Liberal Arts In Print - Fall 2023
Celebrating College of Liberal Arts faculty book publications
First edition, covering 2021 and 2022 book publications
Captives of Liberty: Prisoners of War and the Politics of Vengeance in the American Revolution
Written by T. Cole Jones, Associate Professor of History
Captives of Liberty examines how America's founding generation grappled with the problems posed by prisoners of war, and how this influenced the wider social and political legacies of the Revolution. Winner of the NSDAR Excellence in American History Book Award and the 2021 Society of the Cincinnati Prize, granted by the American Revolution Institute
Hope and Honor: Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
Written by Rachel L. Einwohner, Professor of Sociology
Hope and Honor illustrates the dangers in attempting resistance under unimaginable conditions and shows how remarkable such resistance was by drawing on oral testimonies, published and unpublished diaries and memoirs, and other written materials produced both by survivors and those who perished. Winner of an Engage award and the American Sociological Association's 2023 Tilly Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award.
Lactation at Work: Expressed Milk, Expressing Beliefs, and Expressive Value of Law
Written by Elizabeth A. Hoffman, Professor of Sociology
In recent decades, as women entered the US workforce in increasing numbers, they faced the conundrum of how to maintain breastfeeding and hold down full-time jobs. In 2010, the Lactation at Work Law (an amendment to the US Fair Labor Standards Act) mandated accommodations for lactating women. This book examines the federal law and its state-level equivalent in Indiana. Received an Engage award and included in the 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Titles.
Policing Welfare: Punitive Adversarialism in Public Assistance
Written by Spencer Headworth, Associate Professor of Sociology
Headworth offers the first study of the structure of fraud control in the welfare system by examining the relations between different levels of governmental agencies, from federal to local, and their enforcement practices. Policing Welfare shows how the enforcement regime of welfare has been constructed to further stigmatize those already living in poverty and deepens disparities of class, race, and gender in our society. Received the LJS Herbert Jacob Book Prize Honorable Mention.
All I Should Not Tell
Written by Brian Leung, Professor of English
Conner Grayson, fourteen, wants nothing more than to see his intensely abusive step- father, Cudge, destroyed. He considers it a blessing for himself and his younger, too- innocent, brother, Sammy, when the man disappears, though he’s convinced that his mother has done something unspeakable to her husband. With Cudge gone, there’s no threat of exposing Conner’s deepest secret, his love for Mark, another boy in Orgull, a fictional river town outside of Louisville. But almost immediately, Mark disappears as well. Flash forward two decades. Conner remains tortured about his past, including the apparent suicides of his biological father and his brother. But, he has found a certain level of happiness with the family he’s built with his wife, Lamb, as well as his boyfriend, James. It’s complicated. When Cudge’s octogenarian father shows up from California to investigate Cudge’s long ago disappearance, Conner spirals into a series of unwise decisions culminating in discoveries about his past that may destroy his current family. It might be there’s only one person who can pull him from the wreckage.
Christian Social Activism and Rule of Law in Chinese Societies
Co-authored by Fenggang Yang, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Religion and the Global East
The chapters gathered in this collection reveal the vital influence of Christian individuals and groups on social, political, and legal activism in Chinese societies.
Context of Co-Constructed Discourse: Interaction, Pragmatics, and Second Language Acquisition
Co-edited by Lori Czerwionka, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
This collection showcases cutting-edge developments in co-construction organized around three key themes—co-constructed discourse, pragmatics in discourse, and teaching and assessment of discourse—by situating the discussion on context and co- construction as fundamental to understanding meaning-making in interaction.
Democracy and the Media: The Year in C-SPAN
Archives Research, Volume 7
Written by Robert X. Browning, Professor of Communication and Director of C-SPAN Archives
Using the extensive collection of the C-SPAN Video Library, chapters cover Trump political rallies, congressional references of late-night comedy, responses of African American congresswomen to COVID-19 bills, and congressional attacks on the media through floor speeches in the House of Representatives and Senate.
A First Look at Communication Theory, 11th Edition
Co-authored by Glenn Sparks, Professor of Communication
The 11th edition of A First Look at Communication Theory encourages students who are encountering the field for the first time to tackle theories without fear. The authors’ conversational style and relevant examples keep complex theories within the grasp of first-time theory students.
Gender and Exemplarity in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
Co-Edited by Yonsoo Kim, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Gender and Exemplarity in Medieval and Early Modern Spain gathers a series of studies on the interplay between gender, sanctity and exemplarity in regard to literary production in the Iberian peninsula.
Global Milton and Visual Art
Co-Edited by Angelica Duran, Professor of English
Showcases the aesthetic appropriation and reinterpretation of the works and legend of the early modern English poet and politician John Milton in diverse eras, regions, and media.
Gradient Acceptability and Linguistic Theory
Written by Elaine J. Francis, Professor of English
In Gradient Acceptability and Linguistic Theory, Elaine J. Francis examines a challenging problem at the intersection of theoretical linguistics and the psychology of language: the problem of interpreting gradient judgments of sentence acceptability in relation to theories of grammatical knowledge.
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, 9th Edition
Co-authored by Kenneth Ferraro, Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Provides a comprehensive synthesis of the latest research findings in the science of aging. The complexities of population dynamics, cohort succession and policy changes modify the world and its inhabitants in ways that must be vigilantly monitored.
Louise Erdrich’s Justice Trilogy: Cultural and Critical Contexts
Co-Edited by Nancy J. Peterson, Professor of English
Louise Erdrich is one of the most important, prolific, and widely read contemporary Indigenous writers. Receiver of the Carter Revard Legacy Award for Best Edited Collection and sponsored by the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures.
Meshigare: A Culinary Journey Through Advanced Japanese
Co-authored by Kazumi Hatasa, Professor of Japanese
Explores Japanese Food Culture from traditional cuisine to B-class gourmet. Bilingual edition for both English and Japanese learners. Simple and tasty Recipes in each chapter.
Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality
Co-authored by Ashley M. Purpura, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Sex is a difficult issue for contemporary Christians, but the past decade has witnessed a newfound openness among Eastern Orthodox Christians. This book offers a developed treatment of sexuality in the Orthodox Christian world by approaching the subject from scriptural, patristic, theological, historical, and sociological perspectives.
A Posthumous History of José Martí: The Apostle and his Afterlife
Written by Alfred J. López, Professor and Department Head of English and Head of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies
A Posthumous History of José Martí: The Apostle and his Afterlife focuses on Martí’s posthumous legacy and his lasting influence on succeeding generations of Cubans on the island and abroad.
Reality Without Realism: Matter, Thought, and Technology in Quantum Physics
Written by Arkady Plotnitsky, Distinguished Professor of English
Offers a new perspective on quantum theory grounded in its title concept while relating the philosophy and history of quantum theory in new ways and giving primary significance to the role of concepts rarely considered in related literature.
Serving Equality: Feminism, Media, and Women's Sports
Written by Cheryl Cooky, Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Serving Equality: Feminism, Media, and Women’s Sports offers a much-needed methodological innovation to sports media research by expanding the focus beyond traditional sports media outlets to examine the diversity of media outlets writing about sports.
Shades of Gray in the Changing Religious Markets of China
Co-authored by Fenggang Yang and Jonathan Pettit, Assistant Research Professor of Religious Studies
A collection of studies of various religious groups in the changing religious markets of China: registered Christian congregations, unregistered house churches, Daoist masters, and folk-religious temples.
Swansdown
Written by Donald Platt, Professor of English
In Swansdown, the poet Donald Platt makes a study of life’s inevitable transitions, from love’s astonishing evolutions, to aging and its attendant losses. Winner of the Artistic Endeavors Fellowship's 2022 Off the Grid Poetry Prize.
The Tender Gaze: Compassionate Encounters on the German Screen, Page, and Stage
Co-Edited by Jen William, Head of the School of Languages and Culture
By exploring the concept of the "tender gaze" in German film, theater, and literature, this volume's contributors illustrate how perspective-taking in works of art fosters empathy and prosocial behaviors.
When is a Will
Written by Josh A. Brewer, Limited Term Lecturer of English
His first poetry collection, Brewer's verse reimagines the book itself as a poem. Its anaphora connects the pages' lacunae, interrogates temporality through blackness, blankness, and elegy.