Hwahng Stick Figures and Little Bits: Toward a Nonbinary Pedagogy / A. Finn Enke Conclusion: Trans Fantasizing: From Social Media to Collective Imagination / Yolanda Martinez-San Miguel and Sarah Tobias

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An engaging, rich, and provocative work that re-directs 'mixed-race' studies back to its complex archival and historical roots, Manganelli’s book challenges readers to consider the deeply imbricated, transnational production of 19th century racial and gender mythologies." -- Daphne Brooks * Princeton University *"Manganelli's clear, engaging writing will captivate readers of nineteenth and early twentieth-century British and American literature. This book provides a powerful and lucid model for scholars and students interested in transatlantic work." -- Cherene Sherrard-Johnson * author of Portraits of the New Negro Woman *"Transatlantic Spectacles of Race is a valuable contribution to race and gender studies. It narrates the spectacular dynamics of power at intersections of race and gender, and illuminates the 'racial taxonomies attempting to controll uncontrollable shades of color.'" * American Studies *"An admirable example of the ways in which American theories of race have recently enriched what had previously been a somwehat circumscribed academic field." * Victorian Studies *"An engaging, rich, and provocative work that re-directs 'mixed-race' studies back to its complex archival and historical roots, Manganelli’s book challenges readers to consider the deeply imbricated, transnational production of 19th century racial and gender mythologies." -- Daphne Brooks * Princeton University *"Manganelli's clear, engaging writing will captivate readers of nineteenth and early twentieth-century British and American literature. This book provides a powerful and lucid model for scholars and students interested in transatlantic work." -- Cherene Sherrard-Johnson * author of Portraits of the New Negro Woman *"Transatlantic Spectacles of Race is a valuable contribution to race and gender studies. It narrates the spectacular dynamics of power at intersections of race and gender, and illuminates the 'racial taxonomies attempting to controll uncontrollable shades of color.'" * American Studies *"An admirable example of the ways in which American theories of race have recently enriched what had previously been a somwehat circumscribed academic field." * Victorian Studies *Table of ContentsPart I: Gender Boundaries Within Educational Spaces Creating a Gender-Inclusive Campus / Genny Beemyn and Susan R. Rankin Transgendering the Academy: Ensuring Transgender Inclusion in Higher Education / Pauline Park Part II: Trans Imaginaries "I'll call him Mahood instead, I prefer that, I'm queer": Samuel Beckett's Spatial Aesthetic of Name Change / Lucas Crawford Excruciating Improbability and the Transgender Jamaican / Keja Valens TRANScoding the Transnational Digital Economy / Jian Chen Part III: Crossing Borders/Crossing Gender When Things Don't Add Up: Transgender Bodies and the Mobile Borders of Biometrics / Toby Beauchamp Connecting the Dots: National Security the Crime-Migration Nexus, and Trans Women's Survival / Nora Butler Burke Affective Vulnerability and Transgender Exceptionalism: Norma Ureiro in Transgression / Aren Z. Aizura Part IV: Trans Activism and Policy The T in LGBTQ: How Do Trans Activists Perceive Alliances within LGBT and Queer Movements in Quebec (Canada)? / Mickael Chacha Enriquez Translatina Is about the Journey: A Dialogue on Social Justice for Transgender Latinas in San Francisco / Alexandra Rodriguez de Ruiz and Marcia Ochoa LGB within the T: Sexual Orientation in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey and Implications for Public Policy / Jody L. Herman Part V: Transforming Disciplines and Pedagogy Adventures in Trans Biopolitics: A Comparison between Public Health and Critical Academic Research Praxes / Sel J. Hwahng Stick Figures and Little Bits: Toward a Nonbinary Pedagogy / A. Finn Enke Conclusion: Trans Fantasizing: From Social Media to Collective Imagination / Yolanda Martinez-San Miguel and Sarah Tobias

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Trade Review"In an exemplary application of intersectional analysis to Black women’s labor history, Branch convincingly demonstrates that the 100- year legacy of racial and gender exclusion explains Black women’s poverty today." -- Bonnie Thornton Dill * author of Emerging Intersections: Race, Class and Gender in Theory Policy and Practice *“This is an important story to tell and Branch’s Opportunity Denied makes a significant contribution to the study of black women’s work.” -- Margaret L. Andersen * professor of sociology, University of Delaware *"This is a wonderful, well-written and carefully argued book. Branch does an excellent job of demonstrating how historical inequalities can take hundreds of years to remedy." * Labour/Le Travail *"Branch has done an excellent job analyzing a very complex and loaded topic. This book will surely required reading for scholars interestedin intersectionality and labor-market inequalities." * American Journal of Sociology *"Branch’s thesis is a powerful one. What does opportunity and economic progress really mean for black women as mothers, sisters, partners, and caretakers? For Branch, and the majority of black women, it indicates an occupational structure that maintains and protects the status quo and offers little promise of change." * American Studies Journal *"In an exemplary application of intersectional analysis to Black women’s labor history, Branch convincingly demonstrates that the 100- year legacy of racial and gender exclusion explains Black women’s poverty today." -- Bonnie Thornton Dill * author of Emerging Intersections: Race, Class and Gender in Theory Policy and Practice *“This is an important story to tell and Branch’s Opportunity Denied makes a significant contribution to the study of black women’s work.” -- Margaret L. Andersen * professor of sociology, University of Delaware *"This is a wonderful, well-written and carefully argued book. Branch does an excellent job of demonstrating how historical inequalities can take hundreds of years to remedy." * Labour/Le Travail *"Branch has done an excellent job analyzing a very complex and loaded topic. This book will surely required reading for scholars interestedin intersectionality and labor-market inequalities." * American Journal of Sociology *"Branch’s thesis is a powerful one. What does opportunity and economic progress really mean for black women as mothers, sisters, partners, and caretakers? For Branch, and the majority of black women, it indicates an occupational structure that maintains and protects the status quo and offers little promise of change." * American Studies Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Hierarchies of Preference at Work: The Need for an Intersectional Approach2. As Good as Any Man: Black Women in Farm Labor3. Excellent Servants: Domestic Service as Black Women's Work4. Existing on the Industrial Fringe: Black Women in the Factory5. Your Blues Ain't Nothing Like Mine: Race and Gender as Keys to Occupational Opportunity6. The Illusion of Progress: Black Women's Work in the Post-Civil Rights Era

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Book SynopsisCan a type of music be 'owned'? Examining how music is linked to racial constructs and how African American musicians and audiences reacted to white appropriation, this title shows the stakes when whites claim the right to play and live the blues. It highlights the performers and venues that represented changing racial politics.Trade Review"Meticulously documented and engagingly written, Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White is a book that I have been waiting for since the 1980s. In these six case studies Adelt addresses important issues about race relations, rock music, the folk revival, and the music business during the decade when so many white music enthusiasts 'discovered' many forms of black American music, perhaps most importantly the blues." -- Kip Lornell * Department of Music, George Washington University *"Ultimately, this book is not so much a traditional musicology as a study in reception dynamics and the politics of authenticity. As such, it's a valuable addition to the work of folks like Charles Keil and George Lipsitz." * Cadence *"Meticulously documented and engagingly written, Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White is a book that I have been waiting for since the 1980s. In these six case studies Adelt addresses important issues about race relations, rock music, the folk revival, and the music business during the decade when so many white music enthusiasts 'discovered' many forms of black American music, perhaps most importantly the blues." -- Kip Lornell * Department of Music, George Washington University *"Ultimately, this book is not so much a traditional musicology as a study in reception dynamics and the politics of authenticity. As such, it's a valuable addition to the work of folks like Charles Keil and George Lipsitz." * Cadence *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Being Black Twice: Crossover Politics inB. B. King’s Music of the Late 1960s2 Like I Was a Bear or Somethin’: Blues Performancesat the Newport Folk Festival3 Trying to Find an Identity: Eric Clapton’sChanging Conception of Blackness4 Germany Gets the Blues: Race and Nationat the American Folk Blues Festival5 Enough to Make You Want to Sing the Blues:Janis Joplin’s Life and Music6 Resegregating the Blues: Race and Authenticityin the Pages of Living BluesConclusion

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Book SynopsisThis questions how we think about the dynamics of lynching, what lynchings mean to the society in which they occur, how lynching is defined, and the circumstances that lead to lynching. Ashraf H. A. Rushday looks at three lynchings over the course of the twentieth century to see how Americans developed two distinct ways of thinking and talking about this act before and after the 1930s.Trade Review"Both excellent and unique, The End of American Lynching offers a sophisticated yet clear and methodical approach to the study of lynching...fresh, distinct, and eminently readable." -- Leigh Raiford * author of Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare *"Written with vigor and in sprightly prose, in this provocative book Rushdy adds much-needed subtlety to the contemporary ‘end of racism’ debate while clarifying why so many Americans misunderstood or denied the reality of lynching for so long." -- W. Fitzhugh Brundage * author of Lynching in the New South: Georgia and Virginia, 1880-1930 *"The End of American Lynching, Ashraf H. A. Rushdy’s important examination of lynching discourse, asks scholars to reconsider how theyremember and talk about racial violence." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: When Is an American Lynching?1 The Accountant and the Opera House2 Date Night in the Courthouse Square3 The End of American Lynching4 The Last American LynchingConclusion: The Subject of LynchingNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAfrican American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant, and this matrix has dominated our understanding of black communities and texts. This explores how a different kind of expressiveness, from protests to readings to landmark texts, as represented in the idea of quiet could change common conceptions and provide a more nuanced view of black culture.Trade Review"With fluid and beautiful prose, Quashie’s book not only offers readers another way to think about African American selfhood, but also other ways to approach the very act of reading itself."— Emily Bernard, author of Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance "Quashie challenges the general assumption that African American commentary is expressed in loud voices as he studies the often-overlooked internal conflicts of 'black culture'. His intertwining of both factual and fictional situations provides a brilliant and intriguiging insight that ultimately suggests an overwhelming gentle message about African American protest and resistance. Recommended." — Choice "The Sovereignty of Quiet is a profound and excellent look at quiet and its relationship with black identity, black culture, and existentialism. With impeccable scholarship, beautiful writing, and powerful arguments, Quashie makes a fabulous contribution to the field. A success!"— Debra Walker King, author of African Americans and the Culture of PainTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Publicness, Silence, and the Sovereignty of the Interior 2. Not Double Consciousness but the Consciousness of Surrender 3. Maud Martha and the Practice of Paying Attention 4. Quiet, Vulnerability, and Nationalism 5. The Capacities of Waiting, the Expressiveness of Prayer Conclusion Acknowledgments Permissions Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An amazing study...[offering] insightful, provocative, and novel analyses of often ignored African-American literary works. Charles' sharp investigatory eye makes Abandoning the Black Hero a must-read for all literary scholars and students."— The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies "Taps into long-cemented ideas about what is expected of African American writers in terms of affinity and subject matter … [Charles] locates the African American desire to fictionalize whiteness at a moment when middle-class domestic life was becoming a mainstream ideal at the same time that the demise of Jim Crow amid antisegregation successes jeopardized that new enclave of consolidated whiteness."— American Literary History "Engaging central discussions in the field of African American literary study, Abandoning the Black Hero is the most astute and comprehensive discussion of the white-life novel, to date."— Kenneth W. Warren, author of What Was African American Literature? "Once called 'raceless' literature—and traditionally little acknowledged in the African American literary tradition—works with white protagonists written by black authors have begun to receive the recognition they deserve. Charles builds on this burgeoning scholarship, challenging the essentialist notion that black writers must limit themselves to the subject of black life and that those writers who abandon this subject lack racial pride. Charles makes a convincing case that white-life novels allow black authors to express themselves beyond the limitations of race and that black writers can provide a unique perspective on whiteness. A cogent, clearly written work. Recommended."— Choice "With Abandoning the Black Hero John C. Charles has written a brilliantly insightful and highly accessible analysis of the white-life novel, a long-neglected area of African American literature."— Elisabeth Petry, author of At Home Inside: A Daughter's Tribute to Ann PetryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. "I'm Regarded Fatally as a Negro Writer": Mid-Twentieth-Century Racial Discourse and the Rise of the White-Life Novel 2. The Home and the Street: Ann Petry's "Rage for Privacy" 3. White Masks and Queer Prisons 4. Sympathy for the Master: Reforming Southern White Manhood in Frank Yerby's The Foxes of Harrow 5. Talk about the South: Unspeakable Things Unspoken in Zora Neale Hurston's Seraph on the Suwanee 6. The Unfinished Project of Western Modernity: Savage Holiday, Moral Slaves, and the Problem of Freedom in Cold War America Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisWhen wielded by the white majority, ethnic humor can be used to ridicule and demean marginalized groups. In the hands of ethnic minorities themselves, ethnic humor can work as a site of community building and resistance. David Gillota explores the ways in which contemporary comic works both reflect and participate in national conversations about race and ethnicity.Trade Review“A valuable addition to the field, Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America makes a fresh and compelling argument with fascinating readings of many performers and comic routines in stand-up, film, and television.” -- Joyce Antler * Brandeis University *"A fascinating comparative study of contemporary ethnic humor in popular culture, illuminating the truth that ethnic groups are made and unmade not in isolation, but in dynamic relation to each other." -- Michele Elam * author of The Souls of Mixed Folk: Race, Politics, and Aesthetics in the New Millennium *"Using comic performance—stand-up, situation comedy, animated television series, and children's films—Gillota looks at the impact of diversity on humor. Recommended." * Choice *"Gillota’s work is an important contribution to a growing body of scholarship on the serious business of comedy. His work makes a strong case as to why it is necessary to analyze a particular society’s humor if one seeks to understand its values and the ways in which its history continues to shape its culture today." * Journal of American Ethnic History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Boundaries of American Ethnic Humor 1. "Just Us": African American Humor in Multiethnic America 2. The New Jewish Blackface: Ethnic Anxiety in Contemporary Jewish Humor 3. "Cracker, Please!": Toward a White Ethnic Humor 4. Imagining Diversity: Corporate Multiculturalism in the Children's Film and the Situation Comedy 5. Comedy with Borders?: Toward a Multiethnic Humor Notes Index

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Trade Review"Raising the Race is a fascinating and original study of the lives of professional black women that contributes significantly to theorizing about women’s negotiation of family and career. Barnes expands sociological approaches to class mobility and feminist approaches to marriage, motherhood, and work by revealing how race profoundly affects the domestic strategies of these women despite their upward social mobility." -- Dorothy Roberts * author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty *"Rich in narrative power and in theoretical complexity, this important book defines the terrain for a new generation in work-family studies that moves beyond the past focus on white women." -- Joan Williams * author of Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It *"Barnes draws on interviews of 23 married professional mothers obtained through a snowball sample of women in the Atlanta area ... The method allows the author to fill a gap in the literature on black women’s work and family life and to challenge prevailing ideas about women’s strategies for addressing the work-family conflict ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate collections and above." * CHOICE *"Barnes's thoughtful analysis is timely and relevant for today's Black professional women and will benefit readers from a variety of levels and backgrounds" * PsycCRITIQUES *"In focusing specifically on black professional women who are also wives and mothers, Barnes makes a major contribution towards broadening sociological understandings of black families and the impacts of race across social class lines ... As a first-of-its-kind interrogation of important and timely issues, Raising the Race significantly advances our understandings of these complex social dynamics." * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *"An excellent, well-written work for scholars and laypersons desirous of either introductory or updated information about the lifestyles of educated and wealthy African American women." * Journal of African American History *"Raising the Race makes several strong contributions to work–family scholarship and should serve as a call to action, encouraging us to broaden our conversations about work and family to ensure that they reflect the diverse experiences of people across race, class, and gender. Building on her work, we can ask new questions, eschew simplistic understandings of work and family, and uncover the challenges faced by people based on race, class, gender, and other social statuses." * Journal of Family Theory and Review *Left of Black with Riché Barnes, interview with host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal * Left of Black *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Black Career Women and Strategic Mothering Chapter 1 The Role of Black Women in Black Family Survival Strategies Chapter 2 Black Professional Women, Careers, and Family “Choice” Chapter 3 “Just in Case He Acts Crazy”: Strategic Mothering and the Collective Memory of Black Marriage and Family Chapter 4 Enculturating the Black Professional Class Chapter 5 Black Career Women, the Black Community, and the Neo-Politics of Respectability Conclusion Epilogue: Whatever Happened To . . . Appendix Notes References Index

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Trade Review"Borderland Saints offers compelling portraits of popular and secular saints who exist unapologetically outside the realm of official church teaching." * Latino Studies *"Addressing religion, spirituality and sanctity in Chicana/o culture, Borderlands Saints makesa significant contribution to a burgeoning area that demands critical attention." -- Carl Gutiérrez-Jones * University of California, Santa Barbara *"Through Martín’s incisive critical textual analysis we come to see the borderlands—and the exchange there between devotees and saints—as an important site for the performance of secular sanctity. Borderlands Saints is an invaluable contribution to border studies." -- Laura G. Gutiérrez * author of Performing Mexicanidad: Vendidas y Cabareteras on the Transnational Stage *Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Secular Sanctity of Borderlands Saints1. Saint of Contradictions: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora2. The Remains of Pancho Villa3. Canonizing César Chávez4. "Todos Somos Santos": Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN5. Illegal Marginalizations: La Santísima MuerteConclusion: Narrative DevotionNotes Works CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Anyone hoping to accelerate the current momentum in black cinema, develop new models of production and distribution, or simply gain a better understanding of how race impacts business decisions in Hollywood, should consult Ndounou’s well-researched book." -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. * Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University *"Ndounou compiles a phenomenal archive to diagnose and guide possibilities for the development of un-segregated, internationally viable Black film liberated from structural restraints that endorse racism and curtail creative freedom." -- Stephanie Batiste * author of Darkening Mirrors: Imperial Representations in Depression Era African American Performance *"Ndounou provides a comprehensive examination of African American filmmakers' experience in producing, distributing, and marketing economically profitable films in the Hollywood cinema industry. Most compelling is her demonstration of how industry standards make it difficult for black films to generate profits. This thorough, well-researched book is a must read. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Anyone hoping to accelerate the current momentum in black cinema, develop new models of production and distribution, or simply gain a better understanding of how race impacts business decisions in Hollywood, should consult Ndounou’s well-researched book." -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. * Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University *"Ndounou compiles a phenomenal archive to diagnose and guide possibilities for the development of un-segregated, internationally viable Black film liberated from structural restraints that endorse racism and curtail creative freedom." -- Stephanie Batiste * author of Darkening Mirrors: Imperial Representations in Depression Era African American Performance *"Ndounou provides a comprehensive examination of African American filmmakers' experience in producing, distributing, and marketing economically profitable films in the Hollywood cinema industry. Most compelling is her demonstration of how industry standards make it difficult for black films to generate profits. This thorough, well-researched book is a must read. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: the color of Hollywood: black, white or green? Finding freedom on stage and screen. The plantation lives! Insurrection!: African American film's revolutionary potential through black theatre Black pathology sells: books and films Playing with fire: black women's literature/white box office A breaking the chains of history and genre It' not just business: color-coded economics and original films The paradox of branding, black star power, and box office politics Big business: hip hop gangsta films and black comedies Conclusion: the story behind the numbers

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Book SynopsisIn On Racial Icons, Nicole R. Fleetwood focuses a sustained look on photography in documenting black public life, exploring the ways in which iconic images function as celebrations of national and racial progress at times or as a gauge of collective racial wounds in moments of crisis. Trade Review"Nicole Fleetwood’s astute study makes transparent the power of images and strengthens our understanding as to how significant black figures transformed our imaginary as a fixed construction based on media perceptions. An impressive read!" -- Deborah Willis * New York University *Nicole R. Fleetwood calls her latest book "an act of love." But readers may end up referring to it as tough love as Fleetwoodoffers a searing investigation into America's fixation on black images from President Obama to a living legend of tennis, Serena Williams. With the author's definition of 'racial icons' as "an idolized image or figure, that is simultaneously shrouded in the legacies of U.S. racism and its devaluing of black life," the book aims to unpack the multiple implications of black images both seen and unseen. < Read the nterview at: http://huff.to/1hvYVwM > -- Peter 'Souleo' Wright * Huffington Post *"With On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination, Nicole Fleetwood examines the emotional work and cultural meanings of black icons especially the place of veneration, condescension, celebrity, and commodification in the production of photographic images of Barack Obama, Diana Ross, Trayvon Martin, Serena Williams, and LeBron James. Accessible and concise, yet sensitive and insightful, Fleetwood invites us to dwell in the spaces where black iconic images circulate, to feel the hopes they gather, to understand the conflicts they engender, and above all to appreciate the implications they suggest for how we see ourselves." -- Herman Gray * University of California, Santa Cruz *“An innovative and dynamic study of blackness, iconicity, and visual culture. It is the conceptual arc of the book –an accruing examination of the meanings of the racial icon—that makes this study so effective. Fleetwood’s focus of visual culture as public culture makes On Racial Icons an extraordinary resource for the interdisciplinary teaching and study of African American studies, American studies, visual culture studies, and media studies.” * ALH Review *Nicole R. Fleetwood calls her latest book "an act of love." But readers may end up referring to it as tough love as Fleetwoodoffers a searing investigation into America's fixation on black images from President Obama to a living legend of tennis, Serena Williams. With the author's definition of 'racial icons' as "an idolized image or figure, that is simultaneously shrouded in the legacies of U.S. racism and its devaluing of black life," the book aims to unpack the multiple implications of black images both seen and unseen. < Read the nterview at: http://huff.to/1hvYVwM > -- Peter 'Souleo' Wright * Huffington Post *"Nicole Fleetwood’s astute study makes transparent the power of images and strengthens our understanding as to how significant black figures transformed our imaginary as a fixed construction based on media perceptions. An impressive read!" -- Deborah Willis * New York University *"With On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination, Nicole Fleetwood examines the emotional work and cultural meanings of black icons especially the place of veneration, condescension, celebrity, and commodification in the production of photographic images of Barack Obama, Diana Ross, Trayvon Martin, Serena Williams, and LeBron James. Accessible and concise, yet sensitive and insightful, Fleetwood invites us to dwell in the spaces where black iconic images circulate, to feel the hopes they gather, to understand the conflicts they engender, and above all to appreciate the implications they suggest for how we see ourselves." -- Herman Gray * University of California, Santa Cruz *An innovative and dynamic study of blackness, iconicity, and visual culture. It is the conceptual arc of the book –an accruing examination of the meanings of the racial icon—that makes this study so effective. Fleetwood’s focus of visual culture as public culture makes On Racial Icons an extraordinary resource for the interdisciplinary teaching and study of African American studies, American studies, visual culture studies, and media studies. * ALH Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: “I Am Trayvon Martin”: The Boy who Became an Icon Chapter Two: Democracy’s Promise: The Black Political Leader as Icon Chapter Three: Giving Face: Diana Ross and the Black Celebrity as Icon Chapter Four: The Black Athlete: Racial Precarity and the American Sports Icon Coda Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisOffers a nuanced portrait of Asian immigrant families in a changing world as recalled by the people who lived them first-hand: the grown children of Chinese and Korean immigrants. Drawing on extensive interviews, sociologist Angie Y. Chung examines how these second-generation children negotiate the complex and conflicted feelings they have toward their family responsibilities and upbringing.Trade Review"Well-written and engaging, Saving Face takes a novel approach of exploring the emotional life of Chinese and Korean immigrant families." -- Nazli Kibria * Boston University *"Full of rich and absorbing interview material, Saving Face explores the emotional dynamics of family experiences, responsibilities, and commitments among the children of Chinese and Korean immigrants. Covering a range of themes, from parent-child relations to gender roles and expectations, the book offers fresh insights into Asian immigrant family life." -- Nancy Foner * coauthor of Strangers No More *"Angie Chung’s Saving Face has made an invaluable contribution by zeroing in on how second-generation Asian American children navigate intricate emotional dynamics with their parents, siblings, and extended family." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements 1The Asian Immigrant Family Myth 2Education, Sacrifice, and the American Dream 3Love and Communication across the Generation Gap 4Children as Family Caregivers 5Daughters and Sons Carrying Culture 6The Racial Contradictions of Being American 7Behind the Family Portrait Appendix AAppendix BNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico." -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity *"This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic." * CHOICE *"This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic." * CHOICE *"One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration." * Film Quarterly *"Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power." * Somos en escrito *"Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power." * Somos en escrito *"One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration." * Film Quarterly *"Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies." * Vivomatografias *"Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies." * Vivomatografias *"A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico." -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Constructing Mexican Los Angeles: Competing Images of an Immigrant Population2 “Spectacles of High Morality and Culture”: Theatrical Culture and Aspirations of Mexican Community in the 1920s3 The Audible and the Invisible: The Transition to Sound and “De-Mexicanization” of Hollywood4 “Fashionable Charros and Chinas Poblanas”: Mexican Cinema and the Dilemma of the Comedia Ranchera5 “Now We Have Mexican Cinema”?: Navigating Transnational Mexicanidad in a Moment of CrisisConclusion: Hola México/Hello MexicoNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico." -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity *"This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic." * CHOICE *"This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic." * CHOICE *"One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration." * Film Quarterly *"Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power." * Somos en escrito *"Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power." * Somos en escrito *"One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration." * Film Quarterly *"Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies." * Vivomatografias *"Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies." * Vivomatografias *"A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico." -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Constructing Mexican Los Angeles: Competing Images of an Immigrant Population2 “Spectacles of High Morality and Culture”: Theatrical Culture and Aspirations of Mexican Community in the 1920s3 The Audible and the Invisible: The Transition to Sound and “De-Mexicanization” of Hollywood4 “Fashionable Charros and Chinas Poblanas”: Mexican Cinema and the Dilemma of the Comedia Ranchera5 “Now We Have Mexican Cinema”?: Navigating Transnational Mexicanidad in a Moment of CrisisConclusion: Hola México/Hello MexicoNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWhat has determined whether Antillean solidarity movements fail or succeed? In this comprehensive new study, Alai Reyes-Santos argues that the crucial factor has been the extent to which Dominicans, Haitians, and Puerto Ricans imagine each other as kin. Our Caribbean Kin considers three key moments in the region's history: the nineteenth century; the 1930s; and the past thirty years.Trade Review"With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies." -- Myrna García-Calderón * Syracuse University *"Alaí Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice." -- April J. Mayes * author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity *Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) * Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of ContentsContentsPreface Introduction: Our Caribbean Kin 1 The Emancipated Sons: Nineteenth-Century Transcolonial Kinship2 Narratives in the Antilles3 Wife, Food, and a Bed of His Own: Marriage, Family, and Nationalist Kinship in the 1930s4 Like Family: (Un)recognized Siblings and the Haitian-Dominican Family5 Family Secrets: Brotherhood, Passing, and the Dominican–Puerto Rican Family Coda: On Kinship and SolidarityNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisJust looking at the Pacific Northwest's many verdant forests and fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today. Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejano migrants, and undocumented immigrants. Of Forests and Fields tells the story of these workers.Trade Review"Sifuentez cogently analyzes approximately seventy years of Pacific Northwest labor history… Scholars and students (both undergraduate and graduate) will find this richly told story illuminating."— The Journal of American History "Of Forests and Fields is a significant and timely historical project addressing one of the most important social and cultural developments in recent history."— David Gutierrez, professor of history, University of California, San Diego "Sifuentez has written a terrific book exploring the struggles of Mexican farm and forest laborers, documented and undocumented, in the northwest from World War II to the turn of the century. This is first-rate labor and environmental history attentive to the types of work performed by his subjects, the tensions between laborers and growers, and the role of pro-business state authorities... Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty."— Choice "This book’s greatest strength is that it covers many different topics in a comparatively brief space. Consequently, it would serve as an excellent supplemental text for courses focused on the American West, labor, immigration, Chicana/o studies, and the modern US survey."— H-Net "Mario Sifuentez gives voice to the stories, struggles, and strengths of Mexican laborers in the fields of the Northwest, illuminating in engaging, human terms an important slice of history."— Miriam Pawel, author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography "Of Forests and Fields is an important work that should be read by those interested in immigrant rights and Chicano, environmental, and labor history."— Pacific Northwest Quarterly "An elegant and engaging history of Mexican-ancestry labor in the Pacific Northwest....Well organized and well written. This book should be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the long history of Mexican-ancestry people in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest more broadly. It is written in a clear and engaging way that should appeal to college instructors, informed readers, and the general public." — Oregon Historical Quarterly "Of Forests and Fields provides a detailed and fascinating account of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest between the 1940s and the mid-1990s... Sifuentez has paved the way for scholars to more readily engage with the ways in which Mexican and Mexican American labor fits into a larger environmental history of the United States."— H-Environment "A much-needed history of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the state of Oregon....The most thorough examination of the evolution of Mexican labor in Oregon."— Historical Pacific ReviewTable of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Many Miles from Home: The Bracero Program in the Pacific Northwest2 Los Tejanos: The Texas-Mexican Diaspora in Oregon3 The Genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project4 Whip that Hoedad in the Ground: Undocumented Workers in the National Forest5 “Now I Can Hold My Own With Anybody”: IRCA, Immigrant Organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN)6 Huelga!: PCUN and Organizing Farm Workers in the Willamette ValleyEpilogue: La Lucha Sigue . . . Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWhat would it mean to “get over slavery”? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Featuring original essays from an array of established and emerging scholars in the interdisciplinary field of African American studies, The Psychic Hold of Slavery offers a nuanced dialogue upon these questions.Trade Review"Suggesting that even the violence against blacks that fueled the Black Lives Matter movement is on the slavery continuum, this volume argues that slavery continues to shape the US's fundamental psychology and its systemic racial hierarchy. A postracial US is yet to come ... Recommended" * Choice *"[The Psychic Hold of Slavery] is well written and well organized. The proficiency and writing style of the contributors serves to reassure readers that they are among knowledgeable experts in the field… This is a must read book for any African American Studies course." * Horizons in Humanities and Social Sciences *"This collection is a timely, fascinating, often brilliant scholarly intervention in matters central both to the range of scholars and artists whose work it discusses and to the field of Black Studies." -- Michael Awkward * author of Philadelphia Freedoms: Black American Trauma, Memory & Culture after King *"These intelligent and provocative essays wonderfully show us what a rich array of art forms (films, literature, television, and cartoons) have to say about what slavery has done and undone." -- Ashraf H. A. Rushdy * author of The End of American Lynching and A Guilted Age: Apologies for the Past *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: “Do You Want to Be Well?”Soyica Diggs ColbertChapter 1: 12 Years a What?: Slavery, Representation, and Black Cultural Politics in 12 Years a SlaveRobert J. PattersonChapter 2: The Fruit of Abolition: Discontinuity and Difference in Terrance Hayes’s “The Avocado”Douglas A. Jones Jr.Chapter 3: Black Time: Slavery, Metaphysics, and the Logic of WellnessCalvin WarrenChapter 4: The Inside Turned Out Architecture of the Post-Neo-Slave NarrativeMargo Natalie CrawfordChapter 5: Memwa se paswa: Sifting the Slave Past in HaitiRégine Michelle Jean-CharlesChapter 6: Staging Social Death: Alienation and Embodiment in Aishah Rahman’s Unfinished WomenGerShun AvilezChapter 7: Dancing with Death: Spike Lee’s BamboozledSoyica Diggs ColbertChapter 8: Laughing to Keep from Crying: Dave Chappelle’s Self-Exploration with “The Nigger Pixie”Brandon J. ManningChapter 9: The Cartoonal SlaveMichael ChaneyChapter 10: Trauma and the Historical Turn in Black Literary DiscourseAida Levy-HussenConclusion: Black Lives Matter, Except When They Don’t: Why Slavery’s Psychic Hold MattersRobert J. PattersonSelected BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Here to Stay, Geetika Rudra takes readers on a journey across the United States to unearth the little-known histories of South Asian Americans in the first half of the twentieth century. She shows how South Asians made a home for themselves in America, despite racist laws that only granted citizenship to European immigrants.Trade Review"Here to Stay reflects a great deal of primary source research that the author has conducted along with a compelling narrative that braids aspects of her life story into the historic narrative of America’s whiteness as well as the biographies of A.K. Mozumbar, Bhagat Singh Thind, Kala Bagai, and many other early Indian emigres. This book makes a strong contribution to South Asian American Studies scholarship." -- Himanee Gupta-Carlson * author of Middletown and Asian America *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Who Gets to be American? 2. Mozumdar Crosses the Pacific 3. The American Dream 4. Where Are You From? 5. Defining Whiteness 6. The Differences Between Daylight and Darkness 7. The Dilemma 8. Return to Hindoo Alley 9. Freedom Fighters 10. Citizenship on Trial 11. The Aftermath 12. The Path to Acceptance 13. War 14. Resolution A Note on Research Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Willms has combined solid research with clear prose to craft an exemplary study that is smart in execution and fresh in its perspective. When Women Rule the Court is unlike any other on the market and will make contributions to multiple fields." -- C. Richard King * author of Redskins: Insult and Brand *"Willms provides a meaning-laden sporting milieu with multi-generational investments, complex social formations, and kinship networks of Japanese American basketball that complicates femininity, ethnicity, ability, and nation. This book challenges hyper-hetero-masculinized readings of sport through spectacular athletes and everyday sporting cultures." -- Stanley Thangaraj * author of Desi Hoop Dreams: Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity *"This book will make a strong contribution to multiple fields. It will inspire discussions about the intersection of gender and race, the process of racialization and the production of ethnic identity through sport, and the role of iconic female sporting stars in the empowerment of young girls." * Gender & Society *"Willm takes us through how her sociological imagination for the J-Leagues was ignited leading to her becoming enthralled with Japanese American women’s basketball in California....A very good depiction of a subculture and how it has grown and endured....Recommend[ed]...to anybody interested in basketball, not only scholars involved in the sociology of sport." * Idrottsforum *Table of ContentsIntroduction: “This Is What We Do” 1 “Everybody Plays”: The Inclusiveness of J-League Basketball 2 "In JA Circles, Girls And Boys Are On Equal Footing”: The (Re)negotiation of Gender in J-League Basketball 3 “Women Who Took Sports Beyond Play”: How Japanese American Women’s Basketball Went to College 4 “We’re Turning Them Into Stars!” The Japanese American Female Basketball Player as Icon 5 “You Play Basketball?” Ruling The Court as An Unexpected Athlete 6 Conclusion: “It’s A Testament of What The Japanese Leagues Can Do for Young Girls” Acknowledgements Methodological Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Willms has combined solid research with clear prose to craft an exemplary study that is smart in execution and fresh in its perspective. When Women Rule the Court is unlike any other on the market and will make contributions to multiple fields." -- C. Richard King * author of Redskins: Insult and Brand *"Willms provides a meaning-laden sporting milieu with multi-generational investments, complex social formations, and kinship networks of Japanese American basketball that complicates femininity, ethnicity, ability, and nation. This book challenges hyper-hetero-masculinized readings of sport through spectacular athletes and everyday sporting cultures." -- Stanley Thangaraj * author of Desi Hoop Dreams: Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity *"This book will make a strong contribution to multiple fields. It will inspire discussions about the intersection of gender and race, the process of racialization and the production of ethnic identity through sport, and the role of iconic female sporting stars in the empowerment of young girls." * Gender & Society *"Willm takes us through how her sociological imagination for the J-Leagues was ignited leading to her becoming enthralled with Japanese American women’s basketball in California....A very good depiction of a subculture and how it has grown and endured....Recommend[ed]...to anybody interested in basketball, not only scholars involved in the sociology of sport." * Idrottsforum *Table of ContentsIntroduction: “This Is What We Do” 1 “Everybody Plays”: The Inclusiveness of J-League Basketball 2 "In JA Circles, Girls And Boys Are On Equal Footing”: The (Re)negotiation of Gender in J-League Basketball 3 “Women Who Took Sports Beyond Play”: How Japanese American Women’s Basketball Went to College 4 “We’re Turning Them Into Stars!” The Japanese American Female Basketball Player as Icon 5 “You Play Basketball?” Ruling The Court as An Unexpected Athlete 6 Conclusion: “It’s A Testament of What The Japanese Leagues Can Do for Young Girls” Acknowledgements Methodological Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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

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

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Book SynopsisSearching for Sycorax highlights the unique position of Black women in horror as both characters and creators. Kinitra D. Brooks creates a racially gendered critical analysis of African diasporic women, challenging the horror genre’s historic themes and interrogating forms of literature that have often been ignored by Black feminist theory.Trade Review"Searching for Sycorax is unlike anything I have ever read. Brooks’ excavation of Black women’s presence in horror is a ground-breaking, game changing must read for scholars and aficionados alike." -- Susana M. Morris * author of Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women's Literature *"As an avid fan of science fiction, horror, and fantasy, I found Searching for Sycorax's interrogation of the erasure of black women in mainstream horror compelling, timely, and significant." -- LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant * coeditor of Womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler Perry’s Productions *Author Kinitra D. Brooks was featured in an article in The Cut on a similar issue of black women in popular culture, entitled "Beyoncé Is the Leonardo da Vinci of Instagram." -- Emilia Petrarca * TheCut.com *"A deep exploration how Black women create horror that spawns a new knowledge of the genre that worries the intersections of race and gender to gain a better understanding, and continue the ongoing conversation as well as activity in the Black Women's Horror Renaissance." * Graveyard Shift Sisters *"BOOK CORNER: Author highlights influence of black women in horror" by Marissa Wells * LA Wave *"Discusses black women of the Americas and Britain as creators and characters in the horror genre." * Chronicle *"Students tap into popular culture to explore theories of race and gender" Searching for Sycorax mention * UTSA Today *"Why Are There So Many Bunnies in Scary Movies?" by Cady Lang - interview with Dr. Kinitra D. Brooks * Time *"Us Makes Us Look in the Mirror—What If We Don't Like What We See?," by Kinitra D. Brooks * Elle *Mention in "#StokersSoWhite: 2016-2018, the fall of tokenism at the HWA" https://sfbayview.com/2019/10/stokerssowhite-2016-2018-the-fall-of-tokenism-at-the-hwa/ * San Francisco Bay View *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction. Searching for Sycorax: Black Women and Horror 1 1. The Importance of Neglected Intersections: Characterizations of Black Women in Mainstream Horror Texts 16 2. Black Feminism and the Struggle for Literary Respectability 41 3. Black Women Writing Fluid Fiction: An Open Challenge to Genre Normativity 56 4. Folkloric Horror: A New Way of Reading Black Women’s Creative Horror 95 Conclusion. Sycorax’s Power of Revision: Reconstructing Black Women’s Counternarratives 127 Appendix: Creative Work Summary 133 Notes 167 Index 195

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Book Synopsis Searching for Sycorax highlights the unique position of Black women in horror as both characters and creators. Kinitra D. Brooks creates a racially gendered critical analysis of African diasporic women, challenging the horror genre’s historic themes and interrogating forms of literature that have often been ignored by Black feminist theory. Brooks examines the works of women across the African diaspora, from Haiti, Trinidad, and Jamaica, to England and the United States, looking at new and canonized horror texts by Nalo Hopkinson, NK Jemisin, Gloria Naylor, and Chesya Burke. These Black women fiction writers take advantage of horror’s ability to highlight U.S. white dominant cultural anxieties by using Africana folklore to revise horror’s semiotics within their own imaginary. Ultimately, Brooks compares the legacy of Shakespeare’s Sycorax (of The Tempest) to Black women writers themselves, who, deprived of mainstream access to self-articuTrade Review"As an avid fan of science fiction, horror, and fantasy, I found Searching for Sycorax's interrogation of the erasure of black women in mainstream horror compelling, timely, and significant." -- LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant * coeditor of Womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler Perry’s Productions *"Searching for Sycorax is unlike anything I have ever read. Brooks’ excavation of Black women’s presence in horror is a ground-breaking, game changing must read for scholars and aficionados alike." -- Susana M. Morris * author of Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women's Literature *Author Kinitra D. Brooks was featured in an article in The Cut on a similar issue of black women in popular culture, entitled "Beyoncé Is the Leonardo da Vinci of Instagram." -- Emilia Petrarca * TheCut.com *"A deep exploration how Black women create horror that spawns a new knowledge of the genre that worries the intersections of race and gender to gain a better understanding, and continue the ongoing conversation as well as activity in the Black Women's Horror Renaissance." * Graveyard Shift Sisters *"BOOK CORNER: Author highlights influence of black women in horror" by Marissa Wells * LA Wave *"Discusses black women of the Americas and Britain as creators and characters in the horror genre." * Chronicle *"Students tap into popular culture to explore theories of race and gender" Searching for Sycorax mention * UTSA Today *"Why Are There So Many Bunnies in Scary Movies?" by Cady Lang - interview with Dr. Kinitra D. Brooks * Time *"Us Makes Us Look in the Mirror—What If We Don't Like What We See?," by Kinitra D. Brooks * Elle *Mention in "#StokersSoWhite: 2016-2018, the fall of tokenism at the HWA" https://sfbayview.com/2019/10/stokerssowhite-2016-2018-the-fall-of-tokenism-at-the-hwa/ * San Francisco Bay View *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction. Searching for Sycorax: Black Women and Horror 1 1. The Importance of Neglected Intersections: Characterizations of Black Women in Mainstream Horror Texts 16 2. Black Feminism and the Struggle for Literary Respectability 41 3. Black Women Writing Fluid Fiction: An Open Challenge to Genre Normativity 56 4. Folkloric Horror: A New Way of Reading Black Women’s Creative Horror 95 Conclusion. Sycorax’s Power of Revision: Reconstructing Black Women’s Counternarratives 127 Appendix: Creative Work Summary 133 Notes 167 Index 195

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programmes make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth. Why Afterschool Matters closely follows ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular programme in California, then chronicles its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood.Trade Review"Professor Nelson has written a valuable and unique contribution to the growing literature on the impact of out-of-school-time programs on the development of youth. Impressive and engaging, Why Afterschool Matters is a timely and important work." -- Richard M. Lerner * Bergstrom Chair and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University *"Why Afterschool Matters is a critical reminder to account for the structural conditions that shape the lived realities of youths in order to avoid reifying the myth that everyone can access higher education, if they simply work hard." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface: Why Does College Matter? Acknowledgments 1 Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College 2 Theorizing Educational Success and Failure 3 Auxiliary Influence: “It Was Fun . . . But I Don’t Remember Much” 4 Distinguishable Influence: “It Helped Me Find My Way . . .” 5 Transformative Influence: “It Changed My Whole Life!” 6 The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation Appendix A: Student Characteristics Appendix B: Methodological Reflections References Index

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programmes make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth. Why Afterschool Matters closely follows ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular programme in California, then chronicles its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood.Trade Review"Professor Nelson has written a valuable and unique contribution to the growing literature on the impact of out-of-school-time programs on the development of youth. Impressive and engaging, Why Afterschool Matters is a timely and important work." -- Richard M. Lerner * Bergstrom Chair and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University *"Why Afterschool Matters is a critical reminder to account for the structural conditions that shape the lived realities of youths in order to avoid reifying the myth that everyone can access higher education, if they simply work hard." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface: Why Does College Matter? Acknowledgments 1 Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College 2 Theorizing Educational Success and Failure 3 Auxiliary Influence: “It Was Fun . . . But I Don’t Remember Much” 4 Distinguishable Influence: “It Helped Me Find My Way . . .” 5 Transformative Influence: “It Changed My Whole Life!” 6 The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation Appendix A: Student Characteristics Appendix B: Methodological Reflections References Index

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