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Learning to Love
Arranged Marriages and the British Indian Diaspora
By Raksha Pande
Rutgers University Press
Learning to Love explores the everyday marriage narratives of the British-Indian diaspora. It unpacks the phenomenon of arranged marriages beyond its pejorative stereotypes by highlighting the diversity of interpersonal and emotional negotiations involved in their practice. Using in-depth ethnographic description, the book shows that far from being a homogeneous tradition, arranged marriages involve a variety of different matchmaking practices modified to suit modern diasporic identities.
Toxic and Intoxicating Oil
Discovery, Resistance, and Justice in Aotearoa New Zealand
Rutgers University Press
When oil and gas exploration was expanding across Aotearoa, New Zealanders faced the typically distinct problems of oil spills, hydraulic fracturing, offshore exploration, climate fears, and disputes over unresolved Indigenous claims nearly simultaneously. Collectively, these grievances created the foundation for an organized civil society to construct and then magnify a comprehensive critical oil narrative--in dialogue, practice, and aspiration. Community advocates and socioecological activists mobilized for their health and well-being, for their neighborhoods and beaches, for Planet Earth and Planet Ocean, and for terrestrial and aquatic species and ecosystems. In this allied ethnography, quotes are used extensively to convey the tenor of some of the country’s most passionate and committed people. By analyzing the intersections of a social movement and the political economy of oil, Patricia Widener reveals a nuanced story of oil resistance and promotion at a time when many anti-drilling activists believed themselves to be on the front lines of the industry’s inevitable decline.
The Divine Institution
White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family
Rutgers University Press
The Divine Institution provides an ethnographic account of how a theology of the family came to dominate a white evangelical tradition in the post-civil rights movement United States, providing a theological corollary to Religious Right politics.
Race and the Rhetoric of Resistance
Rutgers University Press
Continuing in the vein of his ever questioning the conventions of “race melodrama” through the lens of which so much American racial and cultural history and storytelling has been filtered, Ferguson’s final work conveys to the reader his sense of humor, warmth, and grace, while adding up to a serious, principled critique of much common scholarly and pedagogic practice.
Making the Right Choice
Narratives of Marriage in Sri Lanka
Rutgers University Press
Making the Right Choice is an intimate portrait of the politics of marriage and gender narrated through the life-histories of three generations of Sinhala-Buddhist families living in urban Sri Lanka. The book demonstrates that marriage is a privileged site to investigate questions about gendered selves, gendered agency, and modern subjectivities.
Imagining Persecution
Why American Christians Believe There Is a Global War against Their Faith
By Jason Bruner
Rutgers University Press
Many American Christians believe they belong to the most persecuted religious community in the world. This book provides a historical account of this way of imagining the world, evaluating the evidence used to support it, and reflecting upon its religious and political implications.
Bodies Unbound
Gender-Specific Cancer and Biolegitimacy
By Piper Sledge
Rutgers University Press
Bodies Unbound is a story about the relationship between bodies and gender. Drawing on the experiences of individuals whose bodies and gender identities don't match medical and social expectations, Piper Sledge explores how ideologies of gendered bodies shape medical care when medical professionals use their position of authority to dictate which combinations of bodies and genders are legitimate or not.
The Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories
Neoliberalism since the French Antillean Uprisings of 2009
Edited by H. Adlai Murdoch
Rutgers University Press
This essay collection examines the social upheaval that shook Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Réunion in February and March of 2009, and the ways in which capital accumulation and centralization instantiated hierarchies of profit, capital accumulation, and economic exploitation in the wider non-sovereign Caribbean from Haiti to the Dutch Antilles to Puerto Rico.
The Devil's Fruit
Farmworkers, Health, and Environmental Justice
Rutgers University Press
The Devil’s Fruit uses anthropology’s tool kit to examine farmworkers’ embodiment of toxic pesticides and social and workplace relationships in California’s agricultural industry. Rather than stopping at description and critique, Saxton explores how activist ethnographic methods and ethics align, conflict, and support ongoing struggles for farmworker health and environmental justice.
Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography
The Pornographic Object of Knowledge
Rutgers University Press
Pornographic films combine fantasy and real sex to create a unique genre of entertainment. This book explores how the making of pornographic films is a social process that draws on the fantasies, sexual scripts and sexual identities of performers, writers, directors, and editors to produce sexually exciting videos and movies.
Nursing the Nation
Building the Nurse Labor Force
Rutgers University Press
Nursing the Nation explores how nurses became employees of hospital and care agencies rather than independent, individual contractors. It also demonstrates how nurses missed opportunities to control their own destinies in practice, but gained the ability to establish themselves as the most critical part of health care today.
Hear #MeToo in India
News, Social Media, and Anti-Rape and Sexual Harassment Activism
By Pallavi Guha
Rutgers University Press
This book examines the role media platforms play in anti-rape and sexual harassment activism in India.
Growing Old in a New China
Transitions in Elder Care
Rutgers University Press
An accessible ethnographic exploration of aging and institutional elder care in China today, this book puts older adults at the center of the story. Set within a broader historical narrative of ceaseless change and transition, it explores attempts by elders, family members, caregivers, and society to achieve balance and harmony in both life and death.
From Dead Ends to Cold Warriors
Constructing American Boyhood in Postwar Hollywood Films
Rutgers University Press
Peter W.Y. Lee explores how the legacy of the Great Depression and World War II shaped the formative years of the Cold War. Lee uses youth culture in American films to show how the postwar concerns over the family, race, militarism, and internationalism were carryovers from the past 15 years, which coalesced into anticommunism.
College Belonging
How First-Year and First-Generation Students Navigate Campus Life
By Lisa M. Nunn
Rutgers University Press
College Belonging reveals how colleges’ and universities’ efforts to foster a sense of belonging in their students are misguided. Colleges bombard new students with the message to “get out there!” and “find your place” by joining student organizations, sports teams, clubs and the like. Nunn shows that this reflects a flawed understanding of what belonging is and how it works.
An Organ of Murder
Crime, Violence, and Phrenology in Nineteenth-Century America
Rutgers University Press
An Organ of Murder explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenth-century United States. This work traces the long-lasting influence of phrenological visual culture and language in America, as well as the practical uses of phrenology in courts, prisons, and daily life.
A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity
Language, Social Practice, and Identity within Puerto Rican Taíno Activism
Rutgers University Press
This book is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean diaspora in New York City. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno/Boricua activists claiming what is commonly thought to be an extinct ethnic category.
The Movie Musical
Rutgers University Press
Putting Asian and European musicals into conversation with Hollywood classics like Singin’ in the Rain and La La Land, this study demonstrates the flexibility and durability of the genre. It explores how the movie musical mediates between nostalgia and technical innovation, while foregrounding the experiences of women, immigrants and people of color.
The Hudson
An Illustrated Guide to the Living River
Rutgers University Press
Since 1996, The Hudson has been an essential guide to the full sweep of the great river's natural history and human heritage. This updated third edition includes the latest information about the ongoing fight against pollution, plus vibrant new full-color illustrations showing the plants and wildlife that make this ecosystem so special.
Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts
Marvel, Diversity and the 21st Century Superhero
Rutgers University Press
Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts offers the first comprehensive study of how Marvel has racially diversified its lineup and reimagined what a superhero might look like in the twenty-first century. It examines how they have revitalized older characters like Black Panther, recast legacy heroes like Ms. Marvel, and developed new ones like the Latina Miss America.
Our Intelligent Bodies
Rutgers University Press
In Our Intelligent Bodies, physiology professor Gary F. Merrill takes you on a guided tour through the human body and its marvelously sophisticated autonomic systems. Written in a fun, easy-to-comprehend style, it will give you a new appreciation for the smart decisions our bodies are making when our brains aren’t paying attention.
Humanity's Last Stand
Confronting Global Catastrophe
By Mark Schuller; Foreword by Cynthia McKinney
Rutgers University Press
Exploring the interconnections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia, and white supremacy, this book dares to ask big questions about how humanity can stand together in a time of crisis. It teaches readers how to develop radical empathy, move beyond simply identifying as “allies” of disempowered peoples and start acting as “accomplices.”
Hot Pants and Spandex Suits
Gender Representation in American Superhero Comic Books
Rutgers University Press
Taking a critical look at the gender presentation of DC and Marvel superheroes like Superman, Captain America, Batwoman, Luke Cage, and Storm, Hot Pants and Spandex Suits is a thought-provoking consideration of what superhero comics teach us about identity, embodiment, and sexuality.
False Dawn
The Rise and Decline of Public Health Nursing
Rutgers University Press
Since its initial publication in 1989 by Garland Publishing, Karen Buhler Wilkerson’s False Dawn: The Rise and Decline of Public Health Nursing remains the definitive work on the creation, work, successes, and failures of public health nursing in the United States.
Documenting the American Student Abroad
The Media Cultures of International Education
By Kelly Hankin
Rutgers University Press
Documenting the American Student Abroad explores the documentary media cultures that shape our views of study abroad, drawing our attention to the broad range of stakeholders and documentary modes involved in defining the core values and practices of study abroad. Author Kelly Hankin shows how the institutional values of “global citizenship,” “intercultural communication,” and “cultural immersion” emerge in contradictory ways through their representation.
Climbing a Broken Ladder
Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care
Rutgers University Press
Although foster youth have college aspirations similar to their peers, fewer than one in ten ultimately complete a two-year or four-year college degree. Drawing on data from one of the most extensive studies of young people in foster care, Climbing a Broken Ladder examines a wide range factors that contribute to the chances that foster youth enroll in college, persist in college, and ultimately complete a degree.
All Politics Are God’s Politics
Moroccan Islamism and the Sacralization of Democracy
Rutgers University Press
Are Muslims in the Arab Middle East and North Africa fundamentally undemocratic? Pundits in the US often say yes, but Ahmed Khanani argues that this simplistic answer is incorrect. Instead, he shows, socially conservative, politically active Muslims value democracy or dimuqrāṭiyya as a frame that reflects and extends their religious values.
All Politics Are God's Politics
Moroccan Islamism and the Sacralization of Democracy
Rutgers University Press
Are Muslims in the Arab Middle East and North Africa fundamentally undemocratic? Pundits in the US often say yes, but Ahmed Khanani argues that this simplistic answer is incorrect. Instead, he shows, socially conservative, politically active Muslims value democracy or dimuqrāṭiyya as a frame that reflects and extends their religious values.
The Complexity of Evil
Perpetration and Genocide
Rutgers University Press
Why do people participate in genocide? Timothy Williams presents an interdisciplinary model that shows how complex and diverse, but also how ordinary and mundane most motivations for participating in genocide are. The book draws on empirical examples from the Holocaust and Rwanda, and introduces new data from interviews with perpetrators of genocide in Cambodia.
Streetwalking
LGBTQ Lives and Protest in the Dominican Republic
Rutgers University Press
In Streetwalking: LGBTQ Lives and Protest in the Dominican Republic, Lara draws on ethnographic encounters, interviews, films, and videos to discuss the specific strategies employed by LGBTQ community leaders in the Dominican Republic in the exercise of streetwalker subjectivities as those who actively transform silence - verbal, bodily, spiritual - into power.
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