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Asian American Studies December 3, 2023

Adoption Fantasies

The Fetishization of Asian Adoptees from Girlhood to Womanhood

Kimberly D. McKee

Hosted by Julia Lee
In Adoption Fantasies: The Fetishization of Asian Adoptees from Girlhood to Womanhood (Ohio State UP, 2023), Kimberly D. McKee explores the ways adopted Asian women and girls are situated at …

Gender Studies

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Interviews with scholars of gender about their new books.

African American Studies December 3, 2023

Merze Tate

The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar

Barbara D. Savage

Hosted by Omari Averette-Phillips
Born in rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and irrepressible Merze Tate (1905–1996) refused to limit her intellectual ambitions, despite living in what she called a “sex …
Critical Theory November 27, 2023

A Queer Theory of the State

Samuel Clowes Huneke

Hosted by Lea Greenberg
Queer theory has often been hesitant to align itself with a politics of the state, approaching it with a negative or pragmatic framework. A Queer Theory of the State (Floating …
Law November 26, 2023

Intersex Embodiment

Legal Frameworks Beyond Identity and Disorder

Fae Garland and Mitchell Travis

Hosted by Jane Richards
What is intersex and why does it matter? What is the power of law to disrupt dominant narratives? I had a fascinating conversation with authors Dr Fae Garland and Dr Mitchell …
British Studies November 24, 2023

Inventing the Working Parent

Work, Gender, and Feminism in Neoliberal Britain

Sarah E. Stoller

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Sarah E. Stoller, Inventing the Working Parent: Work, Gender, and Feminism in Neoliberal Britain (MIT Press, 2023) is the first historical examination of working parenthood in the late twentieth century--and …
Higher Education November 23, 2023

When Will the Joy Come?

Black Women in the Ivory Tower

Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine, Abena Ampofoa Asare, and Michelle Dionne Thompson

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
How do Black women in higher education create, experience, and understand joy? What sustains them? While scholars have long documented sexism, racism, and classism in the academy, one topic has …
British Studies November 21, 2023

Being Single in Georgian England

Families, Households, and the Unmarried

Amy Harris

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Being Single in Georgian England: Families, Households, and the Unmarried (Oxford University Press, 2023) by Dr. Amy Harris is the first book-length exploration of what family life looked like, and …
Sociology November 17, 2023

Sex Work on Campus

Terah J. Stewart

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Terah J. Stewart's book Sex Work on Campus (Routledge, 2022) examines the experiences of college students engaged in sex work and sparks dialogue about the ways educators might develop a deeper …
Christian Studies November 17, 2023

Hell Hath No Fury

Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature

Meghan Henning

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
In her book Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature (Yale University Press, 2021), Meghan Henning illuminates how the bodies that …
Chinese Studies November 16, 2023

The Party Family

Revolutionary Attachments and the Gendered Origins of State Power in China

Kimberley Ens Manning

Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
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Kimberley Ens Manning's book The Party Family: Revolutionary Attachments and the Gendered Origins of State Power in China (Cornell UP, 2023) explores the formation and consolidation of the state in revolutionary …
Political Science November 16, 2023

Sex Trafficking and Human Rights

The Status of Women and State Responses

Heather Smith-Cannoy, Patricia C. Rodda, and Charles Anthony Smith

Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty
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Human trafficking for the sex trade is a form of modern-day slavery that ensnares thousands of victims each year, disproportionately affecting women and girls. While the international community has developed …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast November 15, 2023

The Dialectic Is in the Sea

The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento

Beatriz Nascimento

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Beatriz Nascimento (1942-1995) was a poet, historian, artist, and political leader in Brazil's Black movement, an innovative and creative thinker whose work offers a radical reimagining of gender, space, politics …
Sound Studies November 15, 2023

Listening with a Feminist Ear

Soundwork in Bombay Cinema

Pavitra Sundar

Hosted by Khadeeja Amenda
Pavitra Sundar's book Listening with a Feminist Ear: Soundwork in Bombay Cinema (U Michigan Press, 2023) is a study of the cultural politics and possibilities of sound in cinema. Eschewing ocularcentric …
Medieval History November 14, 2023

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England

Rebecca Hardie

Hosted by Becky Straple-Sovers
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Æthelflæd (c. 870–918), political leader, military strategist, and administrator of law, is one of the most important ruling women in English history. Despite her multifaceted roles and family legacy, however …
Psychoanalysis November 13, 2023

Being as Relation in Luce Irigaray

Emma R. Jones

Hosted by Helena Vissing
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Many scholars have struggled with Irigaray’s focus on sexuate difference, in particular with her claim that it is “ontological,” wondering if this implies a problematically naïve or essentialist account of …
Religion November 8, 2023

The End of Religion

Feminist Reappraisals of the State

Kathleen Mcphillips and Naomi Goldenberg

Hosted by Jacob Barrett
Feminist theory has enhanced and expanded the agency, influence, status and contributions of women throughout the globe. However, feminist critical analysis has not yet examined how the assumption that religion …
UConn PopCast November 7, 2023

This Will Change Your Perspective on James Bond

A Discussion with Susan Burgess

Hosted by UConn PopCast
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The Bond movies have influenced portrayals of masculinity and femininity for decades, but the Daniel Craig-era saw a revolution in depictions of sex, gender, and inclusivity. The UConn PopCast discusses …
Military History November 7, 2023

Women in Intelligence

The Hidden History of Two World Wars

Helen Fry

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
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From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world wars, far from being a small …
LGBTQ+ Studies November 6, 2023

Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa

Bodies Over Borders and Borders Over Bodies

B Camminga

Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
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Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa: Bodies Over Borders and Borders Over Bodies (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018) tracks the conceptual journeying of the term ‘transgender’ from the Global North—where it …
Japanese Studies November 4, 2023

The Work of Gender

Service, Performance and Fantasy in Contemporary Japan

Gitte Marianne Hansen and Fabio Gygi

Hosted by Nathan Hopson
The Work of Gender: Service, Performance and Fantasy in Contemporary Japan (NIAS Press, 2022) is an edited volume of ethnographic research organized around a cluster of key themes such as …