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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Water and African American Memory
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas 18801960
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDeftly unravels the complex historical interrelationships of race, color, class, economics, and environment in the Colonial Bahamas. An invaluable study for scholars who conduct comparative research on the British Caribbean."" - Rosalyn Howard, author of Black Seminoles in the Bahamas ""Saunders is to be commended for a scholarly study that prominently features the non-white majority in the Bahamas—a group which usually has been overlooked."" - Whittington B. Johnson, author of Post-Emancipation Race Relations in The Bahamas
£999.99
University Press of Florida AfroPolitics and Civil Society in Salvador da
Book SynopsisUsing the city of Salvador as a case study, Kwame Dixon tracks the emergence of black civil society groups and their political projects: claiming new citizenship rights, testing new anti-discrimination and affirmative action measures, reclaiming rural and urban land, and increasing political representation.Trade Review“Powerfully illustrates that Bahia has a vibrant black political history worthy of documentation, re-centering the scholarship on race and politics to the northeast where the black population is the majority.” —Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, author of Black Women against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil“English-language work has rarely paid such attention to discourses in Afro-Brazilian communities on civil society inclusion and the process of democratization. This book is a significant contribution to understanding that movement for change and social justice.” —Clarence Lusane, author of The Black History of the White House
£20.66
University Press of Florida The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo A
Book SynopsisExamines the historic Black community of Timbuctoo, New Jersey, which was founded in 1826 by formerly enslaved migrants from Maryland. In collaboration with descendants and community members, Christopher Barton explores the intersectionality of life at Timbuctoo and the ways Black residents resisted the marginalizing structures of race and class.
£56.95
University Press of Florida Black WellBeing Health and Selfhood in
Book SynopsisAnalysing slave narratives, emigration polemics, a murder trial, and black-authored fiction, Andrea Stone highlights the central role physical and mental health and well-being played in antebellum black literary constructions of selfhood.Trade Review“A valuable resource. . . . Stone gives space to both fugitive and free black writers, canonical and obscure, essay and narrative, in an effort to revisit the terms of the canon and the boundaries of the black literary as it is understood for the Antebellum period”—American Literature“Does an excellent job at examining how black writers and orators—as well as white legal scholars and slaveholders—attempted to define black selfhood. . . . Everyone should read this book when trying to understand how today’s society has come to view black bodies and black well-being, especially in light of the Tuskegee experiment; Henrietta Lacks; and other immoral, illegal, and extralegal uses of black bodies for the benefit of white people.”—The Journal of African American History“Presents a wealth of literature—from pamphlets to ‘scientific’ findings to novels and short stories, all of which provides insight into antebellum sentiments regarding black selfhood.”—The Griot""An innovative interpretation of antebellum black literature as well as a timely contribution to the growing body of scholarship on health and the black body in slavery and freedom.""—Erica L. Ball, author of To Live an Antislavery Life: Personal Politics and the Antebellum Black Middle Class""Engages productively with discourses of identity and subjectivity, the human and post-human, nationalism and citizenship, and law and medicine in a 'transcolonial' framework that includes the United States, the Caribbean, and Canada.""—Gwen Bergner, author of Taboo Subjects: Race, Sex, and Psychoanalysis
£21.56
University Press of Florida Shaping Dance Canons Criticism Aesthetics and
Book SynopsisThe first book to examine dance criticism in the United States across 100 years, from the late 1920s to the early twenty-first century, Shaping Dance Canons argues that critics in the popular press have influenced how dance has been defined and valued, as well as which artists and dance forms have been taken most seriously.
£60.35
University Press of Florida Blackness in Mexico
Book SynopsisThrough historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico delves into the ongoing movement toward recognizing Black Mexicans as a cultural group within a nation that has long viewed the non-Black mestizo as the archetypal citizen.
£60.35
University Press of Florida New Directions in the Study of African American
Book SynopsisExamines the movement to resettle black Americans in Africa, an effort led by the American Colonization Society during the nineteenth century and a heavily debated part of American history. Some believe it was inspired by antislavery principles, but others think it was a proslavery reaction against the presence of free blacks in society.
£22.46
University Press of Florida Blackness in Mexico AfroMexican Recognition and
Book SynopsisThrough historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico delves into the ongoing movement toward recognising Black Mexicans as a cultural group within a nation that has long viewed the non-Black mestizo as the archetypal citizen.
£26.06
University Press of Florida Atlantic Passages Race Mobility and Liberian
Book SynopsisEstablished in the early nineteenth century as a settlement for free people of colour, Liberia is usually seen as an endpoint in the journeys of those who traveled there. Robert Murray reveals that many Liberian settlers in fact returned repeatedly to the US, and explores the ways this movement shaped the construction of race in the Atlantic world.Trade Review“An innovative addition to the growing body of scholarship on Liberian colonization. . . . Required reading for anyone interested in the colonization movement or identity formation in the nineteenth century Atlantic World.”—Journal of Social History“A compelling narrative of Atlantic and American racialization in West Africa. . . . People interested in the histories of West Africa, the United States, Black Atlantic, and slavery and race-making will find Atlantic Passages deeply insightful and refreshing.”—Journal of Early American History“Centers discussion of Black settlers’ experiences negotiating issues of race, colorism, class, and gender in Liberia. . . . Show[s] us how there is more that we can learn from and write about with respect to the histories of Liberian colonization.”—Early American Literature
£21.56
The Catholic University of America Press Black Catholic Studies Reader History and
Book SynopsisOffers an introduction to the theology and history of the Black Catholic experience from those who know it best: Black Catholic scholars, teachers, activists, and ministers. The reader offers a multi-faceted, interdisciplinary approach that illuminates what it means to be Black and Catholic in the United States.
£23.96
Rutgers University Press What it Means to be a Man Reflections on Puerto
Book SynopsisAn insightful examination of Puerto Rican culture and the ways in which Puerto Rican masculinity is constructed. The author discusses the attributes and demands of masculinity, and points out the ways in which strength, competition, and sexuality are joined with power and pleasure.
£26.99
Rutgers University Press Christianity Social Change and Globalization in
Book Synopsis Organized around three central themes-family, youth, and community; democratization, citizenship, and political participation; and immigration and transnationalism-this book argues that, at the local level, religion helps people, especially women and youths, solidify their identities and confront the challenges of the modern world. Trade Review"The book stands out for the sharpness and freshness of the presentation on transnational groups. Valuable."Table of Contents"The only way I can walk" / Anna Peterson Religion and family / Rosa Castro Aguilar Popular religion and the (Re)construction of community in Yungay / Philip Williams Believers and neighbors / Hortensia Munoz Faith and citizenship . Rosa Castro Aguilar Rebuilding community in the wake of war / Ileana Gomez Rethinking transnationalism / Larissa Ruiz Baia Youth gangs and religion among salvadorans in Washington and El Salvador Ileana Gomez and Manual Vasquez "Upwards, never down" / Anna Peterson and Manuel Vasquez The global and the local / Anna Peterson, Manuel Vasquez, and Philip Williams
£27.90
MW - Rutgers University Press The Freedom to Remember Narrative Slavery and
Book SynopsisThe Freedom to Remember examines contemporary literary revisions of slavery in the United States by black women writers. The narratives at the center of this book include: Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred, Sherley Anne Williams’s Dessa Rose, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, J. California Cooper’s Family, and Lorene Cary’s The Price of a Child.Trade Review"In this provocative, indeed indispensable, study, Mitchell uses Harriet Jacobs's emancipatory narrative Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) as her urtext in examining five novels by women: Octavia Butler's Kindred (1979), Sherley Ann Williams's Dessa Rose (1986), Toni Morrison's Beloved (1987), J. California Cooper's Family (1991), and Lorene Cary's The Price of a Child (1995). . . . All academic collections." * Choice *"Angelyn Mitchell's extraordinary study is rich in detail and analysis, confidently mediating our ways of remembering the narratives of slavery as well as the ways of women—as writer and as characterùbearing courageous witness. The Freedom to Remember is scholarship at its very best and will surely be one of the essential books in critical and cultural studies." -- Karla Holloway * William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, Duke University *"A work of evocative interpretation and socially healing criticism, The Freedom to Remember reveals the liberating thematics of contemporary black women's contribution to the much-acclaimed neoslave narrative." -- William L. Andrews * author of To Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography *"Building upon the work of Toni Cade Bambara, Eleanor Traylor, and Sherley Anne Williams, Angelyn Mitchell is the first to elaborate the need for a shift in terminology used to discuss slave narratives and contemporary novels of slavery. If the only contribution of The Freedom to Remember is to popularize a change from slave narrative to emancipatory narrative and from neo-slave narrative to liberatory narrative, Angelyn Mitchell will have accomplished a great deal." -- Farah Jasmine Griffin * author of If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday *"In this provocative, indeed indispensable, study, Mitchell uses Harriet Jacobs's emancipatory narrative Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) as her urtext in examining five novels by women: Octavia Butler's Kindred (1979), Sherley Ann Williams's Dessa Rose (1986), Toni Morrison's Beloved (1987), J. California Cooper's Family (1991), and Lorene Cary's The Price of a Child (1995). . . . All academic collections." * Choice *"Angelyn Mitchell's extraordinary study is rich in detail and analysis, confidently mediating our ways of remembering the narratives of slavery as well as the ways of women—as writer and as characterùbearing courageous witness. The Freedom to Remember is scholarship at its very best and will surely be one of the essential books in critical and cultural studies." -- Karla Holloway * William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, Duke University *"A work of evocative interpretation and socially healing criticism, The Freedom to Remember reveals the liberating thematics of contemporary black women's contribution to the much-acclaimed neoslave narrative." -- William L. Andrews * author of To Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography *"Building upon the work of Toni Cade Bambara, Eleanor Traylor, and Sherley Anne Williams, Angelyn Mitchell is the first to elaborate the need for a shift in terminology used to discuss slave narratives and contemporary novels of slavery. If the only contribution of The Freedom to Remember is to popularize a change from slave narrative to emancipatory narrative and from neo-slave narrative to liberatory narrative, Angelyn Mitchell will have accomplished a great deal." -- Farah Jasmine Griffin * author of If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday *Table of ContentsHarriet A. Jacobs's Incidents in the life of a slave girl, written by herself: the ur-narrative of black womanhood Not enough of the past: Octavia E. Butler's Kindred History, agency, and subjectivity in Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose The metaphysics of black female identity in Toni Morrison's Beloved J. California Cooper's family: of (absent?) mothers, (motherless?) daughters, and (interracial?) relations The economies of bondage and freedom in Lorene Cary's The price of a child
£27.90
Rutgers University Press When I Look into the Mirror and See You Women
Book SynopsisIn the early 1980s, in the midst of Central America's decades of dirty wars, Nora Miselem of Honduras and Maria Suarez Toro of Costa Rica were kidnapped and subjected to rape and other tortures. Here, Margaret Randall recounts the terror, resistance and remarkable survival of the two women.
£25.19
Rutgers University Press Black VictoriansBlack Victoriana
Book SynopsisThis is an examination of the lives of black people in Victorian England. Contributors to the book look at the ways blacks were represented in popular culture of the time and also at their lives as they experienced them - as workers, travellers, lecturers, performers and professionals.Trade ReviewUsing a rich diversity of approaches, these essays give voice to hitherto unheard stories and provide historical and theoretical frameworks in which to understand them. Reading the volume creates an exciting feeling of discovery. -- Margaret Homans * Yale University *Using a rich diversity of approaches, these essays give voice to hitherto unheard stories and provide historical and theoretical frameworks in which to understand them. Reading the volume creates an exciting feeling of discovery. -- Margaret Homans * Yale University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viiIntroductionGRETCHEN HOLBROOK GERZINAPART I The Black Victorian Experience in BritainQueen Victoria s Black "Daughter " 11JOAN ANIM-ADDOPablo Fanque, Black Circus Proprietor 20JOHN M. TURNERReexamining the Early Years of SamuelColeridge-Taylor, Composer 39JEFFREY GREENTracing Peoples of African Origin and Descentin Victorian Kent 51DAVID KILLINGRAYPART II Transatlanticism and the Migration ofBlack VictoriansMrs. Seacole s Wonderful Adventures in Many Landsand the Consciousness of Transit 71LlZABETH PARAVISINI-GEBERT"A Colored Woman in Another Country Pleading forJustice in Her Own ": Ida B. Wells in Great Britain 88NICOLE KING"No Longer Rare Birds in London ": Zulu, Ndebele,Gaza, and Swazi Envoys to England, 1882-1894 110NEIL PARSONSPART III Representations, Conceptualizations, andDiscourses of Back VictoriansThe Representation of Africa in Mid-VictorianChildren s Magazines 145KATHRYN CASTLEThe Blackface Clown 159MICHAEL PICKERINGAnti-Imperial London: The Pan-AfricanConference of 1900 175JONATHAN SCHNEERReconstructing Victorian Racial Discourse: Imagesof Race, the Language of Race Relations, and theContext of Black Resistance 187DOUGLAS LORIMERNotes on the Contributors 209Index 211Illustrations appear between pages 118 and 119.
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Serving Our Country Japanese American Women in
Book SynopsisThrough in-depth interviews with surviving Nisei (Japanese American) women who served in the military during World War II, the author provides firsthand accounts of their experiences and, with extensive archival research, sheds light on their reasoning at that time.Trade ReviewBrenda Moore has given us such an eye-opening look at the racialized genderings of World War II - the war we think we know so much about and yet in fact are just beginning to really grasp in all its complexity. Furthermore, using in-depth narratives and exploring Japanese American women's pre-war, wartime and post-war experiences, Moore has reminded us that any war is a heady mix of state manipulation, popular anxieties and individual women's own subtle forms of agency. This is a book for right now. -- Cynthia Enloe * author of Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives *Serving Our Country is a fascinating account of an important story virtually unknown until now. We are indebted to Brenda Moore for adding a new and significant chapter to our nation's history. -- Charles Moskos * Northwestern University *Table of ContentsBefore the warContradictions and paradoxesWomen's army corps recruitment of nisei womenService in the women's army corpsCommissions in the Army medical corpsThe postwar yearsWacs who entered the Army from Hawaii, December 1944
£27.90
Rutgers University Press The Emperors New Clothes Biological Theories of
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book, Joseph Graves traces the development of biological thought about human genetic diversity. Greek philosophy, social Darwinism, New World colonialism, the eugenics movement, intelligence testing biases, and racial health fallacies are just a few of the topics he addresses. Graves argues that racism has persisted in our society because adequate scientific reasoning has not entered into the equation. He champions the scientific method and explains how we may properly ask scientific questions about the nature of population differentiation and how (if at all) we may correlate that diversity to observed human behavior. He also cautions us to think critically about scientific findings that have historically been misused in controversies over racial differences in intelligence heritability, criminal behavior, disease predisposition, and other traits. According to Graves, this country cannot truly address its racial problems untilTrade ReviewThe author's main purpose is to show that the concept of race is a social construct that has no scientific basis. This is apparently now generally understood by the scientific community, but has not yet properly penetrated the understanding of the general public. This is the fundamental moral challenge that Graves put to the U.S. as its prime task in the millennium. His book is clear, readable, and ideal for first-year students. * Quarterly Review of Biology *Intellectually delightful, and at times deeply moving, this book's fundamental thesis is of outstanding importance. The biological non-existence of race is one of the most liberating messages that the American public will hear in a long time. It should be read by anybody who is a registered voter in the United States. -- Michael R. Rose * author of Darwin's Spectre: Evolutionary Biology in the Modern World *Evolutionary biologist Joseph Graves Jr. sets out to show that scientific, not political, correctness underlies the critique of the race concept, and argues that æthere is no biological basis for separation of human beings into race.' . . . The Emperor's New Clothes is a valuable study, and critique, of the concept of race. It is a pity that such books remain necessary. * Times Literary Supplement *What is the basis for separation of humans into races? Is it biological (i.e., genetic), or is it physical (i.e., phenotypic) and sociological? Depending on the answers, can racism be supported biologically? Graves has posed answers to these questions that could revise the ways in which humans interact with one another. With scientific training in genetics and the molecular biology of evolution, Graves has the background to speak meaningfuly to these questions. . . . For anyone interested in human interaction. All levels. * Choice *A concise history of the origin and evolution of the idea of race, the development of the science of classification and ranking of human types/races, and the persistence of racial ideology and science. Graves concludes that race is a social construct that was given power by science. When the myth of biological races is smashed, biological differences cease to be an excuse for inequality, and racism is exposed. * Journal of the American Medical Association *A book declaring that biological races do not exist and that the concept of race æwas socially constructed, arising from the colonization of the New World and the importation of slaves, mainly from western Africa' merits a salute right off the bat. . . . Joseph L. Graves Jr., is a laboratory geneticist, and he has made his case based on solid science, not on feel-good social motivations. . . . Graves is a laboratory scientist. His grasp of science and use of up-to-date sources put his presentation on a rock-solid basis. . . . The Emperor's New Clothes is a fine start for thinking about race at the dawn of the new millennium. * American Scientist *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 The Origin of the Race Concept Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Part 2 Darwin and the Survival of Scientific Racism Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Part 3 Applications and Misapplications of Darwinism Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Part 4 Biological Theories of Race at Millennium Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index
£29.70
Rutgers University Press Black Women Identity and Cultural Theory
Book SynopsisKevin Everod Quashie explores the metaphor of the 'girlfriend' as a new way of understanding three central concepts of cultural studies: self, memory and language. He considers how the works of writers such as Toni Morrison and Ama Ata Aidoo inform the debates over the concept of identity.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: What Becomes... Chapter 1 - The Other Dancer as Self: Notes on Girlfriend Selfhood Chapter 2 - Self(full)ness and the Politics of Community Chapter 3 - Liminality and Selfhood: Toward Being Enough Chapter 4 - An Indisputable Memory of Blackness Chapter 5 - The Practice of a Memory Body Chapter 6 - Toward a Language Aesthetic Chapter 7 - My Own, Language Conclusion... What is Undone Notes Works Cited Index
£27.90
John Wiley & Sons Rewriting White Race Class and Cultural Capital
Book Synopsis What did it mean for people of color in nineteenth-century America to speak or write "white"? More specifically, how many and what kinds of meaning could such "white" writing carry? In ReWriting White, Todd Vogel looks at how America has racialized language and aesthetic achievement. Trade ReviewI came across Rewriting White: Race, Class and Cultural Capital in 19th Century America by Todd Vogel, a cultural historian. There, I found Mr. Fowler’s beliefs about black people’s language skills and allegedly inborn talents for working as waiters and nurses. That wasn’t all — Mr. Fowler also correlated coarse hair with “coarseness in the fibers of the brain, together with coarse, harsh feelings” — but it was enough to disabuse me of any notion that phrenology was going to add some amusing historical tidbits to my review. -- Pete Wells * New York Times - Times Insider *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Recasting the PlotPart I - Antebellum Revisions - Public Virtue 1. Speaking to the Whiteness of the Brain 2. William Apess's Theater and a "Native" American HistoryPart II - Postbellum Revisions - The Virtue Within 3. Sharpening the Pen: Racial and Aesthetic Transformation 4. Anna Julia Cooper and the Black Orator 5. Edith Eaton Plays the Chinese Water Lily Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Imagery of Lynching Black Men White Women and the
Book SynopsisOutside of the classroom and scholarly publications, lynching has long been a taboo subject. Nice people, it is felt, do not talk about it, and they certainly do not look at images representing the atrocity. InImagery of Lynching, Dora Apel contests this adopted stance of ignorance.Trade Review"In concise and compelling language, Dora Apel traces the origins and histories of images of lynching in order to foreground their role in both normalizing and challenging particular concepts o racial and national identity. She forces us to look at scenes most would prefer to ignore, and exposes the horror and logic of torture. At a time when grotesque deaths are increasingly framed as 'entertainment' by today's news media, Apel's book is a sober reminder of the political expediency and personal pain behind such graphic displays.” -- Frances K. Pohl * author of Framing America: A Social History of American Art *"Apel has written an important book. It synthesizes the history of spectacle lynching and dissects the photographs and artworks used to sustain and challenge racial violence. It contributes to understanding the symbolic and ideological power of these images for past--and present. Imagery of Lynching is a must read for anyone interested in racial violence in the United States." * The Journal of American History *"Apel has written a very engaging study on a difficult part of American visual history. She has succeeded in using a case study format to thoroughly address the breadth of social, political, and economic issues that have affected lynching and its representation in the last century....Apel offers astute analyses of an array of documentary and fine art images, revealing how they have reflected and influenced American attitudes about race, racism, sexuality, mob violence, and their pathology....Highly recommended." * Choice *"The visuals in Imagery of Lynching are disturbing and graphic, but deserve the reader's attention. Apel painstakingly and effectively discusses the strength of these images and details the controversies that often followed their public displays." * The Historian *"This book makes a major contribution to the scholarship on both lynching and the artistic representation of racism in the United States. It will undoubtedly be a foundational work for subsequent research by historians and art historians alike.” -- Fitz Brundage * author of Under Sentence of Death and Lynching in the New South *"[Apel's] book provides an important complement to social and political studies of lynching that generally ignore the role of the artist in attempting--however futilely--to awaken the public conscience." * Southern Historical Association *"Dora Apel mounts a careful and convincing analysis of a set of extremely difficult, often literally terrifying, images and provides the necessary contexts for readers to understand the practice of lynching and the terms of its representation by photographers and artists.” -- Richard Meyer * author of Outlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century American Art *Table of ContentsOn looking Scottsboro, the Communist party, and the NAACP: conflicts and desires The antilynching exhibitions of 1935: strategies and constraints Race, sex, and politics in prewar America: picturing Black oppression Mass media, World War II, and the Cold War: the lynching of George Dorsey and Emmitt Till The evolution of lynching narratives in contemporary art
£42.16
Rutgers University Press Fulgencio Batista v 1 The Making of a Dictator
Book SynopsisProvides a full and balanced portrait of Fulgencio Batista. The author describes Batista's rise to power as part of a revolutionary movement and the intrigues and dangers that surrounded him. This volume focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader from 1933 to 1934 and his image as a strongman in the years between 1934 and 1939.Trade Review"Balanced, judicious and fluently written, Argote-Freyre's biography offers an important and long overdue scholarly reassessment of a crucial figure in Cuban history." * Publishers Weekly *"Written in an engaging style and based on solid scholarship, this work by Argote-Freyre should make us wonder how we have gone this long without an authoritative treatment of the life and times of the man second only to Fidel Castro in his importance to twentieth-century Cuba. A sorely needed contribution." -- Lisandro PTrez * Florida International University *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. End and Beginning 2. Restless Adolescence 3. Sergeant Stenographer 4. Machadato 5. Sergeant's Revolt 6. Revolution of 1933 7. An End to Revolution 8. The Mendieta Years 9. Labor Unrest 10. The Elections of 1936 11. In the Shadow of Batista 12. Cuban Strongman 13. Road to Democracy Notes Bibliography Index
£35.10
Rutgers University Press Haunted Life Visual Culture and Black Modernity
Book SynopsisDrawing on a range of comparative readings by writers, theorists, and filmmakers, including John Edgar Wideman, Frantz Fanon, Richard Wright, Issac Julien, Alain Locke, and Sidney Poitier, Haunted Life is a bold and original exploration of the legacies of black visual culture and the political, deeply sexualized violence that lies buried beneath it.Trade ReviewThis volume is an elegantly written, ethically grounded, and intelligently observed series of meditations of relations that have been produced by the traumatic legacies of slavery around the Black Atlantic world. -- Jacqueline Goldsby * Associate Professor of English, University of Chicago *Table of ContentsSpooks : Wideman's catastrophe That within "The derived life of fiction" : race, childhood, and culture Black narcissus : Isaac Julien Letters to Langston The love of neither-either : racial integration in Pressure point Bonding over phobia Afterword: ice cold
£27.90
Rutgers University Press I Call to Remembrance Toyo Suyemotos Years of
Book SynopsisToyo Suyemoto is known informally by literary scholars and the media as ""Japanese America's poet laureate."" This work presents an account of Suyemoto, which includes information about policies and wartime decisions, and recounts the way in which internees adjusted their notions of selfhood and citizenship.Trade ReviewThis illuminating and moving memoir adds to the literature of internment by providing invaluable insight into how the raw facts of governmental decisions are perceived and experienced by the subjects of those decisions. Most importantly, Toyo Suyemoto shows us how it is possible, under conditions of duress and degradation, to retain one's dignity, compassion, and imagination. -- Traise Yamamoto * associate professor of English, University of California, Riverside *Table of ContentsBerkeley April 1942 Morning of departure Growing up in Nihonmachi Intake at Tanforan Tanforan days Tanforan High School Kay's illness Another move Entry into Topaz Settling in As 1942 Ended Block 4-8-E Schooling in Topaz Topaz Public Library Sensei Into another year Registration for loyalty Weighed in the balance We be brethren In the length of days The dust before the wind The Dispersal Tree of the People (Topaz community)
£29.70
Rutgers University Press 500 Years of Chicana Womens History
Book SynopsisOffers a vivid, pictorial account of struggle and survival, resilience and achievement, discrimination and identity. The bilingual text, along with hundreds of photos and other images, ranges from female-centred stories of pre-Columbian Mexico to profiles of contemporary social justice activists, labour leaders, youth organisers, artists, and environmentalists.Trade Review"A much-needed work: this bilingual history describing feminism's role in Chicana women's lives, from pre-columbian Mexico to now." * Ms. Magazine *"This history passionately shows that through unity and perseverance womencan make the world a better place for Chicanas/os and, indeed, for peoplefrom a diversity of backgrounds." -- Professor Alma M. Garcia * author of Narratives of Mexican American Women *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction The Story of La Chicana Begins A New Invader Comes Chicanas at Work Under U.S. Rule La Revolución Mexicana Let's Go To the U.S. The Great Depression, Repatriation, Strike! World War II The Movement is Born Life of a Farmworker Woman Our Own Party No a la Guerra en Vietnam Work = Struggle VIVA LA MUJER! Mujeres who love women Walking the Red Road Culture contains the seed... Today's Writers Música, Teatro, Film, The Counter-Insurgency The Land That Came Back to Life The Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice New Worker Struggles Immigrant Rights Alliance Building Across Color Lines Chicanas in Public Office Youth Are Rising Not to Be Forgotten Further Reading Photo & Illustration Credits About the Author
£26.59
Rutgers University Press Racing Romance Love Power and Desire Among Asian AmericanWhite Couples
Book SynopsisDespite being far from the norm, interracial relationships are more popular than ever. Racing Romance sheds special light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans, an important topic that has not garnered well-deserved attention until now.Trade ReviewA provocative, insightful, and richly-detailed study. This book should be required reading for anyone studying race and romance in contemporary society. -- Erica Chito Childs * author of Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Socia *A provocative, insightful, and richly-detailed study. This book should be required reading for anyone studying race and romance in contemporary society. -- Erica Chito Childs * author of Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Socia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Interracial RelationshipsPart I Asian American Women with White Men The Good Wife A Woman AscendingPart II Asian American Men with White Women A Man's Place Playing the Man Men Alone Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
£27.90
John Wiley & Sons Power Politics Environmental Activism in South Los Angeles
Book SynopsisA study of a grassroots campaign where longtime labor and environmental allies found themselves on opposite sides of a conflict that pitted good jobs against good air. It analyzes how those issues came to be opposed and in doing so unpacks the racial and class dynamics that shape Americans' grasp of labor and environmental issues.Trade ReviewHighly original in conception and scopeàBrodkin demonstrates her consummate skills as a researcher in excavating the cityàand does so with verve. -- Rodolfo D. Torres * Professor of urban planning and Chicano studies, University of California, Irvin *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. South Gate Transitions 2. Environmental Justice 3. Creating an Environmental Justice Campaign 4. Sunlaw's New Pollution Control Technology 5. The Perfect Storm 6. Finding Traction at South Gate High School 7. Going Public 8. Sudden Death
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Rutgers University Press Digital Dilemmas The State the Individual and
Book SynopsisThe contentious debate in Cuba over Internet use and digital media primarily focuses on three issuesùmaximizing the potential for economic and cultural development, establishing stronger ties to the outside world, and changing the hierarchy of control. A growing number of users decry censorship and insist on personal freedom in accessing the web, while the centrally managed system benefits the government in circumventing U.S. sanctions against the country and in controlling what limited capacity exists.Digital Dilemmas views Cuba from the Soviet Union''s demise to the present, to assess how conflicts over media access play out in their both liberating and repressive potential. Drawing on extensive scholarship and interviews, Cristina Venegas questions myths of how Internet use necessarily fosters global democracy and reveals the impact of new technologies on the country''s governance and culture. She includes film in the context of broader media history, as well as Trade Review"Cristina Venegas's well-researched and highly original work brings to the forefront an important and under-researched topic." -- Yiedy Rivero * author of Tuning Out Blackness *"This book will make an important contribution both to Cuban studies and to Hispanic media studies." -- Marvin D'Lugo * Clark University *"A nuanced analysis based on careful research and firsthand experience. This work will benefit readers interested in Cuba's recent transformation and also those seeking to understand the emergence of new media in Latin America and the challenges digital culture poses. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Cristina Venegas's well-researched and highly original work brings to the forefront an important and under-researched topic." -- Yiedy Rivero * author of Tuning Out Blackness *"This book will make an important contribution both to Cuban studies and to Hispanic media studies." -- Marvin D'Lugo * Clark University *"A nuanced analysis based on careful research and firsthand experience. This work will benefit readers interested in Cuba's recent transformation and also those seeking to understand the emergence of new media in Latin America and the challenges digital culture poses. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Inventing, Recycling, and Deploying Technologies 2 Media Technologies and "Cuban Democracy" 3 Tourism and the Social Ramifications of 3 Media Technologies 4 Film Culture in the Digital Millennium 5 Digital Communities and the Pleasures of Technology Conclusion
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Rutgers University Press Womens Activism in Latin America and the
Book SynopsisWomen's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars who analyze and document the diversity, vibrancy, and effectiveness of women's experiences and organizing in Latin America and the Caribbean during the past four decades. Most of the expressions of collective agency are analyzed in this book within the context of the neoliberal model of globalization that has seriously affected most Latin American and Caribbean women's lives in multiple ways. Contributors explore the emergence of the area's feminist movement, dictatorships of the 1970s, the Central American uprisings, the urban, grassroots organizing for better living conditions, and finally, the turn toward public policy and formal political involvement and the alternative globalization movement. Geared toward bridging cultural realities, this volume represents women's transformations, challenges, and hopes, while considering the analytical tools needed to dissect the realities, uTrade Review"Maier and Lebon have assembled an outstanding collection of essays on women's activism in Latin America and the Caribbean. The result is a refreshing work that will become a landmark study and a comprehensive resource that researchers and students will consult for years to come. Essential." * Choice *"The book offers rich empirical detail and sharp insight into the ways in which gender and sexuality are profoundly implicated in the political and economic trends of a region permeated by global forces." * Signs *"Although the editors, feminist studies professor Elizabeth Maier and anthropologist Nathalie Lebon, celebrate the achievements of feminist struggles, they also examine the challenges ahead. Several chapters analyze the consolidation of anti-choice movements in some countries, including Nicaragua under the left-wing pro-life president Daniel Ortega.The book offers insight into feminist movements in the region, threats to weaken their radical politics, and the backlash from conservative groups." * NACLA Report on the Americas *"This is a very exciting collection that will fill an important gap in what has emerged in comparative studies of women and Latin American democracies. Maier and Lebon provide provocative overview essays, and the chapters trace a range of cases from Argentina and Brazil to Nicaragua and Venezuela, showing how institutions, leaders, and culture all shape the opportunities and challenges women face." -- Jane Jaquette * editor of Feminist Agendas and Democracy in Latin America *
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Rutgers University Press Dance and the Hollywood Latina Race Sex and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"What a wonderful project! This book magnificently centerstages how dance in Hollywood constitutes a cultural space in which Latina stars turn their performance into the ultimate expression of/for agency and empowerment. Let the rhythm take you over! Go girls!" -- Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez * Mount Holyoke College *"A well-researched, engaging book that expands our understanding of the shaping of the Hollywood Latina, and of Latinas in the national imaginary, through analysis of dance and embodiment in these dynamics." -- Mary Beltrán * author of Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: The Making and Meanings of Film and TV St *"In this fresh examination, Priscilla Peña Ovalle convincingly probes the racial dynamics and sexual politics that shape the paradoxical figure of the dancing Hollywood Latina." -- Rosa-Linda Fregoso * author of meXicana Encounters: The Making of Social Identities on the Borderland *"A good resource for those interested in dance, film, and media studies and in gender, race and sexualities studies. Recommended." * Choice *"What a wonderful project! This book magnificently centerstages how dance in Hollywood constitutes a cultural space in which Latina stars turn their performance into the ultimate expression of/for agency and empowerment. Let the rhythm take you over! Go girls!" -- Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez * Mount Holyoke College *"A well-researched, engaging book that expands our understanding of the shaping of the Hollywood Latina, and of Latinas in the national imaginary, through analysis of dance and embodiment in these dynamics." -- Mary Beltrán * author of Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: The Making and Meanings of Film and TV St *"In this fresh examination, Priscilla Peña Ovalle convincingly probes the racial dynamics and sexual politics that shape the paradoxical figure of the dancing Hollywood Latina." -- Rosa-Linda Fregoso * author of meXicana Encounters: The Making of Social Identities on the Borderland *"A good resource for those interested in dance, film, and media studies and in gender, race and sexualities studies. Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Mobilizing the Latina myth 2 Dolores Del Rio dances across the imperial color line 3 Carmen Miranda shakes it for the nation 4 Rita Hayworth and the cosmetic borders of race 5 Rita Moreno, the critically acclaimed "all-round ethnic" 6 Jennifer Lopez, racial mobility, and the new urban/Latina commodity Notes Works Cited Index
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John Wiley & Sons Everyday Revolutionaries Gender Violence and Disillusionment in Postwar El Salvador Genocide Political Violence Human Rights Series
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Rutgers University Press Facing the Khmer Rouge A Cambodian Journey
Book SynopsisAs a child growing up in Cambodia, Ronnie Yimsut played among the ruins of the Angkor Wat temples, surrounded by a close-knit community. As the Khmer Rouge gained power and began its genocidal reign of terror, his life became a nightmare. In this stunning memoir, Yimsut describes how, in the wake of death and destruction, he decides to live.Table of ContentsForeword, by David P. Chandler, Ph.D.Preface: Between WorldsAcknowledgments: A Book Is BornFamily Tree of Ranachith ("Ronnie") YimsutChronology1. Childhood Idyll: Siem Reap2. Bamboo in the Wind: Regime Change in Siem Reap3. An Uncivil War: Heavy Shelling in Siem Reap4. Shocks and Surprises: Angkor Wat and Domdek5. A Time of Plenty: Back Home in Siem Reap6. An Era Is Ended: Siem Reap under Siege7. An Empty Village: Kroby Riel and Siem Reap8. A Great Leap Backward: Keo Poeur, Kok Poh, and Kork Putrea9. The Death of Dogs: Tapang10. Miracle at the Temple: Wat Yieng11. Dead Weight: Ta Source Hill and the Massacre Site12. Kill or Be Killed: Korbey Riel, Dorn Swar, and Prey Roniem13. Barefoot Escape: Srae Noy, Resin Mountain, and the Deep Northern Jungle14. Alien Worlds: Din Daeng, Sisaketh, Buriram, and Aranya Prathet15. Urban Jungle: Washington, D.C., Seattle, and Oregon State16. Back to the Past: Oregon State, Siem Reap, and Phnom Penh17. Back in Time: Oregon State and Phnom Penh18. Turning Point: Elections in Phnom Penh19. Facing the Khmer Rouge: Siem Reap, Ta Source Hill, the Massacre Site, and Pailin20. Lights: Siem Reap and Phnom PenhEpilogueAfterword: The Healing and Reconciling Process, by Daniel Savin, M.D.NotesGlossary Index
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Rutgers University Press Blues Music in the Sixties A Story in Black and
Book SynopsisCan a type of music be 'owned'? Examining how music is linked to racial constructs and how African American musicians and audiences reacted to white appropriation, this title shows the stakes when whites claim the right to play and live the blues. It highlights the performers and venues that represented changing racial politics.Trade Review"Meticulously documented and engagingly written, Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White is a book that I have been waiting for since the 1980s. In these six case studies Adelt addresses important issues about race relations, rock music, the folk revival, and the music business during the decade when so many white music enthusiasts 'discovered' many forms of black American music, perhaps most importantly the blues." -- Kip Lornell * Department of Music, George Washington University *"Ultimately, this book is not so much a traditional musicology as a study in reception dynamics and the politics of authenticity. As such, it's a valuable addition to the work of folks like Charles Keil and George Lipsitz." * Cadence *"Meticulously documented and engagingly written, Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White is a book that I have been waiting for since the 1980s. In these six case studies Adelt addresses important issues about race relations, rock music, the folk revival, and the music business during the decade when so many white music enthusiasts 'discovered' many forms of black American music, perhaps most importantly the blues." -- Kip Lornell * Department of Music, George Washington University *"Ultimately, this book is not so much a traditional musicology as a study in reception dynamics and the politics of authenticity. As such, it's a valuable addition to the work of folks like Charles Keil and George Lipsitz." * Cadence *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Being Black Twice: Crossover Politics inB. B. King’s Music of the Late 1960s2 Like I Was a Bear or Somethin’: Blues Performancesat the Newport Folk Festival3 Trying to Find an Identity: Eric Clapton’sChanging Conception of Blackness4 Germany Gets the Blues: Race and Nationat the American Folk Blues Festival5 Enough to Make You Want to Sing the Blues:Janis Joplin’s Life and Music6 Resegregating the Blues: Race and Authenticityin the Pages of Living BluesConclusion
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John Wiley & Sons The Sovereignty of Quiet Beyond Resistance in Black Culture
Book SynopsisAfrican American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant, and this matrix has dominated our understanding of black communities and texts. This explores how a different kind of expressiveness, from protests to readings to landmark texts, as represented in the idea of quiet could change common conceptions and provide a more nuanced view of black culture.Trade Review"With fluid and beautiful prose, Quashie’s book not only offers readers another way to think about African American selfhood, but also other ways to approach the very act of reading itself."— Emily Bernard, author of Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance "Quashie challenges the general assumption that African American commentary is expressed in loud voices as he studies the often-overlooked internal conflicts of 'black culture'. His intertwining of both factual and fictional situations provides a brilliant and intriguiging insight that ultimately suggests an overwhelming gentle message about African American protest and resistance. Recommended." — Choice "The Sovereignty of Quiet is a profound and excellent look at quiet and its relationship with black identity, black culture, and existentialism. With impeccable scholarship, beautiful writing, and powerful arguments, Quashie makes a fabulous contribution to the field. A success!"— Debra Walker King, author of African Americans and the Culture of PainTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Publicness, Silence, and the Sovereignty of the Interior 2. Not Double Consciousness but the Consciousness of Surrender 3. Maud Martha and the Practice of Paying Attention 4. Quiet, Vulnerability, and Nationalism 5. The Capacities of Waiting, the Expressiveness of Prayer Conclusion Acknowledgments Permissions Notes Bibliography Index
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John Wiley & Sons Killing with Kindness Haiti International Aid and Ngos
Trade Review"Mark Schuller's ethnography of pre- and post-earthquake disaster Haiti is profoundly riveting, poignant, and courageous. It offers a timely no-holds-barred critique and theoretically nuanced analysis of neoliberal NGO-ization and humanitarian aid. The book also provides an inspiring vision and thougtful recommendations for remedying the problems of 'trickle down imperialism.' This is an important contribution that convincingly explains why we should care about what's happening in Haiti and the troubling implications for elsewhere—including right here in the USA." -- Faye V. Harrison * author of Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age *"Schuller's analysis of two NGOs is a singular contribution to our understanding of such organizations in underdeveloped countries." -- Mark Schuller * Alex Dupuy, John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University *"Mark Schuller provides something that has been sorely lacking from this story—an ethnographic account of nongovernmental politics in Haiti, a country many now dub 'the Republic of NGOs.'" * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *"Killing with Kindness offers both engaging ethnographic examples and extensive analysis of the complex network of governmental and nongovernmental institutions through which Haiti and Haitians are ruled. * PoLAR *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and TablesForeword by Paul FarmerAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Doing Research during a Coup1. Violence and Venereal Disease: Structural Violence, Gender, and HIV/AIDS2. "That's Not Participation!": Relationships from "Below"3. All in the Family: Relationships "Inside"4. "We Are Prisoners!": Relationships from "Above"5. Tectonic Shifts and the Political Tsunami: USAID and the Disaster of HaitiConclusion: Killing with Kindness?Afterword: Some Policy SolutionsNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex
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Rutgers University Press Abandoning the Black Hero Sympathy and Privacy in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An amazing study...[offering] insightful, provocative, and novel analyses of often ignored African-American literary works. Charles' sharp investigatory eye makes Abandoning the Black Hero a must-read for all literary scholars and students."— The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies "Taps into long-cemented ideas about what is expected of African American writers in terms of affinity and subject matter … [Charles] locates the African American desire to fictionalize whiteness at a moment when middle-class domestic life was becoming a mainstream ideal at the same time that the demise of Jim Crow amid antisegregation successes jeopardized that new enclave of consolidated whiteness."— American Literary History "Engaging central discussions in the field of African American literary study, Abandoning the Black Hero is the most astute and comprehensive discussion of the white-life novel, to date."— Kenneth W. Warren, author of What Was African American Literature? "Once called 'raceless' literature—and traditionally little acknowledged in the African American literary tradition—works with white protagonists written by black authors have begun to receive the recognition they deserve. Charles builds on this burgeoning scholarship, challenging the essentialist notion that black writers must limit themselves to the subject of black life and that those writers who abandon this subject lack racial pride. Charles makes a convincing case that white-life novels allow black authors to express themselves beyond the limitations of race and that black writers can provide a unique perspective on whiteness. A cogent, clearly written work. Recommended."— Choice "With Abandoning the Black Hero John C. Charles has written a brilliantly insightful and highly accessible analysis of the white-life novel, a long-neglected area of African American literature."— Elisabeth Petry, author of At Home Inside: A Daughter's Tribute to Ann PetryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. "I'm Regarded Fatally as a Negro Writer": Mid-Twentieth-Century Racial Discourse and the Rise of the White-Life Novel 2. The Home and the Street: Ann Petry's "Rage for Privacy" 3. White Masks and Queer Prisons 4. Sympathy for the Master: Reforming Southern White Manhood in Frank Yerby's The Foxes of Harrow 5. Talk about the South: Unspeakable Things Unspoken in Zora Neale Hurston's Seraph on the Suwanee 6. The Unfinished Project of Western Modernity: Savage Holiday, Moral Slaves, and the Problem of Freedom in Cold War America Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index
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Rutgers University Press Zapotecs on the Move Cultural Social and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Cruz-Manjarrez documents important aspects of indigenous immigrant identity formation in Los Angeles and Yalálag, Oaxaca, particularly of immigrant youth, adding to our understanding of urban indigenous incorporation in the United States." -- Lynn Stephen * author of Transborder Lives *"This rich ethnography reveals how ethnic identity and community membership are negotiated across borders and generations, including an especially original analysis of public cultural expression through community dance." -- Jonathan Fox * University of California, Santa Cruz *"Zapotecs on the Move offers a valuable account of the complexities of transnationalism through a deep analysis of the experience of Yalaltecos in Oaxaca and Los Angeles." * International Migration Review *"[Zapotecs on the Move] elegantly advances anthropological understandings of the topic of migrations/immigrations/emigrations between Mexico and the United States … I highly recommend this book to scholars interested in the international movement of culture, memory and the politics of assimilation, and identity projects in Mexico or the United States." * The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *"Zapotecs on the Move is an important contribution to scholarship on transnational communities and culture, migration and immigrant identity formation." * Ethnic and Racial Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Yalálag Zapotecs2. Building Community and Connections in Los Angeles3. Community Life across Borders4. Yalálag Zapotec Identities in a Changing World5. Identities of the Second-Generation Yalálag Zapotecs6. Danzas Chuscas: Performing Status, Violence, and Gender in Oaxacalifornia7. Community and Culture in Transnational PerspectiveConclusionAppendixNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex
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John Wiley & Sons Domestic Negotiations Gender Nation and SelfFashioning in US Mexicana and Chicana Literature and Art Latinidad Transnational Cultures in the United States
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£105.40
Rutgers University Press Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America
Book SynopsisWhen wielded by the white majority, ethnic humor can be used to ridicule and demean marginalized groups. In the hands of ethnic minorities themselves, ethnic humor can work as a site of community building and resistance. David Gillota explores the ways in which contemporary comic works both reflect and participate in national conversations about race and ethnicity.Trade Review“A valuable addition to the field, Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America makes a fresh and compelling argument with fascinating readings of many performers and comic routines in stand-up, film, and television.” -- Joyce Antler * Brandeis University *"A fascinating comparative study of contemporary ethnic humor in popular culture, illuminating the truth that ethnic groups are made and unmade not in isolation, but in dynamic relation to each other." -- Michele Elam * author of The Souls of Mixed Folk: Race, Politics, and Aesthetics in the New Millennium *"Using comic performance—stand-up, situation comedy, animated television series, and children's films—Gillota looks at the impact of diversity on humor. Recommended." * Choice *"Gillota’s work is an important contribution to a growing body of scholarship on the serious business of comedy. His work makes a strong case as to why it is necessary to analyze a particular society’s humor if one seeks to understand its values and the ways in which its history continues to shape its culture today." * Journal of American Ethnic History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Boundaries of American Ethnic Humor 1. "Just Us": African American Humor in Multiethnic America 2. The New Jewish Blackface: Ethnic Anxiety in Contemporary Jewish Humor 3. "Cracker, Please!": Toward a White Ethnic Humor 4. Imagining Diversity: Corporate Multiculturalism in the Children's Film and the Situation Comedy 5. Comedy with Borders?: Toward a Multiethnic Humor Notes Index
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MW - Rutgers University Press When Diversity Drops Race Religion and Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Trade Review"With clear writing, sound methodology, and compelling analysis, When Diversity Drops makes a strong argument that will be of interest to scholars of race, evangelism, campus life, and social theory." -- Paul Bramadat * University of Victoria *"Park’s groundbreaking work shows us what happens to students’ capacity for bridging racial divides and reconciling conflicts under either color-blind or race-conscious conditions. She provides a remarkably fresh approach that forces us to reconsider the impact of diversity." -- Mitchell J. Chang * University of California, Los Angeles *
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MW - Rutgers University Press When Diversity Drops Race Religion and Affirmative Action in Higher Education
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John Wiley & Sons Raising the Race Black Career Women Redefine Marriage Motherhood and Community Families in Focus
Trade Review"Raising the Race is a fascinating and original study of the lives of professional black women that contributes significantly to theorizing about women’s negotiation of family and career. Barnes expands sociological approaches to class mobility and feminist approaches to marriage, motherhood, and work by revealing how race profoundly affects the domestic strategies of these women despite their upward social mobility." -- Dorothy Roberts * author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty *"Rich in narrative power and in theoretical complexity, this important book defines the terrain for a new generation in work-family studies that moves beyond the past focus on white women." -- Joan Williams * author of Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It *"Barnes draws on interviews of 23 married professional mothers obtained through a snowball sample of women in the Atlanta area ... The method allows the author to fill a gap in the literature on black women’s work and family life and to challenge prevailing ideas about women’s strategies for addressing the work-family conflict ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate collections and above." * CHOICE *"Barnes's thoughtful analysis is timely and relevant for today's Black professional women and will benefit readers from a variety of levels and backgrounds" * PsycCRITIQUES *"In focusing specifically on black professional women who are also wives and mothers, Barnes makes a major contribution towards broadening sociological understandings of black families and the impacts of race across social class lines ... As a first-of-its-kind interrogation of important and timely issues, Raising the Race significantly advances our understandings of these complex social dynamics." * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *"An excellent, well-written work for scholars and laypersons desirous of either introductory or updated information about the lifestyles of educated and wealthy African American women." * Journal of African American History *"Raising the Race makes several strong contributions to work–family scholarship and should serve as a call to action, encouraging us to broaden our conversations about work and family to ensure that they reflect the diverse experiences of people across race, class, and gender. Building on her work, we can ask new questions, eschew simplistic understandings of work and family, and uncover the challenges faced by people based on race, class, gender, and other social statuses." * Journal of Family Theory and Review *Left of Black with Riché Barnes, interview with host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal * Left of Black *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Black Career Women and Strategic Mothering Chapter 1 The Role of Black Women in Black Family Survival Strategies Chapter 2 Black Professional Women, Careers, and Family “Choice” Chapter 3 “Just in Case He Acts Crazy”: Strategic Mothering and the Collective Memory of Black Marriage and Family Chapter 4 Enculturating the Black Professional Class Chapter 5 Black Career Women, the Black Community, and the Neo-Politics of Respectability Conclusion Epilogue: Whatever Happened To . . . Appendix Notes References Index
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MW - Rutgers University Press Raising the Race Black Career Women Redefine Marriage Motherhood and Community Families in Focus
Trade Review"Raising the Race is a fascinating and original study of the lives of professional black women that contributes significantly to theorizing about women’s negotiation of family and career. Barnes expands sociological approaches to class mobility and feminist approaches to marriage, motherhood, and work by revealing how race profoundly affects the domestic strategies of these women despite their upward social mobility." -- Dorothy Roberts * author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty *"Rich in narrative power and in theoretical complexity, this important book defines the terrain for a new generation in work-family studies that moves beyond the past focus on white women." -- Joan Williams * author of Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It *"Barnes draws on interviews of 23 married professional mothers obtained through a snowball sample of women in the Atlanta area ... The method allows the author to fill a gap in the literature on black women’s work and family life and to challenge prevailing ideas about women’s strategies for addressing the work-family conflict ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate collections and above." * CHOICE *"Barnes's thoughtful analysis is timely and relevant for today's Black professional women and will benefit readers from a variety of levels and backgrounds" * PsycCRITIQUES *"In focusing specifically on black professional women who are also wives and mothers, Barnes makes a major contribution towards broadening sociological understandings of black families and the impacts of race across social class lines ... As a first-of-its-kind interrogation of important and timely issues, Raising the Race significantly advances our understandings of these complex social dynamics." * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *"An excellent, well-written work for scholars and laypersons desirous of either introductory or updated information about the lifestyles of educated and wealthy African American women." * Journal of African American History *"Raising the Race makes several strong contributions to work–family scholarship and should serve as a call to action, encouraging us to broaden our conversations about work and family to ensure that they reflect the diverse experiences of people across race, class, and gender. Building on her work, we can ask new questions, eschew simplistic understandings of work and family, and uncover the challenges faced by people based on race, class, gender, and other social statuses." * Journal of Family Theory and Review *Left of Black with Riché Barnes, interview with host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal * Left of Black *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Black Career Women and Strategic Mothering Chapter 1 The Role of Black Women in Black Family Survival Strategies Chapter 2 Black Professional Women, Careers, and Family “Choice” Chapter 3 “Just in Case He Acts Crazy”: Strategic Mothering and the Collective Memory of Black Marriage and Family Chapter 4 Enculturating the Black Professional Class Chapter 5 Black Career Women, the Black Community, and the Neo-Politics of Respectability Conclusion Epilogue: Whatever Happened To . . . Appendix Notes References Index
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MW - Rutgers University Press Borderlands Saints Secular Sanctity in Chicano Latinidad Transnational Cultures in the United States Secular Sanctity in Chicanoa and Mexican Culture
Trade Review"Borderland Saints offers compelling portraits of popular and secular saints who exist unapologetically outside the realm of official church teaching." * Latino Studies *"Addressing religion, spirituality and sanctity in Chicana/o culture, Borderlands Saints makesa significant contribution to a burgeoning area that demands critical attention." -- Carl Gutiérrez-Jones * University of California, Santa Barbara *"Through Martín’s incisive critical textual analysis we come to see the borderlands—and the exchange there between devotees and saints—as an important site for the performance of secular sanctity. Borderlands Saints is an invaluable contribution to border studies." -- Laura G. Gutiérrez * author of Performing Mexicanidad: Vendidas y Cabareteras on the Transnational Stage *Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Secular Sanctity of Borderlands Saints1. Saint of Contradictions: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora2. The Remains of Pancho Villa3. Canonizing César Chávez4. "Todos Somos Santos": Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN5. Illegal Marginalizations: La Santísima MuerteConclusion: Narrative DevotionNotes Works CitedIndex
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Rutgers University Press Shaping the Future of African American Film
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Anyone hoping to accelerate the current momentum in black cinema, develop new models of production and distribution, or simply gain a better understanding of how race impacts business decisions in Hollywood, should consult Ndounou’s well-researched book." -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. * Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University *"Ndounou compiles a phenomenal archive to diagnose and guide possibilities for the development of un-segregated, internationally viable Black film liberated from structural restraints that endorse racism and curtail creative freedom." -- Stephanie Batiste * author of Darkening Mirrors: Imperial Representations in Depression Era African American Performance *"Ndounou provides a comprehensive examination of African American filmmakers' experience in producing, distributing, and marketing economically profitable films in the Hollywood cinema industry. Most compelling is her demonstration of how industry standards make it difficult for black films to generate profits. This thorough, well-researched book is a must read. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Anyone hoping to accelerate the current momentum in black cinema, develop new models of production and distribution, or simply gain a better understanding of how race impacts business decisions in Hollywood, should consult Ndounou’s well-researched book." -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. * Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University *"Ndounou compiles a phenomenal archive to diagnose and guide possibilities for the development of un-segregated, internationally viable Black film liberated from structural restraints that endorse racism and curtail creative freedom." -- Stephanie Batiste * author of Darkening Mirrors: Imperial Representations in Depression Era African American Performance *"Ndounou provides a comprehensive examination of African American filmmakers' experience in producing, distributing, and marketing economically profitable films in the Hollywood cinema industry. Most compelling is her demonstration of how industry standards make it difficult for black films to generate profits. This thorough, well-researched book is a must read. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: the color of Hollywood: black, white or green? Finding freedom on stage and screen. The plantation lives! Insurrection!: African American film's revolutionary potential through black theatre Black pathology sells: books and films Playing with fire: black women's literature/white box office A breaking the chains of history and genre It' not just business: color-coded economics and original films The paradox of branding, black star power, and box office politics Big business: hip hop gangsta films and black comedies Conclusion: the story behind the numbers
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Rutgers University Press On Racial Icons Blackness and the Public
Book SynopsisIn On Racial Icons, Nicole R. Fleetwood focuses a sustained look on photography in documenting black public life, exploring the ways in which iconic images function as celebrations of national and racial progress at times or as a gauge of collective racial wounds in moments of crisis. Trade Review"Nicole Fleetwood’s astute study makes transparent the power of images and strengthens our understanding as to how significant black figures transformed our imaginary as a fixed construction based on media perceptions. An impressive read!" -- Deborah Willis * New York University *Nicole R. Fleetwood calls her latest book "an act of love." But readers may end up referring to it as tough love as Fleetwoodoffers a searing investigation into America's fixation on black images from President Obama to a living legend of tennis, Serena Williams. With the author's definition of 'racial icons' as "an idolized image or figure, that is simultaneously shrouded in the legacies of U.S. racism and its devaluing of black life," the book aims to unpack the multiple implications of black images both seen and unseen. < Read the nterview at: http://huff.to/1hvYVwM > -- Peter 'Souleo' Wright * Huffington Post *"With On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination, Nicole Fleetwood examines the emotional work and cultural meanings of black icons especially the place of veneration, condescension, celebrity, and commodification in the production of photographic images of Barack Obama, Diana Ross, Trayvon Martin, Serena Williams, and LeBron James. Accessible and concise, yet sensitive and insightful, Fleetwood invites us to dwell in the spaces where black iconic images circulate, to feel the hopes they gather, to understand the conflicts they engender, and above all to appreciate the implications they suggest for how we see ourselves." -- Herman Gray * University of California, Santa Cruz *“An innovative and dynamic study of blackness, iconicity, and visual culture. It is the conceptual arc of the book –an accruing examination of the meanings of the racial icon—that makes this study so effective. Fleetwood’s focus of visual culture as public culture makes On Racial Icons an extraordinary resource for the interdisciplinary teaching and study of African American studies, American studies, visual culture studies, and media studies.” * ALH Review *Nicole R. Fleetwood calls her latest book "an act of love." But readers may end up referring to it as tough love as Fleetwoodoffers a searing investigation into America's fixation on black images from President Obama to a living legend of tennis, Serena Williams. With the author's definition of 'racial icons' as "an idolized image or figure, that is simultaneously shrouded in the legacies of U.S. racism and its devaluing of black life," the book aims to unpack the multiple implications of black images both seen and unseen. < Read the nterview at: http://huff.to/1hvYVwM > -- Peter 'Souleo' Wright * Huffington Post *"Nicole Fleetwood’s astute study makes transparent the power of images and strengthens our understanding as to how significant black figures transformed our imaginary as a fixed construction based on media perceptions. An impressive read!" -- Deborah Willis * New York University *"With On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination, Nicole Fleetwood examines the emotional work and cultural meanings of black icons especially the place of veneration, condescension, celebrity, and commodification in the production of photographic images of Barack Obama, Diana Ross, Trayvon Martin, Serena Williams, and LeBron James. Accessible and concise, yet sensitive and insightful, Fleetwood invites us to dwell in the spaces where black iconic images circulate, to feel the hopes they gather, to understand the conflicts they engender, and above all to appreciate the implications they suggest for how we see ourselves." -- Herman Gray * University of California, Santa Cruz *An innovative and dynamic study of blackness, iconicity, and visual culture. It is the conceptual arc of the book –an accruing examination of the meanings of the racial icon—that makes this study so effective. Fleetwood’s focus of visual culture as public culture makes On Racial Icons an extraordinary resource for the interdisciplinary teaching and study of African American studies, American studies, visual culture studies, and media studies. * ALH Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: “I Am Trayvon Martin”: The Boy who Became an Icon Chapter Two: Democracy’s Promise: The Black Political Leader as Icon Chapter Three: Giving Face: Diana Ross and the Black Celebrity as Icon Chapter Four: The Black Athlete: Racial Precarity and the American Sports Icon Coda Index About the Author
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Rutgers University Press Conceiving Cuba Reproduction Women and the State
Book SynopsisReceived an Honorable Mention for the 2015 First Michelle Rosaldo Prize for a First Book in Feminist Anthropology from the Association for Feminist AnthropologyWinner of the Adele E. Clarke Book Award from ReproNetwork After Cuba's 1959 revolution, the Castro government sought to instill a new social order. Hoping to achieve a new and egalitarian society, the state invested in policies designed to promote the well-being of women and children. Yet once the Soviet Union fell and Cuba's economic troubles worsened, these programs began to collapse, with serious results for Cuban families. Conceiving Cuba offers an intimate look at how, with the island's political and economic future in question, reproduction has become the subject of heated public debates and agonizing private decisions. Drawing from several years of first-hand observations and interviews, anthropologist Elise Andaya takes us inside Cuba's households and medical systems. Along the way, she introduces us to the women whoTrade Review"Andaya reveals the complex entanglement of women’s reproductive choices, healthcare practices, and the state’s agenda to reshape gender ideologies. This rich ethnography will appeal to regional specialists, and to scholars of gender, reproduction, post-socialism, and social change." -- Nadine Fernandez * author of Revolutionizing Romance: Interracial Couples in Contemporary Cuba *Table of ContentsIntroduction : reproduction, women, and the state (Re)producing the new woman : the early revolutionary years Reproducing citizens and socialism in prenatal care Abortion and calculated risks Engendered economies and the dilemmas of reproduction Having faith and making family overseas Conclusion : reproducing the revolution
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MW - Rutgers University Press Conceiving Cuba Reproduction Women and the State in the PostSoviet Era
Trade Review"Andaya reveals the complex entanglement of women’s reproductive choices, healthcare practices, and the state’s agenda to reshape gender ideologies. This rich ethnography will appeal to regional specialists, and to scholars of gender, reproduction, post-socialism, and social change." -- Nadine Fernandez * author of Revolutionizing Romance: Interracial Couples in Contemporary Cuba *Table of ContentsIntroduction : reproduction, women, and the state (Re)producing the new woman : the early revolutionary years Reproducing citizens and socialism in prenatal care Abortion and calculated risks Engendered economies and the dilemmas of reproduction Having faith and making family overseas Conclusion : reproducing the revolution
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