Fall 2014

The Archival Turn in Feminism

Outrage in Order

Kate Eichhorn

A window into the preservation of contemporary feminist documents and artifacts, and how this archival activism has advanced intergenerational political alliance

208 pages | 5.5 x 8.5 | 1 figure, 4 halftones

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Bullying

The Social Destruction of Self

Laura Martocci

Offering a new understanding of bullying, linking it with insights into the construction of identity

230 pages | 6 x 9

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Dancing the Fairy Tale

Producing and Performing The Sleeping Beauty

Laura Katz Rizzo

The Sleeping Beauty and the story of ballet in Pennsylvania

212 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 6 halftones

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Flow

The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River

Beth Kephart

An autobiography of the Schuylkill, and a meditation on the river's impact on Philadelphia's history, people, and environment

120 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 18 halftones

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The Forest and the Trees

Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise

Allan G. Johnson

An updated exploration of sociology as a way of thinking

200 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 figures

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The Gender Knot

Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy
Third Edition

Allan G. Johnson

A compelling approach to gender inequality that empowers both men and women to be part of the solution instead of just part of the problem

328 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 table, 2 figures

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Greening Africana Studies

Linking Environmental Studies with Transforming Black Experiences

Rubin Patterson

Establishes the need to include Environmental Studies as part of the Africana Studies curriculum

242 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 28 tables, 3 figures, 3 halftones, 6 maps

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"I Hear America Singing"

Folk Music and National Identity

Rachel Clare Donaldson

How the folk music revival gave voice to ideas about the essence of American character and values

238 pages | 6 x 9

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Movements in Times of Democratic Transition

Edited by Bert Klandermans and Cornelis van Stralen

How do social movements that trigger democratic movements survive their own success?

390 pages | 6 x 9 | 34 tables, 16 figures

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Music and Social Change in South Africa

Maskanda Past and Present

Kathryn Olsen

A comprehensive analysis of maskanda, a Zulu musical practice, in the context of political, cultural, and historical transformation in South Africa

240 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 tables, 18 figures

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Navigating Gendered Terrain

Stereotypes and Strategy in Political Campaigns

Kelly Dittmar

Explores how candidates and campaign professionals navigate the gendered terrain of political campaigns

244 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 tables, 3 figures

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Self-Determination without Nationalism

A Theory of Postnational Sovereignty

Omar Dahbour

Advocating the new concept of "ecosovereignty," based on a reformulation of political self-determination

272 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 figures, 7 maps

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Senior Power or Senior Peril

Aged Communities and American Society in the Twenty-First Century

Brittany H. Bramlett

Shows how the increasing number of aged communities in the United States shapes the local political context for residents of all ages

164 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 13 tables, 14 figures

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Tensions in the American Dream

Rhetoric, Reverie, or Reality

Melanie E. L. Bush and Roderick D. Bush

The contradictions of the promise - and reality - of the American Dream

258 pages | 6 x 9 | 13 tables

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Unbought and Unbossed

Transgressive Black Women, Sexuality, and Representation

Trimiko Melancon

How do fictional representations of transgressive black women in the post-civil rights era expand our understanding of race and black womanhood?

256 pages | 5.5 x 8.5 | 5 halftones

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