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Birth as an American Rite of Passage
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The author also explores the ritual socialization of obstetricians, showing how their beliefs and choices, too, are culturally constructed. Pointing to the advantages women can gain from technocratic birth, Davis-Floyd also calls for greater …
Analyzing Middle East Foreign Policies: And the Relationship with Europe
In the post-September 11 climate, Europe's regional security environment and the role of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) states have become more than ever a focus for attention but remain ill-understood. The connections between these two …
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue
This stirring call for tolerance and solidarity from the acclaimed activist and author of Transgender Warriors collects Leslie Feinberg's speeches on trans liberation and its essential connection to the liberation of all people. Leslie Feinberg …
This volume locates the meaning of violence within social contexts, identities, and social divisions. It aims to break open our way of speaking about violence and demonstrate the value in exploring the multiple, contradictory, and complex …
For the first time in print, the complete and uncensored 1970 "Rolling Stone" interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Published on the 20th anniversary of his death, this candid book reveals new information on the breakup of the Beatles, Lennon'…
The Thirty Years' War: Dispatches and Diversions of a Radical Journalist, 1954-1994
The Thirty Years' Wars explores the limits of liberalism even as it exposes the fault lines of reaction and offers a clarifying view of the contours of revolutionary aspirations. Pull at one thread and there is the cord that stretches from …
Sexual Pleasure: Reaching New Heights of Sexual Arousal and Intimacy
The exercises in this book—to be done both with and without a partner—increase the sensual awareness of touch and encourage individuals to focus on their own desire, as well as looking for ways to please their partner.
Researching Violence: Essays on Methodology and Measurement
This book offers a practical guide on how to research violence. Using reflections from researchers who have worked on diverse projects, this book also investigates the ethical and emotional issues arising from working with the victims and …
Current Concepts in Transgender Identity
This collection will present works that offer illuminating perspectives on the remarkably diverse Asian American populations of the United States. As a population that is neither black nor white, the range of experiences of these groups, many of …
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left
In a series of memorable exchanges, three eminent theorists engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics.
Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life
From chemistry sets to chemical weapons, from plastics to pesticides, and from air pollution to Agent Orange, industrial chemicals have transformed the way we live. Industrial chemicals have brought many good things to life, but at what cost - …
Policing Citizens: Authority and Rights: Authority & Rights
This comparative text serves both as an introduction to contemporary police studies and an intervention into current debates concerning police reform and practice.
Dematerializing: Taming the Power of Possessions
"Getting what you want" today is increasingly linked to buying something. But is the purchase always enough? Picking up where "simplifying" may not satisfy, Dematerializing acknowledges the pleasures, along with the pitfalls, of living in a …
Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order
In this era of unparalleled affluence, the dangerous offender has become a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalized Western societies. Questions of why sexual and violent offences seem so ubiquitous, and of how we should …
There are three reasons why this book deserves to be taken seriously. The first is because it concerns 'play', and this is a challenging and multi-faceted subject. The second reason is because it examines play during the first three years of life,…
The body has become an increasingly significant concept over recent years and this reader offers a stimulating overview of the main topics, perspectives and theories which surround the issue. This broad consideration of the body presents an …
Sport in Contemporary Society: An Anthology
This classic anthology analyzes the sociological implications of sports in modern society through a series of interesting and informative essays. Sport in Contemporary Society can be used in a variety of ways, as a primary text for courses in the …
Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers
In Anatomy of a Rose, Sharman Apt Russell eloquently unveils the "inner life" of flowers, showing them to be more individual, more enterprising, and more responsive than we ever imagined. From their diverse fragrances to their nasty deceptions, …
Worried about how you will look in your bikini on holiday? The GI Bikini Diet is an easy, straightforward plan if you want to get your body back into tiptop shape for the beach – the safe way. Many people find that during the winter they …
From high-level business negotiations to casual conversations among friends, every interpersonal interaction is shaped by cultural norms and expectations. Seldom is this more clearly brought to light than in encounters between people from diverse …
The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners
Margaret Thatcher branded the leaders of the 1984-85 miners' strike "the enemy within." With the publication of this book, the full irony of that accusation became clear. Seumas Milne revealed for the first time the astonishing lengths to which …
Instantaneous and raw, unedited and uncensored, Weblogs are self-publishing at its best and its worst—occasionally brilliant but often pretentious, sometimes shocking but always fascinating. We've Got Blog is the first book to explore this …
Magical Reels: A History of Cinema in Latin America
comprehensive analysis, Magical Reels charts the development of Latin American film industries in a world increasingly dominated by the advanced technology and massive distribution budgets of the North American mainstream.
The Israel Defence Force and the Foundation of Israel: Utopia in Uniform
The Israeli Defence Forces and the Foundation of Israel discusses the contribution of the IDF to the development of the Israeli State and society. The Force was a principal player in Israel's early years and had a significant impact on the fields …
The Ultimate Gluten-Free Diet: The Complete Guide to Coeliac Disease and Gluten-Free Cookery
Sensitivity to gluten damages the absorbing areas of the gut and interferes with the absorption of essential nutrients. This revised edition is a highly recommended guide for sufferers of Coeliac disease.
With his idiosyncratic blend of ideas from Lacan and Hegel, the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek has emerged as one of the most original thinkers of our time. Never missing an opportunity to recount a revealing anecdote or joke, his writing is …
How would it be if what we take for human advance were simply a technological progress that literally leaves us out of its equations? What if Progress is not humanity striking out bravely towards the future, but an ultimately destructive force?. …
Loving Your Partner Without Losing Yourself
Many men and women enter relationships with high hopes and romantic passion, only to find themselves feeling angry, hurt, disappointed, and frustrated. They may begin to doubt whether theyll ever free themselves from painful patterns and …
Sexuality and the Politics of Violence and Safety
"Sexuality and the Politics of Violence" is a major new work offering a timely and critical exploration of issues of safety and security at the center of responses to violence. Through a multi-disciplinary analysis, drawing on feminism, lesbian …
Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon
Certainly no singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, "Lady Sings the Blues," "Now, finally, we have a definitive biography," said "…