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An ethnographical examination of self harm in teenagers

Provides the first history of the origins of the Christian film industry

Considers the conditions of early America which shaped and were shaped by ideals of masculinity

Examines the historical and theoretical assumptions that have underpinned the discussion of capital punishment in the United States

New York is the oldest continually occupied city in America, with hundreds of place names offering a guide to the city's history. This book traces the origins of the names of Manhattan's streets, avenues, parks and corners, from it's life as a Dutch trading port to a modern, multicultural city.

Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good

Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good

Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the toilet, this brilliant, revelatory, and often funny book aims to bring it all out into the open, proving that profound and meaningful history can be made even in the can

Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the toilet, this brilliant, revelatory, and often funny book aims to bring it all out into the open, proving that profound and meaningful history can be made even in the can

Offers an in-depth look at the daily lives of childcare providers, examining the important roles they play in the families whose children they help to raise

Illustrates how despite the hyper-visibility of Latinos in recent political debates, the daily lives of America's new "majority minority" remain largely invisible and mischaracterized

Traces the history of Latinos' struggle for adequate housing opportunities, from the nineteenth century to today's anti-immigrant policies and mortgage crisis

Explores the relationship between Filipinos and the US by looking at the politics of immigration, race, and citizenship on both sides of the Philippine-American. This book reveals how American practices of racial exclusion repeatedly collided with the imperatives of US overseas expansion.

The first effort to gather together into one book the wartime experiences of the populations who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America

The first effort to gather together into one book the wartime experiences of the populations who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America

How are Americans doing-compared to one another and compared to the rest of the world? This is a report on the overall well-being of all Americans. It provides all of the essential information on the current state of America. It is suitable for all Americans, especially for social scientists, policy makers, and more.

Explores how teenage girls construct activist identities, rejecting and re-defining girlhood and claiming political authority for youth in the process

Explores the complex racial, class, and gender divides in contemporary American cities

Demonstrates how parental and sexual identities are formed and interpreted in law, and how gay and lesbian parents can harness indeterminacy to transform family law

Are we all temps now? A penetrating exploration of how making a living has become such a precarious task

Unites New York's best-known writers to provide a window to the bustle and richness of city life

Unites New York's best-known writers to provide a window to the bustle and richness of city life

Documents how like-minded individuals created a large web of religious communication on the Internet, in essence developing a new type of new religious movement--one without a central leader or institution

Asserts that the U.S. is in a new and distinct phase of racism that is post-intentional, neither based on intentional discrimination nor drawing upon biological concepts of race

A compilation of the primary texts-by Foucault, Arendt, Agamben, Badiou, and other theorists-that laid the ground for contemporary thinking about biopolitics, or the relations between life and politics.

Explores how the history of US citizenship has positioned Asian Americans and African Americans in interlocking socio-political relationships since the mid nineteenth century.

Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the legal challenges posed by the criminal wrongdoing of governments

Looks at the internet, not as harbinger of the future or the next big thing, but as an expression of the times. This book demonstrates that our ideas about what connected computers are for have been in constant flux since their invention.

Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the legal challenges posed by the criminal wrongdoing of governments

Explores the individual psychology, family dynamics, and societal messages behind bicultural development