Dr. Kelly Ryan explores social violence and civil rights in new book on Early America
August 29, 2019
—Steven Krolak
Kelly A. Ryan explores the many ways in which men used violence to enforce their dominance in American slavery in her new book.
Category: American Studies
The limits of the language of terror
August 19, 2019
—Piotr Szpunar
The tragedies in El Paso and Gilroy have spurred demands that US government and security institutions (as well as American political culture more generally) change course and apply the label of terrorist to white supremacists.
The Links between Slavery, Policing, and Racism
July 30, 2019
—Jennifer E. Cobbina There is a long and mainly unresolved history of government using violence to establish and maintain relations of racial domination and subordination. However, as a nation, we… READ MORE
The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team Overcame Opponents – and Sports Culture Itself
July 17, 2019
—Michael Serazio
Journalist and author Michael Serazio dissects the influence of sports and media on American perception and culture post a US win in the Women’s World Cup.
‘Unskilled’ immigrants help to ease the pain of dying American
July 3, 2019
—Cati Coe
Discover the rise of unskilled immigrant care workers helping Americans die peacefully in their homes instead of in nursing homes.
Discover the Other Founding Fathers: An eBook Special
July 2, 2019
Discover the stories of overlooked figures from history who shaped the development of early America in select eBooks—each $1.99 through July 15!
Capt. Marvel and the Cultural Exhaustion of Higher, Further, Faster
May 7, 2019
—Suzanne Scott
Captain Marvel as the latest show of just how exhausting (and toxic) female representation in superhero media can be
On the Many Lives of Pocahontas, and Others ‘Caught Between’
April 2, 2019
—Eileen Reynolds, NYU News
A new book from NYU Press tells intertwined stories of Algonquian and English youths pressed into service as cross-cultural emissaries in colonial Virginia.
