Jean Halley - Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Gender and Sexual Privilege

"The Roads to Hillbrow is a joyous ride through the past and legacy of this amazing Johannesburg neighborhood. Tracking the historical origin and important milestones of Hillbrow, the book traces some of the remarkable (and colorful) people and events that have characterized this fascinating and often misunderstood area of Johannesburg."

–Margot Rubin

Animal studies; Feminist thought

Horse Crazy: Girls and the Lives of Horses

“Drawing on rich interviews, personal experience, and extensive reading of fiction, sociology, and history, Halley’s Horse Crazy gives us girl-with-horse—its meaning, its influences, its ramifications. In my youth, I was gloriously a girl-with-horse, but it is only after reading Halley’s illuminating and fascinating book that I comprehend its profoundly transformative power.”

–Carol J Adams

Feminist thought; Queer studies

Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Gender and Sexual Privilege

“A beautifully written handbook on understanding how systems of power and privilege warp, cloud, and distort human sexual and gender experience. I think the concluding section will save many lives, as the authors offer realistic hopes based on existing social progress.”

–Peggy McIntosh

Memoir; Social History

The Parallel Lives of Women and Cows: Meat Markets

“This book is a tour de force, a magnificent performance in its own right.”

–Norman K Denzin

Social Science; Critical Race Theory

Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race

“Seeing White engagingly makes whiteness into a problem – one needing to be investigated in all its human and inhumane dimensions.”

–David Roediger

Sociology; Family Studies

Boundaries of Touch: Parenting and Adult-Child Intimacy

“Brilliantly conceived… Boundaries of Touch offers readers a rare opportunity to rethink their ‘common knowledge’ about child rearing.”

–Stuart Ewen

Social Theory

The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social

"The essays in this volume are evidence of what Patricia Clough identifies as an affective turn in the humanities and social sciences."

–Michael Hardt

Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Gender and Sexual Privilege

This book introduces readers to key concepts in gender and sexuality studies through the lens of privilege and power. After an accessible overview, the book asks readers to examine the privilege inherent in approaching heterosexual and cisgender identities as “normal,” as well as the problems of treating queer gender and sexuality as “abnormal.” Compelling real-life examples illustrate theory and empirical research, revealing phenomena that shape not only students’ own lives but also their communities, their country, and the field of gender studies itself. The book addresses tough topics like hate, violence, and privilege, and it also considers institutionalized heteronormativity through the military, law, religion, and more. The book ends with a chapter called “It’s Getting Better” that presents evidence for queer hope and courage. Filled with compelling true stories, this book is an ideal introduction to gender and sexuality that encourages readers to question their own assumptions.