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HIGHLIGHTS MOTHERHOOD ON ICE
FORCED OUT
Migrant Mothers in Search of Refuge and Hope Susan J. Terrio
The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs Marcia C. Inhorn “Captures the pain of women who struggle to fulfill the human desires for companionship and parenthood.” ~The Atlantic 352 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479813049
In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice
Features the stories of undocumented mothers who reunite with their children in the US years after fleeing violence at home 216 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479823536
THE STATE OF DESIRE
UNSUSTAINABLE
Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability Matthew Archer
Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land Lea Taragin-Zeller
A behind-the-scenes look at how corporate and financial actors enforce a business-friendly approach to global sustainability 256 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479822010
An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in Israel 200 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479817368
GLOBAL GUYANA
HEALING MOVEMENTS
Shaping Race, Gender, and Environment in the Caribbean and Beyond Oneka LaBennett
256 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479827015
Exposes the global threat of environmental catastrophe and the forms of erasure that structure Caribbean women’s lives in the overlooked nation of Guyana
Chicanx-Indigenous Activism and Criminal Justice in California Megan S. Raschig
224 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479827077
DIGITAL UNSETTLING
FALSE STARTS
The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers Casey Stockstill
Decoloniality and Dispossession in the Age of Social Media Sahana Udupa and Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan
“A thorough account of the history…[and] an enlightening study of the promises and obstacles of US preschools.” ~Foreword Reviews 232 PP | CLOTH | $28 9781479815005
How a grassroots abolitionist project of cultural healing counters the carceral state in a Chicanx community in California
How digital networks are positioned within the enduring structures of coloniality 264 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479819157
In Critical Cultural Communication
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ANTHROPOLOGIES OF AMERICAN MEDICINE SERIES VIOLENCE NEVER HEALS
CONCEIVING CHRISTIAN AMERICA
The Lifelong Effects of Intimate Partner Violence for Immigrant Women Allison Bloom
Conceiving Christian America Risa Cromer
Explores experiences with disability and aging for immigrant survivors of domestic violence across the life course
How embryo adoption advances the Christian Right’s political goals for creating a Christian nation 320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818594
224 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479822058
GOOD INTENTIONS IN GLOBAL HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE INJUSTICE
Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth Dana-Ain Davis
Medical Missions, Emotion, and Health Care across Borders Nicole S. Berry
A troubling study of the role that medical racism plays in the lives of Black women who have given birth to premature and low birth weight infants
Explores informal global health action and the importance of intentions of those who volunteer 208 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479825370
272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479853571
ADVERSE EVENTS
LIVING ON THE SPECTRUM
Race, Inequality, and the Testing of New Pharmaceuticals Jill A. Fisher
Autism and Youth in Community Elizabeth Fein
Winner, 2022 Donald W. Light Award for Applied Medical Sociology, given by the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
How youth on the autism spectrum negotiate the contested meanings of neurodiversity 304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479889068
336 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479862160
THE NEW AMERICAN SERVITUDE
Political Belonging among African Immigrant Home Care Workers Cati Coe Examines why African care workers feel politically excluded from the United States 304 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479808830
ANTHROPOLOGIES OF AMERICAN MEDICINE: CULTURE, POWER AND PRACTICE SERIES This series features ethnographic research into the relations between health, culture, power and knowledge. This series fills a critical gap in medical anthropology, one of the most vibrant and well-recognized subfields in the discipline of anthropology.
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HEALTH AND MEDICINE PREGNANT AT WORK
UNEXPECTED
Parenting, Prenatal Testing, and Down Syndrome Alison Piepmeier with George Estreich and Rachel Adams
Low-Wage Workers, Power, and Temporal Injustice Elise Andaya A compelling analysis of social inequality through the perspective of pregnant, lowwage service workers
208 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479817597
In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice
200 PP | PAPER | $27 9781479879953
THE REPRODUCTION OF INEQUALITY
BODIES IN EVIDENCE
Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication Heather R. Hlavka and Sameena Mulla
How Class Shapes the Pregnant Body and Infant Health Katherine Mason
Winner, 2021-2022 AES Senior Book Prize, awarded by the American Ethnological Society
An important analysis of the difference class makes in reproductive health care choices
312 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479809660
296 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479801947
OUR TRANSGENIC FUTURE
In Health, Society, and Inequality
TRANS MEDICINE
The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender stef m. shuster
Spider Goats, Genetic Modification, and the Will to Change Nature Lisa Jean Moore
Finalist, PROSE Award in Clinical Medicine
How scientific advances in genetic modification will fundamentally change the natural world
A rich examination of the history of trans medicine and current day practice 240 PP | PAPER | $27 9781479899371
232 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814411
ELDER CARE IN CRISIS
MEDICAL LEGAL VIOLENCE
How the Social Safety Net Fails Families Emily K. Abel
Health Care and Immigration Enforcement Against Latinx Noncitizens Meredith Van Natta
Explains why there is a crisis in caring for elderly people and how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated it
An urgent study on how punitive immigration policies undermine the health of Latinx immigrants 256 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479807420
“Asks questions such as, what is the line between illness and disability, and how can a parent deal with uncertainties?” ~Library Journal
In Latina/o Sociology
232 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479815395
In Health, Society, and Inequality
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IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION VIBES UP
STATES OF RETURN
Reggae and Afro-Caribbean Migration from Costa Rica to Brooklyn Sabia McCoy-Torres
Rethinking Migration and Mobility Edited by Deborah A. Boehm and Mikaela H. Rogozen-Soltar
Examines reggae culture as an expression of cultural, racial, and gender empowerment in the West Indian Diaspora 304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479827176
Explores global migration through the concept of “return” 272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479823352
DRAWING DEPORTATION
MOTHERHOOD ACROSS BORDERS
Art and Resistance among Immigrant Children Silvia Rodriguez Vega
Immigrants and Their Children in Mexico and New York Gabrielle Oliveira
Illustrates how the children of immigrants use art to grapple with issues of citizenship, state violence, and belonging
The stories of Mexican migrant women who parent from afar, and how their transnational families stay together 272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479866465
232 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479810451
RACE AND ETHNICITY STUDIES YOUTH IN EGYPT
OUT OF PLACE
The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants SunAh M Laybourn
Identity, Participation, and Opportunity Nadine Sika
How Korean adoptees went from being adoptable orphans to deportable immigrants
An eye-opening look at youth in contemporary Egypt, from the role they play in advancing political change to their everyday struggles
In Asian American Sociology 240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814787
216 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479819539
INDIGENOUS MEMORY, URBAN REALITY
THE COMPLEXITIES OF RACE
Stories of American Indian Relocation and Reclamation Michelle R. Jacobs
Identity, Power, and Justice in an Evolving America Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe Illuminates how recent shifts in demographics, policy, culture and thinking have changed how race is understood today
Contemporary accounts of urban Native identity in two pan-Indian communities 304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479849123
304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479801411
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GENDER AND SEXUALITY BI
GENDER REPLAY
Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid, and Nonbinary Youth Ritch C. Savin-Williams
On Kids, Schools, and Feminism Edited by Freeden Blume Oeur and C. J. Pascoe
What bisexual youth can tell us about today’s gender and sexual identities
256 PP | PAPER | $19.95 9781479825875
The first book-length critical reception of Barrie Thorne’s classic book, Gender Play
288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479813377
DADDIES OF A DIFFERENT KIND
BLACK AND QUEER ON CAMPUS
Sex and Romance Between Older and Younger Adult Gay Men Tony Silva
Michael P. Jeffries
An inside look at Black LGBTQ college students and their experiences
288 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479803910
An intimate look at gay and bisexual daddies and their younger partners
248 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479817030
COLORING INTO EXISTENCE
FREEZING FERTILITY
Queer of Color Worldmaking in Children’s Literature Isabel Millán
Oocyte Cryopreservation and the Gender Politics of Aging Lucy van de Wiel Analyzes how the possibility of egg freezing changes what it means to be fertile and to age in the 21st century
Argues that queer picture books with main characters of color can disrupt structures of power in both literature and real life 352 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479816989
344 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479817900
BROWN AND GAY IN LA
Embodied and Intersectional Approaches Edited by April D.J. Petillo and Heather R. Hlavka
Co-Winner of the 2023 Latino/a Section Best Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association In Asian American Sociology
In Biopolitics
RESEARCHING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
The Lives of Immigrant Sons Anthony Christian Ocampo
176 PP | PAPER | $15.95 9781479898138
In Critical Perspectives on Youth
216 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479812202
An interdisciplinary collection of critical, feminist reflections on interpersonal gender violence
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ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION QUEER JUDAISM
MUSLIMS ON THE MARGINS
LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel Orit Avishai
Creating Queer Religious Community in North America Katrina Daly Thompson
Offers a compelling look at how Orthodox Jewish LGBT persons in Israel became more accepted in their communities
Offers vivid stories of nonconformist Muslim communities In North American Religions
320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479810031
272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814350
THE WOMEN’S MOSQUE OF AMERICA
POWERS OF PILGRIMAGE
Religion in a World of Movement Simon Coleman
Authority and Community in U.S. Islam Tazeen M. Ali
A groundbreaking reframing of religious pilgrimage to include everyday locations
344 PP | CLOTH | $99 9780814717288
288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479811304
MUSLIM COOL
WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS
Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States Su’ad Abdul Khabeer
Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people
Interviews with young Muslims in Chicago explore the complexity of identities formed at the crossroads of Islam and hip hop
Oyèrónké Oládémo
200 PP | PAPER | $22 9781479813995
In Women in Religions
288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479894505
BEYOND DOUBT
THE SECULAR PARADOX
The Secularization of Society Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun
240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814282
Analyzes how American Muslim women approach the Qur’an as a tool for social justice and community building
Demonstrates definitively that the secularization thesis is correct, and religion is losing its grip on societies worldwide In Secular Studies
On the Religiosity of the Not Religious Joseph Blankholm A radically new way of understanding secularism which explains why being secular can seem so strangely religious 312 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479809509
In Secular Studies
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ENVIRONMENT AND FOOD STUDIES FOOD ACTIVISM TODAY
THE CREATIVE LIVES OF ANIMALS
Sustainability, Climate Change, and Social Justice Donald M. Nonini and Dorothy C. Holland
Carol Gigliotti
Winner of the 2023 Nautilus Book Award in the category of Animals & Nature
Illuminates how food activism has been taking shape and where it is headed 400 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479810987
The surprising, fascinating, and remarkable ways that animals use creativity to thrive in their habitats 304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479815456
THE ENVIRONMENT IN ANTHROPOLOGY SECOND EDITION
MINING THE HEARTLAND
Nature, Place, and Populism on the Iron Range Erik Kojola
A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living Edited by Nora Haenn, Richard Wilk and Allison Harnish
592 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479876761
Presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view
272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479815210
WATER
How Farmers Create a Resilient Food Landscape Stephen Ellingson
An intellectual history of America’s water management philosophy
208 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479820665
PRACTICING FOOD STUDIES
Edited by Amy Bentley, Fabio Parasecoli and Krishnendu Ray
A riveting portrait of the cultural struggles and political conflicts of proposed copper-nickel mines in Minnesota’s Iron Range
PLANTING WITH PURPOSE
Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of “Humanity Jeremy J. Schmidt
320 PP | PAPER | $26 9781479853823
In Animals in Context
Examines local food movement activism in a period of increasing climate chaos and neoliberal crisis, economic inequalities and political divisions
CONNECT WITH US!
An introduction to the burgeoning field of food studies
@nyupress 256 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479828098
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ANTHROPOLOGY AND LAW THE VIGILANT CITIZEN
THE IMAGINED JUROR
Everyday Policing and Insecurity in Miami Thijs Jeursen
192 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479816545
How the problematic behavior of individual citizens—and not just the police force itself— contributes to the perpetuation of police brutality and institutional racism
How Hypothetical Juries Influence Federal Prosecutors Anna Offit Examines the outsized influence of jurors on prosecutorial discretion
192 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479808540
THE SHAMING STATE
THE BUSINESS OF BIRTH
How the U.S. Treats Citizens in Need Sara Salman
Malpractice and Maternity Care in the United States Louise Marie Roth
A riveting indictment of how the government fails to help citizens in need of help, protection, and humanity 248 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814541
How fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices
336 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479877089
FAMILY/PARENTING THE COLORS OF LOVE
FAMILIES WE KEEP
LGBTQ People and Their Enduring Bonds with Parents Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith
Multiracial People in Interracial Relationships Melinda Mills How multiracial people navigate the complexities of race and love
312 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479802418
Why LGBTQ adults don’t end troubled ties with parents and why (perhaps) they should 224 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479813339
JUST LIKE FAMILY
QUEER STEPFAMILIES
How Companion Animals Joined the Household Robert D. Bullard and Andrea Laurent-Simpson
The Path to Social and Legal Recognition Katie L. Acosta
The rise and increasingly important role of companion animals in our families
A compelling examination of the social and legal experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer stepparent families
In Animals in Context 312 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479852628
272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479800988
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GREAT FOR COURSES CRITICAL DIALOGUES IN LATINX STUDIES
KEYWORDS FOR HEALTH HUMANITIES
Edited by Sari Altschuler, Jonathan M. Metzl and Priscilla Wald
A Reader Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas and Mérida M. Rúa
Introduces new approaches, theoretical trends, and understudied topics in Latinx Studies
280 PP | PAPER | $29 9781479808106
In Keywords
584 PP | PAPER | $45
9781479805211
THE MOVEMENT FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
CRITICAL RACE THEORY, FOURTH EDITION
An Introduction Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism Patricia Zavella
A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory 224 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479818259
In Critical America
2021 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 320 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479812707
IT CAN HAPPEN HERE
In Social Transformations in American Anthropology
THE ECOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD
White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US Alexander Laban Hinton
How Our Changing World Threatens Children’s Rights Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
A renowned expert on genocide argues that there is a real risk of violent atrocities happening in the United States
How globalization is undermining sustainable social environments for children
304 PP | PAPER | $19.95 9781479808052
368 PP | CLOTH | $50 9780814794845
STUDYING LIVED RELIGION
In Families, Law, and Society
GENDER VIOLENCE, THIRD EDITION
Contexts and Practices Nancy Tatom Ammerman
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Edited by Laura L. O’Toole, Jessica R. Schiffman and Rosemary Sullivan
Offers an overarching definition and framework for the study of religion as it manifests itself in everyday life
272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479804344
Introduces key concepts and debates in health humanities and the health professions
600 PP | PAPER | $39 9781479820801
An updated edition of the groundbreaking anthology that explores the proliferation of gendered violence
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PARTNER PRESSES SEEKING SANCTUARY
LUCK
Margaret Randall
Stories of Sexuality, Faith and Migration John Marnell
Fearless personal essays from a treasured feminist poet and activist
A glimpse into the lives of LGBTQ migrants in Johannesburg, in their own words
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A Wits University Press title 284 PP | PAPER | $30 9781776147106
256 PP | PAPER | $22.95 9781613322192
BLACK X
THESE POTATOES LOOK LIKE HUMANS
Liberatory thought in Azania Tendayi Sithole
The contested future of land, home and death in South Africa Mbuso Nkosi
What does it mean to be Black in an anti-Black world?
Uses the 1959 potato boycott in South Africa as a starting point for thinking about the meaning of land and ancestral connection to it 186 PP | PAPER | $20 9781776148400
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A Wits University Press title
200 PP | PAPER | $20 9781776148684
A MARIANAS MOSAIC
CHAMORU LEGENDS
Signs and Shifts in Contemporary Island Life Ajani Burrell and Kimberly Bunts-Anderson
A Gathering of Stories Teresita Lourdes Perez with CHamoru translations by Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera
A wide-ranging collection of writings on the Marianas
Illustrated retellings of tales from the indigenous people of Guam 188 PP | PAPER | $25 9781878453334
A University of Guam title
A University of Guam title 420 PP | CLOTH | $89 9781935198666
TOWARDS A PRAIRIE ATONEMENT
PROTECTING THE PRAIRIES
Lorne Scott and the Politics of Conservation Andrea Olive
Trevor Herriot
Argues for the cause of protecting native grasslands and reconciliation on the Great Plains
A history of land conservation and environmental politics in one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet 280 PP | PAPER | $29.95 9780889779600
A University of Regina Press title
In The Regina Collection 110 PP | PAPER | $19.95 9780889779648
A University of Regina Press title
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