A prize-winning sociologist’s radical vision of the social power of erotic life.“Fearless, candid, and bold, Sex in Public is necessary reading for anyone interested in imagining a different kind of world.” —Jennifer C. Nash, author of Black Feminism ReimaginedWhether we are contending with shame, healing from trauma, or experimenting in the bedroom, there is a common tend...

Winner, Sociology of the Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention, 2021 Sexualities Section Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationThe first inside look at how sex workers use webcams to make a livingThe erotic webcam industry, also known as “camming,” is a thriving global business. Angela Jones takes readers insi...

Being adopted can feel like living between worlds—loved but still searching, whole but still wondering. Coping with Identity Confusion as an Adoptee is a compassionate, deeply validating guide for anyone navigating the emotional complexities of adoption.Written with both tenderness and strength, this book explores the layered experiences of adoptees: from early separation and emotional confusion to the search for birth family, cultural connection, and self-acceptance. Each...

This fresh and invigorating analysis illuminates the often-neglected story of early African American civil rights activism.African American Civil Rights: Early Activism and the Niagara Movement tells a fascinating story, one that is too frequently marginalized. Offering the first full-length, comprehensive sociological analysis of the Niagara Movement, which existed between 1905 and 1910, the book demonstrates that, although short-lived, the movement was f...

Learn the right way to lose fat fast with a no-carb KETOGENIC DESSERTS. Ketogenic Diet is balanced diet with a right amount of fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate that helps the body produce ketones. Learn the right way to lose fat fast with a no-carb Ketogenic Diet. KETOGENIC DIET keeps your insulin level low, which puts your body into fat-release-fat-burn mode, but also significantly increases the fat content in your diet and teaches your body to use fat as energy. Ketogenic Diet hel...

The story is about Claire, a desperate woman looking for a ladies loo on the M25!It is set in a waterproof garment factory in the Cotswolds and follows the employee’s fight to keep the business going. It is about big business versus little business in a fading Thatcherite economy. In the midst of all this Claire is encouraged by her quickly maturing son, to go and find light relief on a holiday in Madeira. She falls for a holiday rep who is probably gay.Back home the fight ...

This anthology is a symposium on queer space and queer utopias. Through the presentation of empirical work by contemporary queer theorists this book aims to create a critical dialogue about the emergence of queer spaces and the ways in which they aim to further queer futurity.

Queer people may not have invented sex, but queers have long been pioneers in imagining new ways to have it. Yet their voices have been largely absent from the #MeToo conversation. What can queer people learn from the #MeToo conversation? And what can queer communities teach the rest of the world about ethical sex? This provocative book brings together academics, activists, artists, and sex workers to tackle challenging questions about sex, power, consent, and harm. While responding to the...

This multifaceted reference work surveys the history, development, leadership, and priorities of Black Lives Matter (BLM), including the group's efforts to raise public awareness of police violence in communities of color.Beginning with the infamous incidents of police brutality that spurred the creation and growth of BLM, this book goes on to profile leading and influential activists and organizations, such as the NAACP, movement co-founder Alicia Garza, and civil...

A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children is a companion to its predecessor published by Oyate, Through Indian Eyes: The Native Experience in Books for Children. A compilation of work by Native parents, children, educators, poets and writers, A Broken Flute contains, from a Native perspective, "living stories," essays, poetry, and hundreds of reviews of "children's books about Indians." It's an indispensable volume for anyone interested in prese...

The concept of 'live' has changed as a consequence of mediated culture. Interaction may occur in real time, but not necessarily in shared physical spaces with others. The Digital Evolution of Live Music considers notions of live music in time and space as influenced by digital technology. This book presents the argument that live music is a special case in digital experience due to its liminal status between mind and body, words and feelings, sight and sound, virtual and real. Digital live...

Lisa is not happy to have two new baby brothers, but with a little help from Dad, she begins to realize being a big sister is a fun and important job.