Katheryn Wright: 3 books
The New Heroines: Female Embodiment and Technology in 21st-Century Popular Culture
Female Embodiment and Technology in 21st-Century Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Representations of a teenage girl who is unique or special occur again and again in coming-of-age stories. It's an irresistible concept: the heroine who seems just like every other, but under the surface, she has the potential to change the world. This book examines the cultural significance of teen...
Are All Warriors Male?
Gender Roles on the Ancient Eurasian Steppe
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2008
Are All Warriors Male? is a lively inquiry into questions of gender on the ancient Eurasian steppes. The book's contributors are archaeologists who work in eastern Europe, Central Asia, and eastern Asia, and this volume is the result of their field research in this vast. As little has been written...
What’s New about the "New" Immigration?
Traditions and Transformations in the United States since 1965
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from varied disciplines to consider what is genuinely new about this period.