Books published by Stanford University Press

How the various, often contradictory, images of the Tokaido Shinkansen prompted a reimagination of identity on the levels of individual, metropolis, and nation in a changing Japan.

A musical and philosophical meditation on twelfth-century mystic and Saint Hildegard of Bingen and her vegetal vision of creation.

If no one is born hating another person, does it mean we can unlearn racism?

Challenging discourses about the regulatory use of sexuality and gender, Thusi exposes the limitations of dominant feminist arguments regarding the legal treatment of sex work.

A revealing look at men's beliefs and behaviors when they perceive threats to their masculinity.

A rich, narrative exploration of the ways love defies, survives, thrives, and dies as lovers contend with U.S. immigration policy.