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TABLE OF CONTENTSGeneral Interest. 3–4Science and Technology.5Race, Class, and Gender. 6–8Dear Reader,Immigration andTransnationalism.8–10The terrible and terrifying events we’veCulture. 11all experienced have made the work ofSocial Movementsand Politics. 11–12sociology more pressing, more urgent, moreGlobal Issues andEconomics. 12–15needed. And I feel I’ve witnessed thatLaw and Society. 15–17shift firsthand as I’ve worked with peopleAlso of Interest. 18on these books. This publishing seasonDigital Publishing Initiative. 19boasts books that expose social injusticesO RDER INGUse code S21SOC to receive a20% discount on all ISBNs listed inthis catalog. Visit sup.org to orderonline. Books not yet publishedor temporarily out of stock willonly be charged to your creditcard when they are itypressaround the world and challenge outdatedideas about freedom, diversity, progress,family, nationality, protest, capitalism,racism, and even the very rules of sociology.I’m honored to have collaborated with somany scholars who take on the missionof emancipatory sociology, and I feelinspired by their work. I’d like to openStanfordupressthis catalog with a message of gratitude,Blog: stanfordpress.typepad.comfor the authors, the peer reviewers,those who provide endorsements, theEXAMINATION COPY POLICYExamination copies of select titlesare available on sup.org.To request one, find the book youare interested in and click RequestReview/Desk/Examination Copy.You can request either a freedigital copy or a physical copyto consider for course adoption.A nominal handling fee appliesfor all physical copy requests.2series editors, and everyone else whomade time to support the needs of thesebooks. And, of course, to the readerswho engage with them once they arepublished—thank you so much!Marcela Maxfield,SENIOR EDITOR
UnfreeMigrant Domestic Work in Arab StatesRhacel Salazar ParreñasA STIRRING ACCOUNT OF THEE XPERIENCES OF MIGR ANTDOMESTIC WORKERS , AND WHATFREEDOM, ABUSE , AND POWERME AN WITHIN A VA ST CONTR ACTL ABOR SYSTEM."I have long been impressedby the distinctive ways inwhich Parreñas generatesher analysis of diverse socialconditions. These analyticmodes emerge once againin her latest book Unfree,one phrase that contains avastness of meanings. Thisis a must-read."—Saskia Sassen,Columbia UniversityIn the United Arab Emirates, there is an employment sponsorshipsystem known as the kafala. Migrant domestic workers within itmust solely work for their employer, secure their approval to leave thecountry, and obtain their consent to terminate a job. In Unfree, RhacelSalazar Parreñas examines the labor of women from the Philippines,who represent the largest domestic workforce in the country. Shechallenges presiding ideas about the kafala, arguing that its reductionto human trafficking is, at best, unproductive, and at worst damagingto genuine efforts to regulate this system that impacts tens of millionsof domestic workers across the globe.The kafala system technically renders migrant workers unfree as theyare made subject to the arbitrary authority of their employer. Notsurprisingly, it has been the focus of intense scrutiny and criticismfrom human rights advocates and scholars. Yet, contrary to theirclaims, Parreñas argues that most employers do not abuse domesticworkers or maximize the extraction of their labor. Still, the outrageelicited by this possibility dominates much of public discourse andovershadows the more mundane reality of domestic work in theregion. Drawing on unparalleled data collected over 4 years, this bookdiverges from previous studies as it establishes that the kafala systemdoes not necessarily result in abuse, but instead leads to the absenceof labor standards. This absence is reflected in the diversity of workconditions across households, ranging from dehumanizing treatment,infantilization, to respect and recognition of domestic workers.Unfree shows how various stakeholders, including sending and receiving states, NGOs, inter-governmental organizations, employers anddomestic workers, project moral standards to guide the unregulatedlabor of domestic work. They can mitigate or aggravate the arbitraryauthority of employers. Parreñas offers a deft and rich portrait of howmorals mediate work on the ground, warning against the dangers ofreducing unfreedom to structural violence.232 Pages, October 20219781503629653 Paperback 24.00 19.20 saleGENERAL INTEREST3
A Decent MealCounterrevolutionIdentity CaptialistsMichael CarolanStephen SteinbergNancy LeongAmerica’s deep political divisionshave left many wondering how wecan or should move forward fromhere. In A Decent Meal, MichaelCarolan finds answers to thisfundamental quandary in a series ofunexpected places that relate to ourcommon need for food. While factsfail to sway public opinion, Carolanargues that we must, instead, findpractices where incivility is suspended and leverage those opportunitiesinto tools for building social cohesion. Carolan follows participantsin various experiments, rangingfrom strawberry-picking, subsistingon SNAP benefits, or attendingwild game dinner, and documentstheir remarkable shifts in attitude.Though this book is framed aroundfood, it is really about the spacesopened up by our need for food,in our communities, in our homes,and, ultimately, in our minds.Du Bois wrote, “The slave went free;stood for a brief moment in thesun; then moved back again towardslavery.” His words echo across thedecades as the civil rights revolutionof the 60s has seen its gains steadilywhittled away. History testifies thatrevolution nearly always triggers itsantithesis: counterrevolution. In thisbook Steinberg provides an analysisof this backlash, tracing the reverseflow of history that has led to currentnational reckoning on race. Steinbergputs counterrevolution into historicaland theoretical perspective, exploringthe “victim-blaming” and “colorblind” discourses that emerged inthe post-segregation era and undermined progress toward racial equality,and led to the gutting of affirmativeaction. This book culminates withhis assessment of our current momentand the possibilities for politicaltransformation.“Carolan’s work helps us confront thechallenges facing American societyand ways to overcome those divisions.”“An important intervention in thepost-Floyd national debate about whythe problem of race in the republichas been so long-lasting.”In this groundbreaking book, NancyLeong coins the term “identity capitalist” to label the powerful insiderswho profit socially and economicallyfrom people of color, women, LGBTQpeople, the poor, and other outgroups.Leong deftly uncovers the rulesthat govern a system in which allAmericans must survive: the identitymarketplace. She contends that thenational preoccupation with diversityhas, counterintuitively, allowedidentity capitalists to infiltrate thelegal system, educational institutions,the workplace, and the media. Usingexamples from law to literature, frompolitics to pop culture, Leong takesreaders on a journey through thehidden agendas and surprisingincentives of various ingroup actors.Arming readers with the tools torecognize and mitigate the harmsof exploitation, Identity Capitalistsreveals what happens when weprioritize diversity over equality.Building Empathy in aDivided America—Darrell West,Brookings Institute240 pages, October 20219781503613287 Cloth 26.00 20.80 sale4GENERAL INTERESTThe Crusade to Roll Back the Gainsof the Civil Rights Movement—Charles W. Mills,The Graduate Center, CUNY312 pages, January 20229781503630031 Paperback 25.00 20.00 saleThe Powerful Insiders Who ExploitDiversity to Maintain Inequality“Stunning in its originality andbreadth. Leong writes magnificently reminding us of the need for careand authenticity.”—Erwin Chemerinsky,author of Constitutional Law240 Pages, February 20219781503619132 Cloth 28.00 22.40 sale
The Biomedical EmpireConvictionBarbara Katz RothmanOliver RollinsWe are all citizens of the BiomedicalEmpire, though few of us know it.In this book, Barbara Katz Rothmanclarifies that critiques of biopowerhave not gone far enough, and assertsthat the medical industry is nothingshort of an imperial power. Factors asfundamental as one’s citizenship andsex identity rely on approval and legitimation by biomedicine. Moreover,a vast and powerful global market hasrisen up around the empire, makingit one of the largest economic forces inthe world. Katz Rothman investigatesthe Western colonial underpinningsof the empire and its rapid intrusioninto everyday life, focusing on therealms of birth and death. Thisprovides her with a powerful vantagepoint from which to critically examinethe current moment.Biological explanations forviolence, and their critics, haveexisted and evolved for centuries.Today’s scientists are well beyondthe nature versus nurture debate,contending instead that scientificprogress has led to a nature andnurture stance that allows it toavoid the pitfalls of the past. InConviction, Oliver Rollins cautionsagainst this optimism, arguing thatthe way these categories are imagined belies a dangerous continuitybetween past and present.Lessons Learned from theCOVID-19 Pandemic“Katz Rothman shows how medicinehas taken over the gates of life andwhat that has cost communities andcultures around the world.”—Barbara Ehrenreich,author of Natural CausesS TA N F O R D B R I E F S164 pages, June 20219781503628816 Paperback 14.00 11.20 saleThe Making and Unmakingof the Violent BrainRollins focuses on the neuroscienceof violence and their concept ofthe “violent brain,” arguing that itbecame a key player in conversations about the biological originsof criminal behavior. He findsthat this construct of the brainis ill-equipped to deal with thecomplexities and contradictionsof the social world.“An essential contribution to ourunderstanding of the promises andpitfalls of biosocial science.”—Dorothy Roberts,author of Fatal Invention248 pages, July 20219781503627895 Paperback 25.00 20.00 saleEquity in ScienceRepresentation, Culture, andthe Dynamics of Change inGraduate EducationJulie R. PosseltSTEM disciplines are believed to befounded on the idea of meritocracy;recognition earned by the value ofthe data, which is objective. Suchdisciplinary cultures resist concernsabout implicit or structural biases,and yet, year after year, scientistsobserve persistent gender andracial inequalities in their labs,departments, and programs. InEquity in Science, Julie Posseltmakes the case that understandinghow field-specific cultures developis a crucial step for bringing aboutreal change. She examines existingequity, diversity, and inclusionefforts across astronomy, physics,chemistry, geology, and psychology.These ethnographic case studiesreveal the subtle ways that exclusion and power operate in scientificorganizations and, sometimes,within change efforts themselves.Ultimately this book is a call foracademia to place equal value onexpertise and on those who do thework of cultural translation.“An informative blend of theory andcase study.”—Meg Urry,Yale University240 pages, September 20219781503612716 Paperback 28.00 22.40 saleSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY5
Black PrivilegeDreams of the OverworkedWestern PrivilegeCassi Pittman ClaytorChristine M. Beckman andMelissa MazmanianAmélie Le RenardModern Middle-Class Blacks withCredentials and Cash to SpendCompared to other cities acrossthe country, New York has one ofthe largest populations of blackAmericans, and a significant portionearn incomes that place them solidlyin the middle-class. In Black Privilege,Cassi Pittman Claytor examines howthis group of economically advantaged Blacks experience privilege,having credentials that grant themaccess to elite spaces and luxuries,often while confronting persistentanti-black bias and racial stigma.Rich qualitative data and originalanalysis help account for this specialkind of privilege Pittman Claytorcoins, and the entitlements it affordspeople—materially in terms of theclothes, homes, and entertainmentthey consume, as well as symbolically,as they strive to be unapologeticallyblack in a racial consumer hierarchy.“[This] insightful analysis should beread widely by college students andwider audiences, for it skillfully andbeautifully mobilizes the sociologicalimagination to make the familiar andtaken-for-granted visible.”—Michèle Lamont,co-author of Getting RespectCULTURE AND ECONOMIC LIFE232 pages, September 20209781503613171 Paperback 26.00 20.80 sale6RACE, CLASS, AND GENDERLiving, Working, and Parentingin the Digital AgeThis book offers vivid sketches ofdaily life for nine families, capturingwhat it means to live, work, andparent in a world of impossibleexpectations, now amplified unlikeever before by smart devices. Weare invited into homes and offices,where we recognize the crushingpressure of unraveling plans, and thehealing warmth of being together. Astechnologies empower us to do more,they also promise limitless availability and connection. The stories in thisbook challenge the seductive myth ofthe individual, by exposing a complex, hidden system of support—ourdreams being scaffolded by retiredin-laws, friendly neighbors, spouses,and paid help. This book makes acompelling case for celebrating thesestructures by supporting public policies and community organizations,challenging workplace norms, andreimagining family.“This important work busts somepotent myths and makes a compellingargument for large-scale changes.”—Brigid Schulte,New York Times-bestsellingauthor of Overwhelmed312 pages, June 20209781503602557 Cloth 28.00 22.40 saleWork, Intimacy, and PostcolonialHierarchies in DubaiNearly 90 percent of residentsin Dubai are foreigners with noEmirati nationality. As in manyglobal cities, those who hold Westernpassports share specific advantages:prestigious careers, high salaries,and comfortable homes andlifestyles. With this book, AmélieLe Renard explores how race,gender and class backgroundsshape experiences of privilege, andinvestigates the processes that leadto the formation of Westerners asa social group. As they work, hookup, parent, and hire domestic help,Westerners chase Dubai’s promiseof socioeconomic elevation for thefew. Le Renard reveals the diverseexperiences and trajectories ofwhite and non-white, male andfemale Westerners to understandthe shifting and contingent natureof Westernness—and also itsdeep connection to whitenessand heteronormativity. WesternPrivilege offers a singular look atthe lived reality of structural racismin cities of the global South.WORLDING THE MIDDLE EAST256 pages, September 20219781503629233 Paperback 26.00 20.80 sale
Can We Unlearn Racism?Manifesto for a DreamGender ThreatJacob R. BoersemaMichelle JacksonIn contemporary South Africa, powerno longer maps neatly onto race.While white South Africans continueto enjoy considerable power at thetop levels of industry, they havebecome a demographic minority,politically subordinate to the blackSouth African population. To bewhite today means having to adjustto a new racial paradigm. In thisbook, Jacob Boersema argues thatthis adaptation requires nothing lessthan unlearning racism: confrontingthe shame of a racist past, acknowledging privilege, and rethinkingnotions of nationalism. Drawingon more than 150 interviews witha cross-section of white SouthAfricans—representationally diversein age, class, and gender—Boersemadetails how they understand theirwhiteness and depicts the limits andpossibilities of individual, and collective, transformation.Although it is well known that theUnited States has an inequalityproblem, social scientists have failedto mobilize in response. Their strikingly insipid, ostensibly science-basedapproach to policy reforms offersonly incremental “interventions,”assuming that the best we can do iscontain the problem. In Manifestofor a Dream Michelle Jackson assertsthat we will never make stridestoward equality if we do not start tothink radically. It is the structure ofsocial institutions that generates andmaintains social inequality, and mustbe attacked for progress to be made.Jackson makes a scientific case forlarge-scale institutional reform. Shepersuasively argues that social sciencehas an obligation to develop andtest the radical policies necessary toassure equality for all.Dan Cassino andYasemin Besen-CassinoWhat South Africa TeachesUs About Whiteness“This stunning work of scholarshipreveals how white citizens repositionthemselves as simply another minority while making claims on grouprights in the language of the historically oppressed.”—Jonathan Jansen,Stellenbosch University256 pages, January 20229781503627789 Paperback 28.00 22.40 saleInequality, Constraint,and Radical Reform“Should we bind the fates of rich andpoor children together? Should we outlaw practices that generate inequality?[This] is a book to wrestle with.”—Matthew Desmond,author of EvictedAmerican Masculinity inthe Face of ChangeAgainst all evidence to the contrary,American men have come to believethat the world is tilted—economically,socially, politically—against them.The authors of Gender Threat lookat what reasoning lies behind theirbelief and how they respond to it.Many feel that there is a limited setof socially accepted ways for mento express their gender identity, andwhen it is difficult for them to doso, they search for another outlet tocompensate. Sometimes these behaviors are maladaptive, as in the case ofincreased sexual harassment at work.Importantly, though, younger menare more likely to turn to nontraditional compensatory behaviors, suchas increased involvement in cooking,parenting, and community leadership,suggesting that the conception ofmasculinity is likely to change inthe decades to come.“Masculinity is dangerous and fragile;but highly adaptable. As the authorsillustrate, this malleability also sowsthe seeds of social change.”—Philip N. Cohen,University of MarylandINEQUALITIES200 pages, October 20209781503614154 Paperback 25.00 20.00 saleINEQUALITIES256 pages, November 20219781503629899 Paperback 28.00 22.40 saleRACE, CLASS, AND GENDER7
NEW IN PAPERBACKSkimmedBreastfeeding, Race, and InjusticeAndrea FreemanIn 1946, Annie Mae Fultz, a BlackCherokee woman, became themother of America’s first survivingset of identical quadruplets. TheirWhite doctor sold the rights to usethe sisters for marketing purposesto the highest-bidding formulacompany. The girls lived in poverty,while Pet Milk’s profits from apreviously untapped market ofBlack families skyrocketed.Today, baby formula is a seventybillion-dollar industry and Blackmothers have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the country.Skimmed tells the riveting storyof the Fultz quadruplets whileuncovering how feeding America’syoungest citizens is awash in social,legal, and cultural inequalities.“This urgent book reveals the deadlyconsequences of a health crisis thatimplicates race, gender, economic,food, and reproductive justice.”—Dorothy Roberts,author of Killing the Black Body304 Pages, May 20219781506328960 Paperback 20.00 16.00 saleThe Lives and Deaths ofShelter AnimalsKatja M. GuentherMonster is an adult pit bull, muscularand grey, who is impounded in alarge animal shelter in Los Angeles.Like many other dogs at the shelter,Monster is associated with marginalized humans and assumed toembody certain behaviors becauseof his breed. And like approximately1 million shelter animals each year,Monster will be killed.The Lives and Deaths of ShelterAnimals, takes us inside one of thecountry’s highest intake animalshelters. Katja M. Guenther metcountless animals, includingMonster, and saw the dramaticvariance in the narratives assignedthem and, ultimately, their chancesfor survival. She argues that theseinequalities are powerfully linkedto human ideas about race, class,gender, ability, and species.“A brilliantly executed multispecies ethnography. With the perfectbalance of intimacy and analyticaldepth, the author reminds us ofhow messy things can get whencaring and killing become one.”—Bénédicte Boisseron,author of Afro-Dog312 pages, August 20209781503612853 Paperback 28.00 22.40 sale8RACE, CLASS, AND GENDERUnauthorized LoveMixed Citizenship CouplesNegotiating Intimacy, Immigration,and the StateJane Lilly LópezFor mixed-citizenship couples,getting married is the easy part.The U.S. Supreme Court has confirmedthe universal civil right to marry, butdenied that this right includes marriedcouples’ right to life, liberty, and thepursuit of happiness on U.S. soil. WhileU.S. citizens can extend legal inclusionto their spouses through family reunification, they must prove the worthinessof their love before their relationshipwill be officially recognized by thestate. In Unauthorized Love, Jane Lópezoffers a comprehensive, critical lookat U.S. family reunification law and itsconsequences as experienced by 56mixed-citizenship American couples.These couples’ stories make tangible theconsequences of current U.S. immigration laws that tend to favor Whiteness,wealth, and heteronormativity, as wellas the individual rather than the familyunit, in awarding membership andofficial belonging.“I have yet to read a book that so deftly—and with such grace—captures theintimate costs of the U.S. immigrationsystem on marital relationships.”—Joanna Dreby,author of Everyday Illegal264 pages, November 20219781503629721 Paperback 26.00 20.80 saleIMMIGRATION ANDTRANSNATIONALISM
The Border WithinVietnamese Migrants TransformingEthnic Nationalism in BerlinPhi Hong SuWhen the Berlin Wall fell, Germanyunited in a wave of euphoria andsolidarity. Also caught in the currentwere Vietnamese border crosserswho had left their homeland afterits reunification in 1975. Unwillingto live under socialism, one groupresettled in West Berlin as refugees.In the name of socialist solidarity, asecond group arrived in East Berlinas contract workers. The BorderWithin paints a vivid portrait ofthese disparate Vietnamese migrants’encounters with each other in thepost-socialist city of Berlin. Journalists,scholars, and Vietnamese bordercrossers themselves consider thesegroups that left their homes undervastly different conditions to be onepeople, linked by an unquestionableethnic nationhood. Phi Hong Su’srigorous ethnography unpacksthis intuition. In absorbing prose,Su reveals how these Cold Warcompatriots enact palpable socialboundaries in everyday life.184 pages, February 20229781503630147 Paperback 28.00 22.40 saleNEW IN PAPERBACKContested EmbraceTransborder Membership Politicsin Twentieth-Century KoreaImmigrant CaliforniaUnderstanding the Past, Present,and Future of U.S. PolicyJaeeun KimEdited by David Scott FitzGeraldand John D. SkrentnyContested Embrace explores howa state relates to people it viewsas “external members,” such asemigrants and diasporas. JaeeunKim analyzes disputes over thebelonging of Koreans in Japan andChina, focusing on their contestedrelationship with the colonial andpostcolonial states in the Koreanpeninsula. Through a comparativeanalysis of transborder membershippolitics in the colonial, Cold War,and post–Cold War periods, thebook shows how the configurationof geopolitics, bureaucratic tech.niques, and actors’ agency shapesthe making, unmaking, and remakingof transborder ties. Kim demonstratesthat being a “homeland” state or amember of the “transborder nation”is a precarious, arduous, and revocable political achievement.If California were its own country, itwould have the world’s fifth largestimmigrant population. The waythese newcomers are integratedinto the state will shape California’sschools, workforce, businesses,public health, politics, and culture.In Immigrant California, leadingexperts in U.S. migration providecutting-edge research on theincorporation of immigrants andtheir descendants in this bellwetherstate. Contributors to this volumecover topics ranging from educationsystems to healthcare initiativesand unravel the sometimescontradictory details of California’simmigration history. The volumeshows how a state that was once thenational leader in anti-immigrantpolicies quickly became a standardbearer of greater accommodation.“A brilliant and bracing analysisof transborder membership politics.It is a great book to think with.”“The experts featured in this volumeprovide evidence-based insights andrecommendations that will help leadCalifornia and the nation to a moreinclusive, healthy, and prosperousshared future.”—John Lie,University of California, BerkeleySTUDIES OF THE WALTER H.SHORENSTEIN ASIA-PACIFICRESEARCH CENTER360 pages, November 20209781503615007 Paperback 28.00 22.40 sale—Janelle Wong,University of Maryland, College Park280 pages, January 20219781503614390 Paperback 30.00 24.00 saleIMMIGRATION AND TRANSNATIONALISM9
Here, There, and ElsewhereThe Making of Immigrant Identitiesin a Globalized WorldTahseen ShamsChallenging the commonly heldperception that immigrants’ livesare shaped exclusively by the sendingand receiving countries, Here,There, and Elsewhere breaks newground by showing how immigrantsare vectors of globalization whoboth produce and experience theinterconnectedness of societies—not only the societies of originand destination but also societiesin places beyond, which TahseenShams theorizes as the “elsewhere.”Drawing on rich ethnographicdata, Shams uncovers how theimmigrants’ ethnic and religiousidentities connect them to elsewheres in places as far-ranging asthe Middle East, Europe, and Africa.Shams traces how the homeland,hostland, and elsewhere combine toaffect the ways immigrants and theirdescendants understand themselvesand are understood by others.“A brilliantly argued, beautifullywritten book.”—Roger Waldinger,University of California, Los AngelesGLOBALIZATION IN EVERYDAY LIFEMigranthoodYouth in a New Era of DeportationLauren HeidbrinkMigranthood chronicles deportationfrom the perspectives of Indigenousyouth who migrate unaccompaniedfrom Guatemala to Mexico andthe U.S. In communities of origin,zones of transit in Mexico, detentioncenters in the U.S., governmentfacilities receiving returned childrenin Guatemala, and communitiesof return, young people share howthey negotiate everyday violence anddiscrimination, how they and theirfamilies prioritize limited resourcesand make difficult decisions, andhow young people develop andsustain relationships over time andspace. Lauren Heidbrink uncoversthe transnational effects of thesecuritized responses to migrationmanagement and development onindividuals and families, across space,citizenship status, and generation.“A must-read for anyone who caresabout migrant youth, and a wake-upcall for policymakers recycling failedimmigration and development policies.”—Victoria Sanford,City University of New York240 pages, April 20209781503612075 Paperback 25.00 20.00 sale264 pages, August 20209781503612839 Paperback 28.00 22.40 sale10IMMIGRATION AND TRANSNATIONALISMCourt of InjusticeLaw Without Recognitionin U.S. ImmigrationJ.C. SalyerCourt of Injustice reveals howimmigration lawyers work toachieve just results for their clientsin a system that has long denigratedthe rights of those they serve. J.C.Salyer’s ethnography specificallyinvestigates immigration enforcement in New York City, followingindividual migrants, their lawyers,and the NGOs that serve theminto the immigration courtroomsthat decide their cases. Combininganthropological and legal analysis,Salyer demonstrates the economic,historical, political, and socialelements that go into constructinginequity under law for millions ofnon-citizens who live and workin the U.S. Salyer provides a newperspective to the study of migrationby focusing specifically on the laws,courts, and people involved in U.S.immigration law.“This book is a unique, essential,urgent read for anyone whocares about immigration andimmigrants today.”—Cecilia Menjívar,University of California, Los Angeles216 pages, June 20209781503612488 Paperback 26.00 20.80 sale
Beauty DiplomacyEmbodying an Emerging NationOluwakemi M. BalogunEven as beauty pageants havebeen critiqued as misogynisticand dated cultural vestiges of thepast in the U.S. and elsewhere, thepageant industry is growing inpopularity across the global south,and Nigeria is one the countriesat the forefront of this trend. In acountry with over 1,000 reportedpageants, these events are morethan superficial forms of entertainment. Beauty Diplomacy takesus inside the world of Nigerianbeauty contests to see how theyare transformed into contestedvehicles for promoting complexideas about gender and power,ethnicity and belonging, and arapidly changing articulation ofNigerian nationhood. OluwakemiM. Balogun critically examinesNigerian pageants in the contextof major transitions within thenation-state, using these eventsas a lens through which to understand Nigerian national identityand international relations.GLOBALIZATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE304 pages, March 20209781503610972 Paperback 28.00 22.40 saleDark FinanceDispossession and DissentFabio MattioliSophie L. GonickDark Finance is one of the firstethnographic accounts of financialexpansion and its political impactsin Eastern Europe. Following workers, managers, and investors in theMacedonian construction sector,Mattioli shows how financialization can empower authoritarianregimes—not by making moneyaccessible to everyone, but by allowing a small group of oligarchs tomonopolize access to internationalcredit and promote a cascade ofexploitative domestic debt relations.One bad deal at a time, Dark Financechronicles how Macedonia’sauthoritarian regime rode a waveof financial expansion to deepen itsreach into Macedonian society, onlyto discover that, like other specu
the nature versus nurture debate, contending instead that scientific progress has led to a nature and nurture stance that allows it to avoid the pitfalls of the past. In Conviction, Oliver Rollins cautions against this optimism, arguing that the way these categories are imag-ined belies a dangerous continuity between past and present.
