Sociology: family, kinship and relationships Books
Bristol University Press The Triple Bind of SingleParent Families
Book SynopsisAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book presents evidence from over 40 countries that shows how single parents face a triple bind of inadequate resources, employment and policies, which in combination further complicate their lives.Trade Review"This excellent collection addresses the `triple bind’ of inadequate resources, employment, and policies for single mothers, and what this means for well-being. A thoughtful and innovative analysis." Jane Millar, University of Bath"An excellent contribution: evidence and insight from top-notch analysts on one of our most important and difficult policy challenges." Lane Kenworthy, University of CaliforniaTable of ContentsThe triple bind of single-parent families: resources, employment, and policies ~ Rense Nieuwenhuis and Laurie C. Maldonado; Part 1: Adequate resources Single-mother poverty: how much do educational differences in single motherhood matter? ~ Juho Härkönen; The 'wealth-being' of single parents ~ Eva Sierminska; Income poverty, material deprivation and lone parenthood ~ Morag C.Treanor Single motherhood and child development in the UK ~Susan Harkness and Mariña Fernández Salgado; Single parenthood and children’s educational performance: inequalities among families and schools ~ Marloes de Lange and Jaap Dronkers; Wellbeing among children with single parents in Sweden –focusing on shared residence ~ Emma Fransson, Sara Brolin Låftman, Viveca Östberg and Malin Bergström; Part 2: Adequate employment A life-course approach to single mothers’ economic wellbeing in different welfare states ~ Hannah Zagel and Sabine Hübgen; Doesn’t anyone else care? Poverty among working single parents across Europe ~ Jeroen Horemans and Ive Marx; Middle-class single parents ~ Young-hwan Byun; Does the use of reconciliation policies enable single mothers to work? A comparative examination of European countries ~ Wim van Lancker; Whose days are left? Separated parents’ use of parental leave in Sweden ~ Ann-Zofie Duvander and Nicklas Korsell; Matched on job qualities? Single and coupled parents in European comparison ~ Ingrid Esser and Karen M. Olsen; The health penalty of single parents in institutional context ~ Rense Nieuwenhuis, Anne Grete Tøge and Joakim Palme; Part 3: Adequate redistributive policy Cash benefits and poverty in single-parent families ~ Jonathan Bradshaw, Antonia Keung and Yekaterina Chzhen; The role of universal and targeted family benefits in reducing poverty in single-parent families ~ Ann Morissens; Policies and practices for single parents in Iceland ~ Guðný Björk Eydal; The structural nature of the inadequate social floor for single-parent families ~ Bea Cantillon, Diego Collado and Natascha Van Mechelen; Part 4: Reflections and conclusion Social justice, single parents and their children ~ Gideon Calder; The socioeconomics of single parenthood: reflections on the triple bind ~ Janet C. Gornick; Conclusion ~ Laurie C. Maldonado and Rense Nieuwenhuis.
£96.29
Bristol University Press Troublemakers
Book SynopsisPaving the way for a government to fulfil its responsibility to families, this authoritative and critical account of the Troubled Families Programme reveals the inconsistencies and contradictions within it, and issues of deceit and malpractice in its operation.Trade Review“Troublemakers’ undoubtedly deserves to be widely read and is to be highly recommended to anyone with an interest in community development, sociology, social policy or other cognate disciplines.” Community Development"Public sociology at its best. With great skill, Crossley skewers the assumptions behind the Troubled Families Initiative and exposes the flaws in its development. The result is a compelling and disturbing analysis of the production of ‘troubled families’ as a category and as a project for social policy." Steph Lawler, University of York"This book presents an eviscerating case study of a deeply flawed policy intervention. It is insightful, original and deserves to be widely read." Val Gillies, University of Westminster“A much-needed rigorous interrogation of the troubled moral dimensions of recent social policy and state intervention in family life. A must-read at a time when so much of our public discourse about policy and practice has been reduced to mere metrics and money.” Kathy Evans, Chief Executive, Children England"Stephen Crossley is out to make trouble, and in this book he succeeds in his aim...There is a lot of muck to be raked within contemporary social policy regarding work with children and families, and Crossley has produced an important book by performing this action here..." Critical and Radical Social Work"...the most comprehensive study of this particular intervention to date, a detailed, passionate, and persuasive critique. It is highly recommended, and should be widely read." Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsIntroduction; The ‘ong and undistinguished pedigree; The opening of a policy window; The 'evolution’ of the programme; The responsibility deficit; This thing called family intervention; Street-level perspectives; Research: help or hindrance?; ‘Nothing to hide’?
£77.39
Bristol University Press Troublemakers
Book SynopsisPaving the way for a government to fulfil its responsibility to families, this authoritative and critical account of the Troubled Families Programme reveals the inconsistencies and contradictions within it, and issues of deceit and malpractice in its operation.Trade Review“Troublemakers’ undoubtedly deserves to be widely read and is to be highly recommended to anyone with an interest in community development, sociology, social policy or other cognate disciplines.” Community Development"Stephen Crossley is out to make trouble, and in this book he succeeds in his aim...There is a lot of muck to be raked within contemporary social policy regarding work with children and families, and Crossley has produced an important book by performing this action here..." Critical and Radical Social Work"...the most comprehensive study of this particular intervention to date, a detailed, passionate, and persuasive critique. It is highly recommended, and should be widely read." Journal of Social Policy"Public sociology at its best. With great skill, Crossley skewers the assumptions behind the Troubled Families Initiative and exposes the flaws in its development. The result is a compelling and disturbing analysis of the production of ‘troubled families’ as a category and as a project for social policy." Steph Lawler, University of York"This book presents an eviscerating case study of a deeply flawed policy intervention. It is insightful, original and deserves to be widely read." Val Gillies, University of Westminster“A much-needed rigorous interrogation of the troubled moral dimensions of recent social policy and state intervention in family life. A must-read at a time when so much of our public discourse about policy and practice has been reduced to mere metrics and money.” Kathy Evans, Chief Executive, Children EnglandTable of ContentsIntroduction; The ‘ong and undistinguished pedigree; The opening of a policy window; The 'evolution’ of the programme; The responsibility deficit; This thing called family intervention; Street-level perspectives; Research: help or hindrance?; ‘Nothing to hide’?
£26.59
Bristol University Press Family Group Conferences in Social Work
Book SynopsisThis insightful book discusses the origins and theoretical underpinnings of family led decision making and brings together the current research on the efficacy and limitations of family group conferences into a single text.Trade Review“This book brings together a wide range of practitioner and academic detailed expertise – a must read for students and practitioners alike.” Dr Andrew Wills, University of PlymouthTable of ContentsPart I: Introducing Family Group Conferences; Introduction ~ Deanna Edwards; The theoretical context for FGCs ~ Kate Parkinson; A guide to convening a FGC ~ Deanna Edwards; The policy and legislative context ~ Deanna Edwards, Kate Parkinson and Marilyn Taylor; Research, policy and practice ~ Nick Frost and Bernie Jackson; Family members' experiences ~ Deanna Edwards and family members who have been part of a FGC; An international perspective ~ Kate Parkinson; Part II: Family Group Conferences in Practice; Addressing domestic abuse through FGCs ~ Kate Parkinson and Michaela Rogers; FGCs with marginalised communities ~ Iyabo Ayodele Fatimilehin; FGCs and harmful sexual behaviour ~ Monique Anderson; FGCs in the youth justice system ~ Jonny Cohen and Dave Norton; FGCs and adult social care ~ Tim Fisher, Beth Mooney and Andrew Papworth; Conclusion ~ Deanna Edwards and Kate Parkinson.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Family Group Conferences in Social Work
Book SynopsisThis insightful book discusses the origins and theoretical underpinnings of family led decision making and brings together the current research on the efficacy and limitations of family group conferences into a single text.Trade Review“This book brings together a wide range of practitioner and academic detailed expertise – a must read for students and practitioners alike.” Dr Andrew Wills, University of PlymouthTable of ContentsPart I: Introducing Family Group Conferences; Introduction ~ Deanna Edwards; The theoretical context for FGCs ~ Kate Parkinson; A guide to convening a FGC ~ Deanna Edwards; The policy and legislative context ~ Deanna Edwards, Kate Parkinson and Marilyn Taylor; Research, policy and practice ~ Nick Frost and Bernie Jackson; Family members' experiences ~ Deanna Edwards and family members who have been part of a FGC; An international perspective ~ Kate Parkinson; Part II: Family Group Conferences in Practice; Addressing domestic abuse through FGCs ~ Kate Parkinson and Michaela Rogers; FGCs with marginalised communities ~ Iyabo Ayodele Fatimilehin; FGCs and harmful sexual behaviour ~ Monique Anderson; FGCs in the youth justice system ~ Jonny Cohen and Dave Norton; FGCs and adult social care ~ Tim Fisher, Beth Mooney and Andrew Papworth; Conclusion ~ Deanna Edwards and Kate Parkinson.
£27.54
Bristol University Press Why Who Cleans Counts
Book SynopsisEvery household has to perform housework. Using quantitative, nationally representative survey data this book theorizes about how power dynamics as reflected in housework performance help us understand broader family variations.Trade Review"Davis and Greenstein have written an important book for family scholars, practitioners, and anyone who is in a relationship and trying to maintain a household." David Maume, University of CincinnatiTable of ContentsWhat do we know about housework? Theorizing housework as an example of power dynamics Describing the data The five classes Housework class characteristics Housework class consequences Stability and change in class membership over time Housework over the family life course Housework and socialization Insights for helping families
£62.99
Bristol University Press Why Who Cleans Counts
Book SynopsisEvery household has to perform housework. Using quantitative, nationally representative survey data this book theorizes about how power dynamics as reflected in housework performance help us understand broader family variations.Trade Review"Davis and Greenstein have written an important book for family scholars, practitioners, and anyone who is in a relationship and trying to maintain a household." David Maume, University of CincinnatiTable of ContentsWhat do we know about housework? Theorizing housework as an example of power dynamics Describing the data The five classes Housework class characteristics Housework class consequences Stability and change in class membership over time Housework over the family life course Housework and socialization Insights for helping families
£18.04
Policy Press Parental Leave and Beyond
Book SynopsisThis volume provides an international perspective on parental leave policies in different countries, goes beyond this to examine a range of issues in depth, and aims to stimulate thinking about possible futures and how policy might underpin them.Table of Contents1. Introduction: much work still to do ~ Ann-Zofie Duvander, Alison Koslowski and Peter Moss; Part I: Recent developments and the politics of leave policy; 2. Spain: leave policy in times of economic crisis ~ Gerardo Meil, Jesús Rogero-García and Pedro Romero-Balsas; 3. Poland: leave policy and the process and goals of a major reform ~ Anna Kurowska; 4. United Kingdom: leave policy and an attempt to take a new path ~ Peter Moss and Margaret O’Brien; 5. Israel: leave policy, familialism and the neoliberal welfare state~Nadav Perez-Vaisvidovsky; 6. Japan: leave policy and attempts to increase fathers’ take-up~Hideki Nakazato; 7. China: leave and population policies ~ Shirley Gatenio Gabel, Wen-Jui Han and Xiaoran Wang; 8. Mexico: leave policy, co-responsibility in childcare and informal employment~ Cándido Pérez-Hernández and Anna Escobedo; 9. United States: leave policy, failure and potential ~ Gayle Kaufman; Part II: Some current issues in leave policy; 10. What do people want? Leave policy preferences in different countries ~ Isabel Valarino; 11. Gender equality: Parental Leave design and evaluating its effects on fathers’ participation ~ Ann-Zofie Duvander, Guðný Björk Eydal, Berit 12. Brandth, Ingólfur V. Gíslason, Johanna Lammi-Taskula and Tine Rostgaard; 12. Flexibility: some consequences for fathers’ caregiving ~ Berit Brandth and Elin Kvande 13. The workplace: challenges for fathers and their use of leave ~ Valérie Harvey and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay; 14. Care-work policies: conceptualising leave within a broader framework ~ Sara Mazzucchelli, Luca Pesenti and M.Letizia Bosoni; 15. A social right? Access to leave and its relation to parents’ labour market position ~ Ivana Dobrotić and Sonja Blum; Part III: Future directions for leave policy; 16. Universal Basic Income: what could it mean for gender equality in care work? ~ Alison Koslowski; 17. The time credit system: the panacea for a life course approach? ~ Laura Merla and Fred Deven; 18. Towards a multi-active society: daring to imagine a new work-life regime ~ Bernard Fusulier and Chantal Nicole-Drancourt; 19. Reimagining Parental Leave: a conceptual ‘thought experiment’ ~Andrea Doucet, Lindsey McKay and Sophie Mathieu; 20. Parental Leave and beyond: recent developments, current issues, future directions ~ Ann-Zofie Duvander, Alison Koslowski and Peter Moss.
£28.49
Bristol University Press Environment in the Lives of Children and Families
Book SynopsisBased on involved creative, qualitative work with families in India and the UK who live in different contexts, this book illuminates how environmental practices are negotiated within families, and how they relate to values, identities, and society.Trade Review"Offers important insights on engaging families and compelling recommendations for communication about climate change, including greater focus on political agency." Clare Shakya, Director of Climate Change, International Institute for Environment and DevelopmentTable of ContentsEveryday engagement with climate change; Ways of understanding family practices across contexts; Environmental affordances and the work of everyday family lives; Environmental concerns, identities and practices; Children are the future? Power, generation and environmental practices; Negotiating environments in children's and families' everyday lives.
£48.59
Bristol University Press The Failure of Child Support
Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews with key international informants across 16 countries, this book examines how child support systems often fail to transfer payments from separated fathers to mothers and their children. It identifies how the gender order is entrenched through child support failure and offers possibilities for feminist reform.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Child support and gendered governance practice 3. Child support regimes and relevance 4. Sites of child support failure 5. Divergent views of success and failure 6. The interests served by failure 7. Rendering gendered social problems technical 8. The gendered offer of personal solutions 9. Conclusion
£76.00
Bristol University Press Maternal Imprisonment and Family Life
Book SynopsisExploring the untold experiences of family members and friends caring for the children of female prisoners in England and Wales, this book analyses the complex challenges of the family sentence' they serve and the realities of their disenfranchised status in society, policy and practice.Table of ContentsPreface: Linda’s story The landscape of maternal imprisonment: caregiving and family life Researching the caregiver’s lived experiences Family constructions and caregiving practices Renegotiating family life: caregiving in the aftermath of the mother’s imprisonment Navigating the criminal justice system Social support, familial stigma and release Kin caregiving: occupying a disenfranchised status while serving the family sentence Reflections on the research process
£43.19
Bristol University Press The Children of Looked After Children
Book SynopsisEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Based on groundbreaking original research, this book provides a comprehensive account of the issues surrounding pregnancy and parenthood for young people in and leaving care, considering the role of state as corporate parent and grandparent.Table of ContentsIntroduction Early pregnancy risk and missed opportunities to plan for parenthood Outcomes for parents in and leaving care: parenting ‘success’ and corporate parenting failure Professional perspectives: assessing parenting potential and managing dual responsibilities The experiences of parents: hopes, anxieties and reflections Responding to diverse needs: support availability, sustainability and acceptability Conclusion: If this were my child
£76.00
Bristol University Press Experiences of Punishment Abuse and Justice by
Book SynopsisShedding light on the challenges and experiences of women and families within the criminal justice system, this book considers issues of intersectionality, violence and gender. Accessible to both academics and practitioners and with real-world policy recommendations, this collection demonstrates how positive change can be achieved.Table of ContentsForeword ~ Anita Dockley 1. Keeping the conversation going: the Women, Family, Crime and Justice network ~ Natalie Booth, Isla Masson and Lucy Baldwin Part I: Punishing women in the criminal justice system 2. Pregnancy and new motherhood in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic ~ Laura Abbott 3. Empowerment or punishment? The curious case of women’s centres ~ Gemma Ahearne 4. Silent victims: uncovering the realities of the criminal justice system for families of prisoners ~ Zobia Hadait, Somia R. Bibi and Razia Tariq Hadait Part II: Violence, abuse and justice 5. Recognising and responding to domestic violence and abuse in LGB and/or T+ people’s relationships: towards a ‘relationships services’ approach ~ Rebecca Barnes and Catherine Donovan 6. “Throwing the first punch before I got hurt”: the experiences of imprisoned women who have perpetrated intimate partner violence and abuse ~ Jenny Mackay 7. “It feels like a mini victory”: alternative routes to justice in experiences of online misogyny ~ Jo Smith 8. The conversation isn’t over: gaining justice for women and families ~ Natalie Booth, Isla Masson and Lucy Baldwin
£77.39
BUP - Policy Press Troubling Adoption
£25.19
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Reproduction and Its Discontents in Mexico Childbirth and Contraception from 1750 to 1905
Book SynopsisChronicles colonial and nineteenth-century beliefs and practices surrounding conception, pregnancy and its prevention, and birth. Tracking Mexico’s transition from colony to nation, Nora E. Jaffary demonstrates the central role of reproduction in ideas about female sexuality and virtue, the development of modern Mexico, and the growth of modern medicine in the Latin American context.
£28.76
Duke University Press The Oocyte Economy
Book SynopsisCatherine Waldby trace how the history of the valuing of human oocytes—the reproductive cells specific to women—intersects with the biological and social life of women.Trade Review"What Waldby presents so compellingly is that there is an oocyte economy. Eggs have value and meaning, indeed they have different values and meanings in different contexts." -- Jane Maienschein * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"Waldby has a long and impressive history of publications dealing with the social, political, ethical, and biomedical aspects of changing global markets for stem cells, umbilical cord blood, human eggs, fertilized blastocysts, embryos, and other (by-)products of artificially assisted reproduction." -- A. H. Koblitz * Choice *"The Oocyte Economy is not only a rigorous study but a riveting read." -- Claire Horn * Women's Review of Books *"This book offers a fascinating foray into the changing meaning of human oocytes for Western women and reproductive scientists. As such, it is a must-read for scholars of reproduction, and for related courses in anthropology, sociology, gender studies, and the history of science and medicine." -- Marcia C. Inhorn * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"A thought-provoking and original examination of the emergence of an economy premised on deep cultural beliefs about the meaning of oocytes.… Likely to become required reading in medicine, gender, and in the interdisciplinary field of reproduction." -- Rosanna Hertz * Society *"The Oocyte Economy ultimately provides unparalleled insights into fertility practices to better conceptualize ethical arguments pertaining to assisted reproductive technologies. This book will appeal to social sciences and humanities scholars of medicine, especially those seeking refined theorizing on tissue donation made possible by the unique features of human eggs." -- Nathalie Egalite * International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics *"A fascinating account of the complex social meanings attached to egg cells and the possibilities and mysteries that technoscience is still unlocking about them. . . . The Oocyte Economy is replete with historical accounts and quotes from a range of different participants, making this book of particular interest to anybody interested in the expanding reproductive markets with a focus on tissue economies, IVF patients, and reproductive labor." -- Anna Molas * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Temporal Oocytes: Fertility and Deep Time 23 2. Twentieth-Century Oocytes: Experiment and Experience 41 3. Precious Oocytes: IVF and the Deficit Spiral 64 4. Global Oocytes: Medical Tourism and the Transaction of Fertility 88 5. Cold-Chain Oocytes: Vitrification and the Formation of Corporate Egg Banks 119 6. Private Oocytes: Personal Egg Banking and Generational Time 114 7. Innovation Oocytes: Therapeutic Cloning and Mitochondrial Donation 161 Conclusion 191 Appendix 199 Notes 205 References 211 Index 231
£90.10
Duke University Press The Oocyte Economy
Book SynopsisCatherine Waldby trace how the history of the valuing of human oocytes—the reproductive cells specific to women—intersects with the biological and social life of women.Trade Review"What Waldby presents so compellingly is that there is an oocyte economy. Eggs have value and meaning, indeed they have different values and meanings in different contexts." -- Jane Maienschein * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"Waldby has a long and impressive history of publications dealing with the social, political, ethical, and biomedical aspects of changing global markets for stem cells, umbilical cord blood, human eggs, fertilized blastocysts, embryos, and other (by-)products of artificially assisted reproduction." -- A. H. Koblitz * Choice *"The Oocyte Economy is not only a rigorous study but a riveting read." -- Claire Horn * Women's Review of Books *"This book offers a fascinating foray into the changing meaning of human oocytes for Western women and reproductive scientists. As such, it is a must-read for scholars of reproduction, and for related courses in anthropology, sociology, gender studies, and the history of science and medicine." -- Marcia C. Inhorn * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"A thought-provoking and original examination of the emergence of an economy premised on deep cultural beliefs about the meaning of oocytes.… Likely to become required reading in medicine, gender, and in the interdisciplinary field of reproduction." -- Rosanna Hertz * Society *"The Oocyte Economy ultimately provides unparalleled insights into fertility practices to better conceptualize ethical arguments pertaining to assisted reproductive technologies. This book will appeal to social sciences and humanities scholars of medicine, especially those seeking refined theorizing on tissue donation made possible by the unique features of human eggs." -- Nathalie Egalite * International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics *"A fascinating account of the complex social meanings attached to egg cells and the possibilities and mysteries that technoscience is still unlocking about them. . . . The Oocyte Economy is replete with historical accounts and quotes from a range of different participants, making this book of particular interest to anybody interested in the expanding reproductive markets with a focus on tissue economies, IVF patients, and reproductive labor." -- Anna Molas * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Temporal Oocytes: Fertility and Deep Time 23 2. Twentieth-Century Oocytes: Experiment and Experience 41 3. Precious Oocytes: IVF and the Deficit Spiral 64 4. Global Oocytes: Medical Tourism and the Transaction of Fertility 88 5. Cold-Chain Oocytes: Vitrification and the Formation of Corporate Egg Banks 119 6. Private Oocytes: Personal Egg Banking and Generational Time 114 7. Innovation Oocytes: Therapeutic Cloning and Mitochondrial Donation 161 Conclusion 191 Appendix 199 Notes 205 References 211 Index 231
£22.49
Duke University Press Familial Undercurrents
Book SynopsisNot long after her father died, Afsaneh Najmabadi discovered that her father had a secret second family and that she had a sister she never knew about. In Familial Undercurrents, Najmabadi uncovers her family's complex experiences of polygamous marriage to tell a larger story of the transformations of notions of love, marriage, and family life in mid-twentieth-century Iran. She traces how the idea of marrying for love and the desire for companionate, monogamous marriage acquired dominance in Tehran's emerging urban middle class. Considering the role played in that process by late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century romance novels, reformist newspapers, plays, and other literature, Najmabadi outlines the rituals and objects---such as wedding outfits, letter writing, and family portraits---that came to characterize the ideal companionate marriage. She reveals how in the course of one generation men's polygamy had evolved from an acceptable open practice to a taboo best kept secret. ATrade Review“Afsaneh Najmabadi’s creative mélange of history and memoir makes a compelling case for microhistory and even more specifically for personal history as a living document and an archive to be explored in uncovering Iranian social history. I greatly appreciate how Najmabadi has brought history to life.” -- Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, author of * Conceiving Citizens: Women and the Politics of Motherhood in Iran *“Few scholars elevate the personal to the theoretical with the economy and elegance of Afsaneh Najmabadi. She translates a claim that her father had a secret second family into a journey of research, producing exquisite reflections on urban/space transformations that facilitated familial change. Stories are not just stories, as Najmabadi interrogates them to extract and advance their enduring theoretical significance. She sweeps into history and history making.” -- Suad Joseph, general editor of the * Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures *“This well-written book is both informative and entertaining. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.” -- G. M. Farr * Choice *Table of ContentsCast of Characters ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii In Lieu of an Introduction 1 1. Marrying for Love 13 2. Objects: Letters, Wedding Clothes, and Photographs 41 3. Meanings of Marriage: Forming a Family or Providing Sexual Pleasure 75 4. Urban Transformations 111 Epilogue: Naming Marriage, Naming Kin 127 Notes 131 Bibliography 149 Index 155
£70.55
New York University Press Queer Stepfamilies
Book SynopsisA compelling examination of the social and legal experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer stepparent familiesLesbian, bisexual, and queer families formed after the dissolution of a marriage face a range of obstacles. In Queer Stepfamilies, Katie L. Acosta offers a wealth of insight into their complex experiences as they negotiate parenting among multiple parents and family-building in a world not designed to meet their needs. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Acosta follows the journeys of more than forty families as they navigate a legal and social landscape that fails to recognize their existence. Acosta contextualizes the legal realities of LGBTQ stepparent families and considers the actions these parents take to protect their families in the absence of comprehensive policies or laws geared to meet their needs. Queer Stepfamilies reveals the obstacles these families face in family courts during divorce proceedings and custody cases, and highlights their distrust of courts when it cTrade ReviewThis is a fantastic and important book. Putting forth profound and often heartbreaking narratives about the struggles and strengths of LBQ stepparent families, Katie L. Acosta advocates for family forms that resist the limited—and limiting—terms used to describe them today. Queer Stepfamilies offers the reader useful roadmaps and pathways for better understanding these complexities. -- Carla A. Pfeffer, author of Queering Families: The Postmodern Partnerships of Cisgender Women and Transgender MenWhile grounded in academic research, the book generally avoids jargon, quotes extensively from the family interviews, and feels readable for anyone interested in the subject ... Those engaged in plural parenting will likely value this book for sharing the stories, solutions, and struggles of others in similar situations. Others involved with supporting, advocating for, or writing about LGBTQ families in general should read it, too, in order to better understand the full range of what being part of a queer family may encompass. * Mombian *Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than forty US families, Acosta contextualizes the legal realities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer stepparent families and considers the actions that these parents take to protect their families in the absence of comprehensive policies or laws geared to meet their needs. * Law and Social Inquiry *
£23.74
New York University Press Still Straight
Book SynopsisWhy some straight men have sex with other menWhy do some straight men in rural America have sex with other men? In Still Straight, Tony Silva convincingly argues that these menmany of whom enjoy hunting, fishing, and shooting gunsare not gay, bisexual, or just experimenting. As he shows, these men can enjoy a range of relationships with other men, from hookups to sexual friendships to secretive loving partnerships, all while strongly identifying with straight culture. Drawing on riveting interviews with straight white men who live in rural America, Silva explores the fascinating, and unexpected, disconnect between sexual behavior and identity. Some use sex with men to bond with other men in an acceptably masculine way; some are not particularly attracted to men, but are wary of emotional attachment with women; and others view sex with menas opposed to womenas a more acceptable form of extramarital sexual behavior. Taking us inside the lives of straight white men who have sex with oTrade Review"Could it be that straightness is more than a sexual orientation? Through illuminating interviews with straight identified men who have sex with other men, Silva’s answer is a resounding yes. This groundbreaking research documents ways that we might understand sexual identity as deeply tied to culture, place and age. A must read for scholars of sexuality." -- C.J. Pascoe, co-author of Exploring Masculinities: Identity, Inequality, Continuity and Change"Tony Silva’s revealing study of men who have sex with men (MSM) in rural America shows us how white racial identity statuses, heterosexual identity claims, and geography intersect in the secretive practices of men who seek out same-sex sexual encounters in America. Based on 60 in-depth interviews with a hard to study population, Silva argues that MSM and claim to be straight are a patterned phenomenon in a post-closeted American culture. Filled with important insights about sexual identity, race, and rural America, Still Straight is an important addition to the fields of masculinities and queer studies." -- James Joseph Dean, co-editor of Routledge International Handbook of Heterosexualities Studies"In Silva’s extensive interviews with adult men living in conservative, rural communities, we observe the messy paradox of their lives as they attempt to reconcile their same-sex behavior with a straight identity. You will be amazed by their justifications." -- Ritch C. Savin-Williams, author of Mostly Straight: Sexual Fluidity among Men
£66.60
New York University Press Beyond Monogamy
Book SynopsisA man and woman are in an open relationship. They have agreed that having sexual partners outside of their relationship is permissible. One night, when her partner is in another city, the woman has sex with the man's best friend. What does this mean for their relationship? More importantly, why is there such a strong cultural taboo against this kind of triangulation and what does it reveal about the social organization of gender and sexuality? In Beyond Monogamy, Mimi Schippers asks these and other questions to explore compulsory monogamy as a central feature of sexual normalcy. Schippers argues that compulsory monogamy promotes the monogamous couple as the only legitimate, natural, or desirable relationship form in ways that support and legitimize gender, race, and sexual inequalities. Through an investigation of sexual interactions and relationship forms that include more than two people, from polyamory, to threesomes, to the complexity of the down-low,' Schippers explores the queer,Trade ReviewBeyond Monogamyis a book that should be read cover to cover if at all possible. * American Journal of Sociology *In this book, Mimi Schippers takes feminist scholars of sexuality to task for failing to theorize compulsory monogamy as a regime of normalcy that enforces gendered, raced, and classed inequalities. Exploring polyqueer sexual practices in film, writing, and her own life, Schippers provides a vivid illustration of the importance of expanding our understandings of sexual and romantic relationships. -- C. J. Pascoe,author of Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High SchoolThis book is a must read for anyone interested in sexuality and intersectionality. Schippers examines the racialized and gendered backdrop against which heterosexuality and monogamy play out in contemporary US culture. Going beyond the individual focus common in much discussion of polyamory, Beyond Monogamy examines the potential collective impacts of non-monogamies and exposes how hetero-masculinity and mono-normativity are socially constructed and far from inevitable. -- Elisabeth Sheff,author of The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families
£66.60
New York University Press The Colors of Love
Book SynopsisHow multiracial people navigate the complexities of race and love In the United States, more than seven million people claim to be multiracial, or have racially mixed heritage, parentage, or ancestry. In The Colors of Love, Melinda A. Mills explores how multiracial people navigate their complexand often misunderstoodidentities in romantic relationships. Drawing on sixty interviews with multiracial people in interracial relationships, Mills explores how people define and assert their racial identities both on their own and with their partners. She shows us how similarities and differences in identity, skin color, and racial composition shape how multiracial people choose, experience, and navigate love. Mills highlights the unexpected ways in which multiracial individuals choose to both support and subvert the borders of race as individuals and as romantic partners. The Colors of Love broadens our understanding about race and love in the twenty-first century.Trade Review"In The Colors of Love, Melinda A. Mills asks whether strict racial categorizations can be disrupted by multiracials in interracial relationships. She explores how multiracials and their partners continuously navigate racial boundaries in the presence of strangers, friends, families, and even themselves. Ultimately, she shows us that multiracial individuals were most likely to choose racial identities and romantic partners that render invisible the multiple racial identities straddled by them and their partners. This well-researched and nuanced monograph is an important read for anyone interested in the future of racial categories." -- Grace Kao, co-author of The Company We Keep: Interracial Friendships and Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood"In The Colors of Love, Melinda A. Mills explores how children of interracial couples understand their multiracial identity within their mixed-race families and through their choices for romantic partners. This book presents compelling evidence that multiracial identity is not static, but often shifts in ways that maintain the dominant racial structure rooted in anti-Blackness." -- Elizabeth Hughes, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Penn State Abington"The Colors of Love challenges us to consider the complexities of who is multiracial, shifting notions of in/visible mixture, and the racial borders that multiracial people live and love within. Through rich descriptive narratives of multiracial people’s experiences, Mills offers a cutting edge and innovative look at the ways that multiracial people navigate their racial identities and romantic relationships amidst the complicated and often conflicting messages from their parents, families and partners. Well researched and engaging, The Colors of Love will have a significant impact on our understandings of not only multiracial people, but also the larger issues of colorism and racism that underlie their experiences." -- Erica Chito Childs, editor of The Boundaries of Mixedness: A Global Perspective"Mills’ findings contribute to our understanding of multiracial identities, intimate relationships, specifically, interracial relationships, and questions surrounding how/if multiracials blur color lines and the existing racial order." * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *"Relying on interviews with a snowball sample of 60 individuals to illustrate her theoretical analysis, Mills dives deeply into exploring this well-patrolled world. Her unique focus is useful for understanding the range of issues that American society, which is highly racialized, presents to those crossing long-standing barriers. This is a must read for anyone seriously examining race in the US, especially scholars with a social psychological interest. " * Choice *
£62.90
New York University Press White Kids
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[The author] examines how affluent white children think about race Hagerman spent two years immersed with 30 privileged white Midwestern families to produce this timely...study. [S]he provides revealing portraits.[and] is especially good on the & conundrum of privilege.A complex and nuanced...book." * Kirkus Reviews *"Hagerman's book is a careful, painful and convincing argument that when white people give their children advantages, they are often disadvantaging others. Racism is so hard to overturn, in part, because white people prop it up when they work to make sure their children succeed." * NBC's "Think" blog *"Margaret Hagerman's White Kids brings to mind two words: must read....Hagerman unearths the segregation, income inequality, and racial biases which run rampant in her subjects lives... Hagermans writing is crisp and riveting...She puts forth a crucial analysis on the 'well-meaning,' 'colorblind' racism that her subjects perpetuate, stripping down the coded language of suburbia until it reveals the ugly truth underneath." -- STARRED * Foreword Reviews *"By studying how affluent white children think about race, we can see how racist attitudes permeate the structures of power in our society and what it would take to change them... its sobering message should be required reading for all affluent white parents (and affluent white college students)—and especially those who believe in social justice." * American Journal of Sociology *"Hagerman boldly unearths the development of racial identities among white children, and the choices and justifications white families make that perpetuate inequality and entitlement ... Hagerman’s work provides indisputable evidence that choice (of schools and neighborhoods) is for the privileged, and not even the privileged know how (or want) to alter structure. Margaret Hagerman’s book is a much needed investigation of whiteness and the making of such; this would be a great addition to any course that touches on race and inequality in the United States." * Social Forces *"A terrific book tracing the different trajectories of racial meaning young white children make about themselves and others as they navigate the worlds of school, friendship, and neighborhood, as well as the larger world beyond. This book is full of rich insight that should give us both pause and a sense of possibility." -- Amy L. Best, Author of Fast Food Kids: French Fries, Lunch Lines, and Social Ties"More than anything else, whiteness is an everyday practice constructed out of mostly mundane, seemingly & beyond race interactions. In her masterful White Kids, Margaret A. Hagerman demonstrates this fact by showing how privileged children in a Midwestern town are socialized into whiteness and, more significantly, make choices to reproduce whiteness. Hagerman's book deserves to be read widely as it is a sociological gem! -Eduardo Bonilla" -- Silva, Author of Racism Without Racists"This innovative, absorbing ethnography reveals that there is no single way that whites learn about race. Environmental influences such as schools, neighborhoods, and even extracurricular activities profoundly shape the ways that affluent white children think about racism and its impact on people of color. Its fascinating to learn how one child develops a critique of police shootings while another insists that racism does not exist at all. This immersive study will transform the way we think about racial socialization among the privileged. White Kids is a must read for anyone interested in how racial attitudes in America take shape in their earliest moments." -- Monica McDermott, Author of Working-Class White: The Making and Unmaking of Race Relations
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New York University Press Wife Inc.
Book SynopsisA fascinating look at the changing role of wives in modern America After a half century of battling for gender equality, women have been freed from the necessity of securing a husband for economic stability, sexual fulfillment, or procreation. Marriage is a choice, and increasingly women (and men) are opting out. Yet despite these changes, the cultural power of marriage has burgeoned. What was once an obligation has become an exclusive club into which heterosexual women with the right amount of self-discipline may win entry. The newly exalted professionalized wife is no longer reliant on her husband's status or money; instead she can wield her own power provided she can successfully manage the business of being a wife. Wife, Inc. tells a fiercely contemporary story revealing that today's wives do not labor in kitchens or even homes. Instead, the work of wifedom occurs in online dating sites, on reality television, in social media, and on the campaign trail. Trade ReviewLeonard unearths the complexity of femininity and marriage in the modern day, with attention to the inescapability of women’s historical presence in the domestic sphere ... Wife, Inc. will undoubtedly interest readers in fields of both Media and Women and Gender Studies who will gain intriguing insights from Leonard’s assertions on market-controlled constructions of feminine connection. * Communication Review *A smart and trenchant examination of the notion of the & wife as both a popular culture phenomenon and an economic powerhouse. Suzanne Leonard has once again proved herself to be an incisive interpretative voice. Written in a clear and engaging style, Wife Inc.s readers are in good hands as Leonard walks us through the nuances of wifedom in the twenty-first century. -- Brenda R. Weber,editor of Reality Gendervision: Sexuality and Gender on Transatlantic Reality TelevisionHow and why do women in the twenty-first century seek and perform the role of wife? What norms and expectations define it and in what ways does it comply with and deviate from its traditional definitions? Tracking the image of the wife and the aspirant wife across multiple zones of popular culture, Suzanne Leonards brilliant, timely book elucidates the new stakes of wifehood in early twenty-first century culture, unpacking it as a status category, a state of risk and a mode of female labor that demands critical reflection, and the kind of fresh take that she is ideally suited to provide. -- Diane Negra,University College DublinLeonard explores how American women look at and experience marriage. For centuries a pragmatic economic arrangement, modern marriage has become bound up in the pursuit of happiness. . . . Yet even after getting married which is seen as the prize at the end of the romance narrative women often find themselves saddled with another job: the work of being a wife. -- Kate Tuttle,Boston GlobeSlick and sophisticated, Wife Inc. is a fascinating look at the figure of the wife as a mediated phenomenon. As the first book to treat the wife as an icon of post-feminist media culture, this is an extremely timely intervention. The stakes of what Suzanne Leonard sheds light on, especially with regard to political wives, are dramatically raised in our current time. Its topicality, compounded by its engaging style, make this an exciting read for those interested in feminist and political issues in popular culture. -- Hannah Hamad,Cardiff University
£22.79
New York University Press The Sociology of Bullying
Book SynopsisAn important new collection on the nature and consequences of bullying School shootings and suicides by young victims of bullying have spurred a proliferation of anti-bullying programs, yet most of the research done on school bullying has been from psychologists. The Sociology of Bullying will be the first volume to present the leading ideas in sociology about bullying among adolescents that moves beyond an individualistic approach and instead offers ideas about how to address bullying as a byproduct of social systems, biases, and status hierarchies. Sociologists investigate the impact of social forces on bullying among adolescents, such as inequality, heteronormativity, militarized capitalism, racism, cancel culture, power, and competition. Contributors explore a wide range of key topics, such as how homophobia and gender normativity encourage bullying; how anti-bullying curricula can ultimately lead to more bullying; and how adolescents use bullying againTrade ReviewThis highly accessible volume provides a comprehensive overview of the complexities and multi-faceted contextual layers of the causes, correlates, and consequences associated with school bullying. -- Anthony A. Peguero, co-author of Immigration and School SafetyThis important collection challenges the simplistic narratives around bullying that present young people as inherently mean and aggressive or mindlessly hungry for status and peer approval. It invites readers to consider the larger contexts, conditions, and unequal social structures that produce bullying and highlights the need for a more sociological approach to anti-bullying policies and interventions. The Sociology of Bullying is an incredibly rich resource for educators, policy-makers, and researchers who want to better understand this complex social phenomenon. * Jessica Taft, author of The Kids Are in Charge: Activism and Power in Peru's Movement of Working Children *
£62.90
New York University Press Brown Bodies White Babies
Book SynopsisBrown Bodies, White Babies focuses on the practice of cross-racial gestational surrogacy, in which a woman - through in-vitro fertilization using the sperm and egg of intended parents or donors - carries a pregnancy for intended parents of a different race. Focusing on the racial differences between parents and surrogates, this book is interested in how reproductive technologies intersect with race, particularly when brown bodies produce white babies. While the potential of reproductive technologies is far from pre-determined, the ways in which these technologies are currently deployed often serve the interests of dominant groups, through the creation of white, middle-class, heteronormative families. Laura Harrison, providing an important understanding of the work of women of color as surrogates, connects this labor to the history of racialized reproduction in the United States. Cross-racial surrogacy is one end of a continuum in which dominant groups rely on the reproductive potentialTrade Review[A] refreshingly new take...add[ing] complexity to the well-trod feminist discussion... * Signs *Brown Bodies, White Babies reveals fresh insights on the politics of reproduction in the United States and globally by investigating the racialized and gendered meanings of kinship in the context of cross-racial gestational surrogacy when a surrogate is not the same race as the intended parents. Despite surrogacys seemingly radical potential, Harrison brilliantly shows how these arrangements reinforce genetic determinism, white privilege, and the biological concept of race. An important and provocative contribution to critical analyses of assisted reproduction. -- Dorothy Roberts,author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and The Meaning of LibertyAn indispensable contribution, this book historicizes the ideologies of race and racial transmission that cut through the heart of reproductive labor right from wet nursing in the emergent American colonies to present-day cross-racial surrogacy. A must-read for any student of reproductive justice. -- Sharmila Rudrappa,author of Discounted Life: The Price of Global Surrogacy in IndiaIn a refreshingly clear, engaging, jargon-free voice, Harrison introduces readers to the role of race in the discourse surrounding surrogacy in the United States. Her interdisciplinary, qualitative analysis of cross-racial surrogacy in popular media, legal cases and on websites provides an important addition to the sociology and anthropology of reproduction. -- Elly Teman,author of Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant SelfLaura Harrisons bookBrown Bodies, White Babies: The Politics of Cross-Racial Surrogacyprovides readers with a comprehensive and insightful analysis of surrogacy using both intersectional theory and discourse analysis, before concluding with a call for activism and engagement. * Hypatia Reviews *
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New York University Press Adopting for God
Book SynopsisExplores the role played by missionaries in the twentieth-century transnational adoption movement Between 1953 and 2018, approximately 170,000 Korean children were adopted by families in dozens of different countries, with Americans providing homes to more than two-thirds of them. In an iconic photo taken in 1955, Harry and Bertha Holt can be seen descending from a Pan American World Airways airplane with twelve Asian babieseight for their family and four for other families. As adoptive parents and evangelical Christians who identified themselves as missionaries, the Holts unwittingly became both the metaphorical and literal parental figures in the growing movement to adopt transnationally. Missionaries pioneered the transnational adoption movement in America. Though their role is known, there has not yet been a full historical look at their theological motivationswhich varied depending on whether they were evangelically or ecumenically focusedand what the effects were for American socTrade ReviewA major breakthrough in the study of the transnational adoption movement in the postwar era. In a field dominated by social scientific approaches, Chung’s emphasis on the religious dimension is unique and significant, serving to broaden and deepen our understanding of the adoption movement and its impacts. Adopting for God’s originality, depth, and insightfulness make it a necessary and significant read for scholars from many fields. -- Kevin Xiyi Yao, author of The Fundamentalist Movement among the Protestant Missionaries in China, 1920–1937A strongly written, compelling account of adoption evangelists who promoted transnational adoptions while also evangelizing for God. This book cogently demonstrates that during the Cold War context, Christians’ theological convictions had the power to shape America’s institutions of family and race. Chung’s scholarship deftly integrates Transracial Adoption Studies and Asian American Studies with a nuanced understanding of religion. -- Russell Jeung, San Francisco State UniversityAdopting for God uncovers the influential—yet flawed—gendered anti-racism work of a previous generation, and how it promoted the acceptance of Korean and mixed-race adoptions. Soojin Chung’s compelling study explains why interracial adoption and child sponsorship continue to shape the outreach of American Christians today. I highly recommend this splendid and readable study, especially for scholars concerned with the intersections of race, gender, family history, and Cold War politics. -- Dana Robert, Boston UniversityAdopting for God deals with American Christians—of both evangelical and ecumenical persuasions—who urged their fellow Americans to open their hearts and homes to non-White adoptees, especially children from war-torn Korea. * Christian Century Book Review *[S]cholars can thank Soojin Chung for another contribution to our growing understanding of the multi-faceted ways in which missionaries have shaped American culture. - Philip D. Byers, University of Notre Dame. -- Fides et Historia * Fides et Historia *Not only does Chung provide us with comprehensive timelines and biographies of adoption evangelicals; even more importantly, Chung critically assesses the consequences of their actions, establishes a connection between history and current trends, and sheds light on rich intricacies of our Christian history that are not widely known and deserve our utmost attention. Adopting for God is a formative text for anyone interested in studying the legacy of the transnational adoption movement in the US, advancing the discipline of Christian missiology, or conducting comparative research of transnational adoption across other racial and ethnic contexts. -- Maci Sepp * Reading Religion - American Academy of Religion *All audiences will learn from this volume as it is written in an accessible and engaging manner, providing context and definition, as needed, to support the points presented. It is necessary to understand the history of transnational adoption in the United States to bring context to current issues, including the identity development of adult Korean adoptees wanting to incorporate their Korean ethnicity and culture. Adopting for God impacts understanding of transnational adoption in very positive ways. -- Church History * Church History *
£62.90
New York University Press Fixing Parental Leave
Book SynopsisA real-world solution for parental leave that promotes gender equality at work and at homeWhat do Papua New Guinea, Suriname, and the United States have in common? These three nations are the only ones that do not offer some form of parental leave to new parents. The US lags far behind the rest of the world on this important issue, raising questions about our commitment to gender equality and the welfare of our families. In Fixing Parental Leave, Gayle Kaufman takes an in-depth look at parental leave policies in the US, the UK, and Sweden, and evaluates the benefits and drawbacks of leave policies in each country. She finds that there is more to parental leave policies than whether a country provides time off around the birth or adoption of a child. While most policies are designed to help women return to work, this is only half of the puzzle. The second half requires men to be meaningful partners by encouraging them to take equal time at home. Ultimately, Kaufman arrives at a ratiTrade ReviewGayle Kaufman’s incisive analysis of parental leave policies in the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Sweden convincingly demonstrates that there is no need to choose between child well-being and parental equality. By showing us what works—and what doesn’t—Fixing Parental Leave offers a blueprint for addressing the deepening caregiving crisis facing workers and parents worldwide. It deserves the attention of anyone concerned about the fate of American families, workplaces, and political culture at this critical juncture in our history. -- Kathleen Gerson, author of The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and FamilyKaufman provides a comprehensive and lively portrait of the parental leave landscape in the United States—both public and private—and demonstrates that the picture is bleak. She draws on policy models operating in Sweden and the United Kingdom to craft policy lessons, both inspirational and cautionary. The heart of Kaufman’s book is a blueprint for the policy reforms that are desperately needed in the United States – reforms that would enable parents to better reconcile parenting and employment, while promoting more gender-egalitarian divisions of labor. Ideally, the book will land in the hands of American policy-makers at the national, state, and local levels. -- Janet Gornick, author of Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent CountriesInducing fury as it exposes American workplaces that give lip service to family leave laws, but that do little to support new families, the book shows that having children penalizes working parents, who are shunted into “mommy track” jobs, miss out on promotions, and depend on employers’ goodwill as they adapt. Forwarding a nuanced perspective on the real consequences of leave policies, [Fixing Parental Leave] compares the US to nations including Sweden and the UK, and find that most successful leave policies take fathers into account, too… The book’s suggestions are enlightening, big picture ones that keep in mind the fact that babies need parents who provide love and stability. * Foreword Reviews *In Fixing Parental Leave, Kaufman argues that the US continues to lead the world in its lack of support for families, made apparent by its approach to parental leave. The author’s carefully constructed case study of parental leave policies in the US, UK, and Sweden reveals not only best policies and practices for ensuring healthy families and maximizing women’s participation in the labor force, but also illuminates the clear relationship between parental leave and gender equality… [A] valuable study. * Choice *
£19.94
New York University Press Bi
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPlenty of people still doubt that bisexuality really exists, and others assume that bisexuals are closeted gays, curious heterosexuals, or maladjusted people who can’t decide what they want. No one can hold on to these outmoded stereotypes after reading Ritch C. Savin-Williams’ powerful book. By letting the voices of so many diverse individuals speak their own truths, in all of their individuality and complexity, he provides one of the clearest and most compelling portraits available of the phenomenon of plural attractions. Savin-Williams brings us right inside their experiences, and allows us to share his empathy, his curiosity, his admiration for their strength and courage, and his celebration of their dazzling diversity. -- Lisa M. Diamond, author of Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and DesireBi is the book that we have all been waiting for. It reveals the inside story of the thoughts and feelings of Generation Z with respect to their identities, sexualities, genders, and relationships. Ritch Savin-Williams explains in the lucid and passionate language of adolescents and young adults why they want to disrupt the binaries of their parents' generation and create their own ways of understanding themselves and each other. I learned a tremendous amount about adolescence and about humans, especially how they and we are driven by our desires to be seen, heard, taken seriously, and loved. Bi will change how you think and feel. Read it! -- Niobe Way, author of Deep Secrets: Boys' Friendships and the Crisis of ConnectionRitch C. Savin-Williams shows all of the ways bisexuality has been misunderstood. Through the stories and voices of people who themselves experience their sexuality in this way, he shows that bisexuality is real, measurable, and valuable to understand. -- Mary Robertson, author of Growing Up Queer: Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ IdentitySavin-Williams offers a necessary, nuanced, and accessible book that foregrounds contemporary uses and understandings of sex, gender, and sexuality … an essential book for activists, practitioners, and scholars of youth and sexuality. * Choice *
£21.84
New York University Press The Business of Birth
Book SynopsisHow the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choicesGiving birth is a monumental event, not only in the personal life of the woman giving birth, but as a medical process and procedure. In The Business of Birth, Louise Marie Roth explores the process of giving birth, and the ways in which medicine and law interact to shape maternity care. Focusing on the United States, Roth explores how the law creates an environment where medical providers, malpractice attorneys, and others limit women's rights and choices during birth. She shows how a fear of liability risk often drives the decision-making process of medical providers, who prioritize hospital efficiency over patient safety, to the detriment of mothers themselves. Ultimately, Roth advocates for an approach that protects the reproductive rights of mothers. A comprehensive overview, The Business of Birth provides valuable insight into the impact of the law on mothers, medical providers, maternity care practices, and oTrade ReviewIf you want to understand the seemingly incomprehensible mess that is American maternity care –among the most expensive and least safe in the world – read this book. Louise Roth unpacks the legal, medical, technological and social forces that bring us to this intolerable situation. And she helps us, all those who care about birth and life, to understand how we can fix it. -- Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Bun in the Oven: How the Food and Birth Movements Resist IndustrializationWith multiple kinds of data, detailed analysis, and empathy for patients and providers alike, Louise Roth reveals how birth experiences are powerfully and invisibly structured by legal and institutional forces, rather than by individual choice. By situating pregnancy and birth management within broader legal, medical, and cultural systems, The Business of Birth offers concrete solutions that hold the promise of making reproductive justice a reality for everyone. -- Jennifer Reich, author of Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject VaccinesIn The Business of Birth, Louise Marie Roth confirms the unpleasant truth that a pregnant woman’s race, class, and education affect the quality of maternity care she receives, contributing to the appalling racial and class disparities in infant and maternal mortality in the United States today. This is a book that everyone concerned with women’s health will want to read. -- Linda C. Fentiman, author of Blaming Mothers: American Law and the Risks to Children’s HealthThe Business of Birth is itself an immense contribution to our knowledge about childbirth, tort liability, and reproductive justice in the United States—and it’s eminently readable as well. * American Journal of Sociology *
£69.70
New York University Press The Architecture of Desire
Book SynopsisExplores the reach of the law into our most personal and private romantic livesThe Architecture of Desire examines how the law influences our most personal and private choiceswho we desire and choose as intimate partnersand explores the psychological, economic, and social effects of these choices. Romantic preferences, as shaped by law, perpetuate segregation and subordination by limiting, on the basis of race, individuals' prospects for marriage and marriage-like commitments, as well as economic and social mobility.The book begins by tracing the legacy of slavery, anti-miscegenation, segregation, and racially discriminatory immigration laws to show how this legal landscape facilitated the residential, economic, and social distance between racial and ethnic groups, which in turn continue to shape romantic preferences today. Solangel Maldonado argues that the law further influences intimate choices by structuring the spaces within which individuals meet and
£25.19
New York University Press Hyper Education
Book SynopsisAn up-close look at the education arms race of after-school learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to educate childrenBeyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today's youth are in an education arms race that begins in elementary school. In Hyper Education, Pawan Dhingra uncovers the growing world of high-achievement education and the after-school learning centers, spelling bees, and math competitions that it has spawned. It is a world where immigrant families vie with other Americans to be at the head of the class, putting in hours of studying and testing in order to gain a foothold in the supposed meritocracy of American public education. A world where enrichment centers, like Kumon, have seen 194 percent growth since 2002 and target children as young as three. Even families and teachers who avoid after-school academics are getting swept up. Drawing on over 100 in-depth interviews with teachers, tuTrade Review"[A] fascinating look at a growing subculture and an account of the ways in which public schools are failing our most gifted and hard-working students and putting the blame on their parents." * The Wall Street Journal *"Families who want their children to succeed often send them to private learning centers and encourage them to participate in spelling bees and math competitions. Why? That question is at the heart of Dhingra’s thought-provoking book...A well-researched work of interest to parents and educators." * Library Journal *"Dhingra presents a compelling and cogent examination of this phenomenon and analyzes whether or not it is a positive development. [...] Based on over 100 interviews Dhingra conducted with children, parents, principals, teachers, tutors, and other stakeholders, the research underlying the book’s thesis is rigorous, well reasoned, and reliable." * Choice *"As the failures of the US’ fragmented, highly unequal, and increasingly privatized education system have been laid bare amidst the COVID-19 crisis, Dhingra’s book is a timely look at how families respond to such a system. In doing so, he debunks harmful stereotypes about Asian American culture and parenting. His book will be of much interest not only to sociologists, but also to educators and families alike." * Social Forces *"A fascinating and timely look at the risks and rewards of cranking up the academic pressure on children. Pawan Dhingra does not just analyse the status quo: he shows parents, educators and society as a whole how to change so that we can find the sweet spot between pushing the next generation too hard and not pushing them hard enough." -- Carl Honore, author of Under Pressure: Putting the Child Back in Childhood"Carefully researched and written, Hyper Education shows how race saturates the conversation about education. This book is a clear and nuanced treatment of a complex trend that too often gets obscured by stereotyping. Ultimately, Dhingra helps us learn more about the evolution of what it is like to be a child amidst the privatization of social goods in an age of insecurity." -- Allison J. Pugh, author of The Tumbleweed Society: Working and Caring in an Insecure Age"Why do so many Asian American parents seek hyper education for their children? Through his fascinating exploration of spelling bees, math competitions, and enrichment centers, Pawan Dhingra gets to the root of education obsessions to expose our global anxieties, national biases, and parental hopes for our sons and daughters." -- Min Jin Lee, author of Free Food for Millionaires and National Book Award Finalist, Pachinko"Dhingra tells a fascinating story about U.S. hyper education—a common practice of American middle-class parenting taken up and advanced by Asian immigrants. Hyper Education explains what drives this phenomenon and what is at stake from the perspectives of children, parents, and educators, dispelling many erroneous assumptions and stereotypes about high-achieving Asian Americans." -- Min Zhou, co-author of The Asian American Achievement Paradox"In this book, Dhingra offers a multi-layered perspective on the effects of over-programming young people to meet educational goals. He opens a window into the experiences of Indian American families and youth, and invites the reader to consider how race, immigration, culture, and class influence educational outcomes. Hyper Education is an accessible and necessary read for anyone connected to the American educational system and committed to educational equity." -- Deepa Iyer, author of We Too Sing America; South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future"Third graders worrying about the SATs? Middle schoolers with stress ulcers? Eight National Spelling Bee Co-Champions? Pawan Dhingra spent years immersed in the world of hyper education to write a gripping study on the culture of success. What he uncovers are the fascinating, often unexpected motives behind achievement and the deep undercurrents of white normative ideology, historical racism, government policies and gender bias that are at play. This book challenges the very way we approach education in America." -- Maulik Pancholy, actor and author of The Best At It"Hyper Education is a deeply engaging book, packed with rich narrative accounts and powerful theoretical insights, that incisively demonstrates how critiques of the “over-investment” in education of Indian Americans—and Asian Americans more generally—help maintain the racial status quo by centering normative whiteness and sustaining white supremacy. Expertly situated within the broader context of neoliberalism, accountability policy, immigration, and race, this book should be read by everyone who seeks to better understand the changing educational landscape in the United States." -- John B. Diamond, co-author of Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools
£16.14
New York University Press Motherhood on Ice
Book SynopsisAnswers the question: Why are women freezing their eggs? Why are women freezing their eggs in record numbers? Motherhood on Ice explores this question by drawing on the stories of more than 150 women who pursued fertility preservation technology. Moving between narratives of pain and empowerment, these nuanced personal stories reveal the complexity of women's lives as they struggle to preserve and extend their fertility. Contrary to popular belief, egg freezing is rarely about women postponing fertility for the sake of their careers. Rather, the most-educated women are increasingly forced to delay childbearing because they face a mating gapa lack of eligible, educated, equal partners ready for marriage and parenthood. For these women, egg freezing is a reproductive backstop, a technological attempt to bridge the gap while waiting for the right partner. But it is not an easy choice for most. Their stories reveal the extent to which it is logistically complicated, physically taxing, financially demanding, emotionally draining, and uncertain in its effects. In this powerful book, women share their reflections on their clinical encounters, as well as the immense hopes and investments they place in this high-tech fertility preservation strategy. Race, religion, and the role of men in the lives of single women pursuing this technology are also explored. A distinctly human portrait of an understudied and rapidly growing population, Motherhood on Ice examines what is at stake for women who take comfort in their frozen eggs while embarking on their quests for partnership, pregnancy, and parenting.Trade Review"Inhorn’s book... document[s] the qualitative experience of women who are actively searching for partners — the frustration, hurt and disappointment... Her breakdown reads like a rigorous academic version of all the complaints you’ve ever heard from your single female friends." * The New York Times *"Marcia Inhorn, an anthropology professor at Yale University, embarked on a decade-long study to understand what drives healthy women to freeze their eggs. In her recent book, Motherhood on Ice, Inhorn notes that it is often men, not women, who want to delay child rearing." -- Matilda Hay * The Washington Post *"The stories in Motherhood on Ice raise raise deeper questions about heterosexual relationships today, ones that have implications for overall fertility rates, the U.S. economy, and the future of the family. Most of all, this book captures the pain of women who struggle to fulfill the human desires for companionship and parenthood, pain that has been too long overlooked in the broader discussions about egg freezing." -- Anna Louie Sussman * The Atlantic *"It is comforting to relate to so many stories as you realize how universal our struggles and worries are. [Motherhood on Ice] also helps remove any stigma or shame around this process. Egg freezing is empowering, not embarrassing and certainly shouldn’t have any shame attached to it." * Harper's Bazaar *""Contrary to stereotype, these potential mothers haven’t powered through their careers and forgotten to marry; they just haven’t been able to find suitable men to partner with. The men they believe would make good fathers — “eligible, educated and equal” — are nowhere to be found."" -- Christine Emba * The Washington Post *"Inhorn provides a provocative inquiry into a contemporary subject of interest to many." * Library Journal *"As women reach the end of their most fertile years, those who want to keep their biological motherhood options open may find hope and a sense of community in these pages." * Booklist *"Extremely rich in nuanced analysis, Motherhood on Ice vividly portrays the experiences of women—of various racial and religious backgrounds—at every stage of this oftentimes fraught process. Inhorn addresses a critical societal issue with conviction and grace." -- Chantal Collard, Concordia University"Passionate, empathic, and rigorously researched, this book will be popular amongst audiences ranging from single, well-heeled thirty-something professional women considering egg freezing to public health, medical anthropology, and gender studies academic audiences." -- Rayna Rapp, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, New York University"Simply outstanding. Inhorn exposes how the lack of suitable partners, not career ambition, has resulted in egg freezing. This book will surely garner attention and cultivate widespread appeal." -- Rosanna Hertz, author of Random Families: Genetic Strangers, Sperm Donor Siblings, and the Creation of New Kin
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New York University Press Families We Keep
Book SynopsisWhy LGBTQ adults don't end troubled ties with parents and why (perhaps) they shouldFamilies We Keep is a surprising look at the life-long bonds between LGBTQ adults and their parents. Alongside the importance of chosen families in the queer community, Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith found that very few LGBTQ people choose to become estranged from their parents, even if those parent refuse to support their gender identity, sexuality, or both. Drawing on interviews with over seventy-five LGBTQ people and their parents, Reczek and Bosley-Smith explore the powerful ties that bind families together, for better or worse. They show us why many feel obliged to maintain even troubledand sometimes outright toxicrelationships with their parents. They argue that this relationship persists because what we think of as the natural and inevitable connection between parents and adult children is actually created and sustained by the sociocultural power of compulsory kinship. After revealing what holdsTrade ReviewIn this bold reconsideration of kinship, Families We Keep bravely asks a question that most people dare not ask: why do so many of us stay in toxic relationships with our parents when we could, at least theoretically, sever ties and walk away? Through interviews with LGBTQ adults struggling to sustain connection to their homophobic parents, Reczek and Bosley-Smith point to the difficult truth that lifelong parent-child relationships are so revered in the broader culture that many of us are coerced into keeping them--even when they cause us suffering. By exposing the false promise of cultural myths about the unconditional and irreplaceable love forged by blood connection, Families We Keep issues a powerful warning against investing too much labor, or hope, in relationships that cause us harm. -- Jane Ward, author of Not Gay and The Tragedy of HeterosexualityContrary to news stories about adult children callously estranging themselves from parents, this book reveals how GLBTQ individuals put up with disapproval, rejection, and even abuse in their effort to maintain family ties. Why do they persist, the authors ask, and at what point does such filial commitment become self-destructive? -- Stephanie Coontz, author of The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia TrapThree decades after Families We Choose showed that "ties that bind" are not to be taken for granted, Families We Keep offers a nuanced account of what happens when LGBTQ+ people decide to stick with their parents, even in the face of misunderstanding. Reczek and Bosley-Smith are careful not to romanticize these enduring solidarities. It takes hard work to work through conflict, in ways profoundly shaped by race and gender. Social compulsion intertwines poignantly with qualities more conventionally considered virtues, such as patience and respect for the uniqueness of relationships that find no counterpart elsewhere. At a time when so much research focuses on loss, breakdown, and disruption, this book makes a compelling case for why relationships that persist merit much closer inspection. * Kath Weston, author of Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship *This remarkable book probes the complexities of relationships between adult LGBTQ people and their families of origin, particularly their parents. The qualitative analyses are rich, and the personal stories and discoveries folks share as they navigate these important adult relationships are moving. Families We Keep offers insights that are compelling and relatable to people with a variety of identities and structural locations in society. It brings a fresh new vantage point from which to study familial relationships, sexualities and gender expression. -- Mignon R. Moore, author of Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood Among Black Women
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New York University Press Queering Family Trees
Book SynopsisArgues that significant barriers to family-making exist for lesbian mothers of color in the United StatesOne might be tempted, in the afterglow of Obergefell v. Hodges, to believe that the battle has been won, that gays and lesbians fought a tough fight and finally achieved equality in the United States through access to legal marriage. But that narrative tells only one version of a very complex story about family and citizenship.Queering Family Trees explores the lived experience of queer mothers in the United States, drawing on over one hundred interviews with African American, Latina, Native American, white, and Asian American lesbian mothers living in a range of socioeconomic circumstances to show how they have navigated family-making. While the legalization of same-sex marriage and adoption in 2015 has provided avenues toward equality for some couples, structural and economic barriers have meant that othersespecially queer women of color who oftTrade Review"For those looking to read a comprehensive and critical analysis of the laws and policies that have historically shaped—and continue to shape—families in unequal ways based on the structures of race, gender, class, sexuality, nationality, and other inequalities, Queering Family Trees is a worthwhile read ... an important resource for understanding how lesbians create their families within the context of, and despite, and laws and policies largely meant to keep their families from forming, and invisible once created. At its very basic level, Queering Family Trees encourages us as readers to rethink how to construct our own family trees, and within the confined structure of the family tree, who we include and who we render invisible as 'family.'" * Social Forces *"Patton-Imani’s historical narrative-based exploration forces us to think about the roads not taken, the intersecting side roads of welfare, immigration, adoption, and marginalized families, from the 1990’s through Obergefell." * Jotwell *
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New York University Press TransAffirmative Parenting
Book SynopsisFirst-hand accounts of how parents support their transgender childrenThere is a new generation of parents and families who are identifying, supporting, and raising transgender children. In Trans-Affirmative Parenting, Elizabeth Rahilly presents their fascinating stories, interviewing parents of children who identify across the gender spectrum, as well as the doctors, mental health practitioners, educators, and advocates who support their journeys. Rahilly provides a window into parents' experiences, exploring how they come to terms with new ideas about gender, sexuality, identity, and the body, as well as examining their complex deliberations about nonbinary possibilities and medical interventions. Ultimately, Rahilly compassionately shows how parents can best advocate for transgender awareness and move beyond traditional gendered expectations. She also shows that child-centered, child-driven parenting is as central to this new trans-affirmative paradigm as growing LGBTQ awareness. In Trade ReviewThis insightful book explores the contours of an emerging style of child-centered parenting and the corresponding conceptual work performed by parents as they confront new possibilities relating to gender and identity ... This book engages with an impressive range of questions of theoretical value to sociologists and it will likely find an eager audience among those who study gender, childhood, family, and parenting. * Gender & Society *Elizabeth Rahilly provides a unique and timely analysis of how parents of transgender and gender nonconforming children understand their children’s gender...This book is easy to read and informative. This book could be of interest to scholars working on issues about gender, sexuality, and the family. For scholars of the family, this study is an excellent example of child-drive, child-centered parenting that fits into a growing body of literature on intensive mothering * Social Forces *
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New York University Press Freezing Fertility
Book SynopsisWelcomed as liberation and dismissed as exploitation, egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation) has rapidly become one of the most widely-discussed and influential new reproductive technologies of this century. In Freezing Fertility, Lucy van de Wiel takes us inside the world of fertility preservationwith its egg freezing parties, contested age limits, proactive anticipations and equity investmentsand shows how the popularization of egg freezing has profound consequences for the way in which female fertility and reproductive aging are understood, commercialized and politicized.Beyond an individual reproductive choice for people who may want to have children later in life, Freezing Fertility explores how the rise of egg freezing also reveals broader cultural, political and economic negotiations about reproductive politics, gender inequities, age normativities and the financialization of healthcare. Van de Wiel investigates these issues by analyzing a wide range of sourcesvaTrade ReviewA timely and powerful book … a jam-packed guide to the politics of reproductive ageing in a world of rapid social and technological change … will be of interest to a wide audience, from general readership to students, policymakers and social scientists working on reproduction and family politics. * BioNews *Lucy van de Wiel’s Freezing Fertility brilliantly investigates fertile embodiment through a transnational exploration of human fertility preservation practices. Egg freezing, a recent biotechnological innovation, enhances corporeal capacities and transforms the temporality of everyday life. Her germinal analysis offers powerful interpretations of emerging cultural anxieties when we interrupt the imperative of ‘a biological clock’. -- Lisa Jean Moore, author of Catch and Release: The Enduring Yet Vulnerable Horseshoe CrabIn this beautifully-written and thought-provoking book, Lucy van de Wiel follows the egg from ovary to freezer and beyond. Grappling with the social, ethical, and economic complexities of egg freezing, she offers a vital contribution to debates about gender, reproduction, and aging. -- Rene Almeling, author of Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and SpermThis volume is a brilliant foray into the contested world of egg freezing, taking readers on a journey with the human egg from its in vivo existence in ovaries and wombs to ex vivo sites of cryostorage, finance, and experimentation. Offering the single best analysis of the precarious relationship between fertility, reproductive technology, and women’s aging, Freezing Fertility is a must-read for gender, STS, and cultural studies scholars, as well as anyone interested in the future of assisted reproduction. -- Marcia C. Inhorn, author of Cosmopolitan Conceptions: IVF Sojourns in Global Dubaian important contribution to medical anthropology and feminist technoscience and will be an excellent addition to the academic literature on this recently expanding practice, allowing us to prepare for what might come. The book is beautifully written, the main arguments are carefully elaborated and thought-provoking, and the key message is unsettling. * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *Lucy van de Wiel’s Freezing Fertility is a beautifully written exploration of the cultural discourse of frozen eggs and their related technologies. -- Lauren Jade Martin of Penn State University, Berks * American Journal of Sociology *
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New York University Press TransAffirmative Parenting
Book SynopsisFirst-hand accounts of how parents support their transgender childrenThere is a new generation of parents and families who are identifying, supporting, and raising transgender children. In Trans-Affirmative Parenting, Elizabeth Rahilly presents their fascinating stories, interviewing parents of children who identify across the gender spectrum, as well as the doctors, mental health practitioners, educators, and advocates who support their journeys. Rahilly provides a window into parents' experiences, exploring how they come to terms with new ideas about gender, sexuality, identity, and the body, as well as examining their complex deliberations about nonbinary possibilities and medical interventions. Ultimately, Rahilly compassionately shows how parents can best advocate for transgender awareness and move beyond traditional gendered expectations. She also shows that child-centered, child-driven parenting is as central to this new trans-affirmative paradigm as growing LGBTQ awareness. In Trade Review"This insightful book explores the contours of an emerging style of child-centered parenting and the corresponding conceptual work performed by parents as they confront new possibilities relating to gender and identity ... This book engages with an impressive range of questions of theoretical value to sociologists and it will likely find an eager audience among those who study gender, childhood, family, and parenting." * Gender & Society *"Elizabeth Rahilly provides a unique and timely analysis of how parents of transgender and gender nonconforming children understand their children’s gender...This book is easy to read and informative. This book could be of interest to scholars working on issues about gender, sexuality, and the family. For scholars of the family, this study is an excellent example of child-drive, child-centered parenting that fits into a growing body of literature on intensive mothering" * Social Forces *
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New York University Press Unaccompanied
Book SynopsisExplores how humanitarian aid workers help and hinder the care of unaccompanied children as they arrive in the United StatesEvery year, tens of thousands of children cross into the United States without a legal guardian at their side, often fleeing violence and poverty in their countries of origin. In Unaccompanied, Emily Ruehs-Navarro shows us one aspect of their heartbreaking journeys, as seen through the eyes of the aid workers who trybut too often failto help them. Drawing on interviews with aid workers, migrant children, and others, Ruehs-Navarro follows unaccompanied youth as they seek help from a wide range of professionals. From legal relief organizations to family reunification specialists, she shows us how different aid workers may choose to work for, with, or against unaccompanied immigrant youth, deciding whether they should be treated as refugees, child dependents, or, in some cases, criminals. Ruehs-Navarro highlights how aid workers, anTrade Review"Emily Ruehs-Navarro takes us on a compelling sociological journey that maps out what drives youth to migrate by themselves and what they encounter when they arrive at the U.S border. Using multiple qualitative methods, she illuminates the ways in which border securitization, racialized child welfare, and humanitarianism intersect to shape how we think of and respond to unaccompanied migrant youth. Integrating the experiences and perspectives of both youth and the professionals who work with them, this valuable book brings into focus the complex landscape of aid they operate in and the contradictions and possibilities they navigate to access aid. " -- Lorena Garcia, author of Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself: Latina Girls and Sexual Identity"This work is important because it demonstrates the conditional nature of humanitarian legal aid toward youth and highlights the continued traumatization of youth even after crossing the border." * Sociology of Race of Ethnicity *
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New York University Press Multiracial Parents
Book SynopsisThe views and experiences of multiracial people as parentsThe world's multiracial population is considered to be one of the fastest growing of all ethnic groups. In the United States alone, it is estimated that over 20% of the population will be considered mixed race by 2050. Public figuressuch as former President Barack Obama and Hollywood actress Ruth Neggafurther highlight the highly diverse backgrounds of those classified under the umbrella term of multiracial. Multiracial Parents considers how mixed-race parents identify with and draw from their cultural backgrounds in raising and socializing their children. Miri Song presents a groundbreaking examination of how the meanings and practices surrounding multiracial identification are passed down through the generations. A revealing portrait of how multiracial identity is and is not transmitted to children, Multiracial Parents focuses on couples comprised of one White and one non-white minority, who were mostly first generation mixeTrade ReviewMiri Song’s Multiracial Parents …. is a long-overdue addition to the sociological literature in mixed race studies. Multiracial Parents makes an invaluable contribution to the sociology of race and ethnicity, mixed-race studies, and race and ethnic studies more generally, as well as the sociology of the family and social psychology. Song’s book would be an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate courses as well as for interested readers in the general public. -- American Journal of SociologyMiri Song in Multiracial Parents examines multiracial people as parents and how they racially socialize their children, including whether a multiracial identity is passed down to the next generation… Song argues that the prevalence of multiracial parents labeling their children as mixed reflects generational continuity in multiracial identity and mixed-ness gaining purchase in Britain. She also challenges the notion that a multiracial label signals an attempt by mixed race people to distance themselves from their minority status, as many parents actively maintained or revitalized their minority heritage through their parenting practices. -- Qualitative SociologySong raises critical issues about the varying structures of race, racism, and the demise and persistence of ethnicity and race as meaningful categories due to differential histories including relationships to slavery, colonialism, nationalism, religion, and indigeneity. * Journal of Asian American Research *A novel and searching look at how mixed race people contemplate and confront parenthood. Though their circumstances may seem unique, Song compellingly shows how their experiences and reflections speak volumes about how race is more widely understood. Questions of appearance, community, racism, and ancestry may take on particular forms for multiracial parents, but their power and poignancy clearly derive from the weight they hold for all of us -- Ann Morning,Author of The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach about Human DifferenceA rich account of the complexities of racially classifying mixed-race children. Song strikes at the heart of where mixed-race identity and its variants - such as to identify as White or non-White - are formed. By following parents accounts, this innovative and important book helps us understand an important dimension of a world of increasing ethnoracial diversity. -- Edward E. Telles,Author of Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin AmericaAn insightful study that illuminates a neglected group: multiracial parents who are raising children. We learn how second-generation multiracials conceptualize and negotiate the meaning of race, racism, and the identity formation of their children. -- France Winddance Twine,Author of A White Side of Black Britain: Interracial Intimacy and Racial Literacy
£20.89
New York University Press Transnational Reproduction
Book SynopsisTransnational Reproduction traces the relationships among Western aspiring parents, Indian surrogates, and egg donors from around the world. In the early 2010s India was one of the top providers of surrogacy services in the world. Drawing on interviews with commissioning parents, surrogates, and egg donors as well as doctors and family members, Daisy Deomampo argues that while the surrogacy industry in India offers a clear example of stratified reproductionthe ways in which political, economic, and social forces structure the conditions under which women carry out physical and social reproductive laborit also complicates that concept as the various actors in this reproductive work struggle to understand their relationships to one another. The book shows how these actors make sense of their connections, illuminating the ways in which kinship ties are challenged, transformed, or reinforced in the context of transnational gestational surrogacy. The volume revisits the concept of Trade ReviewAccessibly written, it could be taught in undergraduate courses or modules on transnational surrogacy or assisted reproduction and social/economic inequality at lower and upper levels. The book promises to be an important resource for scholars of global markets in reproductive services. * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *Building upon the classic feminist concept of stratified reproduction, Deomampo is the first to offer a powerful critique of the racialization inherent in transnational surrogacy practices. Combining detailed ethnography with critical medical anthropological perspectives, Transnational Reproduction is both hard-hitting and provocative, challenging the race, class, and gender inequities underlying Indias commercial gestational surrogacy scene.- -- Marcia C. Inhorn,author of Cosmopolitan Conceptions: IVF Sojourns in Global DubaiDeomampo shows in exquisite detail how racialized fantasies, stereotypes, and prejudices knot together the long-distance, cross-border threads of intimate commerce and citizenship involved in Indian surrogacy. European, North American, Australian, and other commissioning parents are connected to their Indian surrogates and entrepreneurial providers through diverse legal and social connections, yet all involve prior powerful notions of race at the heart of transnational family-making. This focus enriches and complicates discussions of Indian surrogacy. -- Rayna Rapp,New York UniversityI highly recommend this book to any person interested in surrogacy, race and kinship in India and beyond. -- Noémie Merleau-Ponty,Research Associate, Reproductive Sociology Research Group, University of CambridgeDaisy Deomampo’s ethnography shows how particular imaginations and workings of race undergird the political economy of commercial surrogacy. Her book brings together previous work on ‘stratified reproduction’ – which describes the differential conditions that made reproduction possible – with recent studies on commercial surrogacy. * Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale *
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New York University Press Governed through Choice
Book SynopsisA trailblazing look at how the law regulates women's bodies as reproductive sites and what can be done about it. At the center of the war on women lies the fact that women in the contemporary United States are facing more widespread and increased surveillance of their reproductive health and decisions. In recent years states have passed a record number of laws restricting abortion. Physicians continue to sterilize some women against their will, especially those in prison, while other women who choose to forego reproduction cannot find physicians to sterilize them. While these actions seem to undermine women's decision-making authority, experts and state actors often defend them in terms of promoting women's autonomy. In Governed through Choice, Jennifer M. Denbow exposes the way that the notion of autonomy allows for this apparent contradiction and explores how it plays out in recent reproductive law, including newly enacted informed consent to abortion laws like ultrasound mandateTrade ReviewGoverned through Choice is a sophisticated but accessible analysis of the governance of women as reproductive subjects.Providing fresh readings of classic and contemporary political theory while engaging the contemporary politics of reproductive rights, Denbow argues that the political ideal of autonomy defies and justifies the regulation of womens bodies in a variety of sites.This text is a timely reflection on the continued political centrality of women's bodies. -- Claire Rasmussen,author of The Autonomous Animal: Self-Governance and Modern SubjectivityThis book brilliantly theorizes two faces of autonomy in contemporary liberal democraciesautonomy as a technique of self-management and governance, and autonomy as a frame for critique and transformation of subordinating practices. Without ever denying the selfs constructed and relational dimensions, Jennifer Denbow argues compellingly for an individual womens essential control over her own reproductive existence.One of the best books on reproductive politics in a decade! -- Wendy Brown,author of Regulating Aversion: Tolerance in the Age of Empire and IdentityDenbow provides a legal and philosophical analysis of reproductive politics in the US. She develops the concept of womens reproductive autonomy, drawing from classic definitions of autonomy by Rousseau and Kant. * Choice *[Denbow's] poignant critique of governments & coercive paternalism with respect to womens reproductive choices introduces a transformative potential of radical thought at the crux of her thought. * New Political Science *The book is able to make a bold intervention into current U.S. discourses of reproductive politics and at the same time provoke feminists to ask what is left of the concept of autonomy in the era of neoliberalism and postfeminism * Perspectives on Politics *Governed through Choice brings new perspective to the changing political landscape of womens reproductive rights. * PsycCRITIQUES *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Possibility of Reproductive Autonomy 1 1. Autonomy: The Self and Society 25 2. Abortion and the Juridical: Reproductive Autonomy and Protection from Injury 61 3. Informed Consent Laws: Ultrasound, Surveillance, and Postfeminist Reproductive Rights 97 4. Sterilization: Self-Governance and the Possibility of Transformation 132 5. Autonomy, Technology, and the Politics of Reproduction 176 Notes 193 References 207 Index 223 About the Author 231
£70.30
New York University Press Just Like Family
Book SynopsisWinner, 2023 Animals and Society''s Distinguished Book Award, presented by the American Sociological AssociationThe rise and increasingly important role of companion animals in our familiesFrom homemade meals for our dogs to high-end feline veterinary care, pets are a growing multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States. In Just Like Family, Andrea Laurent-Simpson explores the expanding role of animals in what she calls the multi-species family, providing a window into a world where almost 95 percent of adults who share their homes with dogs and cats identifyand ultimately treattheir animal companions as legitimate members of their families. With an insightful eye, Laurent-Simpson examines why and how these animals have increasingly become an important part of our households. She highlights their various roles in our lives, including as siblings to our existing children, as animal children themselves, and in some cases, even as grandchildren, paTrade ReviewIn this fascinating book, Laurent-Simpson discusses how nontraditional families such as childfree families, LGBTQ families, and grandparent families have helped to make the multispecies family the norm. As people began to focus less on survival and more on happiness—the family structure evolved along with it—with dogs right by our side. Laurent-Simpson also considers the impacts of the multispecies family on the birthrate in the United States, which hit a record low in 2020. * The Bark *Deftly weaving identity theory, family studies, symbolic interactionism, and animal studies, Just Like Family has broad versatility and reach in sociology. In this book, Laurent-Simpson delivers the rare combination of readability, relatability and rigor. She provides compelling stories from pet parents as well as examples from popular culture that show, quite clearly, the ways in which companion animals have nosed their way from pets to family members and in so doing, created a new family structure. The importance of this transition in family form is thoroughly explained and supported with reference to multiple fields. Additionally, with the use of triangulation in data collection, this book is a great exemplar of qualitative research and would be excellent for a qualitative methods class, in addition to courses focusing on family or identity. -- Beth Montemurro, author of Deserving Desire: Women's Stories of Sexual EvolutionWhen a subtle social change happens slowly, over the course of many decades, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly how the present moment came to be. Such is the case with pets becoming members of the family. With a wealth of heartwarming stories and informative demographic analyses, Andrea Laurent-Simpson shows how family structures have evolved to include beloved animal companions. These contemporary multi-species families have created their own identities, roles, and boundaries to define 'family' for themselves. From 'pet parents' taking care of their 'animal kids,' to children seeing themselves as 'siblings' to their companion animals, Laurent-Simpson demonstrates how animal companions moved from being “owned” to claiming a status as a member of the family. -- Elizabeth Cherry, author of For the Birds: Protecting Wildlife Through the Naturalist GazeIncreasing numbers of people now regard their companion animals as members of the family. Although some critics consider this very idea frivolous, Andrea Laurent-Simpson takes people’s claims seriously and investigates how we incorporate non-human beings into a group long regarded as uniquely human. The resulting analysis sheds valuable light on the dynamics of the more-than-human family. With its impeccable research and graceful prose, Just Like Family holds insights for scholars and lay readers alike. -- Leslie Irvine, editor of We Are Best Friends: Animals in SocietyAndrea Laurent-Simpson’s book skillfully combines the micro and macro level of analysis…It is, therefore, a very versatile research approach, which gives the whole picture of the changes to American families and the position of companion animals in American society. * Symbolic Interaction *Just Like Family is joy to read. It should find a significant lay and academic audience and would contribute considerably to a range of college courses including sociology of the family, social psychology, and human animal studies. * Social Forces *Laurent-Simpson (Southern Methodist Univ.) contends that the American family unit has changed over time to incorporate a multispecies dimension as household pets have come to be increasingly considered part of the family, representing new relationships and transforming existing ones. Utilizing interviews, observational data, and artifacts from popular culture, the author compellingly argues for taking pets seriously as family members. Among her key observations are not just the importance of pets as companions to whom owners devote economic and emotional resources but that the way in which humans understand these relationships as similar to parent/child relationships has changed the way Americans think about these traditional roles. Many of the most intriguing insights call for further investigation, including the gendered dimensions of companion animals in which cultural expectations of motherhood are often transferred onto “pet parents,” reflected in both the attitudes and consumption patterns of interviewees and coinciding with declining fertility rates. In addition, racialized patterns of ownership suggest that the multispecies family is primarily a white phenomenon with significant class-based dimensions. Of interest to family and animal studies scholars, this text provides a fascinating snapshot of the ways pets are active and transformative agents. * Choice *Laurent-Simpson’s clear and accessible writing style makes this book ideal for all readers interested in the companion animal as family, whether for academic inquiry or personal curiosity. * American Journal of Sociology *
£62.90
New York University Press The World Is Our Classroom
Book SynopsisHow travelling the world allows new ways to educate children and perform family life on the move A growing number of families are selling their houses, quitting their jobs, and taking their children out of traditional school settings to educate them while traveling the globe. In The World is Our Classroom, Jennie Germann Molz explores the hopes and anxieties that drive these parents and children to leave their comfortable lives behind out of a desire to live the good life on the move.Drawing on interviews with parents and stories from the blogs they publish during their journeys, as well as her own experience traveling the world with her ten-year-old son, Germann Molz takes us inside a fascinating life spent on trains, boats, and planes. She shows why many parentsdisillusioned with standard public schoolingbelieve the world is a child's best classroom. Rebelling against convention, these parents combine technology and travel to pursue a different versTrade ReviewThe World Is Our Classroom goes the distance, literally. It is a marvelous book. From it, we learn why families are willing to shrug off the conventions of a tethered existence orbiting around home and school and instead forge global identities as they bring far -flung places within their reach. These worldschoolers embrace the idea of travel as education and lifestyle. They travel to parts unknown, imparting skills and sensibilities to their children that offer big dividends for an uncertain future world. Molz offers us good tools to think with, helping us to see up close how modern families navigate a world rattled by economic and social precarity and risk. She reminds us this is a world we must all weather, however. Though their mobile existence is not without emotional and social costs for them, worldschoolers are rich in resources, able to traverse a world in flux, the same world that leaves untold numbers of families insecure and largely left behind. -- Amy L. Best, author of Fast Food Kids: French Fries, Lunch Lines, and Social TiesThe World Is Our Classroom provides the first comprehensive examination of worldschooling families. This whirlwind of a book takes the reader on a journey through the lives of worldschooling families from Argentina to Thailand. With the use of mobile virtual ethnography, Germann Molz provides detailed insight into worldschooling as a way of life that emphasizes risk taking, resilience, and ultimately family as parents prepare their kids to be “future-proof” global citizens at the same time as holding family very close. Anyone interested in education, families, globalization, technology, or just a good read should pick up this book. -- Gayle Kaufman, author of Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month SolutionJennie Germann Molz's investigation into "worldschooling" provides an important contribution to understanding homeschooling, unconventional education, and intensive mothering in response to an uncertain world. Privilege, social class, and global worldviews intersect in this rich ethnography of parenting in the twenty-first century. -- Jennifer Lois, author of Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering
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New York University Press The Trouble with Snack Time
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn important study of the ways in which feeding children reflects larger social anxieties, from issues of class and racial identities to morally loaded ideas about nutrition and childrearing. While recognizing the centrality of parental engagement to children’s lives, Patico compellingly asserts the need for governmental interventions to bring about structural changes that don’t rely on moralized notions of individual parental care. Everyone interested in how America feeds its children—or fails to—should read this book. -- Darra Goldstein, Founding Editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and CultureA beautifully written account of the double bind faced by many contemporary parents: how to be ‘engaged’ and ‘concerned’ about their children’s eating, without being overly ‘neurotic’ or ‘anxious.’ Thick with detailed ethnographic observation, the book illuminates the politics of parenting from the ground up, forcing the reader to reflect on why children’s eating has become both individualized and moralized in recent years, as well as pushing us to consider other, more collaborative possibilities. In addition to parents themselves, this highly readable book will be of interest to those across the social sciences, particularly scholars of parenting, gender, food, and health. -- Charlotte Faircloth, University College LondonThis book is rife with interesting details, describing a life that will be familiar to many academics. * CHOICE *The Trouble With Snack Time by Dr. Jennifer Patico explores this food environment through a fascinating ethnography of an Atlanta charter school and its surrounding neighbourhood. * Agriculture and Human Values *
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New York University Press Unaccompanied
Book SynopsisExplores how humanitarian aid workers help and hinder the care of unaccompanied children as they arrive in the United StatesEvery year, tens of thousands of children cross into the United States without a legal guardian at their side, often fleeing violence and poverty in their countries of origin. In Unaccompanied, Emily Ruehs-Navarro shows us one aspect of their heartbreaking journeys, as seen through the eyes of the aid workers who trybut too often failto help them. Drawing on interviews with aid workers, migrant children, and others, Ruehs-Navarro follows unaccompanied youth as they seek help from a wide range of professionals. From legal relief organizations to family reunification specialists, she shows us how different aid workers may choose to work for, with, or against unaccompanied immigrant youth, deciding whether they should be treated as refugees, child dependents, or, in some cases, criminals. Ruehs-Navarro highlights how aid workers, anTrade Review"Emily Ruehs-Navarro takes us on a compelling sociological journey that maps out what drives youth to migrate by themselves and what they encounter when they arrive at the U.S border. Using multiple qualitative methods, she illuminates the ways in which border securitization, racialized child welfare, and humanitarianism intersect to shape how we think of and respond to unaccompanied migrant youth. Integrating the experiences and perspectives of both youth and the professionals who work with them, this valuable book brings into focus the complex landscape of aid they operate in and the contradictions and possibilities they navigate to access aid. " -- Lorena Garcia, author of Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself: Latina Girls and Sexual Identity"This work is important because it demonstrates the conditional nature of humanitarian legal aid toward youth and highlights the continued traumatization of youth even after crossing the border." * Sociology of Race of Ethnicity *
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New York University Press The Trans Generation
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Ann Traverss The Trans Generation is an astounding and essential qualitative study that collects heartfelt, honest anecdotes from a variety of transgender children and their parents." * Foreword Reviews *"Given that trans children are subjected to harassment, bullying, and systemic lack of support, theres no better time than now to have this book as a resource." * Bitch Magazine *"Walks readers through challenges that transgender children face in schools, in public spaces, with their parents, and navigating health care...A useful text." * Library Journal *"In this insightful evaluation of the lives of transgender kids, the author closely examines schools, spaces (especially bathrooms and locker rooms), parents, and healthcare. The book is...an important addition to the growing body of transgender literature." * Booklist *"Whether due to a general lack of understanding or consistent misinterpretations of definitions, gender and identity can be challenging topics for many individuals. Travers helps combat this confusion by exploring aspects of gender and identity research that are often perplexing for students. Travers presents an innovative exploration of the experiences of transgender children, offering concrete definitions of terminology and fresh approaches to discussing gender, sex, and identity. To some, these definitions and explanations might seem inconsequential, but they can be invaluable to those less informed about gender research. The text goes beyond simply discussing issues related to gender and children by listing resources for children, parents, lawmakers, and educators as well as providing policy recommendations for healthcare and education professionals … This illuminating text will be an appreciated addition to any library collection, especially those supporting sociology, psychology, gender studies, or criminology and criminal justice programs." * Choice *"Passionate, smart, sensitive, and on-target in its policy recommendations, The Trans Generation is indispensable reading for anybody who wants to understand the gender climate-change our culture is currently experiencing. If you care about a kid who does gender differentlyan estimated 1 in 137 of all people in the US between the ages of 13-17and want them to have the best future possible, then read this book, take it to heart, and start making that future a reality for them today." -- Susan Stryker, Author of Transgender History"By focusing on varying degrees of precariousness in childrens livesprimarily in school and in relation to pathologizing medical discourses and practicesAnn Travers makes a much-needed contribution to the scholarship on trans subjectivity generally, and trans youth in particular.a pleasure to read." -- Jane Ward, Author of Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men"Compassionate and pragmatic, this is the book about trans kids that everyparent, teacher, coach, caregiver, and policymaker needs to read!" -- Heath Fogg Davis, Author of Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?"The book is a far leap from a legacy of scholarship that treats transgender persons as the object of interest, and instead interrogates the social institutions, and agents, that react and respond to them—or that fail to." * Social Forces *
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New York University Press Multiracial Parents
Book SynopsisThe views and experiences of multiracial people as parentsThe world's multiracial population is considered to be one of the fastest growing of all ethnic groups. In the United States alone, it is estimated that over 20% of the population will be considered mixed race by 2050. Public figuressuch as former President Barack Obama and Hollywood actress Ruth Neggafurther highlight the highly diverse backgrounds of those classified under the umbrella term of multiracial. Multiracial Parents considers how mixed-race parents identify with and draw from their cultural backgrounds in raising and socializing their children. Miri Song presents a groundbreaking examination of how the meanings and practices surrounding multiracial identification are passed down through the generations. A revealing portrait of how multiracial identity is and is not transmitted to children, Multiracial Parents focuses on couples comprised of one White and one non-white minority, who were mostly first generation mixeTrade Review"Miri Song’s Multiracial Parents …. is a long-overdue addition to the sociological literature in mixed race studies. Multiracial Parents makes an invaluable contribution to the sociology of race and ethnicity, mixed-race studies, and race and ethnic studies more generally, as well as the sociology of the family and social psychology. Song’s book would be an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate courses as well as for interested readers in the general public." -- American Journal of Sociology"Miri Song in Multiracial Parents examines multiracial people as parents and how they racially socialize their children, including whether a multiracial identity is passed down to the next generation… Song argues that the prevalence of multiracial parents labeling their children as mixed reflects generational continuity in multiracial identity and mixed-ness gaining purchase in Britain. She also challenges the notion that a multiracial label signals an attempt by mixed race people to distance themselves from their minority status, as many parents actively maintained or revitalized their minority heritage through their parenting practices." -- Qualitative Sociology"Song raises critical issues about the varying structures of race, racism, and the demise and persistence of ethnicity and race as meaningful categories due to differential histories including relationships to slavery, colonialism, nationalism, religion, and indigeneity." * Journal of Asian American Research *"A novel and searching look at how mixed race people contemplate and confront parenthood. Though their circumstances may seem unique, Song compellingly shows how their experiences and reflections speak volumes about how race is more widely understood. Questions of appearance, community, racism, and ancestry may take on particular forms for multiracial parents, but their power and poignancy clearly derive from the weight they hold for all of us" -- Ann Morning,Author of The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach about Human Difference"A rich account of the complexities of racially classifying mixed-race children. Song strikes at the heart of where mixed-race identity and its variants - such as to identify as White or non-White - are formed. By following parents accounts, this innovative and important book helps us understand an important dimension of a world of increasing ethnoracial diversity." -- Edward E. Telles,Author of Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America"An insightful study that illuminates a neglected group: multiracial parents who are raising children. We learn how second-generation multiracials conceptualize and negotiate the meaning of race, racism, and the identity formation of their children." -- France Winddance Twine,Author of A White Side of Black Britain: Interracial Intimacy and Racial Literacy
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