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Seton Hall University
A History, 1856–2006
By Dermot Quinn
Rutgers University Press
In this vivid and elegantly written history, Dermot Quinn examines how Seton Hall University was able to develop as an institution while keeping faith with its founder’s vision. It also tells the stories of the people who shaped the university and were shaped by it: the presidents, the priests, the faculty, the staff, and of course, the students.
Poetries - Politics
A Celebration of Language, Art, and Learning
Edited by Jenevieve DeLosSantos; Foreword by Susan Lawrence
Rutgers University Press
Poetries – Politics: A Celebration of Language, Art, and Learning is a catalogue that celebrates the best of innovative humanities pedagogy and creative graphic design and that provides a platform for the incredible generative power of student-led work.
Matchmaking in the Archive
19 Conversations with the Dead and 3 Encounters with Ghosts
Rutgers University Press
To help preserve the legacies left by earlier generations, artist E.G. Crichton selected 19 innovative LGBTQ artists, writers, and musicians to pair with deceased person whose personal artifacts are part of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society archive. Including 25 pages of vivid images, Matchmaking in the Archive documents this remarkable creative project.
Making Uncertainty
Tuberculosis, Substance Use, and Pathways to Health in South Africa
Rutgers University Press
Making Uncertainty: Tuberculosis, Substance Use, and Pathways to Health explores what happens when tuberculosis and substance use intersect in healthcare facilities in Cape Town, South Africa. Through a close look at life and care, this fine-grained hospital ethnography provides new perspectives on how sickness and health are made.
Building Financial Empowerment for Survivors of Domestic Violence
A Path to Hope and Freedom
Rutgers University Press
Little of the research on domestic violence has sought to either fully understand the impact of financial abuse or to determine which intervention strategies are most effective for the financial empowerment of survivors. Building Financial Empowerment for Survivors of Domestic Violence aims to address this critical knowledge gap by providing those who work with survivors of domestic violence with practical knowledge on how to empower the financial well-being and stability of survivors.
A Pill for Promiscuity
Gay Sex in an Age of Pharmaceuticals
Edited by Andrew R. Spieldenner and Jeffrey Escoffier
Rutgers University Press
This collection brings together academics, artists, and activists—from different generations, countries, ethnic backgrounds, and HIV statuses—to reflect on how gay sex has changed in a post-PrEP era, critique the role Big Pharma now plays in queer life, and argue for the value of sexual community, promiscuity, and pleasure.
A History of Horror, 2nd Edition
Rutgers University Press
A History of Horror, 2nd Edition, with rare stills from classic films, is the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of the ever-popular horror film genre. Chronologically examining over fifty horror films from key periods, this one-stop sourcebook unearths the historical origins of legendary characters and explores how the genre fits into the Hollywood studio system and how its enormous success in American and European culture expanded globally over time.
To Defend This Sunrise
Black Women’s Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua
Rutgers University Press
To Defend this Sunrise: Black Women’s Activism and the Geography of Race in Nicaragua examines how black women activists on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua have resisted historical and contemporary patterns of racialized state violence, economic exclusion, territorial dispossession, and political repression from the 19th century to the present.
To Defend This Sunrise
Black Women's Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua
Rutgers University Press
To Defend this Sunrise: Black Women’s Activism and the Geography of Race in Nicaragua examines how black women activists on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua have resisted historical and contemporary patterns of racialized state violence, economic exclusion, territorial dispossession, and political repression from the 19th century to the present.
Reversing the Gaze
What If the Other Were You?
By Geneviève Makaping; Translated by Giovanna Bellesia Contuzzi and Victoria Offredi Poletto; Edited by Simone Brioni
Rutgers University Press
Tired of being scrutinized, criticized, and fetishized for her black skin, Cameroon-born scholar Geneviève Makaping turns the tables on Italy’s white majority, regarding them through the same unsparing gaze to which minorities are subjected.Reversing the Gaze offers a unique perspective on otherness and the work we must do to create a truly inclusive society.
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