Theoretical Futures
Edited by Grant Farred
A provocative collection committed to keeping the dynamism of the Africana Studies discipline alive
192 pages
| 6 x 9
Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities
Allison C. Carey, Pamela Block, and Richard K. Scotch
Addresses the nature and history of activism by parents of people with disabilities, and its complex relationship to activism by disabled leaders
348 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables
The Occupy Movement, Feminism, and Intersectionality
Heather McKee Hurwitz
Intersectionality lessons for contemporary “big-tent” organizing
208 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 2 tables
Fussin', Cussin', and Discussin' among South Los Angeles Juvenile Gangs
John C. Quicker and Akil S. Batani-Khalfani
A historical analysis of South Los Angeles juvenile gang life as revealed by those who were there
464 pages
| 6 x 9
| 7 tables, 14 halftones, 1 map
Nigrescence and Eudaimonia
William E. Cross Jr.
On Blackness, identity formation, and the deconstruction of the deficit perspective on Black life
200 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 4 tables, 2 figures
Fractal Orientalism and Queer Strategies in Beirut
Ghassan Moussawi
The first comprehensive study to employ the lens of queer lives in the Arab World to understand everyday life disruptions, conflicts, and violence
210 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 2 figures, 3 halftones
Urban History and Campus-Community Partnerships
Edited by Robin F. Bachin and Amy L. Howard
How public history can be a catalyst for stronger relationships between universities and their communities
218 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 19 color photos, 7 halftones, 2 maps
Transnational Feminism, Human Rights, and War Cinema in Bangladesh
Elora Halim Chowdhury
Illuminates how visual practices of recollecting violent legacies in Bangladeshi cinema can generate possibilities for gender justice
Read a blog entry by the author
242 pages
| 6 x 9
| 33 halftones
Challenging Stereotypes and Demonization in the Courts
John M. Hagedorn
Exposes how stereotypes replace evidence in gang related trials
246 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 figures, 7 halftones, 1 map
Women and Political Candidacy
Edited by Shauna L. Shames, Rachel I. Bernhard, Mirya R. Holman, and Dawn Langan Teele
How and why women run for office
324 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 tables, 32 figures, 2 maps
Messy Entanglements of Disability, Dependency, and Desire
Akemi Nishida
How care is both socially oppressive and a way that marginalized communities can fight for social justice
264 pages
| 6 x 9
Holocaust Memorials in the United States and Germany
Natasha Goldman
Now in Paperback—Considers Holocaust memorials in the United States and Germany, postwar to the present
250 pages
| 6 x 9
| 10 color photos, 23 halftones
Mary Lou Nemanic
How daily metro newspapers can continue to survive in the age of digital journalism
208 pages
| 5.25 x 8.5
| 1 line drawing, 18 halftones
Social Death, Dispossession, and Survival in the Americas
Edited by Jamie Longazel and Miranda Cady Hallett
Documents and denounces the violent impacts of restrictive migration policies in the Americas, linking this institutional violence to broader forces of racial capitalism
318 pages
| 6 x 9
| 4 tables, 2 figures, 1 halftone
Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America
Amy D. Finstein
How American cities used elevated highways as major architectural statements about local growth and modernization before 1956
304 pages
| 7 x 10
| 103 halftones, 12 maps
Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz, and James A. Densley
A comprehensive review of what is known about gangs—from their origins through their evolution and outcomes
490 pages
| 6 x 9
| 19 tables, 13 figures, 2 maps
A Defense of Supreme Court Expansion
Stephen M. Feldman
A historical and analytical argument for court-packing
278 pages
| 6 x 9
College Impostors and Other Model Minorities
erin Khuê Ninh
How does it feel to be model minority—and why would that drive someone to live a lie?
276 pages
| 5.25 x 8.5
| 5 tables
Illness, Memoir, and the Ends of the Model Minority
James Kyung-Jin Lee
What happens when illness betrays Asian American fantasies of indefinite progress?
224 pages
| 6 x 9
Identity and Responsibility in the Wake of Tragedy
Heather Pool
How racial identity shapes who is mourned and how that can lead to political change
260 pages
| 6 x 9
Voices from Queer Asian North America
Edited by Martin F. Manalansan IV, Alice Y. Hom, and Kale Bantigue Fajardo
A vibrant array of scholarly and personal essays, poetry, and visual art that broaden ideas and experiences about contemporary LGBTQ Asian North America
458 pages
| 6 x 9
| 11 halftones, 1 map
HGTV and the Spectacle of Gentrification
Robert Goldman
Reveals how the comforting story told by HGTV programs obscures the reality of housing investment, renovation, and flipping
250 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 figures, 7 halftones
A Problem Analysis of Student Offending and Victimization
Pamela Wilcox, Graham C. Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer
Why some school environments are more conducive to crime than safety
242 pages
| 6 x 9
| 16 tables, 23 figures
How We Learn to Fear Crime and Why It Matters
Nicole E. Rader
How rules about safety and the fear of crime are learned and crystalized into crime myths— especially for women
216 pages
| 6 x 9
Edited by Ruth Maxey
All 35 of Bharati Mukherjee’s sophisticated short stories—some never before published—now in one volume
Cover illustration: Manhattan Mall by The Singh Twins, 1997 Copyright © The Singh Twins: www.singhtwins.co.uk
408 pages
| 6 x 9
Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century
Keneshia N. Grant
Examining the political impact of Black migration on politics in three northern cities from 1915 to 1965
214 pages
| 5.25 x 8.5
| 12 tables, 1 figures, 3 halftones, 1 map
Reimagining Southeast Asian America
Timothy K. August
Explores how refugees are represented and represent themselves
182 pages
| 5.25 x 8.5
| 7 halftones
A Methods Handbook
Edited by Elizabeth R. Groff and Cory P. Haberman
A hands-on introduction to the fundamental techniques and methods used for understanding geography of crime
442 pages
| 7 x 10
| 35 color photos, 27 tables, 51 figures
Supplemental pdf available for download.
Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of the Natural Fake
Samantha Kwan and Jennifer Graves
How the pursuit of a “naturally” beautiful body plays out in cosmetic surgery
212 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 4 tables
Creating and Implementing Environmental Rules and Regulations
Edited by Sara R. Rinfret
Providing a clear understanding of regulatory policy and rulemaking processes, and their centrality in U.S. environmental policymaking
218 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 3 tables, 4 figures
Gender and Power in Fantasy Sports
Rebecca Joyce Kissane and Sarah Winslow
How fantasy sport participants experience gendered power
242 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 tables
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