Social classes Books
Stanford University Press Cultures of Servitude
Book SynopsisEmployers and servants in Kolkata reveal through their own stories how their evolving culture of servitude has produced, preserved, and disrupted ideas of gender and class in India and beyond.Trade Review"By taking us into the intimate sphere of employers' and employees' personal experiences, Ray and Qayum expose the blurry intersections that domestic work sustains between class and gender, the private and public, and the old and modern. As self-employment expands the world over, these insights are invaluable for our understanding of contemporary capitalism."—Rina Agarwala, American Journal of Sociology"[An] engaging and insightful piece of scholarship."—Kamala Visweswaran, Journal of Anthropological Research"With great sensitivity to human fragility and nuance, Ray and Qayum beautifully draw upon a rich ethnography to emphasize the unequal power at the heart of employer-employee interactions. Cultures of Servitude is the best ethnography I've read in years."—Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara"Brilliantly observing domestic servitude in urban India, Ray and Qayum note the differences in the shift from rural to urban, big houses to small flats, and long-term family retainers to more temporary employment. They offer a compelling argument for looking at the microscopic interactions of domesticity to reveal the broader truths of contemporary capitalism and modernity." —Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, University of Southern California"Cultures of Servitude is a beautifully written, empirically rich, and theoretically sophisticated study that rethinks the relationship between class formation and domestic servitude in the globalized economy. Exposing the complex interactions between domestic workers and their employers in the context of the dramatic social changes that have transformed India in recent decades, it bristles with fresh insights and complicates our understanding of the the ways in which class distinction is enacted and reproduced subjectively within the intimate sphere of the household. Ray and Qayum deploy a series of revealing comparisons: over historical time (from feudal to modern India), gender (from male to female servants), generation (from the old to the new middle class), space (from large houses to modern apartments), and work relations (from live-in retainers to quasi-contractual servants) to produce an original and compelling analysis. A must read for sociologists of gender, work, and globalization."—Ruth Milkman, University of California, Los Angeles
£77.35
Stanford University Press Cultures of Servitude
Book SynopsisEmployers and servants in Kolkata reveal through their own stories how their evolving culture of servitude has produced, preserved, and disrupted ideas of gender and class in India and beyond.Trade Review"By taking us into the intimate sphere of employers' and employees' personal experiences, Ray and Qayum expose the blurry intersections that domestic work sustains between class and gender, the private and public, and the old and modern. As self-employment expands the world over, these insights are invaluable for our understanding of contemporary capitalism."—Rina Agarwala, American Journal of Sociology"[An] engaging and insightful piece of scholarship."—Kamala Visweswaran, Journal of Anthropological Research"With great sensitivity to human fragility and nuance, Ray and Qayum beautifully draw upon a rich ethnography to emphasize the unequal power at the heart of employer-employee interactions. Cultures of Servitude is the best ethnography I've read in years."—Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara"Brilliantly observing domestic servitude in urban India, Ray and Qayum note the differences in the shift from rural to urban, big houses to small flats, and long-term family retainers to more temporary employment. They offer a compelling argument for looking at the microscopic interactions of domesticity to reveal the broader truths of contemporary capitalism and modernity." —Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, University of Southern California"Cultures of Servitude is a beautifully written, empirically rich, and theoretically sophisticated study that rethinks the relationship between class formation and domestic servitude in the globalized economy. Exposing the complex interactions between domestic workers and their employers in the context of the dramatic social changes that have transformed India in recent decades, it bristles with fresh insights and complicates our understanding of the the ways in which class distinction is enacted and reproduced subjectively within the intimate sphere of the household. Ray and Qayum deploy a series of revealing comparisons: over historical time (from feudal to modern India), gender (from male to female servants), generation (from the old to the new middle class), space (from large houses to modern apartments), and work relations (from live-in retainers to quasi-contractual servants) to produce an original and compelling analysis. A must read for sociologists of gender, work, and globalization."—Ruth Milkman, University of California, Los Angeles
£19.79
Stanford University Press Rise of the Red Engineers
Book SynopsisRise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today. In a fascinating account, author Joel Andreas chronicles how two mutually hostile groupsthe poorly educated peasant revolutionaries who seized power in 1949 and China''s old educated elitecoalesced to form a new dominant class. After dispossessing the country''s propertied classes, Mao and the Communist Party took radical measures to eliminate class distinctions based on education, aggravating antagonisms between the new political and old cultural elites. Ultimately, however, Mao''s attacks on both groups during the Cultural Revolution spurred inter-elite unity, paving the wayafter his deathfor the consolidation of a new class that combined their political and cultural resources. This story is told through a case study of Tsinghua University, whichas China''s premier school of technologywas at the epicenter of these conflicts and became the party''s preferredTrade Review"Joel Andreas's Rise of the Red Engineers is ambitious in scope and analyzes the "transformations of China's class structure since the 1949 Revolution" with rigor and style. . . . Andreas's work brings fresh perspective to our understanding of class in China, of the machinations of the Cultural Revolution, and of twentieth-century experiments in Communism in comparative perspective" -- Denise Y. Ho * China Review International *"The book is impressively researched and documented, and the findings and arguments are clearly and cogently presented . . . Andreas offers in this book a serious and sophisticated analysis of an important social phenomenon in twentieth-century Chinese history that continues to shape the leadership structure of China today." -- Hua-yu Li * East Asia *"This is an essential book for specialists seeking to understand the murky issues of class in the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1949; it is also highly engaging and accessible to non-specialists." -- Sigrid Schmalzer * American Historical Review *"Rise of the Red Engineers provides an exciting sociological analysis of Maoist and post-Maoist China . . . The book would work well for graduate courses in political sociology, comparative and historical sociology, and socialism and postsocialism." -- Johanna Bockman * American Journal of Sociology *"Joel Andreas has written a very fine analysis of the emergence of China's current ruling group." -- Thomas P. Bernstein * Political Science Quarterly *"Rise of the Red Engineers is a welcome contrast to scholarship on contemporary China that dismisses the Mao years as crazy or as irrelevant to the reform period. Andreas takes the ideology and policies of the Mao era seriously and judges the results of Mao's programs by their own stated goals . . . Andreas' signal achievement is in using complex human stories to construct a compelling and tightly packaged argument that pushes us to think about the world in new ways. He succeeds because his goal is to explain what happened and why, rather than to give the entire Mao era a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Everyone interested in contemporary China and modern Chinese history should read this book." -- China Journal"Andreas offers not only one of the best books about politics in post-1949 China, but also one of the greatest contributions to the study of the new class in general . . . This theoretically informed, empirically rich study will reach far beyond its particular subject, and should appeal to all readers interested in social stratification, intellectuals, socialist and postsocialist societies, and comparative-historical sociology." -- CHOICE"This is an important study of the Maoist effort to shape China's new generations of political and technocratic elites and the consequences. Joel Andreas focuses on China's premier technology university as the keystone of this effort, explains why the university erupted in violence during the Cultural Revolution, and analyzes the shifts in status today of the political, technocratic, and moneyed elites. This is one of the very best books about China that I have read in recent years." -- Jonathan Unger, Director, Contemporary China Center * Australian National University *"This study of the recruitment and training of a technocratic elite in China reads like a chronicle of the rise and fall of revolutionary communism. Andreas brings back into analysis structural questions of power largely ignored in recent studies of Chinese politics, and shows how the Cultural Revolution ironically played a formative part in the coming together of old and new elites." -- Arif Dirlik, Professor of Chinese Studies * Chinese University of Hong Kong *"Andreas provides a sweeping sociological history of Tsinghua University, told through the lens of class formation and the politics of social mobility. He chronicles Tsinghua's role as a crucible of elite formation from the early imposition of Communist rule on an elite university, through the struggles of the Cultural Revolution and the post-Mao restoration, up through the recent resurgence of high-tech capitalism in the university's Science Park. This book is absorbing reading for those interested in the tortuous course of the Chinese revolution." -- Andrew G. Walder, the Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor of Sociology * Stanford University *"In providing this thought provoking analysis [Andreas] has not only made a contribution to our understanding of China in the second half of the twentieth century but also helps us to think about why the Chinese Communist project, inaugurated with such idealism in 1949, went wrong and therefore what future idealists might need to think about as they embark on their own revolutions." -- Peter Wood * Hong Kong Economic Journal *
£91.80
Stanford University Press Rise of the Red Engineers The Cultural
Book Synopsis Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today.Trade Review"Joel Andreas's Rise of the Red Engineers is ambitious in scope and analyzes the "transformations of China's class structure since the 1949 Revolution" with rigor and style. . . . Andreas's work brings fresh perspective to our understanding of class in China, of the machinations of the Cultural Revolution, and of twentieth-century experiments in Communism in comparative perspective" -- Denise Y. Ho * China Review International *"The book is impressively researched and documented, and the findings and arguments are clearly and cogently presented . . . Andreas offers in this book a serious and sophisticated analysis of an important social phenomenon in twentieth-century Chinese history that continues to shape the leadership structure of China today." -- Hua-yu Li * East Asia *"This is an essential book for specialists seeking to understand the murky issues of class in the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1949; it is also highly engaging and accessible to non-specialists." -- Sigrid Schmalzer * American Historical Review *"Rise of the Red Engineers provides an exciting sociological analysis of Maoist and post-Maoist China . . . The book would work well for graduate courses in political sociology, comparative and historical sociology, and socialism and postsocialism." -- Johanna Bockman * American Journal of Sociology *"Joel Andreas has written a very fine analysis of the emergence of China's current ruling group." -- Thomas P. Bernstein * Political Science Quarterly *"Rise of the Red Engineers is a welcome contrast to scholarship on contemporary China that dismisses the Mao years as crazy or as irrelevant to the reform period. Andreas takes the ideology and policies of the Mao era seriously and judges the results of Mao's programs by their own stated goals . . . Andreas' signal achievement is in using complex human stories to construct a compelling and tightly packaged argument that pushes us to think about the world in new ways. He succeeds because his goal is to explain what happened and why, rather than to give the entire Mao era a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Everyone interested in contemporary China and modern Chinese history should read this book." -- China Journal"Andreas offers not only one of the best books about politics in post-1949 China, but also one of the greatest contributions to the study of the new class in general . . . This theoretically informed, empirically rich study will reach far beyond its particular subject, and should appeal to all readers interested in social stratification, intellectuals, socialist and postsocialist societies, and comparative-historical sociology." -- CHOICE"This is an important study of the Maoist effort to shape China's new generations of political and technocratic elites and the consequences. Joel Andreas focuses on China's premier technology university as the keystone of this effort, explains why the university erupted in violence during the Cultural Revolution, and analyzes the shifts in status today of the political, technocratic, and moneyed elites. This is one of the very best books about China that I have read in recent years." -- Jonathan Unger, Director, Contemporary China Center * Australian National University *"This study of the recruitment and training of a technocratic elite in China reads like a chronicle of the rise and fall of revolutionary communism. Andreas brings back into analysis structural questions of power largely ignored in recent studies of Chinese politics, and shows how the Cultural Revolution ironically played a formative part in the coming together of old and new elites." -- Arif Dirlik, Professor of Chinese Studies * Chinese University of Hong Kong *"Andreas provides a sweeping sociological history of Tsinghua University, told through the lens of class formation and the politics of social mobility. He chronicles Tsinghua's role as a crucible of elite formation from the early imposition of Communist rule on an elite university, through the struggles of the Cultural Revolution and the post-Mao restoration, up through the recent resurgence of high-tech capitalism in the university's Science Park. This book is absorbing reading for those interested in the tortuous course of the Chinese revolution." -- Andrew G. Walder, the Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor of Sociology * Stanford University *"In providing this thought provoking analysis [Andreas] has not only made a contribution to our understanding of China in the second half of the twentieth century but also helps us to think about why the Chinese Communist project, inaugurated with such idealism in 1949, went wrong and therefore what future idealists might need to think about as they embark on their own revolutions." -- Peter Wood * Hong Kong Economic Journal *
£22.49
Stanford University Press Myth of the Social Volcano
Book SynopsisThis book reports the results of the first systematic nationwide survey in China of the attitudes that ordinary Chinese citizens have toward increased inequalities generated by the market reform program launched in 1978.Trade Review"Based on representative and high quality survey data, this study is a great example of how research on China can contribute to our understanding of the country and also the broader discipline." -- Daniela Stockmann * Journal of Chinese Political Science *"Whyte's data and conclusions are based on sophisticated survey research . . . Whyte's book is extremely provocative, challenging the 'common sense' of most Western scholars and much of the Chinese leadership." -- Richard Levy"This path-breaking study answers the rarely touched question of how people feel about the newly emerging inequality in contemporary China. As one of the pioneers of survey research on China, Martin King Whyte presents unexpected and fascinating findings with solid empirical evidence. This book is a landmark study on distributive injustice." -- Wenfang Tang * University of Iowa *"This book represents a hallmark of meticulous and thoughtful scholarship. Whyte cleverly situates the puzzling findings on attitudes toward inequality in a rich account of the historical transformations of the Chinese system of social stratification. A master piece of both historical depth and scientific rigor." -- Xiaoling Shu, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology * UC Davis *"[Myth of the Social Volcano] presented valuable new information on perspectives of inequality and distributive injustice in China. Whyte conducted the first systematic, nationwide survey of ordinary Chinese citizens on inequality and distributive justice . . . The book is well written and highly informative. Furthermore, it presents a fascinating account of how China transformed itself from a relatively egalitarian society to one of significant inequality in no more than three decades." -- Alvin Y. So"A pioneering sociologist of China, Whyte takes on an immensely important yet long-neglected issue of how Chinese people feel about growing inequalities. He presents a systematic analysis of an original, carefully-designed national survey, offers contested interpretations, and makes a timely contribution to our understanding of a fast changing Chinese society." -- Yanjie Bian * University of Minnesota & Xi'an Jiaotong University *
£91.80
Stanford University Press Myth of the Social Volcano
Book SynopsisThis book reports the results of the first systematic nationwide survey in China of the attitudes that ordinary Chinese citizens have toward increased inequalities generated by the market reform program launched in 1978.Trade Review"Based on representative and high quality survey data, this study is a great example of how research on China can contribute to our understanding of the country and also the broader discipline." -- Daniela Stockmann * Journal of Chinese Political Science *"Whyte's data and conclusions are based on sophisticated survey research . . . Whyte's book is extremely provocative, challenging the 'common sense' of most Western scholars and much of the Chinese leadership." -- Richard Levy"This path-breaking study answers the rarely touched question of how people feel about the newly emerging inequality in contemporary China. As one of the pioneers of survey research on China, Martin King Whyte presents unexpected and fascinating findings with solid empirical evidence. This book is a landmark study on distributive injustice." -- Wenfang Tang * University of Iowa *"This book represents a hallmark of meticulous and thoughtful scholarship. Whyte cleverly situates the puzzling findings on attitudes toward inequality in a rich account of the historical transformations of the Chinese system of social stratification. A master piece of both historical depth and scientific rigor." -- Xiaoling Shu, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology * UC Davis *"[Myth of the Social Volcano] presented valuable new information on perspectives of inequality and distributive injustice in China. Whyte conducted the first systematic, nationwide survey of ordinary Chinese citizens on inequality and distributive justice . . . The book is well written and highly informative. Furthermore, it presents a fascinating account of how China transformed itself from a relatively egalitarian society to one of significant inequality in no more than three decades." -- Alvin Y. So"A pioneering sociologist of China, Whyte takes on an immensely important yet long-neglected issue of how Chinese people feel about growing inequalities. He presents a systematic analysis of an original, carefully-designed national survey, offers contested interpretations, and makes a timely contribution to our understanding of a fast changing Chinese society." -- Yanjie Bian * University of Minnesota & Xi'an Jiaotong University *
£22.49
Stanford University Press Timepass
Book SynopsisTimepass is a vivid ethnography that illuminates the student politics and youth activism that lower middle class young men in India have undertaken in response to the underemployment they face.Trade Review"Craig Jeffrey engages the classic questions on the relation between time, modernity, and discipline yet turns conventional wisdom on its head in this inspiring, witty, and deeply thoughtful book. Combining meticulous field research with a theoretical analysis of the highest order, he opens new pathways for understanding the intersection of neoliberal economy, democratic politics, and the sociality of masculinity in India. The book is a must read for those interested in contemporary India and in critical political theory." -- Veena Das, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor * Johns Hopkins University *"In this gracefully written book, Craig Jeffrey draws on fine ethnography to explore the little understood world of Indian youth, for long largely neglected by scholars, illuminating what it means to be a young man with aspirations and limited opportunities in today's India. A tour de force." -- John Harriss, Professor and Director of International Studies * Simon Fraser University *"Craig Jeffrey's lucid and insightful ethnography of young men of Meerut both challenges and helps refine our understanding of power and privilege in India by shifting the focus away from the metropolitan centers usually studied. He successfully demonstrates how the label 'Indian middle class' could only ever refer to a growing but fractured social formation. A timely and significant book." -- Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History and South Asian Studies * The University of Chicago *
£74.70
Stanford University Press Timepass
Book SynopsisTimepass is a vivid ethnography that illuminates the student politics and youth activism that lower middle class young men in India have undertaken in response to the underemployment they face.Trade Review"Craig Jeffrey engages the classic questions on the relation between time, modernity, and discipline yet turns conventional wisdom on its head in this inspiring, witty, and deeply thoughtful book. Combining meticulous field research with a theoretical analysis of the highest order, he opens new pathways for understanding the intersection of neoliberal economy, democratic politics, and the sociality of masculinity in India. The book is a must read for those interested in contemporary India and in critical political theory." -- Veena Das, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor * Johns Hopkins University *"In this gracefully written book, Craig Jeffrey draws on fine ethnography to explore the little understood world of Indian youth, for long largely neglected by scholars, illuminating what it means to be a young man with aspirations and limited opportunities in today's India. A tour de force." -- John Harriss, Professor and Director of International Studies * Simon Fraser University *"Craig Jeffrey's lucid and insightful ethnography of young men of Meerut both challenges and helps refine our understanding of power and privilege in India by shifting the focus away from the metropolitan centers usually studied. He successfully demonstrates how the label 'Indian middle class' could only ever refer to a growing but fractured social formation. A timely and significant book." -- Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History and South Asian Studies * The University of Chicago *
£17.99
Stanford University Press Barrios to Burbs
Book SynopsisThis book examines middle-class Mexican Americans' patterns of mobility and incorporation.Trade Review"This book should be required reading for students and advanced sociologists alike. With a focus on shifting the conceptualization of a monolithic Mexican American experience, Barrio to Burbs also serves as a significant resource for students and scholars interested in Latino/a sociology, racial and ethnic studies, and social stratification. Though it isn't the only book addressing the experiences of a Mexican American middle class, it certainly is now a seminal read for all those who would like to complicate their understandings of Mexican Americans in the United States." -- Daniel J. Delgado * Social Forces *"Vallejo tackles an extremely important topic which others have not been willing or able to see—the rise of a Mexican American middle class. Challenging prevailing views, this book focuses not on predictions of downward assimilation, but on the real means by which children of Mexican immigrants are joining the middle class." -- Rubén Hernández-León, University of California * Los Angeles *"A sensitive, compelling, and engaging account based on in-depth research of an overlooked and understudied population: the Mexican American middle class. Full of insights about patterns of family obligation and ethnic identification among them—as well as different pathways to middle-class status—this richly drawn study is an important contribution to our understanding of immigration and diversity in 21st century America." -- Nancy Foner * Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, author of In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration *"Barrios to Burbs is the important and largely untold story of the Mexican American middle class. By taking us inside the lives of middle-class Mexican Americans, Vallejo demonstrates how the socioeconomic diversity among people of Mexican descent offers both promise and potential peril for the people she studies. This is a landmark book and a must read for anyone who hopes to understand America's largest ethnic group in all of its complexity." -- Tomás R. Jiménez * Stanford University, author of Replenished Ethnicity: Mexican Americans, Immigration, and Identity *"Jody Vallejo's novel study fills a void in research that for too long has focused too narrowly on Mexican immigrants trapped at lower rungs of the mobility ladder to the neglect of their prospects of success. She makes a significant contribution to the understanding of segmented assimilation and offers a compelling story of the Mexican American middle class." -- Min Zhou * University of California, Los Angeles, author of Contemporary Chinese America *"Utilizing interviews, non-participant observation, participant observation, and ethnography, [Vallejo] provides a rich contextual description of middle-class immigrant life." -- Cynthia E. Orozco * Journal of American Studies *"This clearly organized, succinct book adds to a growing body of scholarship on the identities and experiences of Mexican Americans. . . Recommended." -- G. L. Ochoa * CHOICE *
£77.35
Stanford University Press Barrios to Burbs
Book SynopsisThis book examines middle-class Mexican Americans' patterns of mobility and incorporation.Trade Review"This book should be required reading for students and advanced sociologists alike. With a focus on shifting the conceptualization of a monolithic Mexican American experience, Barrio to Burbs also serves as a significant resource for students and scholars interested in Latino/a sociology, racial and ethnic studies, and social stratification. Though it isn't the only book addressing the experiences of a Mexican American middle class, it certainly is now a seminal read for all those who would like to complicate their understandings of Mexican Americans in the United States." -- Daniel J. Delgado * Social Forces *"Vallejo tackles an extremely important topic which others have not been willing or able to see—the rise of a Mexican American middle class. Challenging prevailing views, this book focuses not on predictions of downward assimilation, but on the real means by which children of Mexican immigrants are joining the middle class." -- Rubén Hernández-León, University of California * Los Angeles *"A sensitive, compelling, and engaging account based on in-depth research of an overlooked and understudied population: the Mexican American middle class. Full of insights about patterns of family obligation and ethnic identification among them—as well as different pathways to middle-class status—this richly drawn study is an important contribution to our understanding of immigration and diversity in 21st century America." -- Nancy Foner * Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, author of In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration *"Barrios to Burbs is the important and largely untold story of the Mexican American middle class. By taking us inside the lives of middle-class Mexican Americans, Vallejo demonstrates how the socioeconomic diversity among people of Mexican descent offers both promise and potential peril for the people she studies. This is a landmark book and a must read for anyone who hopes to understand America's largest ethnic group in all of its complexity." -- Tomás R. Jiménez * Stanford University, author of Replenished Ethnicity: Mexican Americans, Immigration, and Identity *"Jody Vallejo's novel study fills a void in research that for too long has focused too narrowly on Mexican immigrants trapped at lower rungs of the mobility ladder to the neglect of their prospects of success. She makes a significant contribution to the understanding of segmented assimilation and offers a compelling story of the Mexican American middle class." -- Min Zhou * University of California, Los Angeles, author of Contemporary Chinese America *"Utilizing interviews, non-participant observation, participant observation, and ethnography, [Vallejo] provides a rich contextual description of middle-class immigrant life." -- Cynthia E. Orozco * Journal of American Studies *"This clearly organized, succinct book adds to a growing body of scholarship on the identities and experiences of Mexican Americans. . . Recommended." -- G. L. Ochoa * CHOICE *
£19.79
Stanford University Press SNAP Matters
Book SynopsisTrade Review"SNAP (formerly the Food Stamp Program) is unique among American social programs in being available to anyone in need. However, despite its size and scope, we have known remarkably little about its effectiveness. This timely volume brings attention to recent research showing the program's effectiveness in promoting health, particularly among infants and children. As such, it provides vital input to the national debate over the future of SNAP."—Janet Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Policy Affairs, Princeton University"The vast literature on the associations between poverty and child development neglects the role of the SNAP program in helping low-income children reach their full potential. This important volume summarizes the best available evidence and sparks a new research agenda on this critically important tool for fighting child poverty."—Ariel Kalil, Professor of Public Policy, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago"This volume, edited and written by some of the top safety net researchers, is a treasure because it contains between two covers everything you could want to know about the vital food stamp program. Such an important and versatile program deserves an excellent volume of information and analysis. Now it has one."—Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution"An outstanding synthesis of the research on the SNAP program. This is required reading for anyone interested in gaining a thorough understanding of SNAP and its participants; factors related to its growth; and its impact on poverty, health and nutrition, food insecurity, obesity, and much more."—Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities"This extraordinary volume is a must-read for anyone wishing to understand the SNAP program. One can only hope that as policymakers consider changes to the SNAP program and the broader safety net, they will draw on evidence and insight in this book."—Bruce Weber, Review of Regional StudiesTable of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThis chapter provides an overview of how SNAP has evolved over the past fifty years and, previewing the findings from the remainder of the volume, discusses the factors that have affected changes in participation over time; the impact of SNAP on poverty, food security, consumption, health, and obesity; and the interplay between SNAP and other public assistance programs. SNAP is highly responsive to macroeconomic pressures as well as policy choices and has become the most effective antipoverty program for nonelderly households. Overall, higher SNAP benefits reduce the risk of food insecurity, SNAP does not appear to contribute to obesity, and limited evidence suggests that SNAP has long-term health benefits. Nonetheless, there remain considerable gaps in the understanding of SNAP's impacts, particularly regarding impacts on nutrition and health. The program differentially serves the most at-risk households, which creates challenges in assessing program impacts. 1Why Are So Many Americans on Food Stamps? The Role of the Economy, Policy, and Demographics chapter abstractThis chapter describes the socioeconomic and policy climate in recent decades that had bearing on SNAP participation and presents a formal empirical analysis of those determinants along with detailed simulations of the relative contributions of the economy, policy, and demographics to changes in SNAP participation over time. The results suggest that SNAP is operating effectively as an automatic fiscal stabilizer—nearly 50 percent of the increase in participation from 2007 to 2011 was due to the weak economy—but policy reforms expanding access and benefit generosity also affected participation, accounting for nearly 30 percent of the increase after the Great Recession. The changing demographics of the American household are helping restrain growth in SNAP. 2The Effect of SNAP on Poverty chapter abstractThis chapter examines the antipoverty effect of SNAP, using survey and administrative data. The analysis shows that SNAP reduced poverty by 16 percent in 2011, after adjusting for underreporting, and produced even greater reductions in the depth and severity of poverty. The program has a particularly strong alleviative effect on poverty among children, who experience significantly higher rates of poverty than the overall population. Recent policies to increase access to SNAP have increased the program's antipoverty efficacy. SNAP significantly improves the welfare of poor families and plays an important role in mitigating the effect of economic downturns on poverty. 3The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Food Insecurity chapter abstractThis chapter reviews recent theory and empirical evidence regarding the effect of SNAP on food insecurity and replicates the modeling strategies used in the empirical literature. The authors find that recent evidence suggesting an ameliorative effect of SNAP on food insecurity may not be robust to specification choice or data. Most specifications mirror the existing literature in finding a positive association of food insecurity with SNAP participation. Estimates from some specifications that address selection into SNAP participation do show that SNAP reduces food insecurity as do estimates from models that consider the intensity of SNAP participation. 4SNAP and Food Consumption chapter abstractThis chapter describes the relationship between SNAP and food spending. It presents the neoclassical framework for analyzing in-kind transfers such as SNAP, which unambiguously predicts an increase in food spending, and follows with an explanation of the SNAP benefit formula. The chapter then presents new evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey on food spending patterns among households overall, SNAP households, and other subgroups of interest. Results show that a substantial fraction of SNAP households spend an amount that is above the program's needs standard and that small families are more likely than large families to spend more on food than the needs standard amount. Actual benefit levels are smaller than the needs standards, and most families spend more on food than their predicted benefit allotment. Because of this, the neoclassical model implies that most families treat their benefits like cash. 5The Health and Nutrition Effects of SNAP: Selection into the Program and a Review of the Literature on Its Effects chapter abstractThis chapter assesses the effects of SNAP on health and nutrition. First, differences between SNAP recipients and nonrecipients are summarized. Using the National Health Interview Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), it is established that SNAP recipients are in worse health than are nonrecipients, even on outcomes that may predate SNAP use. Using NHANES, it is shown that SNAP-recipient adults eat a less nutritious diet than do nonrecipients, although SNAP recipient children's nutritional outcomes are not different from those of other children. On average, SNAP recipients are worse off, a fact that complicates evaluation of SNAP's effects. The chapter concludes by reviewing the causal literature about the health and nutrition effects of SNAP. 6SNAP and Obesity chapter abstractThe central goal of SNAP is to alleviate food insecurity. Recently, some have argued that SNAP should also be used to help reduce obesity rates. This chapter begins by showing how, theoretically, the impact of SNAP on obesity is ambiguous. Next, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), higher incomes are, in general, associated with lower rates of obesity, implying that that SNAP participation, which increases resources available for food purchases, would lead to reductions in obesity. Consistent with this, the majority of well-done studies find that SNAP participation leads to declines or no change in the probability of obesity for recipients in comparison to eligible nonrecipients. This chapter concludes with cautionary remarks about how some recent proposals to restructure aspects of SNAP to be "antiobesity" are unlikely to have any impact on obesity but would lead to increases in food insecurity. 7SNAP and the School Meal Programs chapter abstractThis chapter examines how SNAP functions as a component of the broader food assistance safety net for school-age children. Variations in SNAP rules across states and over time have important implications for children's access to school meals, because of policy linkages between programs at both institutional and household levels. Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the chapter reveals considerable variation in the way that children access and package programs, both cross-sectionally and over time. The sequencing of programs is consistent with use of food assistance as part of a managed process for dealing with food needs: Children are far likelier to add programs sequentially than all at once, in ways that are not always consistent with changes in eligibility, and low-income nonparticipants who are food insecure are substantially more likely to begin participating than are their food-secure counterparts. 8Multiple Program Participation and the SNAP Program chapter abstractThis chapter presents evidence on the prevalence of participation in other means-tested transfer programs in combination with SNAP. Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) indicates that receipt of benefits from other traditional transfer programs by SNAP families is common, with 76 percent of those families receiving at least one other major benefit of that type in 2008 to 2009, excluding Medicaid. Over the long term, multiple benefit receipt among SNAP families has fallen, a result of declines in the TANF caseload, which have been larger than increases in the SSI, SSDI, and WIC caseloads. The analysis shows that high marginal tax rates generated by multiple program receipt are relevant for only a small portion of the TANF caseload, namely, the portion of the caseload that is nondisabled, nonelderly, and has earnings in the phase-out regions of the programs where marginal tax rates are high.
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Stanford University Press StateSponsored Inequality
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shuang Chen's study of landownership in north China is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on social inequality, and part of a 'big data' revolution in social history. Anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, and historians will find much of interest in this book." -- James L. Watson * Harvard University *"Shuang Chen uses rich demographic data to raise an original question of continuities from the Banner registration system to the rural hukou system of contemporary China, and refreshingly suspends the usual narrative of the discontinuities of 1912 and 1949." -- Pamela Kyle Crossley * Dartmouth College *"A rare and highly original contribution to the studies of community formation and social stratification in human history. Tracing a community from its very beginning, Shuang Chen offers deep theoretical insights and lucid storytelling to analyze a key social experiment in Chinese history. This book is destined to become a new reference for understanding Chinese society, past and present." -- Wang Feng, University of California * Irvine *"Historian Chen (Univ. of Iowa) has written an exemplar of balanced historical research and analysis...This is the first study in the Chinese history field, and one of the few in Asian studies, to make use of demographic approaches common in the study of European history. Chen also engages broader questions in the humanities and social sciences, such as how to study agency within structuralism. This is a wonderful example of how macro and micro history can reinforce each other without overly privileging one over the other." Rating: Essential—M. J. Wert, Choice"This monograph is equally an important work of economic and social history and of historical sociology. It satisfies the fundamental expectations and enriches debates in both disciplines by combining rigorous quantitative analysis of data about population transfer and land allocation with keen qualitative interpretations of the experiences of individual persons." -- Loretta E. Kim * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"Shuang Chen's State-Sponsored Inequality is a meaty and meticulous work of historical sociology, rich in insights drawn straight from the archives." -- Matthew W. Mosca * Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review *"Chen skillfully tells the story of Shuangcheng's settlement while also wringing broader historical meaning from a single, uniquely-formed cluster of villages...Chen's work contributes to historiographical conversations on issues such as state-led social engineering, frontier settlement, wealth transfer and preservation, and, within the Chinese history field, the nature and evolution of the banner system."––Kate Merkel-Hess, Journal of Social HistoryTable of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Social Formation Under State Domination in Modern China: An Introduction chapter abstractThis chapter introduces the methodological and historical background that supports the narrative presented in the rest of the book. The Shuangcheng settlement is a case of state-initiated projects of social engineering by which the state used policies to proactively plan or design social orders. Thus, the case offers an opportunity for exploring the mechanisms through which the state-designated social hierarchy played out on the ground. After introducing the Banner system and the settings of Shuangcheng, the chapter integrates theories in state-building and social stratification to provide a conceptual framework surrounding the question: how a state-dominated system of social formation influences life opportunities. Within the framework, state registration and resource allocation created the structural inequality; customary practices made possible local agency; and the interplay of local agency with the multiple structures – economic conditions, state entitlements, and family demography – eventually constructed and sustained the boundaries between social categories. 2Clearing Boundaries: The Founding of Shuangcheng Society chapter abstractBy examining the entire process of Shuangcheng settlement—from site selection, residence planning, settler recruitment, to final settlement—this chapter offers one of the first detailed studies of a government planning of a migrant society. While previous studies treat the Qing state as a passive figure in the frontier settlement in Manchuria, this chapter provides evidence of the Qing state's active participation in and capacity for planning and settling a frontier. The chapter highlights one important strategy used by the state: during the settlement stage, the state eliminated existing social organizations among the settlers by scattering households from the same place of origin or same descent group among different villages. This boundary-clearing procedure provided a foundation for the state to build a two-tier hierarchy with metropolitan bannermen at the top and rural bannermen on the bottom. 3Building Boundaries: Land Allocation and Population Registration chapter abstractThis chapter examines the ways the state built new boundaries among immigrants. It analyzes the four population categories recorded on state household registers—metropolitan, rural, and floating bannermen, and civilian commoners—as well as the unregistered population. Through land allocation, the state assigned these population categories differentiated entitlements. Each metropolitan banner household received twice as much land as a rural banner household did. Floating bannermen and civilian commoners had no entitlement to land and could only work as tenants and laborers. Moreover, the state purposefully used population registration to manipulate the entitlements of its subject population, as it intentionally left a large size of unregistered population outside of the system. The chapter concludes with an assessment of the distribution of registered land ownership among the four population categories a half century after the initial settlement, showing the enduring inequality created by state land allocation. 4Consolidating Power: Banner Government and Local Control chapter abstractThis chapter uncovers a forgotten history of local agency in the first thirty years after the initial settlement. In this period, Shuangcheng saw the consolidation of both local administration and society. Although the state built the society from the top down, local government developed in response to localized social processes that marked the early years of settlement. These include local identity construction by different waves of migrants, conflicts between metropolitan and rural bannermen, and private cultivation of unassigned land by immigrants. It was not until 1852 that the central government embedded the local administration into the imperial system. This chapter enriches the understandings of local governance and state-society relations by emphasizing that the different interests of state representatives offered savvy settlers multiple channels to appeal to state authority to pursue their interests. 5Community and Hierarchy: Banner Villages chapter abstractThis chapter sheds light on the social processes at the village level that shaped the social hierarchy in Shuangcheng. The banner villages planned by the state evolved into territorial communities as village temples and communal lands became symbols to hold migrants of various backgrounds together. In the early stage of settlement, government land allocation shaped the village hierarchy in the absence of countervailing institutions. At the same time, village communities gradually played important roles in organizing private land cultivation and land transfer. Through these private activities of land accumulation, a significant number of rural bannermen gained wealth comparable to that of metropolitan bannermen. This situation allowed them to challenge the state-mandated social hierarchy. At the same time, metropolitan bannermen also acted to maintain their elite status in the villages. In this way, village communities created their own hierarchies based on settlers' perception of the state-mandated hierarchy. 6Reinventing Hierarchy: Metropolitan Bannermen Family Strategies chapter abstractBy tracing the development of a single metropolitan banner family from the time of initial settlement to the end of the Qing, this chapter asks how the strategies used by individual families to survive and to expand their wealth shaped the social structure of Shuangcheng. It shows that, over time, some capable metropolitan banner households accumulated large amounts of land through private land cultivation and land sales. Moreover, because they lacked the support of a powerful kinship organization, metropolitan banner families acted collectively to negotiate with the state authority for their benefits. By the end of 1870s, wealth accumulation has transformed metropolitan bannermen from a state-defined population category to a powerful and wealthy social group in Shuangcheng society. 7Sustaining Hierarchy: Wealth Stratification chapter abstractBy examining changes in land distribution between 1870 and 1906, this chapter explains at the macro-level why the state-mandated social hierarchy endured in Shuangcheng. It shows that, despite the upward and downward wealth mobility at individual household level, the state land allocation policies still effectively maintained a relatively equal land distribution within each of the metropolitan and rural bannermen population category. Thus, land distribution among these entitled bannermen exhibited a pattern of stratification without concentration. This pattern of land distribution sustained a stable landowner class. By presenting one of the first empirical studies of land distribution in early modern China, this chapter shows the resilient nature of the social hierarchy created by state land allocation. It challenges the view that, when the Qing government privatized the state land in Manchuria, the majority of bannermen lost their land ownership to civilian commoners. 8Social Formation in the Early Republic chapter abstractBy examining a rent-resistance movement in Shuangcheng in the early Republic of China (1912-49), this chapter reveals that the tensions built into the unequal land entitlements in the Qing continued to shape the formation of social and political groups after the collapse of the dynasty. This process took place along with a tide of elite activism following the fall of the Qing in 1911. Seeing the regime change an opportunity to overthrow the legacy of unequal land entitlement, rural bannermen living in 80 of the 120 villages launched a rent-resistance movement. The conflict soon escalated into a political struggle. Using the rhetoric of "citizenship" – a new discourse offered by the Republican regime – to attack the privileges of metropolitan bannermen, these rural bannermen articulate their identity as a distinct social group. This event also marked the completion of the social construction of categorical boundaries in this immigrant society. Epilogue: Epilogue chapter abstractThis chapter provides an overview of the structural inequality created by the People's Republic of China in the 1950s, especially that produced by the hukou household registration system. It shows that the processes of inequality under the hukou system has many parallels with that in the Qing-dynasty Shuangcheng. In order to develop heavy industry, the state used hukou registration to classify people into urban and rural categories, with urban hukou holders enjoying better economic and political entitlements than rural houkou holders do. This structural inequality not only defined the socioeconomic statuses of people in the socialist period but also produced profound consequences in social inequality in the post-socialist era. These parallels reveal that the stratification system in PRC, which people tend to consider as a socialist extension, has existed in the past. Thus, the Shuangcheng case offers a distinct perspective on how people typically conceive 'modern' phenomena.
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Stanford University Press Broke and Patriotic
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is superlative ethnography, allowing voices too little heard to speak for themselves, and to do so with pride. Social understandings can be furthered more by this book than by any other at present in the marketplace."—John A. Hall, McGill University"A superb book! Anyone who wants to know why poor Americans love their country should read this. The answers Duina finds to this question are startling and reveal deep and enduring beliefs in freedom, God, and the American Dream. The lessons Duina provides are especially important given the current state of American politics."—John L. Campbell, Dartmouth College and Copenhagen Business School"An excellent, timely book, which can help us understand the results of the recent elections. The American poor do not envy the rich. They are proud to be Americans and derive personal dignity from membership in the nation. Rather than blame their poverty on society, they take responsibility for it. The elite talk in the great cities would not make sense to them. A sociological counterpart to Hillbilly Elegy."—Liah Greenfeld, author of Mind, Modernity, MadnessTable of Contents1. The Prehistoric Roots of the Modern Mind 1. A People's Country 2. Broke and Patriotic 3. Heading to Alabama and Montana 4. The Last Hope 5. The Land of Milk and Honey 6. Freedom 7. Reconciling Poverty and Patriotism 8. An Unshakable Bond
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Louisiana State University Press The Southern Middle Class in the Long Nineteenth Century
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Teachers' College Press Doing Critical Research in Education From Theory
Book SynopsisAn introductory text that provides a clear, readable description of critical theory research and how to use it in educational settings. The guide is divided into three main sections: Background of Critical Research in Education, Intersectional and Identity-Based Critical Research in Education, and Additional Types of Critical Research in Education.Table of ContentsContentsPreface viiAcknowledgments xPart I: Background of Critical Research in Education1. Isn't Research Just Research? An Overview of Systems of Human Inquiry 3 Terminology 4Brief History of Social Science, Positivism, and Interpretivism 9Critical Theory 11Critical Theory and Education 142. Research Considerations in Critical Research in Education 17 Assuring Quality 17Ethical Considerations 19Reflexivity and Positionality 21Theoretical Framework 23Conclusion 263. Traditional Critical Theory in Education 27 Background of Critical Theory in Education 27Notable Critical Theorists and Their Concepts 28Research Components of Example Article 34Conclusion 39Part II: Intersectional and Identity-Based Critical Research in Education4. Critical Race Theory 43 The Emergence of Critical Race Theory 43Notable Critical Race Theorists and Their Concepts 46Defining Elements of Critical Race Theory 54Conclusion 555. Critical Race Theory in Education 56 Ladson-Billings and Tate: "Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education" 56Notable Critical Race Theorists in Education and Their Concepts 61Research Components of Example Article 67Conclusion 716. Critical Feminist Research in Education 72 Background of Critical Feminist Research 72Notable Critical Feminist Theorists and Researchers 75Research Components of Example Article 78Conclusion 807. LGBTQ Studies and Queer Theory in Education 81 Terminology 81Brief History of the Gay Rights Movement 82LGBTQ Studies, Queer Theory, and Queer Studies 84Notable LGBTQ and Queer Theorists and Researchers 86Research Components of Example Study 87Conclusion 918. Indigenous/Tribal Critical Research in Education 92 Background of Indigenous/Tribal Research 93Terminology 95Notable Indigenous/Tribal Theorists and Researchers 96Research Components of Example Article 97Conclusion 1009. Latinx Critical Research in Education 101 Background of Latinx Research 102Notable Latinx Theorists and Researchers 103Research Components of Example Article 105Conclusion 10910. Critical Disability Studies in Education 110 Background of Critical Disability Studies 111Terminology 112Notable Critical Disabilities Studies Theorists and Researchers 114Research Components of Example Article 116Conclusion 119Part III: Additional Types of Critical Research in Education11. Critical Policy Studies in Education 123 Background of Critical Policy Studies 123Notable Critical Policy Theorists and Researchers 125Research Components of Example Article 127Conclusion 13212. Critical Quantitative Studies in Education 133 Background of Critical Quantitative Studies in Education 133Notable Theorists and Researchers in Critical Quantitative Studies 136Research Components of Example Article 137Conclusion 14313. Critical Social Epidemiological Studies in Education 144 What Is the Difference Between Epidemiology and Social Epidemiology? 144What Is Critical About Social Epidemiology? 146Research Components of Example Article 146Conclusion 15114. The Future of Critical Research in Education 152 Turbulent State Policy Environments 152Effects of the Pandemic 153Use of Big Data 155Conclusion 157Endnotes 159References 160Index 172About the Authors 182
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MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Classpassing
Book SynopsisOprah Winfrey, Donald Trump, Roseanne Barr, and Britney Spears typify class-passers - those who claim different socioeconomic classes as their own. The book deconstructs the politics of celebrity, fashion, and conspicuous consumerism and analyzes class-passing as it relates to the American Dream, gender, and marriage.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Along the Bolivian Highway
Book SynopsisAlong the Bolivian Highway traces the emergence of a new middle class in Bolivia, a society commonly portrayed as the site of struggle between a superwealthy white minority and a destitute indigenous majority. Miriam Shakow shows how Bolivian middle classes have deeply shaped politics and social life. While national political leaders like Evo Morales have proclaimed a new era of indigenous power and state-led capitalism in place of racial exclusion and neoliberal free trade, Bolivians of indigenous descent who aspire to upward mobility have debated whether to try to rise within their country''s longstanding hierarchies of race and class or to break down those hierarchies. The ascent of indigenous politics, and a boom in coca and cocaine production beginning in the 1970s, have created dilemmas for middling Bolivians who do not fit the prevailing social binaries of white elite and indigenous poor. In their family relationships, political activism, and community life, the new miTrade Review"Shakow has produced a fascinating and beautifully written ethnography that explores the question: 'What might postneoliberalism look like?' In her portrayal of upwardly mobile urban indigenous Bolivians, out go polarized constructions of the social categories class and ethnicity. Instead we see an indigenous middle class dynamically shaped by effects of the coca boom, free-market government reforms, and different interpretations of Evo Morales's state socialism. Shakow shows us the work world of this heterogeneous labor force and their debates about social transformation, clientelism, and commitments to new sorts of collective action. This is a pathbreaking, theoretically sophisticated ethnography that is an exciting, very accessible read." * Kay Warren, Brown University *"This detailed and insightful ethnography focuses on the ambiguities and complexities of race, class, and political-economic transformation in the Bolivian middle classes, which are often ignored in studies of power and resistance." * Bret Gustafson, Washington University in St. Louis *"Along the Bolivian Highway draws upon rich ethnographic research to document changes in class and other civic sensibilities across a dramatic period of change in contemporary Bolivian society." * Andrew Orta, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign *Table of ContentsNote on Language Introduction Chapter 1. The Formation of a New Middle Class Chapter 2. The Intimate Politics of New Middle Classes in Sacaba Chapter 3. Middling Sacabans Respond to Evo and MAS Chapter 4. Condemning Clientelism Chapter 5. Laments of Betrayal Chapter 6. Middle Classes and Debates over the Definition of Community Conclusion Notes Family Tree of Doña Saturnina Ramírez Glossary Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Creative Urbanity
Book SynopsisBased on more than a decade of ethnographic research in Genoa, Italy, Creative Urbanity argues for an understanding of contemporary urban life that refuses scholarly condemnation of urban lifestyles and consumption and casts a fresh light on an oft-neglected social group-the middle class.Trade Review"Creative Urbanity is an artful rendering of ethnography's versatility and nuance, its multi-sited and multi-vocal possibilities. Guano uncovers dramatic transformations of urban space, class-culture, gender politics and aesthetics as they are refracted through the political-economic history of Genoa. Her subjects-newly fashioned tour-guides, entrepreneurs, and cultural brokers-embody resilience, creativity and precarious insecurity. An evocative narrative and sophisticated analysis, Creative Urbanity will be a must-read by all students of contemporary neoliberalism." * Carla Freeman, Emory University *"Creative Urbanity is an extremely thoughtful and elegant work that connects to important dialogues of both anthropological analysis and urban theory in its identification of creative middle classes as agents in urban change. Moreover, it speaks eloquently to current literatures on European and Mediterranean cities but amplifies them in both scale and location, revealing an important and interesting case study that interrogates received wisdom." * Gary McDonogh, Bryn Mawr College *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Chronotopes of Hope Chapter 2. Genoa's Magic Circle Chapter 3. Gentrification Without Teleologies Chapter 4. Cultural Bricoleuses Chapter 5. Touring the Hidden City Chapter 6. Utopia with No Guarantees Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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Rutgers University Press We Fight to Win Inequality and the Politics of
Book SynopsisIn an adult-dominated society, teenagers are often shut out of participation in politics. We Fight to Win offers a compelling account of young people''s attempts to get involved in community politics, and documents the battles waged to form youth movements and create social change in schools and neighborhoods.Hava Rachel Gordon compares the struggles and successes of two very different youth movements: a mostly white, middle-class youth activist network in Portland, Oregon, and a working-class network of minority youth in Oakland, California. She examines how these young activists navigate schools, families, community organizations, and the mainstream media, and employ a variety of strategies to make their voices heard on some of today''s most pressing issuesùwar, school funding, the environmental crisis, the prison industrial complex, standardized testing, corporate accountability, and educational reform. We Fight to Win is one of the first books to focus onTrade Review"This book provides much insight into youth activism. We Fight to Win is written in lively prose and demonstrates that many youth are determined to engage inactivism to live out their convictions, even when adults attempt to stand in their way. I highly recommend it." -- Kraig Beyerlein * Social Forces *"Gordon successfully broadens our understanding of the salience of age as it is ordered by race, class, and gender to the formation of political consciousness, political action, civic engagement and participation in social movements. She makes visible the rich dimensions involved in understanding how youth come to participate in the public sphere and in social movement, but also how forces conspire to preclude such participation." -- Amy L. Best * author of Fast Car, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars *"Well researched, the book challenges readers to rethink the involvement and engagement of youth in society. Highly recommended." * Choice *
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Rutgers University Press Discriminating Taste How Class Anxiety Created
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finn offers an engaging and compelling explanation for the rise of the modern food movement. It's one that the leaders of the movement will no doubt find unsettling." -- Jayson Lusk * author of Unnaturally Delicious and The Food Police * "Finn's compelling argument about the role of class in today's food culture is sure to have a major impact on how both scholars and foodies think about the food revolution." -- Charlotte Biltekoff * author of Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health *"New Books Network - New Books in Sociology" interview with S. Margot Finn * New Books Network *“'Good taste' is all about class anxiety" by Rachel Sugar https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/9/26/20873938/good-taste-class-anxiety-s-margot-finn * Vox *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Discriminating Taste 1 Incompatible Standards: The Four Ideals of the Food Revolution 2 Aspirational Eating: Food and Status Anxiety in the Gilded Age 3 No Culinary Enlightenment: Why Everything You Know about Food Is Wrong 4 Anyone Can Cook: Saying Yes to Meritocracy 5 Just Mustard: Negotiating with Food Snobbery 6 Feeling Good about Where You Shop: Sacrifice, Pleasure, and Virtue Conclusion: Confronting the Soft Bigotry of Taste Notes Index
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Rutgers University Press Discriminating Taste How Class Anxiety Created
Book SynopsisTrade Review "Finn's compelling argument about the role of class in today's food culture is sure to have a major impact on how both scholars and foodies think about the food revolution." -- Charlotte Biltekoff * author of Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health *"Finn offers an engaging and compelling explanation for the rise of the modern food movement. It's one that the leaders of the movement will no doubt find unsettling." -- Jayson Lusk * author of Unnaturally Delicious and The Food Police *"New Books Network - New Books in Sociology" interview with S. Margot Finn * New Books Network *“'Good taste' is all about class anxiety" by Rachel Sugar https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/9/26/20873938/good-taste-class-anxiety-s-margot-finn * Vox * "Finn's compelling argument about the role of class in today's food culture is sure to have a major impact on how both scholars and foodies think about the food revolution." -- Charlotte Biltekoff * author of Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health *"Finn offers an engaging and compelling explanation for the rise of the modern food movement. It's one that the leaders of the movement will no doubt find unsettling." -- Jayson Lusk * author of Unnaturally Delicious and The Food Police *"New Books Network - New Books in Sociology" interview with S. Margot Finn * New Books Network *“'Good taste' is all about class anxiety" by Rachel Sugar https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/9/26/20873938/good-taste-class-anxiety-s-margot-finn * Vox *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Discriminating Taste 1 Incompatible Standards: The Four Ideals of the Food Revolution 2 Aspirational Eating: Food and Status Anxiety in the Gilded Age 3 No Culinary Enlightenment: Why Everything You Know about Food Is Wrong 4 Anyone Can Cook: Saying Yes to Meritocracy 5 Just Mustard: Negotiating with Food Snobbery 6 Feeling Good about Where You Shop: Sacrifice, Pleasure, and Virtue Conclusion: Confronting the Soft Bigotry of Taste Notes Index
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Rutgers University Press Living Class in Urban India
Book SynopsisGlobalization is radically transforming how India's citizens perceive class. Living Class in Urban India examines a nation in flux, bombarded with media images of middle-class consumers, while navigating the currents of late capitalism and the surges of inequality they can produce.Trade Review"This raw, evocative, and beautifully written book is for anyone interested in class, India, socioeconomic inequality, or ethnography … Highly recommended." * Choice *"This innovative analysis builds on captivating stories of everyday life, connecting the capitalist forces we categorize as 'global' with the spaces, practices, and organizations that ground daily experience. It marks an important achievement." -- Mary Hancock * University of California at Santa Barbara *"Dickey has an exceptionally rich longitudinal perspective on how patterns and logics of social organization change and how class shapes lives. She lays out the complex cultural context in and through which material class dynamics operate." -- Mark Liechty * University of Illinois at Chicago *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Transliteration and Pronunciation1. Introduction: The Everyday Life of Class2. What Is Class in Madurai?3. Four Residents, as I Know Them4. Consumption and Apprehension: Class in the Everyday5. Debt: The Material Consequences of Moral Constructs6. Performing the Middle7. Marriage: Drama, Display, and the Reproduction of Class8. Food, Hunger, and the Binding of Class Relations9. Conclusions: Nuancing Class BoundariesNotesReferencesIndex
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John Wiley & Sons Living Class in Urban India
Book SynopsisMany people still envision India as rigidly caste-bound, locked in traditions that inhibit social mobility. In reality, class mobility has long been an ideal, and today globalization is radically transforming how India's citizens perceive class. This title examines a nation in flux, bombarded with media images of middle-class consumers, while navigating the currents of late capitalism.Trade Review"This raw, evocative, and beautifully written book is for anyone interested in class, India, socioeconomic inequality, or ethnography … Highly recommended." * Choice *"This innovative analysis builds on captivating stories of everyday life, connecting the capitalist forces we categorize as 'global' with the spaces, practices, and organizations that ground daily experience. It marks an important achievement." -- Mary Hancock * University of California at Santa Barbara *"Dickey has an exceptionally rich longitudinal perspective on how patterns and logics of social organization change and how class shapes lives. She lays out the complex cultural context in and through which material class dynamics operate." -- Mark Liechty * University of Illinois at Chicago *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Transliteration and Pronunciation1. Introduction: The Everyday Life of Class2. What Is Class in Madurai?3. Four Residents, as I Know Them4. Consumption and Apprehension: Class in the Everyday5. Debt: The Material Consequences of Moral Constructs6. Performing the Middle7. Marriage: Drama, Display, and the Reproduction of Class8. Food, Hunger, and the Binding of Class Relations9. Conclusions: Nuancing Class BoundariesNotesReferencesIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Addicted to Rehab Race Gender and Drugs in the
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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John Wiley & Sons Addicted to Rehab Race Gender and Drugs in the Era of Mass Incarceration Critical Issues in Crime and Society
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
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Destined for Greatness Passions Dreams and
Book Synopsis Michael Ramirez examines the lives of forty-eight independent rock musicians who seek out non-normative choices in a renowned college music town. He explores the life course trajectories of women and men to understand the extent to which pathways are structured to allow some individuals to fashion careers in music worlds. Trade Review"A fascinating reminder of music's profound impact across the life course, Destined for Greatness offers a backstage look at how musicians pursue, abandon, or creatively accommodate their rock and roll dreams with the realities of growing up." -- Ross Haenfler * author of Straight Edge *"Michael Ramirez tells a fascinating story of emerging adulthood, developing an identity as a professional musician, and confronting the challenges of sustaining a career in the indie college music scene." -- William T. Bielby * professor of sociology, University of Illinois Chicago *"?Weekly Book List, April 20, 2018" by Nina Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"The Page 99 Test: Michael Ramirez's Destined for Greatness" * The Page 99 Test *"My Book, The Movie" blog post about Destined for Greatness * My Book, The Movie *"Campaign for the American Reader" blog post on Destined for Greatness * Campaign for the American Reader *New Books Network - New Books in Sociology interview with Michael Ramirez * New Books Network *"This is an excellent addition to an evolving area of scholarship." * Choice *"Book Explores Athens Music," in Georgia Magazine * Georgia Magazine *"?Rock stars are made, not born," essay by Michael Ramirez * Work in Progress *"Through his meticulous study of 48 indie-rock musicians aspiring musical success, Ramirez sketches a captivating picture of the motivations, considerations, and concerns of these musicians and their endeavors to make music their vocation." * Work and Occupations *"A very timely and important book. It should appeal to a wide variety of sociologists with divergent research interests." * American Journal of Sociology *"A fascinating reminder of music's profound impact across the life course, Destined for Greatness offers a backstage look at how musicians pursue, abandon, or creatively accommodate their rock and roll dreams with the realities of growing up." -- Ross Haenfler * author of Straight Edge *"Michael Ramirez tells a fascinating story of emerging adulthood, developing an identity as a professional musician, and confronting the challenges of sustaining a career in the indie college music scene." -- William T. Bielby * professor of sociology, University of Illinois Chicago *"Weekly Book List, April 20, 2018" by Nina Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"The Page 99 Test: Michael Ramirez's Destined for Greatness" * The Page 99 Test *"My Book, The Movie" blog post about Destined for Greatness * My Book, The Movie *"Campaign for the American Reader" blog post on Destined for Greatness * Campaign for the American Reader *New Books Network - New Books in Sociology interview with Michael Ramirez * New Books Network *"This is an excellent addition to an evolving area of scholarship." * Choice *"Book Explores Athens Music," in Georgia Magazine * Georgia Magazine *"Rock stars are made, not born," essay by Michael Ramirez * Work in Progress *"Through his meticulous study of 48 indie-rock musicians aspiring musical success, Ramirez sketches a captivating picture of the motivations, considerations, and concerns of these musicians and their endeavors to make music their vocation." * Work and Occupations *"A very timely and important book. It should appeal to a wide variety of sociologists with divergent research interests." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 First Hearing the Sounds: Coming of Age and the Discovery of Music 23 2 First Making the Sounds: Negotiating Adulthood in a Musical World 50 3 I Feel It In My Bones: The Development of Musician Identities 77 4 Men and Masculinities in a Musical World 104 5 Women and the Challenges of Musical Life Course Trajectories 131 6 The Great Beyond: Commitment to Music and Looking Toward the Future 159 7 Conclusion 185 Acknowledgments 203 Notes 207 References 213 Index 227
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Destined for Greatness Passions Dreams and
Book Synopsis Michael Ramirez examines the lives of forty-eight independent rock musicians who seek out non-normative choices in a renowned college music town. He explores the life course trajectories of women and men to understand the extent to which pathways are structured to allow some individuals to fashion careers in music worlds. Trade Review"A fascinating reminder of music's profound impact across the life course, Destined for Greatness offers a backstage look at how musicians pursue, abandon, or creatively accommodate their rock and roll dreams with the realities of growing up." -- Ross Haenfler * author of Straight Edge *"Michael Ramirez tells a fascinating story of emerging adulthood, developing an identity as a professional musician, and confronting the challenges of sustaining a career in the indie college music scene." -- William T. Bielby * professor of sociology, University of Illinois Chicago *"?Weekly Book List, April 20, 2018" by Nina Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"The Page 99 Test: Michael Ramirez's Destined for Greatness" * The Page 99 Test *"My Book, The Movie" blog post about Destined for Greatness * My Book, The Movie *"Campaign for the American Reader" blog post on Destined for Greatness * Campaign for the American Reader *New Books Network - New Books in Sociology interview with Michael Ramirez * New Books Network *"This is an excellent addition to an evolving area of scholarship." * Choice *"Book Explores Athens Music," in Georgia Magazine * Georgia Magazine *"?Rock stars are made, not born," essay by Michael Ramirez * Work in Progress *"Through his meticulous study of 48 indie-rock musicians aspiring musical success, Ramirez sketches a captivating picture of the motivations, considerations, and concerns of these musicians and their endeavors to make music their vocation." * Work and Occupations *"A very timely and important book. It should appeal to a wide variety of sociologists with divergent research interests." * American Journal of Sociology *"A fascinating reminder of music's profound impact across the life course, Destined for Greatness offers a backstage look at how musicians pursue, abandon, or creatively accommodate their rock and roll dreams with the realities of growing up." -- Ross Haenfler * author of Straight Edge *"Michael Ramirez tells a fascinating story of emerging adulthood, developing an identity as a professional musician, and confronting the challenges of sustaining a career in the indie college music scene." -- William T. Bielby * professor of sociology, University of Illinois Chicago *"Weekly Book List, April 20, 2018" by Nina Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"The Page 99 Test: Michael Ramirez's Destined for Greatness" * The Page 99 Test *"My Book, The Movie" blog post about Destined for Greatness * My Book, The Movie *"Campaign for the American Reader" blog post on Destined for Greatness * Campaign for the American Reader *New Books Network - New Books in Sociology interview with Michael Ramirez * New Books Network *"This is an excellent addition to an evolving area of scholarship." * Choice *"Book Explores Athens Music," in Georgia Magazine * Georgia Magazine *"Rock stars are made, not born," essay by Michael Ramirez * Work in Progress *"Through his meticulous study of 48 indie-rock musicians aspiring musical success, Ramirez sketches a captivating picture of the motivations, considerations, and concerns of these musicians and their endeavors to make music their vocation." * Work and Occupations *"A very timely and important book. It should appeal to a wide variety of sociologists with divergent research interests." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 First Hearing the Sounds: Coming of Age and the Discovery of Music 23 2 First Making the Sounds: Negotiating Adulthood in a Musical World 50 3 I Feel It In My Bones: The Development of Musician Identities 77 4 Men and Masculinities in a Musical World 104 5 Women and the Challenges of Musical Life Course Trajectories 131 6 The Great Beyond: Commitment to Music and Looking Toward the Future 159 7 Conclusion 185 Acknowledgments 203 Notes 207 References 213 Index 227
£105.40
MW - Rutgers University Press Narrating Love and Violence Women Contesting Caste Tribe and State in Lahaul India
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Rutgers University Press Narrating Love and Violence
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£105.40
Rutgers University Press The New Black Middle Class in the TwentyFirst
Book SynopsisThe New Black Middle Class in the Twenty-First Century is a continuing study of black middle class life. Landry examines the changes that have occurred since the publication of his now-classic The New Black Middle Class, and conducts a comprehensive examination of black middle class American life in the early decades of the twenty-first century. Trade Review"The New Black Middle Class in the Twenty-First Century is an important piece of scholarship that details the characteristics, experiences, and concerns of a still understudied subset of the U.S. Black population." -- Camille Zubrinsky Charles * University of Pennsylvania *"There is no better way to understand the new Black middle class than to hear directly from them. Landry brings statistics to life and offers an important story about the potential of strong and economically stable Black communities." -- Mary Patillo * author of Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class *"The Kojo Nnamdi Show" interview with Bart Landry - "How The Black Middle Class Is Growing And Changing" * WAMA "Kojo Nnamdi Show" *"Highly recommended." * Choice *BBC Sounds "Thinking Aloud" interview with Bart Landry, "The Changing Middle Class" * BBC "Thinking Aloud" *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The New Black Middle Class and the Demographics of the Twenty-First Century 2 Suburbanization of the New Black Middle Class 3 Changing Neighborhoods 4 Pick up the Newspaper We’re Out of Town 5 Catch 22 6 Educating the New Black Middle Class 7 From School to Work 8 Income and Wealth 9 The Next Generation 10 Afterword: 2007 to the Present 11 Conclusion: The Twenty-First Century Appendix Acknowledgements Notes Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Out of Sync Out of Work History and the
Book SynopsisOut of Sync & Out of Work explores the representation of obsolescence, particularly of labor, in film and literature. This book advances its readers’ grasp of the complexities of historical time in contemporary culture, moving the study of temporality forward in film and media studies, literary studies, critical theory, and cultural critique. Trade Review"Out of Sync & Out of Work is original, engrossing, remarkably timely, and consistently characterized by careful scholarship and convincing readings. It is a masterful work that demonstrates the power of contemporary cultural forms to reactivate readers’ sense of history as a political medium." -- Heather Hicks * author of The Culture of Soft Work: Labor, Gender, and Race in Postmodern American Narrative *“A compelling account of an economic system that has proven itself more and more willing to allow workers to 'fall into history' by rendering their labor obsolete, the book masterfully illuminates the present and its prehistory. More than this, however, it is a persuasive and vivid manifesto for the work culture itself does, one that revivifies our sense that the labor of the cultural critic, at least, is more urgent than ever.” -- Annie J. McClanahan * author of Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and 21st Century Culture *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Books & Recordings" mention of Out of Sync and Out of Work in Rochester Review * Rochester Review *"Out of Sync Out of Work is original, engrossing, remarkably timely, and consistently characterized by careful scholarship and convincing readings. It is a masterful work that demonstrates the power of contemporary cultural forms to reactivate readers’ sense of history as a political medium." -- Heather Hicks * author of The Culture of Soft Work: Labor, Gender, and Race in Postmodern American Narrative *“A compelling account of an economic system that has proven itself more and more willing to allow workers to 'fall into history' by rendering their labor obsolete, the book masterfully illuminates the present and its prehistory. More than this, however, it is a persuasive and vivid manifesto for the work culture itself does, one that revivifies our sense that the labor of the cultural critic, at least, is more urgent than ever.” -- Annie J. McClanahan * author of Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and 21st Century Culture *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Books Recordings" mention of Out of Sync and Out of Work in Rochester Review * Rochester Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Falling into History 1 Culture by Outmoded Means 2 Reading by Residual Means 3 Narrative by Obstinate Means 4 Cinema by Dated Means 5 Politics by Obsolete Means Acknowledgments Notes Index
£31.50
Rutgers University Press Out of Sync Out of Work History and the
Book SynopsisOut of Sync & Out of Work explores the representation of obsolescence, particularly of labor, in film and literature. This book advances its readers’ grasp of the complexities of historical time in contemporary culture, moving the study of temporality forward in film and media studies, literary studies, critical theory, and cultural critique. Trade Review"Out of Sync & Out of Work is original, engrossing, remarkably timely, and consistently characterized by careful scholarship and convincing readings. It is a masterful work that demonstrates the power of contemporary cultural forms to reactivate readers’ sense of history as a political medium." -- Heather Hicks * author of The Culture of Soft Work: Labor, Gender, and Race in Postmodern American Narrative *“A compelling account of an economic system that has proven itself more and more willing to allow workers to 'fall into history' by rendering their labor obsolete, the book masterfully illuminates the present and its prehistory. More than this, however, it is a persuasive and vivid manifesto for the work culture itself does, one that revivifies our sense that the labor of the cultural critic, at least, is more urgent than ever.” -- Annie J. McClanahan * author of Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and 21st Century Culture *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Books & Recordings" mention of Out of Sync and Out of Work in Rochester Review * Rochester Review *"Out of Sync Out of Work is original, engrossing, remarkably timely, and consistently characterized by careful scholarship and convincing readings. It is a masterful work that demonstrates the power of contemporary cultural forms to reactivate readers’ sense of history as a political medium." -- Heather Hicks * author of The Culture of Soft Work: Labor, Gender, and Race in Postmodern American Narrative *“A compelling account of an economic system that has proven itself more and more willing to allow workers to 'fall into history' by rendering their labor obsolete, the book masterfully illuminates the present and its prehistory. More than this, however, it is a persuasive and vivid manifesto for the work culture itself does, one that revivifies our sense that the labor of the cultural critic, at least, is more urgent than ever.” -- Annie J. McClanahan * author of Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and 21st Century Culture *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Books Recordings" mention of Out of Sync and Out of Work in Rochester Review * Rochester Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Falling into History 1 Culture by Outmoded Means 2 Reading by Residual Means 3 Narrative by Obstinate Means 4 Cinema by Dated Means 5 Politics by Obsolete Means Acknowledgments Notes Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays examines intersectional identities of race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, class, and nationality in Hollywood cinema. Intersectionality, traditionally associated with social activism, is used here more liberally as a critical and analytic tool to explore films, expressing multiple points of views and multiple ways of looking at films.Trade Review"Wide ranging and critically deep, Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity addresses the persistence of race in Hollywood film with considerable implications for the intersection of racism, misogyny, and identity we see today on big and small screens alike." -- Daniel Bernardi * editor of Race in American Film: Voices and Visions that Shaped a Nation *"This is a timely collection - forthright, expansive, and right up to date. Commonly situated at the margins of discussions of race and identity, intersectionality here is placed at the center, crucial to understanding Hollywood's uneven engagement with race, social justice, and ethics. These rigorous and generous readings of key moments across cinema history reveal Hollywood encountering and marking more fluid senses of identity than usually credited to popular film. In all this book shows how, in bell hooks's terms, Hollywood can 'make culture' in problematic, revealing, and surprisingly anticipatory ways." -- Jeffrey Geiger * author of American Documentary Film: Projecting the Nation *"Konzett deserves thanks for curating another must-have book on cinema studies. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Those interested in identity politics and representation in film and media would find this helpful." * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *"Those interested in identity politics and representation in film and media would find this helpful." * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction Hollywood Formulas: Codes, Masks, Genre, and Minstrelsy Daydreams of Society: Class and Gender Performances in the Cinema of the Late 1910s Ruth Mayer The Death of Lon Chaney: Masculinity, Race, and the Authenticity of Disguise Alice Maurice MGM’s Sleeping Lion: Hollywood Regulation of the Washingtonian Slave in The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) Ellen C. Scott Yellowface, Minstrelsy, and Hollywood Happy Endings: The Black Camel (1931), Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935), and Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Delia Malia KonzettGenre and Race in Classical Hollywood “A Queer, Strangled Look”: Race, Gender, and Morality in The Ox-Bow Incident Jonna Eagle By Herself: Intersectionality, African American Specialty Performers, and Eleanor Powell Ryan Jay Friedman Disruptive Mother-Daughter Relationships: Peola’s Racial Masquerade in Imitation of Life (1934) and Stella’s Class Masquerade in Stella Dallas (1937) Charlene Regester The Egotistical Sublime: Film Noir and Whiteness Matthias KonzettRace and Ethnicity in Post-World War II Hollywood Women and Class Mobility in Classical Hollywood’s Immigrant Dramas Chris Cagle Orientalism, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Go for Broke! (1951) Dean Itsuji Saranillio Savage Whiteness: The dialectic of racial desire in The Young Savages (1961) Graham Cassano Rita Moreno’s Hair Priscilla Peña OvalleIntersectionality, Hollywood, and Contemporary Popular Culture “Everything Glee in ‘America’”: Context, Race, and Identity Politics in the Glee Appropriation of West Side Story Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz Hip Hop “Hearts” Ballet: Utopic Multiculturalism and the Step Up Dance Films Mary BeltránFakin da Funk (1997) and Gook (2017): Exploring Black/Asian Relations in the Asian American Hood Film Jun Okada “Let Us Roam the Night Together”: On Articulation and Representation in Moonlight (2016) and Tongues Untied (1989) Louise Wallenberg Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Contributors Index
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays examines intersectional identities of race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, class, and nationality in Hollywood cinema. Intersectionality, traditionally associated with social activism, is used here more liberally as a critical and analytic tool to explore films, expressing multiple points of views and multiple ways of looking at films.Trade Review"Wide ranging and critically deep, Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity addresses the persistence of race in Hollywood film with considerable implications for the intersection of racism, misogyny, and identity we see today on big and small screens alike." -- Daniel Bernardi * editor of Race in American Film: Voices and Visions that Shaped a Nation *"This is a timely collection - forthright, expansive, and right up to date. Commonly situated at the margins of discussions of race and identity, intersectionality here is placed at the center, crucial to understanding Hollywood's uneven engagement with race, social justice, and ethics. These rigorous and generous readings of key moments across cinema history reveal Hollywood encountering and marking more fluid senses of identity than usually credited to popular film. In all this book shows how, in bell hooks's terms, Hollywood can 'make culture' in problematic, revealing, and surprisingly anticipatory ways." -- Jeffrey Geiger * author of American Documentary Film: Projecting the Nation *"Konzett deserves thanks for curating another must-have book on cinema studies. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Those interested in identity politics and representation in film and media would find this helpful." * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *"Those interested in identity politics and representation in film and media would find this helpful." * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction Hollywood Formulas: Codes, Masks, Genre, and Minstrelsy Daydreams of Society: Class and Gender Performances in the Cinema of the Late 1910s Ruth Mayer The Death of Lon Chaney: Masculinity, Race, and the Authenticity of Disguise Alice Maurice MGM’s Sleeping Lion: Hollywood Regulation of the Washingtonian Slave in The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) Ellen C. Scott Yellowface, Minstrelsy, and Hollywood Happy Endings: The Black Camel (1931), Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935), and Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Delia Malia KonzettGenre and Race in Classical Hollywood “A Queer, Strangled Look”: Race, Gender, and Morality in The Ox-Bow Incident Jonna Eagle By Herself: Intersectionality, African American Specialty Performers, and Eleanor Powell Ryan Jay Friedman Disruptive Mother-Daughter Relationships: Peola’s Racial Masquerade in Imitation of Life (1934) and Stella’s Class Masquerade in Stella Dallas (1937) Charlene Regester The Egotistical Sublime: Film Noir and Whiteness Matthias KonzettRace and Ethnicity in Post-World War II Hollywood Women and Class Mobility in Classical Hollywood’s Immigrant Dramas Chris Cagle Orientalism, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Go for Broke! (1951) Dean Itsuji Saranillio Savage Whiteness: The dialectic of racial desire in The Young Savages (1961) Graham Cassano Rita Moreno’s Hair Priscilla Peña OvalleIntersectionality, Hollywood, and Contemporary Popular Culture “Everything Glee in ‘America’”: Context, Race, and Identity Politics in the Glee Appropriation of West Side Story Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz Hip Hop “Hearts” Ballet: Utopic Multiculturalism and the Step Up Dance Films Mary BeltránFakin da Funk (1997) and Gook (2017): Exploring Black/Asian Relations in the Asian American Hood Film Jun Okada “Let Us Roam the Night Together”: On Articulation and Representation in Moonlight (2016) and Tongues Untied (1989) Louise Wallenberg Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Contributors Index
£105.40
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia The State Against the Peasantry Rural Struggles
Book SynopsisThrough a careful consideration of the peasantry and the role of the NGOs, this work offers a nuanced understanding of the development process that has taken place in Mozambique and other southern African countries since independence. It draws on oral data and archival research.
£22.75
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Outcasting Armenians
Book SynopsisThe history of Tanzimat in the Ottoman Empire has largely been narrated as a period of equality, reform, and progress, often framing it as the backdrop to modern Turkey. Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s exhortation to study the oppressed to understand the rule and the ruler, Talin Suciyan reexamines this era from the perspective of the Armenians.
£56.95
The University of Alabama Press Poor But Proud Alabamas Poor Whites
Book SynopsisDuring the antebellum years, poor whites who settled in Alabama developed a distinctive culture on the periphery of the cotton belt. This book addresses the life experiences of poor whites through their occupations, society and culture, and explores their family structure, music, religion and more.
£26.96
Duke University Press Working Women Working Men
Book SynopsisIn Working Women, Working Men, Joel Wolfe traces the complex historical development of the working class in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Latin America's largest industrial center. He studies the way in which Sao Paulo's working men and women experienced Brazil's industrialization, their struggles to gain control over their lives within a highly authoritarian political system, and their rise to political prominence in the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on a diverse range of sources-oral histories along with union, industry, and government archival materials-Wolfe's account focuses not only on labor leaders and formal Left groups, but considers the impact of grassroots workers' movements as well. He pays particular attention to the role of gender in the often-contested relations between leadership groups and thee rank and file. Wolfe's analysis illuminates how various class and gender ideologies influenced the development of unions, industrialists' strategies, and rank-and-file orgTrade Review"No area has been so misunderstood by foreign researchers as labor and union history in Brazil. This book sets high standards for any new studies on Brazil, Latin America, or even the rest of the world."—Michael L. Conniff, Auburn University"This is an excellent book, based on an impressive amount of research. It is a valuable and pathbreaking contribution to the historical study of class formation, gender, and the politics of industrial workers in South America's most important industrial center."—Thomas Holloway, Cornell University
£25.19
University of Pittsburgh Press Under the Influence
Book SynopsisThis book examines a highly significant chapter in the history of the Russian state and society: how those in power in Russian understood the impact of drinking on the state policy and on Russia's working classes between 1895 and 1932.Trade ReviewWritten with grace and authority, ‘Under the Influence’ is a model monograph . . . the most thorough study of its kind. But more than this, Transchel’s study places alcohol consumption within the working-class culture of the time, in a way that helps us understand why the abolitionist movements of the time were repeatedly defeated."" - Slavic Review""A compelling analysis of a much-cited yet superficially investigated aspect of Russian and Soviet life. Through a careful investigation of an impressive array of archival and primary resources, Transchel’s work offers inportant insights into the relationship between the newly industrialized working classes and the Russian state through the negotiaation over the use and abuse of alcohol."" - Labor History""An insightful, well-written, and thoroughly researched account of how tenacious and enduring traditional practices thwarted the Soviet state’s attempts to transform everyday life. It deserves a wide readership."" - Annals of the History of Eastern Europe""A solid examination of the persistence of drinking culture despite revolutionaries’ attempts to eliminate it, using a wide range of all available sources. It should be read not only by those who study Russia, but also by those who study working class culture in other areas of the world. Concisely and clearly written, the study would be a useful supplementary text in upper-level undergraduate Russian history classes."" - The NEP Era""Using drinking as a lens through which to assess cultural revolution in Russia, Transchel persuasively reveals how practices steeped in everyday life limited state-sponsored efforts to remake society. In elegantly lean prose, she demonstrates how workers effectively resisted Bolshevik efforts to establish cultural hegemony and what this ultimately meant for the Soviet project."" - Donald J. Raleigh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
£42.63
Fordham University Press The Digital Condition
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Outstanding scholarship that is at once comprehensive, relevant, provocative, and necessary." -- -Steven Wexler California State University, Northridge "Through a dense and layered study which seamlessly connects sustained philosophical readings of Plato, Kant, Heidegger, Derrida, Jameson, and Negri with a critical analysis of some of the changes resulting from technological innovation and globalization, and incisive interpretations of some of the icons of digital culture, including the iPod, post-cyber/nano-punk and films like The Matrix, Wilkie offers in his book a cutting-edge theorization of digital culture that will instantly establish him as one of the most exciting new voices working in critical and cultural theory today." -- -Peter McLaren University of California, Los Angeles "Touching on the production of knowledge in the digital age, literature, and cinema-and weaving Marx, Heidegger, Derrida, Lyotard, et al. throughout-this book is a clarion call for cultural theory: having promoted digital culture, cultural theory must return to focus on the struggle of labor and how technological development can best serve the interests of all. Highly recommended." -Choice "The Digital Condition advances a groundbreaking analysis of digital culture and argues that the digital environment has obscured the implications of class difference, changing digital reality and perception. Underlying digital culture are social and historical relations that require class analysis to explain why new realities are determined by global class inequalities. The result is a powerful guide perfect for any college-level computer issues or cultural history holding." -California BookwatchTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Spirit Technological 2. Global Networks and the Materiality of Immaterial Labor 3. Reading and Writing in the Digital Age 4. The Ideology of the Digital Me Notes Works Cited Index
£71.10
Fordham University Press Fighting Authoritarianism
Book SynopsisCalling into question the Cold War perspective that continued to permeate analyses of radicalism long after the fall of the Soviet Union, this study examines young Depression-Era radicals' worldviewa worldview developed from the epicenter of young radical activism and ideology: New York City college campuses.Trade Review"Fighting Authoritarianism provides a new and important examination of U.S. youth activism of the 1930s. Moving beyond the Cold War concerns that have dominated past studies of dissident youth in that era, Britt Haas shows us how their ideals and actions were, in many ways, quintessentially American." -- -Lawrence S. Wittner Professor of History emeritus, SUNY/Albany "From the cloisters of Columbia University to the coalfields of Kentucky, from racism in the South to the civil war in Spain, American youth in the 1930s mobilized against social and political injustice. This engaging study of progressive youth organizations charts their origins, their quest to fashion an America true to its ideals, and their demise. One of the strengths of Fighting Authoritarianism is that we hear the voices of young people; voices that speak, most often, with optimism and hope. By giving youth agency, Haas eschews the Cold War paradigm of earlier studies that emphasized communist control, and confirms that youth activism can be a source of inspiration in dark times." -- --Phillip Deery Victoria University, Melbourne "This book is a major contribution to the historiography of the era of the Great Depression. The role of youth has often been overlooked, but that is being corrected, especially with the scholarship of this book. Recommended highly for all people interested in the Great Depression." -- -Donald W. Whisenhunt Western Washing UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Effects of the Crash: The Youth Problem from New York City to Harlan County, Kentucky, and Back Again Chapter 2. The Reed Harrison Affair: Youth Claim Their Rights and Freedoms at Columbia University and Beyond Chapter 3. The Scottsboro Boys: Demands for Equality from the Deep South to New York City Chapter 4. The Popular Front: Strength in Unity, New York City Organizations Come Together in Solidarity Chapter 5. Playing Politics and Making Policy: Institutionalizing a Vision from New York to Washington Chapter 6. The Fight Against Fascism: The Spanish Republicans Find their Support in New York City Chapter 7. Dissolution: World War II Subverts the Zeitgeist and Youth's Vision for America Conclusion
£27.90
University of Hawai'i Press Screen of Kings Royal Art and Power in Ming China
Book SynopsisScreen of Kings is the first book in any language to examine the cultural role of the regional aristocracy relatives of the emperors in Ming dynasty China (13681644). Through an analysis of their patronage of architecture, calligraphy, painting and other art forms, and through a study of the contents of their splendid and recently excavated tombs, this innovative study puts the aristocracy back at the heart of accounts of China's culture, from which they have been excluded until very recently. Screen of Kings challenges much of the received wisdom about Ming China. Craig Clunas sheds new light on many familiar artworks, as well as works that have never before been reproduced. New archaeological discoveries have furnished the author with evidence of the lavish and spectacular lifestyles of these provincial princes and demonstrate how central the imperial family was to the high culture of the Ming era. Written by the leading specialist in the art and culture of the Ming period, this bo
£45.60
Cornell University Press State Education and Social Class in Mexico
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£29.70
Cornell University Press Does Who Governs Matter
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Celebrity
Book SynopsisCompanion to Celebrity presents a multi-disciplinary collection of original essays that explore myriad issues relating to the origins, evolution, and current trends in the field of celebrity studies.Trade ReviewIn an informative new reference guide, P. David Marshall and Sean Redmond, together with over 20 international academic contributors, aim to cast (lime)light on the purpose and power of celebrity from the origins of fame to social media and reality television. - Sarah Powell, Reference Reviews, Vol 30 No 8. Written by scholars from a variety of disciplines, including political science, social history, film, literary and communication studies, A Companion to Celebrity is a comprehensive and contemporary reference guide for both students and the general reader seeking to make sense of the modern cultural obsession with celebrity. - Sarah Powell, Reference Reviews, Vol 30 No 8.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables x Notes on Contributors xiii Acknowledgments xix 1 Introduction 1P. David Marshall and Sean Redmond Part One The Genealogy of Celebrity Introduction 15P. David Marshall 2 The Moral Concept of Celebrity: A Very Short History Told as a Sequence of Brief Lives 21Fred Inglis 3 Brand Names: A Brief History of Literary Celebrity 39Loren Glass 4 The Changing Face of Celebrity and the Emergence of Motion Picture Stardom 58Gaylyn Studlar Part Two The Publics of Celebrity Introduction 79Sean Redmond 5 Celebrity, Participation, and the Public 83Graeme Turner 6 Celebrity, Convergence, and the Fate of Media Institutions 98Nick Couldry 7 Barack Obama, Media Spectacle, and Celebrity Politics 114Douglas Kellner 8 Construction of the Public Memory of Celebrities: Celebrity Museums in Japan 135Saeko Ishita Part Three Celebrity Value Introduction 155P. David Marshall 9 Hope Springs Eternal? The Illusions and Disillusions of Political Celebrity 161Andrew Tolson 10 Winning Isn’t Everything. Selling Is: Sports, Advertising, and the Logic of the Market 177Ellis Cashmore 11 From Celebrity to Influencer: Tracing the Diffusion of Celebrity Value across the Data Stream 194Alison Hearn and Stephanie Schoenhoff Part Four Global Celebrity Introduction 213Sean Redmond 12 Recognition, Gratification, and Vulnerability: The Public and Private Selves of Local Celebrities 219Kerry O. Ferris 13 “Tweeting the Good Causes”: Social Networking and Celebrity Activism 235Liza Tsaliki 14 Celebrity Diplomats: Differentiation, Recognition, and Contestation 258Andrew F. Cooper 15 Brand Bollywood Care: Celebrity, Charity, and Vernacular Cosmopolitanism 273Pramod K. Nayar Part Five Celebrity Screens/Technologies of Celebrity Introduction 289P. David Marshall 16 Celevision: Mobilizations of the Television Screen 295Misha Kavka 17 Stardom, Celebrity, and the Moral Economy of Pretending 315Barry King 18 You May Know Me from YouTube: (Micro-)Celebrity in Social Media 333Alice E. Marwick Part Six Emotional Celebrity Introduction 351Sean Redmond 19 Frontierism: “The Frontier Thesis,” Affect, and the Category of Achieved Celebrity 355Chris Rojek 20 The Democratization of Celebrity: Mediatization, Promotion, and the Body 371Olivier Driessens 21 Sensing Celebrities 385Sean Redmond Part Seven Celebrity Embodiment Introduction 401Tamara Heaney and Sean Redmond 22 The Ambivalent Irishness of Denis Leary and Kathy Griffin 407Diane Negra 23 Neymar: Sport Celebrity and Performative Cultural Politics 421David L. Andrews, Victor B. Lopes, and Steven J. Jackson 24 Digital Shimmer: Popular Music and the Intimate Nexus between Fan and Star 440Toija Cinque Part Eight Celebrity Identification Introduction 457P. David Marshall 25 From Para-social toMultisocial Interaction: Theorizing Material/Digital Fandom and Celebrity 463Matt Hills 26 The Everyday Use of Celebrities 483Joke Hermes and Jaap Kooijman 27 Exposure: The Public Self Explored 497P. David Marshall Index 519
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Life in America
Book SynopsisLife in America: Identity and Everyday Experience is a fascinating collection of readings that explores how people negotiate identity in the United States today. Brings together readings that provide a thoroughly engaging and fascinating look at central issues of identity and what it means to be American. Explores the tension between identity and identification to help readers begin to understand how people creatively confront the perks and perils of identity in the United States. Offers a look at a wide range of subjects including: violence and video games, queer pilgrimages to San Francisco, Filipina critiques of sleeping around, and the significance of lowriders in Hispano/Chicano culture. Trade Review"This rich volume can be recommended to both advanced scholars of American culture and beginners in this field. The former can find a multitude of quite recent applications of approaches they are already familiar with; the latter may wonder at the dizzying varieties of American experience, as well as look with disbelief at the multitude." Anthropologie "Lee Baker has pulled together and provided an extremely useful conceptual frame for some of the best social analysis on current trends in the cultural practices of identity and identification in US society. This collection is a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in demystifying identity politics and understanding the complexities, pluralities, and common ground of cultural citizenship in the USA as it is changing in the new millennium." Faye V. Harrison, University of Tennessee "American higher education’s longstanding myths about cultural assimilation and equal access for all have given way to a new scholarly literature, which rigorously critiques the structures of identity, inequality, and power. In this timely and provocative reader, brilliant anthropologist Lee Baker has selected an outstanding collection of essays about the complex politics of cultural diversity. Life in America provides an insightful exploration into the major contemporary debates and issues that define studies of race, gender, sexuality, and class in American society." Manning Marable, Columbia University "Life in America is a user’s guide to everyday life and all its contradictory complexity, an indispensable inventory of practices and patterns in US society that produce both creative connections and corrosive conflicts, stimulating similarities and disturbing differences." George Lipsitz, University of California, San DiegoTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction: Identity and Everyday Life` in America (Lee D. Baker). Part I: Conditions of Identity, Violence, and Technologies. 1. Cyborg Violence: Bursting Borders and Bodies with Queer Machines (Anne Allison). 2. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Assimilation but Were Afraid to Ask (Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco). 3. Dousing the Fire or Fanning the Flames: The Role of Human Relations Practitioners in Intergroup Conflicts (Judith Goode). Part II: Church, Family, and the Dynamics of Post-Civil Rights Migration. 4. What it Means to be Christian: The Role of Religion in the Construction of Ethnic Identity and Boundary among Second-Generation Korean Americans (Kelly H. Chong). 5. "The Normal American Family" as an Interpretive Structure of Family Life among Grown Children of Korean and Vietnamese Immigrants (Karen Pyke). 6. "I Really Do Feel I'm 1.5!": The Construction of Self and Community by Young Korean Americans (Kyeyoung Park). Part III: Consumption, Class, and Traditions of Negotiation and Investment. 7. Challenging Traditional Marriage: Never Married Chinese American and Japanese American Women (Susan J. Ferguson). 8. Cultural Citizenship as Subject-Making: Immigrants Negotiate racial and Cultural Boundaries in the United States (Aihwa Ong). Part IV: The Politics and Perils of Assimilation. 9. More than "Model Minorities' or "Delinquents': A Look at Hmong American High School Students (Stacey J. Lee). 10. "We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do": Family, Culture, and Gender in Filipina American Lives (Yen Le Espiritu). 11. College and Notions of "Asian American": Second-Generation Chinese and Korean Americans Negotiate Race and Identity (Nazli Kibria). Part V: More than Consumption: Experiencing Gender, Class, and Race. 12. Sexual Minorities and the New Urban Poverty (Jeff Maskovsky). 13. Institutional Violence in the Everyday Practices of School: The Narrative of a Young Lesbian (Kathryn Herr). 14. Queer Pilgrimage: The San Francisco Homeland and Identity Tourism (Alyssa Cymene How). Part VI: Policing Blackness, Authenticity, and the Soul Patrol. 15. Birthdays, Basketball, and Braking Bread: Negotiating with Class in Contemporary Black America (John L. Jackson). 16. Nike's Reign (Mary Pattillo-McCoy). 17. Black Like This: Race, Generation, and Rock in the Post-Civil Rights Era (Maureen Mahon). Part VII: Privilege, Power, and Anxiety of the Norm. 18. It Hurts To Be a Girl: Growing Up Poor, White and Female (Julia Hall). 19. White Means Never Having to Say You're Ethnic: White Youth and the Construction of "Cultureless' Identities (Pamela Perry). 20. "I Want To Be the Minority": The Politics of Youthful White Masculinities in Sport and Popular Culture in 1990s America (Kyle W. Kusz). Part VIII: Language, History, and Specificity. 21. The Politics of Labeling: Latino/a Cultural Identities of Self and Others (Suzenne Oboler). 22. "Heart Like a Car": Hispano/; Chicano Culture in Northern New Mexico (Brenda Bright). 23. "Checkin' Up on My Guy": Chicanas, Social Capital and ten Culture of Romance (Angela Valenzuela). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Rise and Rise of Meritocracy
Book SynopsisFifty years after the term meritocracy was coined, this book asks where the idea of meritocracy has led.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Notes on Contributors viii Introduction: Reviewing Meritocracy 1Geoff Dench Origin and Reception 15 The Labour Party as Crucible 17Asa Briggs Meritocracy in the Civil Service, 1853–1970 27Jon Davis A Tract for the Times 36Paul Barker We Sat Down at the Table of Privilege and Complained about the Food 45Hilary Land The Chequered Career of a Cryptic Concept 61Claire Donovan Looking Back on Meritocracy 73Michael Young Relevance to Modem Britain 79 A Brief Profile of the New British Establishment 81Jim Ogg Face, Race and Place: Merit and Ethnic Minorities 90Michelynn Laflèche Marginalised Young Men 97Yvonne Roberts The Unmaking of the English Working Class 105Ferdinand Mount Age and Inequality 109Eric Midwinter Ship of State in Peril 116Peregrine Worsthorne Analytical Value 125 The Moral Economy of Meritocracy: or, the Unanticipated Triumph of Reform and the Failure of Revolution in the West 127Irving Louis Horowitz Japan at the Meritocracy Frontier: From Here, Where? 134TAKEHIKO KARIYA And RONALD DORE Just Rewards: Meritocracy Fifty Years Later 157Peter Marris What Do We Mean by Talent? 163Richard Sennett' Resolving the Conflict between the Family and Meritocracy 168Belinda Brown Meritocracy and Popular Legitimacy 183Peter Saunders The Future 195 The New Assets Agenda 197Andrew Gamble And Rajiv Prabhakar New Labour and the Withering Away of the Working Class? 205Jon Cruddas A Delay on the Road to Meritocracy 214Peter Wilby Putting Social Contribution back into Merit 221Geoff Dench Ladder of Opportunity or Engine of Inequality? 232Ruth Lister The Future of Meritocracy 237David Willetts Notes 245 Index 263
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Johns Hopkins University Press Domestic Enemies
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1983. This book cuts across the class boundaries of traditionally separate fields of social history. It investigates the social origins of servants, their incomes, their marriage and family patterns, their career patterns, their possibilities for social mobility, their political activities, and their criminality. But it also investigates the history of the family and domestic life in France in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, for servants were, at least until the rise of the affectionate nuclear family in the middle of the eighteenth century, considered part of the families of those they served. Finally, this book is also an essay on the history of social relationships in the ancien régime, not only those between masters and servants but also the broader relationships between the ruling elite and the lower classes. The introduction gives basic facts about the composition of households during the Old Regime and explores the attitudes and assuTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPreface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Domestic Service in the Old RegimePart I. ServantsChapter 2. The Servants' World: Household and HouseworkChapter 3. Servants' Private LivesChapter 4. The Psychology of Servanthood: Servants' Attitudes Toward Their MastersPart II. Masters and Servants Chapter 5. The Psychology of Mastership: Masters' Attitudes Toward Their ServantsChapter 6. Sexual Relationships Between Master and Servant Chapter 7. Relationships Between Servants and Their Masters' Children Chapter 8. Epilogue: The Revolution and AfterNotesBibliographyIndex
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