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CRITICAL DIALOGUES IN LATINX STUDIES
White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US
A Reader
Alexander Laban Hinton
Edited by Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas and Mérida M. Rúa
A renowned expert on genocide argues that there is a real risk of violent atrocities happening in the United States
Introduces new approaches, theoretical trends, and understudied topics in Latinx Studies
592 PG | PAPER | 9781479805211 | $45
304 PG | CLOTH | 9781479808014 | $29
ADVERSE EVENTS
BODIES IN EVIDENCE
Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication
Race, Inequality, and the Testing of New Pharmaceuticals
Heather R. Hlavka and Sameena Mulla
Jill A. Fisher
Winner of the 2021 Robert K. Merton Book Award, Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association Explores the social inequality of clinical drug testing and its effects on scientific results 336 PG | PAPER | 9781479862160 | $30
In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice
Uncovers how the process of sexual assault adjudication reinforces inequality and becomes a public spectacle of violence
312 PG | PAPER | 9781479809660 | $30
LIVING ON THE SPECTRUM
THE MOVEMENT FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
Autism and Youth in Community
Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism
Elizabeth Fein
Honorable Mention, Stirling Prize from the Society for Psychological Anthropology How youth on the autism spectrum negotiate the contested meanings of neurodiversity 304 PG | PAPER | 9781479889068 | $30
In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice
Patricia Zavella
Shows how reproductive justice organizations’ collaborative work across racial lines provides a compelling model for other groups to successfully influence change 320 PG | PAPER | 9781479812707 | $32
THE TROUBLE WITH SNACK TIME
240 PG | PAPER | 9781479845989 | $30
In Social Transformations in American Anthropology
POWERS OF PILGRIMAGE
Children’s Food and the Politics of Parenting
Religion in a World of Movement
Jennifer Patico
Simon Coleman
Explores the tensions between parents’ concerns about their children’s food and their liberal politics
A groundbreaking reframing of religious pilgrimage
344 PG | PAPER | 9781479811946 | $35
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GENDER AND SEXUALITY CAMMING
STILL STRAIGHT
Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry
Sexual Flexibility among White Men in Rural America
Angela Jones
Tony Silva
Honorable Mention, 2021 Sexualities Section Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association The first inside look at how sex workers use webcams to make a living 344 PG | PAPER | 9781479874873 | $30
Why some straight men have sex with other men
264 PG | PAPER | 9781479801107 | $28
FEARING THE BLACK BODY
THE PORNIFICATION OF AMERICA
The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
How Raunch Culture Is Ruining Our Society
Sabrina Strings
304 PG | PAPER | 9781479886753 | $28
Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association
Bernadette Barton
An up-close look at how porn permeates our culture
232 PG | CLOTH | 9781479894437 | $24.95
FAMILIES QUEERING FAMILY TREES
TRANS-AFFIRMATIVE PARENTING
Race, Reproductive Justice, and Lesbian Motherhood
Raising Kids Across the Gender Spectrum
Sandra Patton-Imani
Elizabeth Rahilly
Argues that significant barriers to family-making exist for lesbian mothers of color in the United States
336 PG | PAPER | 9781479814862 | $30
First-hand accounts of how parents support their transgender children
224 PG | PAPER | 9781479817153 | $28
JUST LIKE FAMILY
GENDER VIOLENCE, 3RD EDITION
How Companion Animals Joined the Household
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Andrea Laurent-Simpson
Edited by Laura L. O’Toole, Jessica R. Schiffman and Rosemary Sullivan
The rise and increasingly important role of companion animals in our families
An updated edition of the groundbreaking anthology that explores the proliferation of gendered violence
In Animals in Context
312 PG | PAPER | 9781479852628 | $30
600 PG | PAPER | 9781479820801 | $39
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RACE AND ETHNICITY GROWING UP LATINX
FRONT OF THE HOUSE, BACK OF THE HOUSE
Coming of Age in a Time of Contested Citizenship Jesica Siham Fernández
Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers
Latinx children navigating identity, citizenship, and belonging in a divided America
Eli Revelle Yano Wilson
How workers navigate race, gender, and class in the food service industry
In Critical Perspectives on Youth
In Latina/o Sociology
264 PG | PAPER | 9781479801220 | $30
240 PG | PAPER | 9781479800629 | $28
HORRIBLE WHITE PEOPLE
THE COMPLEXITIES OF RACE
Gender, Genre, and Television’s Precarious Whiteness
Identity, Power, and Justice in an Evolving America
Taylor Nygaard and Jorie Lagerwey
Edited by Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe
Examines the bleak television comedies that illustrate the obsession of the white left with its own anxiety and suffering
272 PG | PAPER | 9781479805358 | $30
Illuminates how recent shifts in demographics, policy, culture and thinking have changed how race is understood today
304 PG | PAPER | 9781479801411 | $30
THE COLORS OF LOVE
BECOMING MEN
Multiracial People in Interracial Relationships
Black Masculinities in a South African Township
Melinda A. Mills
Malose Langa
How multiracial people navigate the complexities of race and love
This vivid evocation of the lives of 32 boys from a Johannesburg township is essential reading for anybody wishing to understand black masculinity in South Africa Published by Wits University Press
312 PG | PAPER | 9781479802418 | $30
202 PG | PAPER | 9781776145676 | $20
kayās nōhcīn
Châhkâpâs
Mary Louise Rockthunder Edited and translated by Jean L. Okimasis and Arok Wolvengrey
John Peastitute Edited by Marguerite MacKenzie Translated by Julie Brittain and Silas Nabinicaboo Illustrated by Elizabeth Jancewicz
I Come from a Long Time Back
A Naskapi Legend
The first published collection of stories as told by Mary Louise Rockthunder, a much-beloved storyteller of Cree, Saulteaux, and Nakoda heritage
Shares the story of Châhkâpâs, a heroic figure in First Nations storytelling, who performs feats of strength and skill in spite of his diminutive size
Published by University of Regina Press 264 PG | PAPER | 9780889778368 | $19.95
264 PG | PAPER | 9780889778290 | $19.95
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HEALTH AND MEDICINE TRANS MEDICINE
FREEZING FERTILITY
The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender
Oocyte Cryopreservation and the Gender Politics of Aging
Stef M. Shuster
Lucy van de Wiel
A rich examination of the history of trans medicine and current day practice
Analyzes how the possibility of egg freezing changes what it means to be fertile and to age in the 21st century In Biopolitics
240 PG | PAPER | 9781479899371 | $27
344 PG | PAPER | 9781479817900 | $35
THE BUSINESS OF BIRTH
UNEXPECTED
Parenting, Prenatal Testing, and Down Syndrome
Malpractice and Maternity Care in the United States
Alison Piepmeier With George Estreich and Rachel Adams
Louise Marie Roth
How the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices
336 PG | PAPER | 9781479877089 | $35
What prenatal tests and down syndrome reveal about our reproductive choices
200 PG | PAPER | 9781479879953 | $27
“SAVE MY KID”
FEELING MEDICINE
How Families of Critically Ill Children Cope, Hope, and Negotiate an Unequal Healthcare System
How the Pelvic Exam Shapes Medical Training Kelly Underman
The emotional and social components of teaching medical students to be good doctors
Amanda M. Gengler
A frank analysis of the medical and emotional inequalities that pervade the healthcare process for critically ill children
256 PG | PAPER | 9781479864621 | $30
In Biopolitics
320 PG | PAPER | 9781479893041 | $35
EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS
224 PG | PAPER | 9781479803958 | $28
REPRODUCTIVE INJUSTICE
Life Before and After Bariatric Surgery
Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth
Sarah Trainer, Alexandra Brewis and Amber Wutich
Dána-Ain Davis Winner of the Senior Book Prize from the Association for
Winner of the 2019 William J. Goode Book Award, Family Section of the American Sociological Association Finalist, 2019 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems
Feminist Anthropology Winner of the Eileen Basker Memorial Prize from the Society for Medical Anthropology Press 264 PG | PAPER | 9781479853571 | $19.95
In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice
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IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION THE NEW AMERICAN SERVITUDE
INEQUALITIES OF AGING
Political Belonging Among African Immigrant Home Care Workers
Paradoxes of Independence in American Home Care
Cati Coe
Winner of the 2020 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, given by the Society for Medical Anthropology
Elana D. Buch
Finalist, 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Award, given by the Association of Africanist Anthropology In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice 304 PG | PAPER | 9781479808830 | $32
In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice 288 PG | PAPER | 9781479807178 | $30
MOTHERHOOD ACROSS BORDERS
272 PG | PAPER | 9781479866465 | $30
ORGANIZING WHILE UNDOCUMENTED
Immigrants and Their Children in Mexico and New York
Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law
Gabrielle Oliveira
Kevin Escudero
Winner of the 2019 Inaugural Outstanding Ethnography Book Award, given by the Ethnography in Education Research Forum Winner of the 2019 Outstanding Book Award, given by the Council on Anthropology and Education
Finalist, 2020 C. Wright Mills Award, given by the Society for the Study of Social Problems Honorable Mention, 2021 Asian America Section Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association 208 PG | PAPER | 9781479834150 | $27
UNACCOMPANIED
In Latina/o Sociology
IRAQI REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES
The Plight of Immigrant Youth at the Border
The Enduring Effects of the War on Terror
Emily Ruehs-Navarro
Explores how humanitarian aid workers help and hinder the care of unaccompanied children as they arrive in the United States
Ken R. Crane
How Iraqi refugees navigate life, belonging, and exclusion in America
In Critical Perspectives on Youth
248 PG | PAPER | 9781479838615 | $28
LOOKING TO REFRESH YOUR SYLLABUS?
208 PG | PAPER | 9781479886906 | $28
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RELIGION AND SECULARISM STUDYING LIVED RELIGION
WHITE CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGE
Contexts and Practices
The Illusion of Religious Equality in America
Nancy Tatom Ammerman
Offers an overarching definition and framework for the study of religion as it manifests itself in everyday life
Khyati Y. Joshi
Exposes the invisible ways in which white Christian privilege disadvantages racial and religious minorities in America NEW IN PAPERBACK!
272 PG | PAPER | 9781479804344 | $30
256 PG | PAPER | 9781479812004 | $16.95
LIFEBLOOD OF THE PARISH
CREATING THE CREATION MUSEUM
Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
How Fundamentalist Beliefs Come to Life
Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada
Kathleen C. Oberlin
A New York City ethnography that explores men’s unique approaches to Catholic devotion
Investigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum
In North American Religions
296 PG | PAPER | 9781479830497 | $32
280 PG | PAPER | 9781479805709 | $30
NONE OF THE ABOVE
SOCIETY WITHOUT GOD, SECOND EDITION
Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada Joel Thiessen and Sarah WilkinsLaflamme
What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment
Compares secular attitudes characterizing “religious nones” in the United States and Canada
Phil Zuckerman
An updated edition showcasing the social health of the least religious nations in the world
In Secular Studies Series
272 PG | PAPER | 9781479860807 | $30
296 PG | PAPER | 9781479878086 | $30
THEORY OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS
SEEKING SANCTUARY
Stories of Sexuality, Faith and Migration
Catherine Wessinger
John Marnell Foreword by Kapya Kaoma
An introduction to the study of women in diverse religious cultures
A glimpse into the lives of LGBTQ migrants in Johannesburg, in their own words
In Women in Religions
Published by Wits University Press
232 PG | PAPER | 9781479809462 | $22
284 PG | PAPER | 9781776147106 | $30
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PLACES, SPACES, GEOGRAPHIES SOUTH CENTRAL DREAMS
HURRICANE HARVEY’S AFTERMATH
Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A.
Place, Race, and Inequality in Disaster Recovery
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor
Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Matthew L. Spialek
Race, place, and identity in a changing urban America
Heartbreaking stories from survivors along the Texas Gulf Coast
In Latina/o Sociology
368 PG | PAPER | 9781479807970 | $32
208 PG | PAPER | 9781479800759 | $28
A QUEER NEW YORK
A RECIPE FOR GENTRIFICATION
Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers
Food, Power, and Resistance in the City
Jen Jack Gieseking
Winner, 2021 Glenda Laws Award, given by the American Association of Geographers The first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York City
336 PG | PAPER | 9781479835737 | $30
Edited by Alison Hope Alkon, Yuki Kato and Joshua Sbicca
384 PG | PAPER | 9781479811373 | $35
CHANGING QATAR
Honorable Mention, 2021 Edited Collection Book Award, given by the Association for the Study of Food and Society How gentrification uproots the urban food landscape, and what activists are doing to resist it
COMING OF AGE IN IRAN
Culture, Citizenship, and Rapid Modernization
Poverty and the Struggle for Dignity
Geoff Harkness
A cultural study of modern Qatar and how it navigates change and tradition
Manata Hashemi
An inside look at young Iranians navigating poverty and stigma in a time of crisis In Critical Perspectives on Youth
340 PG | PAPER | 9781479854820 | $32
256 PG | PAPER | 9781479881949 | $30
FEAR ITSELF
HOW SPACES BECOME PLACES
The Causes and Consequences of Fear in America
Place Makers Tell Their Stories
Christopher D. Bader, Joseph O. Baker, L. Edward Day and Ann Gordon
Edited by John F. Forester Foreword by Randolph T. Hester
Useful and inspiring cases illustrate participatory placemaking practices and strategies.
An antidote to the culture of fear that dominates modern life
Published by New Village Press
200 PG | PAPER | 9781479869817 | $26
320 PG | PAPER | 9781613321423 | $30
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