Don Kulick and Jens Rydstrom argue that for people with disabilities, being able to explore their sexuality is an issue of... Læs mere
Describes how attempts to create a modern Egyptian self free from the colonial gaze were enacted through discourses of gender and sexuality during the British colonial period.
A theorization of Black subjectivity throughout the African diaspora. This title discusses the commonalties and differences in how Black writers... Læs mere
Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús examines the emergence of “excited delirium syndrome” in the 1980s, a fabricated medical diagnosis used to justify and erase police violence against Black and Brown communities in the United States.
Since the 1970s, Indian workers have flooded into Dubai, enabling its construction boom. Barred from becoming citizens, they comprise the emirate's largest noncitizen population. Neha Vora examines their existence in a state of permanent temporariness.
Cultural history of the flower trade in New York City and the transformation of the cut-flower industry into a global commodity system.
The "Other" - source of fear and fascination; emblem of difference demonised and romanticised. Theories of alterity and cultural diversity abound in the contemporary academic landscape. This title encompasses Segalen's attempts to define "true Exoticism."
Why and how does the appeal of certain male Hollywood stars cross over from straight to gay audiences? Do stars lose their appeal... Læs mere
Useful to sovietologists, political scientists, and students of communism and nationalism. This title argues that the collapse of... Læs mere