Video: The Social Anxiety of Babysitting
September 29, 2009
Author Miriam Forman-Brunell talks on the Brian Lehrer Show about the history of babysitting in America (also the topic of her book).
Month: September 2009
Talking about Sex with South African Women
September 28, 2009
On September 17th and 18th, Jeanne Flavin, author of Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America and 2009 Fulbright Award recipient, led all-day workshops with 67… READ MORE
Fast Freedom and Slow Justice: Civil Rights in Bloody Lowndes
September 25, 2009
Another great interview with Prof. Jeffries about Bloody Lowndes, this one from GritTV.
Unicorns, Economics, and Tiger Woods: It’s a Cultural Studies Free-For-All!
September 24, 2009
In November, we have the privilege of publishing Michael Berube’s next great work of cultural studies, The Left at War. However, Michael couldn’t help himself from getting in the ring… READ MORE
New York Times Book Review: Boulevard of Dreams
September 21, 2009
A review of Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx by Constance Rosenblum appeared in the 9/20/09 issue of the New York… READ MORE
Lolita, psycho nanny or the girl next door?
September 17, 2009
A beautiful co-ed and her friend take a baby-sitting job at a creepy old mansion only to discover that there is no baby and that they have become trapped in… READ MORE
People are Getting Fatter and Living Much Longer
September 15, 2009
An interview with Esther Rothblum, co-editor of our upcoming The Fat Studies Reader, appeared in the 9/11/09 edition of the San Diego Voice. Is there resistance because this sort of… READ MORE
A Librarian Blessed My Rosary
September 14, 2009
In other words, a review of The Mystery of the Rosary: Marian Devotion and the Reinvention of Catholicism by Nathan D. Mitchell appears in the 9/1/09 issue of Library Journal:… READ MORE