BOOKS
Monica J. Casper. 2022. Babylost: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z. Rutgers University Press.
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"This is a moving, beautiful book. The composite effect is stunning, both an indictment of systemic racism and sexism, and a tender offering to those touched by baby loss ... The text seamlessly weaves between the personal and the sociological, and is very accessible while also being nuanced and not sacrificing complexity." - Annie Menzel, University of Wisconsin
"This book contains entries that are robust in their exploration of intersecting concerns around infant mortality. It is important, timely, and innovative." - Dána-Ain Davis, author of Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth
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"This is a moving, beautiful book. The composite effect is stunning, both an indictment of systemic racism and sexism, and a tender offering to those touched by baby loss ... The text seamlessly weaves between the personal and the sociological, and is very accessible while also being nuanced and not sacrificing complexity." - Annie Menzel, University of Wisconsin
"This book contains entries that are robust in their exploration of intersecting concerns around infant mortality. It is important, timely, and innovative." - Dána-Ain Davis, author of Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth
Monica J. Casper and Eric Wertheimer, editors. 2016. Critical Trauma Studies: Understanding Violence, Conflict, and Memory in Everyday Life. New York: NYU Press.
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“Critical Trauma Studies is an important contribution to charting new directions for a trans-disciplinary field of the study of trauma.It addresses the need to bridge critical theory and various practices of care provision and offers important meeting points for a diversity of trauma discourses.” - Jack Saul, author of Collective Trauma, Collective Healing
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“Critical Trauma Studies is an important contribution to charting new directions for a trans-disciplinary field of the study of trauma.It addresses the need to bridge critical theory and various practices of care provision and offers important meeting points for a diversity of trauma discourses.” - Jack Saul, author of Collective Trauma, Collective Healing
Lisa Jean Moore and Monica J. Casper. 2014. The Body: Social and Cultural Dissections. London: Routledge.
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"Fusing the scholar’s pen and surgeon’s scalpel, The Body exposes the intellectual innards of the most taken-for-granted unit of social life. With verve and originality, the text takes seemingly discrete objects—genes, cells, organs, and more—and carefully situates them within their layered biopolitical contexts. This is essential reading for all those who want conceptual tools to engage, challenge, and reimagine the nature/nurture binary." - Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University
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"Fusing the scholar’s pen and surgeon’s scalpel, The Body exposes the intellectual innards of the most taken-for-granted unit of social life. With verve and originality, the text takes seemingly discrete objects—genes, cells, organs, and more—and carefully situates them within their layered biopolitical contexts. This is essential reading for all those who want conceptual tools to engage, challenge, and reimagine the nature/nurture binary." - Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University
Monica J. Casper and Paisley Currah, editors. 2011. Corpus: An Interdisciplinary Reader on Bodies and Knowledge. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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"A brilliant addition to the lively field of embodiment studies, this richly interdisciplinary collection interrogates how different bodies of knowledge produce complex and discrepant bodies that matter...CORPUS is a must-read if you are wondering what has become of bodies and the way they are made meaningful in the twenty-first century." - Dr. Jennifer Terry, UC Irvine
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"A brilliant addition to the lively field of embodiment studies, this richly interdisciplinary collection interrogates how different bodies of knowledge produce complex and discrepant bodies that matter...CORPUS is a must-read if you are wondering what has become of bodies and the way they are made meaningful in the twenty-first century." - Dr. Jennifer Terry, UC Irvine
Monica J. Casper and Lisa Jean Moore. 2009. Missing Bodies: The Politics of Visibility. New York: NYU Press.
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“Missing Bodies focuses our attention on what is not there, and thus brilliantly illuminates just what is! This is a creative, thoughtful, exciting book, a fine contribution to the growing literature on the sociology of the body.” - Dr. Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Recreating Motherhood
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“Missing Bodies focuses our attention on what is not there, and thus brilliantly illuminates just what is! This is a creative, thoughtful, exciting book, a fine contribution to the growing literature on the sociology of the body.” - Dr. Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Recreating Motherhood
Monica J. Casper, editor. 2003. Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life. New York: Routledge.
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"Synthetic Planet documents the continuing toxic tragedy to which we were first alerted by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. If you are concerned about weapons of mass destruction that have silently entered our homes and arms, our food and water, read Synthetic Planet." - Dr. Vandana Shiva, author of Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit
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"Synthetic Planet documents the continuing toxic tragedy to which we were first alerted by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. If you are concerned about weapons of mass destruction that have silently entered our homes and arms, our food and water, read Synthetic Planet." - Dr. Vandana Shiva, author of Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit
Monica J. Casper. 1998. The Making of the Unborn Patient: A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
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Winner of the 1998 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems
Winner of the 1999 Distinguished Book Award from the Sex and Gender Section, ASA
"Fascinating! Casper's work on fetal surgery is cutting-edge scholarship. The author uses the methods of qualitative, grounded sociology in the service of science studies and women's studies to produce a compelling, well-researched analysis of the history and social practices through which fetal surgery is currently emerging. In doing so, she provides substantial food for political thought." - Dr. Rayna Rapp, author of Testing Women, Testing the Fetus
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Winner of the 1998 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems
Winner of the 1999 Distinguished Book Award from the Sex and Gender Section, ASA
"Fascinating! Casper's work on fetal surgery is cutting-edge scholarship. The author uses the methods of qualitative, grounded sociology in the service of science studies and women's studies to produce a compelling, well-researched analysis of the history and social practices through which fetal surgery is currently emerging. In doing so, she provides substantial food for political thought." - Dr. Rayna Rapp, author of Testing Women, Testing the Fetus
SELECTED ARTICLES
Mel Ferrara and Monica J. Casper. 2018. "Genital Alteration and Intersex: A Critical Analysis," Current Sexual Health Reports, March 1. To access, click here.
"But Is It Sociology?" 2016. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 2. To access, click here.
"When Cities Fail, Babies Die." 2016. Metropolitics, February 2. To access, click here.
Darnell L. Moore and Monica J. Casper. 2014. "Love in the time of Racism." Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, Number 5. To access, click here.
"A Ruin of Elephants: Trans-Species Love, Labor, and Loss." Winter 2014. Oppositional Conversations. To access, click here.
"Biopolitics of Infant Mortality." 2013. Anthropologies 17 (March). To access, click here.
William Paul Simmons and Monica J. Casper. 2012. "Culpability, Social Triage, and Structural Violence in the Aftermath of Katrina." Perspectives on Politics 10(3), 675-686. To access, click here.
Daniel R. Morrison and Monica J. Casper. 2012. "Intersections of Disability Studies and Critical Trauma Studies: A Provocation." Disability Studies Quarterly 32(2). To access, click here.
Monica J. Casper and Lisa Jean Moore. 2011. "Dirty Work and Deadly Agents: A (Dis)Embodied Weapons Treaty and the Illusion of Safety," Women's Studies Quarterly, 39(1/2), 95-119. To access, click here.
Monica J. Casper and Daniel R. Morrison. 2010. "Medical Sociology and Technology: Critical Engagements." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51 (Suppl.), S120-S132. To access, click here.
Laura M. Carpenter and Monica J. Casper. 2009. "A Tale of Two Technologies: HPV Vaccination, Male Circumcision, and Sexual Health." Gender and Society, 23(6), 790-816. To access, click here.
Laura M. Carpenter and Monica J. Casper. 2009. "Global Intimacies: Innovating the HPV Vaccine for Women's Health." Women's Studies Quarterly, 37(1/2), 80-100. To access, click here.
Monica J. Casper and Laura M. Carpenter. 2008. "Sex, Drugs, and Politics: The HPV Vaccine for Cervical Cancer." Sociology of Health and Illness, 30(6), 886-899. To access, click here.
"Fetal Surgery Then and Now." 2007. Conscience, Autumn, 24-27. To read, click here.
"But Is It Sociology?" 2016. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 2. To access, click here.
"When Cities Fail, Babies Die." 2016. Metropolitics, February 2. To access, click here.
Darnell L. Moore and Monica J. Casper. 2014. "Love in the time of Racism." Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, Number 5. To access, click here.
"A Ruin of Elephants: Trans-Species Love, Labor, and Loss." Winter 2014. Oppositional Conversations. To access, click here.
"Biopolitics of Infant Mortality." 2013. Anthropologies 17 (March). To access, click here.
William Paul Simmons and Monica J. Casper. 2012. "Culpability, Social Triage, and Structural Violence in the Aftermath of Katrina." Perspectives on Politics 10(3), 675-686. To access, click here.
Daniel R. Morrison and Monica J. Casper. 2012. "Intersections of Disability Studies and Critical Trauma Studies: A Provocation." Disability Studies Quarterly 32(2). To access, click here.
Monica J. Casper and Lisa Jean Moore. 2011. "Dirty Work and Deadly Agents: A (Dis)Embodied Weapons Treaty and the Illusion of Safety," Women's Studies Quarterly, 39(1/2), 95-119. To access, click here.
Monica J. Casper and Daniel R. Morrison. 2010. "Medical Sociology and Technology: Critical Engagements." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51 (Suppl.), S120-S132. To access, click here.
Laura M. Carpenter and Monica J. Casper. 2009. "A Tale of Two Technologies: HPV Vaccination, Male Circumcision, and Sexual Health." Gender and Society, 23(6), 790-816. To access, click here.
Laura M. Carpenter and Monica J. Casper. 2009. "Global Intimacies: Innovating the HPV Vaccine for Women's Health." Women's Studies Quarterly, 37(1/2), 80-100. To access, click here.
Monica J. Casper and Laura M. Carpenter. 2008. "Sex, Drugs, and Politics: The HPV Vaccine for Cervical Cancer." Sociology of Health and Illness, 30(6), 886-899. To access, click here.
"Fetal Surgery Then and Now." 2007. Conscience, Autumn, 24-27. To read, click here.
SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS
"Excess Gains and Losses: Maternal Obesity, Infant Mortality, and Biopolitics of Blame." 2017. In Eileen P. Anderson-Fye and Alexandra Brewis (eds.), Fat Planet: Obesity, Culture, and Symbolic Body Capital. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press/School for Advanced Research Press. To purchase, click here.
Daniel R. Morrison and Monica J. Casper. 2016. "Gender, Violence, and Brain Injury In and Out of the NFL: What Counts as Harm?" In David J. Leonard, Kimberly B. George, and Wade Davis (eds.), Football, Culture, and Power. New York: Routledge. To purchase, click here.
Monica J. Casper and William Paul Simmons. 2014. "Accounting for Death: Infant Mortality, the MDGs, and Women's (Dis)Empowerment." In Margunn BjØrnholt and Alisa McKay (eds.), Counting on Marilyn Waring: New Advances in Feminist Economics. Demeter Press. To purchase, click here.
Heather Laine Talley and Monica J. Casper. 2010. "Oprah Goes to Africa: Philanthropic Consumption and Political (Dis)Engagement." In Trystan T. Cotten and Kimberly Springer (eds.), Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. To purchase, click here.
Monica J. Casper and Heather Laine Talley. 2007. "Feminist Disability Studies." In George Ritzer (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Sociology. Wiley/Blackwell. To access, click here.
Monica J. Casper. 2003. "Chemical Weapons 'Dispersal'? The Mundane Politics of Air Monitoring." In Monica J. Casper (ed.), Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life. New York: Routledge. To purchase, click here.
Daniel R. Morrison and Monica J. Casper. 2016. "Gender, Violence, and Brain Injury In and Out of the NFL: What Counts as Harm?" In David J. Leonard, Kimberly B. George, and Wade Davis (eds.), Football, Culture, and Power. New York: Routledge. To purchase, click here.
Monica J. Casper and William Paul Simmons. 2014. "Accounting for Death: Infant Mortality, the MDGs, and Women's (Dis)Empowerment." In Margunn BjØrnholt and Alisa McKay (eds.), Counting on Marilyn Waring: New Advances in Feminist Economics. Demeter Press. To purchase, click here.
Heather Laine Talley and Monica J. Casper. 2010. "Oprah Goes to Africa: Philanthropic Consumption and Political (Dis)Engagement." In Trystan T. Cotten and Kimberly Springer (eds.), Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. To purchase, click here.
Monica J. Casper and Heather Laine Talley. 2007. "Feminist Disability Studies." In George Ritzer (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Sociology. Wiley/Blackwell. To access, click here.
Monica J. Casper. 2003. "Chemical Weapons 'Dispersal'? The Mundane Politics of Air Monitoring." In Monica J. Casper (ed.), Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life. New York: Routledge. To purchase, click here.