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Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine
Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer
Rutgers University Press
In Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine, medical anthropologist S.D. Gottlieb explores how the vaccine Gardasil—developed against the most common sexually-transmitted infection, human papillomavirus (HPV)—was marketed primarily as a cervical cancer vaccine. Gardasil quickly became implicated in two pre-existing debates—about adolescent sexuality and pediatric vaccinations more generally.
Thieving Three-Fingered Jack
Transatlantic Tales of a Jamaican Outlaw, 1780-2015
Rutgers University Press
Botkin has compiled and analyzed plays, novels, and folklore about Three-Fingered Jack in order to show how the story of this hero-villain has evolved as it traveled from the Caribbean to England and the United States, returning to Jamaica as a tale of heroic resistance.
Narrating Love and Violence
Women Contesting Caste, Tribe, and State in Lahaul, India
Rutgers University Press
Narrating Love and Violence is an ethnographic exploration of women’s stories from the Himalayan valley of Lahaul, in the region of Himachal Pradesh, India, focusing on how violence is produced at the intersection of gender, tribe, caste, and the state in India, while demonstrating how love operates as a politic.
Demographic Angst
Cultural Narratives and American Films of the 1950s
By Alan Nadel
Rutgers University Press
Alan Nadel explores influential non-fiction books, magazine articles, and public documents to demonstrate how films such as Singin’ in the Rain, On the Waterfront, Sunset Boulevard, Roman Holiday, North by Northwest, and Sayonara, negotiated anxieties over the changes impelled by postwar America’s radically reconfigured population.
Lesson Plans
The Institutional Demands of Becoming a Teacher
Rutgers University Press
Judson G. Everitt takes readers into the everyday worlds of teacher training. Using rich qualitative data, he analyzes how people make sense of their prospective jobs as teachers, and how their introduction to this profession is shaped by the institutionalized rules and practices of higher education, K-12 education, and gender.
Rock 'n' Roll Movies
Rutgers University Press
This book offers an eclectic look at how rock ‘n’ roll and its fans have been represented in B-movies, blockbusters, biopics, documentaries, and experimental films. David Sterritt explores how rock ‘n’ roll movies kept pace with rapidly changing musical trends, helping to fuel a worldwide revolution in youth culture.
Iatrogenicity
Causes and Consequences of Iatrogenesis in Cardiovascular Medicine
Edited by Ihor B. Gussak, John B. Kostis, Ibrahim Akin, Martin Borggrefe, Giovanni Campanile, Arshad Jahangir, William J Kostis, and Gan-Xin Yan
Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Medicine
This book addresses consequences on the cardiovascular system that arise from iatrogenesis— the occurrence of untoward effects resulting from actions of health care providers, including medical errors, medical malpractice, practicing beyond one’s expertise, adverse effects of medication, unnecessary treatment, inappropriate screenings, and surgical errors.
Iatrogenicity
Causes and Consequences of Iatrogenesis in Cardiovascular Medicine
Edited by Ihor B. Gussak, John B. Kostis, Ibrahim Akin, Martin Borggrefe, Giovanni Campanile, Arshad Jahangir, William J Kostis, and Gan-Xin Yan
Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Medicine
This book addresses consequences on the cardiovascular system that arise from iatrogenesis— the occurrence of untoward effects resulting from actions of health care providers, including medical errors, medical malpractice, practicing beyond one’s expertise, adverse effects of medication, unnecessary treatment, inappropriate screenings, and surgical errors.
Embodying the Problem
The Persuasive Power of the Teen Mother
By Jenna Vinson
Rutgers University Press
Embodying the Problem shows that the dominant narrative regarding teenage pregnancy perpetuates harmful discourses about women and sustains racialized gender ideologies that construct women’s bodies as sites of national intervention and control. However, many women who embody the “problem” of teenage pregnancy actively resist this narrative by publishing their own stories.
Searching for Sycorax
Black Women's Hauntings of Contemporary Horror
Rutgers University Press
Searching for Sycorax highlights the unique position of Black women in horror as both characters and creators. Kinitra D. Brooks creates a racially gendered critical analysis of African diasporic women, challenging the horror genre’s historic themes and interrogating forms of literature that have often been ignored by Black feminist theory.
Lady Lushes
Gender, Alcoholism, and Medicine in Modern America
Rutgers University Press
In Lady Lushes, medical historian Michelle L. McClellan traces the story of the female alcoholic from the late-nineteenth through the twentieth century. She draws on a range of sources—including medical literature, archival materials, popular media, and autobiographical writings of alcoholic women—to demonstrate the persistence of the belief that alcohol use is antithetical to an idealized feminine role.
Developing Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges
Aligning Individual Needs and Organizational Goals
Rutgers University Press
Developing Faculty Members in Liberal Arts Colleges analyzes the career stage challenges these faculty members must overcome, such as a lack of preparation for teaching, limited access to resources and mentors, and changing expectations for excellence in teaching, research, and service to become academic leaders in their discipline and at these distinctive institutions.
Essential Facts in Cardiovascular Medicine
Board Review and Clinical Pearls
Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Medicine
A high-yield, concise-yet-comprehensive handbook, Essential Facts in Cardiovascular Medicine provides key facts in cardiovascular medicine in a user-friendly bulleted format. Get the information you need to pass your boards or review core concepts, in this pocket-sized reference that is perfect for trainees and experts alike.
Poison in the Ivy
Race Relations and the Reproduction of Inequality on Elite College Campuses
Rutgers University Press
Poison in the Ivy examines college students in the U.S.’s upper-echelon of higher education to identify how young elites interact with one another, how these social interactions influence their views of race and inequality, and how these views and interactions may contribute to broader racial inequalities in society.
A Dream of Resistance
The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki
Rutgers University Press
A Dream of Resistance is the first book in English to explore Kobayashi Masaki’s entire career. Drawing from rare archives, including the young director’s wartime diary, Stephen Prince illuminates the political and religious dimensions of Kobayashi’s films and examines how their values were shaped by his intellectual history and upbringing.
In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills
Latino Suburbanization in Postwar Los Angeles
Rutgers University Press
In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills examines the multilayered process by which Mexican Americans moved out of the barrios and emerged as a majority population in the San Gabriel Valley, and the impact that movement had on collective racial and class identity.
A Queerly Joyful Noise
Choral Musicking for Social Justice
Rutgers University Press
A Queerly Joyful Noise investigates why so many LGBTIQ people are drawn to choral music and how queer chorus members create an experience that is beautiful and politically impactful. Julia “Jules” Balén vividly conveys how queer choruses can collectively empower their singers and serve as progressive rallying calls for their listeners.
Directing
Edited by Virginia Wright Wexman
Rutgers University Press
Directing examines a diverse range of classic and contemporary directors, including Orson Welles, Tim Burton, Cecil B. DeMille, Steven Soderbergh, Spike Lee, and Ida Lupino, and demonstrates how a century’s worth of Hollywood directors have negotiated changing film industry practices while harnessing the creative contributions of many collaborators.
Directing
Edited by Virginia Wright Wexman
Rutgers University Press
Directing examines a diverse range of classic and contemporary directors, including Orson Welles, Tim Burton, Cecil B. DeMille, Steven Soderbergh, Spike Lee, and Ida Lupino, and demonstrates how a century’s worth of Hollywood directors have negotiated changing film industry practices while harnessing the creative contributions of many collaborators.
Gangsters to Governors
The New Bosses of Gambling in America
By David Clary
Rutgers University Press
Gambling was once illegal and controlled by gangsters. But today, gambling is legal in forty-eight states. Are states now addicted to revenue from casinos, lotteries, and online gaming? Clary’s history of American gambling introduces us to the industry’s colorful kingpins while asking tough questions about the pros and cons of legal gambling.
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