A preeminent sociologist of race explains a groundbreaking new framework for understanding racial inequality, challenging both conservative and liberal dogma. In this timely and provocative contribution to the American discourse on race, William Julius Wilson applies an exciting new analytic framework to three politically fraught social problems: the persistence of the inner-c...(展开全部)

Powerful and poignant.... Newman's message is clear and timely. -- The Philadelphia Inquirer In No Shame in My Game , Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family, and self-esteem are top priorities despite all the factors that make earning a living next to impossible--minimum wage, lack of child care and health care, and a desper...(展开全部)

When technology reinforces inequality, it's not just a glitch—it's a signal that we need to redesign our systems to create a more equitable world. The word “glitch” implies an incidental error, as easy to patch up as it is to identify. But what if racism, sexism, and ableism aren't just bugs in mostly functional machinery—what if they're coded into the system itself? In the vei...(展开全部)

Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In "On Beauty and Being Just", Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from the political arguments against it but a...(展开全部)

伊莱恩·斯凯瑞，曾是美国哈佛大学英文系美学教授，出版了多部著作，包括《苦痛的身体》（The Body in Pain，1985）、《借书做梦》（Dreaming by the Book，1999）及一系列关于战争与社会合约的论文。 卓慧臻，美国明尼苏达大学英国文学学士，英国埃塞克斯大学女性文学硕士，英国伦敦大学亚非学院比较文学博士。2002—2006年任中国社会科学院研究生院比较文学与世界文学专业副教授。2006年至今任清华大学外国语言文学系副教授，讲授“西方戏剧精讲与表演”“英语小说”等课程。出版专著《从〈传说〉到〈巫言〉：朱天文的小说世界与台湾文化》（2009）和《重写神话：西方女作家的小说奇想》（2011）。另有多篇评论和散文：《跨越电影类型的鸿沟》（《芳草萋萋》，2012）；《中西女性战争书写：从伍尔夫与张爱玲谈起》（《中国女性文化》，第十九...(展开全部)

Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In "On Beauty and Being Just", Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from the political arguments against it but a...(展开全部)

Eshun's book More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction was published in 1998 and is “At its simplest... a study of visions of the future in music from Sun Ra to 4 Hero”[1]. Written in a style that makes extensive use of neologism, re-appropriated jargon and compound words the book explores the intersection of black music and science fiction from an afro-futurist...(展开全部)

TALES FROM THE INNER CITY is a collection of incredibly original stories, rich with feeling, strangely moving, almost numinous. And when the reader comes to the artwork, it's like walking into an amazing room, and then throwing open a curtain to see a brilliant scene that makes you understand and appreciate everything you've encountered in a deeper way.