Before Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help defend men accused of murder, she thinks her position is clear. The child of two lawyers, she is staunchly anti-death penalty. But the moment convicted murderer Ricky Langley’s face flashes on the … [Read more...]
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Stigma: Marking Skin in the Early Modern World
Edited by Katherine Dauge-Roth and Craig Koslofsky The early modern period opened a new era in the history of dermal marking. Intensifying global travel and trade, especially the slave trade, bought diverse skin-marking practices into contact as never before. Stigma examines the distinctive skin … [Read more...]
Demoralized: Why Teachers Leave the Profession They Love and How They Can Stay
Foreword by David C. Berliner Demoralized: Why Teachers Leave the Profession They Love and How They Can Stay offers a timely analysis of professional dissatisfaction that challenges the common explanation of burnout. Featuring the voices of educators, the book offers concrete lessons for … [Read more...]
The Racial Hand in the Victorian Imagination
The hands of colonized subjects - South Asian craftsmen, Egyptian mummies, harem women, and Congolese children - were at the crux of Victorian discussions of the body that tried to come to terms with the limits of racial identification. While religious, scientific, and literary discourses privileged … [Read more...]
Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra
Co-edited with A. W. Barber Explores the importance of Buddhism as it developed in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra (modern-day Andhra Pradesh) and its influence. Offering perspectives from a distinguished group of international scholars, this book provides a multidisciplinary inquiry into … [Read more...]