Jordanna Matlon wins ISA John Ruggie Annual Best Book Award
SIS Professor Jordanna Matlon’s book A Man among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism is the co-winner of the 2023 International Studies Association (ISA) John Ruggie Annual Best Book Award, ISA's most prestigious publication award.
Jordanna has now received ten awards (wins or honorable mentions) from five associations across four disciplines for A Man among Other Men:
- Co-Winner, International Studies Association 2023 John Ruggie ISA Annual Best Book Award
- Winner, International Studies Association 2023 Lee Ann Fujii Book Award
- Winner, American Sociological Association Marxist Sociology Section 2023 Paul Sweezy Outstanding Book Award
- Co-winner, Society for the Study of Social Problems Global Division 2023 Book Award
- Winner, International Studies Association 2023 Global Development Studies Best Book
- Honorable mention, African Studies Association 2023 Best Book Prize
- Honorable mention, American Sociological Association Sociology of Development Section 2023 Book Award
- Honorable mention, American Sociological Association Race, Gender, and Class Section 2023 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award
- Honorable mention, American Sociological Association Sociology of Sex and Gender Section 2023 Distinguished Book Award
- Honorable mention, American Anthropological Association Society for the Anthropology of Work 2023 Best Book
A Man among Other Men examines competing constructions of modern manhood in the West African metropolis of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Engaging the histories, representational repertoires, and performative identities of men in Abidjan and across the Black Atlantic, Matlon shows how French colonial legacies and media tropes of Blackness act as powerful axes, rooting masculine identity and value within labor, consumerism, and commodification. It is available .