Social Groups

Entrepreneurial Selves is an ethnography of neoliberalism. Bridging political economy and affect studies, Carla Freeman turns a spotlight on the en...

Winner, 2020 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association Winner, 202...

In Oxford Street, Accra, Ato Quayson analyzes the dynamics of Ghana's capital city through a focus on Oxford Street, part of Accra's most vibrant a...

Industrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among the highest in the nation. Because of the concentration of factories and othe...

The struggles African American women and their adolescent daughters face in living healthy, active lives From heart disease and diabetes to HIV and...

Queer Lives across the Wall examines the everyday lives of queer Berliners between 1945 and 1970, tracing private and public queer life from the en...

In Constitutional Culture, Independence, and Rights, Javier García Oliva and Helen Hall coin the term constitutional culture to encapsulate the col...

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This book defines the processes used for delivering a range of food items to the city of Rome and its hinterland from the first century AD using mo...

Global Identitarianism is about the global spread of the new far-right ideology and social movement Identitarianism.Founded in France in 2003, Iden...

Mixed-race Asian American plays are often overlooked for their failure to fit smoothly into static racial categories, rendering mixed-race drama in...

The Olympic Games are a phenomenon of unparalleled global proportions. This book examines the rich and complex involvement of Latin America and the...

Cases of sexual violence against men have been documented in a great number of conflicts and wars, both ancient and contemporary. Despite this grow...

Ethnography and Virtual Worlds is the only book of its kind--a concise, comprehensive, and practical guide for students, teachers, designers, and s...

In Sexuality and the Rise of China Travis S. K. Kong examines the changing meanings of same-sex identities, communities, and cultures for young Chi...

In Sexuality and the Rise of China Travis S. K. Kong examines the changing meanings of same-sex identities, communities, and cultures for young Chi...

Southwest of Italy is an ode to the deep value of the things that are out of our controlhistory, place, emotion, coincidence, the community of frie...

The human aspect plays an important role in the social sciences. The behavior of people has become a vital area of focus in the social sciences as ...

This spirited and engaging multidisciplinary volume pins its focus on the lived experiences and cultural depictions of women's mobility and labor i...

Social Status in the City presents a scientific method for measuring social status in urban settings - the Index of Urban Status (IUS). The authors...

Recent critically and commercially acclaimed Latin American films such as XXY, Contracorriente, and Plan B create an affective and bodily connectio...

Winner of the 2016 Association for Asian American Studies Award for Best Book in Cultural Studies The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America addresses ...