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Lisa G. Materson
Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico’s Independence
Corrie Decker
The Age of Sex: Custom, Law, and Ritual in Twentieth-Century East Africa
Join us in celebrating the creativity, scholarship and innovation of recently published UC Davis faculty authors. This ongoing series includes presentations, audience Q&A and light refreshments.
Lisa G. Materson, professor of U.S. women’s and gender history, discusses Radical Solidarity, which traces civil rights activist Ruth Reynolds’ deep involvement in the movement for Puerto Rico’s independence and offer a nuanced account of political allyship, anti-colonial struggle and cross-racial collaboration. Corrie Decker, professor of gender, sexuality and women's studies and external chair of American Studies, discusses The Age of Sex. The book examines how colonial courts and ethnographers in 20th century East Africa transformed complex rites of passage into simplified “puberty rites,” reshaping legal understandings of childhood, adulthood, gender and sexual maturity.
Covered is presented by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum and UC Davis Library. The partnership is part of Elevate the Arts, a campus-wide initiative fostering collaboration among UC Davis faculty in the arts to support and amplify one another’s work.