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In the book review "Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture" by Aria Halliday, the author explores the significant role of Black women in shaping US pop culture and consumption practices since the 1960s. Halliday discusses how Black women have been consumers, cultural producers, and objects of consumption, influencing trends and perceptions of Black femininity. The author examines the impact of pop culture artifacts like dolls, fairy-tale narratives, and women in hip-hop, highlighting the challenges faced by Black women cultural producers in a capitalist and White-dominated industry. Halliday also addresses the complexities of creating representations and competing in mainstream markets, which can involve reinforcing existing narratives and commodifying Blackness. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Communication and Creative Democracy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives," edited by Omar Swartz.

The article reviews the book "Domestic Law Goes Global: Legal Traditions and International Courts," by Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and Emilia Justyna Powell.

The article reviews the book "The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment To Equity Will Determine Our Future," by Linda Darling-Hammond.

Books reviewed in this article: Kirsten Wever, Labor, Business and Change in Germany and the United States Ian Clark, Governance, the State, Regulation and Industrial Relations Raymond Markey, Paul Gollan, Ann Hodgkinson, Alain Chouraqui and Ulke Veersama (eds), Models of Employee Participation in a Changing Global Environment: Diversity and Interaction Andrew Pendleton, Employee Ownership, Participation and Governance: A Study of ESOPs in the UK Christopher Candland and Rudra Sil (eds), The Politics of Labor in a Global Age: Continuity and Change in Late–industrializing and Post–socialist Economies Chris Rowley and John Benson (eds), Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific Region Brendan Burchell, David Ladipo and Frank Wilkinson (eds), Job Insecurity and Work Intensification Jone L. Pearce, Organization and Management in the Embrace of Government Maury Peiperl, Michael Arthur, Rob Goffee and Tim Morris (eds), Career Frontiers: New Conceptions of Working Lives Steen Scheuer, Social and Economic Motivation at Work: Theories of Motivation Reassessed Cary L. Cooper, Philip J. Dewe and Michael P. O’Driscoll, Organizational Stress: A Review and Critique of Theory, Research and Applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the books `Mothering Psychoanalysis,' by Janet Sayers and `Freud, Dora, and Vienna 1900,' by Hannah S. Decker. Amendments to a feminist axiom; Evaluation of Sayers' and Decker's theses; Decker's treatment of the history of Jews and nineteenth century views on women and medicine; Recommended readers.

Reviews books on communication. `Reporting the Nation's Business: Press-Government Relations During the Liberal Years, 1935-1975,' by Patrick H. Brennan; `The Cultural Industries in Canada: Problems, Policies and Prospects,' edited by Michael Dorland; `Radio Canada International: Voice of a Middle Power,' by James L. Hall; `A Canada of Light,' by B.W. Powe.