NYU Press
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Fall 2021
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Social Science
BODIES IN EVIDENCE
Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication HEATHER R. HLAVKA AND SAMEENA MULLA Uncovers how the process of sexual assault adjudication reinforces inequality and becomes a public spectacle of violence Bodies in Evidence draws on observations of over 680 court appearances in Milwaukee County’s felony sexual assault courts, as well as interviews with judges, attorneys, forensic scientists, jurors, sexual assault nurse examiners, and victim advocates. It shows how forensic science helps to propagate public misunderstandings of sexual violence by bestowing an aura of authority to race and gender stereotypes and inequalities. Expert testimony reinforces the idea that sexual assault is physically and emotionally recognizable and always leaves material evidence. The court’s reliance on the presence of forensic evidence infuses these very familiar stereotypes and myths about sexual assault with new scientific authority. Heather R. Hlavka is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Sciences at the Klinger College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University. Sameena Mulla is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Sciences at the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University.
November 2021 304 pages • 6 x 9 6 black & white illustrations Paper • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479809660 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479809639 Anthropology
THE GOVERNMENT OF THINGS Foucault and the New Materialisms THOMAS LEMKE Examines the theoretical achievements and the political impact of the new materialisms Materialism, a rich philosophical tradition that goes back to antiquity, is currently undergoing a renaissance. In The Government of Things, Thomas Lemke provides a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of this “new materialism”. In analyzing the work of Graham Harman, Jane Bennett, and Karen Barad, Lemke articulates what, exactly, new materialism is and how it has evolved. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concept of a “government of things”, the book also goes beyond new materialist scholarship which tends to displace political questions by ethical and aesthetic concerns. It puts forward a relational and performative account of materialities that more closely attends to the interplay of epistemological, ontological, and political issues. Thomas Lemke is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt. He is author of A Critique of Political Reason: Foucault’s Analysis of Modern Governmentality and co-author of Biopolitics: An Advanced Introduction.
September 2021 320 pages • 6 x 9 Paper • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479829934 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479808816 Sociology
