Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Books
The University of Chicago Press Union by Law
Book SynopsisStarting in the early 1900s, many thousands of native Filipinos were conscripted aslaborers in American West Coast agricultural fields and Alaska salmon canneries. There, they found themselves confined to exploitative low-wage jobs in racially segregated workplaces as well as subjected to vigilante violence and other forms of ethnic persecution. In time, though, Filipino workers formed political organizations and affiliated with labor unions to represent their interests and to advance their struggles for class, race, and gender-based social justice. Union by Law analyzes the broader social and legal history of Filipino American workers' rights-based struggles, culminating in the devastating landmark Supreme Court ruling, Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio (1989). Organized chronologically, the book begins with the US invasion of the Philippines and the imposition of colonial rule at the dawn of the twentieth century. The narrative then follows the migration of Filipino workers to the United States, where they mobilized for many decades within and against the injustices of American racial capitalist empire that the Wards Cove majority willfully ignored in rejecting their longstanding claims. This racial innocence in turn rationalized judicial reconstruction of official civil rights law in ways that significantly increased the obstacles for all workers seeking remedies for institutionalized racism and sexism. A reclamation of a long legacy of racial capitalist domination over Filipinos and other low-wage or unpaid migrant workers, Union by Law also tells a story of noble aspirational struggles for human rights over several generations and of the many ways that law was mobilized both to enforce and to challenge race, class, and gender hierarchy at work.
£91.00
The University of Chicago Press Union by Law
Book SynopsisStarting in the early 1900s, many thousands of native Filipinos were conscripted aslaborers in American West Coast agricultural fields and Alaska salmon canneries. There, they found themselves confined to exploitative low-wage jobs in racially segregated workplaces as well as subjected to vigilante violence and other forms of ethnic persecution. In time, though, Filipino workers formed political organizations and affiliated with labor unions to represent their interests and to advance their struggles for class, race, and gender-based social justice. Union by Law analyzes the broader social and legal history of Filipino American workers' rights-based struggles, culminating in the devastating landmark Supreme Court ruling, Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio (1989). Organized chronologically, the book begins with the US invasion of the Philippines and the imposition of colonial rule at the dawn of the twentieth century. The narrative then follows the migration of Filipino workers to the U
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Travels with Tony History Memory and the African
Book SynopsisThirty-five years into his research among the descendants of rebel slaves living in South American rain forest, anthropologist Richard Price encountered Tooy, a priest, philosopher, and healer living in French Guiana. Tooy is a time traveler. With a blend of storytelling and scholarship, this title recounts the journeys of these two intellectuals.Trade Review"Travels with Tooy is the fruition of decades of research among the Saramaka people. The ethnography is incredibly rich and nuanced; the historical narratives are precise and eye-opening; and the portrait of Tooy is fine-grained and moving. This is scholarship at its very best." - Paul Stoller, author of Money Has No Smell"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Travels with Tooy History Memory and the African
Book SynopsisThirty-five years into his research among the descendants of rebel slaves living in South American rain forest, anthropologist Richard Price encountered Tooy, living on the outskirts of Cayenne, French Guiana. Tooy is a time traveler. With a blend of storytelling and scholarship, this book recounts the journeys of these two intellectuals.Trade Review"Travels with Tooy is the fruition of decades of research among the Saramaka people. The ethnography is incredibly rich and nuanced; the historical narratives are precise and eye-opening; and the portrait of Tooy is fine-grained and moving. This is scholarship at its very best." - Paul Stoller, author of Money Has No Smell"
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Running the Numbers Race Police and the History
Book SynopsisEvery day in the United States, people test their luck in numerous lotteries, from state-run games to massive programs like Powerball and Mega Millions. Yet few are aware that the origins of today's lotteries can be found in an African American gambling economy that flourished in urban communities in the mid-twentieth century. In Running the Numbers, Matthew Vaz reveals how the politics of gambling became enmeshed in disputes over racial justice and police legitimacy. As Vaz highlights, early urban gamblers favored low-stakes games built around combinations of winning numbers. When these games became one of the largest economic engines in nonwhite areas like Harlem and Chicago's south side, police took notice of the illegal businessand took advantage of new opportunities to benefit from graft and other corrupt practices. Eventually, governments found an unusual solution to the problems of illicit gambling and abusive police tactics: coopting the market through legal state-run lotteries, which could offer larger jackpots than any underground game. By tracing this process and the tensions and conflicts that propelled it, Vaz brilliantly calls attention to the fact that, much like education and housing in twentieth-century America, the gambling economy has also been a form of disputed terrain upon which racial power has been expressed, resisted, and reworked.
£29.45
The University of Chicago Press Race to the Bottom
Book SynopsisAfrican American voters are a key demographic to the modern Democratic base, and conventional wisdom has it that there is political cost to racialized dog whistles, especially for Democratic candidates. However, politicians from both parties and from all racial backgrounds continually appeal to negative racial attitudes for political gain. Challenging what we think we know about race and politics, LaFleur Stephens-Dougan argues that candidates across the racial and political spectrum engage in racial distancing, or using negative racial appeals to communicate to racially moderate and conservative whites--the overwhelming majority of whites--that they will not disrupt the racial status quo. Race to the Bottom closely examines empirical data on racialized partisan stereotypes to show that engaging in racial distancing through political platforms that do not address the needs of nonwhite communities and charged rhetoric that targets African Americans, immigrants, and others can be poliTrade Review"Stephens-Dougan lays out a novel theoretical framework for understanding how candidates and politicians might strategically use racial messaging to gain the support of white voters. Departing from earlier research on racial priming, which examined the use of racial messaging primarily by white Republican candidates, Stephens-Dougan argues that the electoral incentives that exist for candidates to engage in racially inflammatory messaging are so great that even candidates of color running in these districts often find racially derogatory campaign appeals effectively. This book makes an important contribution to the study of American political behavior and race and ethnic politics." -- Ismail K. White, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Theory of Racial Distancing Chapter 3: Obama as Racial Signaler Chapter 4: Racial Distancing on the Campaign Trail and in the Lab Chapter 5: Race, Partisanship, and Rhetoric Chapter 6: Racial Distancing and Racial Imagery Chapter 7: Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£74.10
The University of Chicago Press Race to the Bottom
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Stephens-Dougan lays out a novel theoretical framework for understanding how candidates and politicians might strategically use racial messaging to gain the support of white voters. Departing from earlier research on racial priming, which examined the use of racial messaging primarily by white Republican candidates, Stephens-Dougan argues that the electoral incentives that exist for candidates to engage in racially inflammatory messaging are so great that even candidates of color running in these districts often find racially derogatory campaign appeals effectively. This book makes an important contribution to the study of American political behavior and race and ethnic politics." -- Ismail K. White, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Theory of Racial Distancing Chapter 3: Obama as Racial Signaler Chapter 4: Racial Distancing on the Campaign Trail and in the Lab Chapter 5: Race, Partisanship, and Rhetoric Chapter 6: Racial Distancing and Racial Imagery Chapter 7: Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People Race
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] fascinating and timely new book. . . .Strolovitch treats the term 'crisis' as a 'keyword': a type of word that has its meaning shaped by social and political processes as well as a word that’s political meaning imbues power. That power includes when it’s used as well as when it’s not." -- Heath Brown * 3Streams *"Strolovitch builds a strong case for how privileged communities use and usurp true crises in marginalized communities to gain resourced and power. This is a must read for students of economics, public policy, race relations, political science, and sociology." * Choice *“When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People provides an enlightening analysis of how the idea of crisis has been constructed, evolved, and deployed by actors from the elites at the center of our governing apparatus to activists pushing from the margins. In this important book, we recognize that the frame of crisis is another tool that must be accounted for when trying to understand the political and economic landscape that we face and some seek to change.” -- Cathy Cohen | author of "Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics""When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People is a powerful examination of crisis construction and of the ramifications of crisis politics for both advantaged and disadvantaged groups. Strolovitch brilliantly develops her distinctive vision for a more meaningful and just American democracy, while covering exciting new terrain that has been almost entirely ignored by political scientists." -- Paul Frymer | author of "Building an American Empire: The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion""Strolovitch’s study is a meticulous and timely reminder that crises are neither natural occurrences nor neutral in how they direct action in a context marked by longstanding inequalities. Crises, instead, are political constructions. From housing and unemployment to policing and public health, this groundbreaking book will transform our thinking about the crises that have dominated public attention over the last few decades.” -- Chloe Thurston | author of "At the Boundaries of Homeownership: Credit, Discrimination and the American State""This is a sharp and much needed intervention in how political science conceptualises and applies the idea of 'crisis' to moments of upheaval, uncertainty and transformation. As Strolovitch persuasively argues, a crisis is not quite what it seems. Those marganlized groups, for whom misfortune is a policy goal, do not necessarily experience crises. Instead, crisis, like much else in American political life, is reserved for those powerful groups who must be protected from life's vagaries." -- Akwugo Emejulu | author of "Fugitive Feminism"“Strolovitch conducts an exhaustive rhetorical analysis of crisis in well-selected print sources that incorporate both media and government, carving out distinctive territory in its direct focus on the rhetoric of crisis in politics.” -- Julie Novkov | University at Albany, SUNY“The evidence that Strolovitch marshalls is wide-ranging, spanning sources from newspapers to organizational players to congress and the presidency. The time span and grasp of history is extremely impressive with writing that is accessible and fluid.” -- Leslie McCall | The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction. Crisis Politics Part I Crisis and Non-Crisis in American Politics Chapter 1 Crisis as a Political Keyword Chapter 2 What We Talk about When We Talk about Crisis Chapter 3 Regressions, Reversals, and Red Herrings Part II Foreclosure Crises and Non-Crises Chapter 4 When Does a Crisis Begin? Chapter 5 How to Semantically Mask a Crisis Conclusion and Epilogue. Will These Crises Go to Waste? Appendices. Overview of Sources and Methods A Working with Textual Data: Caveats and Considerations B Sources, Methods, and Coding Protocols C List of Main Sources of Data and Evidence D Supplementary Figures and Tables Notes Bibliography Index
£71.25
The University of Chicago Press Beyond the Usual Beating The Jon Burge Police
Book SynopsisThe malign and long-lasting influence of Chicago police commander Jon Burge cannot be overestimated, particularly as fresh examples of local and national criminal-justice abuse continue to surface with dismaying frequency. Burge's decades-long tenure on the Chicago police force was marked by racist and barbaric interrogation methods, including psychological torture, burnings, and mock executionstechniques that went far beyond the usual beating. After being exposed in 1989, he became a symbol of police brutality and the unequal treatment of nonwhite people, and the persistent outcry against him led to reforms such as the abolition of the death penalty in Illinois. But Burge hardly developed or operated in a vacuum, as Andrew S. Baer explores to stark effect here. He identifies the darkness of the Burge era as a product of local social forces, arising from a specific milieu beyond the nationwide racialized reactionary fever of the 1960s and 1970s. Similarly, the popular resistance mov
£37.05
The University of Chicago Press Music and the Racial Imagination
Book SynopsisRepresenting a broad range of academic disciplines and geographic regions, this work examines how the imagination of race has influenced musical production, reception, and scholarly analysis. It reviews the history of race in European and American, non-Western and global music.
£40.00
The University of Chicago Press How Green Became Good Urbanized Nature and the
Book SynopsisWe need to talk about racism before it destroys our democracy. And that conversation needs to start with an acknowledgement that racism is coded into even the most ordinary interactions. Every time we interact with another human being, we unconsciously draw on a set of expectations to guide us through the encounter. What many of us in the United Statesespecially white peopledo not recognize is that centuries of institutional racism have inescapably molded those expectations. This leads us to act with implicit biases that can shape everything from how we greet our neighbors to whether we take a second look at a resume. This is tacit racism, and it is one of the most pernicious threats to our nation. In Tacit Racism, Anne Warfield Rawls and Waverly Duck illustrate the many ways in which racism is coded into the everyday social expectations of Americans, in what they call Interaction Orders of Race. They argue that these interactions can produce racial inequality, whether the peopleTrade Review“While many Americans continue to celebrate the collapse of the old Jim Crow order as a relic of the past, Tacit Racism reminds us of the myriad ways that racism continues to influence everyday life in US society and represents what the authors describe as a ‘clear and present danger’ to American democracy today.” -- Joe William Trotter, Jr., author of Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America“Tacit Racism is a very, very important book. It will inform, challenge, disturb, and inspire. Anne Rawls and Waverly Duck bring to the project similar aptitudes for original research and theory joined by constructive differences—the one, Rawls, is a leading expert in applied ethnomethodology; the other, Duck, is a leader in the tradition of new ethnography. She is a bit more the philosopher; he the social theorist. Tacit Racism plows the terrain from Du Bois to Garfinkel and Goffman and sows it with the seeds of rich interview data and compelling field work.” -- Charles Lemert, author of Dark Thoughts: Race and the Eclipse of Society"Tacit Racism ends with a strong and urgent call for the activation of what authors Rawls and Duck refer to as a 'White double consciousness.' The authors contend that learning about the reality of a racialized interaction order could compel White Americans to develop an awareness, or a White double consciousness, of how White Americans are so deeply invested in creating inequitable social environments for Blacks and other communities of color. Overall, Tacit Racism is an interesting and thought-provoking read. As a text to introduce students to the array of interactional dynamics of white supremacy, and the ways that Whites from various backgrounds are complicit in these practices, it is a success." * Symbolic Interaction *"Tacit Racism deepens our understanding of White supremacy by documenting its 'torrential' qualities, its pervasiveness and capacity for self-perpetuation in everyday life....The research [goes] far deeper than [commonplace understandings] of 'systemic racism.'" * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Racism Is a Clear and Present Danger Chapter 1. “White People Are Nosey” and “Black People Are Rude”: Black and White Greetings and Introductory Talk Chapter 2. “Fractured Reflections” of High-Status Black Men’s Presentations of Self: Non-Recognition of Identity as a Tacit Form of Institutional Racism Chapter 3. Clashing Conceptions of Honesty: Black American “Honesty” in the White Workplace Chapter 4. “A Man Is One Who Is Responsible for Others”: Achieving Black Masculinity in the Face of Institutionalized Stigma and Racism Chapter 5. The White Self-Interested “Strong Man” Ideal vs. the Black Ideal of “Submissive Civility”: In a Black/White Police Encounter with Jason Turowetz Chapter 6. “Do You Eat Cats and Dogs?”: Student Observations of Racism in Their Everyday Lives Chapter 7. The Interaction Order of a Poor Black American Space: Creating Respect, Recognition, and Value in Response to Collective Punishment Conclusion Digging out the Lies by Making the Ordinary Strange Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£68.40
The University of Chicago Press National Performances
Book SynopsisThis study explores how Puerto Ricans in Chicago construct and perform nationalism. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, Ramos-Zyas shows how the performance of Puerto rican nationalism in Chicago serves as a critique of social inequality and imperialism.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Tacit Racism
Book SynopsisWe need to talk about racism before it destroys our democracy. And that conversation needs to start with an acknowledgement that racism is coded into even the most ordinary interactions. Every time we interact with another human being, we unconsciously draw on a set of expectations to guide us through the encounter. What many of us in the United Statesespecially white peopledo not recognize is that centuries of institutional racism have inescapably molded those expectations. This leads us to act with implicit biases that can shape everything from how we greet our neighbors to whether we take a second look at a resume. This is tacit racism, and it is one of the most pernicious threats to our nation. In Tacit Racism, Anne Warfield Rawls and Waverly Duck illustrate the many ways in which racism is coded into the everyday social expectations of Americans, in what they call Interaction Orders of Race. They argue that these interactions can produce racial inequality, whether the people involved are aware of it or not, and that by overlooking tacit racism in favor of the fiction of a color-blind nation, we are harming not only our society's most disadvantagedbut endangering the society itself. Ultimately, by exposing this legacy of racism in ordinary social interactions, Rawls and Duck hope to stop us from merely pretending we are a democratic society and show us how we can truly become one.Trade Review“While many Americans continue to celebrate the collapse of the old Jim Crow order as a relic of the past, Tacit Racism reminds us of the myriad ways that racism continues to influence everyday life in US society and represents what the authors describe as a ‘clear and present danger’ to American democracy today.” -- Joe William Trotter, Jr., author of Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America“Tacit Racism is a very, very important book. It will inform, challenge, disturb, and inspire. Anne Rawls and Waverly Duck bring to the project similar aptitudes for original research and theory joined by constructive differences—the one, Rawls, is a leading expert in applied ethnomethodology; the other, Duck, is a leader in the tradition of new ethnography. She is a bit more the philosopher; he the social theorist. Tacit Racism plows the terrain from Du Bois to Garfinkel and Goffman and sows it with the seeds of rich interview data and compelling field work.” -- Charles Lemert, author of Dark Thoughts: Race and the Eclipse of Society"Tacit Racism ends with a strong and urgent call for the activation of what authors Rawls and Duck refer to as a 'White double consciousness.' The authors contend that learning about the reality of a racialized interaction order could compel White Americans to develop an awareness, or a White double consciousness, of how White Americans are so deeply invested in creating inequitable social environments for Blacks and other communities of color. Overall, Tacit Racism is an interesting and thought-provoking read. As a text to introduce students to the array of interactional dynamics of white supremacy, and the ways that Whites from various backgrounds are complicit in these practices, it is a success." * Symbolic Interaction *"Tacit Racism deepens our understanding of White supremacy by documenting its 'torrential' qualities, its pervasiveness and capacity for self-perpetuation in everyday life....The research [goes] far deeper than [commonplace understandings] of 'systemic racism.'" * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Racism Is a Clear and Present Danger Chapter 1. “White People Are Nosey” and “Black People Are Rude”: Black and White Greetings and Introductory Talk Chapter 2. “Fractured Reflections” of High-Status Black Men’s Presentations of Self: Non-Recognition of Identity as a Tacit Form of Institutional Racism Chapter 3. Clashing Conceptions of Honesty: Black American “Honesty” in the White Workplace Chapter 4. “A Man Is One Who Is Responsible for Others”: Achieving Black Masculinity in the Face of Institutionalized Stigma and Racism Chapter 5. The White Self-Interested “Strong Man” Ideal vs. the Black Ideal of “Submissive Civility”: In a Black/White Police Encounter with Jason Turowetz Chapter 6. “Do You Eat Cats and Dogs?”: Student Observations of Racism in Their Everyday Lives Chapter 7. The Interaction Order of a Poor Black American Space: Creating Respect, Recognition, and Value in Response to Collective Punishment Conclusion Digging out the Lies by Making the Ordinary Strange Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press The Cost of Inclusion
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The elegant prose and the exceptionally rich, detailed, and keen ethnographic insights are among the book’s many strengths. . . . the book is a wonderful addition to the field and will be of interest to audiences concerned about the unintended consequences of social involvement in the absence of intentional efforts by the university to ensure positive and equitable social experiences for all students." * Social Forces *“With rich ethnographic detail, Silver shows that becoming part of the campus community is harder—and often far less rewarding—than it may first seem. While the administration claims that campus involvement is beneficial for students, Silver, through interviews with students and time spent with three student organizations, paints a different picture: racial and gender inequalities are reproduced as students become locked into two-dimensional characters such as ‘the caregiver’ or ‘the entertainer.’ Silver is skilled at demonstrating that diversity can be both celebrated and constrained within a single college campus. This is an important book for scholars and administrators alike.” -- Susan A. Dumais, Lehman College, City University of New York“A master class in ethnographic observation of a thriving college campus. Using an incisive intersectional lens, Silver paints a vivid picture of how college students from a wide range of demographic backgrounds experience extracurricular involvement. While women and racial minorities are often pushed to the margins of group life, despite their interest and assets, white men are rapidly elevated to the center—to positions of authority, regardless of their qualifications. As colleges around the country exhort students to ‘get involved’ and ‘find your niche,’ this deep analysis reveals that ‘belonging’ is not equally available to all.” -- Laura Hamilton, author of Paying for the Party and Parenting to a Degree“Silver’s The Cost of Inclusion is an insightful, well-written analysis of students’ social roles on residential college campuses. Silver describes how race and gender shape opportunities for leadership and inclusion on campus. The book is a must-read for students and scholars of higher education!” -- Natasha K. Warikoo, author of The Diversity Bargain"The book is engaging and accessible." * Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP) *"Faculty advisors and student affairs practitioners alike would benefit from this in-depth analysis of how and why student organizations replicate existing power structures and what might be done to help them operate with more true inclusivity." * The Review of Higher Education *"The book makes important contributions to the literature on student development and higher education. It provides insight into the dynamics of student organizations and practical suggestions for reducing inequality in these spaces.... For these reasons, the book is likely to be of value to scholars of inequality and higher education and student affairs professionals." * American Journal of Sociology *
£68.40
The University of Chicago Press The Cost of Inclusion How Student Conformity
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The elegant prose and the exceptionally rich, detailed, and keen ethnographic insights are among the book’s many strengths. . . . the book is a wonderful addition to the field and will be of interest to audiences concerned about the unintended consequences of social involvement in the absence of intentional efforts by the university to ensure positive and equitable social experiences for all students." * Social Forces *“With rich ethnographic detail, Silver shows that becoming part of the campus community is harder—and often far less rewarding—than it may first seem. While the administration claims that campus involvement is beneficial for students, Silver, through interviews with students and time spent with three student organizations, paints a different picture: racial and gender inequalities are reproduced as students become locked into two-dimensional characters such as ‘the caregiver’ or ‘the entertainer.’ Silver is skilled at demonstrating that diversity can be both celebrated and constrained within a single college campus. This is an important book for scholars and administrators alike.” -- Susan A. Dumais, Lehman College, City University of New York“A master class in ethnographic observation of a thriving college campus. Using an incisive intersectional lens, Silver paints a vivid picture of how college students from a wide range of demographic backgrounds experience extracurricular involvement. While women and racial minorities are often pushed to the margins of group life, despite their interest and assets, white men are rapidly elevated to the center—to positions of authority, regardless of their qualifications. As colleges around the country exhort students to ‘get involved’ and ‘find your niche,’ this deep analysis reveals that ‘belonging’ is not equally available to all.” -- Laura Hamilton, author of Paying for the Party and Parenting to a Degree“Silver’s The Cost of Inclusion is an insightful, well-written analysis of students’ social roles on residential college campuses. Silver describes how race and gender shape opportunities for leadership and inclusion on campus. The book is a must-read for students and scholars of higher education!” -- Natasha K. Warikoo, author of The Diversity Bargain"The book is engaging and accessible." * Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP) *"Faculty advisors and student affairs practitioners alike would benefit from this in-depth analysis of how and why student organizations replicate existing power structures and what might be done to help them operate with more true inclusivity." * The Review of Higher Education *"The book makes important contributions to the literature on student development and higher education. It provides insight into the dynamics of student organizations and practical suggestions for reducing inequality in these spaces.... For these reasons, the book is likely to be of value to scholars of inequality and higher education and student affairs professionals." * American Journal of Sociology *
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Freedom in Fulani Social Life An Introspective
Book SynopsisThis text is based upon the author's two years of residence among the Jelgobe, a group of semi-nomadic Fulani of the Sahel in Burkina Faso, western Africa.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Note on Transcription Introduction Part One: The Tawaangal of the Jelgobe 1 Climate and Technology 2 The Social Organization of Jelgoji 3 Fulani Social Structure 4 Life in the Wuro: Categories of People and Tasks 5 Authority Relations in the Wuro 6 Religion 7 Pulaaku and Semteende: Fulani-ness and Shame Part Two: Life as Lived 8 Jelgobe Attitudes toward Life 9 Keeping Society Going 10 Relations between People 11 How to Resist Others 12 Wuro and Ladde: The Village and the Bush Notes Glossary and Index of Fula Terms Bibliography Index
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Bargaining for Reality The Construction of
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£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Empires Children
Book SynopsisEurope's imperial projects were often predicated on a series of legal and scientific distinctions that were frequently challenged by the reality of social and sexual interactions between the colonized and the colonizers. This title reveals the unacknowledged but central role of race in the definition of French nationality.Trade Review"Empire's Children is a brilliant and deeply researched exploration of the place of race in the French citizenship experience, focusing on the rights of mixed-race people in French Indochina and other colonies. Emmanuelle Saada deftly weaves together the perspectives of jurists, colonial officials, journalists, and the mixed-raced individuals themselves to demonstrate why the French Empire - and by extension, today's France - cannot be analyzed in black-and-white terms. A nuanced and important account, beautifully translated by Arthur Goldhammer." (Mary Dewhurst Lewis, Harvard University)"
£88.00
The University of Chicago Press Empires Children
Book SynopsisEurope's imperial projects were often predicated on a series of legal and scientific distinctions that were frequently challenged by the reality of social and sexual interactions between the colonized and the colonizers. This title reveals the unacknowledged but central role of race in the definition of French nationality.Trade Review"Empire's Children is a brilliant and deeply researched exploration of the place of race in the French citizenship experience, focusing on the rights of mixed-race people in French Indochina and other colonies. Emmanuelle Saada deftly weaves together the perspectives of jurists, colonial officials, journalists, and the mixed-raced individuals themselves to demonstrate why the French Empire - and by extension, today's France - cannot be analyzed in black-and-white terms. A nuanced and important account, beautifully translated by Arthur Goldhammer." (Mary Dewhurst Lewis, Harvard University)"
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Act Like You Know
Book SynopsisTaking as his starting point African-American autobiography, Crispin Sartwell argues that there is a fundamental elusiveness to white identity. This theory is based on the concept that whiteness defines itself as normative, marking other identity as racial or ethnic deviations.
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Believing in South Central
Book SynopsisThe area of Los Angeles known as South Central is often overshadowed by dismal stereotypes, problematic racial stigmas, and its status as the home to some of the city's poorest and most violent neighborhoods. Amid South Central's shifting demographics and its struggles with poverty, sociologist Pamela J. Prickett takes a closer look, focusing on the members of an African American Muslim community and exploring how they help each other combat poverty, job scarcity, violence, and racial injustice. Prickett's engaging ethnography relates how believers in this longstanding religious community see Islam as a way of life, a comprehensive blueprint for individual and collective action, guiding how to interact with others, conduct business, strive for progress, and cultivate faith. Prickett offers deep insights into the day-to-day lived religion of the Muslims who call this community home, showing how the mosque provides a system of social support and how believers deepen their spiritual pracTrade Review"Smart and highly original, Believing in South Central details how a small Muslim community in South Central, Los Angeles, makes meaning of their faith in the midst of a changing racial landscape and a declining community of believers. Prickett brings nuanced analysis, beautiful prose, and seamless narration together in this ethnography that will expand scholars' understanding of how African Americans practice their Islamic faith outside Arab and South Asian Muslim communities."--Ula Y. Taylor, author of The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of IslamTable of ContentsIntroduction: Living a Muslim Way of Life in South Central Chapter One: “Our Test Is Living a Community Life” Chapter Two: “Don’t Move. Improve” Chapter Three: “Money Is Funny” Chapter Four: “Why Not Just Use a Cucumber!” Chapter Five: “That’s What They Think of Us” Conclusion: “Allahu Akbar” Methods Appendix Acknowledgments Notes References Index
£89.02
The University of Chicago Press What a Woman Ought to Be and to Do
Book SynopsisExplores the world of American Black professional women in a society that denied them full professional status. Shaw shows how, in spite of this, African-American families, communities and schools worked to encourage the self-confidence, individual initiative and social responsibility of girls.
£35.15
The University of Chicago Press The Lost Black Scholar Resurrecting Allison Davis
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Highly recommended. . . A valuable, overdue reevaluation.” * Choice *“Meticulous and comprehensive. . . The Lost Black Scholar is an exciting and innovative intellectual biography of Allison Davis, easily one of the most brilliant and accomplished academics of the twentieth century. . . This well-written and exquisitely researched book may be a generation late in the making, however, it compensates for the time lost. Varel’s excellent award-caliber treatise on the life and career of Allison Davis is a major contribution to the historiography on Black scholars in the academy and, because of it, Davis’ legacy will only expand. It cannot be read without profit.” * Journal of Negro Education *"Well-researched and timely. . . The Lost Black Scholar examines Allison Davis’s intellectual contribution to the social sciences environmental revolution and his influential work of caste and class. Varel argues Davis’s interdisciplinary scholarship and racism in higher education were the main reasons that led to his anonymity and ignorance of his intellectual contributions to racial equality." * Journal of African American History *“Effectively links the past to the present. . . The Lost Black Scholar is well researched, relying on numerous archives and the Davis family's personal records. . . . There is a lesson to be learned from Davis's life, which Varel poignantly makes: efforts must be made to create new social systems that provide equity ” * Journal of American History *“Scholars like W. E. B. Du-Bois, St. Clair Drake, and John Hope Franklin are familiar names in African American historiography, but Varel laments the lesser acclaim accorded Davis. Varel’s research assesses the scholarship of Davis in mid-century America in the context of the pervasive racism that haunted (if not shaped) his professional career. . . . Varel has mined neglected archival sources and provided a useful representation of how a serious scholar navigated, with considerable success, the turbulent waters of race and scholarship in mid-century America.” * The American Historical Review *“Well-researched and erudite. . . The Lost Black Scholar is an important contribution to our understanding of the history of twentieth-century social science in the United States. Varel does an excellent job in explaining the social and intellectual context for Davis’s work.” * History of Education Quarterly *“Varel skillfully uses the story of Allison Davis—a social scientist in the fields of anthropology, sociology, and education—to tell a larger story of African American intellectual strivings before and during the Civil Rights Movement. . . . If those contributions were merely what Varel covered here, the book would be important in its own right. But what also adds to The Lost Black Scholar is how Varel connects Davis’ earlier life in Washington, D.C. to his own strivings in the academy and beyond. . . . After reading The Lost Black Scholar, it will be difficult to forget about the achievements of social scientist Allison Davis.” * Society for US Intellectual History *“In this trim and athletic volume, Varel successfully shows us the importance of Davis’s work and life. . . The Lost Black Scholar is clearly written and almost relentlessly structured, moving through topics, trends, and viewpoints in an order that makes reading a breeze. As a result, it can be read by anyone who cares about Davis and his work, not just academic anthropologists—an important consideration given Varel’s goal of bringing Davis back into the public record as a prominent African-American scholar.” * History of Anthropology Review *“In The Lost Black Scholar, David A. Varel has sought to bring Allison Davis out of the shadows and he succeeds quite convincingly. This book is an important contribution to African American history, education history, and social science history. There are numerous books on African American scholars in the twentieth century, but this is the first on Davis—he is well worth the attention.” * Wayne J. Urban, University of Alabama *“The Lost Black Scholar draws deeply from a rich and varied set of archival material. Varel does a masterful job of documenting Allison Davis’s career path and showing how his efforts fit into the intellectual currents circumscribing the African American social condition in the early and mid-twentieth century. This book should awaken and stimulate interest in Davis, and encourage greater understanding of the consequences and politics of racial scholarship.” * Alford A. Young, Jr., University of Michigan *
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Congress and the First Civil Rights Era 18611918
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Congress and the First Civil Rights Era, 1861–1918 is a detailed history of congressional developments during the era of Reconstruction, one of the most significant civil rights periods of U.S. history...The book provides no less than awe inspiring detail about proposals, bills, sponsors, debates, votes, and ever-shifting party alliances and disputes...Congress and the First Civil Rights Era is ideal for historians with the desire for an in-depth look at what happened step by step in Congress during Reconstruction." * Journal of American History *"Jenkins and Peck provide a thorough legislative and policy history of congressional engagement with civil rights from 1861 to 1918. This history is so vivid and well-drawn that the reader cannot help but explore broader questions about the institutional and party politics of Congress. . . . By providing a deep analysis of our civil rights’ past, Jenkins and Peck raise inescapable questions about our legislative present." * Congress & the Presidency *"An intriguing, authoritative study of a centrally important period in American history. The book approaches a well-worn subject with fresh insight and a strong argument about how political divisions and the self-interest of congressmen can lead to tragedy. By expanding Reconstruction’s time line and delving deep into its moment-by-moment developments, Jenkins and Peck help us better understand this period and teach us lessons that can apply to current struggles over political self-interest and civil rights." * The North Carolina Historical Review *"Jenkins and Peck examine the fate of civil rights legislation during the Reconstruction Era after the US Civil War. They find that after an initial push, discrimination against African Americans in the South became commonplace, and civil rights advocates in Congress increasingly shifted to policies desired by white constituents in the North. They examine how the Republican Party slowly withdrew its support for a meaningful civil rights agenda, and how Democrats and Republicans worked together to keep civil rights off the legislative agenda." * Law & Social Inquiry *“Written by outstanding students of American political development, this compelling policy history analytically chronicles the fate of proposals to enhance black rights from the Civil War to World War I. With an emphasis on the electoral connection and strategic choice in legislative politics, the book’s textured account of civil rights achievements and tragically missed opportunities underscores the interplay of party, opinion, and lawmaking and importantly adds to our understanding of how state formation and racial hierarchy came to be closely entwined.” -- Ira I. Katznelson, coauthor of Southern Nation: Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction“Welcome to this book! It is the definitive account of policy making on civil rights across many decades. With deftness and in considerable detail, it shows the role of Congress. That institution’s well-known initiative during the 1860s gave way to the chronic offensive and defensive maneuvers, ups and downs (mostly downs), that carried on in subsequent times through World War I. All this came against an evolving background of public opinion, southern resistance, and partisan strategies. The long sad post-1860s history, told so well here, needs to be better known.” -- David R. Mayhew, author of The Imprint of Congress
£91.00
The University of Chicago Press Congress and the First Civil Rights Era 18611918
Book SynopsisCivil rights legislation figured prominently in the agenda of Congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction. But as Reconstruction came to an end and discrimination against African Americans in the South became commonplace, civil rights advocates in Congress increasingly shifted to policies desired by white constituents in the North who had grown tired of efforts to legislate equality. In this book, the first of a two-volume set, Jeffery A. Jenkins and Justin Peck explore the rise and fall of civil rights legislation in Congress from 1861 to 1918. The authors examine in detail how the Republican Party slowly withdrew its support for a meaningful civil rights agenda, as well as how Democrats and Republicans worked together to keep civil rights off the legislative agenda at various points. In doing so, Jenkins and Peck show how legal institutions can be used both to liberate and protect oppressed minorities and to assert the power of the white majority against those same minority groups.Trade Review"Congress and the First Civil Rights Era, 1861–1918 is a detailed history of congressional developments during the era of Reconstruction, one of the most significant civil rights periods of U.S. history...The book provides no less than awe inspiring detail about proposals, bills, sponsors, debates, votes, and ever-shifting party alliances and disputes...Congress and the First Civil Rights Era is ideal for historians with the desire for an in-depth look at what happened step by step in Congress during Reconstruction." * Journal of American History *"Jenkins and Peck provide a thorough legislative and policy history of congressional engagement with civil rights from 1861 to 1918. This history is so vivid and well-drawn that the reader cannot help but explore broader questions about the institutional and party politics of Congress. . . . By providing a deep analysis of our civil rights’ past, Jenkins and Peck raise inescapable questions about our legislative present." * Congress & the Presidency *"An intriguing, authoritative study of a centrally important period in American history. The book approaches a well-worn subject with fresh insight and a strong argument about how political divisions and the self-interest of congressmen can lead to tragedy. By expanding Reconstruction’s time line and delving deep into its moment-by-moment developments, Jenkins and Peck help us better understand this period and teach us lessons that can apply to current struggles over political self-interest and civil rights." * The North Carolina Historical Review *"Jenkins and Peck examine the fate of civil rights legislation during the Reconstruction Era after the US Civil War. They find that after an initial push, discrimination against African Americans in the South became commonplace, and civil rights advocates in Congress increasingly shifted to policies desired by white constituents in the North. They examine how the Republican Party slowly withdrew its support for a meaningful civil rights agenda, and how Democrats and Republicans worked together to keep civil rights off the legislative agenda." * Law & Social Inquiry *“Written by outstanding students of American political development, this compelling policy history analytically chronicles the fate of proposals to enhance black rights from the Civil War to World War I. With an emphasis on the electoral connection and strategic choice in legislative politics, the book’s textured account of civil rights achievements and tragically missed opportunities underscores the interplay of party, opinion, and lawmaking and importantly adds to our understanding of how state formation and racial hierarchy came to be closely entwined.” -- Ira I. Katznelson, coauthor of Southern Nation: Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction“Welcome to this book! It is the definitive account of policy making on civil rights across many decades. With deftness and in considerable detail, it shows the role of Congress. That institution’s well-known initiative during the 1860s gave way to the chronic offensive and defensive maneuvers, ups and downs (mostly downs), that carried on in subsequent times through World War I. All this came against an evolving background of public opinion, southern resistance, and partisan strategies. The long sad post-1860s history, told so well here, needs to be better known.” -- David R. Mayhew, author of The Imprint of Congress
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Linguistic Diversity and National Unity Language
Book SynopsisUnlike other multi-ethnic nations, Thailand has maintained relative stability despite its 80 languages. In this study of the relations among politics, geography and language, Smalley shows how Thailand has maintained national unity through an elaborate social and linguistic hierarchy.
£38.00
The University of Chicago Press Segregation by Experience
Book SynopsisEarly childhood can be a time of rich discovery, a period when educators have an opportunity to harness their students' fascination to create unique learning opportunities. Some teachers engage with their students' ideas in ways that make learning collaborative--but not all students have access to these kinds of learning environments. In Segregation by Experience, the authors filmed and studied a a first-grade classroom led by a Black immigrant teacher who encouraged her diverse group of students to exercise their agency. When the researchers showed the film to other schools, everyone struggled. Educators admired the teacher but didn't think her practices would work with their own Black and brown students. Parents of colormany of them immigrantsliked many of the practices, but worried that they would compromise their children. And the young children who viewed the film thought that the kids in the film were terrible, loud, and badly behaved; they told the authors that learning was Trade Review“This book delivers powerful and richly textured evidence of the racialization of children’s opportunities for enacting agency within their own learning. It uncovers the ‘segregation by experience’ that is normalized for young children of color and unapologetically confronts these enduring inequities. Incisively challenging and theoretically persuasive, this book will inspire and motivate a reconceptualization of practices in the early grades." -- Norma Gonzalez, University of Arizona"A brilliant, timely demonstration of the power of early childhood classrooms to perpetuate class and race—or to open to children learning through respect for their agency. Eye-opening!” -- Barbara Rogoff, University of California-Santa Cruz"This book offers rich ethnographic insights into Black and brown children’s agentic activity in a project-based classroom, both from direct observation and from seeing how their activities are viewed by teachers, parents, and other children. It raises provocative questions for teachers who want to challenge limiting racist ideologies and engage in culturally-respectful, transformative pedagogies that cultivate creativity." -- Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, author of Mindful Ethnography: Mind, Heart and Activity for Transformative Social Research
£78.85
The University of Chicago Press Segregation by Experience
Book SynopsisEarly childhood can be a time of rich discovery, a period when educators have an opportunity to harness their students' fascination to create unique learning opportunities. Some teachers engage with their students' ideas in ways that make learning collaborative--but not all students have access to these kinds of learning environments. In Segregation by Experience, the authors filmed and studied a a first-grade classroom led by a Black immigrant teacher who encouraged her diverse group of students to exercise their agency. When the researchers showed the film to other schools, everyone struggled. Educators admired the teacher but didn't think her practices would work with their own Black and brown students. Parents of colormany of them immigrantsliked many of the practices, but worried that they would compromise their children. And the young children who viewed the film thought that the kids in the film were terrible, loud, and badly behaved; they told the authors that learning was Trade Review“This book delivers powerful and richly textured evidence of the racialization of children’s opportunities for enacting agency within their own learning. It uncovers the ‘segregation by experience’ that is normalized for young children of color and unapologetically confronts these enduring inequities. Incisively challenging and theoretically persuasive, this book will inspire and motivate a reconceptualization of practices in the early grades." -- Norma Gonzalez, University of Arizona"A brilliant, timely demonstration of the power of early childhood classrooms to perpetuate class and race—or to open to children learning through respect for their agency. Eye-opening!” -- Barbara Rogoff, University of California-Santa Cruz"This book offers rich ethnographic insights into Black and brown children’s agentic activity in a project-based classroom, both from direct observation and from seeing how their activities are viewed by teachers, parents, and other children. It raises provocative questions for teachers who want to challenge limiting racist ideologies and engage in culturally-respectful, transformative pedagogies that cultivate creativity." -- Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, author of Mindful Ethnography: Mind, Heart and Activity for Transformative Social Research
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York
Book SynopsisBlending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illuminate ongoing debates about globalisation.Trade Review"Through this extraordinary study, Stoller succeeds in showing us how globalization is changing today's urban worlds. To do this he has to negotiate multiple levels of analysis, from the ethnographic detail of a vendor's sidewalk spot to that of the trading networks that connect across the Atlantic. This is a major contribution to the scholarship on immigration, the informal economy, and global cities." - Saskia Sassen, author of Guests and Aliens
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press Affirmative Advocacy Race Class and Gender in
Book SynopsisThe United States boasts scores of organizations that offer crucial representation for groups that are marginalized in national politics. This work explores the challenges and opportunities they face, as waning legal discrimination coincides with increasing political and economic inequalities within the populations they represent.Trade Review"Using impressive original data, Dara Strolovitch probes an important topic: the failure of interest groups that seek to represent the disadvantaged to advocate for the even more disadvantaged within their constituencies. This is a well-written and compelling work that will deepen our understanding of American democracy." - Kay Schlozman, Boston College"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Pushing Cool Big Tobacco Racial Marketing and
Book SynopsisSpanning a century, Pushing Cool reveals how the twin deceptions of health and Black affinity for menthol were crafted—and how the industry’s disturbingly powerful narrative has endured to this day.Trade Review"In Pushing Cool, Dr. Keith Wailoo presents a sixty-year history of menthol cigarettes becoming a racialized product. . . . Wailoo's powerful text reminds us that business and medical ethics do not exist outside of histories of racial exploitation and oppression." * Nursing Clio *“Wailoo examines how the tobacco industry framed Black people as a niche market and the industry’s evolution — its secrets, practices, and power. . . . [His] diligent research leaves little room for conjecture, making a coherent and engaging story out of a century of conversations, advertising, and activism for and against smoking. . . . Wailoo stands firmly on the side of the people, aiming to educate for the health and well-being of all.” * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Wailoo mines press reports through the decades, along with posters, billboards and troves of internal industry documentation that cigarette companies were forced to make public after a spate of lawsuits that ended in 1998. With deadly repetition, menthols have been silent players on the stage of US history, witnesses to epic flashpoints at which health and politics collide. The case is stronger for the specificity and rich detail that Wailoo weaves into it." * Nature *“Wailoo draws on collections of internal tobacco industry documents made public through litigation, along with other historical sources, to peer into the hidden world of tobacco marketing. . . . Demonstrate[s] how tobacco companies have long designed and reimagined their products to attract new customers.” * Science *"The saga of menthol tobacco is documented in Wailoo’s book Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette. This work neatly crystallises his position as a historian whose career has addressed issues of race, ethnicity, and identity, and how they intersect with health and health policy." * The Lancet *"Engrossing. . . [A] history of the evolution of targeted tobacco marketing and how the industry strategically created a demand and then peddled their product to Black America." * Salon *"Tracking the evolution of a century’s worth of targeted marketing, this history documents the sinister engineering of a Black consumer preference for menthol cigarettes. Wailoo details how Big Tobacco placed billboards in inner-city neighborhoods, strategically funded Black enterprises, and marshalled a vast network of influencers—from Ebony to the N.A.A.C.P.—to yoke ideas of Black authenticity to smoking menthols." * New Yorker *"Wailoo brings together COVID-19, police choke-holds, and a corner store—'the best place in town to find menthol cigarettes'—as the trifecta that ended George Floyd’s life, tragically symbolized by his famous last words: 'I can’t breathe'. . . Highly recommended." * Choice *“For decades, cigarette makers have used menthol to target Black Americans. Wailoo does an excellent job showing how Big Tobacco has used both its marketing muscle and political power to get mentholated smoke into African American lungs—with deadly consequences. An indispensable text for anyone who recognizes that Black lungs matter.” * Robert N. Proctor, Stanford University *“Pushing Cool unpacks the tobacco industry’s brilliant, deceptive, and diabolically successful strategy to hook African Americans on menthol cigarettes. Utilizing remarkable research and analysis, Wailoo demonstrates how the industry established a commercial choke hold on Black America, wantonly disregarding the devastating trail of disease and death that their product generated. If ever there was a case for banning menthol cigarettes, this is it.” * Allan M. Brandt, Harvard University *“With nuance and flare, Wailoo illuminates how a complex and deeply unsettling fabric of racial capitalism created a Black inner-city market for the most dangerous chemical flavor in the history of smoking. This is essential reading for historians, policy makers, ethicists, and social justice advocates reckoning with profound disparities as part of a tobacco end game.” * Amy L. Fairchild, The Ohio State University *“As Wailoo reveals in this astute and stunning work, menthol cigarettes are an acquired taste: an appetite deliberately cultivated by marketers, the media, and other influencers. Demographically targeted and racially exploitative marketing was unleashed as a strategy to captivate consumers in the face of growing public awareness of the health dangers of smoking. Pushing Cool is a brilliant, unsparing, and powerful rendering of Big Tobacco’s deadly racial predation.” * Alondra Nelson, Institute for Advanced Study *“This captivating, comprehensive book contains something to intrigue everyone—from lawyers to psychologists, marketers to historians. Pushing Cool is a unique and important work that deserves to be read widely.” * Andrea Freeman, University of Hawai’i at Manoa *“In Pushing Cool, Wailoo tells the fascinating story of how tobacco companies and advertising firms marketed menthol cigarettes, especially to African Americans. Diving deep into this untold history, he also brings essential insight into how the construction of pleasure-enhancing products and processes of racialization have enjoyed mutually informing histories well into the twentieth century.” * Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr., Columbia University *"Keith Wailoo tells the intricate and poignant story of menthol cigarettes for the first time. He pulls back the curtain to reveal the hidden persuaders who shaped menthol buying habits and racial markets across America: the world of tobacco marketers, consultants, psychologists, and social scientists, as well as Black lawmakers and civic groups including the NAACP. Today most Black smokers buy menthols, and calls to prohibit their circulation hinge on a history of the industry’s targeted racial marketing. In 2009, when Congress banned flavored cigarettes as criminal enticements to encourage youth smoking, menthol cigarettes were also slated to be banned. Through a detailed study of internal tobacco industry documents, Wailoo exposes why they weren’t and how they remain so popular with Black smokers." * New Books Network *"Pushing Cool is a timely history of how tobacco companies aggressively shaped the contours of Black consumerism through exploitative marketing practices." * Isis *"[an] excellent book that succeeds in telling not only the history of the marketing of menthol cigarettes in the United States but also how the tobacco industry shaped and exploited African American consumer culture." -- Daniel O’Neill * The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs *Table of ContentsPrologue: Pushers in the City of My Youth vii Introduction The Crooked Man: Influence, Exploitation, and Menthol’s Expanding Web 1 Selling the Menthol Sensation 2 For People Susceptible to Cancer Anxiety 3 Building a Black Franchise 4 Urban Hustles and Suburban Dreams 5 Uptown’s Aftertaste Conclusion Deception by Design: The Long Road to “I Can’t Breathe” Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£25.65
The University of Chicago Press When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People Race
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] fascinating and timely new book. . . .Strolovitch treats the term 'crisis' as a 'keyword': a type of word that has its meaning shaped by social and political processes as well as a word that’s political meaning imbues power. That power includes when it’s used as well as when it’s not." -- Heath Brown * 3Streams *"Strolovitch builds a strong case for how privileged communities use and usurp true crises in marginalized communities to gain resourced and power. This is a must read for students of economics, public policy, race relations, political science, and sociology." * Choice *“When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People provides an enlightening analysis of how the idea of crisis has been constructed, evolved, and deployed by actors from the elites at the center of our governing apparatus to activists pushing from the margins. In this important book, we recognize that the frame of crisis is another tool that must be accounted for when trying to understand the political and economic landscape that we face and some seek to change.” -- Cathy Cohen | author of "Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics""When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People is a powerful examination of crisis construction and of the ramifications of crisis politics for both advantaged and disadvantaged groups. Strolovitch brilliantly develops her distinctive vision for a more meaningful and just American democracy, while covering exciting new terrain that has been almost entirely ignored by political scientists." -- Paul Frymer | author of "Building an American Empire: The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion""Strolovitch’s study is a meticulous and timely reminder that crises are neither natural occurrences nor neutral in how they direct action in a context marked by longstanding inequalities. Crises, instead, are political constructions. From housing and unemployment to policing and public health, this groundbreaking book will transform our thinking about the crises that have dominated public attention over the last few decades.” -- Chloe Thurston | author of "At the Boundaries of Homeownership: Credit, Discrimination and the American State""This is a sharp and much needed intervention in how political science conceptualises and applies the idea of 'crisis' to moments of upheaval, uncertainty and transformation. As Strolovitch persuasively argues, a crisis is not quite what it seems. Those marganlized groups, for whom misfortune is a policy goal, do not necessarily experience crises. Instead, crisis, like much else in American political life, is reserved for those powerful groups who must be protected from life's vagaries." -- Akwugo Emejulu | author of "Fugitive Feminism"“Strolovitch conducts an exhaustive rhetorical analysis of crisis in well-selected print sources that incorporate both media and government, carving out distinctive territory in its direct focus on the rhetoric of crisis in politics.” -- Julie Novkov | University at Albany, SUNY“The evidence that Strolovitch marshalls is wide-ranging, spanning sources from newspapers to organizational players to congress and the presidency. The time span and grasp of history is extremely impressive with writing that is accessible and fluid.” -- Leslie McCall | The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction. Crisis Politics Part I Crisis and Non-Crisis in American Politics Chapter 1 Crisis as a Political Keyword Chapter 2 What We Talk about When We Talk about Crisis Chapter 3 Regressions, Reversals, and Red Herrings Part II Foreclosure Crises and Non-Crises Chapter 4 When Does a Crisis Begin? Chapter 5 How to Semantically Mask a Crisis Conclusion and Epilogue. Will These Crises Go to Waste? Appendices. Overview of Sources and Methods A Working with Textual Data: Caveats and Considerations B Sources, Methods, and Coding Protocols C List of Main Sources of Data and Evidence D Supplementary Figures and Tables Notes Bibliography Index
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Diversitys Child People of Color and the
Book SynopsisAn incisive look at how America’s continued demographic explosion has spurred the development of a new identity as people of color.Trade Review“Diversity’s Child makes an important contribution to the existing research on American politics, social identity, and racial politics in the United States. Pérez offers a provocative and convincing argument regarding a new pan-ethnic identity, people of color, that is meaningful and relevant to racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Importantly, he carefully and meticulously demonstrates how this new identity is salient in the political realm and how it can be politicized to mobilize these communities into political action. These findings offer key insights for both academics and practitioners into the future landscape of American politics.” -- Marisa Abrajano, University of California, San Diego"Diversity’s Child is a tour de force that presents complex topics and ideas to readers in an impressively accessible fashion. Pérez should be applauded for his extensive efforts toward establishing a body of evidence that PoC identity is a meaningful social and political identity that scholars of American politics should be theorizing and studying with regularity." * Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Marable’s Forecast Chapter 1: The Elusive Quest for People of Color Chapter 2: People of Color, Unite! Chapter 3: The Many Faces of People of Color Chapter 4: New Wine in New Bottles Chapter 5: I Feel Your Pain, Brother Chapter 6: Galvanizing People of Color Chapter 7: Falling Apart Conclusion: People of Color in a Diversifying World Acknowledgments References Index
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press Racial Resentment in the Political Mind
Book SynopsisA thought-provoking look at how racial resentment, rather than racial prejudice alone, motivate a growing resistance among whites to improve the circumstances faced by racial minorities. InRacial Resentment in the Political Mind, Darren W. Davis and David C. Wilson challenge the commonly held notion that all racial negativity, disagreements, and objections to policies that seek to help racial minorities stem from racial prejudice. They argue that racialresentmentarisesfromjust-world beliefs and appraisals of deservingness that help explain the persistence of racial inequality in America in ways more consequential than racism or racial prejudice alone. The culprits, as manyWhitepeople see it, are undeserving people of color, who are perceived to benefit unfairly from, and take advantage of, resources that come at Whites' expensea worldview in which any attempt at modest change is seen as a challenge to the status quo and privilege. Yet, as Davis and Wilson reveal, many Whites have beTrade Review“In this timely contribution, Davis and Wilson set out to update and refine a core idea in the study of racial attitudes over the last few decades: racial resentment. Their work fills a long-standing gap in the literature on racial attitudes, and it will be of great interest to all those interested in American politics, political psychology, and the study of race, ethnicity, and politics.” -- Christopher M. Federico, University of Minnesota“Racial Resentment in the Political Mind is a masterful recasting of racial resentment from an exclusive focus on Whites’ prejudice toward Blacks to a broader, richer concept focusing on feelings of injustice among Blacks as well as Whites. Based on a thoroughly updated theoretical and political foundation, the measure of racial resentment developed by Davis and Wilson is not just psychometrically elegant but also a powerful explanation of the many grievances felt by supporters of Donald Trump and the contemporary racial divide in the US.” -- Mark Peffley, Research Professor, University of Kentucky"In grounding racial resentment in concerns about justice, fairness, and deservingness and in pressuring us to see it as actual resentment, Davis and Wilson have expanded the value of racial resentment for understanding the role of race in politics and in society more broadly. This is a book for graduate courses in race, and it belongs on the desk of everyone doing research on racial attitudes." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"The authors of this book propose a deeper understanding of racial attitudes in the US . . . Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter 1. “I’m Not a Racist, but . . .” Chapter 2. Resentment Is Not Prejudice Chapter 3. Pressing Restart on Racial Resentment Chapter 4. The Profile and Performance of Racial Resentment Chapter 5. Racial Resentment and the Susceptibility to Campaign Appeals Chapter 6. Racial Cognitive Consistency Chapter 7. Racial Schadenfreude Chapter 8. African Americans’ Racial Resentment toward Whites Chapter 9. Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix: Description of Data Appendix: Chapter 8 Appendix: Question Wording by Chapter Notes References Index
£91.00
The University of Chicago Press Racial Resentment in the Political Mind
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In this timely contribution, Davis and Wilson set out to update and refine a core idea in the study of racial attitudes over the last few decades: racial resentment. Their work fills a long-standing gap in the literature on racial attitudes, and it will be of great interest to all those interested in American politics, political psychology, and the study of race, ethnicity, and politics.” -- Christopher M. Federico, University of Minnesota“Racial Resentment in the Political Mind is a masterful recasting of racial resentment from an exclusive focus on Whites’ prejudice toward Blacks to a broader, richer concept focusing on feelings of injustice among Blacks as well as Whites. Based on a thoroughly updated theoretical and political foundation, the measure of racial resentment developed by Davis and Wilson is not just psychometrically elegant but also a powerful explanation of the many grievances felt by supporters of Donald Trump and the contemporary racial divide in the US.” -- Mark Peffley, Research Professor, University of Kentucky"In grounding racial resentment in concerns about justice, fairness, and deservingness and in pressuring us to see it as actual resentment, Davis and Wilson have expanded the value of racial resentment for understanding the role of race in politics and in society more broadly. This is a book for graduate courses in race, and it belongs on the desk of everyone doing research on racial attitudes." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"The authors of this book propose a deeper understanding of racial attitudes in the US . . . Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter 1. “I’m Not a Racist, but . . .” Chapter 2. Resentment Is Not Prejudice Chapter 3. Pressing Restart on Racial Resentment Chapter 4. The Profile and Performance of Racial Resentment Chapter 5. Racial Resentment and the Susceptibility to Campaign Appeals Chapter 6. Racial Cognitive Consistency Chapter 7. Racial Schadenfreude Chapter 8. African Americans’ Racial Resentment toward Whites Chapter 9. Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix: Description of Data Appendix: Chapter 8 Appendix: Question Wording by Chapter Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press American Warsaw The Rise Fall and Rebirth of
Book SynopsisA comprehensive and engaging history of a century of Polish immigration and influence in Chicago.Trade Review"The dean of Chicago historians has fashioned an exceptionally clear, yet nuanced interpretation of one of the city's largest ethnic groups. American Warsaw is much more than the story of an ethnic community. It is a clearly written, insightful investigation of the internal and external forces that shaped the development of Polish Chicago, its relationship to the broader urban area, and its interaction with its ancestral homeland."--James S. Pula, author of Polish Americans: An Ethnic Community "American Warsaw is something new and necessary, a book Chicago didn't know it needed until it showed up. American Warsaw chronicles the unique nature of Chicago's 'Polonia'--its community of Poles and Polish descendants outside of Poland. Pacyga tells the story of how Chicago came to have such a large Polish population, and to even be considered a part of Poland in exile, the 'fourth partition' of a country that had been divided between Prussia, Austria and Russia before 1918. Chicago was 'Poland elsewhere, ' where immigrants juggled becoming American with trying to hang on to their sense of Polishness, or polskosc." --Notable Book of 2019 "Chicago Tribune" "American Warsaw seamlessly tells the story of Polish Chicago and Poland itself.To try to explain one without the other would tell half a story, notes Pacyga...A Polish-American himself, his family arrived in pre-World War I Chicago, settling in the Back of the Yards neighborhood where family members stayed for three generations and spoke their own brand of Chicago Polish patois...Having such a rich background makes American Warsaw an even more bracing history of Polish Chicago."--June Sawyers "Third Coast Review" "There's probably not a person in the United States--and certainly not in Chicago--more qualified than Dominic Pacyga to document the path Poland's citizens took in emigrating to the United States. . . . Through tireless research, Pacyga develops a perhaps unintended thesis: that the current issues of the immigrant in Chicago and in the United States have been played out in cycles over the last century-and-a-half. . . . It's haunting to discover in American Warsaw that history and language have repeated themselves. The Poles at the beginning of the twentieth century are now the Mexicans, Central Americans, Ethiopians and Syrians in Chicago a century later."-- "Newcity" "This highly readable story of Chicago's Polonia could only have been written by an accomplished social and urban historian, who, as a born and bred Chicagoan, also knows the city in an organic way. Basing his account on the wealth of his previous research, Pacyga presents a comprehensive portrait of an important ethnic community seen through its organizational activities as well as everyday lived experience. American Warsaw, set against the backdrop of both American and Poland's history, tells the story from the earliest decades of Polish immigration to the United States to the most recent period."--Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, author of The Polish Hearst: Ameryka-Echo and the Public Role of the Immigrant PressTable of ContentsIntroduction: Polish Chicago 1 Meet Me at the Fair: Poland’s Fourth Partition 2 Settling In: Creating Polonia’s Capital 3 Living in Polish Chicago, 1880–1920 4 World War One: A Turning Point 5 Interwar Polonia: Years of Stress and Change 6 Apocalypse Again: World War Two and Its Aftermath 7 The Lost Struggle: Chicago’s Polonia, Communist Poland, and a Changing City 8 A New Polonia Acknowledgments Notes Index
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The University of Chicago Press Awakening to Race
Book SynopsisThe election of America's first black president has led many to believe that race is no longer a real obstacle to success and that remaining racial inequality stems largely from the failure of minority groups to take personal responsibility for seeking out opportunities. The author upends this view.Trade Review"Jack Turner has canvassed a remarkable range of sources to develop a profoundly revisionist take on individualism, a theme absolutely central to the nation's founding and which has ongoing - in fact heightened - relevance in the 'postracial' age-of-Obama United States. Turner both makes a convincing case that individualism as a central American value needs to be recaptured from the Right and demonstrates that the rich tradition of American political thought does indeed provide us with the necessary conceptual resources for doing so." (Charles W. Mills, Northwestern University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Sounding Latin Music Hearing the Americas
Book SynopsisHow is Latin American music heard, by whom, and why? Many in the United States believe Latin American musicians make Latin musicwhich carries with it a whole host of assumptions, definitions, and contradictions. In their own countries, these expatriate musicians might generate immense national pride or trigger suspicions of national betrayals. The making, sounding, and hearing of Latin music brings into being the complex array of concepts that constitute Latin Americanismits fissures and paradoxes, but also its universal aspirations. Taking as its center musicians from or with declared roots in Latin America, Jairo Moreno presents us with an innovative analysis of how and why music emerges as a necessary but insufficient shorthand for defining and understanding Latin American, Latinx, and American experiences of modernity. This close look at the growth of music-making by Latin American and Spanish-speaking musicians in the United States at the turn of the twenty-first century reveals diverging understandings of music's social and political possibilities for participation and belonging. Through the stories of musiciansRubén Blades, Shakira, Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, and Miguel ZenónSounding Latin Music, Hearing the Americas traces how artists use music to produce worlds and senses of the world at the ever-transforming conjunction of Latin America and the United States.Trade Review“Original and insightful, Sounding Latin Music, Hearing the Americas is carefully researched in terms of historical framework, painstakingly structured and argued, and well written. Though the author's expertise is primarily musicological, his erudition spans several fields, and allows him to cover theoretical, historical, and disciplinary terrain that most scholars would be well advised not to attempt. In short, no one else could have written this tour de force.” * Jason R. Borge, University of Texas at Austin *“This is a powerful, insightful, and enlightening book by a major thinker in his field with an impressive command of the literature and musical repertoire of Latin America as well as Latinos in the United States. Moreno writes consciously as an intellectual ‘migrant’ at the crossroads of music studies, Latin American studies, cultural studies, and American studies. The theoretical contributions of this book are palpable, and it is humanized by the author being so conversant in popular music for mass audiences.” * Timothy Brennan, University of Minnesota *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 Reckoning with Letters: “Pedro Navaja” and Aural Equality 2 Crossing Under (and Beyond) 3 Shakira’s Cosmopolitanisms 4 Histories and Economies of Afro-Latin Jazz 5 Act, Event, and Tradition: Miguel Zenón and the Aurality of the Unthinkable Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press An Epidemic of Uncertainty Navigating HIV and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An Epidemic of Uncertainty is dense and thorough in its engagement with the TLT study, interspersed with detailed ethnographic vignettes that give stories, names, and weight to the vast data collected and examined." * The Lancet *"The philosophy and history of mathematical probability and its applications have recently, and very evocatively, described it as ‘the taming of chance’. Trinitapoli reminds us that this is certainly not the case. The calculus of risk, however impressive its achievements, cannot dispel the uncertainty of life events as people actually experience them. In the course of her analysis, she builds a simple and powerful explanatory framework attentive not only to the findings of her own superb ethnography, but to other demographers’, anthropologists’, and sociologists’, contributions." -- Philip Kreager, Somerville College, Oxford University"Trinitapoli, with her storytelling, has successfully opened a window for the reader to look into village life in Balaka district in Malawi, and she has at the same time, addressed demographic phenomena of fertility, migration, and mortality in a context of rapidly changing local HIV epidemic. The sensitive and accurate portrayal of village life and its chatter, interwoven with uncertainty in decision-making over partnerships, parenthood, and divorce has given me a fresh perspective on how I will read HIV and demographic statistics in the future." -- Nyovani Madise, Director of Research and Sustainable Development Policies and Head of the Malawi office of the African Institute for Development Policy"An Epidemic of Uncertainty is a multicourse gourmet meal for demographers. It is a book to settle into, chew on, and ruminate over with good friends. Empirically dense, theoretically rich, and analytically smart, the book moves the reader effortlessly between sophisticated quantitative analyses and everyday village and town life in and around Balaka, Malawi. And it brings demography, in all its interdisciplinary and conceptual splendor, to bear on the new subfield, Jenny Trinitapoli, the book's author, wants to usher in: Uncertainty Demography." -- Sanyu A. Mojola * Population and Development Review *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Surveying the Shadows of Uncertainty 2 Ten Years in Balaka: The Excellent and Imperfect Data of Longitudinal Studies 3 Uncertainty Demography 4 The Scope of HIV Uncertainty 5 HIV Uncertainty and the Limits of Testing 6 Relationship Uncertainty and Marriage Instability 7 Call the Ankhoswe 8 Ultimate Uncertainties and the Mortality Landscape 9 Conclusion: Varieties of Uncertainty in Balaka Acknowledgments Appendix: Mortality Trends in Malawi, 1990–2020 Glossary of Chichewa and Technical Terms Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Nuclear Minds Cold War Psychological Science and
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Within the vast scholarship on the atomic bombs the book stands out for its highly original depiction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as ‘ground zero’ for the articulation of the concept of trauma, which is applied so widely today. Historians of Japan, medicine and science and technology studies are likely to find it an enlightening and even moving read.” * British Journal for the History of Science *“This book presents an insightful and persuasive analysis of Japanese psychiatry and the troubled experiences of atom bomb survivors. . . . Zwigenberg provides important evidence to understand why so many people, who had endured unimaginable suffering, were neglected in the post-war period.” * The Psychologist *“Nuclear Minds is a penetrating investigation into how the postwar Japanese psychological and psychiatric establishment encountered the psychic effects of nuclear trauma, exposing a long journey toward an understanding of how political trauma and war deeply effect individuals within their collective society—here, Zwigenberg offers a necessary reflection and examination extremely resonant with current events today.” * History: Reviews of New Books *“After Hiroshima in 1945, the psychological effect of the bomb was, astonishingly, explained away as if caused by anything but the bomb. Science’s obsession with objectivity and universality, compounded by the Cold War realignment of geopolitical powers, made individual suffering of hibakusha utterly invisible. In a clear and compelling analysis, and with appealingly open prose, Zwigenberg strikingly juxtaposes and makes tangible a global web of psychological knowledge, science politics, and survivor activism before the advent of post-traumatic stress disorder.” -- Naoko Wake, Michigan State University“A profound and illuminating journey into the psychological subjectivism experienced by the hibakusha under the Cold War psychiatric gaze. Zwigenberg shows how analyses of surviving nuclear attacks in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were embedded into existing psychological frameworks of militarized emotional harm and yet disrupted them. We see the hibakusha abandoned as suffering individuals even as their wounds were being collectively codified to prepare the world for a dystopic future.” -- Robert A. Jacobs, Hiroshima Peace Institute and Hiroshima City UniversityTable of ContentsNote on Language Introduction Part 1. Bombing Minds Chapter 1. American Psychological Sciences and the Road to Hiroshima and Nagasaki Chapter 2. Bombing “the Japanese Mind”: Alexander Leighton’s Hiroshima Chapter 3. Healing a Sick World: The Nuclear Age on the Analyst’s Couch Chapter 4. Nuclear Trauma and Panic in the United States Part 2. Researching Minds, Healing Minds Chapter 5. Y. Scott Matsumoto, the ABCC, and A-Bomb Social Work Chapter 6. Konuma Masuho and the Psychiatry of the Bomb Chapter 7. Kubo Yoshitoshi and the Psychology of Peace Chapter 8. Social Workers, Nuclear Sociology, and the Road to PTSD Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Color of Asylum The Racial Politics of Safe
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Brazil’s high rate of granting asylum to Syrians and Congolese superficially suggests that a racial democracy is protecting refugees. Jensen’s ethnographic deep dive shows that underneath the surface of simple statistics and public pronouncements, the asylum process is saturated with racial inequalities.” -- David Scott FitzGerald, coauthor of The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach“The Color of Asylum follows Syrian and Congolese escapees from their countries’ wars to incisively describe how Brazil’s asylum system differentially treats the two groups. This is the latest chapter in Brazil’s long, fascinating, and racialized immigration history.” -- Edward Telles, University of California, Irvine“Grounded on an impressive array of archival data, legal materials, and the keenest of ethnographies, The Color of Asylum renders accessible the complexities of the asylum bureaucracy and is a critical contribution and a must-read.” -- Cecilia Menjívar, University of California, Los Angeles“With clarity and ethnographic rigor, The Color of Asylum documents how Brazil’s seemingly open asylum policy follows the historical racial project of the nation-state. I highly recommend this book to readers interested in race matters in Latin America as well as to race scholars in general.” -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University"The Color of Asylum provokes important questions about racialized political violence and the ways in which seemingly inclusive regimes and policies can continue to produce racial domination. This book would greatly benefit those studying, among other topics, the racialization of migrants, the social and political construction of the refugee condition, the state’s role in processes of migrant in/exclusion, the intersection of racial subordination and legal status, and the numerous ways that racism shapes migrant sociopolitical belonging. It would also be a strong entry point for those looking to teach or learn about race and migration beyond Europe or the United States." * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Arrival: Asylum in Context 2: Waiting: Racial Conditioning and the Body 3: Seeing: Making Racial Sense of Claims 4: Knowing: White Logic and (Dis)Embodiment 5: Deciding: Speeding Up, Slowing Down 6: Caring: Racial Logics of Concern and Vulnerability 7: After: Refugee Apathy Conclusion – Racial Domination through Inclusion Acknowledgments Appendix A: On Data and Methods Appendix B: Figures and Tables Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Color of Asylum The Racial Politics of Safe
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Brazil’s high rate of granting asylum to Syrians and Congolese superficially suggests that a racial democracy is protecting refugees. Jensen’s ethnographic deep dive shows that underneath the surface of simple statistics and public pronouncements, the asylum process is saturated with racial inequalities.” -- David Scott FitzGerald, coauthor of The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach“The Color of Asylum follows Syrian and Congolese escapees from their countries’ wars to incisively describe how Brazil’s asylum system differentially treats the two groups. This is the latest chapter in Brazil’s long, fascinating, and racialized immigration history.” -- Edward Telles, University of California, Irvine“Grounded on an impressive array of archival data, legal materials, and the keenest of ethnographies, The Color of Asylum renders accessible the complexities of the asylum bureaucracy and is a critical contribution and a must-read.” -- Cecilia Menjívar, University of California, Los Angeles“With clarity and ethnographic rigor, The Color of Asylum documents how Brazil’s seemingly open asylum policy follows the historical racial project of the nation-state. I highly recommend this book to readers interested in race matters in Latin America as well as to race scholars in general.” -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University"The Color of Asylum provokes important questions about racialized political violence and the ways in which seemingly inclusive regimes and policies can continue to produce racial domination. This book would greatly benefit those studying, among other topics, the racialization of migrants, the social and political construction of the refugee condition, the state’s role in processes of migrant in/exclusion, the intersection of racial subordination and legal status, and the numerous ways that racism shapes migrant sociopolitical belonging. It would also be a strong entry point for those looking to teach or learn about race and migration beyond Europe or the United States." * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Arrival: Asylum in Context 2: Waiting: Racial Conditioning and the Body 3: Seeing: Making Racial Sense of Claims 4: Knowing: White Logic and (Dis)Embodiment 5: Deciding: Speeding Up, Slowing Down 6: Caring: Racial Logics of Concern and Vulnerability 7: After: Refugee Apathy Conclusion – Racial Domination through Inclusion Acknowledgments Appendix A: On Data and Methods Appendix B: Figures and Tables Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Sound Experiments
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking study of the trailblazing music of Chicago's AACM, a leader in the world of jazz and experimental music. Founded on Chicago's South Side in 1965 and still thriving today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is the most influential collective organization in jazz and experimental music. In Sound Experiments, Paul Steinbeck offers an in-depth historical and musical investigation of the collective, analyzing individual performances and formal innovations in captivating detail. He pays particular attention to compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell, the Association's leading figures, as well as Anthony Braxton, George Lewis (and his famous computer-music experiment, Voyager), Wadada Leo Smith, and Henry Threadgill, along with younger AACM members such as Mike Reed, Tomeka Reid, and Nicole Mitchell. Sound Experiments represents a sonic history, spanning six decades, that affords insight not only into the individuals who cTrade ReviewPaul Steinbeck’s magisterial Sound Experiments [is] a look at the AACM through “a set of ten compositions, improvisations, and recordings.” Sound Experiments contains many transcriptions and technical descriptions, but Steinbeck is a fluid writer and there are stories to tell. -- Sasha Frere-Jones * Bookforum *"In this erudite but lively account, Steinbeck presents the first in-depth study of the AACM’s musicians and music as he traces the evolution of the group's innovative work over many decades. . . . An important addition to the jazz bookshelf." * Booklist *"[Steinbeck] gives a good account of the cultural, social, political, and economic contexts from which the music emerged, and is keenly aware of the racialised gatekeeping which has all too often kept AACM composers from getting their due. . . . Ultimately, the reader comes away with a greater appreciation of the AACM's achievements: Great Black Music, from Ancient to the Future." * The Wire *"Musical analysis dominates the text, but Steinbeck’s thoughtful writing makes the descriptions work on several levels: for a student, or anyone interested in learning about how the music works; for a non-musician who may breeze past the score excerpts but dig into the plain-speak breakdowns; or the attentive fan who can relate the structures discussed to stage dynamics they have witnessed." * New York City Jazz Record *"The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians has achieved worldwide recognition for its approaches to notated composition, improvisation, technology, and intermedia. Steinbeck’s extensive historical and methodological analysis of a wide range of AACM musical practices makes this book indispensable to an understanding of the leading role of Afrodiasporic experimentalism in the past, present, and future of new music." -- George Lewis"I really appreciate Paul Steinbeck’s scholarship in putting together Sound Experiments. I have always found him to be an engaging writer. I enjoy how he wrote about my compositions on my album Sound, as well as the different iterations of my composition Nonaah. He really dug deep!" -- Roscoe Mitchell"Steinbeck has written an excellent analysis of the works of composers-performers from the AACM. A clear and concise investigative text, it looks into many aspects involved in creating a work of musical art. His writing is creative and has an expressive use of language. I recommend his book to everyone." -- Wadada Leo Smith"One of the most significant avant-garde collectives of the twentieth century, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) remains a powerful force in the early 21st century. In Paul Steinbeck, the AACM has found a chronicler and scholar of passion, erudition, and discipline, the very qualities that have made it such an enduring institution." -- Adam Shatz"Rather than a tour through AACM history, Sound Experiments serves as a deep dive into six of the organization’s seminal albums across the decades, which makes listening to the music while reading a whole new kind of experience. Be it Abrams’s ambitious Levels and Degrees of Light from 1968 or Mitchell’s 1977 solo-concert album Nonaah… Steinbeck makes an authoritative guide." * The Slowdown *"Before analyzing each work, Steinbeck traces its genesis in a detailed monograph, illustrating the context in which it was born and the biography of the protagonists. (...) The result is a seminal work on the AACM, the first of its kind." -- Angelo Leonardi * AllAboutJazz.com *"Steinbeck provides some musical notations and deeper analysis of the sounds from his perspective as a musicologist – very illuminating to us, as we tend to have much more of a visceral response to these records." * Dusty Groove *"Paul Steinbeck, Sound Experiments: The Music of the AACM (Chicago) — Musician and Washington University, St. Louis music professor Steinbeck provides a stimulating history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) founded on Chicago’s South Side in 1965. He offers in-depth explorations of innovative performances by members of the organization, from Anthony Braxton’s Composition 76 to Wadada Leo Smith’s The Freedom Summers and Nicole Mitchell’s Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds. He demonstrates the ways these pieces contributed singular approaches to notation, instrumentation, and musical form, creating fresh sounds to contemporary music." -- Henry Carrigan * The Journal of Roots Music No Depression *“A Seminary Coop Notable Book of the Year” * / *“A Seminary Coop Notable Book of the Year” * / *"Paul Steinbeck, Sound Experiments: The Music of the AACM (Chicago) — Musician and Washington University, St. Louis music professor Steinbeck provides a stimulating history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) founded on Chicago’s South Side in 1965. He offers in-depth explorations of innovative performances by members of the organization, from Anthony Braxton’s Composition 76 to Wadada Leo Smith’s The Freedom Summers and Nicole Mitchell’s Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds. He demonstrates the ways these pieces contributed singular approaches to notation, instrumentation, and musical form, creating fresh sounds to contemporary music." -- Henry Carrigan * The Journal of Roots Music No Depression *“Essential reading for anyone interested in jazz and creative music. Steinbeck continues the ongoing task of situating the work of the AACM within the history of experimental music and composition, while always making clear the myriad ways that this music sets itself apart.” * Musicworks *"The music of the AACM is certainly some of the most artistically challenging music ever recorded. Sound Experiments is therefore an invaluable companion for those looking to dip their toes into this fascinating discography, as well as a rich source of information for those looking to dive more deeply into the depths of musical analysis." -- Tom Spargo * All About Jazz *"Not only does this book provide a wonderful addition to jazz scholarship, but Steinbeck has demonstrated that these artists should be talked about right along with other leading figures of the avant-garde music scenes in the 1960s and beyond. This book could prove useful to many researchers outside of the jazz realm, such as composers, performers of experimental music, musicologists, and general fans of experimental music." * Music Reference Services Quarterly *"Not only does this book provide a wonderful addition to jazz scholarship, but Steinbeck has demonstrated that these artists should be talked about right along with other leading figures of the avant-garde music scenes in the 1960s and beyond. This book could prove useful to many researchers outside of the jazz realm, such as composers, performers of experimental music, musicologists, and general fans of experimental music." * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Roscoe Mitchell, Sound :: Muhal Richard Abrams, Levels and Degrees of Light 2 Roscoe Mitchell, Nonaah 3 Anthony Braxton, Composition 76 4 Air, Air Time 5 George Lewis, Voyager 6 Fred Anderson, Volume Two 7 AACM Great Black Music Ensemble, At Umbria Jazz 2009 8 Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers 9 Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds Conclusion Notes Recordings References Index
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The University of Chicago Press And the Garden Is You
Book SynopsisA new collection of essays reflecting on the centrality of writing anthropological practice from one of the discipline's most influential thinkers. Michael Taussig's work is known for its critical insights and bold, experimental style. In the eleven essays in this new collection, Taussig reflects on the act of writing itself, demonstrating its importance for anthropological practice and calling for the discipline to keep experiential knowledge from being extinguished as fieldnotes become scholarship. Setting out to show how this can be done, And the Garden Is You exemplifies a form of exploratory writing that preserves the spontaneity of notes scribbled down in haste. In these essays, the author's reflections take us from his childhood in Sydney to trips to Afghanistan, Colombia, Finland, Italy, Turkey, and Syria. Along the way, Taussig explores themes of fabulation and provocation that are central to his life's work, in addition to the thinkers dearest to himBataille, Benjamin
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The University of Chicago Press Red Mans America A History of Indians in the
Book SynopsisRed Man's America meets the great need for a comprehensive study of Indian societies from the first Stone Age hunters to the American citizens of today. Beginning with the first migrations of primitive man from Siberia in the Old World to Alaska in the New, probably during the latter part of the Pleistocene glaciations, and his subsequent migration southward and eastward, the author takes up in turn the tribes and cultures of the various regions of North America. The material Professor Underhill has gathered from the fields of archaeology, ethnology, and history, together with that drawn from her own experience in the United States Indian Service, produces a fascinating narrative. Red Man's America is an important contribution to our heritage of Indian life and lore. A work for which both sociologist and historian will be forever grateful. The author has combined a long period of study with actual field work in the service of the Indian to produce a work that gives a brief, but well wr
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The University of Chicago Press Red Mans Religion Beliefs and Practices of the
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The University of Chicago Press The Two Reconstructions The Struggle for Black
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2005 J. David Greenstone Book Award from the Politics and History section of the American Political Science Association. Winner of the 2005 Ralph J. Bunche Award of the American Political Science AssociationWinner of the 2005 V.O. Key, Jr. Award of the Southern Political Science AssociationThe Reconstruction era marked a huge political leap for African Americans, who rapidly went from the status of slaves to voters and officeholders. Yet this hard-won progress lasted only a few decades. Ultimately a second reconstructionassociated with the civil rights movement and the Voting Rights Actbecame necessary. How did the first reconstruction fail so utterly, setting the stage for the complete disenfranchisement of Southern black voters, and why did the second succeed? These are among the questions Richard M. Valelly answers in this fascinating history. The fate of black enfranchisement, he argues, has been closely intertwined with the strengths and constraints of our political
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The University of Chicago Press The Mystic of Friendship
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