Sociology: family, kinship and relationships Books

Book SynopsisThe first ethnographic study of gestational surrogacy in the US, Labor of Love examines the conflicted attitudes that emerge when the ostensibly priceless act of bringing a child into the world becomes a paid occupation. Heather Jacobson interviews surrogate mothers, their family members, the intended parents, and the various professionals who work to facilitate the process.Trade Review"Labor of Love is a thorough, thoughtful, well-researched analysis of women's labor in the commercial gestational surrogacy market in the United States." * Gender & Society *"Jacobson argues that Americans should be more accepting of gestational surrogacy and freely acknowledge its financial side. She skillfully outlines the many ways in which the members of the US surrogacy community she interviewed deliberately obscure the financial aspects of surrogacy arrangements. Reproductive endocrinologists, lawyers, surrogacy agency personnel, intended parents, and “surro-moms” and their families almost all push a narrative of altruism and the joys of pregnancy as the primary motivations of women who bear babies for genetically unrelated parents. In fact, Jacobson argues, surrogacy is made “culturally palatable” in the US precisely because of the unwritten “money rules” that require the use of intermediaries to create distance between surro-moms and the sordidly financial... Recommended." * Choice *"Labor of Love beautifully illuminates the work of surrogacy, exploring a world in which women have children for other women. Jacobson skillfully interweaves stories of actual participants with commentary and analysis, providing original insights into the complexities of reproduction." -- Naomi Cahn * Harold H. Greene Chair, GWU Law School *"Labor of Love is an engaging and well-researched study of contemporary surrogacy in the U.S. Jacobson thoughtfully exposes the contradictions surrogates navigate as they downplay the commercial aspects of the transactions and obscure the labor involved in being a surrogate." -- Susan Markens * Lehman College and The Graduate Center, CUNY *"Jacobson’s rich qualitative data about the surrogacy market’s inner workings make Labor of Love an informative and engaging read." -- Alicia Vande Vusse * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Conceptions2 Making Reproduction Profitable: The Contemporary Surrogacy Market 3 Laboring to Conceive: Surrogacy as Work 4 Managing Relations: Surrogates and Their IPs5 Working from Home: Surrogates and Their Families6 Obscured LaborNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisOur children mean the world to us. They are so central to our hopes and dreams that we will do almost anything to keep them healthy, happy, and safe. What happens, then, when a child has serious problems? In Family Trouble, a compelling portrait of upheaval in family life, sociologist Ara Francis tells the stories of middle-class men and women whose children face significant medical, psychological, and social challenges. Francis interviewed the mothers and fathers of children with such problems as depression, bi-polar disorder, autism, learning disabilities, drug addiction, alcoholism, fetal alcohol syndrome, and cerebral palsy. Children's problems, she finds, profoundly upset the foundations of parents' everyday lives, overturning taken-for-granted expectations, daily routines, and personal relationships. Indeed, these problems initiated a chain of disruption that moved through parents' lives in domino-like fashion, culminating in a crisis characterized by uncertainty, loneliness, guTrade Review“This smart, engaging book demonstrates the complicated nature of parenthood - a salient identity for most adults in the United States today. Especially impressive is Francis’s ability to weave through multiple sociological constructs and subfields, including medicalization, stigma, identity, emotion work, gender, and disability.” * American Journal of Sociology *"An exquisite and magnificent piece of sociological scholarship, Family Trouble is clear, interesting, and highly engaging. Francis’s study and analysis are rich and nuanced as she covers the many dimensions of the phenomenon she calls 'family trouble.'" -- Eviatar Zerubavel * author of Hidden in Plain Sight as well as Ancestors and Relatives *"Family Trouble offers rich, empirically based insights into the everyday, relational and emotional processes that mark the distinctive forms of 'concerted cultivation' pursued by contemporary middle-class American families with 'problemed' children." -- Robert M. Emerson * professor emeritus of sociology at UCLA *Table of ContentsPreface1 Parents in Trouble2 Constructing Trouble, Losing Certainty3 Elusive Remedies and Disrupted Routines4 Stigma and Disrupted Relationships5 Unmet Expectations and Emotional Turmoil6 Disrupted Selves, Making Sense and Making Do7 Family TroubleAppendix AAppendix BBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisToday, approximately 1.6 million American children live in what social scientists call “grandfamilies”—households in which children are being raised by their grandparents. Drawing on data gathered from New York grandfamilies, Rachel Dunifon analyzes their unique strengths and distinct needs. Trade Review“You’ve Always Been There for Me makes a significant contribution to the field of family studies and gerontology. Dunifon’s arguments are unique, sound, and focused, and shed new light into the roles of grandchildren in grandfamilies.” -- Christine A. Fruhauf * associate professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University *"Dunifon masterfully addresses an understudied type of family–grandchildren raised by grandparents–and offers insightful policy recommendations for how to promote the well-being of these families. Her research is a model combination of survey techniques, open-ended interviews, and videotaped observations of interactions. As we learn about the financial hardships, the health challenges, and emotional demands experienced by grandparents, we also see the extraordinary bonds between these parental figures and their adolescent grandchildren. Dunifon’s superb volume will inspire other scholars to pursue this compelling topic." -- P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale * Frances Willard Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University *"Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Tables Introduction 1 What Leads to the Formation of Grandfamilies? 2 “I Couldn’t Be Prouder to Be the Caregiver of You”: How Do Grandparents Define Their Roles in Grandfamilies? 3 “I Get All the Love I Need”: How Do Youth Define Their Roles in Grandfamilies? 4 “I Love My Daughter, But I Don’t Like Her Right About Now”: The Role of Parents in Grandfamilies 5 Policies and Programs to Address Grandfamilies’ Needs 6 Postscript—Where Are They Now? Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisArgues that boys' and men's bodies and breadwinner status are the two primary sites for their expression of control. Scott Melzer strategically explores the lives of four groups of adult men struggling with contemporary body and breadwinner ideals. These case studies uncover men's struggles to achieve and maintain manhood, and redefine what it means to be a man.Trade Review“Manhood Impossible provides astute sociological insight into how men struggle to resuscitate their feelings of masculinity and access the exclusive dominion of manhood. With its intriguing case studies, accessible writing style, and ethnographic slant, this is an excellent book that students and scholars are sure to love.”— Kristen Barber, author of Styling Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Inequality in the Men's Grooming Industry "Grounded in fieldwork, nicely written, and engaged with feminist research."— Gender & Society "Recommended." — Choice “Manhood Impossible is a thoughtfully conceived, well-written, and engaging book that speaks and adds to the literature on men, manhood, and masculinity. Melzer offers analysis grounded in rich description in this fresh addition to the field.”— Matthew B. Ezzell, associate professor of sociology at James Madison University "Manhood Impossible furthers the literature on gender and masculinity studies. It also contributes to the body of research on the sociology of the body and the sociology of the family."— American Journal of Sociology "How Men Sabotage Themselves: And what entrepreneurs can do about it," QA with Scott Melzer— One37pm "Why more men are becoming stay-at-home dads"— CNBC "Stay-at-Home Dads Are Reshaping American Masculinity," by Ashley Fetters— The AtlanticTable of ContentsContents Introduction: The Manhood Dilemma Part I The Body Dilemma 1 Ritual Violence in a Two-Car Garage 2 Fighting Back 3 Seeking Growth: The Penis Health Club 4 Compensating for Body Failures Part II The Breadwinner Dilemma 5 Non-Breadwinners: Unemployed Men and Stay-at-home Dads 6 Unemployment Blues and Backlash 7 Redefining Manhood: Stay-at-home Dads as Real Men Part III The Future of the Manhood Dilemma Conclusion: Making Manhood Possible Appendix: Studying Men and Manhood Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisIn Manhood Impossible, Scott Melzer strategically explores the lives of four groups of adult men struggling with contemporary body and breadwinner ideals. These case studies uncover men’s struggles to achieve and maintain manhood, and redefine what it means to be a man. Trade Review“Manhood Impossible is a thoughtfully conceived, well-written, and engaging book that speaks and adds to the literature on men, manhood, and masculinity. Melzer offers analysis grounded in rich description in this fresh addition to the field.” -- Matthew B. Ezzell * associate professor of sociology at James Madison University *“Manhood Impossible provides astute sociological insight into how men struggle to resuscitate their feelings of masculinity and access the exclusive dominion of manhood. With its intriguing case studies, accessible writing style, and ethnographic slant, this is an excellent book that students and scholars are sure to love.” -- Kristen Barber * author of Styling Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Inequality in the Men's Grooming Industry *"Stay-at-Home Dads Are Reshaping American Masculinity," by Ashley Fetters * The Atlantic *"How Men Sabotage Themselves: And what entrepreneurs can do about it," Q&A with Scott Melzer * One37pm *"Recommended." * Choice *"Grounded in fieldwork, nicely written, and engaged with feminist research." * Gender & Society *"Manhood Impossible furthers the literature on gender and masculinity studies. It also contributes to the body of research on the sociology of the body and the sociology of the family." * American Journal of Sociology *"Why more men are becoming stay-at-home dads" * CNBC *“Manhood Impossible is a thoughtfully conceived, well-written, and engaging book that speaks and adds to the literature on men, manhood, and masculinity. Melzer offers analysis grounded in rich description in this fresh addition to the field.” -- Matthew B. Ezzell * associate professor of sociology at James Madison University *“Manhood Impossible provides astute sociological insight into how men struggle to resuscitate their feelings of masculinity and access the exclusive dominion of manhood. With its intriguing case studies, accessible writing style, and ethnographic slant, this is an excellent book that students and scholars are sure to love.” -- Kristen Barber * author of Styling Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Inequality in the Men's Grooming Industry *"Stay-at-Home Dads Are Reshaping American Masculinity," by Ashley Fetters * The Atlantic *"How Men Sabotage Themselves: And what entrepreneurs can do about it," QA with Scott Melzer * One37pm *"Recommended." * Choice *"Grounded in fieldwork, nicely written, and engaged with feminist research." * Gender & Society *"Manhood Impossible furthers the literature on gender and masculinity studies. It also contributes to the body of research on the sociology of the body and the sociology of the family." * American Journal of Sociology *"Why more men are becoming stay-at-home dads" * CNBC *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: The Manhood Dilemma Part I The Body Dilemma 1 Ritual Violence in a Two-Car Garage 2 Fighting Back 3 Seeking Growth: The Penis Health Club 4 Compensating for Body Failures Part II The Breadwinner Dilemma 5 Non-Breadwinners: Unemployed Men and Stay-at-home Dads 6 Unemployment Blues and Backlash 7 Redefining Manhood: Stay-at-home Dads as Real Men Part III The Future of the Manhood Dilemma Conclusion: Making Manhood Possible Appendix: Studying Men and Manhood Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisExplores how single mothers pursuing college degrees must navigate a difficult course as they attempt to reconcile their identities as single mums, college students, and in many cases, employees. They also negotiate a balance between what they think a good mother should be, and what society is telling them, and how that affects their choices to go to college, and whether to stay in college.Trade Review"Jillian Duquaine-Watson casts an insightful eye on how determined single mothers navigate the obstacles of time, money, and a chilly campus climate as they seek to improve their family's fortunes by pursuing a higher degree. These rich stories shatter stereotypes, inspire admiration, and call out for attention." -- Kathleen Gerson * author of The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family *Read Jillian Duquaine-Watson's Interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/article/Scholar-Finds-That-Academe-s/240004 * Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue: Lessons from My Grandmother1 The Politics of Single Motherhood in America2 Trying to Make Ends Meet3 Clocks and Calendars4 Navigating America’s Child Care Crisis5 Mothering Alone in a Chilly ClimateConclusion AddendumNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores how single mothers pursuing college degrees must navigate a difficult course as they attempt to reconcile their identities as single mums, college students, and in many cases, employees. They also negotiate a balance between what they think a good mother should be, and what society is telling them, and how that affects their choices to go to college, and whether to stay in college.Trade Review"Jillian Duquaine-Watson casts an insightful eye on how determined single mothers navigate the obstacles of time, money, and a chilly campus climate as they seek to improve their family's fortunes by pursuing a higher degree. These rich stories shatter stereotypes, inspire admiration, and call out for attention." -- Kathleen Gerson * author of The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family *Read Jillian Duquaine-Watson's Interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/article/Scholar-Finds-That-Academe-s/240004 * Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue: Lessons from My Grandmother1 The Politics of Single Motherhood in America2 Trying to Make Ends Meet3 Clocks and Calendars4 Navigating America’s Child Care Crisis5 Mothering Alone in a Chilly ClimateConclusion AddendumNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisFamiliar Perversions evaluates the many successes of the family equality movement, while asking important questions about its place within neoliberalism, racial inequality, and the policing of sexual cultures. Liz Montegary investigates how queer family politics might strengthen the diverse networks of kinship, intimacy, and care on which people depend. Trade Review"Well researched, compellingly argued, and beautifully written, Familiar Perversions provides a wholly original approach to the cultural politics of LGBT families. Montegary seamlessly weaves together multiple methods and literatures in this important and timely book." -- Christina B. Hanhardt * author of Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence *"Essential." * Choice *"Chronicle of Higher Education new scholarly books weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *Familiar Perversions chosen as a Choice "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2018 * Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2018 *"[Familiar Perversions'] descriptive account and...separate prescriptions are important contributions toward a more emancipatory queer agenda. [It] serve[s] as timely reminders that the legacy of Stonewall is still unfolding—and that we all have a part to play in how the discourse surrounding queer rights is written." * Slate Magazine *"Familiar Perversions demonstrates the strengths and importance of taking an interdisciplinary, cultural studies approach to LGBT life and politics….Refreshing….Familiar Perversions is necessary reading for scholars of LGBT studies, queer theory, social movements, and the family." * Cultural Studies *"A truly impressive work of interdisciplinary cultural studies...An invaluable recourse for scholars and students considering questions of homonormativity, homonationalism, and reproductive futurism, the impetus of its lucid, precise writing lies more in political strategy building than in theoretical intervention." * QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking *"Liz Montegary’s Familiar Perversions provides an in-depth examination of the emergence of the LGBT family as a recognized and increasingly legitimate cultural formation....One of the most significant contributions of Familiar Perversions is Montegary’s ability to find queer possibilities within neoliberal family formations. * GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies *"As a queer scholar and adult daughter of lesbian mothers, I cannot overstate how refreshing it was to read [this] text. Montegary rightfully and shrewdly critiques much of the individualized, equal-rights-focused LGBT parenting activism in the United States, but she never loses sight of the fact that she is speaking about real families. It is clear she is conscious of the scrutiny and homophobia that even the most privileged queer families face, and she is respectful of the communities they create to combat these forces, as well as the real feelings of affirmation that some families experience when receiving state-sanctioned benefits and recognition." * Journal of GLBT Family Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Familiar Perversions 1 Anxiety: The History of Lesbian and Gay Parenting Activism 2 Visibility: Local Communities, Transnational Economies, and the Exceptionally American Family 3 Equality: Same-Sex Marriage and the Precarity and Perversity of Children 4 Vitality: The Family Business of Health Promotion and Wealth Management Conclusion: Toward a Queer Family Politics Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisIn Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan, Amy Brainer provides an in-depth look at queer and transgender family relationships in Taiwan. Brainer is among the first to analyze first-person accounts of heterosexual parents and siblings of LGBT people in a non-Western context. Trade Review"Brilliantly researched and elegantly written, Brainer’s study infuses the campaign for equality with a human flavor. We are treated to first-hand accounts of the pressures from coming out and carrying on the family, parenting and cross-generational conflicts, class normativity, and sibling relations. Anchored by Taiwan’s millennial turn, this timely and moving book unveils how integral natal families are to queer individuals’ personal fulfillment and aspiration for social change." -- Howard Chiang * author of After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China *"Brainer adds new insights about the ways that queer Asians, specifically Taiwanese, negotiate alternative sexualities and genders within a family context and how members of their families help in this negotiation.” -- Chong-suk Han * author of Geisha of a Different Kind: Race and Sexuality in Gayasian American *"A milestone in the understanding of queer kinship, getting family-of-origin experiences into its core, this book takes the reader through a fascinating travel into queer family lives while providing an insightful, decolonising questioning of current meanings of silence and disclosure, choice and responsibility." -- Chiara Bertone * coeditor of Queerying Families of Origin *"Recommended." * Choice *WBEZ "Worldview" 'Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in Taiwan' interview with Amy Brainer * WBEZ "Worldview" *"It is easy to understand why this book won the Ruth Benedict Prize for outstanding contributions to anthropology on LGBT topics: Brainer’s documentation of queer relationships in Taiwanese families successfully challenges the models that have long framed queer subjectivity as a process of individualization....Brainer’s analysis of queer possibilities across an interconnected life course raises important questions for scholars of gender and kinship." * Anthropology & Aging *"Brilliantly researched and elegantly written, Brainer’s study infuses the campaign for equality with a human flavor. We are treated to first-hand accounts of the pressures from coming out and carrying on the family, parenting and cross-generational conflicts, class normativity, and sibling relations. Anchored by Taiwan’s millennial turn, this timely and moving book unveils how integral natal families are to queer individuals’ personal fulfillment and aspiration for social change." -- Howard Chiang * author of After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China *"Brainer adds new insights about the ways that queer Asians, specifically Taiwanese, negotiate alternative sexualities and genders within a family context and how members of their families help in this negotiation.” -- Chong-suk Han * author of Geisha of a Different Kind: Race and Sexuality in Gayasian American *"A milestone in the understanding of queer kinship, getting family-of-origin experiences into its core, this book takes the reader through a fascinating travel into queer family lives while providing an insightful, decolonising questioning of current meanings of silence and disclosure, choice and responsibility." -- Chiara Bertone * coeditor of Queerying Families of Origin *"Recommended." * Choice *WBEZ "Worldview" 'Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in Taiwan' interview with Amy Brainer * WBEZ "Worldview" *"It is easy to understand why this book won the Ruth Benedict Prize for outstanding contributions to anthropology on LGBT topics: Brainer’s documentation of queer relationships in Taiwanese families successfully challenges the models that have long framed queer subjectivity as a process of individualization....Brainer’s analysis of queer possibilities across an interconnected life course raises important questions for scholars of gender and kinship." * Anthropology & Aging *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Bringing Families of Origin into Focus Meanings of Silence and Disclosure (Queerly) Carrying on the Family Gender and Power Across Generations Strategic Normativity: Sex, Politics, and Parents Siblings and Family Work Appendix A: Naming and Language Appendix B: List of Interviewees

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Book SynopsisIn Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan, Amy Brainer provides an in-depth look at queer and transgender family relationships in Taiwan. Brainer is among the first to analyze first-person accounts of heterosexual parents and siblings of LGBT people in a non-Western context. Trade Review"Brilliantly researched and elegantly written, Brainer’s study infuses the campaign for equality with a human flavor. We are treated to first-hand accounts of the pressures from coming out and carrying on the family, parenting and cross-generational conflicts, class normativity, and sibling relations. Anchored by Taiwan’s millennial turn, this timely and moving book unveils how integral natal families are to queer individuals’ personal fulfillment and aspiration for social change." -- Howard Chiang * author of After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China *"Brainer adds new insights about the ways that queer Asians, specifically Taiwanese, negotiate alternative sexualities and genders within a family context and how members of their families help in this negotiation.” -- Chong-suk Han * author of Geisha of a Different Kind: Race and Sexuality in Gayasian American *"A milestone in the understanding of queer kinship, getting family-of-origin experiences into its core, this book takes the reader through a fascinating travel into queer family lives while providing an insightful, decolonising questioning of current meanings of silence and disclosure, choice and responsibility." -- Chiara Bertone * coeditor of Queerying Families of Origin *"Recommended." * Choice *WBEZ "Worldview" 'Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in Taiwan' interview with Amy Brainer * WBEZ "Worldview" *"It is easy to understand why this book won the Ruth Benedict Prize for outstanding contributions to anthropology on LGBT topics: Brainer’s documentation of queer relationships in Taiwanese families successfully challenges the models that have long framed queer subjectivity as a process of individualization....Brainer’s analysis of queer possibilities across an interconnected life course raises important questions for scholars of gender and kinship." * Anthropology & Aging *"Brilliantly researched and elegantly written, Brainer’s study infuses the campaign for equality with a human flavor. We are treated to first-hand accounts of the pressures from coming out and carrying on the family, parenting and cross-generational conflicts, class normativity, and sibling relations. Anchored by Taiwan’s millennial turn, this timely and moving book unveils how integral natal families are to queer individuals’ personal fulfillment and aspiration for social change." -- Howard Chiang * author of After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China *"Brainer adds new insights about the ways that queer Asians, specifically Taiwanese, negotiate alternative sexualities and genders within a family context and how members of their families help in this negotiation.” -- Chong-suk Han * author of Geisha of a Different Kind: Race and Sexuality in Gayasian American *"A milestone in the understanding of queer kinship, getting family-of-origin experiences into its core, this book takes the reader through a fascinating travel into queer family lives while providing an insightful, decolonising questioning of current meanings of silence and disclosure, choice and responsibility." -- Chiara Bertone * coeditor of Queerying Families of Origin *"Recommended." * Choice *WBEZ "Worldview" 'Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in Taiwan' interview with Amy Brainer * WBEZ "Worldview" *"It is easy to understand why this book won the Ruth Benedict Prize for outstanding contributions to anthropology on LGBT topics: Brainer’s documentation of queer relationships in Taiwanese families successfully challenges the models that have long framed queer subjectivity as a process of individualization....Brainer’s analysis of queer possibilities across an interconnected life course raises important questions for scholars of gender and kinship." * Anthropology & Aging *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Bringing Families of Origin into Focus Meanings of Silence and Disclosure (Queerly) Carrying on the Family Gender and Power Across Generations Strategic Normativity: Sex, Politics, and Parents Siblings and Family Work Appendix A: Naming and Language Appendix B: List of Interviewees

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Book SynopsisConsiders how those within the prison system negotiate their expectations about “real” men and “good” fathers, how prisoners negotiate their relationships with those outside of prison, and in what ways this negotiation reflects their understanding of masculinity.Trade Review"This compelling ethnography reveals the excruciating cost of mass incarceration on fathers and their families. Not only do institutional policies undermine relationships between imprisoned fathers and their kids, but gendered expectations of prison masculinity often derail men's efforts to be fathers in a meaningful sense. Curtis's book is an urgent reminder that dismantling mass incarceration is not enough--we must also heal the damage that has been done to children, families, and communities." -- Jill McCorkel * author of Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment *"Anna Curtis evocatively demonstrates how cultural tropes concerning blackness, criminality, and violence have cohered into the organizing concept of 'dangerous masculinity' within prisons. With a discerning eye, Curtis takes us into the prison to show us the sad and misunderstood consequences this has for fathers and their children." -- Timothy Black * author of When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Str *"Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Race inside America's Prisons 1 Neoliberal Responsibility and "Being There" as a Father 2 Little Me versus My Princess: Fathers’ Expectations about Gender 3 Unruly Boys and Dangerous Men: Security and Masculinity in Prison 4 Game Faces and Going up the Way: Enacting Masculinity in Prison Conclusion: The Conditions of Possibility Appendix: Methods and Research Setting Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisConsiders how those within the prison system negotiate their expectations about “real” men and “good” fathers, how prisoners negotiate their relationships with those outside of prison, and in what ways this negotiation reflects their understanding of masculinity.Trade Review"This compelling ethnography reveals the excruciating cost of mass incarceration on fathers and their families. Not only do institutional policies undermine relationships between imprisoned fathers and their kids, but gendered expectations of prison masculinity often derail men's efforts to be fathers in a meaningful sense. Curtis's book is an urgent reminder that dismantling mass incarceration is not enough--we must also heal the damage that has been done to children, families, and communities." -- Jill McCorkel * author of Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment *"Anna Curtis evocatively demonstrates how cultural tropes concerning blackness, criminality, and violence have cohered into the organizing concept of 'dangerous masculinity' within prisons. With a discerning eye, Curtis takes us into the prison to show us the sad and misunderstood consequences this has for fathers and their children." -- Timothy Black * author of When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Str *"Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Race inside America's Prisons 1 Neoliberal Responsibility and "Being There" as a Father 2 Little Me versus My Princess: Fathers’ Expectations about Gender 3 Unruly Boys and Dangerous Men: Security and Masculinity in Prison 4 Game Faces and Going up the Way: Enacting Masculinity in Prison Conclusion: The Conditions of Possibility Appendix: Methods and Research Setting Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisBegins with a love story set in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, in India’s Jammu and Kashmir State, but this is also a story about territory, and the ways that love, marriage, and young people are caught up in contemporary global processes.Trade Review"Intimate Geopolitics is a richly crafted book, which forcefully demonstrates that politics of the intimate are intricately tied to global political maneuverings. Its empirical detail, animated through stories of the people Smith interviewed in Ladakh, reveal that the deeply personal and painful struggles refuse to be contained to the intimate. They bristle with tension and vulnerability about territory, sovereignty, and belonging." -- Rupal Oza * author of The Making of Neoliberal India *"This deeply moving ethnography takes us through a complex interplay of intimacy, reproduction, bodies and nationhood in the North Indian region of Leh and Ladakh. Smith's work is courageous and critical, and once again confirms that reproduction can never be apolitical, and that longing and belonging cannot be delinked." -- Amrita Pande * author of Wombs in Labor *"Intimate Geopolitics is a timely and important intervention in Himalayan studies....[An] engaging and ethnographically rich narrative, which treats a geopolitically loaded question with a great deal of sensitivity and understanding." * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsSeries Foreword by Péter Berta List of Figures 1 Introduction 2 Birth and the territorial body 3 The queen and the fistfight: territory comes to life 4 Intimacy on the threshold 5 Raising children on the threshold of the future 6 Generation vertigo and the future of territory Conclusion Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisBegins with a love story set in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, in India’s Jammu and Kashmir State, but this is also a story about territory, and the ways that love, marriage, and young people are caught up in contemporary global processes.Trade Review"Intimate Geopolitics is a richly crafted book, which forcefully demonstrates that politics of the intimate are intricately tied to global political maneuverings. Its empirical detail, animated through stories of the people Smith interviewed in Ladakh, reveal that the deeply personal and painful struggles refuse to be contained to the intimate. They bristle with tension and vulnerability about territory, sovereignty, and belonging." -- Rupal Oza * author of The Making of Neoliberal India *"This deeply moving ethnography takes us through a complex interplay of intimacy, reproduction, bodies and nationhood in the North Indian region of Leh and Ladakh. Smith's work is courageous and critical, and once again confirms that reproduction can never be apolitical, and that longing and belonging cannot be delinked." -- Amrita Pande * author of Wombs in Labor *"Intimate Geopolitics is a timely and important intervention in Himalayan studies....[An] engaging and ethnographically rich narrative, which treats a geopolitically loaded question with a great deal of sensitivity and understanding." * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsSeries Foreword by Péter Berta List of Figures 1 Introduction 2 Birth and the territorial body 3 The queen and the fistfight: territory comes to life 4 Intimacy on the threshold 5 Raising children on the threshold of the future 6 Generation vertigo and the future of territory Conclusion Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisYoung working mothers are not the only ones who are struggling to balance family life and careers. Many middle-aged American women face this dilemma as they provide routine childcare for their grandchildren while pursuing careers and trying to make ends meet. This book provides a perspective on a phenomenon faced by millions of women in America.Trade ReviewWith grandmothers playing dominant roles in families, this book underscores the commitment, dedication, and even sacrifices that they make. * American Journal of Sociology *Grandmothers at Work presents the results of Madonna Harrington Meyer's pathbreaking study that explores in depth the stresses and benefits that come from caring for grandchildren while employed. The book is based on extensive interviews with grandmothers who are working and doing childcare. The interviews are coupled with quantitative data that put the issues into broader perspective. Beautifully written and carefully analyzed, Grandmothers at Work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of complex family dynamics in the 21st century. -- Jill Quadagno,author, The Transformation of Old Age SecurityBecause public policy provides relatively little assistance to working parents in the U.S., grandmothers have become an economically important as well as emotionally precious source of child care. In this fascinating study, Madonna Harrington combines quantitative and qualitative research to explore new terrain in the sociology of care. Her sensitive and discerning analysis reveals the circumstances under which grandmothering can become a stressful obligation rather than a voluntary joy. -- Nancy Folbre,author, Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the FamilyTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Balancing Care and Work 2. Joys and Second Chances 3. Intensive Grandmothering 4. Juggling Work and Grandchildren 5. Financial Ebbs and Flows 6. Containing Carework 7. Emotional Ups and Downs 8. Social and Health Pros and Cons Conclusions: Grandmothers at Work AppendixNotes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisYoung working mothers are not the only ones who are struggling to balance family life and careers. Many middle-aged American women face this dilemma as they provide routine childcare for their grandchildren while pursuing careers and trying to make ends meet. This book provides a perspective on a phenomenon faced by millions of women in America.Trade Review"With grandmothers playing dominant roles in families, this book underscores the commitment, dedication, and even sacrifices that they make." * American Journal of Sociology *"Grandmothers at Work presents the results of Madonna Harrington Meyer's pathbreaking study that explores in depth the stresses and benefits that come from caring for grandchildren while employed. The book is based on extensive interviews with grandmothers who are working and doing childcare. The interviews are coupled with quantitative data that put the issues into broader perspective. Beautifully written and carefully analyzed, Grandmothers at Work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of complex family dynamics in the 21st century." -- Jill Quadagno,author, The Transformation of Old Age Security"Because public policy provides relatively little assistance to working parents in the U.S., grandmothers have become an economically important as well as emotionally precious source of child care. In this fascinating study, Madonna Harrington combines quantitative and qualitative research to explore new terrain in the sociology of care. Her sensitive and discerning analysis reveals the circumstances under which grandmothering can become a stressful obligation rather than a voluntary joy." -- Nancy Folbre,author, Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the FamilyTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Balancing Care and Work 2. Joys and Second Chances 3. Intensive Grandmothering 4. Juggling Work and Grandchildren 5. Financial Ebbs and Flows 6. Containing Carework 7. Emotional Ups and Downs 8. Social and Health Pros and Cons Conclusions: Grandmothers at Work AppendixNotes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisArgues that the courts should take steps to insure that all children have at least two legal parentsTrade ReviewPapa's Baby is well worth reading. * Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences *Everything you ever wanted to know about the legal status of fathers and children.Whether shes discussing old-fashioned fornication or new-fashioned test-tube babies, Lewis never loses sight of the human beings behind the legal cases. -- Dena Davis,author of Genetic Dilemmas: Reproductive Technology, Parental Choices, and Children's FuturesBrowne Lewis provides a fresh new look at the question of paternity. She compares the law of paternity in cases involving children conceived as a result of passion, or ordinary sexual intercourse, to the law of paternity in cases involving children conceived using the science of artificial insemination or IVF. Lewis' book is a must read for anyone interested in sperm donation, new reproductive technologies, and the law regarding paternity. -- Cynthia Lee,George Washington University Law School, and author of Murder and the Reasonable ManTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I. Children of Passion (Papa's Baby) 1. The Cuckolded Man 2. The Fornicating Man II. Children of Science (Papa's Maybe) 3. The Non-Consenting Man 4. The Fertile Man I I I . Redefining the Family 5. Expanding the Definition of Legal Child 6. The Evolving Meaning of Parenthood IV. Rethinking Paternity Adjudication in the Best Interests of the Child 7. Towards a "Best Interests of the Child" Approach to Paternity Adjudication 8. Allocating the Paternity of Husbands, Same-Sex Partners, and Sperm Donors Conclusion Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis accessibly written collaboration between a sociologist and a nursing teacher is a full account of how young men conceptualize fatherhood.Trade ReviewReaders unfamiliar with the burgeoning literature on the neglected importance of fatherhood will find this study a helpful beginning point. * CHOICE *Sex, Men, and Babies is a significant contribution to a surprisingly under-researched area: the meaning and place of fathering in the lives of young men. It is a valuable contribution to men's studies, to gender studies, and to the sociology of the family. -- Barbara Katz Rothman,City University of New YorkA more nuanced and embedded analysis of men's experiences of procreation than we have ever had. One can no longer speak of fatherhood as separate from the decisions about contraception, pregnancy, and reproduction. -- Michael Kimmel,State University of New York, Stony Brook.Table of Contents1 Setting the Stage 2 Studying Young Single Men 3 Becoming Aware, Being Aware 4 Turning Points in Identity 5 Romantic Involvements 6 Thinking about Fatherhood 7 Looking Forward

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Book SynopsisThis collection of articles written by feminist scholars focuses on intimate Arab familial relationships. The authors identify key family relationships - mother-son, brother-sister, co-wives, father-daughter - to explore women's contribution to shaping and defining themselves in relation to others.

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the intersecting spaces, both cultural and personal, of disability and mothering. Derived from the Latin for threshold, the word ""liminal"" calls attention to the book's focus on the transitional moments and spaces where the personal and social, inside and outside, self and other converge.

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Book SynopsisArgues that the gradual growth of feminist consciousness lies not in oppression or feelings of victimisation, but in a growing sense of the empowerment of women as wives and mothers. Johnston also explores critical questions concerning American women's sexual lives.Trade ReviewCarolyn Johnston presents a provocative thesis: the gradual growth of feminist consciousness lies not simply in oppression or feelings of victimization but paradoxically in a growing sense of empowerment.... Another call to action! - New Directions for Women

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Book SynopsisChaos. Frustration. Compassion. Desperation. Hope. These are the five words that author Wendy Welch says best summarize the state of foster care in the coalfields of Appalachia. Her assessment is based on interviews with more than sixty social workers, parents, and children who have gone through “the system.”Trade Review“Fall or Fly is a compelling, unvarnished glimpse into the complex world of foster care and adoption in modern-day Appalachia. Dr. Welch provides readers with a multifaceted view of the system through the eyes of children, foster parents, and caseworkers. It will surely become a treasured resource, not only for those interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents but for those who desire a more complete understanding of the foster care system.”“Fall or Fly offers a broad view of foster care in Appalachia…. Providing multiple perspectives alongside one another preserves tensions and contradictions that are necessary for (Welch’s) thorough exploration of foster care and adoption…. Welch provides … multiple stories and personal observations that have sometimes been missing from mainstream debate.” * Appalachian Journal *“This book zeroes in on the foster care and adoption system in the Appalachian coalfields. It tells the story with an adept combination of close looks at the experiences of the three parties involved—the kids, the social workers, and the courts.” * Appalachian Mountain Books *

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Book SynopsisChaos. Frustration. Compassion. Desperation. Hope. These are the five words that author Wendy Welch says best summarize the state of foster care in the coalfields of Appalachia. Her assessment is based on interviews with more than sixty social workers, parents, and children who have gone through “the system.”Trade Review“Fall or Fly is a compelling, unvarnished glimpse into the complex world of foster care and adoption in modern-day Appalachia. Dr. Welch provides readers with a multifaceted view of the system through the eyes of children, foster parents, and caseworkers. It will surely become a treasured resource, not only for those interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents but for those who desire a more complete understanding of the foster care system.”“Fall or Fly offers a broad view of foster care in Appalachia…. Providing multiple perspectives alongside one another preserves tensions and contradictions that are necessary for (Welch’s) thorough exploration of foster care and adoption…. Welch provides … multiple stories and personal observations that have sometimes been missing from mainstream debate.” * Appalachian Journal *“This book zeroes in on the foster care and adoption system in the Appalachian coalfields. It tells the story with an adept combination of close looks at the experiences of the three parties involved—the kids, the social workers, and the courts.” * Appalachian Mountain Books *

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Book SynopsisExplores the debates about reproductive technologies in Israel and how they fit with Orthodox Jewish laws concerning parentage and Jewish identity.Trade Review“This is a deeply compelling and timely book situating Israeli debates about the use of reproductive technology within the context of kinship theory.”—Sarah Franklin, author of Embodied Progress: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception"Susan Kahn has given us a first class example of how contemporary ethnography can illuminate the cultural dimensions of the brave new world of new reproductive technologies. Reproducing Jews offers a very different way of conceiving of the relationship between technological change and social life. Sophisticated and well-written, it will be welcomed not only by scholars in a number of fields—anthropology, sociology, feminist studies, Jewish studies, medical anthropology, bioethics—but by those who are curious as to how science, religion, and the desire for children intersect within a particular context."—Faye Ginsburg, New York UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 "The time arrived but the father didn't": A New Continuum of Israeli Conception 9 2 Not Mamzers: The Legislation of Reproduction and the "Issue" of Unmarried Women 64 3 Jewish and Gentile Sperm: Rabbinic Discourse on Sperm and Paternal Relatedness 87 4 Eggs and Wombs: The Origins of jewishness 112 5 Multiple Mothers: Surrogacy and the Location of Maternity 140 6 Consequences for Kinship 159 Conclusion: Reproducing Jews and Beyond 172 Appendixes 176 Notes 197 Bibliography 217 Index 223

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Book SynopsisExamines the role played by women's bodies - specifically the bodies of wives - in Spain and Spanish America during the Inquisition. This title reveals how imperialism, the Inquisition, inflation, and economic decline each contributed to a correspondence between the meanings of these human bodies and "other" bodies.Trade Review“Perfect Wives, Other Women is a theoretically informed and elegantly conceived study that combines sharp focus and broad scope. A superb work.”—James D. Fernández, author of Apology to Apostrophe: Autobiography and the Rhetoric of Self-Representation in Spain“Perfect Wives, Other Women is a remarkable and brilliant work. Ample in scope, lucidly and vividly argued, it traces the taut histories that link the figure of the wife with the languages and institutions of inquisition in the literary, legal, and religious cultures of early modern Spain. It is indispensable reading not just for students of Spain´s Golden Age, but also for those interested in the articulation of institutional cultures and the somatic imaginary in early modern European culture more broadly.”—Jacques Lezra, University of Wisconsin, MadisonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. Visible Signs: Reading the Wife’s Body in Early Modern Spain 2. “Pasos de un peregrino”: Luis de León Reads the Perfect Wife 3. The Perfected Wife: Signs of Adultery and the Adultery of Signs in Calderón’s El médico de su honra 4. Sor Juana’s Empeños: The Imperfect Wife Conclusion: Como anillo al dedo Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the significance of the wedding ceremony by asking what the wedding becomes when you separate it from the idea of marriage. This book finds that weddings - as performances, fantasies, and rituals of transformation - are sites for imagining and enacting forms of social intimacy other than monogamous heterosexuality.Trade Review“The Wedding Complex by Elizabeth Freeman is an extremely original and important work. Freeman takes a distinctly new and different approach to American canonical texts, asking what forms of belonging and desire they produce outside of normative marital unions. For Freeman, the wedding produces and imagines social and cultural relations and kinship forms even as the heterosexual marriage erases these other modes of desire.”—Judith Halberstam, author of Female Masculinity“Elizabeth Freeman’s The Wedding Complex performs a crucial scholarly and public service—disentangling the messy, expansive, uncontainable work of the wedding from the normative regulation of the law of marriage. This book is sharp, funny, and deeply significant to current understandings of what is at stake in what are reductively called ‘the marriage debates.’ A must-read for activists and policymakers as well as across the disciplines.”—Lisa Duggan, author of Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity“This subtly argued book provides welcome relief from the predictable debates that often surround the issue of same-sex marriage. Uncoupling the ritual of the wedding from the legal reality of the marriage, Elizabeth Freeman demonstrates that weddings are, in and of themselves, quite queer indeed. . . . She provides a cogent argument for avoiding the marriage trap while encouraging us to throw all the parties we want.” * Out *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Love among the Ruins 2. The We of Me: The Member of the Wedding’s Novel Alliances 3. “That Troth Which Failed to Plight”: Race, the Wedding, and Kin Aesthetics in Absalom, Absalom! 4. “A Diabolical Circle for the Divell to Daunce In”: Foundational Weddings and the Problem of Civil Marriage 5. Honeymoon with a Stranger: Private Couplehood and the Making of the National Subject 6. The Immediate Country, or, Heterosexuality in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Coda Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the significance of the wedding ceremony by asking what the wedding becomes when you separate it from the idea of marriage. This book finds that weddings - as performances, fantasies, and rituals of transformation - are sites for imagining and enacting forms of social intimacy other than monogamous heterosexuality.Trade Review“The Wedding Complex by Elizabeth Freeman is an extremely original and important work. Freeman takes a distinctly new and different approach to American canonical texts, asking what forms of belonging and desire they produce outside of normative marital unions. For Freeman, the wedding produces and imagines social and cultural relations and kinship forms even as the heterosexual marriage erases these other modes of desire.”—Judith Halberstam, author of Female Masculinity“Elizabeth Freeman’s The Wedding Complex performs a crucial scholarly and public service—disentangling the messy, expansive, uncontainable work of the wedding from the normative regulation of the law of marriage. This book is sharp, funny, and deeply significant to current understandings of what is at stake in what are reductively called ‘the marriage debates.’ A must-read for activists and policymakers as well as across the disciplines.”—Lisa Duggan, author of Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity“This subtly argued book provides welcome relief from the predictable debates that often surround the issue of same-sex marriage. Uncoupling the ritual of the wedding from the legal reality of the marriage, Elizabeth Freeman demonstrates that weddings are, in and of themselves, quite queer indeed. . . . She provides a cogent argument for avoiding the marriage trap while encouraging us to throw all the parties we want.” * Out *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Love among the Ruins 2. The We of Me: The Member of the Wedding’s Novel Alliances 3. “That Troth Which Failed to Plight”: Race, the Wedding, and Kin Aesthetics in Absalom, Absalom! 4. “A Diabolical Circle for the Divell to Daunce In”: Foundational Weddings and the Problem of Civil Marriage 5. Honeymoon with a Stranger: Private Couplehood and the Making of the National Subject 6. The Immediate Country, or, Heterosexuality in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Coda Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to always be a potential photographic subject, and what does this teach us about photography and the family? Photography is usually written about from the point of view of either the photographer or the viewer. This book offers a perspective of the photographed subject.Table of ContentsLiving with His Camera 1 Cohabitation: A Methodological Preface 12 1. Observations of a Photographed Mother 19 2. The Unhappy Woman and the Empty Chair 55 3. The Photographer’s Desire 91 4. Art in the Family 130 Notes 183 Index 195

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Book SynopsisExplores 'child circulation,' informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. This book describes how child circulation is intimately linked to survival in the city, which has had to withstand colonialism, and economic isolation.Trade Review“The Circulation of Children is a real contribution to several fields, including kinship studies and Andean studies. Jessaca B. Leinaweaver has done substantial fieldwork in an important region of South America on a topic of great current interest and lasting scholarly importance.”—Mary Weismantel, author of Cholas and Pishtacos: Stories of Race and Sex in the Andes“In this highly readable, quite original study of the practice of child circulation, Jessaca B. Leinaweaver discusses the social, economic, racial, gender, legal, and moral contours of that practice; locates it in a complex web of local, regional, and national vectors of culture and power; and offers a nuanced interpretation of it as neither entirely benevolent nor completely exploitative. Leinaweaver is respectful and empathetic, and her book is rich in ethnographic information, thick descriptions, and personal stories.”—Carlos Aguirre, author of The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds: The Prison Experience, 1850–1935 Table of ContentsAbout the Series vii Acknowledgments ix A Note on Translation xiii Introduction: Moving Children in Ayacucho 1 1. Ayacucho: Histories of Violence and Ethnography 21 2. International Adoption: The Globalization of Kinship 37 3. Puericulture and Andean Orphanhood 61 4. Companionship and Custom: The Mechanics of Child Circulation 81 5. Superación: The Strategic Uses of Child Circulation 105 6. Pertenecer: Knowledge and Kinship 134 7. Circulating Children, at Home and Abroad 154 Glossary 163 Notes 165 Bibliography 195 Index 213

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Book SynopsisExplores "child circulation," informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. This title demonstrates that such an understanding of the practice is simplistic and misleading.Trade Review“The Circulation of Children is a real contribution to several fields, including kinship studies and Andean studies. Jessaca B. Leinaweaver has done substantial fieldwork in an important region of South America on a topic of great current interest and lasting scholarly importance.”—Mary Weismantel, author of Cholas and Pishtacos: Stories of Race and Sex in the Andes“In this highly readable, quite original study of the practice of child circulation, Jessaca B. Leinaweaver discusses the social, economic, racial, gender, legal, and moral contours of that practice; locates it in a complex web of local, regional, and national vectors of culture and power; and offers a nuanced interpretation of it as neither entirely benevolent nor completely exploitative. Leinaweaver is respectful and empathetic, and her book is rich in ethnographic information, thick descriptions, and personal stories.”—Carlos Aguirre, author of The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds: The Prison Experience, 1850–1935 Table of ContentsAbout the Series vii Acknowledgments ix A Note on Translation xiii Introduction: Moving Children in Ayacucho 1 1. Ayacucho: Histories of Violence and Ethnography 21 2. International Adoption: The Globalization of Kinship 37 3. Puericulture and Andean Orphanhood 61 4. Companionship and Custom: The Mechanics of Child Circulation 81 5. Superación: The Strategic Uses of Child Circulation 105 6. Pertenecer: Knowledge and Kinship 134 7. Circulating Children, at Home and Abroad 154 Glossary 163 Notes 165 Bibliography 195 Index 213

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Book SynopsisThis cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in colonial Bengal shows that arranged marriage as it is practiced today is a modern practice from the colonial era.Trade Review“Rochona Majumdar’s Marriage and Modernity is a fascinating discussion of the evolution of modern marriage practices in Bengal and India. . . . This book makes accessible in English a wide range of new and important Bengali-language materials. . . . South Asianists who believe that Bengal has been ‘over-studied’ and can contribute little new to the study of Indian or South Asian history will have to rethink their positions on reading this book.” - Judith Walsh, H-Net Reviews“Majumdar’s engaging and well-written study stages a provocative argument: that arranged marriage and the joint Hindu family in India are modern historical forms. . . . Majumdar has compiled a rich and unique archive of social memorabilia for this project. . . . Majumdar has offered a sharp and readable study that will provoke interest and debate among historians of colonial and postcolonial India, feminist scholars, and anyone interested in the complexities of global modernity.” - Rachel Sturman, Asian Studies Review“[T]his is a timely book that takes a fresh look at marriage in colonial Bengal. . . . Majumdar’s monograph adds a refreshing new chapter to the scholarship on gender on the subcontinent—on the that undoubtedly will clear ground for further debate. In its scope and argument, the book will appeal to historians of South Asia and to gender specialists, in particular to those who are interested in rethinking gender from a postcolonial perspective.” - Varuni Bhatia, Journal of Asian Studies“The beauty of this elegant study is that it explains modern ideas of love as sacrifice, of family duty and devotion to one’s husband by setting them within a larger and material set of modern transformations that include consumer products and new institutional networks.” - Francesca Orsini, Social History“Majumdar's discussion of the matrix of influences that impacted arranged marriage is a fascinating study in the modernization of customs.” - Eirene Faust, Feminist Review blog“Modern marriages, Rochona Majumdar tells us in this engaging and insightful study, are not the same everywhere. The arranged marriages of privileged families in colonial Bengal turn out to have innovative standards, rituals, and property arrangements, which together reveal key dimensions of the contested relationships—among individuals, conjugal couples, and extended families—characteristic of Indian modernity.”—Barbara D. Metcalf, co-author of A Concise History of Modern India“Rochona Majumdar’s provocative argument about Bengali arranged marriages as a sign of the colonial modern in India will generate both widespread interest and debate. This fresh and sparkling account of arranged marriages—constructed, in large part, on the basis of a richly rewarding archive made up of wedding invitations, menu cards, jewelry catalogues, and family photographs—succeeds at an important level; that is, in giving arranged marriages a history. No longer do these marriages appear only in their incarnation as markers of cultural tradition; rather, arranged marriages come to represent a complex field of social practices that are shaped by the tensions and contradictions of particular contexts. Marriage and Modernity is the kind of ambitious and imaginative book that will speak to multiple constituencies.”—Mrinalini Sinha, author of Specters of Mother India: The Global Restructuring of an Empire“[T]his is a timely book that takes a fresh look at marriage in colonial Bengal. . . . Majumdar’s monograph adds a refreshing new chapter to the scholarship on gender on the subcontinent—on the that undoubtedly will clear ground for further debate. In its scope and argument, the book will appeal to historians of South Asia and to gender specialists, in particular to those who are interested in rethinking gender from a postcolonial perspective.” -- Varuni Bhatia * Journal of Asian Studies *“Majumdar’s engaging and well-written study stages a provocative argument: that arranged marriage and the joint Hindu family in India are modern historical forms. . . . Majumdar has compiled a rich and unique archive of social memorabilia for this project. . . . Majumdar has offered a sharp and readable study that will provoke interest and debate among historians of colonial and postcolonial India, feminist scholars, and anyone interested in the complexities of global modernity.” -- Rachel Sturman * Asian Studies Review *“Majumdar's discussion of the matrix of influences that impacted arranged marriage is a fascinating study in the modernization of customs.” -- Eirene Faust * Feminist Review blog *“Rochona Majumdar’s Marriage and Modernity is a fascinating discussion of the evolution of modern marriage practices in Bengal and India. . . . This book makes accessible in English a wide range of new and important Bengali-language materials. . . . South Asianists who believe that Bengal has been ‘over-studied’ and can contribute little new to the study of Indian or South Asian history will have to rethink their positions on reading this book.” -- Judith Walsh * H-Net Reviews *“The beauty of this elegant study is that it explains modern ideas of love as sacrifice, of family duty and devotion to one’s husband by setting them within a larger and material set of modern transformations that include consumer products and new institutional networks.” -- Francesca Orsini * Social History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I. The Emergence of a Marriage Market 1. Looking for Brides and Grooms 23 2. Snehalata's Death: Questions of Dowry 54 Part II. Culture and the Marketplace 3. Marriage and Distinction: New Critiques of Vulgarity 93 4. The Not-Quite Bourgeois: The Couple Form and the Joint Family 126 Part III. Marriage and the Law 5. A Nineteenth-Century Debate: Law versus Ritual 167 6. Nationalizing the Joint Family: The Hindu Code Debate, 1955-56 206 Conclusion 238 Appendices 1. Wedding Invitations 244 2. Jewelry Catalogues 253 Notes 259 Glossary 301 Bibliography 311 Index 337

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Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the harem as it was imagined, represented, and experienced in Middle Eastern and North African societies, and by visitors to those societies.Trade Review“Rarely have I encountered an edited collection as coherent and focused as Harem Histories. . . . Harem Histories offers concrete historical examples of the ways that gendered space is constructed and imagined, public and private overlap and merge, and cultural interaction has complexdynamics and consequences. Although perhaps of most interest to historians and other scholars of the Middle East, these are issues of more general concern to sociologists as well.” - Leila J. Rupp, Contemporary Sociology“[A] useful lens for understanding current narratives about Muslim women as well as earlier histories, stories, and the people who wrote them.” - M. Lynx Qualey, Women’s Review of Books“[A] fascinating compilation. . . . Taken together, the articles demonstratemajor historiographical advances in the field—new approaches and new questions that enable us to better understand the role of gender played in imperial and household relations and how it changed over time and place.” - Nancy E. Gallagher, Digest of Middle East Studies“The thirteen contributions to this volume illuminate the complex dynamics of producing, consuming, and inhabiting harem spaces by examining a number of Western and non-Western primary sources, including novels andmemoirs, historical and legal documents, as well as architectural layouts and photographs. This vast range of sources not only creates a comprehensive mosaic of the material but also bolsters our understanding of it by virtue of the dialogue amongst the authors and chapters themselves, which adds a level of nuance, depth, and liveliness.” - Nadine Sinno, Clio“From the examination of the public acts of the female companions of Muhammad to the changing legal structure around sexuality in Ottoman imperial law, the volume extends conceptions of the relationship between women, the harem, and the public sphere in useful ways. The extraordinary ground covered by this volume means that any scholar, regardless of his or her area of specialization, can learn something, and perhaps many things, from it.” - Lisa Z. Sigel, History: Reviews of New Books“Harem Histories includes magisterial essays by a number of leading scholars at the top of their game, and it takes us through a series of insightful and inspiring examinations of the harem system. Delightful cultural analyses of literary and visual depictions of the harem link Western and Eastern cultural producers, drawing out the tensions and relationships between different socio-sexual orders.”—Reina Lewis, author of Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel, and the Ottoman Harem“A very important contribution to the literature on the harem, this collection will quickly become a standard text in cultural studies, Middle Eastern studies, gender studies, and the visual arts.”—Mary Roberts, author of Intimate Outsiders: The Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist Art and Travel Literature“[A] fascinating compilation. . . . Taken together, the articles demonstratemajor historiographical advances in the field—new approaches and new questions that enable us to better understand the role of gender played in imperial and household relations and how it changed over time and place.” -- Nancy E. Gallagher * Digest of Middle East Studies *“[A] useful lens for understanding current narratives about Muslim women as well as earlier histories, stories, and the people who wrote them.” -- M. Lynx Qualey * Women's Review of Books *“From the examination of the public acts of the female companions of Muhammad to the changing legal structure around sexuality in Ottoman imperial law, the volume extends conceptions of the relationship between women, the harem, and the public sphere in useful ways. The extraordinary ground covered by this volume means that any scholar, regardless of his or her area of specialization, can learn something, and perhaps many things, from it.” -- Lisa Z. Sigel * History: Reviews of New Books *“Rarely have I encountered an edited collection as coherent and focused as Harem Histories. . . . Harem Histories offers concrete historical examples of the ways that gendered space is constructed and imagined, public and private overlap and merge, and cultural interaction has complexdynamics and consequences. Although perhaps of most interest to historians and other scholars of the Middle East, these are issues of more general concern to sociologists as well.” -- Leila J. Rupp * Contemporary Sociology *“The thirteen contributions to this volume illuminate the complex dynamics of producing, consuming, and inhabiting harem spaces by examining a number of Western and non-Western primary sources, including novels andmemoirs, historical and legal documents, as well as architectural layouts and photographs. This vast range of sources not only creates a comprehensive mosaic of the material but also bolsters our understanding of it by virtue of the dialogue amongst the authors and chapters themselves, which adds a level of nuance, depth, and liveliness.” -- Nadine Sinno * Clio *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Marilyn Booth 1 I. Normative Images and Shifting Spaces 1. Early Women Exemplars and the Construction of Gendered Space: (Re-)Defining Feminine Moral Excellence / Asma Afsaruddin 23 2. Normative Notions of Public and Private in Early Islamic Culture / Yaseen Noorani 49 3. The Harem as Gendered Space and the Spatial Reproduction of Gender / Irvin Cemil Schick 69 II. Rooms and Thresholds: Harems as Spaces, Socialities, and Law 4. Caliphal Harems, Household Harems: Baghdad in the Fourth Century of the Islamic Era / Nadia Maria El Cheikh 87 5. Domesticating Sexuality: Harem Culture in Ottoman Imperial Law / Leslie Pierce 104 6. Panotopic Bodies: Black Eunuchs as Guardians of The Topkapi Harem / Jateen Lad 136 7. Where Elites Meet: Harem Visits, Sea Bathing, and Sociabilities in Precolonial Tunisia, c. 1800–1881 / Julia Clancy-Smith 177 8. The Harem as Biography: Domestic Architecture, Gender, and Nostalgia in Modern Syria / Heghmar Zeitlian Watenpaugh 211 III. Harems Envisioned 9. Harem/House/Set: Domestic Interiors in Photography from the Late Ottoman World / Nancy Micklewright 239 10. Dress and Undress: Clothing and Eroticism in Nineteenth-Century Visual Representations of the Harem / Joan DelPlato 261 11. Harems, Women, and Political Tyranny in the Works of Jurji Zaydan / Orit Bashkin 290 12. The Harem as the Seat of Middle-class Industry and Morality: The Fiction of Ahmet Midhat Efendi / A. Holly Shissler 319 13. Between Harem and Houseboat: "Fallenness," Gendered Spaces, and the Female National Subject in 1920s Egypt / Marilyn Booth 342 Bibliography 375 Contributors 401 Index 405

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Book SynopsisFocused on Peruvian adoptees and immigrants in Spain, this ethnography explores the adopted children's experience of growing up in a country that discriminates against their fellow immigrants.Trade Review"In Adoptive Migration, Jessaca B. Leinaweaver brings her earlier work on kinship and adoption in Peru to bear on the lives of Peruvian migrants to Spain. Arguing for an integrated analysis of migration and kinship, she produces bold new insights into how children from Peru, including adoptees and immigrants, navigate their lives in a rapidly changing Spain. In the process, she raises important questions about nationality and identity."—Andrew Canessa, author of Intimate Indigeneities: Race, Sex, and History in the Small Spaces of Andean Life"In this lucid and beautifully written book, Jessaca B. Leinaweaver rethinks transnational adoption, considering it as a form of immigration. Focusing on Spain, an epicenter for both phenomena, she examines the notions of culture, assimilation, and childhood that make receiving societies treat transnational adoptees and other immigrants so differently. This book provides food for thought for all those touched by transnational adoption or immigration, which is to say, all of us."—Laura Briggs, author of Somebody's Children: The Politics of Transracial and Transnational Adoption“Both professionals involved with intercountry adoption and adult family members of intercountry adoptees would benefit from reading Leinaweaver’s book… [Additionally] researchers in the area of adoption, and more specifically intercountry adoption, will find Leinaweaver’s presentation of the complex issues to be intellectually stimulating and implying directions for future research.” -- Judith L. Gibbons and Katelyn E. Poelker * PsycCRITIQUES *"A thoughtful and insightful study which describes the multiplicities inherent in the ways in which families experience both adoptive and labour migration." -- Jamie-Leigh Ruse * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"An astute understanding of the Peruvian experience in Spain and an ability to network and access the Peruvian population there." -- Heather Jacobson * Comparative Studies in Society and History *"Jessaca B. Leinaweaver’s Adoptive Migration is a welcome addition to this literature—a body of work that addresses questions about belonging, nation, culture, and identity. … Adoptive Migration is engagingly written; Leinaweaver deftly draws in her readers as she recounts how she came to see unanticipated overlaps between adoption and labor migration. Beyond providing fine-grained case studies of Peruvians in Spain, the book should provoke scholars of both adoption and migration to think more deeply about the intersections of adoption and migration elsewhere in the world." -- Toby Alice Volkman * American Anthropologist *"In sum, this masterful piece examines a current issue—international adoption and family migration—of great relevance beyond the discipline and beyond the academy. The text could be read in social work, psychology, and family studies with a focus on adoption, and in migration studies, transnationalism, demography, or by Latin Americanists with a focus on migration. Beyond the academy, adoptive families and adoption professionals could benefit from the comparative observations so clearly and engagingly written." -- Diana Marre * Journal of Anthropological Research *"The real strength of the book ... is that it functions as one of the first clear attempts to provide comprehensive ethnographic data to support the theory that inter-country adoptees and other transnational migrants may be examined and theorised together.... Ultimately, the book provides anthropologists of adoption and migration with an ethnographic model for studying international adoption routes and other child migratory routes simultaneously. It also demonstrates why a comparative consciousness of global migration matters." -- Rachael Stryker * The Australian Journal of Anthropology *“Adoptive Migration is a highly accessible, engagingly written, and deftly argued anthropological study. Without doubt, it deserves wide readership among scholars of a number of disciplines, and is of particular interest to social and cultural anthropologists, sociologists and professionals working with adoptive and migrant families and children.” -- Macarena García-González * Adoption & Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Comparing Adoption and Migration 1 1. Waiting for a Baby: Adopting the Ideal Immigrant 25 2. The Best Interests of a Migrant's Child: Separating Families or Displacing Children? 47 3. Mixed Marriages: Migrants and Adoption 66 4. Undomesticated Adoption: Adopting the Children of Immigrants 84 5. Solidarity: Postadoptive Overtures 102 6. Becoming and Unbecoming Peruvian: Culture, Ethnicity, and Race 122 Conclusion. What Adoptive Migration Might Mean 148 Notes 155 References 179 Index 193

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Book SynopsisIn Undoing Monogamy Angela Willey analyzes the contemporary science of monogamy, demanding a critical reorientation toward the understanding of monogamy and non-monogamy in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.Trade Review"Undoing Monogamy is an important contribution to feminist and queer studies of science, to feminist materialisms, and to academic studies of non/monogamy.... Undoing Monogamy provides us with an example of how to approach science differently in ways that are grounded more in the lives and needs of a wider variety of diverse humans and nonhumans." -- Kim TallBear * Hypatia *"The value of Undoing Monogamy to scholars of non/monogamy is unquestionable. The careful, historical attention to the way that non/monogamy has been implicated in colonial logics and ongoing projects of racism is a vital contribution to the field." -- Jessica Kean * Australian Feminist Studies *"[Undoing Monogamy] has something to teach everyone: every reader will find something new and unfamiliar in its pages." -- Clare Chambers * International Feminist Journal of Politics *"The thoroughly interdisciplinary methodology, alongside ethical and joyful visions of a ‘dyke science,’ give us all a new way forward, where we do not make easy scapegoats of disciplines, but interrogate and integrate our various disciplines through our deeply naturecultural worlds." -- Banu Subramaniam * Science, Technology and Society *"A richly interdisciplinary book . . . that demonstrates a facility and ease with multiple approaches in feminist science studies. . . . Willey’s really substantive contribution to queer theory and sexuality studies, which is that the idea of monogamy and nonmonogamy as sexual practices—as sex itself—has been obscuring something of value: the expansive social worlds that might emerge if both monogamy and its others were critiqued." -- Kyla Tompkins * American Quarterly *"Undoing Monogamy makes a key theoretical intervention: clarifying ow new materialist approaches can build on, rather than depart from (or at worst, ignore), the insights of feminist science studies. Angela Willey makes a necessary and pointed contribution. . . . This is a scholar to watch for self-reflexive, multidisciplinary, and intersectional feminist research that challenges us all to conceive of critique and world-building as compatible projects." -- Kyla Schuller * Catalyst *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction. Politics and Possibility: A Queer Feminist Introduction to Monogamy 1 1. Monogamy's Nature: Colonial Sexual Science and Its Naturecultural Fruits 25 2. Making the Monogamous Human: Mating, Measurement, and the New Science of Bonding 45 3. Making Our Poly Nature: Monogamy's Inversion and the Reproduction of Difference 73 4. Rethinking Monogamy's Nature: From the Truth of Non/Monogamy to a Dyke Ethics of "Antimonogamy" 95 5. Biopossibility: Molecular Monogamy and Audre Lorde's Erotic 121 Epilogue. Dreams of a Dyke Science 141 Notes 147 Bibliography 169 Index 191

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Book SynopsisExamines the post-migration experiences of Filipina marriage immigrants in rural South Korea. Turning away from the common stereotype of Filipinas as victims of domestic violence at the mercy of husbands and in-laws, Minjeong Kim provides a nuanced understanding of both the conflicts and emotional attachments of their relationships with marital families and communities.

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Book SynopsisBased on ethnographic research and interviews with more than a hundred single women in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, this is the first study to compare the views and experiences of single women living in these three great cities - cities that stand at the forefront of the regionâs movement toward later marriage and rising singlehood.

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Book SynopsisExamines the post-migration experiences of Filipina marriage immigrants in rural South Korea. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, Elusive Belonging examines Filipinas who married rural South Korean bachelors in the first decade of the twenty-first century.

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Book SynopsisEnter the Talmudic study house with innovative teacher Rabbi Amy Scheinerman and continue the Jewish values-based conversations that began two thousand years ago. The Talmud of Relationships, Volume 2 shows how the ancient Jewish texts of Talmud can facilitate modern relationship building - with family members, colleagues, strangers, the broader Jewish community, and ourselves.Trade Review"Scheinerman seeks to teach value-based Judaism through a talmudic lense. . . . Readers do not need any previous experience with the talmudic text since Scheinerman does an excellent job explaining its history and meaning in clear, easy-to-read prose. Her work manages to combine religious and scholarly understanding of the text in ways that will appeal to those unfamiliar with the Talmud."—Rabbi Rachel Esserman, Reporter"Through this firsthand encounter with the core text of Judaism, readers of all levels—Jews and non-Jews, newcomers and veterans, students and teachers, individuals and chevruta partners and families alike—will discover the treasure of the oral Torah."—Jewish Book Council"In this two-volume set, Rabbi Amy Scheinerman provides a useful demonstration of how the [Talmud] text can be analyzed and used in contemporary society. . . . This is a worthy and thoughtful approach to Talmud study and its broader applications. Rabbi Scheinerman's questions are deep and the discussions offered are both incisive and complex. . . . Recommended for all libraries."—Fred Isaac, Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews“Finally, an opening to the Talmud for all to enter! Master teacher Amy Scheinerman addresses topics that are key to our most important relationships and self-understanding. She deftly walks us through the logic of the passage, asking thought-provoking questions along the way, and allowing us to draw our own conclusions.”—Rabbi Louis Rieser, teacher, scholar-in-residence, and author of The Hillel Narratives“Amy Scheinerman gently and adroitly guides us through some of the most fascinating and provocative passages of Talmudic literature. . . . The Talmud of Relationships amply demonstrates that Talmudic/rabbinic literature retains its power to speak to the spiritual issues we face individually and communally, even more than a millennium and a half later.”—Gail Labovitz, associate professor of rabbinic literature, Ziegler School of Rabbinic StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Why Talmud? Part 1. Second Sphere: Relationships within the Jewish Community 1. Maintaining Self-Control: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Menachot 44a 2. Respecting Human Dignity: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berakhot 27b–28a 3. Creating Consensus in Community: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2:8–9 and Babylonian Talmud, Gemara Rosh Hashanah 25a–b 4. Clashing Titans: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Horayot 13b–14a Part 2. Third Sphere: Relationships in the Larger World 5. Moving to the Land of Israel: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Ketubot 110b–111a 6. Straddling Two Worlds: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Shabbat 33b–34a 7. Caring for Poor People: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Bava Batra 10a Glossary Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisJossey-Bass/Pfeiffer is actively engaged in publishing insightful human resource development (HRD) materials. The organization has earned an international reputation as the leading source of practical resources that are immediatley useful to today''s consultants, trainers, facilitators, and managers in a variety of industries. All materials are designed by practicing professionals who are continually experimenting with new techniques. Thus, readers and users benefit from the fresh and thoughtful approach that underlies Jossey-Bass/ Pfeiffer''s experientially-based materials, books, workbooks, instruments, and other learning resources and programs. This broad range of products is designed to help human resource practitioners increase individual, group, and organizational effectiveness and provide a varity of training and intervention technologies as well as background in the field.

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Book SynopsisJossey-Bass/Pfeiffer is actively engaged in publishing insightful human resource development (HRD) materials. The organization has earned an international reputation as the leading source of practical resources that are immediatley useful to today''s consultants, trainers, facilitators, and managers in a variety of industries. All materials are designed by practicing professionals who are continually experimenting with new techniques. Thus, readers and users benefit from the fresh and thoughtful approach that underlies Jossey-Bass/ Pfeiffer''s experientially-based materials, books, workbooks, instruments, and other learning resources and programs. This broad range of products is designed to help human resource practitioners increase individual, group, and organizational effectiveness and provide a varity of training and intervention technologies as well as background in the field.

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Book SynopsisJossey-Bass/Pfeiffer is actively engaged in publishing insightful human resource development (HRD) materials. The organization has earned an international reputation as the leading source of practical resources that are immediatley useful to today''s consultants, trainers, facilitators, and managers in a variety of industries. All materials are designed by practicing professionals who are continually experimenting with new techniques. Thus, readers and users benefit from the fresh and thoughtful approach that underlies Jossey-Bass/ Pfeiffer''s experientially-based materials, books, workbooks, instruments, and other learning resources and programs. This broad range of products is designed to help human resource practitioners increase individual, group, and organizational effectiveness and provide a varity of training and intervention technologies as well as background in the field.

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Book SynopsisJossey-Bass/Pfeiffer is actively engaged in publishing insightful human resource development (HRD) materials. The organization has earned an international reputation as the leading source of practical resources that are immediatley useful to today''s consultants, trainers, facilitators, and managers in a variety of industries. All materials are designed by practicing professionals who are continually experimenting with new techniques. Thus, readers and users benefit from the fresh and thoughtful approach that underlies Jossey-Bass/ Pfeiffer''s experientially-based materials, books, workbooks, instruments, and other learning resources and programs. This broad range of products is designed to help human resource practitioners increase individual, group, and organizational effectiveness and provide a varity of training and intervention technologies as well as background in the field.

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Book SynopsisIntertidal History in Island Southeast Asia shows the vital part maritime Southeast Asians played in struggles against domination of the seventeenth-century spice trade by local and European rivals. Looking beyond the narrative of competing mercantile empires, it draws on European and Southeast Asian sources to illustrate Sama sea people''s alliances and intermarriage with the sultanate of Makassar and the Bugis realm of Boné. Contrasting with later portrayals of the Sama as stateless pirates and sea gypsies, this history of shifting political and interethnic ties among the people of Sulawesi's littorals and its land-based realms, along with their shared interests on distant coasts, exemplifies how regional maritime dynamics interacted with social and political worlds above the high-water mark.Trade ReviewGaynor has provided an insightful consideration of the dynamics of power, trade, and social relations that points historians to new understandings of societies and ecosystems that usually fall beyond the shore of the academic gaze.... Gaynor weaves a complex depiction of histories and peoples that enlightens the reader not only on this complex ecological land- and seascape, but also on social dynamics that usually fall outside traditional categories of the state and economics in world history.... Intertidal History in Island Southeast Asia is an excellent book, as it is securely rooted, or in this case anchored, in the littoral.... The result is a work that provides a cogent example of the importance of considering the contributions of a wide range of peoples to the construction of the state, as well as of how this can be done by thoroughly scouring the archives for sources in a variety of languages, and by living among and appreciating those peoples' cultures in order to hear the echoes of their pasts that still resonate. * The American Historical Review *[Gaynor] provides a useful reminder that outsiders were not necessarily the leading figures in the maritime life of this region.... The product of extensive research and thought, this book is valuable for scholars of Southeast Asia and its rich maritime life. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, specialists. * Choice *This wonderful book adds to Gaynor's contribution to approaching encounters as alliances as well as confrontations, to highlight the historical coherence and continuity that encounters offer in addition to the fragmentation. Gaynor's intimate engagement with the cultures of the Sulawesi seas, and Tiworo in particular, offers a refreshing contrast to the common way of seeing Sama peoples. * Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde *

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Book SynopsisIn the post-Daubert era, forensic science disciplines are increasingly informed by robust, statistically-sound experimental research. The educational value of the well-documented case study, however, remains as important as ever.Table of ContentsList of contributors vii 1 Introduction 1Nicholas V. Passalacqua and Christopher W. Rainwater 2 Atypical gunshot and blunt force injuries: wounds along the biomechanical continuum 7Brian F. Spatola 3 Over-interpretation of bone injuries and implications for cause and manner of death 27João Pinheiro, Eugénia Cunha, and Steven Symes 4 Skeletal injuries in cases of child abuse: two case studies from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences 42Jason M. Wiersema and Jennifer C. Love 5 Blunt force trauma patterns in the human skull and thorax: a case study from northern California 56Eric J. Bartelink 6 Patterns of skeletal trauma inflicted during the Spanish Civil War 74Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Ciarán Brewster, Marina Martínez de Pinillos González, and José Miguel Carretero Díaz 7 Shot and beaten to death? Suspected projectile and blunt force trauma in a case involving an extended period of post-mortem water immersion 90Hugo F.V. Cardoso, Katerina S. Puentes, and Luís F.N. Coelho 8 Man’s best friend: a case study of ballistics trauma and animal scavenging 108Gina Hart 9 Skeletal evidence of violent sexual assault in remains with excessive evidence of scavenging 118Hugh E. Berryman and Tiffany B. Saul 10 Neurocranial fractures 130Jennifer C. Love 11 Blunt force trauma associated with a fall from heights 147MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant 12 Low-velocity impact trauma: an illustrative selection of cases from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command – Central Identification Laboratory 156Paul Emanovsky 13 Blast trauma 167Angi M. Christensen and Victoria A. Smith 14 Case studies in skeletal blast trauma 177Nikki A. Willits, Joseph T. Hefner, and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant 15 Burned human remains in a double homicide: a forensic case in Cyprus 189Popi Th. Chrysostomou 16 The utility of spatial analysis in the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns in burned human remains 204Christina L. Fojas, Luis L. Cabo, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Christopher W. Rainwater, Katerina S. Puentes, and Steven A. Symes 17 Three modes of dismemberment: disarticulation around the joints, transection of bone via chopping, and transection of bone via sawing 222Christopher W. Rainwater 18 Kreischer Mansion homicide 246Lauren Regucci and Bradley Adams 19 Postmortem trauma and the “CSI Effect:” is television making smarter criminals? 266Elizabeth A. Murray and Anthony E. Dwyer Index 289

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Book SynopsisDoubt, Conflict, Mediation is an interdisciplinary examination and reassessment of standard assumptions in social theory about modern time. Rethinks capitalist and neo-liberal conceptions of time from both a sociological and anthropological perspective Blends innovative and rich ethnographic studies from around the world with clear theoretical approaches Examines the timescapes of a variety of institutions and social movements, such as biotech laboratories, civic organizations, planning offices, global sea-trade, urban squatting, and state bureaucracies Table of ContentsNotes on contributors Introduction: Doubt, conflict, mediation: the anthropology of modern time (Laura Bear) Economic times 1 Immanent anthropology: a comparative study of ‘process’ in contemporary France (Matt Hodges) 2 Post-industrial times and the unexpected: endurance and sustainability in Germany’s fastest-shrinking city (Fellix Ringel) 3 For labour: Ajeet’s accident and the ethics of technological fixes in time (Laura Bear) Political times 4 Historical narrative, mundane political time, and revolutionary moments: coexisting temporalities in the lived experience of social movements (Sian Lazar) 5 Rethinking reproductive politics in time, and time in UK reproductive politics: 1978-2008 (Sarah Franklin) Bureaucratic times 6 The time it takes: temporalities of planning (Simone Abram) 7 The reign of terror of the big cat: bureaucracy and the mediation of social times in the Indian Himalaya (Nayanika Mathur) 8 A wedge of time: futures in the present and presents without futures in Maputo, Mozambique (Morten Nielsen) Index

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Book SynopsisFeaturing contributions from leading scholars in the field, The Handbook of Narrative Analysis is the first comprehensive collection of sociolinguistic scholarship on narrative analysis to be published. Organized thematically to provide an accessible guide for how to engage with narrative without prescribing a rigid analytic frameworkRepresents established modes of narrative analysis juxtaposed with innovative new methods for conducting narrative researchIncludes coverage of the latest advances in narrative analysis, from work on social media to small stories researchIntroduces and exemplifies a practice-based approach to narrative analysis that separates narrative from text so as to broaden the field beyond the printed pageTable of ContentsTranscription Conventions vii Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1Anna De Fina and Alexandra Georgakopoulou Part I Narrative Foundations: Knowledge, Learning, and Experience 19 1 Narrative as a Mode of Understanding: Method, Theory, Praxis 21Mark Freeman 2 Story Ownership and Entitlement 38Amy Shuman 3 Narrating and Arguing: From Plausibility to Local Moves 57Isolda E. Carranza 4 Narrative, Cognition, and Socialization 76Masahiko Minami 5 Narrative Knowledging in Second Language Teaching and Learning Contexts 97Gary Barkhuizen Part II Time‐Space Organization 117 6 Narrative and Space/Time 119Mike Baynham 7 Chronotopes: Time and Space in Oral Narrative 140Sabina Perrino 8 Narratives Across Speech Events 160Stanton Wortham and Catherine R. Rhodes 9 Analyzing Narrative Genres 178Matti Hyvärinen Part III Narrative Interaction 195 10 Narrative as Talk‐in‐Interaction 197Charles Goodwin 11 Entering the Hall of Mirrors: Reflexivity and Narrative Research 219Catherine Kohler Riessman 12 The Role of the Researcher in Interview Narratives 239Stef Slembrouck 13 Small Stories Research: Methods – Analysis – Outreach 255Alexandra Georgakopoulou Part IV Stories in Social Practices 273 14 Narratives and Stories in Organizational Life 275Yiannis Gabriel 15 Narrative, Institutional Processes, and Gendered Inequalities 293Susan Ehrlich 16 Narratives in Family Contexts 311Cynthia Gordon 17 The Narrative Dimensions of Social Media Storytelling: Options for Linearity and Tellership 329Ruth Page Part V Performing Self, Positioning Others 349 18 Narrative and Identities 351Anna De Fina 19 Positioning 369Arnulf Deppermann 20 Narrative and Cultural Identities: Performing and Aligning with Figures of Personhood 388Michele Koven 21 Social Identity Theory and the Discursive Analysis of Collective Identities in Narratives 408Dorien Van De Mieroop 22 Narrative Bodies, Embodied Narratives 429Emily Heavey Index 447

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