Publications
Blood Cultures: Medicine, Media, and Militarisms
Spilling blood, managing blood, banking blood, and even sucking blood defined 20th-century America from Alcatraz Island to Guantánamo Bay.
Combining science studies, popular culture, and anti-racist feminist and queer politics, Blood Cultures examines how blood saturated the twentieth-century US cultural imaginary, slipped into laws and policies, flowed across screens, and seeped into our most intimate encounters.
Cathy Hannabach traces how these gendered, sexualized, and racialized blood practices were violently mobilized in the service of US empire, as well as creatively transformed by feminist, anticolonial, anticapitalist, and queer artists and activists.
Praise for Blood Cultures
“A stunning multi-disciplinary, transnational analysis of the role of blood in giving life to American modernity.”
—Eric Smoodin, author of Paris in the Dark: Going to the Movies in the City of Light, 1930–1950
“Essential reading for transnational American studies, gender and sexuality studies, and science and technology studies.”
— Julie Sze, author of Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis
Articles
Balancing Interdisciplinarity and Legibility
How authors can balance interdisciplinarity with legibility to ensure their research is accessible to diverse audiences.
What to Do with a Copyedited Manuscript
How authors can best respond to manuscript copyedits and create a polished draft ready for publication.
What to Do with Developmental Edits
How authors can respond to developmental edits and improve their scholarly manuscripts for publication.
Promoting Your Book at Academic Conferences
Best practices for promoting your book at academic conferences, including working with publishers, using social media, and networking.
Best Practices for Writing and Publishing Edited Collections
Tips for publishing edited collections, including soliciting authors, setting clear schedules and expectations, and more.
What to Do When You Get a Scholarly Book Contract
What scholarly authors should do upon receiving a book contract, including preparing the text and planning the launch.
Budgeting for Editing and Indexing on Books and Articles
How to create a realistic budget for professional editing and indexing services on your next book.
Creating a Social Justice-Focused Academic Journal Style Guide
How to create and implement an academic journal style guide that embodies your journal’s politics, ethics, and mission.
How to Promote Your Podcast Episode
How to promote your podcast episode to get the work out about your new book, reach diverse audiences, and make new connections.
Why an Interdisciplinary Book Needs an Interdisciplinary Index
Why your interdisciplinary book needs an interdisciplinary index and how interdisciplinary indexes are inherently political.
What to Include in Your Academic Speaker Contract (for online or in-person events)
What to include in your academic speaker contract to ensure the needs of your audience, event organizers, and yourself are met.
Choosing a Calendar System and Planner
How to create a calendar system and find a planner that fit how you work the best and allow you to meet your goals.
Planning Your Virtual Book Launch
How to plan a virtual book launch that fits your goals and resources, as well as can be adapted to meet changing circumstances.
Planning for Change and Uncertainty
Planning for change seems more important now than ever. Here’s how to create plans flexible enough to meet changing circumstances.
Writing Commitments Instead of Writing Goals/Plans
How writing commitments (instead of writing plans or goals) can help you write amidst uncertainty and change.
Beginning without a Road Map
Beginning can always be scary but it carries new weight this year. Here’s why beginning comes before planning and how to do so in 2021.
Reflection and Compassion to Close Out the Year
Reflection and compassion (especially self-compassion) can be hard to make time for this year but that’s why they’re so important.
How Authors Can Build Sustainable Editor Relationships
How authors can build strong and sustainable editor relationships that stand the test of time and help them meet their goals.
Project Management for Real Life
How to build a project management system that takes your unique situation into account, supports your needs, and helps you reach your goals.
Last Checks to Do Before Submitting a Book Proposal
Submitting your book proposal to a press is thrilling. It feels great to finally get the pitch off your desk and into the hands of the awesome acquisition editors you’re hoping will give you a book contract. Before you send it off, however, make sure you’ve covered...