Books published by University of California Press

"Predatory Data is a groundbreaking book that connects historical practices of eugenics to big data's contemporary challenges. Anita Say Chan highlights the power of community-based alternatives to extractive data rooted in feminist, people of color, and Indigenous perspectives. An essential book for anyone looking to envision more equitable technological futures."--Shaka McGlotten, author of Virtual Intimacies: Media, Affect, and Queer Sociality "Predatory Data is the framework that we have been waiting for--to refuse, resist, and reimagine new possibilities as a part of decolonizing algorithmic and data practices."--Nishant Shah, Associate Professor and Director of the Digital Narratives Studio, Chinese University of Hong Kong

"Few sites within the university open a richer critical reflection than that of the M.F.A., with its complex crossing of professionalism, theory, humanistic knowledge, and the absolute exposure of practice. Howard Singerman's "Art Subjects does a magnificent job of both laying out our current crises, letting us see the shards of past practices embedded in them, and of demonstrating--rendering urgent and discussable--what it now means either to assume or award the name of the artist."--Stephen Melville, author of "Seams, editor of "Vision and Textuality""Art Subjects is a must read for anyone interested in both the education and status of the visual artist in America. With careful attention to detail and nuance, Singerman presents a compelling picture of the peculiarly institutional myth of the creative artist as an untaught and unteachable being singularly well adapted to earn a tenure position at a major research university. A fascinating study, thoroughly researched yet oddly, and movingly, personal."--Thomas Lawson, Dean, Art School, CalArts

"The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur. It should be required reading for every student of pre-modern modes of production, exchange, and consumption."--Josiah Ober, author of Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

"Orisanmi Burton takes narrative and analysis to another level. His scholarship comprehends resistance with a nuance that I have not seen delivered by most academics."--Joy James, author of In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love and New Bones Abolition "Tip of the Spear transforms our understanding of prison rebellion. In so doing, the book offers a stunning contribution to Black radical thought and abolitionist scholarship and politics. Exquisitely researched and argued, this is a must-read."--Sarah Haley, author of No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity "In this meticulously researched and beautifully written book, Burton presents one of the most dynamic accounts of Black revolutionary struggle against the prison industrial complex to date. Burton centers Black radical action as the hub of knowledge production to explain the function, implementation, and logic of the carceral apparatus over the past fifty years. Powerfully arguing against the ill-conceived notion of Black revolt as spontaneous and state violence as the happenstance of misguided policy, Burton carefully takes the reader through a rigorously developed source map to understand the breadth and depth of prisons within the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With a brilliant array of methodological, conceptual, and theoretical interventions, Tip of the Spear is a must-read and is fundamental to the study of prisons and movements against prisons."--Damien Sojoyner, author of Joy and Pain: A Story of Black Life and Liberation in Five Albums

"Beyond Complicity offers a rigorous and engaging analysis of what it means to be complicit. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, this book explains how ideas of responsibility and accountability are articulated and connected in accusations of complicity. Only by understanding these connections can we move beyond complicity and effectively challenge injustice in the world in which we live."--Austin D. Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College "Francine Banner has tackled an issue of extraordinary importance and relevance to society today. She has done so with deftness and aplomb, touching a wide range of topics, some historical, others contemporary. Her impressive ability to merge the two has much to teach us. I applaud her courage, depth, and honesty."--Amos N. Guiora, author of Armies of Enablers: Survivor Stories of Complicity and Betrayal in Sexual Assaults "In this impressively sweeping book, Banner carefully maps complicity's ubiquity and shows it to be a double-edged sword. Too-ready accusations that others are complicit can focus undue attention on individuals and distract from structures of injustice, but honest self-evaluation of one's own complicity in those structures can be a useful prod to efforts to dismantle them."--Michael C. Dorf, Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School "Showing the promise and limits of the concept of complicity, this fascinating account compellingly argues for less blaming and more political will to create better--more responsible--practices, systems, and cultures."--Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University

"Julie Suk has provided an insightful analysis, built from her impressive fluency in US and European law, of how the law has overendowed and overempowered men at the expense of women's equality. Suk's proposals illuminate ways forward to limit the repercussions of centuries of law's unjust and inequitable effect on women."--Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School "In this powerful and provocative new book, Suk argues that misogyny is not simply a hatred of women, but rather a structural condition--and that the law has a role to play in dismantling it. A must-read for all who hope to see a world defined by parity rather than patriarchy."--Rosalind Dixon, coauthor of Abusive Constitutional Borrowing: Legal Globalization and the Subversion of Liberal Democracy "After Misogyny is a powerful and timely intervention, an urgent call to see anew the hidden workings of misogyny along with the law's central role in sustaining it. In the wake of a pandemic, the #MeToo movement, and unprecedented assaults on reproductive rights, women's unequal status in society has become ever more visible. Suk's eye-opening account of the manifestations of misogyny explains these developments. At the same time, she convincingly insists there's hope. Drawing on her vast expertise in worldwide feminist constitutional change, Suk reimagines the transformation of our own legal system. Her road map is smart, creative, and filled with promise."--Deborah Tuerkheimer, author of Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers "After Misogyny will completely transform how we think about gender equality. Suk convincingly draws a distinction between patriarchy and misogyny. She provides a sweeping and compelling explanation of the law's role in gender-based violence, women's invisibility, and women's subjugation in the absence of patriarchy. She explains why men continue to cling to misogyny even after some of them have let go of patriarchy, and she thoughtfully argues how society benefits from the subjugation of women. Importantly, Suk also identifies a number of structural and institutional reforms that can address the rule of misogyny. After Misogyny confirms Suk's reputation as a leading comparativist, constitutional law scholar, and feminist theorist. This book belongs on the shelf of everyone who cares about women's equality."--Guy-Uriel Charles, Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Professor of Law and Director of the Charles Hamilton Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School

"González's War Virtually expertly covers an incredible breadth of nuanced topics, from US policy on autonomous weapons to the Pentagon's relationship with Silicon Valley and the militarization of anthropology. Each chapter's subject warrants a book in its own right, but González has provided concise overviews that carefully navigate the zoo of defense contractors and their acronyms."--Jack Poulson, Co-founder and Executive Director of Tech Inquiry "A deeply researched reflection on the latest dark, hubristic dreams of a multitude of US planners using big data to wage war. González asks, 'What could go wrong?' And the answer, he discovers, is plenty."--Catherine Lutz, author of Homefront: A Military City and the American 20th Century "González is one of our foremost analysts, and critics, of military uses of social science. Here he breaks new ground in an account of the military's fusion of artificial intelligence, data science, and social science that is both captivating and frightening as he gives us a glimpse of our dystopian future of data-driven warfare. Written in the style of the best science journalism, this book is hard to put down."--Hugh Gusterson, author of Drone: Remote Control Warfare "A richly informative guide to the enrollment of behavioral sciences and digital tech in an American agenda of data-driven dominance. The tour includes key sites in the contemporary military-commercial-academic complex devoted to projects from psychological operations and soldier augmentation to robotic weapons and predictive modeling, along with vital pathways to resistance."--Lucy Suchman, Professor Emerita, Anthropology of Science and Technology, Lancaster University

"Fascinating and surprising. Imperial Wine traces in meticulous detail how the apparently modern fashion for New World wines is in fact the legacy of Empire."--Lizzie Collingham, author of The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World "Elegantly written and with impressive far-ranging research, which quite literally spans the globe, Imperial Wine will contribute to debates about the nature of British imperialism. Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre's principal strength is how she uses the story of wine and winemaking as a window into the nature of 'settler colonialism' and the integrative forces of the British imperialism. In doing so, she shows how imperialism turned Great Britain from a country of beer drinkers into a country of beer and wine drinkers."--Stephen V. Bittner, author of Whites and Reds: A History of Wine in the Lands of Tsar and Commissar "Like a good wine, Imperial Wine hits many notes. The narrative is brisk and lively, but it also has nuance and depth due to the attention Regan-Lefebvre gives to the roles of British imperialism and settler colonialism in the rise of the 'new world' wines of Australia and South Africa."--Dane Kennedy, author of The Imperial History Wars: Debating the British Empire "This wide-ranging transnational history gives fascinating and often surprising insights into the connections between viticulture and Empire. It is a thought-provoking and learned page-turner."--Richard Toye, author of Churchill's Empire: The World That Made Him and the World he Made

"Through painstakingly precise research, Simon Morrison brings us a glimpse of the woman behind the chiffon, leather, and lace and provides us with insights into the inspirations and motivations of our generation's most iconic female singer, allowing us to see her in all her dimensions. Fascinating!"--Walter Egan, music producer, songwriter, artist "Mirror in the Sky is a genuine delight for any Stevie Nicks fan, but an absolute treasure for true music aficionados. Less about the 'rock star lifestyle' than the creative process and collaboration that make the lifestyle possible, it's an incredibly rare glimpse into musical machinations that only those on the inside are familiar with. Everyone wonders what it's like to be a rock star, but if you want to understand how Nicks actually forged that capricious path--becoming a musical icon--this book is for you."--Kristin Casey, author of Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh

"The authors put language to many of the ways students and educators are traversing this moment in planetary history. The perspectives presented in these chapters will help educators across multiple disciplines build a meaningful curriculum for navigating climate uncertainty and anxiety."--Jessica L. Thompson, Professor at the College of Business, Northern Michigan University "The Existential Toolkit provides a necessary framework for environmental educators to understand and respond to our students' (and our own) environmental distress. From new research to pedagogical tools and skill-building, this book will be an invaluable resource for environmental studies teachers for a long time to come."--Jade Sasser, author of Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future "This book is destined to become a well-worn field guide for environmental educators worldwide, and the need for it at this time can't be overstated. Educators who are daunted by their students' climate anxiety, despair, or outrage, and instructors who feel like throwing up their hands at the complexity of what it means to teach well in the polycrisis, will find many of their concerns addressed in this volume. Much more than a book about trauma-informed climate education (though it is also that), this is a mind-expanding read about justice, decolonization, and imagination, chock full of pedagogical interventions you can try in the classroom."--Britt Wray, author of Generation Dread and Director of CIRCLE (Community-minded Interventions for Resilience, Climate Leadership, and Emotional wellbeing) at Stanford Psychiatry "This book is a quilt of practical wisdom--generous offerings from those reshaping the classroom to meet the call of climate justice. We must better equip students for this time of trouble and transformation. Here, you'll find approaches to do so in abundance."--Katharine K. Wilkinson, coeditor of All We Can Save and lead writer of Drawdown "The way I think, teach, and feel about climate change has been permanently and positively altered by the extraordinary wisdom embodied in this powerful work of deep reflection, care, and healing."--David N. Pellow, author of What Is Critical Environmental Justice? and Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara "This book offers concrete assignments and practices that not only advance emotional engagement with climate justice, but also practice climate justice. This new and important resource helps educators support and channel the emotions of all classroom participants toward building the world we need, and building relationships of support to live within crisis."--Corrie Grosse, author of Working across Lines: Resisting Extreme Energy Extraction "This wide-ranging volume provides topics, perspectives, and tools to help educators in the vital project of teaching climate justice. It highlights the need to attend to social inequities and emphasizes the important role of emotions in enabling resilience and resistance in the face of climate change."--Susan Clayton, developer of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale

"A terrific model of feminist media historiography! Jennifer S. Clark expands our understanding of 1970s American television, the women's liberation movement, and the deep connections among gender, labor, and activism while innovating new strategies to examine the media industries."--Elana Levine, author of Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History "A massively important and enlightening contribution to the field, offering a nuanced treatment of industry cooperation and compromise. Clark uses rare archival findings and a wide range of cultural objects and case studies to generate fresh, bold conclusions around second-wave feminism and American television."--Annie Berke, author of Their Own Best Creations: Women Writers in Postwar Television ​

This is the first authoritative edition of one of the most significant children's books of the twentieth century. Winner of the 1961 Newbery Medal,Island of the Blue Dolphinstells the story of a girl left alone for eighteen years in the aftermath of violent encounters with Europeans on her home island off the coast of Southern California. This special edition includes two excised chapters, published here for the first time, as well as a critical introduction and essays that offer new background on the archaeological, legal, and colonial histories of Native peoples in California.Sara L. Schwebel explores the composition history and editorial decisions made by author Scott O'Dell that ensured the success ofIsland of the Blue Dolphinsat a time when second-wave feminism, the civil rights movement, and multicultural education increasingly influenced which books were taught. This edition also considers how readers might approach the book today, when new archaeological evidence is emerging about the ';Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island,' on whom O'Dell's story is based, and Native peoples are engaged in the reclamation of indigenous histories and ongoing struggles for political sovereignty.

"Naomi Weiss offers a refreshing departure from traditional scholarship on Greek tragedy. Her close consideration of the place of music in Euripides' later tragedies makes this an important and original book." Armand D'Angour, Associate Professor of Classics, Oxford University, and author of The Greeks and the New: Novelty in Ancient Greek Imagination and Experience "This is a valuable work of scholarship that makes an important contribution to the study of Euripides and to broader questions about the development of Greek poetry. It should have a wide readership among the many scholars who are interested in these questions and will significantly advance ongoing discussions about Euripides' distinctive use of the chorus and about the scope and significance of the 'New Music.'" Sheila Murnaghan, Allen Memorial Professor of Greek, University of Pennsylvania

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Making Sense explores the experiential, ethical, and intellectual stakes of living in, and thinking with, worlds wherein language cannot be taken for granted. In Nepal, many deaf signers use Nepali Sign Language (NSL), a young, conventional signed language. The majority of deaf Nepalis, however, use what NSL signers call natural sign. Natural sign involves conventional and improvisatory signs, many of which recruit semiotic relations immanent in the social and material world. These features make conversation in natural sign both possible and precarious. Sense-making in natural sign depends on signers' skillful use of resources and on addressees' willingness to engage. Natural sign reveals the labor of sense-making that in more conventional language is carried by shared grammar. Ultimately, this highly original book shows that emergent language is an ethical endeavor, challenging readers to consider what it means, and what it takes, to understand and to be understood.