Sociology Books & Media @ STL

Top Ten Death Penality Myths

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:14:49 -0500

Top Ten Death Penality Myths: The Politics of Crime Control by Rudolph J. Gerber and John M. Johnson

Call Number: HV8699.U5 G47 2007

Unmarried Couples with Children

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:14:41 -0500

Unmarried Couples with Children edited by Paula England and Kathryn Edin

Call Number: HQ803.5 .U66 2007

The Lolita Effect

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:12:17 -0500

The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It by M. Gigi Durham

Call Number: HQ799.2.M35 D98 2008

The Responsibility to Protect

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:09:24 -0500

The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All by Gareth Evans

Call Number: HV6322.7 .E93 2008

Chronologies of Modern Terrorism

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:14:05 -0400

Chronologies of Modern Terrorism by Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin

Call Number: HV6431 .R84 2008

Escape from Freedom

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:03:06 -0400

Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm

Call Number: HM271 .F74 1994

The Narcotic Farm

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:23:17 -0400

The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Prison for Drug Addicts by Nancy D. Campbell, JP Olsen and Luke Walden

Call Number: HV5279.U65 C36 2008

Abortion Politics in North America

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:13:50 -0400

Abortion Politics in North America by Melissa Haussman

Call Number: HQ767.5.U5 H4 2005

Table of Contents:
1. Exploring the Policy Paradox of Abortion
2. Establishing and Contesting Abortion Rights in the United States
3. Canada: Limited Access Despite Public Healthcare
4. Mexico: Contradictions Between Written Laws and Women's Lives
5. The Transnational Nature of Reproductive Choice Issues
6. Looking to the Future: New Challenges to Legal and Social Rights

Interrogating Postfeminism

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:11:04 -0400

Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture by Yvonne Tasker and Diane Negra

Call Number: HQ1190 .I58 2007

Children, Gender, Video Games

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:07:12 -0400

Children, Gender, Video Games: Towards a Relational Approach to Multimedia by Valerie Walkerdine

Call Number: HQ784.V53 W35 2007

Gender and Fatherhood in the Nineteenth Century

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:26:02 -0400

Gender and Fatherhood in the Nineteenth Century edited by Trev Lynn Broughton and Helen Rogers

Call Number: HQ756 .G386 2007

Opting Out?

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:23:04 -0400

Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home by Pamela Stone

Call Number: HQ759.46 .S86 2007

Why Youth is not Wasted on the Young

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:18:36 -0400

Why Youth is not Wasted on the Young: Immaturity in Human Development by David F. Bjorklund

Call Number: HQ772 .B4795 2007

Unsung Heroines

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:12:00 -0400

Unsung Heroines: Single Mothers and the American Dream by Ruth Sidel

Call Number: HQ759.915 .S159 2006

Drugs and Justice

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:33:30 -0400

Drugs and Justice: Seeking a Consistent, Coherent, Comprehensive View by Margaret P. Battin et al.

Call Number: HV5825 .D7793 2008

Sex at the Margins

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:23:10 -0400

Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labor Markets and the Rescue Industry by Laura Maria Agustin

Call Number: HQ118 .A38 2007

Love for Sale

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:15:30 -0400

Love for Sale: A World History of Prostitution by Nils Johan Ringdal

Call Number: HQ111 .R5613 2004

Table of Contents

1. The whore of Babylon

2. Patriarchs and priestesses

3. Fallen angels

4. Greek liberalism

5. Hindu ambiguity

6. Rome’s daughters

7. Repentant sinners

8. Tang China’s pleasure women

9. Muhammad’s women

10. Guilds and cloisters, rogues and rapists

11. Celestial whores

12. The war of the roses

13. Pox, punishment, and penitence

14. Splendor and misery of the courtesans

15. Love in the South Seas

16. Fanny Hill

17. Hara-kiri

18. The penetration of Africa

19. Nana and her times

20. Moral crusaders

21. Sex in the Wild West

22. Imperial virtue

23. Tango!

24. Ottoman footnote

25. The white slave trade

26. Kamikaze and comfort

27. Call girls

28. Academic sex tourism

29. Feminism and the sex workers’ movement.

Listening to Battered Women

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:10:31 -0400

Listening to Battered Women: A Survivor-Centered Approach to Advocacy, Mental Health, and Justice by Lisa A Goodman and Deborah Epstein

Call Number: HV1444 .G66 2008

“Listening to Battered Women: A Survivor-Centered Approach to Advocacy. Mental Health, and Justice presents an in-depth, multidisciplinary look at society’s responses to domestic violence. Although substantial reforms have been made in the services available to battered women since the 1970s, the book shows how the public and private systems available to victims of domestic violence are still failing to meet the needs of the women who seek help.” “Using a feminist perspective, authors Lisa A. Goodman and Deborah Epstein explore and critique the current available services in three different arenas: the domestic violence advocacy community, the mental health profession, and the justice system.”—BOOK JACKET.

The Men's Bibliography

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:14:26 -0400

The Men’s Bibliography: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Writing on Men, Masculinities, Gender, and Sexualities by Michael Flood (Univ. of Wollongong, Australia)

Well reviewed by Choice, this website “… is a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography of writing on men, masculinities, gender, and sexualities. The Men’s Bibliography lists about 19,600 books and articles, sorted into over thirty major subject areas.”

Rich and Poor in America: A Reference Handbook

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:37:00 -0400

Rich and Poor in America: A Reference Handbook by Geoffrey Gilbert

Call Number: Ref HC110.I5 G55 2008