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Cambria Press Forthcoming Titles!

Perspectives on Contemporary Dance History: Revisiting Impulse, 1950–1970 Egypt:  Ancient Histories, Modern Archaeologies Literature by the Working Class:  English Autobiographies, 1820–1848 The Male Empire Under the Female Gaze:  The British Raj and the Memsahib LIKE  Cambria Press on Facebook, Follow Cambria Press on Twitter, and  share this news from Cambria Press on Google+! Visit the Cambria Press website http://www.cambriapress.com

AAS 2013 Book Highlights: Outstanding Reviews for Cambria Press Titles!

In addition to the titles in the Cambria Sinophone World Series, the following titles in Asian Studies are being highlighted for the 2013 Asian Studies Association (AAS) annual conference in San Diego (click on links for more details): Sacred Display: Divine and Magical Female Figures of Eurasia by Miriam Robbins Dexter and Victor H. Mair (Winner of the the Sarasvati...

First-Rate Cambria Press Book Review! Asian Anthropologist hails Japan’s Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century for being “very substantial” and a “must read”!

Cambria Press congratulates Peter Matanle, Anthony Rausch, and the Shrinking Regions Research Group on the review on their highly acclaimed book Japan’s Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century: Contemporary Responses to Depopulation and Socioeconomic Decline! The reviewer for Asian Anthropologist praises the book, stating that this is “an ambitious project. I should also note that it is largely successful in achieving...

Outstanding Cambria Press Book Review! The China Quarterly hails Africans in China as “essential reading for scholars”!

Cambria Press congratulates Professor Adams Bodomo on the outstanding book review of Africans in China by The China Quarterly. The review states that: “Scholars from a variety of countries and disciplines have produced recent essays on the African presence in China … They have adopted a more nuanced approach than the media and none more so than Adams Bodomo in this pioneering, full-length...

Excellent Cambria Press Book Review! Journal of American-East Asian Relations finds “much to commend” in Japanese and Nikkei at Home and Abroad!

Cambria Press congratulates Professor Nobuko Adachi on the excellent book review of Japanese and Nikkei at Home and Abroad: Negotiating Identities in a Global World by the Journal of American-East Asian Relations. The review states that there is “much to commend. In addition to its contribution to the literature on immigration and transnationalism, its highly accessible style and detailed bibliography make...

Read the author interview with Professor William Dalessio on his recently published book, Are We What We Eat?

Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Are We What We Eat? Food and Identity in Late Twentieth-Century American Literature by William Dalessio is now available. Below is a transcript of the Q&A session with Professor Dalessio.  ************************ 1. Why did you decide to write this book? I decided to write Are We What We Eat? Food and Identity in...

Sacred Display by Miriam Robbins Dexter and Victor H. Mair Wins the Sarasvati Award for the Best Nonfiction Book in Women and Mythology!

Cambria Press congratulates Professors Miriam Robbins Dexter and Victor H. Mair on their book, Sacred Display: Divine and Magical Female Figures of Eurasia, winning the Sarasvati Award for the Best Nonfiction Book in Women and Mythology! This book which discusses erotic and magical goddesses and heroines in several ancient cultures; such a wide-ranging cross-cultural and cross-temporal view of this genre...

Great Review for What Is Eating Latin American Women Writers: Food, Weight, and Eating Disorders

Cambria Press congratulates Professor Renée S. Scott on the outstanding review by Feminist Collections of her book, What Is Eating Latin American Women Writers: Food, Weight, and Eating Disorders. The journal commends the study because “Scott’s work navigates a great geographical swath, and so it has much to offer beginners and specialists alike.” The review also adds that “this book might...

Read the author interview with Professor Elizabeth Soliday on her recently published book, Childbirth in a Technocratic Age

Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Childbirth in a Technocratic Age: The Documentation of Women’s Expectations and Experiences by Elizabeth Soliday is now available. Below is a transcript of the Q&A session with Professor Soliday.  ************************ 1. Why did you decide to write this book? I decided to write Childbirth in a Technocratic Age: The Documentation of Women’s Expectations...

NEW PUBLICATION: Gangster Rap and Its Social Cost is now available! Read the rave reviews by scholars for this book!

Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Gangster Rap and Its Social Cost: Exploiting Hip Hop and Using Racial Stereotypes to Entertain America by Professor Benjamin P. Bowser is now available. Rap music and its gangster rap variant are now far too important and influential in American life to be ignored by the general public and research communities alike. Artists...

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