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Examines the biographies of some of the most famous figures in American history, from Benjamin Franklin to Oprah Winfrey. Through these case studies, Eric Burns considers the evolution of celebrity throughout the ages. More controversially, he questions the very status of fame in the twenty-first century.

Presents a collection of twenty-five powerful interviews Nava Sonnenschein conducted with Palestinian and Jewish Israeli alumni of peacebuilding courses, a decade after their graduation. Critically, the interviews vividly demonstrate that peacebuilding does not end with the courses.

Takes an in-depth look at a population of undocumented migrants working in the American dairy industry to understand the components of this labour system. This book offers a framework for understanding the disjuncture between the labour desired by employers and life as an undocumented worker in America today.

Explores clashes over indecency in broadcast television among US-based media advocates, television professionals, the Federal Communications Commission, and TV audiences. Cynthia Chris focuses on the decency debates during an approximately twenty-year period since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which restructured the media environment.

Examines how high schools structure different pathways that lead students to different college destinations based on race and class. Megan Holland finds that racial and class inequalities are reproduced through unequal access to sources of information, even among students in the same school and in schools with established college-going cultures.

Considers two important questions: how the construction of gender, race, and class in media are productive of regimes of truth regarding war and military life, and how such constructions may also intensify militarism.

Examines the evasive depictions of sexuality in domestic and family-friendly sitcoms. Tison Pugh charts the history of increasing sexual depiction in this genre while also unpacking how sitcoms use sexuality as a source of power, as a kind of camouflage, and as a foundation for family building.

Tracking the revitalization of the British horror film industry over the past two decades, media expert Steven Gerrard investigates why audiences have flocked to these movies. Offering in-depth analysis of numerous films, this book takes readers on a lively tour of the genre's highlights, while provocatively exploring how these films reflect viewers' gravest fears about the state of the nation.

Explores the representation of obsolescence, particularly of labour, in film and literature during a historical moment in which automation has intensified in capitalist economies. Joel Burges analyses texts such as The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wreck-It Ralph, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Iron Council, and examines their ""means"" of production.

Saher Selod shows how a specific American religious identity has acquired racial meanings, resulting in the hyper surveillance of Muslim citizens. Drawing on in-depth interviews with South Asian and Arab Muslim Americans, she investigates how Muslim Americans are subjected to racialized surveillance in both an institutional and social context.

Takes readers on a fascinating exploration of the Frankenstein family tree, tracing the literary and intellectual roots of Shelley's novel from the sixteenth century and analysing the evolution of the book's figures and themes into modern productions that range from children's cartoons to pornography.

Although the number of women's colleges has plummeted from a high of 268 in 1960 to 38 in 2016, Douglass Residential College is flourishing as it approaches its centennial in 2018. To explore its rich history, Kayo Denda, Mary Hawkesworth, Fernanda H. Perrone examine the strategic transformation of Douglass over the past century in relation to continuing debates about women's higher education.

Explores the consequences of a juvenile justice system that is aimed at promoting change in the lives of young people, yet ultimately relies upon tools and strategies that enmesh them in a system that they struggle to move beyond. The system, rather than the crimes themselves, is the vice.

Offers an ethnographic exploration of women's stories from the Himalayan valley of Lahaul, in the region of Himachal Pradesh, India, focusing on how both, love and violence emerge (or function) at the intersection of gender, tribe, caste, and the state in India. Himika Bhattacharya shows how state and community discourses about gendered violence serve as proxy for caste in India.

How have women managed to break through the glass ceiling of the business world, and what management techniques do they employ once they ascend to the upper echelons of power? What difficult situations have these female business leaders faced? This volume answers these questions by highlighting the professional accomplishments of twelve remarkable women.

From Eleanor Roosevelt to Gloria Steinem to Dazon Dixon Diallo, women have assumed leadership roles in struggles for social justice. How did these women ascend to positions of influence? And once in power, what leadership strategies did they use to deal with various challenges? This volume explores these questions by introducing twelve women who have spearheaded a wide array of social movements.

From Eleanor Roosevelt to Gloria Steinem to Dazon Dixon Diallo, women have assumed leadership roles in struggles for social justice. How did these women ascend to positions of influence? And once in power, what leadership strategies did they use to deal with various challenges? This volume explores these questions by introducing twelve women who have spearheaded a wide array of social movements.

How have women managed to break through the glass ceiling of the business world, and what management techniques do they employ once they ascend to the upper echelons of power? What difficult situations have these female business leaders faced? This volume answers these questions by highlighting the professional accomplishments of twelve remarkable women.

The 1990s witnessed a flurry of legislative initiatives designed to control a population of sex offenders (child abusers) widely reviled as sick, evil, and incurable. In Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control, Diana Rickard provides the reader with an in-depth view of six such men, exploring how they manage to cope with their highly stigmatized role as social outcasts.

Mapping Feminist Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century provides an historical and theoretical overview of feminist anthropology’s origins, the transformation it has undergone, and the vital contributions it continues to make to cutting-edge scholarship. Chronicling the impact feminist anthropologists have made on a wide range of academic fields, from science and technology studies to queer theory, it also reveals the important role they have played in global campaigns against human rights abuses, domestic violence, and environmental degradation.

Reveals the tangled textual histories behind some of the most cherished works in the Chicana/o literary canon, tracing the negotiations between authors, editors, and publishers that determined how these books appeared in print. Allison Fagan demonstrates how the texts surrounding the authors' words have crucially shaped the reception of Chicana/o literature.

An interdisciplinary essay collection, bringing together leading experts in this burgeoning field and offering insights about how transgender activism and scholarship might transform scholarship and public policy. This theoretically sophisticated book bridges the gaps between activism and academia by offering examples of cutting-edge activism, research, and pedagogy.

Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health. Child's Play presents a more nuanced examination of the issue, considering not only the physical impacts of youth athletics, but its psychological and social ramifications as well.