About Dannah Dennis

NBN Episodes hosted by Dannah:

Jeevan Sharma, "Crossing the Border to India: Youth, Migration, and Masculinities in Nepal" (Temple UP, 2018)

June 4, 2019

Crossing the Border to India

Jeevan Sharma
Hosted by Dannah Dennis

People’s decisions to migrate in search of work are often discussed in terms of economic necessity, but these decisions are also shaped by a host of h…

Diane Tober, "Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families" (Rutgers UP, 2019)

May 15, 2019

Romancing the Sperm

Diane Tober
Hosted by Dannah Dennis

The development of a whole suite of new reproductive technologies in recent decades has contributed to broad cultural conversations and controversies …

Crystal Abidin, "Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online" (Emerald Publishing, 2018)

April 29, 2019

Internet Celebrity

Crystal Abidin
Hosted by Dannah Dennis

What does it mean to be famous on the Internet? How do people become Internet celebrities, and what can that celebrity be used to do? Dr. Crystal Abid…

Bianca Williams, “The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism" (Duke UP, 2018)

February 15, 2019

The Pursuit of Happiness

Bianca Williams
Hosted by Dannah Dennis

Analyses of the lives of black women in the United States often focus on narratives of struggle and sorrow, as black women must contend daily with the…

Rosalind Fredericks, "Garbage Citizenship: Vital Infrastructures of Labor in Dakar, Senegal" (Duke UP, 2018)

January 29, 2019

Garbage Citizenship

Rosalind Fredericks
Hosted by Dannah Dennis

The production and removal of garbage, as a key element of the daily infrastructure of urban life, is deeply embedded in social, moral, and political …

Jessica Marie Falcone, "Battling the Buddha of Love: A Cultural Biography of the Greatest Statue Never Built" (Cornell UP, 2018)

December 4, 2018

Battling the Buddha of Love

Jessica Marie Falcone
Hosted by Dannah Dennis

What can we learn from the anthropological study of projects that are never realized, or of dreams that are never fulfilled? In her new book, Battling…

Jessica Johnson, "Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire" (Duke UP, 2018)

September 7, 2018

Biblical Porn

Jessica Johnson
Hosted by Dannah Dennis

In her book Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire (Duke University Press, 2018), Dr. Jessica Johnson chronicles …

Mark Liechty, "Far Out: Countercultural Seekers and the Tourist Encounter in Nepal" (U Chicago Press, 2017)

May 1, 2018

Far Out

Mark Liechty
Hosted by Dannah Dennis

How did Nepal become synonymous, in the minds of many Westerners, with the idea of a mystical paradise and a place to find enlightenment? How did Kath…