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Olivia Weisser, “Ill Composed: Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England” (Yale UP, 2015)
Olivia Weisser
lll Composed
Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England
Yale University Press, 2015

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 31, 2020 Jana Byars

On this episode of New Books in History, Jana Byars talks with Olivia Weisser, Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts – Boston, to talk about her 2015 Yale University Press release, Ill Composed: Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England.  Olivia Weisser can be described as... Read More
T. Paulus and A. Wise, “Looking for Insight, Transformation, and Learning in Online Talk ” (Routledge, 2019)
T. Paulus and A. Wise
Looking for Insight, Transformation, and Learning in Online Talk

Routledge, 2019

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in EducationNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in Sociology July 30, 2020 Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Trena Paulus of East Tennessee State University and Dr. Alyssa Wise of New York University on their new book, Looking for Insight, Transformation, and Learning in Online Talk (Routledge, 2019). The book offers a comprehensive discussion of conducting research on online talk, which... Read More
Sarah B. Rodriguez, “The Love Surgeon: A Story of Trust, Harm, and the Limits of Medical Regulation” (Rutgers UP, 2020)
Sarah B. Rodriguez
The Love Surgeon
A Story of Trust, Harm, and the Limits of Medical Regulation
Rutgers University Press, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 30, 2020 Claire Clark

Dr. James Burt believed women’s bodies were broken, and only he could fix them. In the 1950s, this Ohio OB-GYN developed what he called “love surgery,” a unique procedure he maintained enhanced the sexual responses of a new mother, transforming her into “a horny little house mouse.” Burt did so... Read More
Philip Butler, “Black Transhuman Liberation Theology: Technology and Spirituality” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)
Philip Butler
Black Transhuman Liberation Theology
Technology and Spirituality
Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in Spiritual Practice and MindfulnessNew Books in Technology July 29, 2020 Nicole Powell

In his book Black Transhuman Liberation Theology: Technology and Spirituality (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019), Philip Butler explores what might happen if Black people in the United States merged technology and spirituality in their fight towards materializing liberating realities. The discussions shaping what it means for humans to exist with technology and... Read More
Solomon Goldstein-Rose, “The 100% Solution: A Plan for Solving Climate Change” (Melville House, 2020)
Solomon Goldstein-Rose
The 100% Solution
A Plan for Solving Climate Change
Melville House, 2020

New Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society July 29, 2020 Matthew Jordan

At age 26, Solomon Goldstein-Rose has already spent more time thinking about climate change than most of us will in our lifetimes. He’s been a climate activist since age 11, studied engineering and public policy to understand what physically has to happen to solve climate change, and served in the... Read More
Paulo Drinot, “The Sexual Question: A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s-1950s” (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Paulo Drinot
The Sexual Question
A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s-1950s
Cambridge University Press, 2020

New Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 29, 2020 Lisette Varón-Carvajal 

Paulo Drinot’s The Sexual Question: A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s-1950s (Cambridge University Press, 2020) studies the interplay of sexuality, society, and the state in Peru in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Drinot analyzes the rules and norms that governed prostitution and venereal disease in this period, and tracks how... Read More
Sasha Costanza-Chock, “Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need” (MIT Press, 2020)
Sasha Costanza-Chock
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
MIT Press, 2020

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in Technology July 27, 2020 Jasmine McNealy

In Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need (MIT Press, 2020), Sasha Costanza-Chock, an associate professor of Civic Media at MIT, builds the case for designers and researchers to make the communities they impact co-equal partners in the products, services, and organizations they create. This requires more than... Read More
Andrew Kettler, “The Smell of Slavery: Olfactory Racism and the Atlantic World” (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Andrew Kettler
The Smell of Slavery
Olfactory Racism and the Atlantic World
Cambridge University Press, 2020

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society July 27, 2020 R. Grant Kleiser

In his new book, The Smell of Slavery: Olfactory Racism and the Atlantic World (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Dr. Andrew Kettler charts the impact that smell had on the making of race and justifications for enslavement in the Atlantic world. Western European defined the African subject as a scented object,... Read More
Sandra Postel, “Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity” (Island Press, 2020)
Sandra Postel
Replenish
The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity
Island Press, 2020

New Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society July 22, 2020 Chris Gambino

In Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity (Island Press), Sandra Postel acknowledges society’s past mishaps with managing water and emphasizes our future is contingent upon rehabilitating our science, tech, and political solutions.  To understand our past and provide hope for our future Sandra takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with,... Read More

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