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Book SynopsisOn the fiftieth anniversary of her death, this book helps underscore Carson’s enduring environmental legacy and brings to life the achievements of women writers and advocates, such as Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, Terry Tempest Williams, Sandra Steingraber, Devra Davis and Theo Colborn, all of whom overcame obstacles to build and lead the modern American environmental movement.Trade Review"Musil uses the life and writings of Rachel Carson as an exemplar of women's participation in the American environmental movement. He places Carson's achievements in contexts by illuminating...the lives of trailblazing female scientists who inspired her and for whom she, in turn, paved the way. Extremely well-researched." * Foreword Reviews *"An eloquent and moving tribute to the women at the heart and soul of the environmental movement. It is a story of brilliant science, courage, stamina, and a passion for life. We are in debt beyond counting to them and to Robert Musil for telling their stories so well." -- David W. Orr * Oberlin College *"This is a long overdue book, giving great credit to the long line of women who have done so much to shape our culture's view of the world around us and of our prospects in it. We desperately need that culture to heed their words!" -- Bill McKibben * author Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist *"A vibrant, engaging account of the women who preceded and followed Rachel Carson’s efforts to promote environmental and human health. In exquisite detail, Musil narrates the brilliant careers and efforts of pioneering women from the 1850s onward to preserve nature and maintain a healthy environment. Anyone interested in women naturalists, activists, and feminist environmental history will welcome this compelling, beautifully-written book." -- Carolyn Merchant * author of Earthcare: Women and the Environment *"Bob Musil brilliantly documents the rich trajectory of women’s intellectual and political influence, not just on environmentalism but on public policy and activism. Musil offers fascinating details of Rachel Carson’s struggles to be taken seriously as a scientist and unearths the stories of the women—unsung heroes all—who influenced her. A must read for anyone interested in American history, science and environmental politics." -- Heather White * Executive Director, the Environmental Working Group *"A treasure! A welcome discovery of the linkages among profoundly caring, ecologically-aware women across time, and the truths of our ecological crisis. Musil shows clear-eyed science and heartfelt story-telling are not mutually exclusive." -- Rebecca Wodder * former President and CEO of American Rivers *"Bob Musil provides an important contribution to the history of the environmental movement. He paints a compelling portrait of Rachel Carson and the remarkable women who preceded her and who continue her legacy. He reminds us of the struggles and achievements of Ms. Carson and, just as significantly, the pivotal and courageous role that women have played in fighting for a safer and healthier world." -- Tom Udall * US Senator, New Mexico *"With deep grounding in women's history, environmentalism, and public health—and, just as importantly, with great reverence—Musil introduces us to a pantheon of remarkable women, true heroines every one. This book offers a new perspective, countless wonderful stories, and inspiration. A great read!" -- Howard Frumkin * Dean, University of Washington School of Public Health *"This book is one-of-a-kind. Musil provides a remarkable new perspective on the role of individual women in the US environmental movement." -- Cathy Middlecamp * University of Wisconsin-Madison *"An absolutely wonderful book! Bob Musil shows Rachel Carson not as a lone voice, but an eloquent one who drew inspiration from female predecessors and those around her. He argues persuasively that we can understand Carson better if we see her in relation to other women, to the broader environmental movement, and to working in community. Should be required reading for anyone interested in where we have been, and where we need to go." -- Geoffrey Chase * author of Sustainability in Higher Education *"Rachel Carson is only the best-known example amidst an inspiring cast of pioneering and modern women environmental leaders that Musil brings to life. Readable, reliable, and rousing—a book for anyone who cares about America’s past and future." -- Gene Karpinski * President and CEO of the League of Conservation Voters *"In Rachel Carson and Her Sisters,Musil fills the gap by placing Carson's achievements in a wider context, weaving connections from the past through the present. Readers will find new insight into Carson and contemporary figures she influenced...who have historically received less attention. Musil's respect and enthusiasm for these women is evident throughout the book, making it a deeply engaging and enjoyable read. A valuable addition to scholarship on Rachel Carson, female environmentalists, and the American environmental movement in general.Highly recommended. All academic and general readers." * Choice *"Rachel Carson and Her Sisters makes a number of important contributions to both environmental history and women’s history. Musil’s genius is weaving his intriguing, thoroughly researched mini-biographies of individual women into a cohesive larger story of overlapping and mutually reinforcing actions and ideas." * Environmental History *"In celebrating Rachel Carson's work, Musil takes on the important task of contextualizing this environmental luminary within a tradition of women's research, activism, and authorship." * Women's Review of Books *“Musil concludes that ‘those who pollute and plunder have huge resources at their command. They challenge serious science, real reform, and . . . block every reasonable effort to build a better, healthier environment for our children and generations yet to come.’ Nevertheless, ‘their sway is slowly, steadily, being reduced over time by the determination of ordinary citizens. . . . We can draw inspiration and leadership from the long line of American women who somehow defied the cinched circumstances and enervated expectations for their gender to become extraordinary leaders of many kinds. They have brought us thus far,’ and ‘we can start now down the path that they have set before us.’ People who want to learn more about this path can turn to Rachel Carson and Her Sisters for a richly detailed, documented, and eloquent history—a ground-breaking account of undaunted American women, determined to prevent environmental catastrophe.” -- Lawrence Wittner * Huffington Post *“Musil...contextualize[s] Silent Spring as the culmination of decades of work by other women in science, who were consistently overlooked, under-appreciated and dismissed by their male peers and institutions. These ladies ranged from Victorian garden observers to die-hard chemists and marine biologists. ‘They are tied together by a fierce sense of activism’ and beautiful writing.... Their writing is what drew Musil in. He too wants ‘people to connect with science in an approachable way.’” * Sierra Club Greenlife *“A great read for anybody who is interested in learning about Rachel Carson’s role in a delicate web of connections that makes up the environmental movement. Also, if anybody is interested in the human aspect, the personal lives, and the trials of each of these women, this book certainly will deliver. […] Musil has stitched together a wonderful collection of true stories about the amazing women who have changed, and are continuing to change, the way we see the world.” * The Prairie Naturalist *"Musil sets Carson's life and contributions within the context of accomplished women who share Carson's dual strengths as scientists and as writers … This is a book to whet the appetite for more." * Friends Journal *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Have You Seen the Robins? Rachel Carson's Mother and the Tradition of Women Naturalists 2. Don't Harm the People: Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and Their Heirs Take On Polluting Industries 3. Carson and Her Sisters: Rachel Carson Did Not Act Alone 4. Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and Ecological Empathy 5. The Environment around Us and inside Us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent Spring, and Sandra Steingraber 6. Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, Pollution, and Public Policy 7. Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn: Endocrine Disruption and Ethics Epilogue Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This well-researched and detailed study of female performance in classical Hollywood cinema and its persistence and ubiquity in modern celebrity culture is (almost!) as entertaining as the films and stars discussed." -- Adrienne L. McLean * author of Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom *"Kirsten Pullen’s engaging and illuminating work breaks new ground in performance studies, film and television studies, and women’s studies. A gem not to be missed!" -- Elana Levine * author of Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television *"This is an excellent book, a solid career overview of the work of a group of Hollywood stars of the 1940s and 1950s whom, the author convincingly argues, played themselves onscreen with the sort of naturalism that one associates with the assured performances of male 'method' actors of the era. Pullen has a keen knowledge of Hollywood history. Fascinating reading for the layperson or the academic; perfect for a resource for a course in American cinema. Highly recommended." * Choice *"This well-researched and detailed study of female performance in classical Hollywood cinema and its persistence and ubiquity in modern celebrity culture is (almost!) as entertaining as the films and stars discussed." -- Adrienne L. McLean * author of Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom *"Kirsten Pullen’s engaging and illuminating work breaks new ground in performance studies, film and television studies, and women’s studies. A gem not to be missed!" -- Elana Levine * author of Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television *"This is an excellent book, a solid career overview of the work of a group of Hollywood stars of the 1940s and 1950s whom, the author convincingly argues, played themselves onscreen with the sort of naturalism that one associates with the assured performances of male 'method' actors of the era. Pullen has a keen knowledge of Hollywood history. Fascinating reading for the layperson or the academic; perfect for a resource for a course in American cinema. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Playing Herself: The Naturalist Paradigm and the Spectacle of Female Sexuality 1 Engineered for Stardom: Publicity, Performance, and Jane Russell 2 More than a Mermaid: Esther Williams, Performance, and the Body 3 Light Egyptian: Lena Horne and the Representation of Black Femininity 4 Carnival!: Carmen Miranda and the Spectacle of Authenticity 5 Famous for Being Famous: Persona, Performance, and the Case for Zsa Zsa Gabor Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This well-researched and detailed study of female performance in classical Hollywood cinema and its persistence and ubiquity in modern celebrity culture is (almost!) as entertaining as the films and stars discussed." -- Adrienne L. McLean * author of Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom *"Kirsten Pullen’s engaging and illuminating work breaks new ground in performance studies, film and television studies, and women’s studies. A gem not to be missed!" -- Elana Levine * author of Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television *"This is an excellent book, a solid career overview of the work of a group of Hollywood stars of the 1940s and 1950s whom, the author convincingly argues, played themselves onscreen with the sort of naturalism that one associates with the assured performances of male 'method' actors of the era. Pullen has a keen knowledge of Hollywood history. Fascinating reading for the layperson or the academic; perfect for a resource for a course in American cinema. Highly recommended." * Choice *"This well-researched and detailed study of female performance in classical Hollywood cinema and its persistence and ubiquity in modern celebrity culture is (almost!) as entertaining as the films and stars discussed." -- Adrienne L. McLean * author of Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom *"Kirsten Pullen’s engaging and illuminating work breaks new ground in performance studies, film and television studies, and women’s studies. A gem not to be missed!" -- Elana Levine * author of Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television *"This is an excellent book, a solid career overview of the work of a group of Hollywood stars of the 1940s and 1950s whom, the author convincingly argues, played themselves onscreen with the sort of naturalism that one associates with the assured performances of male 'method' actors of the era. Pullen has a keen knowledge of Hollywood history. Fascinating reading for the layperson or the academic; perfect for a resource for a course in American cinema. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Playing Herself: The Naturalist Paradigm and the Spectacle of Female Sexuality 1 Engineered for Stardom: Publicity, Performance, and Jane Russell 2 More than a Mermaid: Esther Williams, Performance, and the Body 3 Light Egyptian: Lena Horne and the Representation of Black Femininity 4 Carnival!: Carmen Miranda and the Spectacle of Authenticity 5 Famous for Being Famous: Persona, Performance, and the Case for Zsa Zsa Gabor Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHow did mothers transform from parents of secondary importance in the colonies to having their multiple and complex roles connected to the well-being of the nation? In the first comprehensive history of motherhood in the US, Jodi Vandenberg-Daves explores how tensions over the maternal role have been part and parcel of the development of American society.Trade Review"Vandenberg-Daves skillfully illustrates the activity and activism of mothers as well as the power of the rhetoric and the role of motherhood…an impressive synthesis of some of the most important recent scholarship on the topic." -- Rima D. Apple * author of Perfect Motherhood: Science and Childrearing in America *"A stimulating book that places mothers at the center of American history, Modern Motherhood highlights the dramatic changes to maternal ideologies, politics, and experiences over 250 years. An impressive achievement." -- Molly Ladd-Taylor * York University *"This book is a comprehensive...history of motherhood in the US. Recommended." * Choice *"Jodi Vandenberg-Daves helpfully synthesizes the scholarship on twentieth-century motherhood and its earlier roots. What, she asks, is the history of motherhood as institution and mothering as experience in modern motherhood? Existing scholarship tells most about the former ... Vandenberg-Daves also points to the patterns of social history and the departure of mothering from the institution of motherhood. What happened on the ground is compelling and diverse, if highly elusive in the archives." * Journal of American History *"Whatever kind of mother you may be, or whatever kind of mother you had, you will find her, with her problems and her grief, her determination and her pride, somewhere in these pages." * Women's Review of Books *"Weaving together various threads in the story of the emergence of modern motherhood in America, [Vandenberg-Daves] offers a compelling new look at the socio-cultural, historical, political, religious, and economic factors that coalesced to create our current conception of motherhood." * American Studies *"Vandenberg-Daves skillfully illustrates the activity and activism of mothers as well as the power of the rhetoric and the role of motherhood…an impressive synthesis of some of the most important recent scholarship on the topic." -- Rima D. Apple * author of Perfect Motherhood: Science and Childrearing in America *"A stimulating book that places mothers at the center of American history, Modern Motherhood highlights the dramatic changes to maternal ideologies, politics, and experiences over 250 years. An impressive achievement." -- Molly Ladd-Taylor * York University *"This book is a comprehensive...history of motherhood in the US. Recommended." * Choice *"Jodi Vandenberg-Daves helpfully synthesizes the scholarship on twentieth-century motherhood and its earlier roots. What, she asks, is the history of motherhood as institution and mothering as experience in modern motherhood? Existing scholarship tells most about the former ... Vandenberg-Daves also points to the patterns of social history and the departure of mothering from the institution of motherhood. What happened on the ground is compelling and diverse, if highly elusive in the archives." * Journal of American History *"Whatever kind of mother you may be, or whatever kind of mother you had, you will find her, with her problems and her grief, her determination and her pride, somewhere in these pages." * Women's Review of Books *"Weaving together various threads in the story of the emergence of modern motherhood in America, [Vandenberg-Daves] offers a compelling new look at the socio-cultural, historical, political, religious, and economic factors that coalesced to create our current conception of motherhood." * American Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One Roots of Modern Motherhood: Early America and the Nineteenth Century 1 Inventing a New Role for Mothers 2 Contradictions of Moral Motherhood: Slavery, Race, and Reform 3 Medicalizing the Maternal Body Part Two Modern Mothers: 1890–1940 4 Science, Expertise and Advice to Mothers 5 Grand Designs: Uplifting and Controlling the Mothers 6 Modern Reproduction: The Fit and Unfit Mother 7 Mothers’ Resilience and Adaptation Part Three Mothers of Invention: World War II to Present 8 The Middle-Class Wife and Mother Box 9 Mother Power and Mother Angst 10 Mothers’ Changing Lives and Continuous Caregiving Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAs American Melancholy reveals, if you read about depression anywhere today—medical journal, popular magazine, National Institute of Mental Health pamphlet, or pharmaceutical company drug promotional literature--you will find three main pieces of information either explicitly stated or strongly implied: depression is a disease (like any other physical disease); it is extraordinarily prevalent in the world; and it occurs about twice as frequently in women as in men. Yet, depression was not classified as a disease until the 1980 publication of the American Psychiatric Association''s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-III (DSM-III). How is it that such an illness, thought to affect between 14 and 17 million Americans, was not specifically defined until the late twentieth century?American Melancholy traces the growth of depression as an object of medical study and as a consumer commodity and illustrates how and why depression came to be such a huge meTrade Review"An interesting, useful, and exceptionally readable review of the evolution of the idea of depression as a diagnosis in the United States." * Journal of the American Medical Association *"Hirshbein illustrates how and why depression became a medical, social, and cultural phenomenon. In paying careful attention to the role of gender in shaping the conception and treatment of depression, Hirshbein adds a new component to the literature on and understanding of depression. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Laura Hirshbein's analysis of the explosive growth of depression in American society, psychiatry, and pharmacology emphasizes the overlapping roles of the medicalization and commercialization of mental states; the contemporary hyper-consumerist American's habits; the quest of psychiatric communities for professional and scientific security; and the drive, relentless and resourceful, by global pharmaceutical companies for new markets. This book is likely to be regarded eventually as the finest and most in-depth account around of gender and depression." -- Mark S. Micale * department of history, University of Illinois *"Laura Hirshbein demonstrates that the modern diagnosis of depression is only a recent creation and reveals more about our society and culture than our mental states. In tracing the manner in which depression entered medical diagnostic systems, she has made a major contribution that should force us to question claims about the pervasive nature of this diagnosis." -- Gerald N. Grob * Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus, Rutgers University *"American Melancholy provides new insight into a diagnostic category that has become central not only to modern psychiatry but also to the very definition of ordinary life in late twentieth-century America. Perhaps its greatest contribution lies in Hirshbein's careful attention to the role of gender in shaping the conception and treatment of depression." -- Nancy Tomes * author of Madness in America *"A badly needed book, executed brilliantly. Hirshbein's arguments are nuanced but forceful, and many readers should find themselves questioning commonly held notions about depression and diagnosis. Her analysis of gender, in particular, should compel re-evaluations of vast bodies of research on psychiatry and mental illness." -- Jonathan Sadowsky * Castele Professor of Medical History, Case Western Reserve University *"An interesting, useful, and exceptionally readable review of the evolution of the idea of depression as a diagnosis in the United States." * Journal of the American Medical Association *"Hirshbein illustrates how and why depression became a medical, social, and cultural phenomenon. In paying careful attention to the role of gender in shaping the conception and treatment of depression, Hirshbein adds a new component to the literature on and understanding of depression. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Laura Hirshbein's analysis of the explosive growth of depression in American society, psychiatry, and pharmacology emphasizes the overlapping roles of the medicalization and commercialization of mental states; the contemporary hyper-consumerist American's habits; the quest of psychiatric communities for professional and scientific security; and the drive, relentless and resourceful, by global pharmaceutical companies for new markets. This book is likely to be regarded eventually as the finest and most in-depth account around of gender and depression." -- Mark S. Micale * department of history, University of Illinois *"Laura Hirshbein demonstrates that the modern diagnosis of depression is only a recent creation and reveals more about our society and culture than our mental states. In tracing the manner in which depression entered medical diagnostic systems, she has made a major contribution that should force us to question claims about the pervasive nature of this diagnosis." -- Gerald N. Grob * Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus, Rutgers University *"American Melancholy provides new insight into a diagnostic category that has become central not only to modern psychiatry but also to the very definition of ordinary life in late twentieth-century America. Perhaps its greatest contribution lies in Hirshbein's careful attention to the role of gender in shaping the conception and treatment of depression." -- Nancy Tomes * author of Madness in America *"A badly needed book, executed brilliantly. Hirshbein's arguments are nuanced but forceful, and many readers should find themselves questioning commonly held notions about depression and diagnosis. Her analysis of gender, in particular, should compel re-evaluations of vast bodies of research on psychiatry and mental illness." -- Jonathan Sadowsky * Castele Professor of Medical History, Case Western Reserve University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter One: Prelude to Depression Chapter Two: Redefining Treatment, Patients, and Disease in the Ever-Expanding Diagnosis of Depression Chapter Three: American Moods and the Consumer Solution Chapter Four: Gender, Depression, Diagnosis, and Power Chapter Five: Feelings and Relationships Epilogue: Real Men, Real Depression Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Eleanor Roosevelt to Gloria Steinem to Dazon Dixon Diallo, women have assumed leadership roles in struggles for social justice. How did these women ascend to positions of influence? And once in power, what leadership strategies did they use to deal with various challenges? This volume explores these questions by introducing twelve women who have spearheaded a wide array of social movements.Trade Review"The selection of women leaders is neither haphazard nor hagiographic but combines a diversity of nation, race, generation, and political issues with thoughtful examination of different modalities of leadership ... Each essay balances rich biographical data with analytic insight, making this an excellent classroom tool ... Essential." * Choice *"An important and unique contribution." -- Sally J. Kenney * Executive Director, Newcomb College Institute, Tulane University *"Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Social Movements spotlights the lives of an extraordinary array of women who led impossible campaigns for social justice, and succeeded. These inspirational stories demonstrate abiding hope and astonishing strength." -- Alice Kessler-Harris * Columbia University *Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgments Eleanor Roosevelt: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Jo E. Butterfield and Blanche Wiesen Cook Daisy Bates: The NAACP Bridget Gurtler Wangari Maathai: The Kenyan Environmental and Democratic Movements Rosemary Ndubuizu and Mary K. Trigg Aileen Clarke Hernandez: Putting Black Issues in the Forefront of the Women’s Movement Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Kim LeMoon Mirna Cunningham: Indigenous Women and Revolutionary Change in Nicaragua Miriam Tola and Alison Bernstein Gloria Steinem: On the Road and in the Media Jeremy LaMaster and Mary K. Trigg Audre Lorde: Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Mother, Poet Warrior Kathe Sandler and Beverly Guy-Sheftall Charlotte Bunch: Leading from the Margins as a Global Activist for Women’s Rights Mary K. Trigg and Stina Soderling Dazon Dixon Diallo: Feminism and the Fight to Combat HIV-AIDs Stina Soderling and Alison Bernstein Cecile Richards: Leading Planned Parenthood in the New Millennium Bridget Gurtler Bhairavi Desai: Organizing Immigrant Labor with a Feminist Lens C. Laura Lovin and Mary K. Trigg Thuli Madonsela: Whispering Truth to Power Taida Wolfe and Alison R. Bernstein Contributors

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“With a distinctive, innovative, and powerful feminist voice, Mardorossian makes a fantastic contribution to the scholarship on sexual violence that will excite much interest and fuel many debates. Framing the Rape Victim is simply brilliant.” -- Joanna Bourke * author of Rape: Sex, Violence, History *"Mardorossian powerfully illustrates how aversion to 'victim rhetoric' has valorized agency but ignored the ways political and cultural institutions shape experiences of choice, consent, autonomy, and vulnerability." -- Rose Corrigan * author of Up Against a Wall: Rape Reform and the Failure of Success *"A powerful critique." * Ms. Magazine *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Framing the Victim2. Rape and Victimology in Feminist Theory3. "Birth Rape": Laboring Women, Coaching Men, and Natural Childbirth in the Hospital Setting4. Prison Rape, Masculinity, and the Missed Alliances of Hollywood Cinema5. Rape by Proxy in Contemporary Diasporic Women's FictionConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, members of legal, law enforcement, media and academic circles have portrayed rape as a special kind of crime distinct from other forms of violence. Carine M. Mardorossian argues that this differential treatment of rape has exacerbated the ghettoizing of sexual violence along gendered lines and has repeatedly led to women’s being accused of triggering, if not causing, rape.Trade Review“With a distinctive, innovative, and powerful feminist voice, Mardorossian makes a fantastic contribution to the scholarship on sexual violence that will excite much interest and fuel many debates. Framing the Rape Victim is simply brilliant.” -- Joanna Bourke * author of Rape: Sex, Violence, History *"Mardorossian powerfully illustrates how aversion to 'victim rhetoric' has valorized agency but ignored the ways political and cultural institutions shape experiences of choice, consent, autonomy, and vulnerability." -- Rose Corrigan * author of Up Against a Wall: Rape Reform and the Failure of Success *"A powerful critique." * Ms. Magazine *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Framing the Victim2. Rape and Victimology in Feminist Theory3. "Birth Rape": Laboring Women, Coaching Men, and Natural Childbirth in the Hospital Setting4. Prison Rape, Masculinity, and the Missed Alliances of Hollywood Cinema5. Rape by Proxy in Contemporary Diasporic Women's FictionConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

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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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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A smart analysis of the ingrained gender assumptions and structural inequalities that continue to disadvantage both female chefs and women working in other male-dominated fields." * Bitch *"Integrating Bourdieuian field analysis with the study of gendered organizations, the book's insights extend beyond the professional kitchen. This is a story of how institutional processes, cultural evaluations, and the defense of precarious masculinity combine to preserve the inequities and exclusions of gendered occupations ... Taking the Heat makes a timely contribution at a moment when chefs are the rock stars of foodie culture, and when media continue to debate whether women will ever 'have it all.' With accessible writing and incisive analysis, this book is a great resource for the sociological classroom. " * Gender & Society *"Taking the Heat is a must read for gender scholars and students trying to tackle issues of gender inequality in paid labor in the modern U.S. economy." * American Journal of Sociology *"Taking the Heat makes a timely contribution at a moment when chefs are the rock stars of foodie culture, and when media continue to debate whether women will ever 'have it all.'" * Gender & Society *"According to Harris and Giuffre, [female chefs] have three choices: they can be bitches, girly girls, or moms. The authors' interviews with chefs give voice to and deep context for how real women employ these three archetypes in the professional kitchen." * Feminist Collections *"A fine exemplar of what a sociological perspective can teach us about food." * Qualitative Sociology *"In Taking the Heat, Harris and Giuffre analyze the experiences of and reception toward women working as chefs to highlight a fascinating case study of the economic and cultural capital men can accrue through masculinizing so-called 'women’s work.'” -- Kristen Schilt * The University of Chicago *"Harris and Giuffre have written a thought-provoking, timely book that takes a sharp look at the gender dynamics shaping the professional food industry and impacting women chefs in particular." -- Adia Harvey Wingfield * author of No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Men’s Work *"Mario Batali's food empire faces big changes amid sexual misconduct allegations" by Tracey Saelinger * Today.com *"When Male Chefs Fear the Specter of ‘Women’s Work’" by Meghan McCarron * Eater *"Rape in the storage room. Groping at the bar. Why is the restaurant industry so terrible for women?" by Maura Judkis and Emily Heil * Washington Post *"A timely sociological study of the gendered divide in professional cooking." * Enterprise & Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction “There’s a Girl in the Kitchen?!”: Why a Study of Women Chefs1 Home versus Haute: Gender and Status in the Evolution of Professional Chefs2 From Good to Great: Food Media and Becoming an Elite Chef3 Fitting In and Standing Out: Entering the Professional Restaurant Kitchen4 Bitches, Girly Girls, or Moms: Women’s Perceptions of Gender-Appropriate Leadership Styles in Professional Kitchens5 Challenging “Choices”: Women Who Leave Restaurant Kitchen Work6 Where Are the Great Women Chefs?Appendix Methodological ApproachReferencesIndex 

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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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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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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This rich, well-written, timely set of essays should be required reading for courses about feminist anthropology, the history of gender and women's studies, and those that treat activism in the range of arenas inflected by gender and sexuality and are mapped in constantly shifting ways across human political, sociocultural, and environmental realities ... Summing up: Essential." * Choice *"A fresh mapping of feminist anthropology, with outstanding contributions ranging from body politics to transnationalism. The time is right for this smart and engaging collection." -- Florence E. Babb * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *"A very fine and welcome addition to the field.” -- Carla Freeman * Emory University *"The volume's strongest contributions are those in which authors ground feminist theories with ethnographic data to impel social justice." * Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute *"This collection is a valuable and encouraging set of meditations on that question and a call for feminist anthropologists to continue embracing their vexations." * American Ethnologist *"The Top 75 Community College Titles: January Edition: The best of all the titles appropriate for two-year colleges reviewed in the January issue of Choice." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments PrologueRayna R. Rapp Introduction. Anthropologies and Feminisms: Mapping Our Intellectual JourneyLeni M. Silverstein and Ellen Lewin Part I Foundations: Problematizing Feminist Anthropology Feminist Anthropology Engages Social Movements: Theory, Ethnography, and ActivismLouise Lamphere Feminist Linguistics and Linguistic FeminismsElise Kramer The Curious Relationship of Feminist Anthropology and Women’s StudiesA. Lynn Bolles Part II Expansions: Confronting Universals When Nature/Culture Implodes: Feminist Anthropology and BiotechnologyElizabeth F. S. Roberts Conceptions of Contraceptions: Feminist Anthropological Perspectives on Men, Women, and Reproductive Health in Two K’iche’ Maya CommunitiesMatthew R. Dudgeon The Body and Embodiment in the History of Feminist Anthropology: An Idiosyncratic Excursion through BinariesFrances E. Mascia-Lees Discipline and Desire: Feminist Politics, Queer Studies, and New Queer AnthropologyMargot Weiss Part III Reverberations: Transnational Encounters A Greater Measure of Justice: Gender, Violence, and ReparationsKimberly Theidon Cooking with Firewood: Deep Meaning and Environmental Materialities in a Globalized WorldMeena Khandelwal Feminist Anthropology: Approaching Domestic Violence in Northern Viet NamLynn Kwiatkowski Studying Gender and Neoliberalism Transnationally: Implications for Theory and ActionCatherine Kingfisher EpilogueTom Boellstorff Notes on ContributorsIndex

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Trade Review"This rich, well-written, timely set of essays should be required reading for courses about feminist anthropology, the history of gender and women's studies, and those that treat activism in the range of arenas inflected by gender and sexuality and are mapped in constantly shifting ways across human political, sociocultural, and environmental realities ... Summing up: Essential." * Choice *"A very fine and welcome addition to the field.” -- Carla Freeman * Emory University *"A fresh mapping of feminist anthropology, with outstanding contributions ranging from body politics to transnationalism. The time is right for this smart and engaging collection." -- Florence E. Babb * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *"The volume's strongest contributions are those in which authors ground feminist theories with ethnographic data to impel social justice." * Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute *"This collection is a valuable and encouraging set of meditations on that question and a call for feminist anthropologists to continue embracing their vexations." * American Ethnologist *"The Top 75 Community College Titles: January Edition: The best of all the titles appropriate for two-year colleges reviewed in the January issue of Choice." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments PrologueRayna R. Rapp Introduction. Anthropologies and Feminisms: Mapping Our Intellectual JourneyLeni M. Silverstein and Ellen Lewin Part I Foundations: Problematizing Feminist Anthropology Feminist Anthropology Engages Social Movements: Theory, Ethnography, and ActivismLouise Lamphere Feminist Linguistics and Linguistic FeminismsElise Kramer The Curious Relationship of Feminist Anthropology and Women’s StudiesA. Lynn Bolles Part II Expansions: Confronting Universals When Nature/Culture Implodes: Feminist Anthropology and BiotechnologyElizabeth F. S. Roberts Conceptions of Contraceptions: Feminist Anthropological Perspectives on Men, Women, and Reproductive Health in Two K’iche’ Maya CommunitiesMatthew R. Dudgeon The Body and Embodiment in the History of Feminist Anthropology: An Idiosyncratic Excursion through BinariesFrances E. Mascia-Lees Discipline and Desire: Feminist Politics, Queer Studies, and New Queer AnthropologyMargot Weiss Part III Reverberations: Transnational Encounters A Greater Measure of Justice: Gender, Violence, and ReparationsKimberly Theidon Cooking with Firewood: Deep Meaning and Environmental Materialities in a Globalized WorldMeena Khandelwal Feminist Anthropology: Approaching Domestic Violence in Northern Viet NamLynn Kwiatkowski Studying Gender and Neoliberalism Transnationally: Implications for Theory and ActionCatherine Kingfisher EpilogueTom Boellstorff Notes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIntroduces generations of women who worked behind the scenes in the film industry - from the employees' wives who hand-coloured the Edison Company's films frame-by-frame, to the female immigrants who toiled in MGM's backrooms to produce costumes. Challenging the dismissive characterization of these women as menial workers, Erin Hill shows how their labour was essential to the industry.Trade Review"In addition to its commendable social agenda, Never Done's meticulous research, direct, elegant prose, and novel approach to an under-researched topic secure its status as an essential contribution to film history." * Film Quarterly *"Erin Hill's book is an eye opening look at 'women's work' in the entertainment industry. If you are asking why there aren't more women in the executive suite or the director's chair, the answer is here." -- Diane English * writer, producer, director *"An absolutely essential work. Erin Hill's Never Done is elegantly researched and analyzed and profoundly moving, taking us through all the roles women created in early motion picture history. Exhilarating!" -- Allison Anders * film and TV director and screenwriter *"Exactly the history we need! Erin Hill provides a fascinating account of the work women have always done at all levels of the movie industry." -- Shelley Stamp * author of Lois Weber in Early Hollywood *"Hill offers a unique and exciting analysis of the largely unacknowledged work done by women in the film industry, providing a new history that shifts our understanding of old ones. Never Done will make a significant impact in the field." -- Mary Desjardins * author of Recycled Stars: Female Film Stardom in the Age of Television and Video *"At a time in which revelations about industry sexism and brutal power games emerge on a seemingly daily basis, Hill’s book stands as a valuable chronicle of not just the struggles but also the successes of studio-era Hollywood women. Enhancing our understanding of the past while helping to place present-day crises in their historical context, Hill demonstrates that a woman’s work in Hollywood is, indeed, never done." * Media Industries *"[A] ground‐breaking contribution to women's media history." * Gender and History *"Hill’s well-researched book...excels in exposing readers to female actors previously ignored by historians." * H-Net *"Hill’s project is also a necessary addition to any course on production studies, or media industry studies because it demonstrates a viable historical research method on media labor to students. It does so in a way that calls for further research on undervalued media laborers. And in conclusion, at a moment when many academic programs and departments are establishing archives of their own institutional histories, Never Done reminds us of the need for inclusive approaches to historicizing labor in our own communities." * Cinema Journal *"Hill’s project is...a necessary addition to any course on production studies, or media industry studies because it demonstrates a viable historical research method on media labor to students. It does so in a way that calls for further research on undervalued media laborers. And in conclusion, at a moment when many academic programs and departments are establishing archives of their own institutional histories, Never Done reminds us of the need for inclusive approaches to historicizing labor in our own communities." * Journal for Cinema and Media Studies *"[A] highly engaging read and inspir[es] models of historical scholarship that add volumes to our understanding of the roles that women played or were blocked from playing in the Hollywood studio system and the first decade of network television....Never Done draws from untapped sources to uncover history that few at the time thought was worth preserving in any systematic way." * Signs *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Paper Trail: Efficiency, Clerical Labor, and Women in the Early Film Industry 2 Studio Tours: Feminized Labor in the Studio System 3 The Girl Friday and How She Grew: Female Clerical Workers and/as the System 4 “His Acolyte on the Altar of Cinema”: The Studio Secretary’s Creative Service 5 Studio Girls: Women’s Professions in Media Production Epilogue: The Legacy of “Women’s Work” in Contemporary Hollywood Appendix: Work Roles Divided By Gender as Represented in Studio Tours Films NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIntroduces generations of women who worked behind the scenes in the film industry - from the employees' wives who hand-coloured the Edison Company's films frame-by-frame, to the female immigrants who toiled in MGM's backrooms to produce costumes. Challenging the dismissive characterization of these women as menial workers, Erin Hill shows how their labour was essential to the industry.Trade Review"In addition to its commendable social agenda, Never Done's meticulous research, direct, elegant prose, and novel approach to an under-researched topic secure its status as an essential contribution to film history." * Film Quarterly *"Erin Hill's book is an eye opening look at 'women's work' in the entertainment industry. If you are asking why there aren't more women in the executive suite or the director's chair, the answer is here." -- Diane English * writer, producer, director *"An absolutely essential work. Erin Hill's Never Done is elegantly researched and analyzed and profoundly moving, taking us through all the roles women created in early motion picture history. Exhilarating!" -- Allison Anders * film and TV director and screenwriter *"Exactly the history we need! Erin Hill provides a fascinating account of the work women have always done at all levels of the movie industry." -- Shelley Stamp * author of Lois Weber in Early Hollywood *"Hill offers a unique and exciting analysis of the largely unacknowledged work done by women in the film industry, providing a new history that shifts our understanding of old ones. Never Done will make a significant impact in the field." -- Mary Desjardins * author of Recycled Stars: Female Film Stardom in the Age of Television and Video *"At a time in which revelations about industry sexism and brutal power games emerge on a seemingly daily basis, Hill’s book stands as a valuable chronicle of not just the struggles but also the successes of studio-era Hollywood women. Enhancing our understanding of the past while helping to place present-day crises in their historical context, Hill demonstrates that a woman’s work in Hollywood is, indeed, never done." * Media Industries *"[A] ground-breaking contribution to women's media history." * Gender and History *"Hill’s well-researched book...excels in exposing readers to female actors previously ignored by historians." * H-Net *"Hill’s project is also a necessary addition to any course on production studies, or media industry studies because it demonstrates a viable historical research method on media labor to students. It does so in a way that calls for further research on undervalued media laborers. And in conclusion, at a moment when many academic programs and departments are establishing archives of their own institutional histories, Never Done reminds us of the need for inclusive approaches to historicizing labor in our own communities." * Cinema Journal *"Hill’s project is...a necessary addition to any course on production studies, or media industry studies because it demonstrates a viable historical research method on media labor to students. It does so in a way that calls for further research on undervalued media laborers. And in conclusion, at a moment when many academic programs and departments are establishing archives of their own institutional histories, Never Done reminds us of the need for inclusive approaches to historicizing labor in our own communities." * Journal for Cinema and Media Studies *"[A] highly engaging read and inspir[es] models of historical scholarship that add volumes to our understanding of the roles that women played or were blocked from playing in the Hollywood studio system and the first decade of network television....Never Done draws from untapped sources to uncover history that few at the time thought was worth preserving in any systematic way." * Signs *"In addition to its commendable social agenda, Never Done's meticulous research, direct, elegant prose, and novel approach to an under-researched topic secure its status as an essential contribution to film history." * Film Quarterly *"Erin Hill's book is an eye opening look at 'women's work' in the entertainment industry. If you are asking why there aren't more women in the executive suite or the director's chair, the answer is here." -- Diane English * writer, producer, director *"An absolutely essential work. Erin Hill's Never Done is elegantly researched and analyzed and profoundly moving, taking us through all the roles women created in early motion picture history. Exhilarating!" -- Allison Anders * film and TV director and screenwriter *"Exactly the history we need! Erin Hill provides a fascinating account of the work women have always done at all levels of the movie industry." -- Shelley Stamp * author of Lois Weber in Early Hollywood *"Hill offers a unique and exciting analysis of the largely unacknowledged work done by women in the film industry, providing a new history that shifts our understanding of old ones. Never Done will make a significant impact in the field." -- Mary Desjardins * author of Recycled Stars: Female Film Stardom in the Age of Television and Video *"At a time in which revelations about industry sexism and brutal power games emerge on a seemingly daily basis, Hill’s book stands as a valuable chronicle of not just the struggles but also the successes of studio-era Hollywood women. Enhancing our understanding of the past while helping to place present-day crises in their historical context, Hill demonstrates that a woman’s work in Hollywood is, indeed, never done." * Media Industries *"[A] ground‐breaking contribution to women's media history." * Gender and History *"Hill’s well-researched book...excels in exposing readers to female actors previously ignored by historians." * H-Net *"Hill’s project is also a necessary addition to any course on production studies, or media industry studies because it demonstrates a viable historical research method on media labor to students. It does so in a way that calls for further research on undervalued media laborers. And in conclusion, at a moment when many academic programs and departments are establishing archives of their own institutional histories, Never Done reminds us of the need for inclusive approaches to historicizing labor in our own communities." * Cinema Journal *"Hill’s project is...a necessary addition to any course on production studies, or media industry studies because it demonstrates a viable historical research method on media labor to students. It does so in a way that calls for further research on undervalued media laborers. And in conclusion, at a moment when many academic programs and departments are establishing archives of their own institutional histories, Never Done reminds us of the need for inclusive approaches to historicizing labor in our own communities." * Journal for Cinema and Media Studies *"[A] highly engaging read and inspir[es] models of historical scholarship that add volumes to our understanding of the roles that women played or were blocked from playing in the Hollywood studio system and the first decade of network television....Never Done draws from untapped sources to uncover history that few at the time thought was worth preserving in any systematic way." * Signs *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Paper Trail: Efficiency, Clerical Labor, and Women in the Early Film Industry 2 Studio Tours: Feminized Labor in the Studio System 3 The Girl Friday and How She Grew: Female Clerical Workers and/as the System 4 “His Acolyte on the Altar of Cinema”: The Studio Secretary’s Creative Service 5 Studio Girls: Women’s Professions in Media Production Epilogue: The Legacy of “Women’s Work” in Contemporary Hollywood Appendix: Work Roles Divided By Gender as Represented in Studio Tours Films NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first book of scholarship devoted to the issue of how black women are depicted on reality television, Real Sister offers an even-handed consideration of the genre. The book's ten contributors - black female scholars from a variety of disciplines - provide a wide range of perspectives, while considering everything from Basketball Wives to Say Yes to the Dress.Trade Review"Every now and then a publication arrives that's right on time, and Real Sister is the read of the season … Cue the book club debates!" -- #1 in Patrik's Picks * Essence Magazine *"Real Sister makes a significant contribution to existing scholarship by establishing links between depictions of black women in television and a longer-running history of representations of black women in literature and popular culture tropes." -- Leigh H. Edwards * author of The Triumph of Reality TV: The Revolution in American Television *"A frank meditation on the images of black women in television’s most dominant form, Real Sister exposes the ways in which the ambivalent pleasures derived from reality TV’s obligatory train wrecks implicate black women as both victim and entrepreneur." -- Darnell Hunt * editor of Channeling Blackness *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction The Real Scandal: Portrayals of Black Women in Reality TV Jervette R. Ward Chapter 1 Black Women: From Public Arena to Reality TV Sheena Harris Chapter 2 Selective Reuptake: Perpetuating Misleading Cultural Identities in the Reality Television World LaToya Jefferson-James Chapter 3 Striving to Dress the Part: Examining the Absence of Black Women in Different Iterations of Say Yes to the Dress Alison D. Ligon Chapter 4 The Semiotics of Fashion and Urban Success in The Real Housewives of Atlanta Cynthia Davis Chapter 5 A Home without Walls, A Family without Boundaries: How Family Participation in Reality Television Impacts Children’s Development Detris Honora Adelabu Chapter 6 Where Is Clair Huxtable When You Need Her?: The Desperate Search for Positive Media Images of African American Women in the Age of Reality TV Monica Flippin-Wynn Chapter 7 Questions of Quality and Class: Perceptions of Hierarchy in African American Family–Focused Reality TV Shows Preselfannie E. Whitfield McDaniel Chapter 8 Contemplating Basketball Wives: A Critique of Racism, Sexism, and Income-Level Disparity Sharon Lynette Jones Chapter 9 Exploiting and Capitalizing on Unique Black Femininity: An Entrepreneurial Perspective Terry A. Nelson Chapter 10 Reunion Chapter: A Conversation among Contributors Jervette R. Ward Appendix Reality TV Shows That Prominently Feature Black Women Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBrings together insights from Cold War culture studies, girls' studies, and the history of gender and militarization to shed new light on how age and gender work together to form categories of citizenship. Jennifer Helgren argues that a new internationalist girl citizenship took root in the country in the years following World War II in youth organizations and magazines like Seventeen.Trade Review"Helgren addresses a missing chapter in the history of American girlhood: their roles as productive citizens in the postwar United States. This is a welcome and well-researched study that shows how girls worked to build a peaceful, outward looking, and internationalist citizenship befitting a nation seeking to reestablish ties with its former enemies." -- Rachel Devlin * author of Relative Intimacy: Fathers, Adolescent Daughters, and Postwar American Culture *"Drawing on extensive historical evidence created by girls, Helgren cogently demonstrates that despite being stereotyped as 'frivolous,' pre-adolescent and teenage girls contributed to post-World War II efforts to create friendly, peaceful international relationships while also promoting U.S. global leadership in the early Cold War. This book is a valuable contribution to histories of childhood and youth, gender, U.S. foreign relations, and peace activism." -- Donna Alvah * author of 'Unofficial Ambassadors': American Military Families Overseas and the Cold War, 1946-1965 *"Helgren's study provides a fresh examination of cultural diplomacy in the early Cold War years by demonstrating how American girls and their organizations advanced U.S. foreign policy. [The book] skillfully connects an impressive level of primary research to the scholarship on childhood, gender, and international relations." * Peace & Change *"In this exceptional study of mid-twentieth-century youth culture, Helgren provides an insightful and engaging perspective of postwar girlhood and the literature that influenced it." * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *"Helgren’s study adds a new and important perspective to conversations on citizenship, internationalism, and gender in the early Cold War era." * American Historical Review *"In a world where people are divided and marginalized, Helgren’s work offers valuable lessons about the important roles that girl citizens can teach Americans today about global cooperation and mutual understanding." * Journal for the History of Childhood and Youth *"American Girls and Global Responsibility is part of a growing body of literature that explores how the constructions of childhood and the actions of young people intersect with histories of war, peace work, and international relations. Much like the youth who collected scrap metal and weeded family victory gardens did their bit during the world wars, a shared spirit of youth was inspired (and required) to do their part, this time in the battle for winning hearts and minds." * Journal of American Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction1. “What Kind of World Do You Want?”: Preparing Girls for Peace and Tolerance in the Atomic Age2. “Hello, World, Let’s Get Together”: Building Global Conversations through Pen Pals and Care Packages3. “Famous for Its Cherry Blossoms”: Reimagining Japan and Germany in the Postwar Period4. “Playing Foreign Shopper”: Consuming Internationalism5. “We Hand the Communists Powerful Propaganda Weapons to Use against Us”: Defending Global Citizenship during the Post–World War II Red ScareEpilogue: The Watchers of the Skies NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary essay collection, bringing together leading experts in this burgeoning field and offering insights about how transgender activism and scholarship might transform scholarship and public policy. This theoretically sophisticated book bridges the gaps between activism and academia by offering examples of cutting-edge activism, research, and pedagogy.Trade Review"A valuable contribution to the field … Trans Studies is an informative and stimulating read." * Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy *Winner of the 2017 Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS) * Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS) *"This welcome new anthology brings into sharp focus one of the most productive contributions the field of trans studies has made to scholarship on sexuality and gender: revealing the extent to which dominant, naturalized constructions of the relationship between sexed embodiment and gendered subjectivity traverse not only the heteronormative world, but also much of feminism, queer theory, and other fields that study the creation of social hierarchy from bodily difference. Addressing such diverse topics as educational activism, policy reform, surveillance technologies, cinema, theater, narrative arts, migration, and social movements, Trans Studies ably demonstrates that the field it surveys has indeed arrived as an important new lens for understanding, interpreting and appreciating a wide range of human diversities." -- Susan Stryker * coeditor of The Transgender Studies Reader v. 1 & 2 and Co-founder of Transgender Studies Quarterly *"A vital addition to the field of trans studies. Martínez-San Miguel and Tobias have curated a collection of rich new scholarship located in the spaces between trans, feminist, and queer studies." -- Paisley Currah * coeditor of Transgender Rights and co-founder of Transgender Studies Quarterly *"Trans Studies brings together some of the most challenging and compelling recent work in the field of transgender studies. The collection includes voices from inside and outside the academy, and it makes activists' contributions central. The fact of this diversity makes the project extremely vibrant: it will have a broad appeal across disciplines and for activists and community members as well." -- Heather Love * University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Thinking beyond Hetero/Homonormativities Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel and Sarah Tobias Part I Gender Boundaries within Educational Spaces Chapter 1 Creating a Gender-Inclusive Campus Genny Beemyn and Susan R. Rankin Chapter 2 Transgendering the Academy: Ensuring Transgender Inclusion in Higher Education Pauline Park Part II Trans Imaginaries Chapter 3 “I’ll call him Mahood instead, I prefer that, I’m queer”: Samuel Beckett’s Spatial Aesthetic of Name Change Lucas Crawford Chapter 4 Excruciating Improbability and the Transgender Jamaican Keja Valens Chapter 5 TRANScoding the Transnational Digital Economy Jian Chen Part III Crossing Borders/Crossing Gender Chapter 6 When Things Don’t Add Up: Transgender Bodies and the Mobile Borders of Biometrics Toby Beauchamp Chapter 7 Connecting the Dots: National Security, the Crime-Migration Nexus, and Trans Women’s Survival Nora Butler Burke Chapter 8 Affective Vulnerability and Transgender Exceptionalism: Norma Ureiro in Transgression Aren Z. Aizura Part IV Trans Activism and Policy Chapter 9 The “T” in LGBTQ: How Do Trans Activists Perceive Alliances within LGBT and Queer Movements in Quebec (Canada)? Mickael Chacha Enriquez Chapter 10 Translatina Is About the Journey: A Dialogue on Social Justice for Transgender Latinas in San Francisco Alexandra Rodríguez de Ruíz and Marcia Ochoa Chapter 11 LGB within the T: Sexual Orientation in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey and Implications for Public Policy Jody L. Herman Part V Transforming Disciplines and Pedagogy Chapter 12 Adventures in Trans Biopolitics: A Comparison between Public Health and Critical Academic Research Praxes Sel J. Hwahng Chapter 13 Stick Figures and Pronouns: Toward a Nonbinary Pedagogy A. Finn Enke Conclusion Trans Fantasizing: From Social Media to Collective Imagination Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel and Sarah Tobias Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisMedical historian Michelle L. McClellan traces the story of the female alcoholic from the late-nineteenth through the twentieth century. She draws on a range of sources to demonstrate the persistence of the belief that alcohol use is antithetical to an idealized feminine role, particularly one that glorifies motherhood.Trade Review?"?Lady Lushes is an impressive and major contribution to women's studies and the history of medicine in the United States." -- David M. Fahey * author of Alcohol and Drugs in North America: A Historical Encyclopedia *"From 'fallen angels' to 'lit ladies,' the drinking women who haunt these pages embody the ambivalence of alcohol. McClellan traces the fluctuations in American expectations, taking pharmacology seriously but situating it squarely within gendered social constraints." -- Nancy D. Campbell * author of Using Women: Gender, Drug Policy and Social Justice *"Lady Lushes provides an important supplement to the established historical insight that affluent white women tend to elicit sympathy while other groups of substance users are vilified. As McClellan deftly demonstrates, although the inebriety paradigm for female alcoholism evoked more sympathetic attitudes than the medical paradigm, neither produced a cure that benefited women." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"Lady Lushes provides an important supplement to the established historical insight that affluent white women tend to elicit sympathy while other groups of substance users are vilified. As McClellan deftly demonstrates, although the inebriety paradigm for female alcoholism evoked more sympathetic attitudes than the medical paradigm, neither produced a cure that benefited women." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"[McClellan's] book provides a model analysis for students of the history of identity politics; as such, it could also find a place on intermediate or advanced social history courses. Feminism transformed the ‘therapeutic industrial complex’ after the 1970s, diversifying understandings of addictive experience and including behavioral as well as substance addictions, yet women’s health continues to be under-researched and often under-treated; therefore, intermediate courses on American medicine and society would benefit from inclusion of this work." * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"Lady Lushes is a welcome contribution to the social history of medicine and health, as well as to the growing field of drinking studies....This is a ground-breaking study that draws on a range of sources, including historical periodicals, medical journals, letters, self-help guides and institutional records." * Social History of Medicine *"Lady Lushes is an impressive and major contribution to women's studies and the history of medicine in the United States." -- David M. Fahey * author of Alcohol and Drugs in North America: A Historical Encyclopedia *"From 'fallen angels' to 'lit ladies,' the drinking women who haunt these pages embody the ambivalence of alcohol. McClellan traces the fluctuations in American expectations, taking pharmacology seriously but situating it squarely within gendered social constraints." -- Nancy D. Campbell * author of Using Women: Gender, Drug Policy and Social Justice *"Lady Lushes provides an important supplement to the established historical insight that affluent white women tend to elicit sympathy while other groups of substance users are vilified. As McClellan deftly demonstrates, although the inebriety paradigm for female alcoholism evoked more sympathetic attitudes than the medical paradigm, neither produced a cure that benefited women." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"Lady Lushes provides an important supplement to the established historical insight that affluent white women tend to elicit sympathy while other groups of substance users are vilified. As McClellan deftly demonstrates, although the inebriety paradigm for female alcoholism evoked more sympathetic attitudes than the medical paradigm, neither produced a cure that benefited women." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"[McClellan's] book provides a model analysis for students of the history of identity politics; as such, it could also find a place on intermediate or advanced social history courses. Feminism transformed the ‘therapeutic industrial complex’ after the 1970s, diversifying understandings of addictive experience and including behavioral as well as substance addictions, yet women’s health continues to be under-researched and often under-treated; therefore, intermediate courses on American medicine and society would benefit from inclusion of this work." * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"Lady Lushes is a welcome contribution to the social history of medicine and health, as well as to the growing field of drinking studies....This is a ground-breaking study that draws on a range of sources, including historical periodicals, medical journals, letters, self-help guides and institutional records." * Social History of Medicine *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Female Inebriate in the Temperance Paradigm 2 “Lit Ladies”: Women’s Drinking during the Progressive Era and Prohibition 3 “More to Overcome Than the Men”: Women in Alcoholics Anonymous 4 Defining a Disease: Gender, Stigma, and the Modern Alcoholism Movement 5 “A Special Masculine Neurosis”: Psychiatrists Look at Alcoholism 6 “The Doctor Didn’t Want to Take an Alcoholic”: The Challenge of Medicalization at Mid-Century Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBased on almost a decade of research in the Kathmandu Valley, Planning Families in Nepal offers a compelling account of Hindu Nepali women as they face conflicting global and local ideals regarding family planning.Trade Review"An insightful and beautifully written account of how family planning decisions are made and preferences are formed among Hindu Nepali women … This is an outstanding ethnography of caste-Hindu people living in Kathmandu today, written from the perspective of [a] demographic anthropologist. It will not disappoint scholars and students of this region and subject, and would make an excellent addition to a reading list for upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level teaching." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Jan Brunson skillfully weaves keen ethnographic observation with incisive social scientific analysis to provide a sensitive and nuanced account of gender and reproduction in an increasingly globalized Nepal." -- Geoff Childs * Washington University in St. Louis *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Transcription, and PronunciationIntroduction: Life in Motion1 Intersections: Gender, Class, and Caste in Nepal2 Like a Potter’s Wheel: From Daughters to Mothers-in-Law3 The Elusive Small, Happy Family4 Son Preference and the Preferences of Sons5 Conclusion: Projects of Reproduction Appendix A: Caste Hierarchy in Nepal Appendix B: Trends in Contraceptive Use in Nepal Notes Bibliography Index

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

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Book SynopsisFew scholars have explored the collective experiences of women living in the inner city. The Grind illustrates the lived experiences of poor African American women and the creative strategies they develop to manage these events and survive in a community commonly exposed to violence. Trade Review“The Grind addresses a very important, understudied topic: black women’s experiences and position in 'distressed urban neighborhoods' and how these women negotiate these experiences. McCurn’s analysis is informative on a number of levels, and she gives voice to women whose voices are routinely silenced and misrepresented.” -- Sean Elias * author of Racial Theories in Social Science: A Systemic Racism Critique *"A stunning counter to whites’ racist framing of poor Black women! McCurn demonstrates how these courageous, strong-willed women must be constantly creative in their urban grinds for their families to endure. Using Black networks and community resources, they manage to survive conditions of systemic racism imposed on them by whites, for generations." -- Joe Feagin * author of The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing *"Alexis McCurn’s book is a must-read. She deftly captures the voices of inner city Black women as they describe their everyday experiences with microinteractional assaults, and frames their experiences within the larger contexts of race, gender, and violence." -- Ruth Thompson-Miller * author of Jim Crow’s Legacy: The Lasting Impact of Segregation *"Chronicle of Education's 'New Scholarly Books,' list" compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"A theoretically rich and groundbreaking study for students of ethnography, The Grind should be required reading for courses in qualitative methodology, urban sociology, and family sociology. Researchers examining structural impediments and individual/collective agency among members of distressed communities will find McCurn’s study invaluable." * Gender & Society *"This is a solid work of urban sociology and social anthropology." * American Journal of Sociology *"All in all, The Grind is an exploration of struggle and survival that provides a critical examination of the ways in which biographical racism, racialized poverty, and gendered inequality have perpetuated cycles of discrimination and other forms of social and emotional injury that have largely been overlooked and unaddressed." * Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 “Grinding”: Living and Working in East Oakland 22 2 “It Happens All the Time”: Day-to-day Experiences with Microinteractional Assaults 55 3 “I Am Not a Prostitute”: How Young Black Women Challenge Sexual Harassment on the Street 86 4 “Keeping It Fresh”: Self-Representation and Challenging Controlling Images in the Inner City 122 Conclusion 153 Appendix: Field Research Methods in Urban Public Space 159 Acknowledgments 169 Notes 173 References 175 Index

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Book SynopsisFew scholars have explored the collective experiences of women living in the inner city. The Grind illustrates the lived experiences of poor African American women and the creative strategies they develop to manage these events and survive in a community commonly exposed to violence. Trade Review“The Grind addresses a very important, understudied topic: black women’s experiences and position in 'distressed urban neighborhoods' and how these women negotiate these experiences. McCurn’s analysis is informative on a number of levels, and she gives voice to women whose voices are routinely silenced and misrepresented.” -- Sean Elias * author of Racial Theories in Social Science: A Systemic Racism Critique *"A stunning counter to whites’ racist framing of poor Black women! McCurn demonstrates how these courageous, strong-willed women must be constantly creative in their urban grinds for their families to endure. Using Black networks and community resources, they manage to survive conditions of systemic racism imposed on them by whites, for generations." -- Joe Feagin * author of The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing *"Alexis McCurn’s book is a must-read. She deftly captures the voices of inner city Black women as they describe their everyday experiences with microinteractional assaults, and frames their experiences within the larger contexts of race, gender, and violence." -- Ruth Thompson-Miller * author of Jim Crow’s Legacy: The Lasting Impact of Segregation *"Chronicle of Education's 'New Scholarly Books,' list" compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"A theoretically rich and groundbreaking study for students of ethnography, The Grind should be required reading for courses in qualitative methodology, urban sociology, and family sociology. Researchers examining structural impediments and individual/collective agency among members of distressed communities will find McCurn’s study invaluable." * Gender & Society *"This is a solid work of urban sociology and social anthropology." * American Journal of Sociology *"All in all, The Grind is an exploration of struggle and survival that provides a critical examination of the ways in which biographical racism, racialized poverty, and gendered inequality have perpetuated cycles of discrimination and other forms of social and emotional injury that have largely been overlooked and unaddressed." * Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work *“The Grind addresses a very important, understudied topic: black women’s experiences and position in 'distressed urban neighborhoods' and how these women negotiate these experiences. McCurn’s analysis is informative on a number of levels, and she gives voice to women whose voices are routinely silenced and misrepresented.” -- Sean Elias * author of Racial Theories in Social Science: A Systemic Racism Critique *"A stunning counter to whites’ racist framing of poor Black women! McCurn demonstrates how these courageous, strong-willed women must be constantly creative in their urban grinds for their families to endure. Using Black networks and community resources, they manage to survive conditions of systemic racism imposed on them by whites, for generations." -- Joe Feagin * author of The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing *"Alexis McCurn’s book is a must-read. She deftly captures the voices of inner city Black women as they describe their everyday experiences with microinteractional assaults, and frames their experiences within the larger contexts of race, gender, and violence." -- Ruth Thompson-Miller * author of Jim Crow’s Legacy: The Lasting Impact of Segregation *"Chronicle of Education's 'New Scholarly Books,' list" compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"A theoretically rich and groundbreaking study for students of ethnography, The Grind should be required reading for courses in qualitative methodology, urban sociology, and family sociology. Researchers examining structural impediments and individual/collective agency among members of distressed communities will find McCurn’s study invaluable." * Gender & Society *"This is a solid work of urban sociology and social anthropology." * American Journal of Sociology *"All in all, The Grind is an exploration of struggle and survival that provides a critical examination of the ways in which biographical racism, racialized poverty, and gendered inequality have perpetuated cycles of discrimination and other forms of social and emotional injury that have largely been overlooked and unaddressed." * Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 “Grinding”: Living and Working in East Oakland 22 2 “It Happens All the Time”: Day-to-day Experiences with Microinteractional Assaults 55 3 “I Am Not a Prostitute”: How Young Black Women Challenge Sexual Harassment on the Street 86 4 “Keeping It Fresh”: Self-Representation and Challenging Controlling Images in the Inner City 122 Conclusion 153 Appendix: Field Research Methods in Urban Public Space 159 Acknowledgments 169 Notes 173 References 175 Index

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Book SynopsisThe Douglass Century tells a powerful tale of the creativity and determination of successive generations of women who have claimed intellectual space, devised educational programs, and sustained an academic project, Douglass Residential College that has reshaped the worlds available to women in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Trade Review"100-Year Journey At Douglass: From Early Technical Courses To STEM-Oriented Programs" by Tom Wilk * Inside Jersey *"100 Years--and Counting" interview feature * Rutgers Magazine *"100 years of Douglass College" by Tom Wilk * NJ.com *"The Rutgers Century" by Mary Snead * Rutgers Today *"The Douglass Century: A new book by Rutgers faculty and staff examines the history and diversity of Douglass Residential College in celebration of its 100th anniversary" by Merrie Snead * Rutgers Today *Rutgers Magazine (Spring 2018 issue) mention of The Douglass Century in the "Letters" section * Rutgers Magazine *"This well-researched book honors the impact of Douglass on the history of New Jersey and on the many young women who attended the institution over the last one hundred years. More significantly, The Douglass Century provides a thoughtful sense of the struggle women faced as they sought access to higher education and, as important as ever, the continuing challenges women face achieving leadership roles and equity in today’s society." * New Jersey Studies *Table of ContentsForeword by Carol T. Christ, DC ’66 . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Deans of the College, 1918–2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix A ssociate Alumnae of Douglass College: Presidents and Executive Directors . . . . . . . . . . xi 1 Inventing Douglass: The Challenge of Women’s Higher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 2 New Jersey College for Women: Establishing a Tradition, 1918–1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 3 Challenges of the 1930s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 4 World War II and Its Aftermath: New Jersey College For Women, 1940–1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 5 From New Jersey College for Women to Douglass College . . . . . . . . . . . 93 6 Preserving Douglass’s Special Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 7 Douglass in Two Turbulent Decades: Student Activism and Institutional Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 8 Creating Knowledge about, by, and for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 9 R einventing Douglass: From University Reorganization to the Transformation of Undergraduate Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 10 Diversifying Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 11 Douglass Residential College: Revitalizing Women’s Education in the Twenty-First Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 12 The Douglass Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

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Book SynopsisJunctures in Women’s Leadership: Higher Education brings into sharp focus the unique attributes of women leaders in the academy and adds a new dimension of analysis to the field of women’s leadership studies. Women leaders interviewed in this volume include Bernice Sandler, Juliet Villarreal García, and Johnnetta Betsch Cole.Trade Review"Each of the essays in this volume offers compelling examples of the transformative power of women’s leadership in higher education at all types of institutions. Beyond detailing familiar and persistent barriers that have slowed women’s progress at the highest levels in the academy, the authors showcase models for reforming institutional and organizational cultures in ways that promote structural change and value women’s authentic leadership styles." -- Lynn Pasquerella * President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities *"With these profiles of twelve extraordinary women, we gain rich, new insights into the myriad ways they both navigated—and transformed—higher education. Profoundly idealistic—and profoundly pragmatic—they are the role models we need at a time when women still have yet to win their fair share of top leadership roles. Read this book for its powerful lessons—and equally powerful inspiration.” -- Paula A. Johnson * President of Wellesley College *"A seminal and impressively informative work of outstanding and meticulous scholarship, Junctures in Women's Leadership: Higher Education is a thoughtful and thought-provoking read and will prove to be an especially and welcome addition to Women's Studies curriculum reading lists." * Midwest Book Review *"The volume succeeds in its aim to provide examples of women’s leadership without essentialist understandings of a 'woman’s approach.' One of the volume’s strengths is the diversity of the women profiled and the variety of institutions they serve or served. It offers largely positive and sometimes glowing assessments of each woman profiled." * Moveable Type *Table of ContentsContents Foreword to the Series New Foreword to the Series Preface 1. Too Strong for a Woman: Bernice Sandler and the Birth of Title IX by Leslee A. Fisher 2. Ruth Simmons by Carmen Twillie Ambar and Tyler Sloan 3. Nancy Cantor: An Insider with Outsider Values by Karen R. Lawrence 4. Nannerl Keohane and The Women’s Initiative at Duke University by Patricia Pelfrey 5. Molly Corbett Broad by Michele Ozumba 6. Re-imagining Women’s Education: Jill Ker Conway, Smith College and the Ada Comstock Scholars Program by Susan C. Bourque 7. Intellectual Inquiry and Social Activism: Sister President Johnnetta Betsch Cole by Marilyn R. Schuster 8. Hanna Holborn Gray and Graduate Education at the University of Chicago by Carol T. Christ 9. Decolonializing Across Broadway: The Barnard Presidency of Judith R. Shapiro by Karen R. Stubaus 10. President Regina Peruggi of Kingsborough Community College: Transformative Leadership and Student Success by Jacquelyn Litt 11. The Reinventor: Pat McGuire and the Transformation of Trinity Washington University by Elizabeth Kiss 12. In Pursuit of Educational Access: Juliet García Leading from Within Against the Grain by Maureen A. Mahoney Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisJunctures in Women’s Leadership: Higher Education brings into sharp focus the unique attributes of women leaders in the academy and adds a new dimension of analysis to the field of women’s leadership studies. Women leaders interviewed in this volume include Bernice Sandler, Juliet Villarreal García, and Johnnetta Betsch Cole.Trade Review"Each of the essays in this volume offers compelling examples of the transformative power of women’s leadership in higher education at all types of institutions. Beyond detailing familiar and persistent barriers that have slowed women’s progress at the highest levels in the academy, the authors showcase models for reforming institutional and organizational cultures in ways that promote structural change and value women’s authentic leadership styles." -- Lynn Pasquerella * President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities *"With these profiles of twelve extraordinary women, we gain rich, new insights into the myriad ways they both navigated—and transformed—higher education. Profoundly idealistic—and profoundly pragmatic—they are the role models we need at a time when women still have yet to win their fair share of top leadership roles. Read this book for its powerful lessons—and equally powerful inspiration.” -- Paula A. Johnson * President of Wellesley College *"A seminal and impressively informative work of outstanding and meticulous scholarship, Junctures in Women's Leadership: Higher Education is a thoughtful and thought-provoking read and will prove to be an especially and welcome addition to Women's Studies curriculum reading lists." * Midwest Book Review *"The volume succeeds in its aim to provide examples of women’s leadership without essentialist understandings of a 'woman’s approach.' One of the volume’s strengths is the diversity of the women profiled and the variety of institutions they serve or served. It offers largely positive and sometimes glowing assessments of each woman profiled." * Moveable Type *Table of ContentsContents Foreword to the Series New Foreword to the Series Preface 1. Too Strong for a Woman: Bernice Sandler and the Birth of Title IX by Leslee A. Fisher 2. Ruth Simmons by Carmen Twillie Ambar and Tyler Sloan 3. Nancy Cantor: An Insider with Outsider Values by Karen R. Lawrence 4. Nannerl Keohane and The Women’s Initiative at Duke University by Patricia Pelfrey 5. Molly Corbett Broad by Michele Ozumba 6. Re-imagining Women’s Education: Jill Ker Conway, Smith College and the Ada Comstock Scholars Program by Susan C. Bourque 7. Intellectual Inquiry and Social Activism: Sister President Johnnetta Betsch Cole by Marilyn R. Schuster 8. Hanna Holborn Gray and Graduate Education at the University of Chicago by Carol T. Christ 9. Decolonializing Across Broadway: The Barnard Presidency of Judith R. Shapiro by Karen R. Stubaus 10. President Regina Peruggi of Kingsborough Community College: Transformative Leadership and Student Success by Jacquelyn Litt 11. The Reinventor: Pat McGuire and the Transformation of Trinity Washington University by Elizabeth Kiss 12. In Pursuit of Educational Access: Juliet García Leading from Within Against the Grain by Maureen A. Mahoney Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn Kicking Center, Rachel Allison investigates a women’s soccer league seeking to break into the male-dominated center of U.S. professional sport. Through an examination of the challenges and opportunities identified by those working for and with this league, she demonstrates how gender inequality is both constructed and contested in professional sport. Trade Review“A critical and much-needed addition to the scholarship on soccer in general and women’s soccer in particular. This book fills so many knowledge gaps that it is nothing short of a gift to either sports fan or sociologist.” -- Dave Zirin * sports editor, The Nation *“With the 1999 Women’s World Cup as her starting point, Rachel Allison traces the complex reasons why a glass ceiling exists on women’s advancement in professional sports. She offers a sophisticated, rigorous, and engaging account of how women’s sports leagues operate and how women’s soccer has been sold in the U.S. Anyone who cares about the future of women’s sports should read this book.” -- Cheryl Cooky * author of No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change *“Kicking Center is an engaging, well-written book. Allison offers just the right mix of academic findings and pop-culture references and provocations. This original work raises important questions and then answers them with vim, precision, and rigor.” -- Jules Boykoff * author of Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London *"Engendering Fandom: Audience Building in Women’s Professional Soccer" by Rachel Allison * The Society Pages - Engaging Sports *"A Sociological View on Selling Women’s Soccer: A Conversation with Dr. Rachel Allison," by RJ Allen * Backline Soccer *"One of the most comprehensive books on women and sport to come out in recent years....Those working in sport—including and perhaps especially men—to pick up this book and read it with an open mind." * Gender & Society *"Allison convincingly demonstrates the systematic marginalization of women’s athletics and athletes, who nonetheless challenge the inequalities they routinely face. Recommended." * Choice *"Despite growing audience, women's soccer still fighting for respect, says journalist," CBC "The Current" interview with Rachel Allison https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/despite-growing-audience-women-s-soccer-still-fighting-for-respect-says-journalist-1.5166142 * CBC "The Current" *"The sexism behind the ‘controversy’ over the U.S. women’s soccer team’s 13 goals," by Rachel Allisonhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/14/sexism-behind-controversy-over-us-womens-soccer-teams-goals/?utm_term=.82bdd447ef0a * Washington Post *"Allison’s study reveals a complex field were women in sports have to navigate a thorny terrain – not be too feminine and sexy, not too butch, but still professional and gaining attention." * Idrottsforum *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: Kicking Center 1 Women’s Soccer in the United States 2 Business or Cause? Contested Goals 3 We’re Taking Over! Constructing the Fan Base 4 Image Politics and Media (In)Visibility Conclusion: Kicking Forward? Appendices Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Kicking Center, Rachel Allison investigates a women’s soccer league seeking to break into the male-dominated center of U.S. professional sport. Through an examination of the challenges and opportunities identified by those working for and with this league, she demonstrates how gender inequality is both constructed and contested in professional sport. Trade Review“A critical and much-needed addition to the scholarship on soccer in general and women’s soccer in particular. This book fills so many knowledge gaps that it is nothing short of a gift to either sports fan or sociologist.” -- Dave Zirin * sports editor, The Nation *“With the 1999 Women’s World Cup as her starting point, Rachel Allison traces the complex reasons why a glass ceiling exists on women’s advancement in professional sports. She offers a sophisticated, rigorous, and engaging account of how women’s sports leagues operate and how women’s soccer has been sold in the U.S. Anyone who cares about the future of women’s sports should read this book.” -- Cheryl Cooky * author of No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change *“Kicking Center is an engaging, well-written book. Allison offers just the right mix of academic findings and pop-culture references and provocations. This original work raises important questions and then answers them with vim, precision, and rigor.” -- Jules Boykoff * author of Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London *"Engendering Fandom: Audience Building in Women’s Professional Soccer" by Rachel Allison * The Society Pages - Engaging Sports *"A Sociological View on Selling Women’s Soccer: A Conversation with Dr. Rachel Allison," by RJ Allen * Backline Soccer *"One of the most comprehensive books on women and sport to come out in recent years....Those working in sport—including and perhaps especially men—to pick up this book and read it with an open mind." * Gender & Society *"Allison convincingly demonstrates the systematic marginalization of women’s athletics and athletes, who nonetheless challenge the inequalities they routinely face. Recommended." * Choice *"Despite growing audience, women's soccer still fighting for respect, says journalist," CBC "The Current" interview with Rachel Allison https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/despite-growing-audience-women-s-soccer-still-fighting-for-respect-says-journalist-1.5166142 * CBC "The Current" *"The sexism behind the ‘controversy’ over the U.S. women’s soccer team’s 13 goals," by Rachel Allisonhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/14/sexism-behind-controversy-over-us-womens-soccer-teams-goals/?utm_term=.82bdd447ef0a * Washington Post *"Allison’s study reveals a complex field were women in sports have to navigate a thorny terrain – not be too feminine and sexy, not too butch, but still professional and gaining attention." * Idrottsforum *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: Kicking Center 1 Women’s Soccer in the United States 2 Business or Cause? Contested Goals 3 We’re Taking Over! Constructing the Fan Base 4 Image Politics and Media (In)Visibility Conclusion: Kicking Forward? Appendices Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLiberating Hollywood examines the professional experiences and creative output of women filmmakers during a unique moment in history when the social justice movements that defined the 1960s and 1970s challenged the enduring culture of sexism and racism in the U.S. film industry. Trade Review"Maya Montañez Smukler’s Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors and the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema is an exciting and topical examination of a transformative group of female filmmakers whose stories and struggles have too often been forgotten. At once an eye-opening analysis and a significant contribution to feminist film scholarship, Liberating Hollywood persuasively challenges the received wisdom about a period of American cinema (the so-called time of Easy Riders and Raging Bulls) in which women are routinely banished to the margins. As Smukler demonstrates, women were always there – making movies, good trouble and American history." -- Manohla Dargis * film critic for The New York Times *“A counterintuitive feminist history of the new Hollywood that convincingly challenges widely held assumptions about the boys’ club movie brat auteur renaissance. In Liberating Hollywood, Maya Montanez Smukler is remarkably attentive to the industrial as well as sociopolitical histories that made such a new women’s cinema and such a suddenly liberated Hollywood possible.” -- Jon Lewis * author of Hard-Boiled Hollywood: Crime and Punishment in Postwar Los Angeles *"Both long overdue and coming right on time, Liberating Hollywood richly expands our understanding of Hollywood filmmaking in the 1970s. Expertly researched with stories from those who were there, Maya Montañez Smukler’s book tells the stories of female directors working in Hollywood in the 1970s and fighting for their rights as mediamakers." -- Miranda Banks * author of The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild *"100 Women, One Hotel, and the Weekend Retreat That Presaged Time’s Up By 18 Years" by Cari Beauchamp * Vanity Fair *"Smukler sees the increase of independently produced features in the ’80s as a turning point for women no longer at the mercy of a slow-moving studio system. She’s right, though working independently puts the onus of proving artistic and commercial viability directly on individual artists’ shoulders, dependent on a world of potentially prejudiced funders with no centralized power to reform, however incrementally. That said, it’s impossible to read Liberating Hollywood and not recognize the progress that has been made, even though too much remains sadly familiar. It’s still rough out there, but histories like these keep me moving forward." * Film Comment *"How the 1970s Marked a Turning Point for Women Directors in Hollywood" by Dan Schindel * Hyperallergic *"Highly recommended." * Choice * "A fascinating series of profiles of trailblazing filmmakers." * Sight and Sound *"Liberating Hollywood is an invigorating, detailed account of the women who were denied seats at the directors’ roundtable and sat down anyway. Their bittersweet but valiant efforts paved the way for feminist reform. Smukler’s book is valuable not just because it covers an important piece of Hollywood history, but because it’s a reminder that progress is not to be taken for granted." * Movie Maker Magazine *"[An] essential book." * New Yorker *"[An] excellent and deeply researched book." * Variety *"An ambitious [and] compelling book....Smukler has done an excellent job of researching and writing about the individual careers of her directors. The stories are both empowering and heartbreaking, and she has out the available oral histories to good use." * Cineaste *"This engaging and timely book is a long-overdue corrective to the histories of 1970s Hollywood that have celebrated the iconoclasm of 'new Hollywood' without also asking why that iconoclasm did not extend to changing Hollywood's production culture, and why, at the height of second-wave feminism, Hollywood continued to define media-making as men's work." * Journal of American History *Book List: Celebrating Women in Film and TV History * UCLA Library Film & Television Archive *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Prologue 1 Feminist Reform Comes to Hollywood 2 1970s Cultures of Production: Studio, Art House, and Exploitation 3 New Women: Women Directors and the 1970s New Woman Film 4 Radicalizing the Directors Guild of America 5 Desperately Seeking the Eighties: 1970s Perseverance Turns to 1980s Progress Appendix Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAfter decades of the American ""war on drugs"" and relentless prison expansion, political officials are finally challenging mass incarceration. Many point to an apparently promising solution to reduce the prison population: addiction treatment. In Addicted to Rehab, Allison McKim gives an in-depth and innovative ethnographic account of two such rehab programs for women.Trade Review"The writing is clear, engaging, and accessible. I can see the book working in undergraduate medical sociology and criminology courses as well as in more advanced courses for professionals working in the substance abuse field. The author does a superb job of bringing the staff and residents of both facilities to life. She has a strong eye for the material surroundings and a strong ear for the nuances and tones of conversations"— Susan Sered, Gender and Society "Addicted to Rehab: Race, Gender, and Drugs in the Era of Mass Incarceration provides an uncomfortable, yet necessary, analysis that is required of programs, such as WTS and the Lodge, that purport to fix' people and address social problems. This work makes important contributions to both theoretical and policy-oriented conversations in criminology and should serve as foundational reading for policy-makers and stakeholders working within the realm of rehabilitation and drug treatment." — Critical Criminology "Addicted to Rehab is an important and timely contribution to the literature on mass incarceration, drug treatment, and social inequality. McKim provides crucial insight into these realms through her spectacular and engaging research."— Jill McCorkel, author of Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment "Addicted to Rehab is part of a small but growing group of carceral ethnographies that interrogate sites of punishment in the age of mass incarceration. To make sense of her observations, McKim draws on an impressive range of sociological literature."— American Journal of Sociology "While most people struggle to get out of rehab, Allison McKim fought her way in to study it— and came out with a brilliant, nuanced, fascinating, and original account of the different ways addiction is defined and addressed in the contemporary U.S. This is a critical contribution to our understandings of drugs, criminal justice, and the gender politics of mass incarceration."— Lynne Haney, New York UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Rehab Is the New Black 1 Intake: Pathways to Treatment 2 Addicted to Punishment 3 Habilitating Broken Women 4 A Haven for the Chemically Dependent 5 Learning to Live Sober 6 Conclusion Methodological Appendix Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAfter decades of the American ""war on drugs"" and relentless prison expansion, political officials are finally challenging mass incarceration. Many point to an apparently promising solution to reduce the prison population: addiction treatment. In Addicted to Rehab, Allison McKim gives an in-depth and innovative ethnographic account of two such rehab programs for women.Trade Review"The writing is clear, engaging, and accessible. I can see the book working in undergraduate medical sociology and criminology courses as well as in more advanced courses for professionals working in the substance abuse field. The author does a superb job of bringing the staff and residents of both facilities to life. She has a strong eye for the material surroundings and a strong ear for the nuances and tones of conversations"— Susan Sered, Gender and Society "Addicted to Rehab: Race, Gender, and Drugs in the Era of Mass Incarceration provides an uncomfortable, yet necessary, analysis that is required of programs, such as WTS and the Lodge, that purport to fix' people and address social problems. This work makes important contributions to both theoretical and policy-oriented conversations in criminology and should serve as foundational reading for policy-makers and stakeholders working within the realm of rehabilitation and drug treatment." — Critical Criminology "Addicted to Rehab is an important and timely contribution to the literature on mass incarceration, drug treatment, and social inequality. McKim provides crucial insight into these realms through her spectacular and engaging research."— Jill McCorkel, author of Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment "Addicted to Rehab is part of a small but growing group of carceral ethnographies that interrogate sites of punishment in the age of mass incarceration. To make sense of her observations, McKim draws on an impressive range of sociological literature."— American Journal of Sociology "While most people struggle to get out of rehab, Allison McKim fought her way in to study it— and came out with a brilliant, nuanced, fascinating, and original account of the different ways addiction is defined and addressed in the contemporary U.S. This is a critical contribution to our understandings of drugs, criminal justice, and the gender politics of mass incarceration."— Lynne Haney, New York UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Rehab Is the New Black 1 Intake: Pathways to Treatment 2 Addicted to Punishment 3 Habilitating Broken Women 4 A Haven for the Chemically Dependent 5 Learning to Live Sober 6 Conclusion Methodological Appendix Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to this book analyze Latin American indigenous women’s engagements with different legal forums and language to secure greater justice and security, and aim to set out a series of key concepts and issues for analyzing these mobilizations, in order to present innovative, engaged research on constructions of justice and security. Trade Review“Demanding Justice and Security offers a panoramic view of Latin American indigenous women’s strategies for combating gendered violence and of creating constructive justice alternatives grounded in indigenous concepts of collective rights and autonomy. Beautifully written ethnography and crisp theory make this a particularly useful classroom book.” -- Lynn Stephen * author of We are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements *"Demanding Justice and Security constitutes a milestone in the study of indigenous women’s organizing, understanding and engaging legal pluralities in Latin America. Drawing on rich fieldwork from Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala, the authors of this collaborative research-action experience have crafted an outstanding multi-sited ethnography of gender, violence, injustice and insecurity in these countries. This remarkable volume allows for a unique opportunity to consider structural violence and its comparative effects on the gendered body politic." -- Pamela Calla * Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University *"Demanding Justice and Security...brings into focus communities often overlooked in much of the research on political institutions, particularly in political science. An important contribution of this work is its emphasis on intersectionality: the ways that indigenous women negotiate multiple identities of class, gender, and ethnicity and their struggles to balance gender and ethnic claims." * Politics & Gender *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Indigenous Women and Legal Pluralities in Latin America: Demanding Justice and Security Rachel Sieder Part I Gender and Justice—Between State Law and International Norms Chapter 1 Between Community Justice and International Litigation: The Case of Inés Fernández before the Inter-American Court Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo Chapter 2 Domestic Violence and Access to Justice: The Political Dilemma of the Cuetzalan Indigenous Women’s Home (CAMI) Adriana Terven Salinas Chapter 3 Between Participation and Violence: Gender Justice and Neoliberal Government in Chichicastenango, Guatemala Rachel Sieder Part II Indigenous Autonomies and Struggles for Gender Justice Chapter 4 Indigenous Autonomies and Gender Justice: Women’s Dispute for Security and Rights in Guerrero, Mexico María Teresa Sierra Chapter 5 Gender Inequality, Indigenous Justice, and the Intercultural State: The Case of Chimborazo, Ecuador Emma Cervone y Cristina Cucuri Chapter 6 Let Us Walk Together”: Chachawarmi [Male-Female] Complementarity and Indigenous Autonomies in Bolivia Ana Cecilia Arteaga Böhrt Chapter 7 Participate, Make Visible, Propose: The Wager of Indigenous Women in the Organizational Process of the Regional Indigenous Council of the Cauca (CRIC) Leonor Lozano Part III Women’s Alternatives in the Face of Racism and Dispossession Chapter 8 Voices within Silences: Indigenous Women, Security, and Rights in the Mountain Region of Guerrero Mariana Mora Chapter 9 Grievances and Crevices of Resistance: Maya Women Defy Goldcorp Morna Macleod Chapter 10 Intersectional Violence: Triqui Women Confront Racism, the State, and Male Leadership Natalia De Marinis Part IV Methodological Perspectives Chapter 11 Methodological Routes: Toward a Critical and Collaborative Legal Anthropology Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo and Adriana Terven Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisUsing an intersectional approach, Marriage, Divorce, and Distress in Northeast Brazil explores rural, working-class, black Brazilian women's perceptions and experiences of courtship, marriage and divorce. Melanie A. Medeiros explores the women's rich stories of desire, love, respect, suffering, strength, and transformation.Trade Review"From the opening vignette, this vibrant, conceptually sophisticated, and yet accessible ethnography draws us into the contested terrain of intimate relations and divorce in Northeast Brazil. Medeiros skillfully depicts the voices and experiences of rural, working-class women of African descent, helping us see how their lives are shaped both by their own strivings and by forces as diverse as telenovelas and ecotourism. Her work represents a valuable contribution to the emerging anthropology of divorce as well as to work on emotion, gender, race, class, companionate marriage, social suffering, and even the anthropology of tourism." -- Jennifer S. Hirsch * coauthor of The Secret: Love, Marriage and HIV *“This innovative study illuminates Afro-Brazilian women’s experiences in the realms of intimacy, marriage, and divorce. An important contribution!” -- Kia Lilly Caldwell * author of Health Equity in Brazil: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Policy *"Chronicle of Higher Education 'New Scholarly Books' Weekly Book List, August 31, 2018," compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *New Books Network - News Books in Latin American Studies podcast interview with Melanie A. Medeiros https://newbooksnetwork.com/melanie-a-madeiros-marriage-divorce-and-distress-in-northeast-brazil-black-womens-perspectives-on-love-respect-and-kinship-rutgers-up-2018/ * New Books Network *Table of ContentsContents 1 Brogodó, Bahia, Brazil 2 Gender, Employment and Divorce 3 Telenovela Reception and the Rise of Modern Love and Companionate Marriage 4 Respect, Infidelity and Divorce 5 Marital Distress and Social Suffering 6 Matrifocal Kinship and Amor Verdadeiro 7 Conclusion References Index Acknowledgments About the Author

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Book SynopsisUsing an intersectional approach, Marriage, Divorce, and Distress in Northeast Brazil explores rural, working-class, black Brazilian women's perceptions and experiences of courtship, marriage and divorce. Melanie A. Medeiros explores the women's rich stories of desire, love, respect, suffering, strength, and transformation.Trade Review"From the opening vignette, this vibrant, conceptually sophisticated, and yet accessible ethnography draws us into the contested terrain of intimate relations and divorce in Northeast Brazil. Medeiros skillfully depicts the voices and experiences of rural, working-class women of African descent, helping us see how their lives are shaped both by their own strivings and by forces as diverse as telenovelas and ecotourism. Her work represents a valuable contribution to the emerging anthropology of divorce as well as to work on emotion, gender, race, class, companionate marriage, social suffering, and even the anthropology of tourism." -- Jennifer S. Hirsch * coauthor of The Secret: Love, Marriage and HIV *“This innovative study illuminates Afro-Brazilian women’s experiences in the realms of intimacy, marriage, and divorce. An important contribution!” -- Kia Lilly Caldwell * author of Health Equity in Brazil: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Policy *"Chronicle of Higher Education 'New Scholarly Books' Weekly Book List, August 31, 2018," compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *New Books Network - News Books in Latin American Studies podcast interview with Melanie A. Medeiros https://newbooksnetwork.com/melanie-a-madeiros-marriage-divorce-and-distress-in-northeast-brazil-black-womens-perspectives-on-love-respect-and-kinship-rutgers-up-2018/ * New Books Network *Table of ContentsContents 1 Brogodó, Bahia, Brazil 2 Gender, Employment and Divorce 3 Telenovela Reception and the Rise of Modern Love and Companionate Marriage 4 Respect, Infidelity and Divorce 5 Marital Distress and Social Suffering 6 Matrifocal Kinship and Amor Verdadeiro 7 Conclusion References Index Acknowledgments About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplores the intersections between sperm donation and the broader social and political environment in which ""modern families"" are created and regulated. This book provides a captivating read for anyone interested in family and kinship, genetics and eugenics, and how assisted reproductive technologies continue to redefine what it means to be human.Trade Review“An exceptional ethnography of modern reproduction, Romancing the Sperm centers lesbian couples and single women as they engage with sperm donors and banks in a quest to become pregnant. Tober’s extensive research spans decades, from the 1990s to the present, documenting critical shifts over time in sperm banking institutional and modern family formation practices. An accessible read, the book makes a tremendously valuable contribution to feminist writing on reproductive technologies and politics.” -- Rajani Bhatia * author of Gender before Birth: Sex Selection in a Transnational Context *“A fascinating and engaging book! It just gets more and more interesting as it goes and is never boring. The quotes from those interviewed are perfect and poignant—they give so much insight into the struggles undergone by those choosing some form of artificial conception. The book thoroughly dispels traditional notions of “family” and shows the multiple and highly creative ways in which families are currently being generated in this brave new world of assisted reproduction. For many, this book will be not only a fascinating, but also an empowering read.” -- Robbie Davis-Floyd * author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage and Ways of Knowing about Birth: Mothers, Midwives, M *RT American interview with Diane Tober * RT America *IVFML Season 2, Episode 7: Is Egg And Sperm Donation ‘Worth It’? interview with Diane Tober * Huff Post FML Becoming Family’ podcast *"Written with scholarly attention to detail, and including a wealth of firsthand testimonies from women who have chosen to use sperm banks, Romancing the Sperm is fascinating and insightful from cover to cover. Highly recommended." * Midwest Book Review *"Tober has written a retrospective ethnographic study of the first generation of women openly to buy sperm to make families. The book is about female choice, or, as she puts it, 'the biopolitics' of choice when women have resources of their own and the sperm of various male types can be bottled, screened, studied for motility, frozen, catalogued and transported." * Times Literary Supplement *Diane Tober, “Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families” New Books Network New Books in Anthropology podcast interview * New Books Network - New Books in Anthropology *"Desperately Seeking Kin: Genetic Longing in the Donor Gamete Context," by Diane Tober * Los Angeles Review of Books *"The book will be useful to scholars and students interested in broader historical perspectives on assisted reproduction, and its clear language and readability will make it appealing in undergraduate courses in medical anthropology, science, technology, and society, kinship and family, and gender and sexuality." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *“[Tober’s] groundbreaking book shows us that modern families might be built on contradictions, and yet the kids are still alright.” * Feminist Formations *"What gives Tober’s account unique insight into modern families is that it captures decades of social and academic change....[A] welcome addition to sociological classes on family or reproduction, and some chapters would be particularly useful in classes on gender, masculinity, or sexuality." * Social Forces *“An exceptional ethnography of modern reproduction, Romancing the Sperm centers lesbian couples and single women as they engage with sperm donors and banks in a quest to become pregnant. Tober’s extensive research spans decades, from the 1990s to the present, documenting critical shifts over time in sperm banking institutional and modern family formation practices. An accessible read, the book makes a tremendously valuable contribution to feminist writing on reproductive technologies and politics.” -- Rajani Bhatia * author of Gender before Birth: Sex Selection in a Transnational Context *“A fascinating and engaging book! It just gets more and more interesting as it goes and is never boring. The quotes from those interviewed are perfect and poignant—they give so much insight into the struggles undergone by those choosing some form of artificial conception. The book thoroughly dispels traditional notions of “family” and shows the multiple and highly creative ways in which families are currently being generated in this brave new world of assisted reproduction. For many, this book will be not only a fascinating, but also an empowering read.” -- Robbie Davis-Floyd * author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage and Ways of Knowing about Birth: Mothers, Midwives, M *RT American interview with Diane Tober * RT America *IVFML Season 2, Episode 7: Is Egg And Sperm Donation ‘Worth It’? interview with Diane Tober * Huff Post FML Becoming Family’ podcast *"Written with scholarly attention to detail, and including a wealth of firsthand testimonies from women who have chosen to use sperm banks, Romancing the Sperm is fascinating and insightful from cover to cover. Highly recommended." * Midwest Book Review *"Tober has written a retrospective ethnographic study of the first generation of women openly to buy sperm to make families. The book is about female choice, or, as she puts it, 'the biopolitics' of choice when women have resources of their own and the sperm of various male types can be bottled, screened, studied for motility, frozen, catalogued and transported." * Times Literary Supplement *Diane Tober, “Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families” New Books Network New Books in Anthropology podcast interview * New Books Network - New Books in Anthropology *"Desperately Seeking Kin: Genetic Longing in the Donor Gamete Context," by Diane Tober * Los Angeles Review of Books *"The book will be useful to scholars and students interested in broader historical perspectives on assisted reproduction, and its clear language and readability will make it appealing in undergraduate courses in medical anthropology, science, technology, and society, kinship and family, and gender and sexuality." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *“[Tober’s] groundbreaking book shows us that modern families might be built on contradictions, and yet the kids are still alright.” * Feminist Formations *"What gives Tober’s account unique insight into modern families is that it captures decades of social and academic change....[A] welcome addition to sociological classes on family or reproduction, and some chapters would be particularly useful in classes on gender, masculinity, or sexuality." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter 1: Murphy Brown and the Lesbian Baby Boom Chapter 2: Technologies and Politics of Reproduction Chapter 3: Semen to Go: Choosing Conception Alternatively Chapter 4: Semen Transactions: Donor Screening and the Regulation of Sexuality Chapter 5: Grass Roots Eugenics and the Fantasy Donor Chapter 6: Semen as Gift, Semen as Goods: Reproductive Workers and the Market in Altruism Chapter 7: From “Old Eggs” to “Odysseus’ Journey”—the Phenomenology of Infertility Chapter 8: What’s Alternative About Family? Chapter 9: From Murphy Brown to Modern Families Chapter 10: Conclusion: Towards a New BioPoliTechs of Emerging Families Afterward Acknowledgements References About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplores the intersections between sperm donation and the broader social and political environment in which ""modern families"" are created and regulated. This book provides a captivating read for anyone interested in family and kinship, genetics and eugenics, and how assisted reproductive technologies continue to redefine what it means to be human.Trade Review“An exceptional ethnography of modern reproduction, Romancing the Sperm centers lesbian couples and single women as they engage with sperm donors and banks in a quest to become pregnant. Tober’s extensive research spans decades, from the 1990s to the present, documenting critical shifts over time in sperm banking institutional and modern family formation practices. An accessible read, the book makes a tremendously valuable contribution to feminist writing on reproductive technologies and politics.” -- Rajani Bhatia * author of Gender before Birth: Sex Selection in a Transnational Context *“A fascinating and engaging book! It just gets more and more interesting as it goes and is never boring. The quotes from those interviewed are perfect and poignant—they give so much insight into the struggles undergone by those choosing some form of artificial conception. The book thoroughly dispels traditional notions of “family” and shows the multiple and highly creative ways in which families are currently being generated in this brave new world of assisted reproduction. For many, this book will be not only a fascinating, but also an empowering read.” -- Robbie Davis-Floyd * author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage and Ways of Knowing about Birth: Mothers, Midwives, M *RT American interview with Diane Tober * RT America *IVFML Season 2, Episode 7: Is Egg And Sperm Donation ‘Worth It’? interview with Diane Tober * Huff Post FML Becoming Family’ podcast *"Written with scholarly attention to detail, and including a wealth of firsthand testimonies from women who have chosen to use sperm banks, Romancing the Sperm is fascinating and insightful from cover to cover. Highly recommended." * Midwest Book Review *"Tober has written a retrospective ethnographic study of the first generation of women openly to buy sperm to make families. The book is about female choice, or, as she puts it, 'the biopolitics' of choice when women have resources of their own and the sperm of various male types can be bottled, screened, studied for motility, frozen, catalogued and transported." * Times Literary Supplement *Diane Tober, “Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families” New Books Network New Books in Anthropology podcast interview * New Books Network - New Books in Anthropology *"Desperately Seeking Kin: Genetic Longing in the Donor Gamete Context," by Diane Tober * Los Angeles Review of Books *"The book will be useful to scholars and students interested in broader historical perspectives on assisted reproduction, and its clear language and readability will make it appealing in undergraduate courses in medical anthropology, science, technology, and society, kinship and family, and gender and sexuality." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *“[Tober’s] groundbreaking book shows us that modern families might be built on contradictions, and yet the kids are still alright.” * Feminist Formations *"What gives Tober’s account unique insight into modern families is that it captures decades of social and academic change....[A] welcome addition to sociological classes on family or reproduction, and some chapters would be particularly useful in classes on gender, masculinity, or sexuality." * Social Forces *“An exceptional ethnography of modern reproduction, Romancing the Sperm centers lesbian couples and single women as they engage with sperm donors and banks in a quest to become pregnant. Tober’s extensive research spans decades, from the 1990s to the present, documenting critical shifts over time in sperm banking institutional and modern family formation practices. An accessible read, the book makes a tremendously valuable contribution to feminist writing on reproductive technologies and politics.” -- Rajani Bhatia * author of Gender before Birth: Sex Selection in a Transnational Context *“A fascinating and engaging book! It just gets more and more interesting as it goes and is never boring. The quotes from those interviewed are perfect and poignant—they give so much insight into the struggles undergone by those choosing some form of artificial conception. The book thoroughly dispels traditional notions of “family” and shows the multiple and highly creative ways in which families are currently being generated in this brave new world of assisted reproduction. For many, this book will be not only a fascinating, but also an empowering read.” -- Robbie Davis-Floyd * author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage and Ways of Knowing about Birth: Mothers, Midwives, M *RT American interview with Diane Tober * RT America *IVFML Season 2, Episode 7: Is Egg And Sperm Donation ‘Worth It’? interview with Diane Tober * Huff Post FML Becoming Family’ podcast *"Written with scholarly attention to detail, and including a wealth of firsthand testimonies from women who have chosen to use sperm banks, Romancing the Sperm is fascinating and insightful from cover to cover. Highly recommended." * Midwest Book Review *"Tober has written a retrospective ethnographic study of the first generation of women openly to buy sperm to make families. The book is about female choice, or, as she puts it, 'the biopolitics' of choice when women have resources of their own and the sperm of various male types can be bottled, screened, studied for motility, frozen, catalogued and transported." * Times Literary Supplement *Diane Tober, “Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families” New Books Network New Books in Anthropology podcast interview * New Books Network - New Books in Anthropology *"Desperately Seeking Kin: Genetic Longing in the Donor Gamete Context," by Diane Tober * Los Angeles Review of Books *"The book will be useful to scholars and students interested in broader historical perspectives on assisted reproduction, and its clear language and readability will make it appealing in undergraduate courses in medical anthropology, science, technology, and society, kinship and family, and gender and sexuality." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *“[Tober’s] groundbreaking book shows us that modern families might be built on contradictions, and yet the kids are still alright.” * Feminist Formations *"What gives Tober’s account unique insight into modern families is that it captures decades of social and academic change....[A] welcome addition to sociological classes on family or reproduction, and some chapters would be particularly useful in classes on gender, masculinity, or sexuality." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter 1: Murphy Brown and the Lesbian Baby Boom Chapter 2: Technologies and Politics of Reproduction Chapter 3: Semen to Go: Choosing Conception Alternatively Chapter 4: Semen Transactions: Donor Screening and the Regulation of Sexuality Chapter 5: Grass Roots Eugenics and the Fantasy Donor Chapter 6: Semen as Gift, Semen as Goods: Reproductive Workers and the Market in Altruism Chapter 7: From “Old Eggs” to “Odysseus’ Journey”—the Phenomenology of Infertility Chapter 8: What’s Alternative About Family? Chapter 9: From Murphy Brown to Modern Families Chapter 10: Conclusion: Towards a New BioPoliTechs of Emerging Families Afterward Acknowledgements References About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe first book to utilize women's own writings about miscarriage to explore the individual understandings of pregnancy loss and the multiple social and medical forces that helped to shape those perceptions. What emerges from Shannon Withycombe's work is unlike most medicalization narratives.Trade Review"Lost is a delight to read. Withycombe provides smart readings of vivid and compelling stories, which she shares in graceful detail. Lost is well-researched, insightful, and compelling.” -- Lara Freidenfelds * Princeton Research Forum *"Shannon Withycombe has found wonderful, intimate stories about 19th-century women’s pregnancies and the end of their pregnancies that can only be found through difficult, painstaking research in personal papers as well as the scientific and clinical thinking of physicians about miscarriage found in medical publications and hospital records. This is a unique book that brings together questions from both the history of science and the history of medicine and from the perspectives of both patients and practitioners." -- Leslie Reagan * University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign *"This amazing book analyzes how women and physicians understood miscarriage in the 19th century, a time without early pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, or legal reproductive control. Withycombe spent years sifting through archives searching for women’s conversations about pregnancy loss to gain an understanding of how women felt about their miscarriages. Lost is an important and timely book." -- Johanna Schoen * author of Abortion After Roe *"[Lost] shows the remarkable contrast between 19th-century women’s views of miscarriage and the loss-focused rhetoric of today." * Slate *"Chronicle of Higher Education 'new scholarly books' weekly book list," compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Throughout Lost, Withycombe outlines a comprehensive yet incredibly accessible history about the shift in the narrative. She provides detailed accounts from the letters of women, includes excerpts from medical journals, and uses the larger historical context to situate this ongoing negotiation between women and doctors to dictate the terms of what pregnancy was and wasn’t." * The Smart Set *"Highly recommended." * Choice *"Extensively researched and compellingly written, Lost is an excellent history of miscarriage in the nineteenth century, and its contribution to medical history goes beyond its immediate subject matter. Connecting the history of miscarriage to broader history of childbirth and motherhood, on the one hand, and to developments in the history of obstetrics gynecology, and medical research, on the other, Withycombe has written an important and timely book that will be of interest to historians of medicine and practitioners alike." * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"Extensively researched and compellingly written, Lost is an excellent history of miscarriage in the nineteenth century, and its contribution to medical history goes beyond its immediate subject matter. Connecting the history of miscarriage to broader history of childbirth and motherhood, on the one hand, and to developments in the history of obstetrics gynecology, and medical research, on the other, Withycombe has written an important and timely book that will be of interest to historians of medicine and practitioners alike." * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"Lost gives us something different and long absent from the historiography: a historical account of miscarriage constructed from women’s own personal narratives. To do so is no easy endeavor: locating references to miscarriage and pregnancy loss in the archival record requires profound dedication, patience, and skill. We should all be glad Withycombe embodies these qualities in spades, as her study provides us with novel understandings of nineteenth-century pregnancy and miscarriage from the perspective of the women who lived through these experiences. Lost provides a needed reminder that women’s lived experiences transcend the polemics of law, culture, and medicine, though they are indeed influenced by them." * H-Net *"Withycombe’s book adds an important new piece to the history of medicine and childbearing, and her book could be an excellent teaching tool for undergraduate or graduate courses in the history of women, gender, and medicine." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Oh Joy, Oh Rapture: Describing the Nineteenth-Century Miscarriage 13 2. Enveloped in Mystery: Pregnancy and Miscarriage in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 42 3. Before Its Due Time: Setting Standards in Miscarriage, 1830–1860s 59 4. Dr. Taylor Went Up in the Uterus: Miscarriage Treatment and Intrusive Interventions, 1860–1900 93 5. The Body in the Clot: Medical Interest in Miscarried Tissues, 1870–1912 125 Conclusion 162 Acknowledgments 173 Notes 177 Index

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Book SynopsisGrounded in Black feminist thought, Julia S. Jordan-Zachery looks at the functioning of scripts ascribed to Black women’s bodies in the framing of HIV/AIDS, domestic abuse, and mental illness and how such functioning renders some black female bodies invisible in Black politics in general and Black women’s politics specifically. Trade Review"Shadow Bodies engages the work of Hurston and Morrison, Beyonce and Rihanna, in a theoretically nuanced examination of the scripts of Black Women’s bodies in popular and political culture. It highlights the material consequences of silence and rhetoric, and is an extraordinarily good example of interdisciplinary, intersectional, engaged political science." -- Renee Ann Cramer * author of Pregnant with the Stars: Watching and Wanting the Celebrity Baby Bump *“Shadow Bodies takes the reader on a sobering journey through aspects of black womanhood that are usually divorced from social scientific inquiry: how personal experiences with and public discourses about domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, and mental illness shape black women’s political socialization. Embracing classic formulations in black feminist thought, the author bravely exposes and deconstructs the forced silences that black women must break as we move ever more fully into American public life.” -- Zenzele Isoke * author of Urban Black Women and the Politics of Resistance *Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction 1 1 Different Streams of Knowledge: Theoretically Situating This Study 19 2 Inscribing and the Black (Female) Body Politic 30 3 Uncovering Talk across Time and Space: Black Women Elected Officials, Essence and Ebony, and Black Female Bloggers 52 4 “Safe, Soulful Sex”: HIV/AIDS Talk 76 5 Killing Me Softly: Narratives on Domestic Violence and Black Womanhood 101 6 “Why So Many Sisters Are Mad and Sad”: Talking about Black Women with Mental Illnesses 124 7 Sister Speak: Using Intersectionality in Our Political and Policy Strategizing 140 Appendix 157 Acknowledgments 163 Notes 165 References 169 Index 195

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Book SynopsisGrounded in Black feminist thought, Julia S. Jordan-Zachery looks at the functioning of scripts ascribed to Black women’s bodies in the framing of HIV/AIDS, domestic abuse, and mental illness and how such functioning renders some black female bodies invisible in Black politics in general and Black women’s politics specifically. Trade Review"Shadow Bodies engages the work of Hurston and Morrison, Beyonce and Rihanna, in a theoretically nuanced examination of the scripts of Black Women’s bodies in popular and political culture. It highlights the material consequences of silence and rhetoric, and is an extraordinarily good example of interdisciplinary, intersectional, engaged political science." -- Renee Ann Cramer * author of Pregnant with the Stars: Watching and Wanting the Celebrity Baby Bump *“Shadow Bodies takes the reader on a sobering journey through aspects of black womanhood that are usually divorced from social scientific inquiry: how personal experiences with and public discourses about domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, and mental illness shape black women’s political socialization. Embracing classic formulations in black feminist thought, the author bravely exposes and deconstructs the forced silences that black women must break as we move ever more fully into American public life.” -- Zenzele Isoke * author of Urban Black Women and the Politics of Resistance *Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction 1 1 Different Streams of Knowledge: Theoretically Situating This Study 19 2 Inscribing and the Black (Female) Body Politic 30 3 Uncovering Talk across Time and Space: Black Women Elected Officials, Essence and Ebony, and Black Female Bloggers 52 4 “Safe, Soulful Sex”: HIV/AIDS Talk 76 5 Killing Me Softly: Narratives on Domestic Violence and Black Womanhood 101 6 “Why So Many Sisters Are Mad and Sad”: Talking about Black Women with Mental Illnesses 124 7 Sister Speak: Using Intersectionality in Our Political and Policy Strategizing 140 Appendix 157 Acknowledgments 163 Notes 165 References 169 Index 195

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Book SynopsisBreastfeeding rarely conforms to the idealized Madonna and baby image seen in old artwork, now re-cast in celebrity breastfeeding photo spreads and pro-breastfeeding ad campaigns. The personal accounts in Others' Milk illustrate just how messy and challenging and unpredictable it can be - an uncomfortable reality in the contemporary context of high-stakes motherhood.Trade Review“Beautifully written, historically informed, and full of surprising stories about breastfeeding from the margins of mainstream, this book nurtures a more diverse set of breastfeeding practices and a language to speak them. It is a riveting read.” -- Alison Bartlett * author of Breastwork: Rethinking Breastfeeding * “With rich detail, Others’ Milk demonstrates how breastfeeding is a process, an identity, and a performance that is not simply about nourishing children, but one that reveals larger meanings of gender, sexuality, race, inequality—and the limiting ways we imagine bodies can and should be used.” -- Jennifer Reich * author of Fixing Families: Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System and Calling the Shots: Why P *“With rich detail, Others’ Milk demonstrates how breastfeeding is a process, an identity, and a performance that is not simply about nourishing children, but one that reveals larger meanings of gender, sexuality, race, inequality—and the limiting ways we imagine bodies can and should be used.” -- Jennifer Reich * author of Fixing Families: Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System and Calling the Shots: Why P *"Breastfeeding As A Spectrum Of Forms And Identities" interview with Kristin J. Wilson * "8 O'Clock Buzz," WORT *WAMC "51%" interview with Kristin J. Wilson * WAMC "51%" *Interview with Kristin J. Wilson on Jefferson Public Radio's "Jefferson Exchange" * Jefferson Public Radio, "Jefferson Exchange" *"Recommended." * Choice *Interview on KHSU's "Through the Eyes of Women" with Kristin Wilson, "Exceptional Breastfeeding" * KHSU "Through the Eyes of Women" *"Breast-feeding is a 5.5 year old isn’t creepy, it’s hilarious," by Liz Monroy * Washington Post *Radio Health Journal "Exceptional Breastfeeding" show interview with Dr. Kristin Wilson * Radio Health Journal "Exceptional Breastfeeding" show *Table of Contents1 Nursing in Public 2 Cleavages: Negotiating Challenges 3 The Mother of Invention: Persisting with Exceptional Breastfeeding 4 Milking the System: Expressing the Politics of Breastfeeding 5 Busting Binaries: Embodying Otherhood and Motherhood 6 Fluidity of the family: Making Kin 7 “Outpouring of support”: Embodied solidarity Acknowledgements Appendix References About the Author

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Book SynopsisExamines the ways in which the concept of consent is used to map and regulate sexual desire, gender relationships, global positions, technological interfaces, relationships of production and consumption, and literary and artistic interactions. From philosophy to literature, psychoanalysis to the art world, Querying Consent addresses the most uncomfortable questions about consent today.Trade Review“Querying Consent gathers contributions that represent a diversity of perspectives on the multi-faceted issue of consent. The collection combines updated discussions on classical controversies with cutting edge and thought-provoking new questions altogether to a timely, much needed intervention and interrogation into the field of study on consent. An intriguing anthology that challenges the reader to think further and into new directions.”— Robin Bauer, author of Queer BDSM Intimacies: Critical Consent and Pushing Boundaries “A welcome interdisciplinary dialogue on the limits, exclusions, and paradoxes of consent, this volume poses delightfully challenging questions in a range of idioms and contexts. What does consenting to consent as an elementary relational paradigm prevent us from doing, seeing, knowing? Querying Consent could not be more timely.”— Tim Dean, author of Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking "The essays collected in Querying Consent variously call attention to situations in which what might seem to be consent could in fact be construed to as something closer to coercion--not just in sexual interactions, but in everything from software user agreements to the fine print in authorization forms for medical treatment." — Harper's MagazineTable of ContentsContents Introduction: The Subject of Consent Jordana Greenblatt and Keja Valens Part 1: Consent, Power, and Agency Chapter 1: Consent, Command, Confession Karmen MacKendrick Chapter 2: The Gender of Consent in Patmore, Hopkins, and Marie Lataste Amanda Paxton Chapter 3: Consensual Sex, Consensual Text: Law, Literature, and the Production of the Consenting Subject Jordana Greenblatt Chapter 4: Consent and the Limits of Abuse in Their Eyes Were Watching God and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do” Keja Valens Part 2: Consent, Violence, and Refusal Chapter 5: The Seduction of Rape as Allegory in Postcolonial Literature Justine Leach Chapter 6: Willful Creatures: Consent, Response, and Animal Will in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles Kimberly O’Donnell Chapter 7: Consenting to Read: Trigger Warnings and Textual Violence Brian Martin Chapter 8:Blue is the Warmest Color, Luce Irigaray, and the Question of Consent Caroline Godart Part 3: Consent, Personhood, and Property Chapter 9: The Art of Consent Drew Danielle Belsky Chapter 10: Sardanapalus’s Hoard: Queer Possession in Henry James's Aspern Papers Annie Pfeifer Chapter 11: Queering and Quartering Informed Consent: Genomic Medicine and Hyperreal Subjectivity Graham Potts Chapter 12: Vulnerabilities: Consent with Pfizer, Marx, and Hobbes Matthias Rudolf Chapter 13: “I Never Heard Anything So Monstrous!”: Developmental Psychology, Narrative Form, and the Age of Consent in What Maisie Knew Victoria Olwell Notes on Contributors Index

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