In no particular order, here's what I'm reading (or at least have sitting on my desk) right now:
Bowker, G. C., & Star, S. L. (1999). Sorting things out: Classification and its consequences. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Margolis, J., & Fisher, A. (2002). Unlocking the clubhouse: Women in computing. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Jepsen, T. C. (2000). My sisters telegraphic: Women in the telegraph office, 1846-1950. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Burger, C. J., Creamer, E. G., & Meszaros, P. S. (2007). Reconfiguring the firewall: Recruiting women to information technology across cultures and continents. Wellesley, Mass: AK Peters.
Foucault, M. (1974). The archaeology of knowledge. London: Tavistock.
Veblen, T., & Chase, S. (1934). The theory of the leisure class: An economic study of institutions. New York: Modern library.
Spradley, J. P., & Mann, B. J. (1974). The cocktail waitress: Woman's work in a man's world. New York: Wiley.
Poggenpohl, S. H., & Satō, K. (2009). Design integrations: Research and collaboration. Chicago: Intellect, the University of Chicago Press.
Boydston, J. (1990). Home and work: Housework, wages, and the ideology of labor in the early republic. New York: Oxford University Press.
Wilson, F. (1991). Sweaters: Gender, class, and workshop-based industry in Mexico. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Stephen, J. A. (2007). Pick one intelligent girl: Employability, domesticity, and the gendering of Canada's welfare state, 1939-1947. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Barthes, R. (1983). The fashion system. New York: Hill and Wang.
Brumberg, J. J. (1988). Fasting girls: The emergence of anorexia nervosa as a modern disease. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
Gould, S. J. (1996). The mismeasure of man. London: Norton.
Barnes, R., & Eicher, J. B. (1992). Dress and gender: Making and meaning in cultural contexts. New York: Berg.
Thesander, M. (1997). The feminine ideal. London: Reaktion Books.
Wolf, N. (1991). The beauty myth: How images of beauty are used against women. New York: W. Morrow.
Riley, S. (2008). Critical bodies: Representations, identities, and practices of weight and body management. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Welton, D. (1998). Body and flesh: A philosophical reader. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Publishers.
Latzke, A., & Hostetter, H. P. (1968). The wide world of clothing: Economics, social significance, selection. New York: Ronald Press Co.
Krislov, S., & Musolf, L. D. (1964). The politics of regulation: A reader. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Doukas, D. (2003). Worked over: The corporate sabotage of an American community. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Maines, D. R. (1991). Social organization and social process: Essays in honor of Anselm Strauss. New York: A. de Gruyter.
Christian-Smith, L. K. (1990). Becoming a woman through romance. New York: Routledge.
White, E., Leeds Symposium on Food History, & Leeds Symposium on Food History. (2000). Feeding a city: York : the provision of food from Roman times to the beginning of the twentieth century. Totnes: Prospect Books.
Freidberg, S. E. (2004). French beans and food scares. New York: Oxford University Press.
Anderson, C. (2006). The long tail: Why the future of business is selling less of more. New York: Hyperion.
Braun, R. (1990). Industrialisation and everyday life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
DeLuzio, C. (2007). Female adolescence in American scientific thought, 1830-1930. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Cowan, R. S. (1983). More work for mother: The ironies of household technology from the open hearth to the microwave. New York: Basic Books.
Brooks, E. C. (2007). Unraveling the garment industry: Transnational organizing and women's work. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Lampland, M., & Star, S. L. (2009). Standards and their stories: How quantifying, classifying, and formalizing practices shape everyday life. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Faludi, S. (1991). Backlash: The undeclared war against American women. New York: Crown.
Chapkis, W. (1986). Beauty secrets: Women and the politics of appearance. Boston, MA: South End Press.
Cohen, C. B., Wilk, R. R., & Stoeltje, B. (1996). Beauty queens on the global stage: Gender, contests, and power. New York: Routledge.
Brumberg, J. J. (1997). The body project: An intimate history of American girls. New York: Random House.
Bordo, S. (1993). Unbearable weight: Feminism, Western culture, and the body. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Butler, J. (1999). Gender trouble: Femminism and the subversion of identity. London ; New York, N.Y: Routledge.
Finkelstein, J. (2007). The art of self invention: Image and identity in popular visual culture. London: I. B. Tauris.
Blackman, C. (2009). 100 years of menswear. London: Laurence King.
Goffman, E. (1979). Gender advertisements. New York: Harper & Row.
Kidwell, C. B., Christman, M. C. S., National Museum of History and Technology., & Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress). (1974). Suiting everyone: the democratization of clothing in America. Washington: Published for the National Museum of History and Technology by the Smithsonian Institution Press; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off..
Heywood, L. (1996). Dedication to hunger: The anorexic aesthetic in modern culture. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Bowker, G. C., & Star, S. L. (1999). Sorting things out: Classification and its consequences. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Margolis, J., & Fisher, A. (2002). Unlocking the clubhouse: Women in computing. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Jepsen, T. C. (2000). My sisters telegraphic: Women in the telegraph office, 1846-1950. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Burger, C. J., Creamer, E. G., & Meszaros, P. S. (2007). Reconfiguring the firewall: Recruiting women to information technology across cultures and continents. Wellesley, Mass: AK Peters.
Foucault, M. (1974). The archaeology of knowledge. London: Tavistock.
Veblen, T., & Chase, S. (1934). The theory of the leisure class: An economic study of institutions. New York: Modern library.
Spradley, J. P., & Mann, B. J. (1974). The cocktail waitress: Woman's work in a man's world. New York: Wiley.
Poggenpohl, S. H., & Satō, K. (2009). Design integrations: Research and collaboration. Chicago: Intellect, the University of Chicago Press.
Boydston, J. (1990). Home and work: Housework, wages, and the ideology of labor in the early republic. New York: Oxford University Press.
Wilson, F. (1991). Sweaters: Gender, class, and workshop-based industry in Mexico. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Stephen, J. A. (2007). Pick one intelligent girl: Employability, domesticity, and the gendering of Canada's welfare state, 1939-1947. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Barthes, R. (1983). The fashion system. New York: Hill and Wang.
Brumberg, J. J. (1988). Fasting girls: The emergence of anorexia nervosa as a modern disease. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
Gould, S. J. (1996). The mismeasure of man. London: Norton.
Barnes, R., & Eicher, J. B. (1992). Dress and gender: Making and meaning in cultural contexts. New York: Berg.
Thesander, M. (1997). The feminine ideal. London: Reaktion Books.
Wolf, N. (1991). The beauty myth: How images of beauty are used against women. New York: W. Morrow.
Riley, S. (2008). Critical bodies: Representations, identities, and practices of weight and body management. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Welton, D. (1998). Body and flesh: A philosophical reader. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Publishers.
Latzke, A., & Hostetter, H. P. (1968). The wide world of clothing: Economics, social significance, selection. New York: Ronald Press Co.
Krislov, S., & Musolf, L. D. (1964). The politics of regulation: A reader. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Doukas, D. (2003). Worked over: The corporate sabotage of an American community. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Maines, D. R. (1991). Social organization and social process: Essays in honor of Anselm Strauss. New York: A. de Gruyter.
Christian-Smith, L. K. (1990). Becoming a woman through romance. New York: Routledge.
White, E., Leeds Symposium on Food History, & Leeds Symposium on Food History. (2000). Feeding a city: York : the provision of food from Roman times to the beginning of the twentieth century. Totnes: Prospect Books.
Freidberg, S. E. (2004). French beans and food scares. New York: Oxford University Press.
Anderson, C. (2006). The long tail: Why the future of business is selling less of more. New York: Hyperion.
Braun, R. (1990). Industrialisation and everyday life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
DeLuzio, C. (2007). Female adolescence in American scientific thought, 1830-1930. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Cowan, R. S. (1983). More work for mother: The ironies of household technology from the open hearth to the microwave. New York: Basic Books.
Brooks, E. C. (2007). Unraveling the garment industry: Transnational organizing and women's work. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Lampland, M., & Star, S. L. (2009). Standards and their stories: How quantifying, classifying, and formalizing practices shape everyday life. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Faludi, S. (1991). Backlash: The undeclared war against American women. New York: Crown.
Chapkis, W. (1986). Beauty secrets: Women and the politics of appearance. Boston, MA: South End Press.
Cohen, C. B., Wilk, R. R., & Stoeltje, B. (1996). Beauty queens on the global stage: Gender, contests, and power. New York: Routledge.
Brumberg, J. J. (1997). The body project: An intimate history of American girls. New York: Random House.
Bordo, S. (1993). Unbearable weight: Feminism, Western culture, and the body. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Butler, J. (1999). Gender trouble: Femminism and the subversion of identity. London ; New York, N.Y: Routledge.
Finkelstein, J. (2007). The art of self invention: Image and identity in popular visual culture. London: I. B. Tauris.
Blackman, C. (2009). 100 years of menswear. London: Laurence King.
Goffman, E. (1979). Gender advertisements. New York: Harper & Row.
Kidwell, C. B., Christman, M. C. S., National Museum of History and Technology., & Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress). (1974). Suiting everyone: the democratization of clothing in America. Washington: Published for the National Museum of History and Technology by the Smithsonian Institution Press; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off..
Heywood, L. (1996). Dedication to hunger: The anorexic aesthetic in modern culture. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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