Law professor and longtime criminal defense attorney Abbe Smith gives us a thoughtful and honest look at people under trial, from petty criminals to rapists and murderers, telling compelling stories about real cases, how individuals get embroiled in the justice system and what happens to them there.203 pp.
First published in 1878, the book marks the philosophical coming of age of Friedrich Nietzsche. In it he rejects the romanticism of his early work, influenced by Wagner and Schopenhauer, and looks to enlightened reason and science.275 pp.
A comprehensive guide to the complex figure of yamauba—female yokai, often translated as mountain witches—and the evolution of their roles and significance in Japanese culture and society.224 pp.
Examines how Black artists, mostly women of the diaspora, many of them former domestics, reconstruct the Black female subjectivities of domestics in black media.235 pp.
Surveys the range of contemporary films and videos that appropriate preexisting footage in order to theorize their implications.219 pp.