Books by Matthew Pratt Guterl and Complete Book Reviews
Matthew Pratt Guterl. Univ. of North Carolina, $34.95 (264p) ISBN 978-1-4696-1068-9
Brown University professor Guterl examines what he calls the "sightlines" of looking at race—the multitude of methods that have, over generations, created an unconscious prejudice. He begins with the practice of profiling, which suggests it's...
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Caroline Field Levander and Matthew Pratt Guterl. Univ. of North Carolina, $29.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-4696-2112-8
Taking a strictly academic approach that will deter most casual readers, this book examines the cultural, social, and political implications of one of society’s most ubiquitous establishments. Indeed, hotels have served the desires of the wealthy...
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Matthew Pratt Guterl. Liveright, $28.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-32409-171-4
Historian Guterl tracks the highs and lows of growing up in a sui generis household in his emotionally fraught debut. In the early 1970s, young white couple Bob and Sheryl Guterl initiated a “radical experiment”: raising two biological sons...
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