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Self-Alteration: How People Change Themselves across Cultures approaches the subject of the self and its becoming through the exploration of modes of its transformation, including through religious and spiritual traditions and innovations, embodied participation in therepeutic prorams like psychoanalysis and gendered care services, and through political activism or relationships with animals. The essays in this collection show that both minor ...

As the U.S. population ages, and as health care needs become more complex, demand for paid care workers in home and institutional settings has increased. Migrants Who Care draws attention to the reserve of immigrant labor that is called upon to meet this need, telling the little-known story of a group of English-speaking West African immigrants who have become central to the U.S. health and long-term care systems.

Policing Victimhood analyzes semi-structured interviews with 54 service providers in the Midwestern US, a region that, though colloquially understood as "flyover country, " regularly positions itself as a leader in state-level anti-trafficking policies and collaborative networks. These frontline workers' perceptions and narratives are informed by their interpersonal, day-to-day encounters with exploited or trafficked persons. Their insights un...

Policing Victimhood analyzes semi-structured interviews with 54 service providers in the Midwestern US, a region that, though colloquially understood as "flyover country, " regularly positions itself as a leader in state-level anti-trafficking policies and collaborative networks. These frontline workers' perceptions and narratives are informed by their interpersonal, day-to-day encounters with exploited or trafficked persons. Their insights un...

Imagine losing the ability to smile. After suffering permanent facial difference, Faye Linda Wachs finds a community of people reconstructing identity while coping with what she terms a social disability. By detailing personal accounts and interviews of those facing microaggressions and internal disruptions to communication, Metamorphosis explores the process of reconstructing the self.

On the Turtle’s Back is the first collection of folklore from the Lenape people, New Jersey’s native inhabitants. Originally compiled by anthropologist M. R. Harrington over a century ago, but never published until now, it shares the tribe’s cherished tales about the world’s creation, epic heroes, and ordinary human foibles.

Imagine losing the ability to smile. After suffering permanent facial difference, Faye Linda Wachs finds a community of people reconstructing identity while coping with what she terms a social disability. By detailing personal accounts and interviews of those facing microaggressions and internal disruptions to communication, Metamorphosis explores the process of reconstructing the self.

Mainstreaming Gays examines a key transitional period linking the eras of legacy and streaming, when queer production and interaction was transformed by the emergence of digital media, the rising influence of fan cultures, and increasing interest in LGBTQ content. It is critical reading for those interested in media production, fandom, subcultures, and LGBTQ digital media.

Mainstreaming Gays examines a key transitional period linking the eras of legacy and streaming, when queer production and interaction was transformed by the emergence of digital media, the rising influence of fan cultures, and increasing interest in LGBTQ content. It is critical reading for those interested in media production, fandom, subcultures, and LGBTQ digital media.

This book highlights the modernity of Polish Jewish culture through its literature, poetry, film, cabaret, theater, architecture, the visual arts, and music in urban centers large and small. The contributors expertly reassert the belonging of Jews in Polish lands and showcase the multivalent texture of Polish Jewish cultural production before World War II.

This book highlights the modernity of Polish Jewish culture through its literature, poetry, film, cabaret, theater, architecture, the visual arts, and music in urban centers large and small. The contributors expertly reassert the belonging of Jews in Polish lands and showcase the multivalent texture of Polish Jewish cultural production before World War II.

Drawing on original archival research and interviews, Peter C. Kunze offers a revisionist account of the Disney Renaissance that foregrounds the role of theatrically-trained talent in revitalizing Disney Animation. In so doing, he situates this impressive turnaround at the intersection of two dynamic entertainment industries with a long, underexamined relationships, Hollywood and Broadway.

Drawing on original archival research and interviews, Peter C. Kunze offers a revisionist account of the Disney Renaissance that foregrounds the role of theatrically-trained talent in revitalizing Disney Animation. In so doing, he situates this impressive turnaround at the intersection of two dynamic entertainment industries with a long, underexamined relationships, Hollywood and Broadway.

Chinese Marriages in Transition documents the nuanced and multidirectional nature of the transformations in Chinese marriage, gender roles, and family. Using complex and large-scale historical national data as well as comprehensive data from multiple countries, Xiaoling Shu and Jingjing Chen demonstrate that Chinese new familism consists of values both old and new.

Chinese Marriages in Transition documents the nuanced and multidirectional nature of the transformations in Chinese marriage, gender roles, and family. Using complex and large-scale historical national data as well as comprehensive data from multiple countries, Xiaoling Shu and Jingjing Chen demonstrate that Chinese new familism consists of values both old and new.

Women and New Hollywood revises our understanding of 1970s American film by examining the contributions that women made not only as directors, but also as screenwriters, editors, actors, producers, and critics. Considering both women working within and beyond the Hollywood film industry, this collection showcases the rich and varied cinematic products of women’s creative labor.

Aloha Compadre is the first study to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawai¿i. It reveals that contrary to popular discourse, Latinx migration to Hawai¿i is not a recent event. From the early 1830s to the present, Latinx communities have been a part of the cultural landscape of Hawai¿i prior to annexation, territorial status, and statehood.

This volume reconsiders the history of Zionism through the lens of emotion. By highlighting the series of emotional states that are key to any national or social movement, including the Zionist project, Penslar shows how Zionism is distinct for the breadth and depth of feeling of those engaged in it, of outside observers, and of its opponents.

This volume reconsiders the history of Zionism through the lens of emotion. By highlighting the series of emotional states that are key to any national or social movement, including the Zionist project, Penslar shows how Zionism is distinct for the breadth and depth of feeling of those engaged in it, of outside observers, and of its opponents.

Aloha Compadre is the first study to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawai¿i. It reveals that contrary to popular discourse, Latinx migration to Hawai¿i is not a recent event. From the early 1830s to the present, Latinx communities have been a part of the cultural landscape of Hawai¿i prior to annexation, territorial status, and statehood.