This book presents a comprehensive view of Boym's creative work in all its aspects. It includes Boym's classic essays,excerpts from her five books and journalistic gems. Showcasing her roles both as curator and curated, the reader includes interviews and excerpts from exhibition catalogues as well as samples of intermedial works like Hydrant Immigrants. It also features autobiographical pieces that shed light on the genealogy of her scholarly work and rarities like an excerpt from Boym's first graduate school essay on Russian literature. The reader also includes late pieces that Boym did not live to see through publication, as well as transcripts of her memorable last lectures and performances.
Building on the work of the author’s ‘Dislocating masculinity : comparative ethnographies (1994)’, this collection provides a fresh perspective on gender dynamics under neoliberalism. Bringing together a series of short case studies drawn from new ethnographic fieldwork, its subjects range from the experiences of working-class men in Putins Russia to colonial masculinities in Southern Rhodesia, and from young British Muslim men to amateur footballers in Jamaica.