The essays in this collection expand the definition of catastrophe to include not only events like pandemics, hurricanes, and wildfires but also slower-moving phenomena that have equally disastrous long-term consequences-like…

Tracing the evolution of the lesbian movement from the bar scene to the growth of alternative families, this book illustrates how a generation of women transformed the woman-centered ideals of…

Reluctant Witnesses tells the story of the rise of Holocaust consciousness in the United States from the perspective of survivors and their descendants. If survivors tended to see Holocaust storytelling…