Sociology: family, kinship and relationships Books

Book SynopsisA clinical examination of the ways in which early neglect can impact adults throughout their lives, and suggestions for therapists on how to help.Trade Review"I have already recommended this book to colleagues and clients and all have expressed a sense of relief at having the issues of neglect named in such a thorough, compassionate, and insightful way. The feeling that someone understands is a key piece of attachment repair, and in the words of one client, “I liked this book. She wasn’t just throwing techniques that don’t work at us. There was a lot of heart.” This is a book written for professionals that is also most appropriate for the layperson. It has definitely become a staple of my library." -- Aline LaPierre - International Body Psychotherapy Journal"This is a very scholarly, thought provoking and well researched book. Most therapists will immediately recognise the profile of clients they’ve worked with who fit the image Stauffer creates... an excellent book that offers expert and very sensitive insight into this client group." -- BACP Therapy Today

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Book SynopsisExploring the nature of how our experience of what we call “self” emerges across the lifespan.Trade Review"In this personally engaging and philosophically illuminating work, Dr. Dan Siegel takes his unique explorations of the human experience of self and mind to a yet deeper level, revealing what he aptly calls the pandemic of solo-self to be based on a delusion, one at odds with both contemporary science and traditional wisdom. Eloquently and expertly, he guides us back towards our true nature: intra- and inter-being with all others and all that is." -- Gabor Maté

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Book SynopsisIn Undoing Monogamy Angela Willey analyzes the contemporary science of monogamy, demanding a critical reorientation toward the understanding of monogamy and non-monogamy in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.Trade Review"Undoing Monogamy is an important contribution to feminist and queer studies of science, to feminist materialisms, and to academic studies of non/monogamy.... Undoing Monogamy provides us with an example of how to approach science differently in ways that are grounded more in the lives and needs of a wider variety of diverse humans and nonhumans." -- Kim TallBear * Hypatia *"The value of Undoing Monogamy to scholars of non/monogamy is unquestionable. The careful, historical attention to the way that non/monogamy has been implicated in colonial logics and ongoing projects of racism is a vital contribution to the field." -- Jessica Kean * Australian Feminist Studies *"[Undoing Monogamy] has something to teach everyone: every reader will find something new and unfamiliar in its pages." -- Clare Chambers * International Feminist Journal of Politics *"The thoroughly interdisciplinary methodology, alongside ethical and joyful visions of a ‘dyke science,’ give us all a new way forward, where we do not make easy scapegoats of disciplines, but interrogate and integrate our various disciplines through our deeply naturecultural worlds." -- Banu Subramaniam * Science, Technology and Society *"A richly interdisciplinary book . . . that demonstrates a facility and ease with multiple approaches in feminist science studies. . . . Willey’s really substantive contribution to queer theory and sexuality studies, which is that the idea of monogamy and nonmonogamy as sexual practices—as sex itself—has been obscuring something of value: the expansive social worlds that might emerge if both monogamy and its others were critiqued." -- Kyla Tompkins * American Quarterly *"Undoing Monogamy makes a key theoretical intervention: clarifying ow new materialist approaches can build on, rather than depart from (or at worst, ignore), the insights of feminist science studies. Angela Willey makes a necessary and pointed contribution. . . . This is a scholar to watch for self-reflexive, multidisciplinary, and intersectional feminist research that challenges us all to conceive of critique and world-building as compatible projects." -- Kyla Schuller * Catalyst *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction. Politics and Possibility: A Queer Feminist Introduction to Monogamy 1 1. Monogamy's Nature: Colonial Sexual Science and Its Naturecultural Fruits 25 2. Making the Monogamous Human: Mating, Measurement, and the New Science of Bonding 45 3. Making Our Poly Nature: Monogamy's Inversion and the Reproduction of Difference 73 4. Rethinking Monogamy's Nature: From the Truth of Non/Monogamy to a Dyke Ethics of "Antimonogamy" 95 5. Biopossibility: Molecular Monogamy and Audre Lorde's Erotic 121 Epilogue. Dreams of a Dyke Science 141 Notes 147 Bibliography 169 Index 191

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Book SynopsisNot long after her father died, Afsaneh Najmabadi discovered that her father had a secret second family and that she had a sister she never knew about. In Familial Undercurrents, Najmabadi uncovers her family's complex experiences of polygamous marriage to tell a larger story of the transformations of notions of love, marriage, and family life in mid-twentieth-century Iran. She traces how the idea of marrying for love and the desire for companionate, monogamous marriage acquired dominance in Tehran's emerging urban middle class. Considering the role played in that process by late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century romance novels, reformist newspapers, plays, and other literature, Najmabadi outlines the rituals and objects---such as wedding outfits, letter writing, and family portraits---that came to characterize the ideal companionate marriage. She reveals how in the course of one generation men's polygamy had evolved from an acceptable open practice to a taboo best kept secret. ATrade Review“Afsaneh Najmabadi’s creative mélange of history and memoir makes a compelling case for microhistory and even more specifically for personal history as a living document and an archive to be explored in uncovering Iranian social history. I greatly appreciate how Najmabadi has brought history to life.” -- Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, author of * Conceiving Citizens: Women and the Politics of Motherhood in Iran *“Few scholars elevate the personal to the theoretical with the economy and elegance of Afsaneh Najmabadi. She translates a claim that her father had a secret second family into a journey of research, producing exquisite reflections on urban/space transformations that facilitated familial change. Stories are not just stories, as Najmabadi interrogates them to extract and advance their enduring theoretical significance. She sweeps into history and history making.” -- Suad Joseph, general editor of the * Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures *“This well-written book is both informative and entertaining. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.” -- G. M. Farr * Choice *Table of ContentsCast of Characters ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii In Lieu of an Introduction 1 1. Marrying for Love 13 2. Objects: Letters, Wedding Clothes, and Photographs 41 3. Meanings of Marriage: Forming a Family or Providing Sexual Pleasure 75 4. Urban Transformations 111 Epilogue: Naming Marriage, Naming Kin 127 Notes 131 Bibliography 149 Index 155

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Book SynopsisHow did we come to imagine what 'ideal childhood' requires? Beginning in the late eighteenth century, German child-rearing radically transformed, and as these innovations in ideology and educational practice spread from middle-class families across European society, childhood came to be seen as a life stage critical to self-formation. This new approach was in part a process that adults imposed on youth, one that hinged on motivating children's behavior through affection and cultivating internal discipline. But this is not just a story about parents' and pedagogues' efforts to shape childhood. Offering rare glimpses of young students' diaries, letters, and marginalia, Emily C. Bruce reveals how children themselves negotiated these changes.Revolutions at Home analyzes a rich set of documents created for and by young Germans to show that children were central to reinventing their own education between 1770 and 1850. Through their reading and writing, they helped construct the modern child subject. The active child who emerged at this time was not simply a consequence of expanding literacy but, in fact, a key participant in defining modern life.Trade Review“Bruce compellingly demonstrates how German pedagogues, authors of children’s tales, and children themselves constructed a new ‘childhood subjectivity.’ This study will appeal to readers interested in the histories of childhood, education, and German middle-class identity, as well as anyone curious about the origins of classics like Grimm’s fairy tales.”—Anna Kuxhausen, author of From the Womb to the Body Politic: Raising the Nation in Enlightenment Russia “A new and valuable contribution to the growing literature on children’s literacy and writing.”—Andrea Immel, author of Childhood and Children’s Books in Early Modern Europe, 1550–1800

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Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, Parenting Culture Studies seeks to understand how parenting is taken as a particular mode of childrearing that reflects broader social trends. Ten years after the initial volume's groundbreaking publication, the authors once again closely examine how the main aspects of parenting have been established, explored, and critically evaluated. Chapters revisit phenomena such as intensive parenting and politics around parenting, as well as controversial issues including policing pregnant women's bodies and parental determinism. In addition to updates throughout the volume, including those addressing literature that has built from the book’s original publication, the book features a new third part discussing parents dealing with risk assessment, school closures, contradictory care arrangements, and vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.Table of ContentsForeword (Updated)1. Introduction Part 1: ​Parenting Culture2. Intensive Parenting and the Expansion of Parenting3. Experts and Parenting Culture4. The Politics of Parenting 5. Who Cares for Children? The Problem of Intergenerational ContactPart 2: Case Studies in Parental Determinism6. Policing Pregnancy: The Pregnant Woman Who Drinks7. The Problem of Attachment: The Detached Parent8. Babies Brains and Parenting Policy: The Insensitive Mother9. Intensive Fatherhood? The (Un)involved Dad10. The Double Bind of Parenting Culture: Helicopter Parents and Cotton Wool KidsPart 3: Parenting and the Pandemic11. Parenting’ after Covid-19: When the Quantity of ‘Quality time’ Becomes Untenable12. From Safeguarding to Childism? Covid-19 and the School Closures Debate13. Pregnancy and Vaccination: The Precautionary Principle and Parenting Culture in Covid Times14. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDrawing on over three hundred in-depth interviews with men and women of all ages and every class, Eric Klinenberg reaches some startling conclusions about the seismic impact solo living is having on our culture, business and politics.Trade Review'Trailblazing' Vanity Fair'Klinenberg fleshes out [his] subjects with expertise and devotion' New York Times'A book so important that it is likely to become both a popular read and a social science classic This book really will change the lives of people who live solo, and everyone else - thorough, balanced, and persuasive' Psychology Today

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Book SynopsisL. Ron Hubbard goes beneath all these "solutions" to provide the basic knowledge of what actually constitutes understanding. What can you do with this knowledge? By knowing what understanding really is, you have the tools to handle life itself. This means that you have the tools to increase your understanding of just about anything - including the people you know and come into contact with. This knowledge will enable you to help others who are experiencing the travails caused by misunderstandings, differing viewpoints, broken relationships and other ills that make man's life a string of successive hardships. You will learn the components of understanding, how they interrelate and bring about understanding. With the skills one can acquire from a study of the fundamentals contained herein, you can help bring others back into understanding with their fellow man and the world around them. Although only a portion of the full technology Mr. Hubbard developed on this subject is contained here, it is enough to change your approach to life. And its use will help you flourish in any aspect of human activity. If lack of understanding is, indeed, a source of man's problems, imagine his potentials without this hindrance. Millions of people who apply this knowledge are reaching heights they once only dreamed of - and are successfully assisting others to do the same.

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Book SynopsisMany people find themselves feeling stuck, unable to reach their goals. The same problems keep showing up in jobs and relationships no matter how much they try to make changes and overcome obstacles. What if the patterns that repeat in your life and relationships didn’t originate with you? The source of your challenges could be rooted in your family energy field--and the problematic patterns that arise in your life could be ancestral trauma calling out to be healed. Presenting a guide to releasing the family patterns that hold you back, Anuradha Dayal-Gulati, an energy practitioner specializing in ancestral and emotional healing, explores the energetic principles that govern your family lineage and the many ways your ancestral field can support you as well as how it can hold you captive. She explains how the experiences and wounds of your parents or grandparents as well as more distant ancestors can affect you and how, sometimes, themes reappear in a family for several generations in a row--patterns of financial distress, sibling rivalry, divorce, or conversely long happy marriages, good health, and good humour. The author provides exercises and tools--such as journal practices, visualizations, meditations, and mind mapping--that can help you recognize and release negative family patterns, explaining how you don’t have to know anything about your ancestors to bring about healing. She shares her own healing journey and her experience with family constellation therapy and explores in depth the use of flower essences to transform emotions and release generational trauma. She discusses the importance of honoring your ancestors, sharing suggestions about altar creation, prayers, and the Vedic ritual of Tarpanam. Teaching you how to recognize the patterns that manifest in your daily experiences, this guide shows how, by healing your ancestral roots, you can lift the unconscious, invisible barriers that keep you from creating the life you want.Trade Review“Anuradha Dayal-Gulati, Ph.D., has written a thoroughly engaging guide to gaining more contentment, fulfillment, and harmony in life. This gem of a book will make an important contribution to the emergence of new energy-based therapies. It is rare to find a guide to the gifts of the Earth, ancestors, and spirit that is so highly informative and heartfully lyrical.” * Dan Cohen, Ph.D., family constellation facilitator and author of I Carry Your Heart in My Heart: Fam *“Anu’s clear, concise, down-to-earth writing style and easy-tofollow exercises make her book one of the best for beginners, clients, and practitioners alike. Sharing her step-by-step process, she shows you how to find peace and contentment in your life by connecting to yourself, to your family energy field, to the Earth, and ultimately to the Source of all that is. I wholeheartedly recommend this book.” * Susan Ulfelder, ND, LMT, BCPP, RDH, traditional naturopath, doctor of integrative medicine, and foun *“This book seeks to outline an alternative path forward—one that involves healing one’s roots and forging a new path. To accomplish this, the book introduces two crucial concepts— family energy fields and flower essences—that complement familiar techniques to address family trauma, like therapy and essential oils.” * Foreword Reviews *“Heal Your Ancestral Roots offers a thought-provoking option for dealing with family issues, creating a path to a more fulfilling life.” * BlueInk Review *“A compelling, spirited guide that aims to help readers understand who they come from.” * Kirkus Reviews *"In this compassionate entry, personal development coach Dayal-Gulati charts a path for readers to heal from ancestral trauma. This entry takes a nuanced approach to addressing family suffering, and readers will find her advice actionable and cathartic. Dayal-Gulati’s wisdom will easily attract the spiritually inclined." * Publisher's Weekly *"This is an enlightening guide for anyone looking to uncover how family history and intergenerational suffering impact our lives today. I was grateful to learn about energy medicine through flower essences, family constellations, rituals, and ceremonies. Awareness is often a first step toward action. Dayal-Gulati offers a non-traditional path toward healing, and it requires openness to be honest and vulnerable. Healing family trauma requires deep internal work over time, and I am thankful for the lessons shared in this book." * Maileen Hamto, San Francisco Book Review *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Living Life in Full BloomDo You Have the Power to Change Anything? Part I: Healing My Roots 1 Why Heal Your Roots?Can You Inherit the Fate of Your Ancestors?Seeing PatternsFilling the Void What Happens When Your Ancestors Fail to Move On? What to Expect in This Book: The Journey Ahead 2 The Power of the Unseen The Dispensation of Hope The Arrival of Haripriya Leaving India3 From Fate to DestinyDiscovering Flower EssencesThe Threshold of Life and Death My Lifeline FindingMy Purpose4 Discovering Family Energy Fields What Is a Family Constellation? Whose Emotions Are We Carrying? Karma: The Law of Cause and Effect Part II: Healing Tools 5 Healing with Flower Essences How Essences Work Essences of Transformation How Long Should You Take Flower Essences For? 6 How to Honor Your Ancestors How to Set Up an Ancestral Altar The Power of PrayerPrayers to Release the Past Your Ancestors Wantto Connect with You Too How to Do Tarpanam Part III: Understanding Your Family Energy Field7 Rewriting Your Parental StoryThe Debt of Life: Parents Give and Children Receive How Trauma Affects Your Roots Understanding Your Parental WoundsRewriting Your Parental Story Releasing Your Unconscious Loyalty to Your Parents Connecting with Universal Unconditional Love 8. Parents Give and You Receive The Queen of StrengthsYour Unconscious Blocks to Receiving Honoring Our Parents The Energy of a Mother’s Love 9 Everyone Belongs in a Family Why Does This Happen? Our Hidden Legacies The Elephants in the Room Making Space for EveryonePart IV: The Journey Home 10 The Path Back to Yourself Karma and Grace Faith Takes You Beyond Synchronicity The Challenge of Building Faith 11 Connecting with Mother EarthWhat Does It Mean to Be Grounded?The Healing Power of Water 12 Let Your Life Blossom What Does It Mean to Honor Your Life or Yourself? Shifting Your Perspective Self-Care and Self-Compassion Blessings to Blossom Filling the Hole Within 13 The Four Pillars The Price of Belonging The Path of Transformation Connecting to the Flow of Love and Life From Sight to Insight AppendicesA: Some FAQs on Flower Essences B: Flower Essences and Essential Oils C: A Starter Kit of Flower Essences D: Five Flower Essence Formulas Formula #1: An Optimism Formula Formula #2: Boundaries Formula #3: Self-Love and Self-Worth Formula #4: Need Direction?Formula #5: Letting Go Glossary Resources List of Exercises Acknowledgments Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisIn Making Gaybies Jaya Keaney explores queer family making as a site of racialized intimacy. Drawing on interviews with queer families in Australia, Keaney traces the lived experiences of choice and constraint as these families seek to craft likeness with their future children and tell stories of chosen family made through love. Queer family building often involves multiracial and multicultural encounters, as intending parents take part in the global fertility industry. Keaney follows queer family making through reproductive technologies and highlights the confines of varied transnational reproductive markets and policies as well as changing formations of race, gender, sexuality, and kinship. Whether sharing the story of white gay men choosing Indian and Thai egg donors to make their surrogate-born children’s ethnicities visually distinct from their own or that of an Aboriginal lesbian and her white partner choosing a Cherokee donor from the United States to articulate a gTrade Review“In Making Gaybies Jaya Keaney offers an empirically and conceptually rich account of racialization in contemporary queer family making. Through insightful exploration of how lesbian and gay couples navigate choice and constraint in their paths to parenthood in contemporary multicultural Australia, Making Gaybies makes vital contributions to transnational scholarly conversations in feminist science studies, queer studies, and critical race studies. A highly engaging book written with great candor and care, it deserves a wide readership.” -- Anne Pollock, author of * Sickening: Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States *“This astonishing book brilliantly reconfigures how we understand race, reproduction, and desire by investigating queer kinship as a terrain of feeling and the intimate bonds forged in the name of family as a site of radical transformation. Jaya Keaney’s book is an instant classic—as beautifully written as it is forcefully and sensitively argued.” -- Sarah Franklin, author of * Embodied Progress: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Origin Stories 1 1. Assembling Queer Fertility 31 2. Making Do 45 3. Crafting Likeness 72 4. Racializing Wombs 110 5. Love Makes a Family? 141 Conclusion: Manifest Care 169 Notes 181 Bibliography 199 Index 219

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Book SynopsisWhether members of the family are headed to school or work, smartphones accompany family members throughout the day. The growing sophistication of mobile communication has unleashed a proliferation of apps, channels, and platforms that link parents to their children and the key institutions in their lives. While parents may feel empowered by their ability to provide their children assistance with a click on their smartphone, they may also feel pressured and overwhelmed by this need to always be on call for their children. This book focuses on the phenomenon of transcendent parenting, where parents actively use technology to go beyond traditional, physical practices of parenting. In drawing on the experiences of intensely digitally-connected families in Singapore to tell a global story, Sun Sun Lim argues how transcendent parenting can embody and convey, intentionally or not, the parenting priorities in these households. Chapters outline how parents exploit mobile connectivity to transcTrade ReviewAs the world hurtles ever further into an era of perpetual contact with media, Lim offers a fluent and well-informed analysis of the multiple effects of mobile technology on parent-child relationships. She dexterously examines a rich array of parent-child realities across varying social classes and cultures. * James E. Katz, Ph.D, Boston University *Sun Sun Lim's social analysis is robust, insightful, and important for anyone studying any field related to mobile communication. * Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science *With richly detailed stories of parental concerns about mobile media and the strategies they embrace to address them, this volume will be of great interest to parents, educators, and everyone who cares about children and contemporary family life in a digital age. * Lynn Schofield Clark, Ph.D, University of Denver *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Transcendent Parenting and the Media Rich Household 2. Parenting Trends Today 3. At Home 4. At School 5. Out and About 6. At Play 7. Mobile Communication and Transcendent Parenting Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDevelopments in the law, scholarship, and research since 2006 form a substantial part of the second edition of this book which sets the governance of personal relationships in the context of the exercise of social and personal power. Its central argument is that this power is counterbalanced by the presence of individual rights. This entails an analysis of the nature and deployment of rights, including human rights, and children''s rights. Against that background, the book examines the values of friendship, truth, respect, and responsibility, and how the values of individualism co-exist with those of the community in an open society. It argues that central to these values is respecting the role of intimacy in personal relationships. In doing this, a variety of issues are examined, including the legal regulation of married and unmarried relationships, same-sex marriage, state supervision over the inception and exercise of parenthood (including surrogacy and assisted reproductive technolTable of Contents1: Power 2: Rights 3: Respect 4: Friendship 5: Responsibility 6: Truth 7: Community

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Book SynopsisOffers, on its surface, a simple theoretical argument, laid out in the titles of its mere two chapters: kinship is culture, not biology. But along the way to proving his point, the author engages an array of thinkers, from Aristotle to Emile Durkheim to Marilyn Strathern, as well as an array of ethnographic examples from around the globe.Trade Review"What is most striking about Sahlins's discussion is the evocative way in which he captures something immediately recognizable about kinship. Across cultures, eras, and social backgrounds, the sense that kin "participate intrinsically in each other's existence,' that they share 'a mutuality of being,' and are 'members of one another' is intuitively graspable-not as an analytic abstraction, as many definitions of kinship seem to be, but in a way that palpably makes sense of the whole range of human experience as described in the ethnographic record, and also our own." (Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory) "Sahlins catalogs brilliantly the varied ways in which people construct family ties completely apart from their genetic relationships.... This is cultural anthropology at its best." (Cosmos & Culture, National Public Radio)"

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the language and symbols of reform, Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities.

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Book SynopsisThis work examines one of the most critical questions of welfare policy: how can a United States government programme help teen mothers - one of the most needful groups of all welfare recipients - move from welfare dependency to employment, independence and responsible citizenship?Table of ContentsPreface Pt. 1: Issues in Program Development 1: Getting to Know Project GED 2: Contested Organizational Cultures: Helping and Authority Pt. 2: Social Service Providers and Teen Mothers 3: Social Service Providers' Problems of Social Identity 4: Social Distance as a Strategy of Compliance 5: Classroom Failure without Redress 6: Sex and Boyfriends: Your Dirty Laundry or Dramatic Dreams 7: Motherhood: Authenticity and the Context of Suspicion 8: Changing Welfare from Stigma to Scholarship: The Arbiters versus the Mediators Pt. 3: Is Welfare Reform Possible? 9: Backstage Links to Public Empowerment 10: The Embodied Reason of Welfare Reform References Index

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Book SynopsisIn this work, Fred C. Pampel looks at fertility, suicide, and homicide rates in 18 high-income nations to show how they are affected by institutional structures.

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Book SynopsisEuropean and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid- twentieth centuries thought that all societies passed through the same developmental stages, from primitive to advanced.

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Book SynopsisIn The Sport Marriage, Steven M. Ortiz draws on studies he conducted over nearly three decades that focus on the marital realities confronted by women married to male professional athletes. These women, who are usually portrayed in unflattering and/or unrealistic terms, face enormous challenges in their attempts to establish and maintain functional marital and family lives while the husband routinely puts his career first. Ortiz defines the traditional sport marriage as a career-dominated marriage, illustrating how it encourages women to contribute to their own subordination through adherence to an unwritten rulebook and a repertoire of self-management strategies. He explains how they make invaluable contributions to their husbands' careers while adjusting to public life and trying to maintain family privacy, managing power and control issues, and coping with pervasive groupies, overinvolved mothers, a culture of infidelity, and husbands who prioritize team loyalty. He gives these histTrade Review"While athletes' own navigation of family life has received some attention, how does this arrangement affect their partners who are tasked with an array of visible and invisible labor to make their family work? This is the focus of Steven M. Ortiz's The Sport Marriage. . . . The Sport Marriage opens up many new avenues to interrogate the interweaving of gender, work, and family in the world of professional sports." --Symbolic Interaction”In this keenly observed, empathic, and insightful work, Steven Ortiz recounts the inner experience of wives married to both a man and his sports career. Ortiz observes the precise order in which wives sit on the bench in the stadium, how they respond to affair-seeking groupies, to more senior sports wives, news of a sudden cross-country trade, an intrusive mother-in-law, a lasting head-injury. He explores the complex art of managing a backstage role. This is the best book I know of on the sport marriage.”—Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right”In this insightful book, Steven Ortiz unveils the heretofore hidden realities of the lives of women who marry male pro athletes. Beneath the veneer of public glory and fortune the general public may assume makes for a perfect life, Ortiz reveals the stresses and strains of women’s emotional and managerial labor as 'marriage workers' in a high-pressure, career-dominated marriage. Through sensitive interviewing and deft observation, Ortiz shows both the oppressive costs of these women’s subordination within the sport marriage, and their creative, and even sometimes resistant, strategies to assert and meet their own and their children’s needs.”—Michael A. Messner, coeditor of No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport, and the Unevenness of Social Change

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Book Synopsis This informative guide helps allies who want to go beyond rigid Diversity and Inclusion best practices, with real tools to go from good intentions to making meaningful change in any situation or venue.2022 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER2022 NATIONAL ANTIRACIST BOOK FESTIVAL SELECTION2021 PORCHLIGHT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN BEHAVIOR BOOK OF THE YEAR  As we become more aware of various social injustices in the world, many of us want to be part of the movement toward positive change. But sometimes our best intentions cause unintended harm, and we fumble. We might feel afraid to say the wrong thing and feel guilt for not doing or knowing enough. Sometimes we might engage in performative allyship rather than thoughtful solidarity, leaving those already marginalized further burdened and exhausted. The feelings of fear, insecurity, inadequacy are all too common among a wide spectrum of changemakers,

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Book Synopsis2022 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER2022 NATIONAL ANTIRACIST BOOK FESTIVAL SELECTION2021 PORCHLIGHT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN BEHAVIOR BOOK OF THE YEARAs we become more aware of various social injustices in the world, many of us want to be part of the movement toward positive change. But sometimes our best intentions cause unintended harm, and we fumble. We might feel afraid to say the wrong thing and feel guilt for not doing or knowing enough. Sometimes we might engage in performative allyship rather than thoughtful solidarity, leaving those already marginalized further burdened and exhausted. The feelings of fear, insecurity, inadequacy are all too common among a wide spectrum of changemakers, and they put many at a crossroads between feeling stuck and giving up, or staying grounded to keep going. So how can we go beyond performative allyship to creating real change in ourselves and in the world, together?In The Wake Up

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Book SynopsisYouth Without Family to Lean On draws together interdisciplinary, global perspectives to provide a comprehensive review of the characteristics, dynamics, and development of youth (aged 1525) who have no family to lean on, either practically or psychologically.In this timely volume, Mozes and Israelashvili bring together leading international experts to present updated knowledge, information on existing interventions, and unanswered questions in relation to youth without family to lean on, in pursuit of fostering these youth's positive development. The various chapters in this book include discussions on different topics such as social support, developing a sense of belonging, parental involvement, and internalized vs. externalized problems; on populations, including homeless youth, residential care-leavers, refugees, asylum-seekers, young women coming from vulnerable families, and school dropouts; and interventions to promote these youths'' mentoring relationships, Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordList of ContributorsPart I: Foreword1. Those who we expect to be "self-made adults"Moshe Israelashvili & Shula MozesPart II: Topics2. Sources of social support: Improving outcomes for transition-age foster youthLoring P. Jones3. Finding a Sense of Belonging in the Absence of FamilyKelly-Ann Allen, Emily Berger, Tim Campbell, Margaret U'Ren, & Michelle L. Andrews4. Future orientation: Where there is a will there is a wayRachel Seginer5. Family Support and Young Adult Labor Market AttainmentStacy Bluth & Anna Manzoni6. The transition to adulthood among young people in residential care: A review of the determinants of emancipation processes in SpainAlbert Cabellos Vidal, Josep Lluís Oliver Torelló, Jorge Fernández del Valle, & Joan Amer Fernández7. Mentoring Relationships in the Lives of Care Leavers during the Transition to Adulthood: Contributions and ChallengesYafit Sulimani-Aidan8. Positive Youth Development: A Platform for a University Training ExperienceCarmen Orte, María Valero de Vicente, Margarita Vives Barceló, Belén Pascual Barrio, & Lidia Sánchez-Prieto9. Is there a family to lean on? An intersectional approach to parent involvement in their children’s schooling Audrey Addi-Raccah10. Who will get the most of the intervention program? Lamerhav's explorations of ways to identify youth in need for further supportNatan Gelman & Shula MozesPart III: Populations11. Residential care-leaving in the Global South: A review of the current literatureKwabena Frimpong-Manso12. Need-centered support for young refugees in Germany Hannes Reinke, Tobias Kärner, & Tobias Ringeisen13. The Life of an Island Child – Where are the Parents? Janique. N Charles14. Homeless Youth in India Solomon Ranati & Shreeletha Solomon15. An inclusive and Sustainable future life for Young Asylum-SeekersDi Maggio Ilaria, Santilli Sara, Ginevra Maria Cristina & Nota Laura16. Leaving the Yeshiva High School and Losing Parental Support: The Case of Male Ultra-Orthodox Dropout in IsraelItzhaki-Braun, Yael & Yablon, YacobPart IV: Programs17. Wraparound: An Adaptable, Promising Intervention to Support Isolated Youth or those At-Risk Lucy Rose Lightfoot, Ian de Terte, Kirsty Ross, Richard Etheredge, & Ruth A. Gammon18. Young Latin American women with vulnerable families: A program promoting positive development and opportunitiesDina Krauskopf Roger & Sharling Hernández19. IT communication tools and techniques to support the coming of age: A focus on children and youth in childcare Andrea Rácz, Ernő Bogács, & Marianna Jonkl20. The Foster Youth Success Campaign Dione Milan K. Washington21. Polish youth with limited family support: Externalizing and internalizing problemsKrzysztof Ostaszewski, Agnieszka Pisarska, Krzysztof Bobrowski & Jakub Greń22. From Welfare Dependence to Independence: Orr-Shalom programs for graduates of out-of-home living placements Yair Medalion, Sharon Levin, Yana Kadosh, & Nurit Yirmiya23. The ‘Building My Future’ community-based intervention program to promote youth development in adolescents at psychosocial risk Chloe García-Poole, Sonia Byrne & María José Rodrigo24. "Lamerhav" – an Israeli program for Young Adults without Family Support Shula MozesPart V: Afterword 25. Emerging needs in the context of youth with no family to lean on Shula Mozes & Moshe IsraelashviliIndex

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Book SynopsisThis multidisciplinary volume offers an essential, comprehensive study of perspectives on the scope and application of the best interests of the child and focuses mainly on its application in relation to child custody.With expert contributions from psychological, sociological and legal perspectives, it offers scientific analysis and debate on whether it should be the primary consideration in deciding child custody cases in cases of divorce or separation or whether it should be one of several primary considerations. It explores complex dilemmas inherent in shared parenting and whether the advantages it offers children are sufficient when compared to attributing custody to one parent and limiting visitation rights of the other. Offering a comprehensive analysis of this complex topic, chapters provide detailed insight into the current state of research in this area, as well as expert guidelines aimed at resolving the controversies when parents agree or disagree over their childr

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Book SynopsisThis is a guide for business owning families and their professional advisors. The authors argue that the single most important factor to the success of any business is relationship intelligence. The book aims to demonstrate how improved relationships translate into more effective leadership, ownership and ethics in business.Trade Review"Provides a practical guide for business-owning families and their professional advisers." -- Journal of EconomicLiterature"With their book, Getting Along in Family Business: TheRelationship Intelligence Handbook, the Hoovers have provided family-run businesses a compass to navigate the challenges of these types of businesses." -- West ChicagoPress"A terrific book that many family businesses have benefited from..." -- Herald Press"Ed and Colette Hoover bring a nice balance of common sense, professional experience, and science to that which many think is merely intuitive or preordained by the genes. As someone who wears several hats, I can say that the Hoovers have done a masterful job of describing the uniqueness of each perspective, and provide a good framework for insiders to follow. People serious about moving their family's business and family performance to the next level will find this book invaluable." -- --David Juday, Chairman and CEO, Ideal Industries"At the heart of family business continuity is the ability of the owning family to communicate about things that matter and then plan accordingly. And if you want to promote this kind of communication you have to invest in the relationships between family members. This is a book about how to invest where it matters most for the family. Read it and act on it." -- Ernesto Poza, Professor for the Practice of Family Business and Director Family Business Programs, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University e"For those who wish to survive the maze of family business, this is more a guide to `prospering and thriving' than simply `getting along'. The unique addition of QFRs (Questions for Reflection) takes this home at a person and practical level. And with abundant models, cases, and practical exercises, it's a facilitator's handbook as well." -- Paul Karofsky, Executive Director, Northeastern University Center for Family BusinessTable of ContentsChapter 1 The Business of Relationships; Chapter 2 Understanding Relationship Intelligence; Chapter 3 When Family and Business Meet; Chapter 4 Improving Relationship Intelligence; Chapter 5 Assessing Your RQ; Chapter 6 The Architecture of Family Business; Chapter 7 Promoting RQ through Stewardship; Chapter 8 Ethical Dilemmas in the Family Business; Chapter 9 Leadership in the Family Business; Chapter 10 RQ and Working with Family Businesses;

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Book SynopsisIn this second edition of her groundbreaking book, Dr. Joan Lachkar addresses the ever-changing faces and phases of narcissism within the context of marital therapy and discusses the new developments in the treatment of marital conflict. Drawing from many different theoretical frameworks, mainly self-psychology (Kohut) and object relations (Klein), the works of D.W, Winnicott, and Kernberg are expanded to further explain why couples stay in painful, conflictual, never-ending relationships (traumatic bonding). The new chapters, case illustrations, and updated treatment sequences are invaluable to both beginning and experienced clinicians. The Narcissistic / Borderline Couple is an essential text for every marital therapist, offering an improved understanding of marital pathology within the framework of our changing world.Trade Review"Lackhar's book provides a valuable resource for any marital and family therapist who wants to become more familiar with the border-line/narcissistic coupleand with psychodynamic approaches." -Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, Vol. 5(2) 2006, Malcolm M. MacFarlane, MA, Ross Memorial Hospital Community Counseling Services, Lindsay, Ontario CanadaTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Narcissist and the BorderlineChapter 2. Theoretical ImplicationsChapter 3. The Couple: The Dance, The Drama, and The BondChapter 4. Marital Theatrics: The Psychodynamics of the Narcissistic/Borderline CoupleChapter 5. Dynamic Positions and Transference FormationChapter 6. Group Psychology and the Narcissistic/Borderline CoupleChapter 7. Cross-cultural CouplesChapter 8. Model of Treatment Chapter 9. CasesGlossaryReferences

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the results of the first major study to examine people's attitudes to family formation and childbearing in Ireland. Based on a nationwide representative sample of 1,404 men and women in the childbearing age group, the study was carried out against a backdrop of changing gender role attitudes and behaviour as well as significant demographic change.Table of Contents1. Changing gender roles and family formation: overview of key issues and previous research2. Method3. Attitudes to gender roles 4. Family formation: attitudes and behaviour 5. Attitudes to having children and childlessness6. People's priorities and values7. Attitudes to social policies relevant to family formation 8. Predictors of family status 9. Predictors of ideal and expected family size10. The effect of family status on well-being11. Summary and discussionIndex

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Book SynopsisLicensing Parents addresses the relationship between poverty, unemployment, and other socio-economic issues to competent parenting in a unique and creative manner. Examines why the current generation of children and youth is the first in our nation''s history to be less well-off- psychologically, socially, and morally- than their parents were at the same age.

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Book SynopsisBased on extensive fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the first ethnography of how middle-class women in India understand and experience economic change through transformations of family life. It explores their ideas, practices and experiences of marriage, childbirth, reproductive change and their children''s education, and addresses the impact that globalization is having on the new middle classes in Asia more generally from a domestic perspective. By focusing on maternity, the book explores subjective understandings of the way intimate relationships and the family are affected by India''s liberalization policies and the neo-liberal ideologies that accompany through an analysis of often competing ideologies and multiple practices. And by drawing attention to women''s agency as wives, mothers and grandmothers within these new frameworks, Domestic Goddesses discusses the experiences of different age groups affected by these changes. Through a careful analysis of women''s narratiTrade Review'All in all, Domestic Goddesses provides new insights into the effects of globalization on Indian society with its detailed analysis of changes in middle-class women's practices and domestic lives in Calcutta. As such Domestic Goddesses fills a lacuna and contributes significantly to the anthropology of South Asia.' Women's Studies 'For American scholars of global feminism, this book could be a very instructive read, and, as most of the papers published in this collection are written in an accessible style, they are very appropriate for classroom use. Women's Studies courses on global and transnational feminism would very much benefit from using primary materials such as the texts collected in this volume.' Women's Studies 'An original and ethnographically rich study of the urban family and of the roles women play as wives, mothers and home-makers in the creation and reproduction of a new Indian middle-class identity. It makes a significant contribution to current anthropological discussions of how kinship and marriage systems in developing societies are impacted by globalization and the rise of consumer-oriented economies.' Sylvia Vatuk, University of Illinois,Chicago, USA 'Domestic Goddesses is an informed and sensitive account of the intimate lives and concerns of middle class women as they negotiate modernity in Calcutta today. Donner's work on the "gendered city" makes an important contribution to the urban anthropology of South Asia and to understandings of motherhood as shaped by it.' Maya Unnithan, University of Sussex, UK 'This book is without any doubt a great contribution to current anthropological discussions on how globalization and consumer oriented economies change and influence the kinship and marriage systems, as well as on how the class hierarchies are produced and reproduced in the urban setting. It is a must read for any anthropologist or a student of anthropology concerned with the modernity in developing countries, globalization and kinshipTable of ContentsIntroduction Mapping Locations, Developing Themes; Chapter 1 Middle-class Domesticities and Maternities; Chapter 2 Of Love, Marriage and Intimacy; Chapter 3 The Place of Birth; Chapter 4 Education and the Making of Middle-class Mothers; Chapter 5 Motherhood, Food and the Body; conclusion Conclusion;

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Book SynopsisDating. Courtship. These words evoke great interest in nearly every reader. In Courtship, the authors explore courtship research, paying particular attention to differences between relationship development and deterioration and courtship development and deterioration. They describe factors that affect the later course of marriage, trace the historical roots of courtship in America, discuss various models of courtship that have guided research in this area for the past 40 years, examine circumstantial factors that discriminate between stable and unstable premarital relationships, explore the dark side of courtship--violence between dating partners--and reveal the processes involved in the dissolution phase of premarital relationships. The volume concludes with a look at the future of courtship as an institution and suggestions for further research. Provocative and thoughtfully presented, Courtship is directed to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and professionals in psychology, communication, sociology, family studies, and social work. This volume should have broad appeal for both students and professionals. It is clearly and carefully written, and draws on scholarship from several relevant disciplines. The authors do an outstanding job of summarizing extant research in a fashion that is digestible to undergraduate students, yet useful to the interested researcher. Cate and Lloyd have painted a coherent and provocative picture of a broad and difficult phenomenon. Their synthesis should be useful in helping to establish a sound agenda for future research on mating and dating. --ISSPR Bulletin This volume of the Sage Series on Close Relationships provides a cogent, concise, and highly readable overview of courtship. Given the book's brevity, one is favorably surprised by the amount and depth of material covered. . . . Many insights are offered. . . . The inclusion of the darker side of dating relationships is a welcome addition. . . . Chapters . . . weave a scholarly narrative with such expertise that the reader may come away with the feeling of having read a well-written and well-documented historical novel. . . . The authors are to be commended for their articulate and insightful coverage of this aspect of relational life. Regardless of discipline, students of personal relationships would benefit greatly from this review. --Journal of Marriage & The FamilyTable of ContentsIntroduction The Importance of Courtship The History of Courtship Stage and Interpersonal Process Models of Courtship Factors Predicting Premarital Relationship Stability Courtships in Crisis Future Perspectives on Courtship

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Book SynopsisThe book is an eminently useful collection of social-scientific articles, journalistic essays and interviews, and first-person stories of violence. It makes a start at documenting the endemic hate and violence against gay men and lesbians in the United States and the need to do something about it. Beyond documenting the extent of the assaults, Hate Crimes explores their social context, the various motivations of the perpetrators and the organizations formed to support victims and help stop the violence. --The Women's Review of Books A first-rate interdisciplinary collection: beautifully organized, highly readable, informative, multicultural, and attentive to feminist concerns. A major source on recent U.S. developments. . . . This volume is a 'must read' for anyone in law enforcement, health care, or social services, as well as for educators, social scientists, and lesbians and gay men everywhere. All levels. --Choice Violence against lesbians and gay men is shamefully pervasive and in dire need of remedy. This pioneering book takes a broad and deep look at this much overlooked problem and points the way for future study and action. I recommend Hate Crimes to anyone who cares about this alarming injustice. --Urvashi Vaid, Former Executive Director, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force This book lays an incontrovertible foundation for the reality, seriousness and adverse effects of anti-lesbian and gay violence and does so within a rich context of social-psychological understandings. . . . Empirical research, theoretical discussions, clinical material, personal accounts and public policy implications are all focused, deftly handled and managed into a coherent whole. . . . Whether one is specifically interested in the topic, or simply interested in seeing the level of sophistication and integration gay and lesbian perspectives are capable of, this volume is highly recommended. --John C. Gonsiorek, APA Division 44 Newsletter A very up-to-the-minute account. . . . Herek and Berrill have compiled a series of essays by women and men who are literally creating a new philosophy of the etymology of anti-lesbian/anti-gay crime. There is provocative new material on the psychological effects of continued harassment and how the fear of violence can lead to violence itself. --Lambda Book Report Anti-gay and -lesbian violence is increasingly coming to the attention of police in cities across the nation. We have a responsibility to the gay citizens in our communities to understand the nature of these insidious crimes and use this understanding to develop model responses to the problem. I recommend this book to all in the police community who are interested in learning more about the problem of antigay and lesbian violence. --Darrel W. Stephens, Executive Director, Police Executive Research Forum The papers collected here represent an important milestone, the first anthology devoted exclusively to serious discussion of what is known about antigay prejudice and violence. It is a most thorough and thoughtful book, one that should be read by all Americans who wish to understand the specific dimensions of antigay violence and the general problem of hate crimes in our society. It will be especially useful to law enforcement personnel, legislators, and policymakers. . . . Whether based on sexual orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity, bigotry and the violence it inspires pose a grave threat to the peace and harmony of our communities. The need to alert Americans to this threat is great. We need especially to educate our youth about tolerance and about appreciating the benefits that we enjoy as a result of our culture's rich diversity of peoples, beliefs, and ways of living. This ground-breaking book sounds an alarm and provides tools for understanding the dimensions of hate violence. It deserves your careful study. --from the Foreword by The Honorable John Conyers Jr., U.S. House of Representatives This collection clearly describes the process and aftermath of victimization in crimes where the victim has been targeted because of her or his sexual orientation. This book is particularly important in the aftermath of the antigay sentiment expressed during the recent 1992 Republican National Convention and in the national campaign. . . . These papers clearly and compellingly describe the victims' fears of antigay violence. The final papers contain an important discussion of strategies that communities and public officials should take to support victims of antigay violence and to deter future antigay hate crimes. . . . It should be read by all those who want to understand the fear of violence that is the constant companion of many gay men and lesbians in our society. --Contemporary Sociology Thousands of antigay crimes have been reported. Many thousands more go unacknowledged every year, the survivors fearing further victimization from a hostile society. A balance of science and advocacy, Hate Crimes seeks to understand this frightening phenomenon. This unique anthology will be indispensable to scientists, practitioners, and policymakers concerned about antigay violence as well as the broader issue of hate crimes against minority groups. Lay readers will find it disturbing and, at times, shocking. Beginning with an overview of antigay violence and victimization, the contributors consider such issues as: the social context of hate crimes; documenting victimization; the social psychology of bigotry and bashing; treatment and service interventions; violence against lesbian and gay male youths; conceptualizing antigay violence; and mental health consequences of antigay violence. Findings from empirical research and professional practice are juxtaposed with devastating first-person accounts by survivors of hate crimes. The editors conclude with implications for public policy. Ending hate crimes is everyone's responsibility. Readable and compelling, Hate Crimes portrays the trauma, viciousness, and horror of antigay violence. A must-read. Table of ContentsForeword - The Honorable John Conyers Jr Introduction Survivor′s Story - Claudia Brenner Eight Bullets PART ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM Anti-Gay Violence and Victimizaton in the United States - Kevin T Berrill An Overview Trends in Violence and Discrimination Against Gay Men in New York City - Laura Dean, Shanyu Wu and John L Martin 1984 to 1990 Violence in the Streets - Beatrice von Schulthess Anti-Lesbian Assault and Harassment in San Francisco Violence Against Lesbian and Gay Male Youths - Joyce Hunter Survivor′s Story - Bob Gravel PART TWO: THE CONTEXT The Social Context of Hate Crimes - Gregory M Herek Notes on Cultural Heterosexism The Ecology of Anti-Gay Violence - Howard J Ehrlich Conceptualizing Anti-Gay Violence - Joseph Harry Thinking More Clearly About Hate-Motivated Crimes - Richard A Berk, Elizabeth A Boyd and Karl M Hamner Survivor′s Story - William Edward Hassel PART THREE: PERPETRATORS Psychological Heterosexism and Anti-Gay Violence - Gregory M Herek The Social Psychology of Bigotry and Bashing Kids Who Attack Gays - Eric Weissman Gay-Bashing - Karl M Hamner A Social Identity Analysis of Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men The Gay Bashers - Michael Collins Survivor′s Story - Kathleen Sarris PART FOUR: SURVIVING AND RESPONDING Violence and Victimization of Lesbians and Gay Men - Linda Garnets, Gregory M Herek and Barrie Levy Mental Health Consequences Treatment and Service Interventions for Lesbian and Gay Male Crime Victims - David M Wertheimer The Community Response to Violence in San Francisco - Gregory M Herek An Interview with Wenny Kusuma, Lester Olmstead-Rose and Jill Tregor Organizing Against Hate on Campus - Kevin T Berrill Strategies for Activists Documenting the Victimization of Lesbians and Gay Men - Gregory M Herek and Kevin T Berrill Methodological Issues PART FIVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY Primary and Secondary Victimization in Anti-Gay Hate Crimes - Kevin T Berrill and Gregory M Herek Official Response and Public Policy

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Book SynopsisAn invaluable key to self-understanding, The Wounded Woman shows that by understanding the father-daughter wound, it is possible to achieve a fruitful, caring relationship between men and women, between fathers and daughters, a relationship that honors both the mutuality and the uniqueness of the sexes.Trade Review“Case histories, dream analyses and Jungian drawings enliven an important, original contribution to the psychology of women.” * Publishers Weekly *“Ms. Leonard has done something rare in combining her own experience with theory, and it is this combination that makes the book so profoundly moving and alive. Every woman will find insights here and the immense comfort of finding herself. I cannot recommend it too highly, a splendid addition to our growing need to come to terms with womanhood, and to rejoice in it.”“The book contains a rich tapestry of stories, classical and contemporary, poems and dramas, myths and fairy tales, and dreams. Leonard has an inexhaustible treasure house of reflective material and dips into it on virtually every page to bring to life the strengths and weaknesses, the wounds and healings of fictional characters and real people…. I believe this book can be an important one for many readers, one that opens the door to healing.” * Psychological Perspectives *“Drawing on her own experience—and the experiences of her patients—Leonard explores the hurtful influence of a weak father, a tyrannical father, an abusive father. But she is not an angry or embittered woman and The Wounded Woman is not a vindictive book. Rather, it is a healing and loving book, a work of wisdom and insight, a book for both men and women, both fathers and daughters.” * Los Angeles Times *“(Leonard) draws upon a wealth of illustrative material from her own life experience, her patients, fairy tales, myths, literature, and films. She writes well and integrates theory and practice in a manner that should make her study accessible to an audience of quite diverse backgrounds and interests.” * Library Journal *“A revelation for men, an inspiration for women, it offers all of us the chance to break the bitter cycle.” * San Francisco Chronicle *“In her practice as an analyst…(Linda Leonard) has heard the stories of other ‘wounded women‘ and she uses their experiences as well as her own to identify the behavior patterns which characterize women who have suffered from inadequate fathering, both personally and culturally…. Because she writes honestly out of her own painful experience and reflection on what she has learned, Linda Leonard is a trustworthy guide.” * Women’s Voices *“This is a good book, a strong book.… Speaks with the beauty and power of the feminine spirit.” * Journal of Women and Therapy *“The Wounded Woman is a poignant, gentle book which examines the damaged relationship between women and their fathers both at the personal level and at the cultural level…The reader with a mind that resonates to the ideas of C. G. Jung, to poetry, to possibility, to sorrow, to hope will remain with this book to the redemptive ending.” * Journal of Christian Healing *“A remarkable story because of the author's courage and honesty and expertise. It is a first-hand account of a woman finding her agonizing way through a masculine dominated culture to her own true female self.”“In writing The Wounded Woman, Linda Leonard has spoken courageously from the depth of her experience and in so doing offered us a model of feminine authority, wisdom and spirit that is compelling.” * The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisSeus ouvidos ainda estao incomodados com todas as implicancias a que foram expostos durante seu casamento. Essa e uma razao por que voce e agora rotulada como divorciada. Voce encaixotou todos os seus pertences pessoais, negociou a divisao final dos seus bens materiais, tanto juridicos quanto financeiros, pelos menos para o momento, e agora esta na hora de seguir em frente. O mundo e sua ostra- como diz o ditado atribuido a Shakespeare -, ou talvez, ate agora, so tenha sentido que e uma mera massa de molusco. Quem e voce agora? Uma pessoa do passado, a chorar sobre o leite derramado, ou uma que esta pronta para o desafio de revigorar-se e reinventar-se? Henry Ford teria dito Fracasso e simplesmente a oportunidade de comecar de novo, desta vez de forma mais inteligente. Esta afirmacao e verdadeira quanto as etapas de recuperacao que a maioria tem de passar apos a ruptura de um relacionamento. A questao vital e como recuperar-se? A Vida apos o Divorcio. Comecar de novo olha para a fase dTrade ReviewAtuando na area de Direito de Familia ha quase 20 anos, constatei que o divorcio, por mais positivo que seja o acordo obtido, gera momentos de absoluta incerteza quanto ao futuro. Muitas vezes, o cliente sente como se a sua vida tivesse acabado. Recomendo o livro A Vida apos o Divorcio. Comecar de Novo para todos aqueles que estejam passando pelo dificil processo de recuperacao do divorcio. O autor, ao compartilhar as suas proprias experiencias, bem como as de outras pessoas com as quais conviveu, vai demonstrando que ha vida, sim, apos o divorcio e da conselhos de como uma pessoa pode sair vitoriosa e mais forte apos esse processo tao doloroso. O leitor, ao avancar pelos diversos capitulos nos quais aspectos legais, praticos, economicos e emocionais foram considerados e devidamente adaptados a realidade brasileira, evolui pelas diversas fases deste periodo da vida e certamente vai beneficiar-se da leitura desse livro. Michelle Reicher e advogada formada pela Universidade de Sao Paulo. E socia do escritorio especializado em Direito de Familia e Sucessoes, Imparato e Reicher Advocacia.Table of ContentsIntroducao Capitulo Um: Implicancias, rotulos e sacolas A recuperacao do divorcio Capitulo Dois:: Um olhar sobre o passado Capitulo Tres: Placas de sinalizacao Capitulo Quatro: Estresse Capitulo Cinco: Saude e bem-estar Capitulo Seis: O processo de mudanca Capitulo Sete: O dinheiro conta Capitulo Oito: Estar feliz sozinha Capitulo Nove: Igreja, casa e o BuzzLightyear Capitulo Dez: A oportunidade bate a porta Fontes Sites uteis Sobre o Autor

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Book SynopsisThe topic of motherhood holds an enduring fascination as well as acting as an indicator to societal change. This book offers a rich comparative study across two generations of how women's experiences as first-time mothers unfold in real lives.Trade Review''I had hoped for more.' So ends Tina Miller's provocative, historically comparative look at women's experience of becoming a mother for the first time. Repeating an agenda-setting study she first undertook in the UK 21 years ago, Miller shows that, in many ways, it has never been a more challenging time to be a (working) mother. In this beautifully written, narrative-rich account, she shows how the 'intensified, individualised and undervalued' circumstances of motherhood are now deeply intertwined with pernicious (and illusive) ideas around 'balance' in the contemporary age. From one of the most authoritative scholars in the field, this book is a delightful - if troubling - read.' Charlotte Faircloth, UCL Social Research Institute, and author of Couples' Transitions to Parenthood'Tina Miller's qualitative research provides an illuminating insight into women's often ambivalent transition to motherhood and how this experience has changed - for better and, worryingly, for worse - since she conducted her original study over 20 years ago. As Miller writes, 'so much about mothering has become further intensified, responsibility-laden and of course, individualised: locking women in and keeping men out'.' Eliane Glaser, Author of Motherhood: Feminism's Unfinished Business'In spite of the fact that gender relations and norms have undergone radical changes over the past decades, ideas relating to motherhood remain surprisingly essentialist and, in many respects, out of sync with expectant and new mothers' everyday experiences. Tina Miller's timely and illuminating book shows how deeply ingrained gender essentialism is in society, and how profoundly this shapes transitions to motherhood.' Daniela Grunow, Goethe University FrankfurtTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Becoming a mother: generational shifts and narrative research; 2. Anticipating motherhood: the antenatal period; 3. Making sense of early mothering experiences; 4. A return to normal: becoming the 'expert'?; 5. Mothering experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic; 6. Conclusions and reflections; Appendices.

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of A Handbook of Children and Young People's Participation brings together work from research and practice to reflect on some of the key developments in the field since the first edition published in 2010.Subtitled Conversations for Transformational Change', the collection focuses on both ongoing and new discourses that enable us to advance thinking and practice to better understand what it means for participation to be transformational. Featuring all new content, it explores the developments that have been achieved in theory and practice in the last decade as well as the challenges and, indeed, the limitations of dominant participation approaches with children and young people in achieving genuine societal transformation. A key feature of the Handbook is the inclusion of young people as co-authors in many of the chapters.Foregrounding aspects of participation as experienced by diverse groups of children and young people, the book espTable of Contents0.Introduction: The shifting landscape of children and young people’s participation: looking forward, looking back. Part one: Reflection. Section one: Continuing challenges. 1.Children’s participation in transformational development: reflections emerging from praxis. 2.Youth participation in Aotearoa New Zealand: rationales, rights and responsiveness. 3.Discursive barriers to children's political influence. Section two: Intergenerational dynamics and the role of adults. 4.‘There was no fence’: reconceptualising children’s participation for transformative change within a school context. 5.Overcoming the adult gaze in participatory research with young people. 6.Transformative constraints in practices of co-production with social workers and young people in Hong Kong. 7.What about my voice? Facilitating the participation of disabled children and young people with complex communication needs through independent advocacy. 8.Transformative spaces: intergenerational partnership and personal transformation at the heart (and art) of child participation. Part two: Learning. Section one: Participation as a learning process. 9.Youth participation with a purpose? Promoting the transformative power of remote action-reflection research with Brazilian youth in conditions of resource insecurity. 10.Politics, participation and the pandemic: reflections on new democratic engagement and participatory inquiry growing up under Covid-19. 11.‘Hope in the present’: foregrounding uncertainty in transformative education for sustainability in the Global South. 12.Realisation of children’s right to participate using Action Research principles: a Kenyan case study. Section two: Children and young people as researchers. 13.Children’s Circle of Learning: doing critical sexuality education in India. 14.From principles to practice: application of child participation principles in collaborative participatory research between children and adults in Mali, Somalia and Sudan. 15.Peer research, power and ethics: navigating participatory research in an Africa-focused mobilities study before and during Covid-19. 16.Adventures in youth-led research with disabled young people in the UK and Japan. 17.Learning from experience: Sistematización of ten years of action research by children and adolescents with CESESMA in Nicaragua. Section three: Participation seen from ‘above’ and ‘below’. 18.Representation and conflict: tensions of youth participation. 19.Children’s participation in Aotearoa New Zealand: changes, challenges and indigenous critiques. 20.Affecting change in different contexts: children’s participation in social and public policy dialogues in Brazil, Canada and South Africa. 21.I-participate: culture and identity in enabling meaningful opportunities. Part three: Action. Section one: Children and young people as activists. 22.How perception of agency influences young people’s activism in the UK. 23.Children and young people’s activism in Brazil: from the fringes of society to the centre of decision-making. 24."Asamblea de Niñas": exploring the bonds between children's participation and the feminist movement in Buenos Aires. 25.Being a young political actor: reflections with young domestic abuse survivors from the frontline of transformative participation. 26.Understanding children's participation using the capability approach. Section two: Children and young people contesting inequalities and striving for inclusion. 27.Political mobilization through everyday struggles: children’s participation in Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST). 28.Courageous Conversations: youth participatory action research as resistance. 29.The future is ours: young people and the inclusive city. 30.Belonging and agency: the transformatory power of participatory design with children affected by displacement. Section three: Children and young people responding to the climate crisis. 31.'It’s up to you, me – all of us!' Children’s participation in Scotland’s Climate Assembly. 32.Transformative learning and societal change in climate policy: a participatory workshop with children and youth. 33.Greta Thunberg’s climate activism: challenging generational and economic power. 34.Conclusion: moving forwards for meaningful and transformative participation.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1985, Anthea Holme focuses her study on Bethnal Green in East London and Wanstead and Woodford in outer East London, the areas covered by Michael Young and Peter Willmott in their celebrated books Family and Kinship in East London and Family and Class in a London Suburb. Her aim was to discover how things had changed in the twenty-five years or so since the publication of these classic studies. She makes a four-way comparison, between then and now and between two neighbourhoods of the present, a relatively prosperous outer London suburb and a London East End district carrying its full quota of inner-city problems.The book takes as its starting point a crucial event in a family's history the birth of the first child. Housing may contribute to the happiness or the stress of the family at this time. The author looks at the present housing and the housing history of families who have just had their first child and discusses their satisfactioTable of ContentsForeword by Michael Young. Acknowledgements. Notes on Names, Places and Terms. Introduction. 1. The Neighbourhoods 2. The Families 3. Housing History 4. Family Building and Housing 5. The Homes 6. Ways of Life 7. Housing Aspirations 8. The Main Issues Discussed. Appendices. Notes and References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe newly revised and thoroughly updated standard source for mastering the human fossil record. This new edition of The Human Lineage is the best and most current guide to the morphological, geological, paleontological, and archeological evidence for the story of human evolution. This comprehensive textbook presents the history, methods, and issues of paleoanthropology through detailed analyses of the major fossils of interest to practicing scientists in the field. It will help both advanced students and practicing professionals to become involved with the lively scholarly debates that mark the field of human-origins research. Its clear and engaging chapters contain concise explanatory text and hundreds of high-quality illustrations. This thoroughly revised second edition reflects the most recent fossil discoveries and scientific analyses, offering new sections on the locomotor adaptations of Miocene hominoids, the taxonomic distinctiveness of Homo heidelbergTable of ContentsForeword xi Preface to the First Edition xiii Preface to the Second Edition xvi Some Notes on Nomenclature xix About the Companion Website xxi 1 The Fossil Record 1 1.1 The Discovery of the Deep Past 1 Changing Ideas About the Changing Earth 1 Neptune vs. Vulcan 2 A Brief Guide to Sedimentology 3 Dating the Rocks 4 The Succession of Faunas 5 Radiation-Based Dating Techniques 7 Other Dating Techniques 9 Dating Based on the Cycles of the Earth 9 The Problem of Orogeny 11 Continental Drift 11 1.2 A Brief History of Life 12 Life: The First Three Billion Years 12 Multicellular Life 14 The Cambrian Revolution 15 Jaws, Fins, and Feet 16 The Reptilian Revolutions 18 The Two Great Extinctions 20 The Mammals Take Over 21 2 Analyzing Evolution 23 2.1 Darwin and Evolution 23 Parsimony and Pigeons 23 Darwin’s Theory 24 Improving on Darwin 27 2.2 The Origin of Species 30 What, if Anything, is a Species? 30 The Speciation Process 31 The Tempo of Speciation 32 Semispecies, Hybrids, and Isolating Mechanisms 33 2.3 Species Concepts and Classification 35 Races, Semispecies, and Taxonomy 35 Other Species Concepts 37 Morphospecies and Chronospecies 39 2.4 Microevolution and Macroevolution 40 Is Evolution Smooth or Jerky? 40 The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis 41 The Politics of Macroevolution 42 2.5 Reconstructing the Tree of Life 42 Phylogenetic Inference 42 Sources of Error in Phylogenetics 44 2.6 Taxonomy and Classification 47 Linnaean Systematics 47 Evolutionary Systematics 47 Phenetics and Cladistics 49 Pros and Cons of Phylogenetic Systematics 49 3 People as Primates 51 3.1 Primates as Mammals 51 The First Mammals 51 Allometry 57 Allometry and Early Mammals 58 Death and Molar Occlusion 59 Allometry, Motherhood, and Milk 60 Respiration and the Palate 60 The Tribosphenic Molar 62 Live Birth and Placentation 64 Jurassic and Cretaceous Mammals 65 3.2 The Order Primates 66 What is a Primate? 66 The Living Strepsirrhines 73 Anthropoid Apomorphies: Ears, Eyes, and Noses 74 Tarsiers 76 Platyrrhines: The New World Anthropoids 77 Cercopithecoids: The Old World Monkeys 78 Hominoids: The Living Apes 79 Pongids and Hominids 81 Bonobos and Chimpanzees 84 Humans vs. Apes: Skulls and Teeth 85 3.3 The Primate Fossil Record 88 Primate Origins: The Crown Group 88 Fossil Primates: The Stem Group 90 Ancestral Traits and Genetic Evidence 91 The First Euprimates 92 Eocene “Lemurs” and “Tarsiers” 94 The First Anthropoids 96 Anthropoid Radiations 98 Miocene Catarrhines 99 Ape Origins 103 Cercopithecoids 107 4 The Bipedal Ape 109 4.1 The Discovery of Australopithecus 109 Being Human vs. Becoming Human 109 The Taung Child 109 Australopithecus Grows Up 111 4.2 The Anatomy of Bipedality 115 Upright Posture and the Vertebral Column 115 Bipedality and the Pelvis 116 Bipedal Locomotion: Knees 118 Bipedal Locomotion: The Hip Joint 123 Bipedal Locomotion: Feet 124 4.3 More South African Finds 127 Australopithecus Stands Up 127 The Skull of Australopithecus africanus 128 Australopithecus robustus 129 Man-Apes, Just Plain Apes, or Weird Apes? 133 Postcranial Peculiarities 133 4.4 Louis Leakey and Olduvai Gorge 135 4.5 Mio-Pliocene Enigmas 139 Sahelanthropus: The Oldest Hominin? 139 Orrorin 140 Ardipithecus 141 The Burtele Foot 146 4.6 The Genus Australopithecus 146 Australopithecus anamensis? 146 Australopithecus afarensis? 148 Afarensis Skulls and Teeth 152 Australopithecus bahrelghazali? 153 Australopithecus deyiremeda? 153 Kenyanthropus platyops? 154 Early Australopithecus from South Africa 154 Australopithecus prometheus? 155 Australopithecus aethiopicus 156 Australopithecus garhi 158 Australopithecus sediba? 159 Australopithecus boisei 160 Australopithecus robustus: Postcranial Skeleton and Relationships 162 4.7 Australopithecine Phylogeny 163 Alpha Taxonomy and Cladograms 163 Getting Around Cladistics 166 4.8 The Australopithecine Postcranium 167 Down from the Trees – How Far, How Fast? 167 Australopithecine Shoulders 171 Arms vs. Legs 172 The Hominin Hand 173 Australopithecine Vertebrae 174 Hip and Femur 177 Early Hominin Feet 179 Postcranial Diversity in Early Hominins 181 4.9 Ecology and Behavior 183 The Facts Thus Far 183 What Did Australopithecines Eat? 183 Early Hominin Environments 186 Social Ecology 188 4.10 Major Issues: Explaining Hominin Origins 192 5 The Migrating Ape 197 5.1 The Spread of Hominins out of Africa 197 5.2 The Emergence of the Genus Homo 198 Homo habilis and the Habilines 198 Habiline Dates and Stratigraphy in East Africa 203 Habiline Skulls 204 Habiline Teeth and Diets 207 Habiline Postcranial Remains 208 Habiline Taxonomy: The Frustrations of Variation 210 Back to South Africa 211 Advanced Australopithecus or Early Homo? Phylogenetic Issues 212 Early Material Culture 214 A Summary of the Habilines in Eight Questions 215 5.3 Homo erectus 216 An Introduction to Homo erectus 216 A Brief History of Homo erectus: 1889–1950 218 Later Discoveries in Africa and Eurasia 220 Erectine Chronology and Geographic Distribution 222 Asian Homo erectus: The Neurocranium 224 Cranial Capacity and the Brain in Asian Erectines 229 Asian Homo erectus: Faces and Mandibles 230 The Asian Erectine Dentition 232 Asian Erectine Postcranial Remains 233 Early African Erectine Skulls and the Ergaster Question 233 Early African Erectine Postcranial Morphology 237 Early Erectine Adaptations: Anatomy and Physiology 242 Early Erectine Adaptations: The Archaeological Evidence 245 Patterns of Development and Evolutionary Change in Erectines 247 Early Erectine Radiations in Africa 248 Out of Africa I: The First Migration into Eurasia 250 Dmanisi – The First Eurasians 253 Indonesian Erectines and the Specter of “Meganthropus” 259 Chinese Erectines 261 The Initial Occupation of Europe 262 Gran Dolina 264 5.4 Peripheral Holdouts along the Continental Margins 267 Flores 267 Luzon 272 Dushan 272 Rising Star 273 5.5 Major Issues: Summing Up the Erectines 275 6 The Big-Brained Ape: Middle Pleistocene Variants and Trends 279 6.1 Homo “heidelbergensis” 279 Crossing the Rubicon? 279 “Archaic Homo sapiens” vs. “Homo heidelbergensis” 280 Brains and Tools in the Middle Pleistocene 282 6.2 Models of Later Human Evolution 284 Changing Origin Narratives 284 The Piltdown Fraud 285 RAO and MRE 287 6.3 Regional Variants in Europe and Africa 289 European Heidelbergs 289 Petralona 290 Bilzingsleben 293 Swanscombe 293 Steinheim 294 Mauer 295 Boxgrove 296 Ceprano 296 Arago (Tautavel) and Lazaret 297 Sima de los Huesos 298 Other European Heidelbergs 303 African Heidelbergs: Kabwe 304 Bodo and Ndutu 306 African Heidelberg Mandibles 307 Other African Heidelbergs 307 North Africans 308 6.4 Asian Heidelbergs? 308 Mugharet El-Zuttiyeh 308 Other West Asian Candidates 309 South Asia 309 East Asia 309 6.5 Australasia 311 Sambungmacan 311 Ngandong 312 6.6 Supraorbital Tori, Chins, and Projecting Faces 314 6.7 The African Transition to Modern Humans 316 Background and Dating 316 The African Transitional Group: Vault Morphology 319 The African Transitional Group: Facial Morphology 320 The African Transitional Group: Additional Bones, Archaeology, and Other Matters 321 6.8 East Asian Archaic Humans 322 Background and Context 322 Dali 324 Harbin 325 Other Chinese Finds 325 East Asian Archaics: Continuity or Someone New? 326 6.9 Major Issues: Speciation, Migration, and Regional Differentiation 327 7 Talking Apes: The Neandertals 333 7.1 Changing Ideas about Neandertals 333 Early Discoveries and Interpretations 335 Neandertals – From Boule to the Twenty-First Century 338 7.2 Neandertal Chronology and Distribution 340 7.3 The Neandertal Skull 346 Neandertal Braincases 346 Neandertal Faces 356 Neandertal Mandibles 359 Neandertal Teeth 362 Prognathism 364 7.4 The Neandertal Body 366 Body Size and Proportions 366 Neck and Upper Limb 369 Lower Vertebrae, Pelvis, and Lower Limb 371 7.5 Neandertal Life History and Demography 374 7.6 Genetics and Genomics 376 The Mitochondrial Genome 376 The Nuclear Genome 378 Genes, Dates, and Lineages 379 Denisovans 380 Ghosts in the Genes 382 7.7 Brains and Behavior 383 Neandertal Brains 383 Neandertal Technology 385 Symbolic Behavior 386 Neandertals and Language 389 Diets and Subsistence Behavior 393 7.8 Neandertal Populations 395 Early European Neandertals 395 Krapina 396 “Würm” Neandertals from Western Europe 398 Western and Central Asian Neandertals 399 Late Neandertals 402 7.9 Major Issues 406 8 The Symbolic Ape: The Origins of Modern Humans 411 8.1 Symbolic Behavior 411 Signs and Symbols 411 A “Creative Explosion”? 412 8.2 Modern Human Anatomy 414 The Modern Skull 414 Cranial Capacity 416 The Postcranial Skeleton 417 8.3 The Fossil Record of Modern Human Origins 418 Geochronology 418 Early Modern Humans: The East African Record 418 Out of (East) Africa: Early Modern People in North and South Africa 421 The First Modern People Outside Africa: The Near Eastern Evidence 424 African and Circum-Mediterranean Gene Flow and Modern Human Origins 430 Modern Human Origins in East Asia 432 The First Australians 437 Europe: A Late Frontier 443 The Initial Upper Paleolithic 444 The Aurignacian and its Makers 445 The Gravettian 450 The Late Entry into Europe 452 Europe: The Morphological Evidence for Continuity 453 8.4 Genetics and Modern Human Origins 455 Genes, Populations, and Migrations 455 Human Self-Domestication? 459 Ancient DNA in Early Modern Humans 460 8.5 Modern Human Origins: The Models vs. the Data 461 The Recent African Origin Model 461 Multiregional Evolution 462 Alternative Views: The Assimilation Model 463 Assimilation and Interactions Between Modern and Archaic Humans 466 Appendix: Cranial Measurements 471 Bibliography 477 Index 583

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an accessible introduction to bisexuality studies, set within the context of contemporary social theory and research. Drawing on interviews conducted in the UK and Colombia, it maps out the territory, providing a means of understanding sexualities that are neither gay, nor lesbian, nor heterosexual.Trade Review“Bisexuality is an accessible social studies book that identifies and analyses key aspects of the lives of bisexual and other non-monosexual individuals. … book is supported throughout by reference to the scholarship of scholarship of other academics … it functions very well as an introduction to bisexual social studies. … book highlights several interesting gaps in existing scholarship, such as Indian bisexualities and bisexual parenting, but provides a solid theoretical framework upon which to start further research into these topics.” (Danni Glover, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, April, 2016)“Bisexuality: Identities, Politics, and Theories makes a substantial contribution to filling a gap in the current scholarship on sexuality. … Monro has written a magisterial book that will become a ‘must read’ text in the field of sexuality for experienced scholars, students, and social activists … . I thoroughly enjoyed reading Monro’s book and I definitely recommend it. The current scholarship needed a book like this and I hope it will open the way for further research.” (Dr. Bolzonar Fabio, British Sociological Association Network, Issue 123, Summer, 2016)Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Bisexuality and Social Theory3. Intersectionality4. Sex, Relationships, Kinship, and Community 5. Bisexuality, Organisations and Capitalism6. Bisexuality and Citizenship7. Bisexuality, Activism, Democracy and the State

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Book SynopsisThis collection is an engaging exploration of how Bourdieu's key concepts - field, habitus and capital - help us re-think the status of childhood. The authors are committed to improving the social status and well-being of childhood in social, economic and political worlds that too often fail to accord children respect for their human rights.Trade Review“The book will be well received by researchers seeking to become familiar with Bourdieu’s work. I am also convinced that it will become an important point of reference for scholars already familiar with the application of Bourdieu’s thinking. Alanen, Brooker and Berry’s edited collection will enable readers to better address and situate the complex issues children face in a quickly changing socio-technical world.” (Christina Rebekka Ergler, Children's Geographies, Vol. 15 (1), March, 2017)Table of Contents1. Introduction; Leena Alanen, Liz Brooker and Berry Mayall 2. Intergenerational Relations: Embodiment over Time; Berry Mayall 3. Cultural Capital in the Preschool Years: Can the State 'Compensate' for the Family?; Liz Brooker 4. Between Young Children and Adults: Practical Logic in Families' Lives; Pascale Garnier 5. Early Childhood Education as a Social Field: Everyday Struggles and Practices of Dominance; Mari Vuorisalo and Leena Alanen 6. 'A Fish in Water?' Social Lives and Local Connections: the Case of Young People who Travel Outside their Local Areas to Secondary School; Abigail Knight 7. Childhood in Africa between Local Powers and Global Hierarchies; Geraldine Andre and Mathieu Hilgers 8. "Those who are good to us, we call them friends": Social Support and Social Networks for Children Growing up in Poverty in Rural Andhra Pradesh, India; Virginia Morrow and Uma Vennam 9. Struggling to Support: Genesis of the Practice of Using Support Persons in the Finnish Child Welfare Field; Johanna Moilanen, Johanna Kiili and Leena Alanen 10. Decision-making Processes in Review Meetings for Children in Care: a Bourdieusian Analysis; Karen Winter

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2.Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Sexuality.- 3.Law, Policy and Practice: National and International Dimension.- 4.The Age of Consent.- 5.Constructing and Managing Risk: The Example of Teenage Pregnancy.- 6.Sexualisation of Childhood.- 7.Diversity and Difference.- 8.Schooling Sexuality.- 9.Sexual Literacy.- 9.Sex, Sexuality and Social Media: A New and Pressing Danger.- 10.Conclusion: Reconciling Childhood and Sexuality.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Sexuality.- 3. Law, Policy and Practice: National and International Dimension.- 4. The Age of Consent.- 5. Constructing and Managing Risk: The Example of Teenage Pregnancy.- 6. Sexualisation of Childhood.- 7. Diversity and Difference.- 8. Schooling Sexuality.- 9. Sexual Literacy.- 9. Sex, Sexuality and Social Media: A New and Pressing Danger.- 10. Conclusion: Reconciling Childhood and Sexuality.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the use of technology in young people’s social lives against a backdrop of “online safety measures” put in place by the UK government to ensure safe and risk free engagement with online services.Table of Contents1. What Do We Mean by ‘Child Online Safety’.- 2. Public Concern and the Policy “Solution”.- 3. Young People and Digital Lives.- 4. Gaming: Violent Content = Violent Children?.- 5. Sexting: “The Teen Epidemic”.- 6. How Big is the Gulf?.- 7. Where next?

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