Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Books
John Wiley & Sons War Echoes Gender and Militarization in US LatinaO Cultural Production American Literatures Initiative
Book SynopsisExamines how Latina/o cultural production has engaged with US militarism in the post-Vietnam era. Analysing literature alongside film, memoir and activism, Ariana E. Vigil highlights the productive interplay among social, political and cultural movements while exploring Latina/o responses to US intervention in Central America and the Middle East.Trade Review"Bravo! In War Echoes we finally see an honest and courageous account of the productive tensions and uneasy alliances among U.S. Latina/os as they engage the problem of U.S. military intervention in Central America and the Middle East." -- Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernandez * author of Unspeakable Violence: Remapping U.S. and Mexican National Imaginaries *"War Echoes is an innovative investigation of war and militarization in U.S. Latina/o expressive cultures. Detailing how literary and film representations are linked to and informative for transnational social justice movements, Vigil’s landmark study is sure to influence and inspire." -- Richard T. Rodríguez * University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign *"War Echoes provides a well-grounded assessment of theoretical concepts … Vigil's criticism of the nation-state and the heteronormative structures of the military and family are clear and well reference." * Journal of American History *
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John Wiley & Sons War Echoes Gender and Militarization in US LatinaO Cultural Production
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John Wiley & Sons Intersections of Harm Narratives of Latina Deviance and Defiance American Literatures Initiative
Trade Review"Though several of the texts Halperin discusses have heretofore received extensive attention, Halperin places all the texts in conversation with each other and with other works, revealing a landscape of women seen as deviant, often mentally ill, for their resistance to oppression. Halperin argues for deviance itself as a form of hope, and maintains that pain, though disempowering, can be transformative ... Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty." * CHOICE *"With scholarship that is broad and deep, Intersections of Harm offers excellent, original, and nuanced readings of Latina/o literature that add to ongoing conversations in Latina literary studies and beyond." -- Suzanne Bost * author of Encarnación: Illness and Body Politics in Chicana Feminist Literature *"Intersections of Harm makes a distinctive contribution through its careful analysis of how individual physical and psychological damage interacts with larger, geopolitical forms of harm, making for rich, nuanced reading." -- Marta Caminero-Santangelo * author of On Latinidad: U.S. Latino Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity *Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Intersections of Harm is not only an outstanding and innovative contribution to Latina/o literature but also to contemporary women’s literature and theorizations about madness and institutional structures of oppression. The book must be praised for its solid construction." * Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature *"Intersections of Harm is at its best when it homes in on historically specific moments in the Americas to provide contextual information for its texts...In this way, Halperin makes an excellent case for the impossibility of extricating collective and geopolitical violence from the individual experience." * Latino Studies *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Heridas, Hendiduras, y Rajaduras: Contextualizing Harm1 Rape’s Shadow: Seized Freedoms in Irene Vilar’s The Ladies’ Gallery and Impossible Motherhood2 Violated Bodies and Assaulting Landscapes in Loida Maritza Pérez’s Geographies of Home3 Madness’s Material Consequences in Ana Castillo’s So Far From God4 Artistic Aberrance and Liminal Geographies in Cristina García’s Dreaming in Cuban5 Clamped Mouths and Muted Cries: Stifled Expression in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their AccentsConclusion: Hope in the IntersticesNotesBibliographyIndex
£105.40
MW - Rutgers University Press Invisible Asians Korean American Adoptees Asian American Experiences and Racial Exceptionalism Asian American Studies Today
Trade Review"[Invisible Asians] invites readers to experience the fascinating stories of Koran adoptees and their earnest search for racial and national identity." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"In this accessible and original work, Kim Park Nelson explores the complexity of historical and contemporary Korean American adoptee identity and experience." -- Catherine Ceniza Choy * author of Global Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America *"Invisible Asians brilliantly explores how adoptees from Asia have transformed our understandings of race in relation to the Asian (American) diaspora. Park Nelson's fascinating research enables her to take on key questions of representation, economics, and U.S. imperialism." -- Laura Briggs * author of Somebody's Children: The Politics of Transracial and Transnational Adoption *"A timely and insightful critical examination of race, adoption, nationality, and belonging in Asian America....a well-crafted and engaging book that advances scholarship on race and adoption as it relates to Asian America." * Journal of Asian American Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on TextIntroduction: A History of Korean American Adoption in Print1 A Korean American Adoption Ethnography: Method, Theory, and Experience2 “Eligible Alien Orphan”: The Cold War Korean Adoptee3 Adoption Research Discourse and the Rise of Transnational Adoption, 1974–19874 An Adoptee for Every Lake: Multiculturalism, Minnesota, and the Korean Transracial Adoptee5 Adoptees as White Koreans: Identity, Racial Visibility, and the Politics of Passing among Korean American Adoptees6 Uri Nara, Our Country: Korean American Adoptees in the Global AgeConclusion: The Ends of Korean AdoptionNotesBibliographyIndex
£105.40
John Wiley & Sons Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture Asian American Studies Today
Book SynopsisIn Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture, Jennifer Ann Ho shines a light on the hybrid and indeterminate aspects of race, revealing ambiguity to be paramount to a more nuanced understanding both of race and of what it means to be Asian American. Ho argues that seeing race as ambiguous puts us one step closer to a potential antidote to racism.Trade Review"With nuanced, original readings and fluid prose, Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture exceeds other studies of multiracialism by presenting a lucid, yet complex meditation on category confusion and epistemological uncertainty and their political stakes for Asian Americans." -- Leslie Bow * author of Partly Colored: Asian Americans and Racial Anomaly in the Segregated South *"With a nuanced approach and original analysis, Racial Ambiguity brings comparative ethnic studies and critical race studies into necessary dialogue. Ho skillfully maps the contours of U.S. racial formation by investigating mixed subjectivity and its particular resonances to Asian America." -- Cathy J. Schlund-Vials * author of Modeling Citizenship: Jewish and Asian American Writing *"Looking through the dual lenses of critical and comparative race studies, Ho offers an engaging and provocative reflection on racial categorization, epistemological indeterminacy, and identity complexity in Asian American literature and culture … Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"[Ho's] engagement with the phenomenon of visuality is explicit and interesting." * American Literary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Ambiguous Americans: Race and the State of Asian America1 From Enemy Alien to Assimilating American: Yoshiko deLeon and the Mixed-Marriage Policy of the Japanese American Incarceration2 Anti-Sentimental Loss: Stories of Transracial/Transnational Asian American Adult Adoptees in the Blogosphere3 Cablinasian Dreams, Amerasian Realities: Transcending Race in the Twenty-first Century and Other Myths Broken by Tiger Woods4 Ambiguous Movements and Mobile Subjectivity: Passing in between Autobiography and Fiction with Paisley Rekdal and Ruth Ozeki5 Transgressive Texts and Ambiguous Authors: Racial Ambiguity in Asian American LiteratureCoda Ending with Origins: My Own Racial AmbiguityNotesBibliographyIndex
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Rutgers University Press Mexico on Main Street Transnational Film Culture
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico." -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity *"This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic." * CHOICE *"This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic." * CHOICE *"One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration." * Film Quarterly *"Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power." * Somos en escrito *"Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power." * Somos en escrito *"One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration." * Film Quarterly *"Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies." * Vivomatografias *"Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies." * Vivomatografias *"A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico." -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Constructing Mexican Los Angeles: Competing Images of an Immigrant Population2 “Spectacles of High Morality and Culture”: Theatrical Culture and Aspirations of Mexican Community in the 1920s3 The Audible and the Invisible: The Transition to Sound and “De-Mexicanization” of Hollywood4 “Fashionable Charros and Chinas Poblanas”: Mexican Cinema and the Dilemma of the Comedia Ranchera5 “Now We Have Mexican Cinema”?: Navigating Transnational Mexicanidad in a Moment of CrisisConclusion: Hola México/Hello MexicoNotesBibliographyIndex
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Rutgers University Press Mexico on Main Street Transnational Film Culture
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico." -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity *"This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic." * CHOICE *"This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic." * CHOICE *"One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration." * Film Quarterly *"Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power." * Somos en escrito *"Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power." * Somos en escrito *"One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration." * Film Quarterly *"Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies." * Vivomatografias *"Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies." * Vivomatografias *"A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico." -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Constructing Mexican Los Angeles: Competing Images of an Immigrant Population2 “Spectacles of High Morality and Culture”: Theatrical Culture and Aspirations of Mexican Community in the 1920s3 The Audible and the Invisible: The Transition to Sound and “De-Mexicanization” of Hollywood4 “Fashionable Charros and Chinas Poblanas”: Mexican Cinema and the Dilemma of the Comedia Ranchera5 “Now We Have Mexican Cinema”?: Navigating Transnational Mexicanidad in a Moment of CrisisConclusion: Hola México/Hello MexicoNotesBibliographyIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Childs Play Sport in Kids Worlds Critical Issues
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A carefully crafted and meticulously organized anthology, Child's Play provides a much needed research agenda for studying physical activities and sport participation among young people, and serves as a valuable source of information for any parent or adult concerned about youth sports." -- Jay Coakley * author of Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies *"A much needed contribution to the fields of childhood and sport studies." * Sport in American History *"Together, these essays present an understanding of youth sports supported by research data and ethnographic data that share a child’s voice. This convincing collection recognizes the culture of youth sport and its bearing on the growth of youth. It is for anyone interested in youth sports... Highly recommended." * Choice *"Messner and Musto have pulled together a powerful collection of essays that offer panoramic insight and riveting detail. The voices of kids are truly revelatory and powerfully demonstrate children’s cultural fluency within the constraints of age and other inequities. Child’s Play is a rare achievement that centers kids’ experience in sports while using it as a crucial prism onto other major sociological projects." -- Allison Pugh * University of Virginia *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Kids and Sport Michael A. Messner and Michela Musto Part I. Playing Fields: The Social Landscape of Youth Sports Chapter 1. Surveying Youth Sports in America: What We Know and What It Means for Public Policy Chapter 2. Kids of Color in the American Sporting Landscape: Limited, Concentrated, and Controlled Chapter 3. Girls and the Racialization of Female Bodies in Sport Contexts Chapter 4. Sport and the Childhood Obesity Epidemic Chapter 5. The Children Are Our Future: The NFL, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Production of “Avid Fans” Part II. Fields of Play: Kids Navigating Sport Worlds Chapter 6. Athletes in the Pool, Girls and Boys on Deck: The Contextual Construction of Gender in Coed Youth Swimming Chapter 7. The Voices of Boys on Sport, Health, and Physical Activity: The Beginning of Life Through a Gendered Lens Chapter 8. “We Have a Right to the Gym”: Physical Activity Experiences of East African Immigrant Girls Chapter 9. Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Kids and the Binary Obstacles of Sport Participation in North America Chapter 10. Examining Boys, Bodies, and PE Locker Room Spaces: “I Don’t Ever Set Foot in That Locker Room” Chapter 11. Park “Rats” to Park “Daddies”: Community Heads Creating Future Mentors Afterword: Kids, Sport Research, and Sport Policy Notes on Contributors Index
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MW - Rutgers University Press Childs Play Sport in Kids Worlds Critical Issues in Sport and Society
Book SynopsisIs sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health. Child's Play presents a more nuanced examination of the issue, considering not only the physical impacts of youth athletics, but its psychological and social ramifications as well.Trade Review"A carefully crafted and meticulously organized anthology, Child's Play provides a much needed research agenda for studying physical activities and sport participation among young people, and serves as a valuable source of information for any parent or adult concerned about youth sports." -- Jay Coakley * author of Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies *"A much needed contribution to the fields of childhood and sport studies." * Sport in American History *"Together, these essays present an understanding of youth sports supported by research data and ethnographic data that share a child’s voice. This convincing collection recognizes the culture of youth sport and its bearing on the growth of youth. It is for anyone interested in youth sports... Highly recommended." * Choice *"Messner and Musto have pulled together a powerful collection of essays that offer panoramic insight and riveting detail. The voices of kids are truly revelatory and powerfully demonstrate children’s cultural fluency within the constraints of age and other inequities. Child’s Play is a rare achievement that centers kids’ experience in sports while using it as a crucial prism onto other major sociological projects." -- Allison Pugh * University of Virginia *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Kids and Sport Michael A. Messner and Michela Musto Part I. Playing Fields: The Social Landscape of Youth Sports Chapter 1. Surveying Youth Sports in America: What We Know and What It Means for Public Policy Chapter 2. Kids of Color in the American Sporting Landscape: Limited, Concentrated, and Controlled Chapter 3. Girls and the Racialization of Female Bodies in Sport Contexts Chapter 4. Sport and the Childhood Obesity Epidemic Chapter 5. The Children Are Our Future: The NFL, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Production of “Avid Fans” Part II. Fields of Play: Kids Navigating Sport Worlds Chapter 6. Athletes in the Pool, Girls and Boys on Deck: The Contextual Construction of Gender in Coed Youth Swimming Chapter 7. The Voices of Boys on Sport, Health, and Physical Activity: The Beginning of Life Through a Gendered Lens Chapter 8. “We Have a Right to the Gym”: Physical Activity Experiences of East African Immigrant Girls Chapter 9. Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Kids and the Binary Obstacles of Sport Participation in North America Chapter 10. Examining Boys, Bodies, and PE Locker Room Spaces: “I Don’t Ever Set Foot in That Locker Room” Chapter 11. Park “Rats” to Park “Daddies”: Community Heads Creating Future Mentors Afterword: Kids, Sport Research, and Sport Policy Notes on Contributors Index
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John Wiley & Sons Race and Retail Consumption Across the Color Line Rutgers Studies on Race and Ethnicity
Book SynopsisDocuments the extent to which retail establishments, both past and present, have often catered to specific ethnic and racial groups. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the original essays collected here explore selling and buying practices of nonwhite populations around the world and the barriers that shape these habits, such as racial discrimination, food deserts, and gentrification.Trade Review"This is the most important book on race and consumerism in many years." -- Kathy M. Newman * author of Radio Active: Advertising and Consumer Activism, 1935-1947 *"Providing effective analyses of how ethnicity affects people's experience as consumers as well as citizens, this cohesive collection will have a broad audience … Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"A fine resource for scholars and students alike, one that moves the field of consumer culture studies forward by enriching what we know and suggesting how much research - and much advocacy - still lie ahead." * The Journal of American History *"Definitively establishes the importance of retail as a site where racial and ethnic identities are formed, negotiated, policed, or contested … Race and Retail is an excellent collection, one whose rich content amply rewards careful reading." * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *"This is the most important book on race and consumerism in many years." -- Kathy M. Newman * author of Radio Active: Advertising and Consumer Activism, 1935-1947 *"Providing effective analyses of how ethnicity affects people's experience as consumers as well as citizens, this cohesive collection will have a broad audience … Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"A fine resource for scholars and students alike, one that moves the field of consumer culture studies forward by enriching what we know and suggesting how much research - and much advocacy - still lie ahead." * The Journal of American History *"Definitively establishes the importance of retail as a site where racial and ethnic identities are formed, negotiated, policed, or contested … Race and Retail is an excellent collection, one whose rich content amply rewards careful reading." * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Part I: Race, Place and Retail Spaces Chapter 1: Traveling Black /Buying Black: Retail and Roadside Accommodations during the Segregation Era Chapter 2: Retail Messages in the Ghetto Belt Chapter 3: The Other Migrants: Mexican Shoppers in American Borderlands Chapter 4: Southern Retail Campaigns and the Struggle for Black Economic Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s Chapter 5: Servicing a Racial Regime: Gender, Race and the Public Space of Department Stores in Baltimore, Maryland, and Johannesburg, South Africa, 1940-1970 Part II: Race, Retail and Communities Chapter 6: Athabascan Village Stores: Subsistence Shopping in Interior Alaska in the 1940s Chapter 7: Deghettozing Chinatown: Race and Space in Postwar America Chapter 8: Marketing Identity, Negotiating Boundaries: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Paterson, New Jersey’s Narghile Lounges Chapter 9: The Changing Politics of Latino Consumption: Debates in Downtown Santa Ana’s New Urbanist and Creative City Revitalization Chapter 10: The Spatial Politics of Black Business Closure in Central Brooklyn Part III: The Inner Landscapes of Racialized Consumption Chapter 11: Selling Voodoo in Migration Metropolises Chapter 12: A Fantasy in Fashion: Luxury Dressing and African American Lifestyle Magazines in the 1980s Chapter 13: Racial Discrimination in Retail Settings: A Liberation Psychology Perspective Chapter 14: Does the Retail Environment Affect Mental Health?: Satisfaction with Neighborhood Retail and Social Well Being among African Americans in New York City Notes on Contributors
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Rutgers University Press Our Caribbean Kin Race and Nation in the
Book SynopsisWhat has determined whether Antillean solidarity movements fail or succeed? In this comprehensive new study, Alai Reyes-Santos argues that the crucial factor has been the extent to which Dominicans, Haitians, and Puerto Ricans imagine each other as kin. Our Caribbean Kin considers three key moments in the region's history: the nineteenth century; the 1930s; and the past thirty years.Trade Review"With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies." -- Myrna García-Calderón * Syracuse University *"Alaí Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice." -- April J. Mayes * author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity *Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) * Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of ContentsContentsPreface Introduction: Our Caribbean Kin 1 The Emancipated Sons: Nineteenth-Century Transcolonial Kinship2 Narratives in the Antilles3 Wife, Food, and a Bed of His Own: Marriage, Family, and Nationalist Kinship in the 1930s4 Like Family: (Un)recognized Siblings and the Haitian-Dominican Family5 Family Secrets: Brotherhood, Passing, and the Dominican–Puerto Rican Family Coda: On Kinship and SolidarityNotesBibliographyIndex
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MW - Rutgers University Press Public Interests Media Advocacy and Struggles over US Television
Trade Review"Both interesting and informative, Public Interests makes an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of media activism in the United States." -- Heather Hendershot * author of What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest *"Perlman's meticulously researched and well-argued book is an invaluable addition to policy studies, media history, and the literature on social activism ... As the tools, capacities, and concerns of media reformers continue to shift in the digital era, I strongly recommend this history for its careful explication of the past and thoughtful analysis of what we can learn from that history for our present and future." * Mass Communication and Society *"Perlman fills in a longstanding gap in television history with this well-researched account of several generations of dedicated reformers, whose efforts made a difference to the major political movements of the twentieth century and beyond....an important story, convincingly told." -- Michele Hilmes * author of Only Connect: A Cultural History of American Broadcasting, 4th ed. *"Allison Perlman has given the elusive construct of 'the public interest' some brilliant contours in this historical tour-de-force of social movements and their transformative relationship with media policy." -- Jennifer Holt * author of Empires of Entertainment *"An excellent book that should interest scholars of media history and media studies, US post-war history in general, as well as cultural studies." * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *"Allison Perlman’s story of media advocacy...offers a bracing antidote to [a] gloomy trajectory." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Battle for Educational Television: Broadcasting and Citizenship in the Postwar Era2 The Black Freedom Struggle and the Broadcast Reform Movement3 Feminists in the Wasteland Fight Back: The National Organization for Women and Media Reform4 Diversity and Deregulation: The NAACP, Media Deregulation, and Minority Media Rights during the Culture Wars5 Fighting for a Safe Haven: The Parents Television Council and the Restoration of the Family Hour6 The National Hispanic Media Coalition, Spanish-Language Broadcasting, and Latino Media AdvocacyConclusionNotesIndex
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MW - Rutgers University Press Public Interests Media Advocacy and Struggles over US Television
Trade Review"Both interesting and informative, Public Interests makes an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of media activism in the United States." -- Heather Hendershot * author of What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest *"Perlman's meticulously researched and well-argued book is an invaluable addition to policy studies, media history, and the literature on social activism ... As the tools, capacities, and concerns of media reformers continue to shift in the digital era, I strongly recommend this history for its careful explication of the past and thoughtful analysis of what we can learn from that history for our present and future." * Mass Communication and Society *"Perlman fills in a longstanding gap in television history with this well-researched account of several generations of dedicated reformers, whose efforts made a difference to the major political movements of the twentieth century and beyond....an important story, convincingly told." -- Michele Hilmes * author of Only Connect: A Cultural History of American Broadcasting, 4th ed. *"Allison Perlman has given the elusive construct of 'the public interest' some brilliant contours in this historical tour-de-force of social movements and their transformative relationship with media policy." -- Jennifer Holt * author of Empires of Entertainment *"An excellent book that should interest scholars of media history and media studies, US post-war history in general, as well as cultural studies." * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *"Allison Perlman’s story of media advocacy...offers a bracing antidote to [a] gloomy trajectory." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Battle for Educational Television: Broadcasting and Citizenship in the Postwar Era2 The Black Freedom Struggle and the Broadcast Reform Movement3 Feminists in the Wasteland Fight Back: The National Organization for Women and Media Reform4 Diversity and Deregulation: The NAACP, Media Deregulation, and Minority Media Rights during the Culture Wars5 Fighting for a Safe Haven: The Parents Television Council and the Restoration of the Family Hour6 The National Hispanic Media Coalition, Spanish-Language Broadcasting, and Latino Media AdvocacyConclusionNotesIndex
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John Wiley & Sons The Blacker the Ink Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art
Trade Review"Like the comics selected for analysis, this collection of essays works to expand our understanding of the mediums of Blackness and comics. Through observant and meticulous close readings of comic books, newspaper comic strips, digital comics, and graphic novels, alongside the respective sociohistorical and cultural contexts of their production, dissemination, and consumption, the contributors shed light on overlooked and perhaps unknown cartoonists and stories from the past, provide new insight on well-known comics and histories, and challenge our understanding of what constitutes black comics." * Cinema Journal *"A fascinating look at the growing complexity and diversity in representations of Blackness in comics, graphic novels and sequential art." -- Bambi Haggins * author of Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in Post-Soul America *"An essential guide for anyone interested in the intersections between race and comics, this volume is full of startling and original insights about the creators, comics, and graphic novels that represent people of African descent from the 1930s to the present." -- Jonathan W. Gray * author of Civil Rights in the White Literary Imagination *"This volume provides what has been lacking in some previous work—variety of content, precision of approach and execution, and depth of analyses … The Blacker the Ink advances the study of black comics significantly by offering new insights and a wealth of information free of gobbledygook ... Highly recommended." * Choice *"An important collection for academics and fan communities as we continue to expand scholarship on Black comics, their histories and their creators." * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *"The Blacker the Ink features an emerging methodology that may be characteristic of, and useful for, the continued development of black comics studies." * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Sweeter the Christmas Panel I: Black Is a Dangerous Color 1 "No Sweat!:” EC Comics, Cold War Censorship, and the Troublesome Colors of “Judgment Day!” 2 Sex in Yop City: Ivorian Femininity and Masculinity in Abouet and Oubrerie’s Aya 3 A Postcolony in Pieces: Black Faces, White Masks and Queer Potentials in Unknown Soldier Panel II: Black in Black and White and Color 4 Fashion in the Funny Papers: Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’s American Look 5 Graphic Remix: The Lateral Appropriation of Black Nationalism in Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks Panel III: Black Tights 6 American Truths: Blackness and the American Superhero 7 Drawn into Dialogue: Comic Book Culture and the Scene of Controversy in Milestone Media’s Icon 8 Critical Afrofuturism: A Case Study in Visual Rhetoric, Sequential Art, and Post-Apocalyptic Black Identity 9 Bare Chests, Silver Tiaras and Removable Afros: The Visual Design of Black Comic Book Superheroes Panel IV: Graphic Blackness 10 Daddy Cool: Donald Goines’s “Visual Novel” 11 The Blues Tragicomic: Constructing the Black Folk Subject in Stagger Lee 12 Provocation Through Polyphony: Kyle Baker’s Nat Turner 13 Performance Geography: Making Space in Jeremy Love’s Bayou, Volume 1 14 A Secret History of Miscegenation: Jimmy Corrigan and the Columbian Exposition of 1893 15 It’s a Hero?: Black Comics and Satirizing Subjection Notes on ContributorsIndex
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John Wiley & Sons Militant Visions Black Soldiers Internationalism and the Transformation of American Cinema
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MW - Rutgers University Press Of Forests and Fields Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest Latinidad Transnational Cultures in the United States
Book SynopsisJust looking at the Pacific Northwest's many verdant forests and fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today. Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejano migrants, and undocumented immigrants. Of Forests and Fields tells the story of these workers.Trade Review"Sifuentez cogently analyzes approximately seventy years of Pacific Northwest labor history… Scholars and students (both undergraduate and graduate) will find this richly told story illuminating."— The Journal of American History "Of Forests and Fields is a significant and timely historical project addressing one of the most important social and cultural developments in recent history."— David Gutierrez, professor of history, University of California, San Diego "Sifuentez has written a terrific book exploring the struggles of Mexican farm and forest laborers, documented and undocumented, in the northwest from World War II to the turn of the century. This is first-rate labor and environmental history attentive to the types of work performed by his subjects, the tensions between laborers and growers, and the role of pro-business state authorities... Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty."— Choice "This book’s greatest strength is that it covers many different topics in a comparatively brief space. Consequently, it would serve as an excellent supplemental text for courses focused on the American West, labor, immigration, Chicana/o studies, and the modern US survey."— H-Net "Mario Sifuentez gives voice to the stories, struggles, and strengths of Mexican laborers in the fields of the Northwest, illuminating in engaging, human terms an important slice of history."— Miriam Pawel, author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography "Of Forests and Fields is an important work that should be read by those interested in immigrant rights and Chicano, environmental, and labor history."— Pacific Northwest Quarterly "An elegant and engaging history of Mexican-ancestry labor in the Pacific Northwest....Well organized and well written. This book should be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the long history of Mexican-ancestry people in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest more broadly. It is written in a clear and engaging way that should appeal to college instructors, informed readers, and the general public." — Oregon Historical Quarterly "Of Forests and Fields provides a detailed and fascinating account of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest between the 1940s and the mid-1990s... Sifuentez has paved the way for scholars to more readily engage with the ways in which Mexican and Mexican American labor fits into a larger environmental history of the United States."— H-Environment "A much-needed history of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the state of Oregon....The most thorough examination of the evolution of Mexican labor in Oregon."— Historical Pacific ReviewTable of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Many Miles from Home: The Bracero Program in the Pacific Northwest2 Los Tejanos: The Texas-Mexican Diaspora in Oregon3 The Genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project4 Whip that Hoedad in the Ground: Undocumented Workers in the National Forest5 “Now I Can Hold My Own With Anybody”: IRCA, Immigrant Organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN)6 Huelga!: PCUN and Organizing Farm Workers in the Willamette ValleyEpilogue: La Lucha Sigue . . . Notes Index
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Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press Of Forests and Fields Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest Latinidad Transnational Cultures in the United States
Book SynopsisJust looking at the Pacific Northwest's many verdant forests and fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today. Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejano migrants, and undocumented immigrants. Of Forests and Fields tells the story of these workers.Trade Review"Sifuentez cogently analyzes approximately seventy years of Pacific Northwest labor history… Scholars and students (both undergraduate and graduate) will find this richly told story illuminating."— The Journal of American History "Of Forests and Fields is a significant and timely historical project addressing one of the most important social and cultural developments in recent history."— David Gutierrez, professor of history, University of California, San Diego "Sifuentez has written a terrific book exploring the struggles of Mexican farm and forest laborers, documented and undocumented, in the northwest from World War II to the turn of the century. This is first-rate labor and environmental history attentive to the types of work performed by his subjects, the tensions between laborers and growers, and the role of pro-business state authorities... Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty."— Choice "This book’s greatest strength is that it covers many different topics in a comparatively brief space. Consequently, it would serve as an excellent supplemental text for courses focused on the American West, labor, immigration, Chicana/o studies, and the modern US survey."— H-Net "Mario Sifuentez gives voice to the stories, struggles, and strengths of Mexican laborers in the fields of the Northwest, illuminating in engaging, human terms an important slice of history."— Miriam Pawel, author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography "Of Forests and Fields is an important work that should be read by those interested in immigrant rights and Chicano, environmental, and labor history."— Pacific Northwest Quarterly "An elegant and engaging history of Mexican-ancestry labor in the Pacific Northwest....Well organized and well written. This book should be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the long history of Mexican-ancestry people in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest more broadly. It is written in a clear and engaging way that should appeal to college instructors, informed readers, and the general public." — Oregon Historical Quarterly "Of Forests and Fields provides a detailed and fascinating account of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest between the 1940s and the mid-1990s... Sifuentez has paved the way for scholars to more readily engage with the ways in which Mexican and Mexican American labor fits into a larger environmental history of the United States."— H-Environment "A much-needed history of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the state of Oregon....The most thorough examination of the evolution of Mexican labor in Oregon."— Historical Pacific ReviewTable of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Many Miles from Home: The Bracero Program in the Pacific Northwest2 Los Tejanos: The Texas-Mexican Diaspora in Oregon3 The Genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project4 Whip that Hoedad in the Ground: Undocumented Workers in the National Forest5 “Now I Can Hold My Own With Anybody”: IRCA, Immigrant Organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN)6 Huelga!: PCUN and Organizing Farm Workers in the Willamette ValleyEpilogue: La Lucha Sigue . . . Notes Index
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John Wiley & Sons Southwest Asia The Transpacific Geographies of Chicanao Literature Latinidad Transnational Cultures in the United States
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Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press Borrowed Voices Writing and Racial Ventriloquism in the Jewish American Imagination
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Rutgers University Press The Psychic Hold of Slavery Legacies in American
Book SynopsisWhat would it mean to “get over slavery”? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Featuring original essays from an array of established and emerging scholars in the interdisciplinary field of African American studies, The Psychic Hold of Slavery offers a nuanced dialogue upon these questions.Trade Review"Suggesting that even the violence against blacks that fueled the Black Lives Matter movement is on the slavery continuum, this volume argues that slavery continues to shape the US's fundamental psychology and its systemic racial hierarchy. A postracial US is yet to come ... Recommended" * Choice *"[The Psychic Hold of Slavery] is well written and well organized. The proficiency and writing style of the contributors serves to reassure readers that they are among knowledgeable experts in the field… This is a must read book for any African American Studies course." * Horizons in Humanities and Social Sciences *"This collection is a timely, fascinating, often brilliant scholarly intervention in matters central both to the range of scholars and artists whose work it discusses and to the field of Black Studies." -- Michael Awkward * author of Philadelphia Freedoms: Black American Trauma, Memory & Culture after King *"These intelligent and provocative essays wonderfully show us what a rich array of art forms (films, literature, television, and cartoons) have to say about what slavery has done and undone." -- Ashraf H. A. Rushdy * author of The End of American Lynching and A Guilted Age: Apologies for the Past *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: “Do You Want to Be Well?”Soyica Diggs ColbertChapter 1: 12 Years a What?: Slavery, Representation, and Black Cultural Politics in 12 Years a SlaveRobert J. PattersonChapter 2: The Fruit of Abolition: Discontinuity and Difference in Terrance Hayes’s “The Avocado”Douglas A. Jones Jr.Chapter 3: Black Time: Slavery, Metaphysics, and the Logic of WellnessCalvin WarrenChapter 4: The Inside Turned Out Architecture of the Post-Neo-Slave NarrativeMargo Natalie CrawfordChapter 5: Memwa se paswa: Sifting the Slave Past in HaitiRégine Michelle Jean-CharlesChapter 6: Staging Social Death: Alienation and Embodiment in Aishah Rahman’s Unfinished WomenGerShun AvilezChapter 7: Dancing with Death: Spike Lee’s BamboozledSoyica Diggs ColbertChapter 8: Laughing to Keep from Crying: Dave Chappelle’s Self-Exploration with “The Nigger Pixie”Brandon J. ManningChapter 9: The Cartoonal SlaveMichael ChaneyChapter 10: Trauma and the Historical Turn in Black Literary DiscourseAida Levy-HussenConclusion: Black Lives Matter, Except When They Don’t: Why Slavery’s Psychic Hold MattersRobert J. PattersonSelected BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
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MW - Rutgers University Press The Psychic Hold of Slavery Legacies in American Expressive Culture
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Rutgers University Press Here to Stay Uncovering South Asian American
Book SynopsisIn Here to Stay, Geetika Rudra takes readers on a journey across the United States to unearth the little-known histories of South Asian Americans in the first half of the twentieth century. She shows how South Asians made a home for themselves in America, despite racist laws that only granted citizenship to European immigrants.Trade Review"Here to Stay reflects a great deal of primary source research that the author has conducted along with a compelling narrative that braids aspects of her life story into the historic narrative of America’s whiteness as well as the biographies of A.K. Mozumbar, Bhagat Singh Thind, Kala Bagai, and many other early Indian emigres. This book makes a strong contribution to South Asian American Studies scholarship." -- Himanee Gupta-Carlson * author of Middletown and Asian America *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Who Gets to be American? 2. Mozumdar Crosses the Pacific 3. The American Dream 4. Where Are You From? 5. Defining Whiteness 6. The Differences Between Daylight and Darkness 7. The Dilemma 8. Return to Hindoo Alley 9. Freedom Fighters 10. Citizenship on Trial 11. The Aftermath 12. The Path to Acceptance 13. War 14. Resolution A Note on Research Acknowledgements
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Rutgers University Press When Women Rule the Court Gender Race and
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Willms has combined solid research with clear prose to craft an exemplary study that is smart in execution and fresh in its perspective. When Women Rule the Court is unlike any other on the market and will make contributions to multiple fields." -- C. Richard King * author of Redskins: Insult and Brand *"Willms provides a meaning-laden sporting milieu with multi-generational investments, complex social formations, and kinship networks of Japanese American basketball that complicates femininity, ethnicity, ability, and nation. This book challenges hyper-hetero-masculinized readings of sport through spectacular athletes and everyday sporting cultures." -- Stanley Thangaraj * author of Desi Hoop Dreams: Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity *"This book will make a strong contribution to multiple fields. It will inspire discussions about the intersection of gender and race, the process of racialization and the production of ethnic identity through sport, and the role of iconic female sporting stars in the empowerment of young girls." * Gender & Society *"Willm takes us through how her sociological imagination for the J-Leagues was ignited leading to her becoming enthralled with Japanese American women’s basketball in California....A very good depiction of a subculture and how it has grown and endured....Recommend[ed]...to anybody interested in basketball, not only scholars involved in the sociology of sport." * Idrottsforum *Table of ContentsIntroduction: “This Is What We Do” 1 “Everybody Plays”: The Inclusiveness of J-League Basketball 2 "In JA Circles, Girls And Boys Are On Equal Footing”: The (Re)negotiation of Gender in J-League Basketball 3 “Women Who Took Sports Beyond Play”: How Japanese American Women’s Basketball Went to College 4 “We’re Turning Them Into Stars!” The Japanese American Female Basketball Player as Icon 5 “You Play Basketball?” Ruling The Court as An Unexpected Athlete 6 Conclusion: “It’s A Testament of What The Japanese Leagues Can Do for Young Girls” Acknowledgements Methodological Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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Rutgers University Press When Women Rule the Court Gender Race and
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Willms has combined solid research with clear prose to craft an exemplary study that is smart in execution and fresh in its perspective. When Women Rule the Court is unlike any other on the market and will make contributions to multiple fields." -- C. Richard King * author of Redskins: Insult and Brand *"Willms provides a meaning-laden sporting milieu with multi-generational investments, complex social formations, and kinship networks of Japanese American basketball that complicates femininity, ethnicity, ability, and nation. This book challenges hyper-hetero-masculinized readings of sport through spectacular athletes and everyday sporting cultures." -- Stanley Thangaraj * author of Desi Hoop Dreams: Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity *"This book will make a strong contribution to multiple fields. It will inspire discussions about the intersection of gender and race, the process of racialization and the production of ethnic identity through sport, and the role of iconic female sporting stars in the empowerment of young girls." * Gender & Society *"Willm takes us through how her sociological imagination for the J-Leagues was ignited leading to her becoming enthralled with Japanese American women’s basketball in California....A very good depiction of a subculture and how it has grown and endured....Recommend[ed]...to anybody interested in basketball, not only scholars involved in the sociology of sport." * Idrottsforum *Table of ContentsIntroduction: “This Is What We Do” 1 “Everybody Plays”: The Inclusiveness of J-League Basketball 2 "In JA Circles, Girls And Boys Are On Equal Footing”: The (Re)negotiation of Gender in J-League Basketball 3 “Women Who Took Sports Beyond Play”: How Japanese American Women’s Basketball Went to College 4 “We’re Turning Them Into Stars!” The Japanese American Female Basketball Player as Icon 5 “You Play Basketball?” Ruling The Court as An Unexpected Athlete 6 Conclusion: “It’s A Testament of What The Japanese Leagues Can Do for Young Girls” Acknowledgements Methodological Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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Rutgers University Press The Dominican Racial Imaginary Surveying the
Book SynopsisThis book begins with a simple question: why do so many Dominicans deny the African components of their DNA, culture, and history? Seeking answers, Milagros Ricourt uncovers a complex and often contradictory Dominican racial imaginary. In doing so, she also delivers an inspiring message on how multicultural communities might cooperate to disrupt the enduring power of white supremacy.Trade Review"A necessary book to rethink Dominican racial identities. Ricourt challenges the hegemonic national imaginary and brings forward alternative discourses and practices highlighting the presence of Dominican Black identities and culture." -- José Itzigsohn * professor of sociology, Brown University *"By reconsidering Dominican Vodou as the living legacy of Indigenous-Black liberation projects, Ricourt manages to make sense of how Dominican history and culture create and sustain both black 'denial' and black 'existence.' I cannot emphasize enough how powerful, radical, and important an argument this is." -- Ginetta E. B. Candelario * sociology and Latin American & Latino studies, Smith College *"Ricourt challenges the long-held idea of black denial in the Dominican Republic by highlighting examples from Afro-Dominican religion and other cultural practices where the African past is present. This book continues to move us forward in the ways race and blackness are discussed in the Dominican Republic." -- Kimberly Eison Simmons * Anthropology and African American Studies, University of South Carolina *"A much-needed intervention in the historiography of Dominican racial and national identity." * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Border at the Crossroad Chapter 3 The Creolization of Race Chapter 4 Cimarrones: The Seed of Subversion Chapter 5 Criollismo Religioso Chapter 6 Race, Identity, and Nation NotesBibliographyIndex
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Rutgers University Press The Dominican Racial Imaginary Surveying the
Book SynopsisThis book begins with a simple question: why do so many Dominicans deny the African components of their DNA, culture, and history? Seeking answers, Milagros Ricourt uncovers a complex and often contradictory Dominican racial imaginary. In doing so, she also delivers an inspiring message on how multicultural communities might cooperate to disrupt the enduring power of white supremacy.Trade Review"A necessary book to rethink Dominican racial identities. Ricourt challenges the hegemonic national imaginary and brings forward alternative discourses and practices highlighting the presence of Dominican Black identities and culture." -- José Itzigsohn * professor of sociology, Brown University *"By reconsidering Dominican Vodou as the living legacy of Indigenous-Black liberation projects, Ricourt manages to make sense of how Dominican history and culture create and sustain both black 'denial' and black 'existence.' I cannot emphasize enough how powerful, radical, and important an argument this is." -- Ginetta E. B. Candelario * sociology and Latin American & Latino studies, Smith College *"Ricourt challenges the long-held idea of black denial in the Dominican Republic by highlighting examples from Afro-Dominican religion and other cultural practices where the African past is present. This book continues to move us forward in the ways race and blackness are discussed in the Dominican Republic." -- Kimberly Eison Simmons * Anthropology and African American Studies, University of South Carolina *"A much-needed intervention in the historiography of Dominican racial and national identity." * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Border at the Crossroad Chapter 3 The Creolization of Race Chapter 4 Cimarrones: The Seed of Subversion Chapter 5 Criollismo Religioso Chapter 6 Race, Identity, and Nation NotesBibliographyIndex
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Rutgers University Press Searching for Sycorax
Book Synopsis Searching for Sycorax highlights the unique position of Black women in horror as both characters and creators. Kinitra D. Brooks creates a racially gendered critical analysis of African diasporic women, challenging the horror genre’s historic themes and interrogating forms of literature that have often been ignored by Black feminist theory. Brooks examines the works of women across the African diaspora, from Haiti, Trinidad, and Jamaica, to England and the United States, looking at new and canonized horror texts by Nalo Hopkinson, NK Jemisin, Gloria Naylor, and Chesya Burke. These Black women fiction writers take advantage of horror’s ability to highlight U.S. white dominant cultural anxieties by using Africana folklore to revise horror’s semiotics within their own imaginary. Ultimately, Brooks compares the legacy of Shakespeare’s Sycorax (of The Tempest) to Black women writers themselves, who, deprived of mainstream access to self-articuTrade Review"As an avid fan of science fiction, horror, and fantasy, I found Searching for Sycorax's interrogation of the erasure of black women in mainstream horror compelling, timely, and significant." -- LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant * coeditor of Womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler Perry’s Productions *"Searching for Sycorax is unlike anything I have ever read. Brooks’ excavation of Black women’s presence in horror is a ground-breaking, game changing must read for scholars and aficionados alike." -- Susana M. Morris * author of Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women's Literature *Author Kinitra D. Brooks was featured in an article in The Cut on a similar issue of black women in popular culture, entitled "Beyoncé Is the Leonardo da Vinci of Instagram." -- Emilia Petrarca * TheCut.com *"A deep exploration how Black women create horror that spawns a new knowledge of the genre that worries the intersections of race and gender to gain a better understanding, and continue the ongoing conversation as well as activity in the Black Women's Horror Renaissance." * Graveyard Shift Sisters *"BOOK CORNER: Author highlights influence of black women in horror" by Marissa Wells * LA Wave *"Discusses black women of the Americas and Britain as creators and characters in the horror genre." * Chronicle *"Students tap into popular culture to explore theories of race and gender" Searching for Sycorax mention * UTSA Today *"Why Are There So Many Bunnies in Scary Movies?" by Cady Lang - interview with Dr. Kinitra D. Brooks * Time *"Us Makes Us Look in the Mirror—What If We Don't Like What We See?," by Kinitra D. Brooks * Elle *Mention in "#StokersSoWhite: 2016-2018, the fall of tokenism at the HWA" https://sfbayview.com/2019/10/stokerssowhite-2016-2018-the-fall-of-tokenism-at-the-hwa/ * San Francisco Bay View *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction. Searching for Sycorax: Black Women and Horror 1 1. The Importance of Neglected Intersections: Characterizations of Black Women in Mainstream Horror Texts 16 2. Black Feminism and the Struggle for Literary Respectability 41 3. Black Women Writing Fluid Fiction: An Open Challenge to Genre Normativity 56 4. Folkloric Horror: A New Way of Reading Black Women’s Creative Horror 95 Conclusion. Sycorax’s Power of Revision: Reconstructing Black Women’s Counternarratives 127 Appendix: Creative Work Summary 133 Notes 167 Index 195
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Rutgers University Press Why Afterschool Matters Rutgers Series in
Book SynopsisIncreasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programmes make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth. Why Afterschool Matters closely follows ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular programme in California, then chronicles its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood.Trade Review"Professor Nelson has written a valuable and unique contribution to the growing literature on the impact of out-of-school-time programs on the development of youth. Impressive and engaging, Why Afterschool Matters is a timely and important work." -- Richard M. Lerner * Bergstrom Chair and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University *"Why Afterschool Matters is a critical reminder to account for the structural conditions that shape the lived realities of youths in order to avoid reifying the myth that everyone can access higher education, if they simply work hard." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface: Why Does College Matter? Acknowledgments 1 Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College 2 Theorizing Educational Success and Failure 3 Auxiliary Influence: “It Was Fun . . . But I Don’t Remember Much” 4 Distinguishable Influence: “It Helped Me Find My Way . . .” 5 Transformative Influence: “It Changed My Whole Life!” 6 The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation Appendix A: Student Characteristics Appendix B: Methodological Reflections References Index
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Rutgers University Press Why Afterschool Matters Rutgers Series in
Book SynopsisIncreasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programmes make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth. Why Afterschool Matters closely follows ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular programme in California, then chronicles its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood.Trade Review"Professor Nelson has written a valuable and unique contribution to the growing literature on the impact of out-of-school-time programs on the development of youth. Impressive and engaging, Why Afterschool Matters is a timely and important work." -- Richard M. Lerner * Bergstrom Chair and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University *"Why Afterschool Matters is a critical reminder to account for the structural conditions that shape the lived realities of youths in order to avoid reifying the myth that everyone can access higher education, if they simply work hard." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface: Why Does College Matter? Acknowledgments 1 Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College 2 Theorizing Educational Success and Failure 3 Auxiliary Influence: “It Was Fun . . . But I Don’t Remember Much” 4 Distinguishable Influence: “It Helped Me Find My Way . . .” 5 Transformative Influence: “It Changed My Whole Life!” 6 The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation Appendix A: Student Characteristics Appendix B: Methodological Reflections References Index
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Rutgers University Press Imagining Asia in the Americas Asian American
Book SynopsisInvestigates the myriad ways that Asians throughout the Americas use language, literature, religion, commerce, and other cultural practices to establish a sense of community, commemorate their countries of origin, and anticipate the possibilities presented by life in a new land. This volume provides an illuminating portrait of how immigrants negotiate between their native and adopted cultures.Trade Review"Imagining Asia in the Americas brings fresh ideas and scholarship to the field. Using oral histories and personal experience, the essays in this volume convey a level of intimacy missing from other collections on the Asian diaspora." -- Jerry García * author of Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and U.S. Hegemony *"This excellent volume is a welcome addition to the research on Asians in the Americas. The essays break new ground in this scant area of research, building on the currently small number of voices of Asians coming out of these regions." -- Karen Kuo * author of East is West and West is East *"From Coolitude to Sinalidad, Imagining Asia in the Americas boldly charts intersecting diasporas, borders, languages and continents to remap the complex history of Asian descent peoples in the New World." -- Allan Punzalan Isaac * author of American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionDebbie Lee-DiStefano Part I: Encounters: Moving Past Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the AmericasKathleen López Chapter 1: Yellow Blindness in a Black-and-White Ethnoscape: Chinese Influence and Heritage in Afro-Cuban ReligiosityMartin A. Tsang Chapter 2: Disrupting the “White Myth”: Korean Immigration to Buenos Aires and National ImaginariesJunyoung Verónica Kim Chapter 3: Harnessing the Dragon: Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs in Mexico and CubaAdrian H. Hearn Part II: Historicities: InterludeKathleen López Chapter 4: Caught between Crime and Disease: Chinese Exclusion and Immigration Restrictions in Early Twentieth-Century CubaJosé Amador Chapter 5: The Politics of the Pipe: Opium Regulation and Protocolonial Governance in Nineteenth-Century Hawai’iJulia Katz Part III: Lives / Representations: InterludeKathleen López Chapter 6: Musings on Identity and Transgenerational ExperiencesAnn Kaneko Chapter 7: Intersecting Words: Haiku in GujaratiRoshni Rustomji-Kerns Chapter 8: Cultural Celebration, Historical Memory, and Claim to Place in Júlio Miyazawa’s Yawara! A Travessia Nihondin-Brasil and Uma Rosa para YumiIgnacio López-Calvo BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
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Rutgers University Press Imagining Asia in the Americas
Book Synopsis For centuries, Asian immigrants have been making vital contributions to the cultures of North and South America. Yet in many of these countries, Asians are commonly viewed as undifferentiated racial “others,” lumped together as chinos regardless of whether they have Chinese ancestry. How might this struggle for recognition in their adopted homelands affect the ways that Asians in the Americas imagine community and cultural identity? The essays in Imagining Asia in the Americas investigate the myriad ways that Asians throughout the Americas use language, literature, religion, commerce, and other cultural practices to establish a sense of community, commemorate their countries of origin, and anticipate the possibilities presented by life in a new land. Focusing on a variety of locations across South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and the United States, the book’s contributors reveal the rich diversity of Asian AmeriTrade Review"Imagining Asia in the Americas brings fresh ideas and scholarship to the field. Using oral histories and personal experience, the essays in this volume convey a level of intimacy missing from other collections on the Asian diaspora." -- Jerry García * author of Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and U.S. Hegemony *"This excellent volume is a welcome addition to the research on Asians in the Americas. The essays break new ground in this scant area of research, building on the currently small number of voices of Asians coming out of these regions." -- Karen Kuo * author of East is West and West is East *"From Coolitude to Sinalidad, Imagining Asia in the Americas boldly charts intersecting diasporas, borders, languages and continents to remap the complex history of Asian descent peoples in the New World." -- Allan Punzalan Isaac * author of American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionDebbie Lee-DiStefano Part I: Encounters: Moving Past Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the AmericasKathleen López Chapter 1: Yellow Blindness in a Black-and-White Ethnoscape: Chinese Influence and Heritage in Afro-Cuban ReligiosityMartin A. Tsang Chapter 2: Disrupting the “White Myth”: Korean Immigration to Buenos Aires and National ImaginariesJunyoung Verónica Kim Chapter 3: Harnessing the Dragon: Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs in Mexico and CubaAdrian H. Hearn Part II: Historicities: InterludeKathleen López Chapter 4: Caught between Crime and Disease: Chinese Exclusion and Immigration Restrictions in Early Twentieth-Century CubaJosé Amador Chapter 5: The Politics of the Pipe: Opium Regulation and Protocolonial Governance in Nineteenth-Century Hawai’iJulia Katz Part III: Lives / Representations: InterludeKathleen López Chapter 6: Musings on Identity and Transgenerational ExperiencesAnn Kaneko Chapter 7: Intersecting Words: Haiku in GujaratiRoshni Rustomji-Kerns Chapter 8: Cultural Celebration, Historical Memory, and Claim to Place in Júlio Miyazawa’s Yawara! A Travessia Nihondin-Brasil and Uma Rosa para YumiIgnacio López-Calvo BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
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Rutgers University Press The Resilient Self Gender Immigration and
Book SynopsisThis book explores how international migration re-shapes women’s senses of themselves. Gu uses life-history interviews and ethnographic observations to illustrate how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women who negotiate and resist the social and psychological effects of the processes of immigration and settlement. Trade Review"The Resilient Self examines how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women. Gu's fresh perspective positions these women as social agents and producers of knowledge, not simply as recipients of social forces." -- Eliza Noh * California State University, Fullerton *"An interesting, clearly written book that articulates how sociocultural factors shape women's individual voices, self development, and lived experiences. It adds novel information and hidden knowledge about this particular group of migrants from Taiwan." -- Esther Ngan-ling Chow * editor of Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia *"A study of middle-class, educated Taiwanese women and their efforts to redefine their lives after immigration as dependent spouses initially unable, by the terms of their visas, to work outside the home." * Chronicle of Higher Education *"[The book] empathize[s] with these women's experiences and to celebrate their adaptation to and acceptance of their new lives and circumstances. Readers seeking these kinds of narratives and microstudy data will be the best served by The Resilient Self." * Journal of Asian Studies *“The Resilient Self contains many fascinating vignettes about the experiences of Taiwanese immigrant women in the United States. It also highlights the effect immigration can have on the mental health of women..Its theoretical framing…holds promise for future work in migration studies.” * Gender & Society *"The Resilient Self examines how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women. Gu's fresh perspective positions these women as social agents and producers of knowledge, not simply as recipients of social forces." -- Eliza Noh * California State University, Fullerton *"An interesting, clearly written book that articulates how sociocultural factors shape women's individual voices, self development, and lived experiences. It adds novel information and hidden knowledge about this particular group of migrants from Taiwan." -- Esther Ngan-ling Chow * editor of Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia *"A study of middle-class, educated Taiwanese women and their efforts to redefine their lives after immigration as dependent spouses initially unable, by the terms of their visas, to work outside the home." * Chronicle of Higher Education *"[The book] empathize[s] with these women's experiences and to celebrate their adaptation to and acceptance of their new lives and circumstances. Readers seeking these kinds of narratives and microstudy data will be the best served by The Resilient Self." * Journal of Asian Studies *“The Resilient Self contains many fascinating vignettes about the experiences of Taiwanese immigrant women in the United States. It also highlights the effect immigration can have on the mental health of women..Its theoretical framing…holds promise for future work in migration studies.” * Gender & Society *Table of Contents1. Introduction 1 2. Immigration, Culture, Gender, and the Self 17 3. Searching for Self in the New Land 38 4. Negotiating Egalitarianism 69 5. Performing Confucian Patriarchy 95 6. Fighting for Dignity and Respect in Racialized America 127 7. Suffering and the Resilient Self 154 Acknowledgments 165 Appendix: Demographic Information of Subjects 167 Notes 171 References 181 Index 191
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Rutgers University Press The Resilient Self Gender Immigration and
Book SynopsisThis book explores how international migration re-shapes women’s senses of themselves. Gu uses life-history interviews and ethnographic observations to illustrate how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women who negotiate and resist the social and psychological effects of the processes of immigration and settlement. Trade Review"The Resilient Self examines how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women. Gu's fresh perspective positions these women as social agents and producers of knowledge, not simply as recipients of social forces." -- Eliza Noh * California State University, Fullerton *"An interesting, clearly written book that articulates how sociocultural factors shape women's individual voices, self development, and lived experiences. It adds novel information and hidden knowledge about this particular group of migrants from Taiwan." -- Esther Ngan-ling Chow * editor of Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia *"A study of middle-class, educated Taiwanese women and their efforts to redefine their lives after immigration as dependent spouses initially unable, by the terms of their visas, to work outside the home." * Chronicle of Higher Education *"[The book] empathize[s] with these women's experiences and to celebrate their adaptation to and acceptance of their new lives and circumstances. Readers seeking these kinds of narratives and microstudy data will be the best served by The Resilient Self." * Journal of Asian Studies *“The Resilient Self contains many fascinating vignettes about the experiences of Taiwanese immigrant women in the United States. It also highlights the effect immigration can have on the mental health of women..Its theoretical framing…holds promise for future work in migration studies.” * Gender & Society *"The Resilient Self examines how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women. Gu's fresh perspective positions these women as social agents and producers of knowledge, not simply as recipients of social forces." -- Eliza Noh * California State University, Fullerton *"An interesting, clearly written book that articulates how sociocultural factors shape women's individual voices, self development, and lived experiences. It adds novel information and hidden knowledge about this particular group of migrants from Taiwan." -- Esther Ngan-ling Chow * editor of Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia *"A study of middle-class, educated Taiwanese women and their efforts to redefine their lives after immigration as dependent spouses initially unable, by the terms of their visas, to work outside the home." * Chronicle of Higher Education *"[The book] empathize[s] with these women's experiences and to celebrate their adaptation to and acceptance of their new lives and circumstances. Readers seeking these kinds of narratives and microstudy data will be the best served by The Resilient Self." * Journal of Asian Studies *“The Resilient Self contains many fascinating vignettes about the experiences of Taiwanese immigrant women in the United States. It also highlights the effect immigration can have on the mental health of women..Its theoretical framing…holds promise for future work in migration studies.” * Gender & Society *Table of Contents1. Introduction 1 2. Immigration, Culture, Gender, and the Self 17 3. Searching for Self in the New Land 38 4. Negotiating Egalitarianism 69 5. Performing Confucian Patriarchy 95 6. Fighting for Dignity and Respect in Racialized America 127 7. Suffering and the Resilient Self 154 Acknowledgments 165 Appendix: Demographic Information of Subjects 167 Notes 171 References 181 Index 191
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Rutgers University Press Between Foreign and Family Return Migration and
Book SynopsisThis book explores the impact of inconsistent rules of ethnic inclusion and exclusion on the economic and social lives of Korean Americans and Korean Chinese living in Seoul. Lee highlights the “logics of transnationalism” that shape the relationships between these return migrants and their employers, co-workers, friends, family, and the South Korean state. Trade Review"In this distinct contribution to the field of transnational studies, Helene K. Lee shows how ethnic identity comes to take on a very different significance depending on one's nationality and class position." -- Joshua Roth * author of Brokered Homeland: Japanese Brazilian Migrants in Japan *"Lee examines the expectations and experiences of two groups, whose members think of themselves as Korean." * Asian Affairs *"The book merits reading to encourage reflection on the current social situation and pondering of the possible transformation of Koreanness in the future." * The Review of Korean Studies *"Lee’s study is a crisply written and cogently argued analysis that makes an original contribution to a range of interrelated subjects that have preoccupied social scientists for decades, including diasporic nationalism, return migration, and (im)migrant incorporation." * China Review International *"Lee’s book aptly suggests that we should try to imagine the concept of homeland beyond the simple binary between family and foreign, us and them, and in and out." * The Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. The Premigration Condition 14 2. Return Migrants in the South Korean Immigration System and Labor Market 39 3. Of “Kings” and “Lepers”: The Gendered Logics of Koreanness in the Social Lives of Korean Americans 67 4. “Aren’t We All the People of Joseon?”: Claiming Ethnic Inclusion through History and Culture 97 5. The Logics of Cosmopolitan Koreanness and Global Citizenship 114 Conclusion: Finding Family among Foreigners 134 Acknowledgments 143 Appendix A: Research Methods 147 Appendix B: Characteristics of Respondents 149 Notes 155 References 167 Index 175
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Rutgers University Press Between Foreign and Family Return Migration and
Book SynopsisThis book explores the impact of inconsistent rules of ethnic inclusion and exclusion on the economic and social lives of Korean Americans and Korean Chinese living in Seoul. Lee highlights the “logics of transnationalism” that shape the relationships between these return migrants and their employers, co-workers, friends, family, and the South Korean state. Trade Review"In this distinct contribution to the field of transnational studies, Helene K. Lee shows how ethnic identity comes to take on a very different significance depending on one's nationality and class position." -- Joshua Roth * author of Brokered Homeland: Japanese Brazilian Migrants in Japan *"Lee examines the expectations and experiences of two groups, whose members think of themselves as Korean." * Asian Affairs *"The book merits reading to encourage reflection on the current social situation and pondering of the possible transformation of Koreanness in the future." * The Review of Korean Studies *"Lee’s study is a crisply written and cogently argued analysis that makes an original contribution to a range of interrelated subjects that have preoccupied social scientists for decades, including diasporic nationalism, return migration, and (im)migrant incorporation." * China Review International *"Lee’s book aptly suggests that we should try to imagine the concept of homeland beyond the simple binary between family and foreign, us and them, and in and out." * The Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. The Premigration Condition 14 2. Return Migrants in the South Korean Immigration System and Labor Market 39 3. Of “Kings” and “Lepers”: The Gendered Logics of Koreanness in the Social Lives of Korean Americans 67 4. “Aren’t We All the People of Joseon?”: Claiming Ethnic Inclusion through History and Culture 97 5. The Logics of Cosmopolitan Koreanness and Global Citizenship 114 Conclusion: Finding Family among Foreigners 134 Acknowledgments 143 Appendix A: Research Methods 147 Appendix B: Characteristics of Respondents 149 Notes 155 References 167 Index 175
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Thieving ThreeFingered Jack Transatlantic Tales
Book SynopsisBotkin has compiled and analyzed plays, novels, and folklore about Three-Fingered Jack in order to show how the story of this hero-villain has evolved as it traveled from the Caribbean to England and the United States, returning to Jamaica as a tale of heroic resistance.Trade Review"Finally, the study of Obi for which we’ve been waiting: one that moves across not just historical periods but also language, culture, and media. In Thieving Three-Fingered Jack, Frances Botkin gives us an extraordinary study for understanding transatlantic literary relations. Few figures possess the necessary power to illuminate a region or an era, but Jack Mansong — especially in Professor Botkin’s hands — proves such a vehicle." -- Michael Gamer * associate professor of English, University of Pennsylvania *"With its seamless blending of disciplinary methods, Thieving Three-Fingered Jack explains how a fugitive slave became a transatlantic legend. Botkin moves transhistorically and transnationally to describe how Jack became a fictional and theatrical icon. In the process, she highlights the many insights made possible when folklore and literary studies converge." -- Daphne Lamothe * author of Inventing the New Negro: Narrative, Culture, and Ethnography *"[Thieving Three-Fingered Jack: Transatlantic Tales of a Jamaican Outlaw] discusses plays and songs written about Jack Mansong, an escaped slave turned bandit who came to be revered as a freedom fighter in Jamaica for his attacks on colonial planters." * Chronicle *Forthcoming African American Studies Titles, 2018: A list of the latest and soon-to-be-released publications through October 2018. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Representing Three-Fingered Jack 1. Divide and Conquer: Three-Fingered Jack and the Maroons 2. "Jack Is a MAN" Prose Obis, 1800-1870 3. Staging Obi: Three-Fingered Jack in London and New York 4. Being Jack Mansong: Ira Aldridge and Three-Fingered Jack 5. After Emancipatio: Masquerade and Miscegenation 6. Mansong: No Longer "Nearly Everybody Wite" Epilogue: "The Baddest Man Around" Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index
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Rutgers University Press Thieving ThreeFingered Jack Transatlantic Tales
Book SynopsisBotkin has compiled and analyzed plays, novels, and folklore about Three-Fingered Jack in order to show how the story of this hero-villain has evolved as it traveled from the Caribbean to England and the United States, returning to Jamaica as a tale of heroic resistance.Trade Review"Finally, the study of Obi for which we’ve been waiting: one that moves across not just historical periods but also language, culture, and media. In Thieving Three-Fingered Jack, Frances Botkin gives us an extraordinary study for understanding transatlantic literary relations. Few figures possess the necessary power to illuminate a region or an era, but Jack Mansong — especially in Professor Botkin’s hands — proves such a vehicle." -- Michael Gamer * associate professor of English, University of Pennsylvania *"With its seamless blending of disciplinary methods, Thieving Three-Fingered Jack explains how a fugitive slave became a transatlantic legend. Botkin moves transhistorically and transnationally to describe how Jack became a fictional and theatrical icon. In the process, she highlights the many insights made possible when folklore and literary studies converge." -- Daphne Lamothe * author of Inventing the New Negro: Narrative, Culture, and Ethnography *"[Thieving Three-Fingered Jack: Transatlantic Tales of a Jamaican Outlaw] discusses plays and songs written about Jack Mansong, an escaped slave turned bandit who came to be revered as a freedom fighter in Jamaica for his attacks on colonial planters." * Chronicle *Forthcoming African American Studies Titles, 2018: A list of the latest and soon-to-be-released publications through October 2018. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Representing Three-Fingered Jack 1. Divide and Conquer: Three-Fingered Jack and the Maroons 2. "Jack Is a MAN" Prose Obis, 1800-1870 3. Staging Obi: Three-Fingered Jack in London and New York 4. Being Jack Mansong: Ira Aldridge and Three-Fingered Jack 5. After Emancipatio: Masquerade and Miscegenation 6. Mansong: No Longer "Nearly Everybody Wite" Epilogue: "The Baddest Man Around" Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Teacher Education across MinorityServing
Book SynopsisTeacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions focuses on teacher education across a diverse array of institutions. It pushes for scholars to consider that racial diversity in teacher education is not simply an end in itself, but is rather, a means to accomplish other goals, such as developing justice-oriented and asset-based pedagogies. Trade Review"Petchauer and Mawhinney's Teacher Education across MSIs is the first book to include the voices of MSI scholars on the topic of teacher education at MSIs. These institutions are vital to ensuring a diverse teaching force in the U.S." -- Marybeth Gasman * Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Director, Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions *“With wide-ranging implications for higher education policy, Teacher Education across Minority Serving Institutions is honest and optimistic about transforming teaching practice through MSI teacher prep programs. Its grounded perspectives, intelligent analyses, and compelling narratives make this book an insightful read and a valuable contribution to higher education literature.” -- Ivory Toldson, Ph.D. * Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Negro Education and Former Director, White House Initiative on HBCUs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Teacher Education across Minority-Serving InstitutionsEmery Petchauer and Lynnette Mawhinney Part I. Community Connections and Justice-Oriented Teacher EducationChapter 1. The Promise of Equity: Preparing Future Teachers to be Socially Just EducatorsMae S. Chaplin and Annette M. DaoudChapter 2. Learning from the Community: Innovative Partnerships That Inform Tribal College Teacher Education ProgrammingDanielle LansingChapter 3. Teacher Preparation for Our Communities: Building Co-teaching Collaborative Schools from the Ground UpCheryl A. Franklin Torrez, Jonathan Brinkerhoff, and Irene WelchChapter 4. From Our Own Gardens: Growing Our Own Bilingual Teachers in the SouthwestSandra Browning Part II. Program Responses to Contemporary DemandsChapter 5. Lifting Gates and Building Skills: Preparing Diverse Candidates to Pass New Certification ExamsJoni S. Kolman, Laura M. Gellert, and Denise L. McLurkinChapter 6. Special Education Teacher Preparation Reform in Context: Lessons from a Decade of Program SupportMary Bay, Norma A. Lopez-Reyna, and Rosanne WardChapter 7. Becoming a Black Institution: Challenges and Changes for Teacher Education Programs at Emerging Minority-Serving InstitutionsByung-In Seo, DeWitt Scott, and Emery PetchauerChapter 8. The Future of Teacher Education at Tribal Colleges and Universities: A Talking Circle of Education WarriorsCarmelita LambChapter 9. Teacher Preparation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Remaining Relevant in a Climate of AccountabilityBrian Harper and Lynnette Mawhinney Conclusion: Teacher Education beyond Minority-Serving InstitutionsEmery Petchauer and Lynnette Mawhinney Notes on ContributorsIndex
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Rutgers University Press Teacher Education Across MinorityServing
Book SynopsisTeacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions focuses on teacher education across a diverse array of institutions. It pushes for scholars to consider that racial diversity in teacher education is not simply an end in itself, but is rather, a means to accomplish other goals, such as developing justice-oriented and asset-based pedagogies. Trade Review"Petchauer and Mawhinney's Teacher Education across MSIs is the first book to include the voices of MSI scholars on the topic of teacher education at MSIs. These institutions are vital to ensuring a diverse teaching force in the U.S." -- Marybeth Gasman * Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Director, Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions *“With wide-ranging implications for higher education policy, Teacher Education across Minority Serving Institutions is honest and optimistic about transforming teaching practice through MSI teacher prep programs. Its grounded perspectives, intelligent analyses, and compelling narratives make this book an insightful read and a valuable contribution to higher education literature.” -- Ivory Toldson, Ph.D. * Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Negro Education and Former Director, White House Initiative on HBCUs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Teacher Education across Minority-Serving InstitutionsEmery Petchauer and Lynnette Mawhinney Part I. Community Connections and Justice-Oriented Teacher EducationChapter 1. The Promise of Equity: Preparing Future Teachers to be Socially Just EducatorsMae S. Chaplin and Annette M. DaoudChapter 2. Learning from the Community: Innovative Partnerships That Inform Tribal College Teacher Education ProgrammingDanielle LansingChapter 3. Teacher Preparation for Our Communities: Building Co-teaching Collaborative Schools from the Ground UpCheryl A. Franklin Torrez, Jonathan Brinkerhoff, and Irene WelchChapter 4. From Our Own Gardens: Growing Our Own Bilingual Teachers in the SouthwestSandra Browning Part II. Program Responses to Contemporary DemandsChapter 5. Lifting Gates and Building Skills: Preparing Diverse Candidates to Pass New Certification ExamsJoni S. Kolman, Laura M. Gellert, and Denise L. McLurkinChapter 6. Special Education Teacher Preparation Reform in Context: Lessons from a Decade of Program SupportMary Bay, Norma A. Lopez-Reyna, and Rosanne WardChapter 7. Becoming a Black Institution: Challenges and Changes for Teacher Education Programs at Emerging Minority-Serving InstitutionsByung-In Seo, DeWitt Scott, and Emery PetchauerChapter 8. The Future of Teacher Education at Tribal Colleges and Universities: A Talking Circle of Education WarriorsCarmelita LambChapter 9. Teacher Preparation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Remaining Relevant in a Climate of AccountabilityBrian Harper and Lynnette Mawhinney Conclusion: Teacher Education beyond Minority-Serving InstitutionsEmery Petchauer and Lynnette Mawhinney Notes on ContributorsIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Challenges of Diversity Essays on America
Book SynopsisWhat unites and what divides Americans as a nation? Opening with a survey of American literature through the vantage point of ethnicity, Werner Sollors examines the changing self-understanding of the United States from an Anglo-American to a multicultural country and the role writing has played in that process. Trade Review"Sollors is an epochal figure in his field, an inventive and risk-taking thinker who is expanding the scope of African American and American scholarship." -- Tom Socca * Boston Phoenix *"Werner Sollors is a highly sophisticated and discerning commentator on the cluster of issues that Americans associate with the word diversity. The essays collected here are among his finest." -- David Hollinger * coeditor of The American Intellectual Tradition: A Sourcebook *“A thoroughly thoughtful and thought-provoking read from beginning to end, Challenges of Diversity: Essays on America is an inherently engaging, impressively informed and informative, exceptionally well reasoned, written, and organized work of original scholarship that is unreserved recommended for both community and academic library collections.” * Midwest Book Review *"Sollors is an epochal figure in his field, an inventive and risk-taking thinker who is expanding the scope of African American and American scholarship." -- Tom Socca * Boston Phoenix *"Werner Sollors is a highly sophisticated and discerning commentator on the cluster of issues that Americans associate with the word diversity. The essays collected here are among his finest." -- David Hollinger * coeditor of The American Intellectual Tradition: A Sourcebook *“A thoroughly thoughtful and thought-provoking read from beginning to end, Challenges of Diversity: Essays on America is an inherently engaging, impressively informed and informative, exceptionally well reasoned, written, and organized work of original scholarship that is unreserved recommended for both community and academic library collections.” * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 3 1 Literature and Ethnicity 19 2 National Identity and Ethnic Diversity 67 3 Dedicated to a Proposition 95 4 A Critique of Pure Pluralism 121 5 The Multiculturalism Debate as Cultural Text 145 Notes 177 Acknowledgments 205 Index 207
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Rutgers University Press CriminalizationAssimilation ChineseAmericans and
Book SynopsisCriminalization/Assimilation traces how Classical Hollywood films constructed America’s image of Chinese Americans from their criminalization as unwanted immigrants to their eventual acceptance when assimilated citizens, exploiting both America’s yellow peril fears about Chinese immigration and its fascination with Chinatowns.Trade Review"Philippa Gates takes us on an engrossing journey through the Chinatown streets of Hollywood’s imagination in her comprehensive study of the ambivalent depiction of Chinese people and places on American screens. Her superlative book provides essential reading for scholars, students, and concerned readers who need to understand this history fully to critique the images and ideas that continue to shape today’s cultural landscape." -- Gina Marchetti * author of Citing China: Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema *"Meticulously researched and laudably comprehensive, Criminalization/Assimilation explores Chinatown’s place in the lexicon of early Hollywood films. This is a unique and important contribution to film studies and Asian American studies—a highly satisfying read!" -- Karla Rae Fuller * author of Hollywood Goes Oriental: CaucAsian Performance in American Film *“A most informative analysis…. The main strength of Criminalization/Assimilation may be its detailed outline of the various shifts in representations that occurred over a fifty-year period, that certainly complexifies a strictly axiological appreciation of Chinatown films as either racist or non-racist.” * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *Table of ContentsContents Part I: Hollywood’s Chinese America 1 Introduction 2 Yellow Peril, Protest, and an Orientalist Gaze: Hollywood’s Constructions of Chinese/Americans Part II: Chinatown Crime 3 Imperilled Imperialism: Tong Wars, Slave Girls, and Opium Dens 4 The Whitening of Chinatown: Action Cops and Upstanding Criminals Part III: Chinatown Melodrama 5 The Perils of Proximity: White Downfall in the Chinatown Melodrama 6 Tainted Blood: White Fears of Yellow Miscegenation Part IV: Chinese American Assimilation 7 Assimilation and Tourism: Chinese American Citizens and Chinatown Rebranded 8 Assimilating Heroism: The Chinese American as American Action Hero 9 Epilogue Filmography Acknowledgments Notes Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Food Across Borders
Book SynopsisThe act of eating defines and redefines borders. The stories told in Food Across Borders highlight the contiguity between the intimate decisions we make as individuals concerning what we eat and the social and geopolitical processes we enact to secure nourishment, territory, and belonging. Trade Review"A 'Taco Truck on Every Corner'? Well organized and well written, Food Across Borders takes a broad inter-ethnic, transnational, and transhemispheric approach to its subject. The book is a welcome reminder and fresh interpretation of the central role that food plays in American politics and society at every level from production to consumption." -- José M. Alamillo * author of Making Lemonade out of Lemons: Mexican American Labor and Leisure in a California Town *"This important volume reminds us that eating necessarily involves the movement of foodstuffs, meanings, and bodies across borders, both intimate and geopolitical, and that 'building a wall' is no solution." -- Julie Guthman * author of Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California *"Essays on such topics as negotiating nostalgia in family-owned and small-scale Mexican restaurants in the United States." * Chronicle *A Conversation with Food Across Borders editors Matt Garcia, E. Melanie DuPuis, and Don Mitchell * Meant to be Eaten *Table of ContentsContents List of Maps Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Food Across Borders: An Introduction E. Melanie Dupuis, Matt Garcia, and Don Mitchell Chapter 2: Afro-Latina/os’ Culinary Subjectivities: Rooting Ethnicities through Root Vegetables Meredith E. Abarca Chapter 3: “Mexican Cookery that belongs to the United States”: Evolving Boundaries of Whiteness in New Mexican Kitchens Katherine Massoth Chapter 4: “Cooking Mexican”: Negotiating Nostalgia in Family-Owned and Small-Scale Mexican Restaurants in the United States José Antonio Vázquez-Medina Chapter 5: “Chasing the Yum”: Food Procurement and Thai American Community Formation in an Era of Free Trade Tanachai Mark Padoongpatt Chapter 6: Crossing Chiles, Crossing Borders: Dr. Fabian Garcia, the New Mexican Chile Pepper, and Modernity in the Early Twentieth-Century US-Mexico Borderlands William Carleton Chapter 7: Constructing Borderless Foods: The Quartermaster Corps and World War II Army Subsistence Kellen Backer Chapter 8: Bittersweet: Food, Gender and the State in the US and Canadian Wests During World War I Mary Murphy Chapter 9: The Place that Feeds You: Allotment and the Struggle for Blackfeet Food Sovereignty Michael Wise Chapter 10: Eating Far from Home: Latino/a Workers and Food Sovereignty in Rural Vermont Teresa M. Mares, Naomi Wolcott-MacCausland, and Jessie Mazar Chapter 11: Milking Networks for All They’re Worth: Precarious Migrant Life and the Process of Consent on New York Dairies Kathleen Sexsmith Chapter 12: Crossing Borders, Overcoming Boundaries: Latino Immigrant Farmers and a New Sense of Home in the United States Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern Chapter 13: (Re)Producing Ethnic Difference: Solidarity Trade, Indigeneity, and Colonialism in the Global Quinoa Boom Marygold Walsh-Dilley Notes on Contributors Index Contents List of Maps Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Food Across Borders: An Introduction E. Melanie Dupuis, Matt Garcia, and Don Mitchell Chapter 2: Afro-Latina/os’ Culinary Subjectivities: Rooting Ethnicities through Root Vegetables Meredith E. Abarca Chapter 3: “Mexican Cookery that belongs to the United States”: Evolving Boundaries of Whiteness in New Mexican Kitchens Katherine Massoth Chapter 4: “Cooking Mexican”: Negotiating Nostalgia in Family-Owned and Small-Scale Mexican Restaurants in the United States José Antonio Vázquez-Medina Chapter 5: “Chasing the Yum”: Food Procurement and Thai American Community Formation in an Era of Free Trade Tanachai Mark Padoongpatt Chapter 6: Crossing Chiles, Crossing Borders: Dr. Fabian Garcia, the New Mexican Chile Pepper, and Modernity in the Early Twentieth-Century US-Mexico Borderlands William Carleton Chapter 7: Constructing Borderless Foods: The Quartermaster Corps and World War II Army Subsistence Kellen Backer Chapter 8: Bittersweet: Food, Gender and the State in the US and Canadian Wests During World War I Mary Murphy Chapter 9: The Place that Feeds You: Allotment and the Struggle for Blackfeet Food Sovereignty Michael Wise Chapter 10: Eating Far from Home: Latino/a Workers and Food Sovereignty in Rural Vermont Teresa M. Mares, Naomi Wolcott-MacCausland, and Jessie Mazar Chapter 11: Milking Networks for All They’re Worth: Precarious Migrant Life and the Process of Consent on New York Dairies Kathleen Sexsmith Chapter 12: Crossing Borders, Overcoming Boundaries: Latino Immigrant Farmers and a New Sense of Home in the United States Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern Chapter 13: (Re)Producing Ethnic Difference: Solidarity Trade, Indigeneity, and Colonialism in the Global Quinoa Boom Marygold Walsh-Dilley Notes on Contributors Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press PanAfrican American Literature Signifying
Book SynopsisPan-African American Literature charts the contours of literature by African born or identified authors centered around life in the United States. The texts examined here deliberately signify on the African American literary canon to encompass new experiences of immigration, assimilation and identification that challenge how blackness has been previously conceived. Trade Review"Timely and promising, Pan-African American Literature will make a major and distinctive contribution to African American studies, cultural studies, and American literary studies." -- Michele Elam * author of The Souls of Mixed Folk: Race, Politics, and Aesthetics in the New Millennium *"Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars" roundup * Journal of Blacks in Higher Education *"Essential." * Choice *"[An] important book." * American Studies in Scandinavia *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Signifyin(g) on the Slave Narrative: African Memoirs of War and Displacement 2 Uncanny Rememories in Teju Cole’s Open City 3 The Impossibility of Invisibility in the Novels of Dinaw Mengestu 4 Refiguring the Ancestor in the Fiction of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 5 Becoming his own Father: Obama’s Dreams from My Father Conclusion: Blackness Now Works Cited Index
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Rutgers University Press PanAfrican American Literature Signifying
Book SynopsisPan-African American Literature charts the contours of literature by African born or identified authors centered around life in the United States. The texts examined here deliberately signify on the African American literary canon to encompass new experiences of immigration, assimilation and identification that challenge how blackness has been previously conceived. Trade Review"Timely and promising, Pan-African American Literature will make a major and distinctive contribution to African American studies, cultural studies, and American literary studies." -- Michele Elam * author of The Souls of Mixed Folk: Race, Politics, and Aesthetics in the New Millennium *"Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars" roundup * Journal of Blacks in Higher Education *"Essential." * Choice *"[An] important book." * American Studies in Scandinavia *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Signifyin(g) on the Slave Narrative: African Memoirs of War and Displacement 2 Uncanny Rememories in Teju Cole’s Open City 3 The Impossibility of Invisibility in the Novels of Dinaw Mengestu 4 Refiguring the Ancestor in the Fiction of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 5 Becoming his own Father: Obama’s Dreams from My Father Conclusion: Blackness Now Works Cited Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Black New Jersey 1664 to the Present Day
Book SynopsisBlack New Jersey brings to life generations of courageous men and women who fought for freedom during slavery days and later battled racial discrimination. Extensively researched, it shines a light on New Jersey’s unique African American history and reveals how the state’s black citizens helped to shape the nation. Trade Review"The leading historian of the Mid-Atlantic has written a sweeping, bold, and insightful history of Black New Jersey. It is a singular accomplishment." -- Craig Steven Wilder * author of Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities *"The history of black-white race relations in New Jersey is one of the best windows into the strange career of the Jim Crow North. Few historians are qualified to write that epic tale, punctuated by not only tragedy but also triumph and irony. But, Graham Hodges has mastered that awesome intellectual responsibility and scholarly challenge with both force and clarity. Indeed, Professor Hodges sets the gold standard in this historical narrative of the long struggle for racial equality in New Jersey. Bravo!" -- Komozi Woodard * author of A Nation within a Nation: Amiri Baraka and Black Power Politics *"Black New Jersey is most interesting and full of important information long buried in primary sources. Graham Hodges brings New Jersey and its people to the fore as people in particular places and times yet within a national context. I appreciate the comprehensiveness of a book very well done." -- Nell Irvin Painter * Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University *"Summer Reading 2018: Understanding Black Life in NJ, from 1664 to Today" * NJ Spotlight *"Flawlessly researched." * Newark Star-Ledger *"The breadth of topic and detail in this work are impressive. Recommended." * Choice *"The Academic Minute" interview with Graham Hodges and feature by David Hopper * The Academic Minute *"The Black Ssholar who Gave Up Her Family to Earn Her Ph.D.," by Graham Russell Gao Hodges * Zócalo Public Square *"A highly nuanced and sophisticated history of the black population in the state....This study is a tale of progress and accomplishments of New Jersey African Americans, but also of racial disparities which negatively affect the quality of life in New Jersey." * New Jersey Studies *"An engaging read, especially for persons with interest in the history of the Garden State, and it is a fine exemplar of the state historical genre." * Journal of American History *Interview with Graham Russell Gao Hodges on "New Books in Intellectual History" https://newbooksnetwork.com/graham-r-g-hodges-black-new-jersey-1664-to-the-present-day-rutgers-up-2018/ * New Books Network: New Books in Intellectual History *"Hodges seamlessly transitions between events transpiring in communities across the state and how those events affected the lives of the Black residents locally. Moreover, the book strikes a balance between the strife and destitute conditions of many and the achievements of various prominent members of the community and the emergence of the Black middle class." * Journal of African American History *Table of ContentsC O N T E N T S List of Illustrations ix Introduction 1 1 From Initial Euro-African Settlement to the Pre-Revolution, 1625–1763 12 2 From Revolution to Gradual Emancipation, 1764–1804 34 3 Slavery, Freedom, and Struggle, 1804–1860 59 4 The Civil War and Reconstruction to World War I 98 5 Black New Jersey Battles Jim Crow, 1918–1940 159 6 World War II and Its Aftermath, 1940–1960 211 7 The 1960s–2014 249 8 Present and Future 291 Acknowledgments 301 Notes 303 Index
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Rutgers University Press Adventures in Shondaland Identity Politics and
Book SynopsisShonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Adventures in Shondaland critically explores Shonda Rhimes’s meteoric rise to stardom, her reign (or cultural appointment) as television’s diversity queen, and Shondaland’s almost-universally lauded melodramatic narratives. Trade Review"Full of sophisticated analysis, this comprehensive and robust edited collection explores a diverse range of topics, including identity, representation, fandom, the media industry, and reception/meaning-making. Adventures in Shondaland is an impressive, necessary contribution to scholarship." -- Robin R. Means Coleman * coeditor of Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader *"This is a must-read collection of research and essays on the showrunner whose shows have transformed must-see TV in the age of social media. Insightful, critical—and fun." -- Catherine R. Squires * author of The Post-Racial Mystique: Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century *"Chronicle of Higher Education new scholarly books weekly book list, by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *" Recommended." * Choice *With Good Reason Radio "The Shondaland Revolution" interview with Michaela D. E. Meyer * With Good Reason Radio *"Offers a thorough account of the complex politics of representation in Shondaland and offers important insights for readers in television studies, feminist media studies and critical race studies." * Critical Studies in Television *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Riding Shondaland’s Rollercoasters: Critical Cultural Television Studies in the 21st Century Michaela D. E. Meyer and Rachel Alicia Griffin Part I: Quality Television’s Cultural Dominance: The Auteur Comes to Television Studies Chapter 1: Trauma, Spin, and Murder: The Carnival Spectacle in Shondaland Richard G. Jones, Jr. and Emily Vajjala Chapter 2: Wounded Detachments, Differential Alliances: Beyond Identity & Telos in Shondaland’s Heterotopia Joan Faber McAlister Chapter 3: Abortion in Shondaland: Daring Departures from Oppressive Industry Conventions Jessica L. Furgerson Chapter 4: Soundtracking Shondaland: Televisual Identity Mapped Through Music Jennifer Billinson and Michaela D.E. Meyer Part II: Shondaland’s Paradoxical Identity Politics and the Fantastical “Post-” Chapter 5: Race (Lost and Found) in Shondaland: The Rise of Multiculuralism in Primetime Network Television Jade Petermon Chapter 6: Emb(Race)ing Visibility: Callie Torres’s (Im)Perfect Operation of Bisexuality on Grey’s Anatomy Shadee Abdi and Bernadette Marie Calafell Chapter 7: The Problematics of Postracial Colorblindness: Exploring Cristina Yang’s Asianness in Grey’s Anatomy Stephanie L. Young and Vincent Pham Chapter 8: Interracial Intimacies: From Shondaland to the Post-racial Promised Land Myra Washington and Tina M. Harris Part III: Consumption, Ethics, and Morality: Shondaland Fandom as Cultural Meaning Making Chapter 9: #BlackLivesMatter on Scandal: Analyzing Divergent Fan Reactions to ‘The Lawn Chair’ Episode Mark P. Orbe Chapter 10: Blurring Production Boundaries with Fan Empowerment: Scandal as Social Television Mary Ingram-Waters and Leslie Balderas Chapter 11: Media Criticism & Morality Policing on Twitter: Fan Responses to How to Get Away with Murder Melissa Ames Chapter 12: Dying for the Next Episode: Living and Working Within Shondaland’s Medical Universe Sean Swenson Notes on Contributors Index
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Rutgers University Press Adventures in Shondaland Identity Politics and
Book SynopsisShonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Adventures in Shondaland critically explores Shonda Rhimes’s meteoric rise to stardom, her reign (or cultural appointment) as television’s diversity queen, and Shondaland’s almost-universally lauded melodramatic narratives. Trade Review"Full of sophisticated analysis, this comprehensive and robust edited collection explores a diverse range of topics, including identity, representation, fandom, the media industry, and reception/meaning-making. Adventures in Shondaland is an impressive, necessary contribution to scholarship." -- Robin R. Means Coleman * coeditor of Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader *"This is a must-read collection of research and essays on the showrunner whose shows have transformed must-see TV in the age of social media. Insightful, critical—and fun." -- Catherine R. Squires * author of The Post-Racial Mystique: Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century *"Chronicle of Higher Education new scholarly books weekly book list, by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *" Recommended." * Choice *With Good Reason Radio "The Shondaland Revolution" interview with Michaela D. E. Meyer * With Good Reason Radio *"Offers a thorough account of the complex politics of representation in Shondaland and offers important insights for readers in television studies, feminist media studies and critical race studies." * Critical Studies in Television *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Riding Shondaland’s Rollercoasters: Critical Cultural Television Studies in the 21st Century Michaela D. E. Meyer and Rachel Alicia Griffin Part I: Quality Television’s Cultural Dominance: The Auteur Comes to Television Studies Chapter 1: Trauma, Spin, and Murder: The Carnival Spectacle in Shondaland Richard G. Jones, Jr. and Emily Vajjala Chapter 2: Wounded Detachments, Differential Alliances: Beyond Identity & Telos in Shondaland’s Heterotopia Joan Faber McAlister Chapter 3: Abortion in Shondaland: Daring Departures from Oppressive Industry Conventions Jessica L. Furgerson Chapter 4: Soundtracking Shondaland: Televisual Identity Mapped Through Music Jennifer Billinson and Michaela D.E. Meyer Part II: Shondaland’s Paradoxical Identity Politics and the Fantastical “Post-” Chapter 5: Race (Lost and Found) in Shondaland: The Rise of Multiculuralism in Primetime Network Television Jade Petermon Chapter 6: Emb(Race)ing Visibility: Callie Torres’s (Im)Perfect Operation of Bisexuality on Grey’s Anatomy Shadee Abdi and Bernadette Marie Calafell Chapter 7: The Problematics of Postracial Colorblindness: Exploring Cristina Yang’s Asianness in Grey’s Anatomy Stephanie L. Young and Vincent Pham Chapter 8: Interracial Intimacies: From Shondaland to the Post-racial Promised Land Myra Washington and Tina M. Harris Part III: Consumption, Ethics, and Morality: Shondaland Fandom as Cultural Meaning Making Chapter 9: #BlackLivesMatter on Scandal: Analyzing Divergent Fan Reactions to ‘The Lawn Chair’ Episode Mark P. Orbe Chapter 10: Blurring Production Boundaries with Fan Empowerment: Scandal as Social Television Mary Ingram-Waters and Leslie Balderas Chapter 11: Media Criticism & Morality Policing on Twitter: Fan Responses to How to Get Away with Murder Melissa Ames Chapter 12: Dying for the Next Episode: Living and Working Within Shondaland’s Medical Universe Sean Swenson Notes on Contributors Index
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Rutgers University Press Learning to Be Latino
Book SynopsisIn Learning to be Latino, Reyes paints a vivid picture of Latino student life, outlining students' interactions with one another, with non-Latino peers, and with faculty, administrators, and the outside community. Reyes identifies the normative institutional arrangements that shape the social relationships relevant to Latino students' lives on these campuses.Trade Review“Reyes artfully weaves the personal narratives of her subjects into an engaging and clear argument about the role of institutional contexts and organizations for shaping student perspectives and actions.” -- Irenee Beattie * University of California at Merced *"In Learning to be Latino, Daisy Reyes contributes to the exciting 'campus turn' in higher education research. Going deep into the texture of three universities, Reyes shows how institutional context influences Latino students’ understandings of their lives and politics, and their broader interpretations of the world." -- Amy Binder * University of California San Diego *"‘Learning to Be Latino’ QA with Daisy Verduzco Reyes," by Emma Whitford * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Selected New Books in Higher Education" * Chronicle of Higher Education *"A ‘Hidden Curriculum’ for Latino Students," feature by Peter Monaghan * Chronicle of Higher Education *"With an engaging writing style, this well-researched book has a lot to offer a general audience and is a great addition to courses on the Latino experience, race and higher education, and political socialization." * AAUP.org *"Learning to Be Latino serves as an example of how we can learn about institutions of higher education and a sociology of higher education in general by way of Latino students, although, to be sure, many findings are distinct to Latino students. Through Learning to Be Latino, Reyes questions taken-for-granted ideas and concepts in the sociology of race and higher education such as student groups, the critical consciousness of racially marginalized groups, and even college itself." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface ix1 Higher Education and Latino Students 1PART ONEUniversity Institutional Contexts2 The Communal Bubble at Liberal Arts College 153 Conflict at Research University 354 Coexisting at Regional Public University 61PART TWOStudent Interactions and Meaning-Making5 Who We Are: (Pan)ethnic Identity and Boundary Formation 816 What We Do: Defining and Performing Latino Politics 1137 Where We Are Going: Ideas about Racial Inequality and Mobility 1378 How Higher Education Teaches Disparate Lessons to Latinos 157Methodological Appendix: Studying Student Organizations in Multiple Institutions 169 Acknowledgments 177Notes 181References 185About the Author 189Index
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