October 15, 2012

Alasdair Cochrane: Making Animal Rights Inclusive

Alasdair Cochrane argues that we can treat animals fairly without advocating full animal liberation.

October 15, 2012

Book Giveaway! "Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down," by Kelly Oliver

“This is a wonderful book…. It examines new possibilities, not all positive, in an age of techno-pregnancy and the erotic glorification of “baby bumps”, “momshells” and pregnant celebrities. A highly serious yet entertaining account of the relationship between film and...

October 12, 2012

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best articles from the blogs of academic publishers.

October 12, 2012

Siddharth Kara on How to End Bonded Labor

In addition to exploring the system of bonded labor and the lives of those who suffer under it, Siddharth Kara offers ways in which it can be ended. (For a description of the system of bonded, read an excerpt from...

October 11, 2012

Jennifer Morrison Taw on economic trade-offs and the military

Jennifer Morrison Taw discusses the foreign policy ramifications of overbudgeting for defense.

October 11, 2012

Siddharth Kara on the Facts Behind Bonded Labor in South Asia

Critics have praised Siddharth Kara, author of Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery and Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia, for his integration of investigative narrative journalism and clear-sighted economic analysis. In this post,...

October 10, 2012

Interview with Marianne Hirsch, Author of "The Generation of Postmemory"

The following is an interview with Marianne Hirsch, author of The Generation of Postmemory: Writing and Visual Culture After the Holocaust Question: “Postmemory” – what is it? The description of your book claims that we can inherit other people’s memories,...

October 10, 2012

Siddharth Kara on the Sex Trade in Nepal

For his most recent book, Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia, Siddharth Kara is based on his extensive travels to the region. In a running series on CNN’s Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery, Kara discussed what...

October 9, 2012

New Book Tuesday: China's Search for Security and Peepshows

Our weekly list of new titles now available: China’s Search for Security Andrew Nathan and Andrew Scobell Peep Shows: Cult Film and the Cine-Erotic Edited by Xavier Mendik The Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Fiction of Katherine Mansfield: Fiction 1898–1915...

October 9, 2012

Book Giveaway: "Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia," by Siddharth Kara

“Siddharth Kara’s exploration of bonded labor in South Asia is perhaps the most ambitious and reasoned treatment of this form of slavery in the modern era…. This is a must read for all that want to better understand the trajectory...

October 5, 2012

University Press Roundup

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October 5, 2012

Carmeta Albarus on Her Relationship with Lee Boyd Malvo

“My reasons for taking on this project include the fact that the journey that led Malvo to this place is one that begs for understanding.”—Carmeta Albarus We conclude our week-long focus on The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C....