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Offers a parody accompanied by the author's illustrations. This book pokes fun at the wealthy expatriates who were author's literary contemporaries and remains controversial today, it seems to have delighted its cast of characters, which was also the first audience.

Examines the homoerotic and other culturally transgressive aspects of the pirate's world

Represents a unique effort by an international group of scholars to understand the future of teaching and learning about the past

The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light on the relationship between technological change and the civilizing process of modernity, and analyzes the concrete materials of prosthetics which carry with them ideologies of body, ideals, body politics, and culture.

Presents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more.

Julian Agyeman argues that environmental justice and the sustainable communities movement are compatible in practical ways. He explores the ideological differences between these two groups and shows how they can work together, using examples of potential model organizations that employ the types of strategies he advocates.

This text explores the ways Jews have defined other groups and themselves. Topics include: the construction of gender; the gentile as Other; the Palestinian as Other; blacks as Other in American Jewish literature; the Jewish body image as symbol of Otherness; and women as Other in Israeli cinema.

Examines the significance of the transgender body in a provocative collection of essays on queer time and space

An anthology in which 20 contributors address how Judaism views women and men, and their places within Judaism quite differently. Among the many subjects covered are - gender boundaries in Kabbalah, images of Jewish masculinity and the challenge of women's rabbinic leadership.

This work draws on extensive research to identify clear patterns among the cases of women who kill their children, shedding light on why some women commit these acts.

Blessed and cursed with the legacy of a famous family, the author has negotiated her way from a blissful childhood in Vienna, to Paris, to Radcliff College, to her present-day life as on one of the most respected teachers in her field. In this title, she tells her story and explores with us openly and engagingly the many experiences of her life.

Dwight A. McBride examines the quiet way discriminatory hiring practices and racist ad campaigns seep into and reflect malevolent undertones in American culture. McBride maintains that issues of race and sexuality are often subtle and always messy, and his compelling new book does not offer simple answers.

Including single-authored titles, primary source collections, and readers, The History of Disability series will address the full range of topics in disability history: policies and laws, political movements and organizations, medical treatment anf views, education, institutions and agencies, philanthropy, labor, eugenics, cultural representations, disability cultures, and more.Books in the series will trace the intersections of disability with gender, race, ethnicity, and class. While some books will focus on particular disability groups, others will attempt to excavate the unspoken, unacknowledged, and often invisible ties that bind people with different disabilities together in a common history. The individual contributions and the series as a whole will bring to light the underlying common themes that bridge the apparent divisions among physical, sensory, and mental disability. Informed by the social constructionist insights and interdisciplinarity of cultural studies but firmly grounded in empirical research, the series will facilitate development of both the theory and methodology of disability history.Disability has always been a preoccupation of American society and culture. From antebellum debates about qualification for citizenship to current controversies over access and "reasonable accommodations", disability has been present, in penumbra if not in print, on virtually every page of American history. Yet historians have only recently begun the deep excavation necessary to retrieve lives shrouded in religious, then medical, and always deep-seated cultural, misunderstanding.This volume opens up disability's hidden history.In these pages, a North Carolina youth findshis identity as a deaf Southerner challenged in Civil War-era New York. Deaf community leaders ardently defend sign language in early 20th century America. The mythic Helen Keller and the long-forgotten American Blind People's Higher Education and General Improvement Associat

What's going on with the rise of tv law programs - both fictional and documentary, and how does that affect our lives and real court rooms.

The concern with the self, with our subjectivity, is the main point of reference in modern Western societies. This work explores how notions of subjectivity have developed over the 20th century, analyzing the work of modern and postmodern theorists such as Freud, Foucault, and Haraway.

Terrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversation since September 11th. But to keen ears their meanings change depending upon who's doing the talking. So what do these words really mean? And what are people trying to say when they use them?

In Ancient Greece and Rome, in Crusader campaigns and pirate adventures, same-sex romances were a common and condoned part of military culture. From the Peloponnesian War to the Gulf War, from Achelleus to Lawrence of Arabia gays and lesbians have played a crucial but often hidden role in military campaigns.

With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. This book draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they tried to keep their streets safe.

Provides an exploration of both progress made and problems encountered as psychologists grapple with gender. This volume includes both classic and contemporary readings, drawn from all branches of psychology - social, developmental, personality, cognitive, history, physiological/biological - as well as from other disciplines.

Ground-breaking work on the dangers of anti-depressants and why the FDA continues to approve them. Lots of anecdotes, well-written, author will be on tour in the U.S. Good media lining up, very controversial author.

Drawn from a wide range of disciplines, the contributors to this volume explore how ideologies of race and racism intersect with nationality and gender to shape the research experience. They suggest how a critical race perspective might improve research methodologies.

Young adults in the modern era face a differently set of challenges from previous generations. Tracing historical constructions of adolescence and their role in maintaining social order, this book argues that young people constitute one of the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in society.

Ranging from black market babies to exploitative sex trade operations to the marketing of race and culture, "Rethinking Commodification" presents an interdisciplinary collection of writings, including legal theory, case law, and original essays to re-examine the question: "To commodify or not to commodify?"

In "Watching Rape", Sarah Projansky undermines the complacent view - that equality for women has already been achieved - in her analysis of depictions of rape in US film, televsion, and independent video. This study addresses the relationship between rape and postfeminism.

Women were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but their individual stories were rarely heard. Only recently have historians begun to recognize the central role women played in the battle for racial equality. This book represents the coming age of African-American women's history and presents stories that point the way to future study.

Claims Paganism's place as a world religion, situating it as a religion, a behaviour, and a theology

Tells the story of how Americans came to drink milk. This title lets us: learn how cow's milk, which was associated with bacteria and disease became a staple of the American diet, and encounter 19th century evangelists who were convinced that cow's milk was the perfect food with divine properties.

A wide-ranging collection of voices that redefine the field of women and politicsAs the largest political constituency in the United States, women present a radical challenge to the foundations of our political system. The integration of women into political life fundamentally changes the nature of American politics, necessitating a reassessment of the definition of politics, the nature of political action and the purpose of public life. Women Transforming Politics: An Alternative Reader redefines the field of women and politics. By displacing the experiences of white, middle and upper class elite women as central, this volume brings to light the lives and actions of poor and working class women, women of color, and others defined as marginal. Covering topics as diverse as community organizing by South Asian women in New York, the governing styles of Chicana/Latina elected officials in California, the labor struggles of working-class women in Tennessee, the participation pattern of poor African-American women in Ohio, and the challenge of reproductive and sexual rights in international feminist politics, each essay provides a new and more expansive way to think about politics. Contributors representing a wide range of professions including political science, sociology, history, law, grassroots organizing and cultural work challenge us to expand the range of experiences and acts considered political. Combining classic essays by renowned figures with groundbreaking work by a new generation of scholars, the publication of Women Transforming Politics will change forever the study of politics in the United States.