New Books at UAB Sterne Library: November 2024

In Cyberboss, Craig Gent takes us into workplaces where algorithms rule to excavate the politics behind the newest form of managerial power. Combining worker testimony and original research on companies such as Amazon, Uber, and Deliveroo, the cutting edge of algorithmic management technology, this book reveals the sometimes unexpected effects these new techniques have on work, workers and managers.

Mamas, Martyrs, and Jezebels: Myths, Legends, and Other Lies You' ve Been Told about Black Women revisits notions of Black womanhood to include the ways in which Black women' s perceived strength can function as a dangerous denial of Black women' s humanity. This collection addresses the stigma of this extraordinary endurance in professional and personal spaces, the Black church, in interpersonal partnerships, and within the justice arena, while also giving voice and value to Black women' s experiences as the backbone of the Black family and community.