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HIGHLIGHTS Scarred

Motherhood on Ice

A Feminist Journey Through Pain L. Ayu Saraswati

The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs Marcia C. Inhorn

Offers thought-provoking theories and lifetransforming ways to deal with pain

232 PP | PAPER | $27 9781479817092

“Captures the pain of women who struggle to fulfill the human desires for companionship and parenthood.”~Anna Louie Sussman, The Atlantic 352 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479813049

The Reproduction of Inequality

Denied

Women, Sports, and the Contradictions of Identity Michelle J. Manno

How Class Shapes the Pregnant Body and Infant Health Katherine Mason

A courtside view of how women athletes’ identities are policed, on and off the court

An important analysis of the difference class makes in reproductive health care choices 296 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479801947

In Health, Society, and Inequality

240 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479885381

Gender Replay

Challenging Confinement

On Kids, Schools, and Feminism Edited by Freeden Blume Oeur and C. J. Pascoe

Mass Incarceration and the Fight for Equality in Women’s Prisons Bonnie L. Ernst

The first book-length critical reception of Barrie Thorne’s classic book, Gender Play

288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479813377

In Critical Perspectives on Youth

200 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479825561

Normporn

Kurt Fowler

How technology transformed the nature of sex work

An irreverent look at the love-hate relationship between queer viewers and mainstream family TV shows like Gilmore Girls and This Is Us In Postmillennial Pop

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Examines how the feminist movements in the late twentieth century ignited prison protests, activism, and reform in women’s prisons

The Rise of Digital Sex Work

Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us Karen Tongson

216 PP | PAPER | $19.95 9781479846511

In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice

272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479824205

PARENTING AND EDUCATION The Color of Homeschooling

The Peer Effect

How Your Peers Shape Who You Are and Who You Will Become Syed Ali and Margaret M. Chin

How Inequality Shapes School Choice Mahala Dyer Stewart How race and racism shape middle-class families’ decisions to homeschool their children

240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479807833

How the power of peers and peer culture shapes individual behavior and future success 240 PP | CLOTH | $28.95 9781479805044

False Starts

Social Parenthood in Comparative Perspective

The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers Casey Stockstill

Edited by Clare Huntington, Christiane von Bary and Courtney G. Joslin

“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

272 PP | CLOTH | $45 9781479814114

Investigates social parents – people who function as parents but who may not be recognized as such in the eyes of the law In Families, Law, and Society

TECHNOLOGY Digital Masquerade

Geek Girls

Charts a new wave of feminist and queer media activism in post-millennial China

“Geek Girls is a critical, significant sociological work on structural inequality in technology occupations…”- Choice

Feminist Rights and Queer Media in China Jia Tan

Inequality and Opportunity in Silicon Valley France Winddance Twine

In Postmillennial Pop 208 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479811847

296 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479803828

Digital Black Feminism

The Privilege of Play A History of Hobby Games, Race, and Geek Culture Aaron Trammell

Catherine Knight Steele Winner, Diamond Anniversary Book Award, awarded by the National Communication Association

The story of white masculinity in geek culture through a history of hobby gaming

In Critical Cultural Communication 208 PP | PAPER | $27 9781479808380

An inside account of gender and racial discrimination in the hightech industry

In Postmillennial Pop 240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818402

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TRANSGENDER STUDIES The Two Revolutions

Trans Medicine

The internet origins of the American transgender movement

Finalist, PROSE Award in Clinical Medicine

A History of the Transgender Internet Avery Dame-Griff

The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender stef m. shuster

A rich examination of the history of trans medicine and current day practice

In Queer / Trans / Digital

272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818310

240 PP | PAPER | $27 9781479899371

With Honor and Integrity

Sex Is as Sex Does Governing Transgender Identity Paisley Currah

Transgender Troops in Their Own Words Edited by Máel EmbserHerbert and Bree Fram

PROSE AwardGovernment and Politics Finalist

Heartfelt personal accounts from transgender people fighting for the right to serve in the military 256 PP | PAPER | $19.95 9781479820474

In LGBTQ Politics

256 PP | CLOTH | $28 9780814717103

What the evolving fight for transgender rights reveals about government power, regulations, and the law

SEXUALITY STUDIES Male Femininities

The Pornification of America

Edited by Dana Berkowitz, Elroi J. Windsor and C. Winter Han Innovative essays that explore how men perform femininity and what femininity looks like without women

408 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479808786

How Raunch Culture Is Ruining Our Society Bernadette Barton

“Zippy and well illustrated, this book persuasively argues that ‘equating hypersexualization with sex positivity is a form of Orwellian doublespeak.’” ~New York Times Book 232 PP | PAPER | $19.95 Review 9781479849338

Sexuality Beyond Consent

Sex Tourism in Thailand

Risk, Race, Traumatophilia Avgi Saketopoulou

Inside Asia’s Premier Erotic Playground Ronald Weitzer

Radical alternatives to consent and trauma

An in-depth portrait of Thailand’s billion-dollar sex industry

In Sexual Cultures

272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479820252

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352 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479813414

LGBT STUDIES Black and Queer on Campus

Bi

Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid, and Nonbinary Youth Ritch C. Savin-Williams

Michael P. Jeffries

288 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479803910

“Jeffries interviews Black L.G.B.T.Q. college students at over a dozen colleges to illustrate the struggles they face in finding belonging at both predominantly white and historically Black institutions.” ~New York Times Book Review

“Offers a necessary, nuanced, and accessible book that foregrounds contemporary uses and understandings of sex, gender, and sexuality.”Choice 256 PP | PAPER | $19.95 9781479825875

Brown and Gay in LA

Queer Stepfamilies The Path to Social and Legal Recognition Katie L. Acosta

The Lives of Immigrant Sons Anthony Christian Ocampo

A compelling examination of the social and legal experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer stepparent families

Co-Winner of the 2023 Latino/a Section Best Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association In Asian American 176 PP | PAPER | $15.95 Sociology 9781479898138

272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479800988

Queer Carnival

LGBT Inclusion in American Life

Festivals and Mardi Gras in the South Amy L. Stone

Pop Culture, Political Imagination, and Civil Rights Susan Burgess

The importance of citywide festivals like Mardi Gras and Fiesta for the LGBTQ community

280 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479801985

A compelling explanation of the American public’s acceptance of LGBT freedoms through the lens of pop culture 232 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479819751

Daddies of a Different Kind

Queering the Midwest

An intimate look at gay and bisexual daddies and their younger partners

How LGBTQ community life in a small Midwestern city differs from that in larger cities with established gayborhoods

Sex and Romance Between Older and Younger Adult Gay Men Tony Silva

248 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479817030

In LGBTQ Politics

Forging LGBTQ Community Clare Forstie

232 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479801879

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RACE AND ETHNICITY Diversifying the Courts

Forced Out

Migrant Mothers in Search of Refuge and Hope Susan J. Terrio

Race, Gender, and Judicial Legitimacy Nancy Scherer

Features the stories of undocumented mothers who reunite with their children in the US years after fleeing violence at home

Examines the decisions of US presidents to appoint judges from diverse backgrounds to federal courts 240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818723

224 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479823536

Misogynoir Transformed

Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality

“Bailey’s aims are ambitious. She’s not interested in just shining a light on misogynoir; she’s interested in its destruction.”- NPR Books

Contemporary accounts of urban Native identity in two pan-Indian communities

Black Women’s Digital Resistance Moya Bailey

248 PP | CLOTH | $28 9781479865109

In Intersections

Stories of American Indian Relocation and Reclamation Michelle R. Jacobs

304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479849123

Japanese Americans and the Racial Uniform

Whiter

Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism Edited by Nikki Khanna

Citizenship, Belonging, and the Limits of Assimilation Dana Y. Nakano How race continues to shape the citizenship and everyday lives of later-generation Japanese Americans 256 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479816378

In Asian American Sociology

280 PP | PAPER | $29 9781479800292

Re-Imagining Black Women

Out of Place

The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants SunAh M Laybourn

A Critique of PostFeminist and Post-Racial Melodrama in Culture and Politics Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd

304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479850891

Winner of the W.E.B. DuBois Distinguised Book Award, given by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists

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Heartfelt personal accounts from Asian American women on their experiences with skin color bias, from being labeled “too dark” to becoming empowered to challenge beauty standards

How Korean adoptees went from being adoptable orphans to deportable immigrants In Asian American Sociology 240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814787

RELIGION Conceiving Christian America

Broken

The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion Evelyn Alsultany

Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics Risa Cromer

PROSE Award- Media and Cultural Studies Finalist

How embryo adoption advances the Christian Right’s political goals for creating a Christian nation

320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818594

In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice

How diversity initiatives end up marginalizing Arab Americans and US Muslims 320 PP | PAPER | $19.95 9781479805136

Muslims on the Margins

The Women’s Mosque of America

Offers vivid stories of nonconformist Muslim communities

Analyzes how American Muslim women approach the Qur’an as a tool for social justice and community building

Creating Queer Religious Community in North America Katrina Daly Thompson

Authority and Community in US Islam Tazeen M. Ali

In North American Religions 272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814350

288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479811304

Christian Imperial Feminism

Women in Yoruba Religions

White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire Gale L. Kenny

288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479825530

Illuminates how white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness that centered themselves as the norm In North American Religions

Oyèrónké Oládémo

Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people In Women in Religions 200 PP | PAPER | $22 9781479813995

The State of Desire

Queer Judaism

An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in Israel

Offers a compelling look at how Orthodox Jewish LGBT persons in Israel became more accepted in their communities

Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land Lea Taragin-Zeller

200 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479817368

LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel Orit Avishai

320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479810031

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS Violence Never Heals

Researching Gender-Based Violence

The Lifelong Effects of Intimate Partner Violence for Immigrant Women Allison Bloom

Embodied and Intersectional Approaches Edited by April D.J. Petillo and Heather R. Hlavka

Explores experiences with disability and aging for immigrant survivors of domestic violence across the life course 224 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479822058

In Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice

216 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479812202

An interdisciplinary collection of critical, feminist reflections on interpersonal gender violence

Elder Care in Crisis

How the Social Safety Net Fails Families Emily K. Abel Explains why there is a crisis in caring for elderly people and how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated it

232 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479815395

In Health, Society, and Inequality

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POLITICS/MOVEMENTS Fierce and Fearless

The Pink Wave

2023 Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History Winner

How and why the election of Donald Trump inspired more women to enter politics

Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

456 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479831920

The first biography of trailblazing legislator Patsy Takemoto Mink, best known as the legislative champion of Title IX

Women Running for Office After Trump Regina M. Matheson and William W. Parsons

200 PP | PAPER | $27 9781479826476

Keeping the March Alive

The Partisan Gap

How activist groups across the country adapted their strategies and tactics to their local contexts to keep the protests alive

Winner of the 2022 Victoria Shuck Award, given by the American Political Science Association

Why Democratic Women Get Elected But Republican Women Don’t Laurel Elder

How Grassroots Activism Survived Trump’s America Catherine Corrigall-Brown

216 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479815074

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Why Democratic women far outnumber Republican women in elective offices

HISTORY Keeping Family Secrets

In Dependence

From teen pregnancy to gay sexuality and communism to disability, the startling secrets that families kept during the Cold War era

Examines the role of the American Revolution in the everyday lives of women

Women and the Patriarchal State in Revolutionary America Jacqueline Beatty

Shame and Silence in Memoirs from the 1950s Margaret K. Nelson

256 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479815623

In Early American Places 272 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479812127

Public Faces, Secret Lives

A Revolution in Type

Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press Ayelet Brinn

A Queer History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement Wendy L. Rouse

A fascinating glimpse into the complex and often unexpected ways that women and ideas about women shaped widely read Jewish newspapers

Honorable Mention for the 2023 Francis Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize

248 PP | CLOTH | $27 9781479813940

Restores queer suffragists to their rightful place in the history of the struggle for women’s right to vote

328 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479817665

LAW The Jurisprudential Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said

Provides a sweeping overview of Justice Ginsburg’s jurisprudence

A unique introduction to the constitutional arguments for and against the right to abortion

The Nation’s Top Legal Experts Rewrite America’s Most Controversial Decision, Revised Edition Edited by Jack M. Balkin

Edited by Ryan Vacca and Ann Bartow

368 PP | CLOTH | $45 9781479817856

344 PP | PAPER | $23.95 9781479823109

Enticements

The End of Family Court

Queer Legal Studies Edited by Joseph J. Fischel and Brenda Cossman

How Abolishing the Court Brings Justice to Children and Families Jane M. Spinak

Provides a variety of queer, interdisciplinary interventions upon the social and legal regulation of sex

Explores the failures of family court and calls for immediate and permanent change

In LGBTQ Politics 384 PP | PAPER | $40 9781479807611

384 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479814084

In Families, Law, and Society

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GREAT FOR COURSES Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies

Disciplinary Futures

Introduces key terms, debates, and histories for feminist studies in gender and sexuality

Reimagines how race, ethnicity, imperialism, and colonialism can be central to social science research and methods

Sociology in Conversation with American, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies Edited by Nadia Y. Kim and Pawan Dhingra

Edited by The Keywords Feminist Editorial Collective

In Keywords 312 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479808151

384 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479819041

Pain Generation

Critical Race Theory, Fourth Edition

Social Media, Feminist Activism, and the Neoliberal Selfie L. Ayu Saraswati

An Introduction Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic

Explores the perils and promise of feminist social media activism

A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory In Critical America

224 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479808335

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Keywords for Health Humanities

The Tragedy of Heterosexuality

Edited by Sari Altschuler, Jonathan M. Metzl and Priscilla Wald

Jane Ward

Winner, 2021 PROSE Award in the Cultural Anthropology & Sociology Category

Introduces key concepts and debates in health humanities and the health professions

A troubling account of heterosexual desire in the era of #MeToo

In Keywords 280 PP | PAPER | $29 9781479808106

216 PP | PAPER | $18.95 In Sexual Cultures 9781479804467

Camming

Fearing the Black Body

Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry Angela Jones

The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia Sabrina Strings

Winner, Sociology of the Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association 344 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479874873

The first inside look at how sex workers use webcams to make a living

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Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association 296 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479886753

How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred years

PARTNER PRESSES Anne Braden Speaks

Creating a Seat at the Table

Selected Writings and Speeches, 1947-1999 Edited by Ben Wilkins

The collected writings, speeches, and letters of renowned freedom fighter Anne Braden

216 PP | PAPER | $19 9781583679708

A Monthly Review Press title

Reflections from Women in Law Edited by Beth Bilson, Leah Howie and Brea Lowenberger Eighteen female lawyers— reflect on their hopes, challenges, triumphs, and, 288 PP | PAPER | $29.95 sometimes, regrets 9780889779419 A University of Regina Press title

Meeting the Moment

In the Camp of Angels of Freedom

Socially Engaged Performance, 1965–2020,

by Those Who Lived It Jan Cohen-Cruz and Rad Pereira, with forewords

by Carlton Turner and Jill Dolan Socially engaged theater makers and performers discuss the challenges and 320 PP | PAPER | $26.95 potentialities of their work 9781613321546 A New Village Press title

What Does It Mean to Be Educated?

Arlene Goldbard An autodidact explores issues of education itself through essays and personal portraits of the key minds who influenced her 224 PP | PAPER | $34.95 A New Village Press title 9781613321980

Stuff

Luck

Instead of a Memoir Lucy R. Lippard

Margaret Randall Fearless personal essays from a treasured feminist poet and activist

Colorfully written and illustrated memoir of the activist art writer Lucy Lippard

A New Village Press title

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144 PP | CLOTH | $44.95 9781613322246

256 PP | PAPER | $22.95 9781613322192

I Write the Yawning Void

Emancipatory Feminism in the Time of Covid-19

Selected essays of Sindiwe Magona Compiled by Renée Schatteman

Transformative resistance and social reproduction Edited by Vishwas Satgar and Ruth Ntlokotse

Essays that addresses themes such as HIV/Aids, language and culture, home and belonging 328 PP | PAPER | $30 9781776148189

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An eco-socialist feminist analysis of the current social reproduction debate in South Africa 272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781776148264

In Democratic Marxisms A Wits University Press title

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