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Women Studies

Film Studies

From Reverence to Rape The Treatment of Women in the Movies (Third Edition)

Haskell Molly

ISBN: PB: 9780226412894, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
496 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 57 halftones

A revolutionary classic of feminist cinema criticism, Molly Haskell's "From Reverence to Rape" remains as insightful, searing, and relevant as it was the day it was first published. Ranging across time and genres from the golden age of Hollywood to f...

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Sign Language

General

Hidden Treasure of Black ASL Its History and Structure

McCaskill Carolyn, Lucas Ceil, Bayley Robert, Hill Joseph Christopher

ISBN: HB + DVD: 9781563684890, Gallaudet University Press, October 2016
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, tables, figures

People who first encounter sign language often ask if all deaf people sign the same language and are surprised to learn that there are different sign languages in different nations worldwide, as well as variations of these languages. One variation, B...

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Land is Full Addressing Overpopulation in Israel

Tal Alon

ISBN: HB: 9780300216882, Yale University Press, September 2016
408 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 37 black&white illus.

An assessment of how Israel's extraordinary population growth undermines the country's environment, social equity, and quality of life – and what must be done about it During the past sixty-eight years, Israel's population has increased from one to e...

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17 Big Bets for a Better World

Tackmann Stig, Kampmann Kristian, Skovby Henrik

ISBN: PB: 9788793229549, Casemate, Gad Publishers, September 2016
198 pp., 24x17 cm, black&white illus.

The adoption of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals was a landmark for the global community and our global sustainability. Now, one year after the initiation of the goals', it is time to really start thinking about implementing and realizing th...

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Landscapes of Accumulation Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India

Guiu Searle Llerena

ISBN: PB: 9780226385068, ISBN: HB: 9780226384900, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 halftones, 2 line drawings, 7 tables

Over the past few decades, India has experienced a sudden and spectacular urban transformation. Gleaming business complexes encroach on fields and villages. Giant condominium communities offer gated security, indoor gyms, and pristine pools. Spacious...

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Law

Myth of the Litigious Society Why We Don't Sue

Engel David M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226305042, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
248 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 5 figures, 1 table

Why do Americans seem to sue at the slightest provocation? The answer may surprise you: we don't! For every "Whiplash Charlie" who sees a car accident as a chance to make millions, for every McDonald's customer to pursue a claim over a too-hot cup of...

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Women Studies

Do you Remember Kunan Poshpora? The Story of a Mass Rape

Mushtaq Samreen, Batool Essar, Rather Natasha, Butt Ifrah, Rashid Munaza

ISBN: PB: 9789384757663, University of Chicago Press, Zubaan Books, September 2016
180 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm

On a cold February night in 1991, a group of soldiers and officers of the Indian army stormed into two villages in Kashmir, seeking out militants assumed to be hiding there. Incensed at the villagers' refusal to share any information, soldiers pulled...

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Pressed for Time The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism

Wajcman Judy

ISBN: PB: 9780226380841, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 halftones

The technologically tethered, iPhone-addicted figure is an image we can easily conjure. Most of us complain that there aren't enough hours in the day and too many e-mails in our thumb-accessible inboxes. This widespread perception that life is faster...

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America

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Fixers Devolution, Development, and Civil Society in Newark, 1960-1990

Rabig Julia

ISBN: HB: 9780226388311, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 15 halftones, 1 table

Stories of Newark's postwar decline are easy to find. But in "The Fixers", Julia Rabig supplements these tales of misery with the story of the many imaginative challenges to the city's decline mounted by Newark's residents and suburban neighbors. In...

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Biography & Memoires

Criminology

Assassin of Youth A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger's War on Drugs

Chasin Alexandra

ISBN: HB: 9780226276977, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 75 halftones

Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from its establishment in 1930 until his retirement in 1962, Harry J. Anslinger is the United States' little known first drug czar. Anslinger was a profligate propagandist with a flair for demonizing ra...

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