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HIGHLIGHTS MISOGYNOIR TRANSFORMED
UNEXPECTED
Black Women’s Digital Resistance
Parenting, Prenatal Testing, and Down Syndrome
MOYA BAILEY
ALISON PIEPMEIER with GEORGE
Where racism and sexism meet—an understanding of antiBlack misogyny $28.00 • 248 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-6510-9 In Intersections
ESTREICH and RACHEL ADAMS
What prenatal tests and down syndrome reveal about our reproductive choices $27.00 • 200 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-7995-3
Winner, 2021 PROSE Award for the Cultural Anthropology & Sociology Category presented by the Association of American Publishers
THE NEW SEX WARS Sexual Harm in the #MeToo Era BRENDA COSSMAN
THE TRAGEDY OF HETEROSEXUALITY JANE WARD
Revisits the sex wars of the 1970s and ’80s and examines their influence on how we think about sexual harm in the #MeToo era
A troubling account of heterosexual desire in the era of #MeToo
$30.00 • 280 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0270-8
Coming February 2022 in Paperback
$14.95 • 216 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0446-7 In Sexual Cultures
BI
TRANS MEDICINE
Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid, and Nonbinary Youth
The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender
RITCH C. SAVIN-WILLIAMS
STEF SHUSTER
What bisexual youth can tell us about today’s gender and sexual identities
A rich examination of the history of trans medicine and current day practice
$28.95 • 328 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-1143-4
$27.00 • 240 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-9937-1
WITH HONOR AND INTEGRITY
EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS
Transgender Troops in Their Own Words Edited by MÁEL EMBSERHERBERT and BREE FRAM Heartfelt personal accounts from transgender people fighting for the right to serve in the military
Life Before and After Bariatric Surgery
$28.00 • 240 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-01039 In LGBTQ Politics
$28.00 • 224 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0395-8
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SARAH TRAINER, ALEXANDRA BREWIS and AMBER WUTICH
A study that explores patients’ perspectives on a life-altering surgery
LGBTQ THE QUEER NUYORICAN Racialized Sexualities and Aesthetics in Loisaida
DISRUPTING DIGNITY Rethinking Power and Progress in LGBTQ Lives STEPHEN M. ENGEL and
KAREN JAIME
TIMOTHY S. LYLE
A queer genealogy of the famous performance space and the nuyorican aesthetic
Why LGBTQ+ people must resist the seduction of dignity
$28.00 • Paper 978-1-4798-0829-8 In Performance and American Cultures
$35.00 • 416 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-9986-9 In LGBTQ Politics
Winner, 2021 Glenda Laws Award presented by the American Association of Geographers
A QUEER NEW YORK
QUEER STEPFAMILIES
Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers
The Path to Social and Legal Recognition
JEN JACK GIESEKING
KATIE L. ACOSTA
The first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York City
A compelling examination of the social and legal experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer stepparent families
$30.00 • 336 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-3573-7
$30.00 • 272 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0098-8
TRANSGENDER INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
TRANS-AFFIRMATIVE PARENTING
A Comprehensive Introduction
Raising Kids Across the Gender Spectrum ELIZABETH RAHILLY
Edited by ADAM M. MESSINGER and XAVIER L. GUADALUPE-DIAZ
A groundbreaking overview of transgender relationship violence
First-hand accounts of how parents support their transgender children
$35.00 • 410 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-9031-6
$28.00 • 224 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-1715-3
QUEERING FAMILY TREES Race, Reproductive Justice, and Lesbian Motherhood SANDRA PATTON-IMANI
Argues that significant barriers to family-making exist for lesbian mothers of color in the United States $30.00 • 336 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-1486-2
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SEX & SEXUALITY 2021 Honorable Mention Sexualities Section Book Award, presented by the American Sociological Association
THE PORNIFICATION OF AMERICA How Raunch Culture Is Ruining Our Society
CAMMING Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry ANGELA JONES
An up-close look at how porn permeates our culture
The first inside look at how sex workers use webcams to make a living
$24.95 • 232 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-9443-7
$30.00 • 344 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-7487-3
BERNADETTE BARTON
Finalist, 2021 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Studies
STILL STRAIGHT
THE SEX OBSESSION
Sexual Flexibility among White Men in Rural America
Perversity and Possibility in American Politics
TONY SILVA
JANET R. JAKOBSEN
Why some straight men have sex with other men
Offers a way to undo the inextricable American knot of sex, politics, religion, and power
$28.00 • 320 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0110-7
$30.00 • 304 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-4608-5 In Sexual Cultures
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTS 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 Black-focused reproductive rights activism of SisterSong
THE BUSINESS OF BIRTH Malpractice and Maternity Care in the United States LOUISE MARIE ROTH
How fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices $35.00 • 336 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-7708-9
$35.00 • 312 pages Paper • 978-1-4798-3129-6
FREEZING FERTILITY LUCY VAN DE WIEL
THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA’S SEX EDUCATION Mary Calderone and the Fight for Sexual Health
Analyzes how the possibility of egg freezing changes what it means to be fertile and to age in the 21st century
A comprehensive history of the battle over sex education in the United States
Oocyte Cryopreservation and the Gender Politics of Aging
$35.00 • 344 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-1790-0 In Biopolitics GET 30% OFF AND FREE SHIPPING* WITH COUPON GEN21-FM
ELLEN S. MORE
$39.00 • 376 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-1204-2 Coming January 2022
P O L I T I C S A N D L AW TAKING DOWN BACKPAGE Fighting the World’s Largest Sex Trafficker MAGGY KRELL Insider details from the takedown of Backpage, the world’s largest sex trafficker, by the prosecutor who led the charge
THE PARTISAN GAP Why Democratic Women Get Elected But Republican Women Don’t
LAUREL ELDER
Why Democratic women far outnumber Republican women in elective offices $25.00 • 240 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0482-5
$22.95 • 192 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0304-0
Best Book of 2020, National Law Journal
GAYLE K AUFMAN
Fixing Parental Leave The Six-Month Solution
A real-world solution for parental leave that
BODIES IN EVIDENCE
SHORTLISTED
Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication HEATHER R. HLAVKA and
Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court
SAMEENA MULLA Uncovers how the process of sexual assault adjudication reinforces inequality and becomes a public spectacle of violence
and RENEE KNAKE JEFFERSON The inspiring and previously untold history of the women considered—but not selected— for the US Supreme Court
$30.00 • 312 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0966-0
$18.95 • 304 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-1196-0
FIXING PARENTAL LEAVE
REIMAGINING BLACK WOMEN
The Six Month Solution
A Critique of Post-Feminist and Post-Racial
GAYLE KAUFMAN
Melodrama in Culture and Politics
A real-world solution for parental leave that promotes gender equality at work and at home
promotes gender equality at work and at home
$18.95 • 256 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-8503-9
HANNAH BRENNER JOHNSON
NIKOL G. ALEXANDER-FLOYD
A wide-ranging Black feminist interrogation, reaching from the #MeToo movement to the legacy of gender-based violence against Black women
Coming March 2022 in Paperback
$30.00 • 304 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-5089-1
RESISTANCE
GEHL V CANADA
Righteous Rage in the Age of #MeToo Edited by SUE GOYETTE Writers across the globe speak out against sexual assault and abuse in this powerful new poetry anthology, edited by Sue Goyette
Challenging Sex Discrimination in the Indian Act
$21.95 • 176 Pages Paper • 978-0-8897-7801-6 Published by University of Regina Press
LYNN GEHL
How the Gehl decision advanced indigenous rights in Canada 9780889778252 • 288 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-1657-6 Published by University of Regina Press
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MEDIA PAIN GENERATION Social Media, Feminist Activism, and the Neoliberal Selfie L. AYU SARASWATI
Explores the perils and promise of feminist social media activism $28.00 • 224 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0833-5
KEYWORDS FOR GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES Edited by THE KEYWORDS FEMINIST EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE
Introduces key terms, debates, and histories for feminist studies in gender and sexuality
DIGITAL BLACK FEMINISM CATHERINE KNIGHT STEELE
Traces the longstanding relationship between technology and Black feminist thought $27.00 • 208 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0838-0 In Critical Cultural Communication
AVIDLY READS GUILTY PLEASURES ARIELLE ZIBRAK
“My guilty pleasure wasn’t just reading low-brow fiction or even female-authored fiction, it was being femme itself.” $14.95 • 176 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0709-3
$28.00 • Paper 978-1-4798-0815-1
HISTORY
HETEROSEXUAL HISTORIES Edited by REBECCA L. DAVIS and MICHELE MITCHELL
The history of heterosexuality in North America across four centuries $35.00 • 424 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0228-9
THE FIERCE LIFE OF GRACE HOLMES CARLSON Catholic, Socialist, Feminist
SUSAN B. ANTHONY A Biography KATHLEEN BARRY
Brings to life one of the most significant figures in the crusade for women’s rights in America $30.00 • 448 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0496-2
CLIPPED WINGS The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II
DONNA T. HAVERTY-STACKE
MOLLY MERRYMAN
Shares the story of the revolutionary Marxist and Catholic Grace Holmes Carlson and her life-long dedication to challenging social and economic inequality
Revives the overlooked stories of pioneering women aviators, who are also featured in the forthcoming documentary film Coming Home: Fight for a Legacy
$50.00 • 312 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0218-0
$30.00 • 280 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0578-5
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RACE & ETHNICITY BLACK WOMEN’S HEALTH Food, Power, and Resistance in the City MICHELE TRACY BERGER
The struggles African American women and their adolescent daughters face in living healthy, active lives
THE COLORS OF LOVE Multiracial People in Interracial Relationships MELINDA MILLS
How multiracial people navigate the complexities of race and love $30.00 • 312 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0241-8
$30.00 • 256 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-9295-2
THE OTHER SIDE OF TERROR Black Women and the Culture of US Empire ERICA R. EDWARDS
LATINAS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Victims, Targets, and Offenders Edited by VERA LOPEZ and LISA PASKO
Reveals the troubling intimacy between Black women and the making of US global power
How Latina girls and women become entangled in the criminal justice system
$30.00 • 400 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0843-4
$35.00 • 376 Pages Paper • 9781479891962 In Latina/o Sociology
Winner, 2021 PROSE Award for the Business, Finance & Management Category presented by the Association of American Publishers
STUCK
Winner, 2021 Harry Levin Prize, presented by the American Comparative Literature Association, Finalist, 2021 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Studies
BECOMING HUMAN
Why Asian Americans Don’t Reach the Top of the Corporate Ladder
Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World
MARGARET M. CHIN
Argues that blackness disrupts our essential ideas of race, gender, and, ultimately, the human
A behind-the-scenes examination of Asian Americans in the workplace
ZAKIYYAH IMAN JACKSON
$28.00 • 232 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-1681-1
$30.00 • 320 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-3037-4 In Sexual Cultures
GROWING UP LATINX
SURFACING
Coming of Age in a Time of Contested Citizenship
On being black and feminist in South Africa Edited by DESIREE LEWIS and
JESICA SIHAM FERNÁNDEZ
Latinx children navigating identity, citizenship, and belonging in a divided America $30.00 • 264 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0122-0 In Critical Perspectives on Youth
GABEBA BADEROON
A collection of essays on black feminism in the South African context $35.00 • 328 Pages Paper • 978-1-7761-4609-3 Published by Wits University Press
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RELIGION WOMEN IN BUDDHIST TRADITIONS KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO
Argues that blackness disrupts our essential ideas of race, gender, and, ultimately, the human $22.00 • 232 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0342-2 In Women in Religions
SEEKING SANCTUARY Stories of Sexuality, Faith and Migration
HEAVENLY SEX Sexuality and the Jewish Tradition DR. RUTH K. WESTHEIMER and JONATHAN MARK Celebrated sex expert and bestselling author Dr. Ruth Westheimer bridges the gap between sex and religion in this provocative exploration of intimacy in the Jewish faith
$20.00 • 200 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0552-5
LIFEBLOOD OF THE PARISH
JOHN MARNELL
Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
A glimpse into the lives of LGBTQ migrants in Johannesburg, in their own words
A New York City ethnography that explores men’s unique approaches to Catholic devotion
$30.00 • 284 Pages Paper • 978-1-7761-4710-6 Published by: Wits University Press
ALYSSA MALDONADO-ESTRADA
$32.00 • 320 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-3049-7 In North American Religions
G R E AT F O R C O U R S E S Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, presented by the American Sociological Association
FEARING THE BLACK BODY
The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia SABRINA STRINGS
How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred years $28.00 • 304 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-8675-3
GENDER VIOLENCE, 3RD EDITION Interdisciplinary Perspectives Edited by LAURA L. O’TOOLE, JESSICA R. SCHIFFMAN and ROSEMARY SULLIVAN
An updated edition of the groundbreaking anthology that explores the proliferation of gendered violence $39.00 • 600 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-2080-1
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Winner, 2019 PROSE Award for Anthropology, Criminology and Anthropology, presented by the Association of American Publishers
THE TRANS GENERATION
How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) are Creating a Gender Revolution ANN TRAVERS
A groundbreaking look at the lives of transgender children and their families $18.95 • 288 pages Paper • 978-1-4798-4041-0
STAY WOKE A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter TEHAMA LOPEZ BUNYASI and CANDIS WATTS SMITH The essential guide to understanding how racism works and how racial inequality shapes black lives, ultimately offering a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates and antiracists
$18.95 • 288 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-3648-2
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