Disability, Nation, and the Cultural Politics of Greater Mexico
Julie Avril Minich
How disability provides a new perspective on our understanding of the nation and the citizen
240 pages
| 5.5 x 8.5
Recess and the Practice of Invention
Anna R Beresin
Play and recess seen from the eyes of children
202 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables, 155 figures, 11 halftones
How Linear Perspective Shaped Policies in the Western World
Philipp Lepenies
A brilliant meditation on how the invention of linear perspective in art helped shape our perspectives on the developing world
214 pages
| 6 x 9
| 4 figures, 18 halftones
Feminizing Genres and Neoliberal Belonging
Pamela Thoma
How Asian American women writers mobilize popular genres of literature to imagine new forms of citizenship in a neoliberal society
236 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 halftones
Discourse, Public Identity, and the Politics of Citizenship
Jennifer Fredette
A groundbreaking study that presents Muslims in France as a diverse social group rather than a monolithic religious group
228 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 tables, 4 figures, 9 halftones
Youth Labor in America
Yasemin Besen-Cassino
The social meaning of work from youths' perspectives
202 pages
| 6 x 9
| 13 tables, 12 figs.
Time Objectified
Edited by Anne Line Dalsgård, Martin Demant Frederiksen, Susanne Højlund and Lotte Meinert
How time is often a troubling and external factor in the lives of youth
206 pages
| 6 x 9
Edited by Tamara Mose Brown, and Joanna Dreby
Negotiating the challenges—and fighting the myths—of parenthood and fieldwork
228 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Experimenting with the Religious Causes of Public Opinion
Paul A. Djupe, and Brian R. Calfano
Explores religion's impact on political attitudes using a series of controlled experiments
276 pages
| 6 x 9
| 22 tables, 23 figs.
Intimacy and the Work of Dying
Karla Erickson
Insights from elders and their caregivers on the end of life
208 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
African American Women and Religion
Bettye Collier-Thomas
Now in paperback, an extraordinary history of African American women, and their struggle for gender and racial equality in the church and society
736 pages
| 6.25 x 9.125
Asset Building as a Community Development Strategy
Edited by Gary P. Green and Ann Goetting
Case studies from a variety of settings consider the asset-building approach to community development
204 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
A Fan, A City, A Championship Season
Dean Bartoli Smith
The story of the Baltimore Ravens, 2012 Super Bowl Champions, as told through the cultural lens of a city with a rich football history
224 pages
| 6 x 9
Black American Trauma, Memory, and Culture after King
Michael Awkward
Tracing racial trauma through Philadelphia sports and cultural production in the four decades after King's assassination
264 pages
| 6 x 9
| 6 halftones
Neighborhood Perspectives on University-Driven Revitalization in West Philadelphia
Harley F. Etienne
A critical study of university-driven development from the neighborhood resident's perspective
192 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25