Cultural Studies
Appropriate: A Provocation
Paperback
A timely, nuanced work that dissects the thorny debate around cultural appropriation and the literary imagination.
The Season: A Social History of the Debutante
Paperback
“...Kristen Richardson’s sharp account of how the season evolved... is a more absorbing story than any period drama.”—Financial Times
The Season: A Social History of the Debutante
Hardback
In this enthralling history of the debutante ritual, Kristen Richardson sheds new light on contemporary ideas about women and marriage.
Seven Games: A Human History
Hardback
A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why—and how—we play them
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Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas About Women
Hardback
A bracing feminist chronicle of the history of the West told through seven texts, exposing where our most virulent ideas about women came from