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Beneath the Surface
Understanding Nature in the Mullica Valley Estuary
Rutgers University Press
The Mullica Valley estuary benefits from a combination of protected watershed, low human population density, and lack of extensive development, making it the cleanest estuary in the northeastern U.S. In Beneath the Surface, Ken Able helps the reader gain insights into the kinds of habitats, the animals, and plants that live there.
The Persistence of Violence
Colombian Popular Culture
By Toby Miller
Rutgers University Press
Why is Colombia so violent? Beyond even the horrors of the conflict between the guerrilla, the paramilitary, and the government, the history of the nation is scarred by acts of violence. It has also been marked by resistance to that history—by moments of hope.The Persistence of Violence transcends the obvious places as sources and indices of this story, delving into the complex and conflicted world of popular culture, from football to television to tourism to the environment.
The Love Surgeon
A Story of Trust, Harm, and the Limits of Medical Regulation
Rutgers University Press
From the 1950s to 1980s, Ohio obstetrician gynecologist James Burt performed a bizarre procedure that he termed “love surgery” on hundreds of new mothers, not bothering to get their informed consent. The Love Surgeon asks tough questions about Burt’s heinous acts and what they reveal about the failures of the medical establishment.
The Films of Denys Arcand
By Jim Leach
Rutgers University Press
Denys Arcand has been making films in Quebec for nearly sixty years. The Films of Denys Arcand illuminates his films in the context of the massive changes in Quebec society during that period. It explores the work of a major director who has achieved international success and some key issues in film studies and Canadian studies.
Taste of Control
Food and the Filipino Colonial Mentality under American Rule
Rutgers University Press
Taste of Control tells what happened when American colonizers began to influence what Filipinos ate, how they cooked, and how they perceived their national cuisine. Drawing from a rich variety of sources including letters, advertisements, textbooks, menus, and cookbooks, it reveals how food culture served as a battleground over Filipino identity.
Making a Mass Institution
Indianapolis and the American High School
Rutgers University Press
Indianapolis began its secondary system with a singular, decidedly academic high school, but ended the 1960s with multiple high schools with numerous paths to graduation. Making a Mass Institution describes how this process created both a distinct youth culture and a divided and unjust system, one that effectively sorted students geographically, economically, and racially.
Hebrew Infusion
Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps
Rutgers University Press
“Let’s hear some ruach (spirit) in this chadar ochel (dining hall)!” Sentences like this abound at Jewish summer camps around North America, alongside Hebrew songs, games, and signs. Through insightful analysis and engaging writing, Hebrew Infusion explains the origins of this phenomenon and what it says about Jewishness in America.
Easy Living
The Rise of the Home Office
Rutgers University Press
Easy Living traces changing concepts about what it meant to work in the home through the analysis of national magazines and newspapers, television and film, and marketing and advertising materials from the housing, telecommunications, and office technology industries. These ideas reflected larger social, political-economic, and technological trends of the times.
Deportes
The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora
Rutgers University Press
Deportes uncovers the hidden experiences of Mexican male and female athletes, teams and leagues and their supporters who fought for a more level playing field on both sides of the border. They proved that they could compete in a wide variety of sports at amateur, semiprofessional, Olympic and professional levels.
Abusing Religion
Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions
Rutgers University Press
Why do Americans presume to know “what’s really going on” in marginal religions? Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American religious outsiders often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Abusing Religion argues that sex abuse in minority religious communities is an American problem, not (merely) a religious one.
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