Our Authors on Your Radio
January 31, 2011
So stay in and listen! -Harvey Molotch, the editor of Toilet: Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing (Nyu Series in Social and Cultural Analysis) will appear on Sirius Satellite’s… READ MORE
Month: January 2011
Early American Manliness: A Question of Power, Not Sex
January 26, 2011
Thomas A. Foster teaches history at DePaul University, Chicago. He is editor of New Men: Manliness in Early America and a writer for the History News Service. Four young men… READ MORE
“Cari” Poppins
January 25, 2011
Below is an excerpt from an op-ed written by Tamara Mose Brown, author of Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community, in the NY Post. So how did so… READ MORE
The Golden Age of Gossip
January 24, 2011
The Chronicle Review spotlights Jennifer Frost’s new book, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood: Celebrity Gossip and American Conservatism. Hedda Hopper’s first big scoop came at the expense of the president’s son. In… READ MORE
Degradation in Tucson
January 21, 2011
Melanie Zoltan reviews Degradation: What the History of Obscenity Tells Us about Hate Speech by Kevin W. Saunders in the context of the Tucson shootings: What is the role of… READ MORE
The Long-Term Costs of Amy Chua’s Crazy Parenting Essay
January 19, 2011
The Huffington Post runs a piece by erin Khue Ninh, author of the forthcoming book “Ingratitude: The Debt-Bound Daughter in Asian American Literature”, who argues that immigrant parents will still… READ MORE
Jews in Tunisia
January 18, 2011
With protests against authoritarian rule in Tunisia leading to the establishment of a fragile, new coalition government, we were looking to see what NYU Press has that applies. While there… READ MORE
The New Breastfeeding Debate
January 13, 2011
Joan Wolf’s Is Breast Best? continues to generate waves for its controversial take on the politics of breastfeeding. MacLean’s conducts a thorough interview: Q: You write that the modern pressure… READ MORE