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Social Science
Jen Jack Gieseking is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky and editor of The People, Place, and Space Reader.
A QUEER NEW YORK
Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers JEN JACK GIESEKING
The first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York City
Over the past few decades, rapid gentrification in New York City has led to the disappearance of many lesbian and queer spaces, displacing some of the most marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community. In A Queer New York, Jen Jack Gieseking highlights the historic significance of these spaces, mapping the political, economic, and geographic dispossession of an important, thriving community that once called certain New York neighborhoods home. Focusing on well-known neighborhoods like Greenwich Village, Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Crown Heights, Gieseking shows how lesbian and queer neighborhoods have folded under the capitalist influence of white, wealthy gentrifiers who have ultimately failed to make room for them. Nevertheless, they highlight the ways lesbian and queer communities have succeeded in carving out spaces—and lives—in a city that has consistently pushed its most vulnerable citizens away. Beautifully written, A Queer New York is an eye-opening account of how lesbians and queers have survived in the face of twenty-first century gentrification and urban development.
September 2020 320 pages • 6 x 9 45 black & white illustrations Paper • 9781479835737 • $30.00S(£23.99) Cloth • 9781479848409 • $89.00X(£74.00)
LGBT Studies | Urban Studies
STILL STRAIGHT
Sexual Flexibility among White Men in Rural America TONY SILVA
Why some straight men have sex with other men
Why do some straight men in rural America have sex with other men? In Still Straight, Tony Silva convincingly argues that these men—many of whom enjoy hunting, fishing, and shooting guns— are not gay, bisexual, or “just experimenting.” As he shows, these men can enjoy a range of relationships with other men, from hookups to sexual friendships to secretive loving partnerships, all while strongly identifying with straight culture. Drawing on riveting interviews with straight white men who live in rural America, Silva explores the fascinating, and unexpected, disconnect between sexual behavior and identity. Some use sex with men to bond with other men in an acceptably masculine way; some are not particularly attracted to men, but are wary of emotional attachment with women; and others view sex with men—as opposed to women—as a more acceptable form of extramarital sexual behavior. Taking us inside the lives of straight white men who have sex with other men, Still Straight shows us that heterosexuality in rural America is not always, in fact, what it seems.
Tony Silva is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia.
February 2021 272 pages • 6 x 9 2 black & white illustrations Paper • 9781479801107 • $28.00S(£21.99) Cloth • 9781479801091 • $89.00X(£74.00)
Sociology
September 2020 320 pages • 6 x 9 4 black & white illustrations Paper • $35.00S(£27.99) 9781479831296 Cloth • $99.00X(£82.00) 9781479852024
Women of Color and the Fight for Reproductive Justice ZAKIYA LUNA
Reveals both the promise and the pitfalls associated with a human rights approach to the women of color-focused reproductive rights activism of SisterSong
How did reproductive justice—defined as the right to have children, to not have children, and to parent—become recognized as a human rights issue? This book highlights the often-forgotten activism of women of color who are largely responsible for creating what we now know as the modern-day reproductive justice movement. Focusing on SisterSong, an intersectional reproductive justice organization, Luna shows how, and why, women of color mobilized around reproductive rights in the domestic arena. She examines their key role in re-framing reproductive rights as human rights, raising this set of issues as a priority in the United States, a country hostile to the concept of human rights at home.
Zakiya Luna is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Feminist Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara.
OPEN ACCESS AT OPENSQUARE.NYUPRESS.ORG & OTHER OA PLATFORMS
December 2020 368 pages • 6 x 9 11 black & white illustrations Paper • $35.00S(£27.99) 9781479817900 Cloth • $99.00X(£82.00) 9781479877584 In Biopolitics
Sociology FREEZING FERTILITY
Oocyte Cryopreservation and the Gender Politics of Aging LUCY VAN DE WIEL
Analyzes how the possibility of egg freezing changes what it means to be fertile and to age in the 21st century
Beyond an individual reproductive choice for people who may want to have children later in life, Freezing Fertility explores how the rise of egg freezing also reveals broader cultural, political and economic negotiations about reproductive politics, gender inequities, age normativities and the financialization of healthcare. Van de Wiel investigates these issues by analyzing a wide range of sources— varying from sparkly online platforms to heart-breaking court cases and intimate autobiographical accounts—that are emblematic of each stage of the egg freezing procedure. By following the egg’s journey, Freezing Fertility examines how contemporary egg freezing practices both reflect broader social, regulatory and economic power asymmetries and repoliticize fertility and aging in ways that affect the public at large. In doing so, the book explores how the possibility of egg freezing shifts our relation to the beginning and end of life.
Lucy van de Wiel is a Research Associate in the Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc) at the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge.
THE BUSINESS OF BIRTH
Malpractice and Maternity Care in the United States LOUISE MARIE ROTH
How the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices
Giving birth is a monumental event, not only in the personal life of the woman giving birth, but as a medical process and procedure. In The Business of Birth, Louise Marie Roth explores the process of giving birth, and the ways in which medicine and law interact to shape maternity care. Focusing on the United States, Roth explores how the law creates an environment where medical providers, malpractice attorneys, and others limit women’s rights and choices during birth. She shows how a fear of liability risk often drives the decision-making process of medical providers, who prioritize hospital efficiency over patient safety, to the detriment of mothers themselves.
Louise Marie Roth is Professor of Sociology at University of Arizona. February 2021 336 pages • 6 x 9 47 black & white illustrations Paper • $35.00S(£27.99) 9781479877089 Cloth • $99.00X(£82.00) 9781479812257
Sociology
UNEXPECTED
Parenting, Prenatal Testing, and Down Syndrome ALISON PIEPMEIER with GEORGE ESTREICH and RACHEL ADAMS
What prenatal tests and Down syndrome reveal about our reproductive choices
When Alison Piepmeier—scholar of feminism and disability studies, and mother of Maybelle, an eight-year-old girl with Down syndrome—died of cancer in August 2016, she left behind an important unfinished manuscript about motherhood, prenatal testing, and disability. In Unexpected, George Estreich and Rachel Adams pick up where she left off, honoring the important research of their friend and colleague, as well as adding new perspectives to her work. Based on interviews with parents of children with Down syndrome, as well as women who terminated their pregnancies because their fetus was identified as having the condition, Unexpected paints an intimate, nuanced picture of reproductive choice in today’s world.
Alison Piepmeier directed the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, where she was Associate Professor of English. George Estreich is the author of Fables and Futures: Biotechnology, Disability. Rachel Adams is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. February 2021 200 pages • 6 x 9 2 black & white illustrations Paper • $27.00S(£20.99) 9781479879953 Cloth • $89.00X(£74.00) 9781479816637
Women's Studies
February 2021 288 pages • 6 x 9 1 black & white illustration Paper • $30.00S(£23.99) 9781479834075 Cloth • $89.00X(£74.00) 9781479891689 In Critical Perspectives on Youth
Sociology
December 2020 224 pages • 6 x 9 Paper • $28.00S(£21.99) 9781479800629 Cloth • $89.00X(£74.00) 9781479800612 In Latina/o Sociology
Latinx Studies | Sociology THE WORLD IS OUR CLASSROOM
Extreme Parenting and the Rise of Worldschooling JENNIE GERMANN MOLZ
How travelling the world allows new ways to educate children and perform family life on the move
A growing number of families are selling their houses, quitting their jobs, and taking their children out of traditional school settings to educate them while traveling the globe. Drawing on interviews with parents and stories from the blogs they publish during their journeys, as well as her own experience traveling the world with her ten-year-old son, Jennie Germann Molz shows why many parents— disillusioned with standard public schooling—believe the world is a child’s best classroom. Rebelling against convention, these parents combine technology and travel to pursue a different version of the good life. Ultimately, she sheds light on the emerging phenomenon of “worldschooling,” showing that it is not just an alternative way to educate children, but an altogether new kind of mobile lifestyle. This book paints an extreme portrait of twenty-first century parenting and some families’ attempts to raise global citizens prepared to thrive in the uncertain world of tomorrow.
Jennie Germann Molz is Professor of Sociology at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
FRONT OF THE HOUSE, BACK OF THE HOUSE
Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers ELI REVELLE YANO WILSON
How workers navigate race, gender, and class in the food service industry
Two unequal worlds of work exist within the upscale restaurant scene of Los Angeles. White, college-educated servers operate in the front of the house—also known as the public areas of the restaurant—while Latino immigrants toil in the back of the house and out of customer view. Drawing on research at three different high-end restaurants in Los Angeles, this book highlights why these inequalities persist in the twenty-first century, pointing to discriminatory hiring and supervisory practices that ultimately grant educated whites access to the most desirable positions. Additionally, it shows us how workers navigate these inequalities under the same roof, making sense of their jobs, their identities, and each other in a world that reinforces their separateness.
IRAQI REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES
The Enduring Effects of the War on Terror KEN R. CRANE
How Iraqi refugees navigate life, belonging, and exclusion in America
The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 caused the largest forced migration in the Middle East since 1948, with millions of people fleeing to Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, EU, Australia and the United States. Drawing on numerous interviews and fieldwork, Ken R. Crane explores the diverse experiences of a community of Iraqi refugees, showing how they have struggled to negotiate their place in the wake of mass displacement. He highlights the promise of belonging, as well as their many painful encounters with exclusion. As debates about immigration and refugee status continue to play out in headlines and the courts, Iraqi Refugees in the United States provides important insight into the global refugee crisis.
Ken R. Crane is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at La Sierra University. February 2021 208 pages • 6 x 9 Paper • $28.00S(£21.99) 9781479886906 Cloth • $89.00X(£74.00) 9781479873944
Sociology
CREATING THE CREATION MUSEUM
How Fundamentalist Beliefs Come to Life KATHLEEN C. OBERLIN
Investigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum
This book shows us how the largest Creationist organization, Answers in Genesis (AiG), built a museum—which has had over three million visitors—to make its movement mainstream. Kathleen C. Oberlin takes us behind the scenes with over three years of research at the Creation Museum, Oberlin examines how the museum convincingly reframes scientific facts, such as modeling itself on traditional natural history museums. Through a unique historical dataset of over 1,000 internal documents from creationist organizations and an analysis of media coverage, Creating the Creation Museum shows how the museum works as a site of social movement activity and a place to contest the secular mainstream. Oberlin ultimately argues that the Creation Museum has real-world consequences in today’s polarized era. December 2020 288 pages • 6 x 9 51 black & white illustrations Paper • $30.00S(£23.99) 9781479805709 Cloth • $89.00X(£74.00) 9781479881642
