NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis – serie
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20 produkter
Unhitched
Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China
Häftad, 2012
385 kr
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Judith Stacey, 2012 winner of the Simon and Gagnon Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the American Sociological Association.A leading expert on the family explores varieties of love and counters the one-size-fits-all vision of family valuesA leading expert on the family, Judith Stacey is known …
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Life and Labor in Precarious Times
Av Andrew Ross
Inbunden, 2009
1222 kr
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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA survey into an emerging pattern of labor instability and uneven global developmentIs job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a secure job with full benefits and a …
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Life and Labor in Precarious Times
Av Andrew Ross
Häftad, 2010
385 kr
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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA survey into an emerging pattern of labor instability and uneven global developmentIs job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a secure job with full benefits and a …
Unhitched
Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China
Inbunden, 2011
968 kr
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Judith Stacey, 2012 winner of the Simon and Gagnon Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the American Sociological Association.A leading expert on the family explores varieties of love and counters the one-size-fits-all vision of family valuesA leading expert on the family, Judith Stacey is known …
Sun Never Sets
South Asian Migrants in an Age of U.S. Power
Av Vivek Bald, Miabi Chatterji m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
968 kr
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The Sun Never Sets collects the work of a generation of scholars who are enacting a shift in the orientation of the field of South Asian American studies. By focusing upon the lives, work, and activism of specific, often unacknowledged, migrant populations, the contributors present a more …
Sun Never Sets
South Asian Migrants in an Age of U.S. Power
Av Vivek Bald, Miabi Chatterji m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
427 kr
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The Sun Never Sets collects the work of a generation of scholars who are enacting a shift in the orientation of the field of South Asian American studies. By focusing upon the lives, work, and activism of specific, often unacknowledged, migrant populations, the contributors present a more …
City Folk
English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America
Inbunden, 2010
1040 kr
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This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed himself in the rich history of the folk …
Toilet
Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing
Av Harvey Molotch, Laura Noren
Inbunden, 2010
1222 kr
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A sociological study of public restroomsSo much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in line, and using the facilities are often undertaken with trepidation. Don't touch anything. Try not to smell. Avoid eye contact. And for men, don't look down or …
Toilet
Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing
Av Harvey Molotch, Laura Noren
Häftad, 2010
365 kr
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A sociological study of public restroomsSo much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in line, and using the facilities are often undertaken with trepidation. Don't touch anything. Try not to smell. Avoid eye contact. And for men, don't look down or …
Black Civil War Soldier
A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
Inbunden, 2021
424 kr
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Longlist, National Book Awards 2021 for Nonfiction A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiersThough both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually …
Chronic Youth
Disability, Sexuality, and U.S. Media Cultures of Rehabilitation
Häftad, 2014
353 kr
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The teenager has often appeared in culture as an anxious figure, the repository for American dreams and worst nightmares, at once on the brink of success and imminent failure. Spotlighting the "troubled teen" as a site of pop cultural, medical, and governmental intervention, Chronic Youth traces …
Abstractionist Aesthetics
Artistic Form and Social Critique in African American Culture
Häftad, 2015
441 kr
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An artistic discussion on the critical potential of African American expressive cultureIn a major reassessment of African American culture, Phillip Brian Harper intervenes in the ongoing debate about the "proper" depiction of black people. He advocates for African American aesthetic …
Neoliberal Cities
The Remaking of Postwar Urban America
Av Andrew J. Diamond, Thomas J. Sugrue
Inbunden, 2020
1037 kr
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Traces decades of troubled attempts to fund private answers to public urban problemsThe American city has long been a laboratory for austerity, governmental decentralization, and market-based solutions to urgent public problems such as affordable housing, criminal justice, and education. Through …
Black Civil War Soldier
A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
Häftad, 2025
280 kr
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Longlist, National Book Awards 2021 for Nonfiction A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiersThough both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually …
Neoliberal Cities
The Remaking of Postwar Urban America
Av Andrew J. Diamond, Thomas J. Sugrue
Häftad, 2020
352 kr
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Traces decades of troubled attempts to fund private answers to public urban problemsThe American city has long been a laboratory for austerity, governmental decentralization, and market-based solutions to urgent public problems such as affordable housing, criminal justice, and education. Through …
Chronic Youth
Disability, Sexuality, and U.S. Media Cultures of Rehabilitation
Inbunden, 2014
1121 kr
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The teenager has often appeared in culture as an anxious figure, the repository for American dreams and worst nightmares, at once on the brink of success and imminent failure. Spotlighting the "troubled teen" as a site of pop cultural, medical, and governmental intervention, Chronic Youth traces …
Abstractionist Aesthetics
Artistic Form and Social Critique in African American Culture
Inbunden, 2015
1418 kr
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An artistic discussion on the critical potential of African American expressive cultureIn a major reassessment of African American culture, Phillip Brian Harper intervenes in the ongoing debate about the "proper" depiction of black people. He advocates for African American aesthetic …
City Folk
English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America
Häftad, 2013
438 kr
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This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed himself in the rich history of the folk …
Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia
Av S. Heijin Lee, Christina H. Moon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1037 kr
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How transnational modernity is taking shape in and in relation to AsiaFashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia considers the role of bodily aesthetics in the shaping of Asian modernities and the formation of the so-called "Asian Century." S. Heijin Lee, Christina H. Moon, and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu …
Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia
Av S. Heijin Lee, Christina H. Moon m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
395 kr
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How transnational modernity is taking shape in and in relation to AsiaFashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia considers the role of bodily aesthetics in the shaping of Asian modernities and the formation of the so-called "Asian Century." S. Heijin Lee, Christina H. Moon, and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu …