Books
Sociological takes on recent news and research.
The Social Roots of Sexual Violence
Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus. By Jennifer S. Hirsch & Shamus Khan; … Read MoreRediscovering Voices in Uncertain Times
The New Black Sociologists: Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Marcus Anthony Hunter Routledge, 266 pp. My first “real job” … Read MoreAmerica’s White Hands of Death
The phrase “political polarization” seems to be everywhere these days. Regardless of the topic, as the poles of … Read MoreAntiracism is a Constant Struggle
From the moment President Trump announced his campaign with the claim that Mexican migrants were rapists … Read MoreWhen a School Isn’t Just a School
Nadirah Farah Foley on Ghosts in the Schoolyard. Read MoreFinding Culinary Injustice
The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African American Culinary History in the Old South By Michael W. Twitty Amistad Press, 2017 464 … Read MoreWhen Discrimination Goes to Court
Rights on Trial: How Workplace Discrimination Law Perpetuates Inequality by Ellen Berrey, Robert J. Nelson, and Laura Beth Neilsen University of … Read MoreAll Credentials Aren’t Created Equal
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom New Press, 2017 256 pages … Read Morethe politics of trans identities
Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities by Rogers Brubaker Princeton University Press, 2016 236 pages With his provocative … Read MoreScorn Wars: Rural White People and Us
Nina Eliasoph on The Politics of Resentment, Strangers in Their Own Land, and Hillbilly elegy. Read More