Rutgers University Press Forlag
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American Hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria and the Making of a Century (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Known internationally as a symbol of elegance and luxury, Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria is one of the world's most famous hotels. David... Læs mere
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From Residency to Retirement: Physicians' Careers Over a Professional Lifetime (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Tells the stories of twenty American doctors over the last half century, which saw a period of continuous, turbulent and... Læs mere
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The Guise of Exceptionalism: Unmasking the National Narratives of Haiti and the United States (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Compares the historical origins of Haitian and American exceptionalisms. The book also traces how exceptionalism as a narrative of uniqueness has shaped relations between the two countries from their early days of independence through the contemporary period.
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Mixed-Race Superheroes (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Examines representations of racial mixedness, literal, metaphorical, and symbolic, that take on, challenge, or complicate the stereotypes and romanticization of mixed-race identities and the idea of the superhero.
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Not Your Mother's Mammy: The Black Domestic Worker in Transatlantic Women's Media (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Examines how black artists of the African diaspora, many of them former domestics, reconstruct the black female... Læs mere
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The Street: A Photographic Field Guide to American Inequality (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)What do vacant lots signify? How should we interpret architectural relics overgrown with weeds? What social processes do street art memorials embody? The Street drills down into the intimate street photography of Camilo Vergara to outline a visual dictionary for urban inequality.
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Dreams of Archives Unfolded: Absence and Caribbean Life Writing (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)The first book on pan-Caribbean life writing, Dreams of Archives Unfolded reveals the innovative formal practices used to write about historical absences within contemporary personal narratives.
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Haunted Homes (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Exploring a crucial yet critically underappreciated trope of horror - the haunted house - Haunted Homes illuminates the ways in which it has come to signify the anxieties, traumas, and terrors of suburban American life.
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Bollywood's New Woman: Liberalization, Liberation, and Contested Bodies (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Examines Bollywood's construction and presentation of the Indian Woman since the 1990s. The groundbreaking collection illuminates the contexts and contours of this contemporary figure that has been identified in sociological and historical discourses as the ‘New Woman’.
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Martin Scorsese and the American Dream (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Explores the intersection of two topics and their impact on American culture. One is an idea: the American Dream, one of the most resonant - and controversial -... Læs mere
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Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World: Refugee Youth and the Pursuit of Identity (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)In the context of young people’s heightened politicization, Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World, focuses on a group of Sudanese and Karen refugee youth’s own insights, explanations and practices as they attempt to create a sense of identity and belonging.
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Intimate Inequalities: Millennials' Romantic Relationships in Contemporary Times (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Uses millennials' own stories to explore how they navigate gender, race, social class, sexuality, and age identities and... Læs mere
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