SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies

Laughing Matters

How Comedy Shaped American History

Edited by Laura LaPlaca and Ryan Lintelman

Foreword by Mel Brooks

Contributions by Laura LaPlaca, Ryan Lintelman, Jon Grinspan, Theodore S. Gonzalves, Ashley Olivia Mayor, John W. Troutman, Anya Montiel, Eric Jentsch, Ashley M. Senske, James L. Deutsch and Kevin Strait

Price: $39.95

ISBN: 9781978837966

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2026-02-10

Format: Hardcover

288 Pages

The Impossible Woman

Television, Feminism, and the Future

by Kristen Hoerl

Price: $32.95

ISBN: 9781978842526

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-11-11

Format: Paperback

206 Pages

Techno-Orientalism 2.0

New Intersections and Interventions

Edited by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta A. Niu and Christopher T. Fan

Contributions by Justin Battin, Agnieszka Kiejziewicz, Edmond Chang, Anna Romina Guevarra, Clare Kim, Won Jeon, Adhy Kim, Jung Soo Lee, Lori Kido Lopez, Kimberly McKee, Jane Park, Imran Parray, Baryon Posadas, Thomas Sarmiento, Gerald Sim, Leland Tabares, Rachel Tay, Jae Yeon Yoo, Liujia Tian, Charles Tung, Shana Ye, David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta A. Niu and Christopher T. Fan

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9781978839212

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-07-15

Format: Paperback

334 Pages

Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Media and Journalism

Edited by Linda Steiner

Contributions by Tracy Everbach, Michelle Duster, Sadie Couture, Linda Steiner, Amy Jordan, Elizabeth L. Toth, Constance Mitchell Ford, Stine Eckert, Kevin Blackistone, Shannon Scovel, Paromita Pain, Nahed Eltantawy and Chloe Terani

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9781978834248

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-06-17

Format: Paperback

226 Pages

The Black Pack

Comedy, Race, and Resistance

by Artel Great

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9781978838130

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-06-17

Format: Paperback

248 Pages

Monsters vs. Patriarchy

Toxic Imagination in Global Horror Cinema

by Patricia Saldarriaga and Emy Manini

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9781978838093

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-06-17

Format: Paperback

256 Pages

We Can Do Better

Feminist Manifestos for Media and Communication

Edited by Linda Steiner and Stine Eckert

Contributions by Linda Steiner, Stine Eckert, Frieda Werden, Lori Kido Lopez, Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Carolyn Kitch, Denetra Walker, Erin L. Perry, Summer Harlow, Dustin Harp, Carolina Velloso, Dafna Lemish, Gina M. Masullo, Kim Hong Nguyen, Katy Fulfer, Eve Ng, Jade Metzger-Riftkin, Amara Imari Brighe Sugalski, Sahar Khamis and Miglena Sternadori

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9781978838178

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-04-15

Format: Paperback

234 Pages

Producing Children

Critical Studies in Childhood Creativity

Edited by Peter C. Kunze and Victoria Ford Smith

Contributions by Katharine Slater, Rachel Conrad, Brianna Anderson, Brigitte Fielder, Maggie E. Morris Davis, Cristina Rhodes, Peter C. Kunze, Ivy Linton Stabell, Victoria Ford Smith, Marah Gubar and Trevor Boffone

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9781978842311

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-04-15

Format: Paperback

210 Pages

Moving Blackness

Black Circulation, Racism, and Relations of Homespace

by Lisa B. Y. Calvente

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9781978840645

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-01-14

Format: Paperback

194 Pages

Supervillains

The Significance of Evil in Superhero Comics

by Nao Tomabechi

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9781978839373

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-01-14

Format: Paperback

216 Pages