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View book details for Feminist Nightmares: Women At Odds
Feminism and the Problems of Sisterhood
NYU Press
Though all women are women, no woman is only a woman, wrote Elizabeth Spelman in The Inessential Woman. Gone are the days when feminism translated simply into the advocacy of equality for women. Women's interests are not always aligned; race, …
View book details for Eating Asian America
A Food Studies Reader
NYU Press
Examines the ways our conceptions of Asian American food have been shapedChop suey. Sushi. Curry. Adobo. Kimchi. The deep associations Asians in the United States have with food have become ingrained in the American popular imagination. So much so that …
View book details for A Comparative Sociology of World Religions
Virtuosi, Priests, and Popular Religion
NYU Press
A Sociology of World Religions presents a comparative analysis of the world's religions, focusing on the differences and interrelationships between religious elites and lay masses. In each case the volume contextualizes how the relationships between these two religious forms fit …
View book details for Crip Theory
Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability
NYU Press
A bold and contemporary discourse of the intersection of disability studies and queer studiesCrip Theory attends to the contemporary cultures of disability and queerness that are coming out all over. Both disability studies and queer theory are centrally concerned with …
View book details for Islam Is a Foreign Country
American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority
NYU Press
Considers the question: what does it mean to be Muslim and American?In Islam Is a Foreign Country, Zareena Grewal explores some of the most pressing debates about and among American Muslims: what does it mean to be Muslim and American? …
View book details for Local Democracy Under Siege
Activism, Public Interests, and Private Politics
NYU Press
2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book AwardComplete List of Authors:Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, and Enrique G. Murillo, Jr.What is the state of democracy at the turn …
View book details for The History of the Catholic Church in Latin America
From Conquest to Revolution and Beyond
NYU Press
One cannot understand Latin America without understanding the history of the Catholic Church in the region. Catholicism has been predominant in Latin America and it has played a definitive role in its development. It helped to spur the conquest of …
View book details for The Harp and the Eagle
Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865
NYU Press
On the eve of the Civil War, the Irish were one of America's largest ethnic groups, and approximately 150,000 fought for the Union. Analyzing letters and diaries written by soldiers and civilians; military, church, and diplomatic records; and community newspapers, …
View book details for The Civil War Soldier
A Historical Reader
NYU Press
An anthology of landmark scholarship on the histories of the common soldier in the U.S. Civil WarIn 1943, Bell Wiley's groundbreaking book Johnny Reb launched a new area of study: the history of the common soldier in the U.S. Civil …
View book details for Women of the Nation
Between Black Protest and Sunni Islam
NYU Press
Presents oral histories and interviews of women who belong to Nation of IslamWith vocal public figures such as Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam often appears to be a male-centric religious movement, and over 60 …
View book details for Historicism, the Holocaust, and Zionism
Critical Studies in Modern Jewish History and Thought
NYU Press
"[Of] the 12 well-crafted essays in this volume...the most useful are those dealing with the Holocaust."Choice "Especially recommended for college-level students of Jewish history and culture."The Bookwatch This is a critical exploration of the most repercussive topics in modern Jewish …
View book details for Faith and War
How Christians Debated the Cold and Vietnam Wars
NYU Press
Throughout American history, Christianity has shaped public opinion, guided leaders in their decision making, and stood at the center of countless issues. To gain complete knowledge of an era, historians must investigate the religious context of what transpired, why it …
View book details for Love and Empire
Cybermarriage and Citizenship across the Americas
NYU Press
The spread of the Internet is remaking marriage markets, altering the process of courtship and the geographic trajectory of intimacy in the 21st century. For some Latin American women and U.S. men, the advent of the cybermarriage industry offers new …
View book details for Money at Work
On the Job with Priests, Poker Players and Hedge Fund Traders
NYU Press
Financial advisors, poker players, hedge fund traders, fund-raisers, sports agents, credit counselors and commissioned salespeople all deal with one central concern in their jobs: money. In Money at Work, Kevin Delaney explores how we think about moneyand, particularly, how our …
View book details for New York Stories
The Best of the City Section of the New York Times
NYU Press
A charmed collection of some of the best essays from the widely-known "City" section of the New York TimesThere are eight million stories in the Naked City. This famous line from the 1948 film The Naked City has become an …
NYU Press
Law and society scholars challenge thecommon belief that law is simply a neutral tool by which society sets standardsand resolves disputes. Decades of research shows how much the nature ofcommunities, organizations, and the people inhabiting them affect how lawworks. Just …
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Stories of Incest and Sexual Violence in Mexico
NYU Press
My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them, confides Elisa, a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez tells the life stories of 60 men and women …
View book details for Weddiculous
An Unfiltered Guide to Being a Bride
HarperCollins
In this irreverent wedding guide, the star of Netflixs The Wedding Coach and comedian Jamie Lee offers practical advice and hilarious insights on how to stay sane while planning your "big day."Weddings. What was once a beautiful celebration of a …
HarperCollins
After learning to play guitar at the age of ten, Shawn Colvin was determined to make a life in musica decision that would send a small-town girl out on the open road for good. In 1997, two decades after she …
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As seamstresses, the young sisters Emilia and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, how to mend, and how to conceal. These are useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons called "colonels" feud with bands …
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My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
HarperCollins
The riveting memoir of a life lived at the right-hand edge of the speedometer.Alex Roy's father, while on his deathbed, hints about the notorious, utterly illegal cross-country drive from Los Angeles to New York of the 1970s, which then inspired …
View book details for In a Dark Wood
What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love
HarperCollins
When you lose your whole world in a moment, where do you turn?On a cold November morning, Joseph Luzzi, a Dante scholar and professor at Bard College, found himself racing to the hospitalhis wife, Katherine, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, had been …
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My Life with J. Paul Getty
HarperCollins
Theodora "Teddy" Getty Gastonnow one hundred years oldreveals the glamorous yet painful story of her marriage to J. Paul Getty. As formidable as Getty was, his wife was equally strong-minded and flamboyant, and their clutches and clashes threw off sparks. …
View book details for All Those Moments
Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners
HarperCollins
He came to mainstream prominence as a machine more human than his creators in Blade Runner, terrified us as a hitchhiker bent on his own death and the death of anyone who got in his way in The Hitcher, and …
View book details for Bread, Wine, Chocolate
The Slow Loss of Foods We Love
HarperCollins
Award-winning journalist Simran Sethi explores the history and cultural importance of our most beloved tastes, paying homage to the ingredients that give us daily pleasure, while providing a thoughtful wake-up call to the homogenization that is threatening the diversity of …
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