Books by Arien Mack

In an attempt to engender a calm and effective response to the problem of AIDS, this work examines the many ways in which diseases, particularly catastrophic infectious and contagious diseases, are and have been biologically and socially defined.

The product of a collaboration between the New School for Social Research and five New York City Museums which addresses historical and contemporary meanings of home. Issues include renditions of home in art and propaganda; exile through the ages; slavery; and female discovery of personal freedom.