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Steven Roberts, “Young Working-Class Men in Transition” (Routledge, 2018)
Steven Roberts
Young Working-Class Men in Transition

Routledge, 2018

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network September 17, 2018 Sarah E. Patterson

How do young working-class men experience the transition to adulthood? In his new book Young Working-Class Men in Transition (Routledge, 2018), Steven Roberts talks directly to young men to gain their insight into this topic. A highlight of this book is that Roberts presents the theoretical backdrops for both masculinity... Read More
Shelley Tremain, “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability” (U Michigan Press, 2017)
Shelley Tremain
Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability

University of Michigan Press, 2017

New Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network September 11, 2018 Dave O'Brien

How should we understand disability? In Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability (University of Michigan Press, 2017), Dr. Shelley Tremain explores this complex question from the perspective of feminist philosophy, using the work of Michel Foucault. The book is a fascinating critique of much contemporary philosophy and policy, providing a detailed, but easy... Read More
Jessica Johnson, “Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire” (Duke UP, 2018)
Jessica Johnson
Biblical Porn
Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire
Duke University Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network September 7, 2018 Dannah Dennis

In her book Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire (Duke University Press, 2018), Dr. Jessica Johnson chronicles the rise and fall of Mars Hill Church, an evangelical megachurch that started in Seattle in the 1990’s and spread to multiple locations across five states before collapsing in the... Read More
Dagmar Herzog, “Cold War Freud: Psychoanalysis in an Age of Catastrophes” (Cambridge UP, 2017)
Dagmar Herzog
Cold War Freud
Psychoanalysis in an Age of Catastrophes
Cambridge University Press, 2017

New Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network September 7, 2018 David Gutherz

‘Create two, three—many Freuds!’ That, Dagmar Herzog shows, was the forgotten slogan of the Cold War. With Cold War Freud: Psychoanalysis in an Age of Catastrophes (Cambridge University Press, 2017), Prof. Herzog carries forward the groundbreaking research program into the politics of desire that already brought us Sex After Fascism: Memory and Morality... Read More
Becky Aikman, “Off the Cliff: How the Making of ‘Thelma & Louise’ Drove Hollywood to the Edge” (Penguin, 2018)
Becky Aikman
Off the Cliff
How the Making of 'Thelma & Louise' Drove Hollywood to the Edge
Penguin, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FilmNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books Network August 23, 2018 Rebekah Buchanan

In Off the Cliff: How the Making of ‘Thelma & Louise’ Drove Hollywood to the Edge (Penguin, 2018), Becky Aikman explores the making of Thelma & Louise, a 1991 film that challenged traditional Hollywood culture. The film cast two women as the stars, running from their lives and the law. An... Read More

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