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University of Minnesota Press Total Liberation
Book SynopsisTrade Review"David Naguib Pellow is a first-rate scholar, and this rich, carefully-researched book demonstrates that fact. His refusal to march lock-step with any given theoretical perspective but, rather, to employ a variety of them to illuminate his data (data from diverse sources) makes this effort all the more impressive. In numerous places I found myself admiring his insights into a movement I have studied for decades." —Rik Scarce, Skidmore College"A must read for scholars interested in repression, radical movements, and ethics."—Mobilization"An important work for social movement scholars, for those theorizing environmental-social connections, and for those interested in genuine democracy and the movement toward total liberation from socioecological injustices. It is a critical but hopeful work from a scholar dedicated to making such liberation more thinkable."—American Journal of Sociology"One of the most authentic accounts of the sunless side of what is widely known as ecoterrorism."—CHOICE"Total Liberation sets a standard by which future research can be judged."—AntipodeTable of ContentsContentsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: All Oppression Is Linked1. Never Apologies for Your Rage: Radical Origins and Organizing2. Justice for the Earth and All Its Animals3. Anarchism and Anticapitalism: Liberation from Government and Market4. Direct Action: Confrontation, Sabotage, and Property Destruction5. The Green Scare: State Repression of Liberation Movements6. Resisting the Green ScareConclusion: Piecing It TogetherNotesBibliographyIndex
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Utah State University Press Living Folklore An Introduction to the Study of
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Carolina Academic Press We Have No Microbes Here Healing Practices in a
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Eliot Werner Publications Inc Deviance and Identity
Book SynopsisThe sociology of deviance was in its heyday when this book was published in 1969. John Lofland traces the field from pre-World War II to the late sixties and pioneers the application of grounded theory to the study of deviant behavior.Trade Review [A]n attempt to systematize, elaborate, and extend—occasionally with insight and imagination—the concepts generated by Goffman’s sociology of everyday life. (John I. Kitsuse, American Sociological Review) 'At a time when the field of deviance is being flooded by redundant books of readings, it is most refreshing to encounter a theoretically oriented work which attempts to bring together and synthesize some of the currently popular literature in this area.' (Steven G. Lubeck, Social Forces) '[B]elong[s] to a current and dominant trend in modern sociology which places deviance in its natural and total cultural context.' (Marvin K. Opler, American Journal of Sociology) Table of ContentsPrologue to the Percheron Press Edition, Joel Best 1. Introduction: Ideological Matters 2. Introduction: Logical Matters I. The Deviant Act 3. The Defensive Deviant Act: Threat and Encapsulation 4. The Defensive Deviant Act: Closure 5. The Adventurous Deviant Act II. The Assumption of Deviant Identity 6. Social Identification as Pivotally Deviant 7. Escalation to Deviant Identity: Others and Places 8. Escalation to Deviant Identity: Hardware and Actor III. The Assumption of Normal Identity 9. Social Identification as Pivotally Normal 10. Escalation to Normal Identity: Others and Places 11. Escalation to Normal Identity: Hardware and Actor 12. Concluding Remarks Bibliographic Index
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Eliot Werner Publications Inc On What Is Learned in School EWP Foundations of
Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the nature of schooling and its links with the family, occupations, and politics. Robert Dreeben emphasizes the relationship between school structure and learning outcomes, the importance of these outcomes to other social institutions, and the contrasts between school structure and other socializing agencies.Trade Review 'Robert Dreeben’s work cuts across many aspects of the sociology of education and is at the background of a whole range of discussions in the field. In this context On What Is Learned in School remains a most important document. The book has been my on own course reading list for decades and remains there now. It has many followers and is a landmark achievement.' (John W. Meyer, Stanford University) '[O]ne of the very best books written about the sociology of schools. The book benefits from a clear theoretical perspective, which illuminates the dynamics of a personality as it passes from the world of the family of origin to the adult world of work and politics.' (Amitai Etzioni, Sociology of Education) Dreeben has fleshed out . . . the bare bones of an argument that Parsons first advanced in an article on the school class as a social system . . . and has contributed his own theoretical insights into the relationship of the structure of the school to the socialization process.' (Jan J. Loubser, Sociology of Education) Table of ContentsPrologue to the Percheron Press Edition Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Social Structure of Family and School Settings Chapter 3. Patterns of Conduct in Families and Schools Chapter 4. Normative Outcomes of Schooling Chapter 5. The Contribution of Schooling to the Learning of Norms: Independence, Achievement, Universalism, and Specificity Chapter 6. Schooling and Citizenship Chapter 7. Schooling, Work, and Politics Author Index Subject Index
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Taylor & Francis Medical Sociology
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive major academic textbook available on its topic, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers throughout the text. Since its inception, this book's principal goal has been to introduce students to the field of medical sociology and serve as a reference for faculty by presenting the most current ideas, issues, concepts, themes, theories, and research findings in the field. This new edition is heavily revised with updated data and important new additions. New to this edition: A contemporary account of medical sociologyâs subfields (Chapter 1) New chapter on COVID-19 (Chapter 3) Update on the widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor (Chapter 4) New chapter on gender and health, including the convergence of life expeTable of Contents1. Medical Sociology 2. Social Epidemiology 3. COVID-19 4. The Social Demography of Health: Social Class 5. The Social Demography of Health: Gender 6. The Social Demography of Health: Age and Race 7. Social Stress and Health 8. Health Behavior and Lifestyles 9. Illness Behavior and the Sick Role 10. Doctor-Patient Interaction 11. Physicians 12. The Physician in a Changing Society 13. Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives 14. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) 15. Hospitals 16. Health Care Reform and Public Policy in the United States 17. Global Health Care
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Sage Publications, Inc Social Problems
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SAGE Publications Inc Crime and Criminal Justice
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SAGE Publications Inc Criminal InJustice
Book SynopsisCriminal (In)Justice: A Critical Introduction examines the American criminal justice and the social forces that shape it. Using a conversational voice, the book engages readers and challenges them to consider the inequalities in the criminal justice system as well as in the broader society it is designed to protect, then ask, "What can I do to make this better?". Table of ContentsSection I: Crime Chapter 1: Defining, Classifying, and Measuring Crime Chapter 2: Criminal Law Chapter 3: Criminology Chapter 4: Crime and Inequality Section II: Policing Chapter 5: The Nature and History of Policing Chapter 6: Modern Policing Chapter 7: Police Deviance Section III: Courts and Trials Chapter 8: Courts Chapter 9: Criminal Trials Section IV: Corrections and Special Topics Chapter 10: The Theory and History of Punishment Chapter 11: Prison Life Chapter 12: Alternatives to Prison Chapter 13: The Death Penalty Chapter 14: Juvenile Justice
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Sage Publications, Inc Sociology
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Sage Publications, Inc Social Problems
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Sage Publications Juvenile Delinquency
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Sage Publications Sociology in Action
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Sage Publications Introduction to Sociology
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Blue Rose Publishers Investigating Social Problems
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Random House USA Inc Schools on Trial
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Human Behavior
Book SynopsisA unique approach to human behavior that integrates and interprets the latest research from cell to society Incorporating principles and findings from molecular biology, neuroscience, and psychological and sociocultural sciences, Human Behavior employs a decidedly integrative biosocial, multiple-levels-of-influence approach. This approach allows students to appreciate the transactional forces shaping life course opportunities and challenges among diverse populations in the United States and around the world. Human Behavior includes case studies, Spotlight topics, and Expert''s Corner features that augment the theme of each chapter. This book is rooted in the principles of empirical science and the evidence-based paradigm, with coverage of: Genes and behavior Stress and adaptation Executive functions Temperament Personality and the social work profession Social exchange and cooperationTable of ContentsPreface xv Human Behavior and the Core Competencies (EPAS) xix About the Authors xxiii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING THE CELL TO SOCIETY FRAMEWORK 1 CHAPTER 2 GENES AND BEHAVIOR 23 CHAPTER 3 STRESS AND ADAPTATION 43 CHAPTER 4 EMOTION 63 CHAPTER 5 EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS 83 CHAPTER 6 TEMPERAMENT 103 CHAPTER 7 PERSONALITY 127 CHAPTER 8 COGNITION AND LEARNING 149 CHAPTER 9 SOCIAL EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION 171 CHAPTER 10 SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL RELATIONS 195 CHAPTER 11 TECHNOLOGY 217 CHAPTER 12 THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 237 CHAPTER 13 INSTITUTIONS 261 CHAPTER 14 BELIEF SYSTEMS AND IDEOLOGY 283 Glossary 309 References 319 Author Index 357 Subject Index 367
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Book SynopsisAn accessible and engaging guide to the study of human behavior in the social environment, covering every major theoretical approach Providing an overview of the major human behavioral theories used to guide social work practice with individuals, families, small groups, and organizations, Human Behavior in the Social Environment examines a different theoretical approach in each chapter?from its historical and conceptual origins to its relevance to social work and clinical applications. Each chapter draws on a theoretical approach to foster understanding of normative individual human development and the etiology of dysfunctional behavior, as well as to provide guidance in the application of social work intervention. Edited by a team of scholars, Human Behavior in the Social Environment addresses the Council on Social Work Education''s required competencies for accreditation (EPAS) and explores: Respondent Learning theory Operant Learning theory Cognitive-Behavioral theory Attachment theory Psychosocial theory Person-Centered theory Genetic theory Ecosystems theory Small Group theory Family Systems theory Organizational theory Table of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xxix About the Editors xxxi Contributors xxxiii Chapter 1 Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Exploring Conceptual Foundations 1Susan I. Stone, Yolanda Anyon, Stephanie Berzin, Sarah Taylor, and Michael J. Austin Scholarly and Professional Dilemmas Related to Human Behavior and the Social Environment 2 Development of the Human Behavior and Social Environment Construct 7 A Selection of Frameworks That Address Linkages Between Human Behavior and the Social Environment 14 Life Course Approach: An Application 17 The Social Environment: Key Concepts 28 Frameworks for Linking Knowledge to Practice 36 Conclusion 38 Key Terms 39 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 39 Online Resources 40 References 41 Chapter 2 Respondent Learning Theory 47Bruce A. Thyer Respondent Learning Processes 49 Naturally Occurring Examples of Respondent Learning in Real Life 56 Experimental Examples of Respondent Learning 59 Examples of Respondent Learning of Psychosocial Problems 62 Using Respondent Learning in Social Work Practice 67 Creating Conditioned Reactions 69 Philosophical Foundations of Respondent Learning 71 Key Terms 74 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 75 Online Resources 75 References 75 Chapter 3 Operant Learning Theory 83Stephen E. Wong Historical and Conceptual Origins 83 Basic Theoretical Principles 85 Advanced Theoretical Principles 96 Recent Theoretical Developments 98 Relevance to Social Work Practice 103 Critiques of the Operant Learning Approach 111 Key Terms 112 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 112 Online Resources 113 References 114 Chapter 4 Cognitive-Behavioral Theory 125Paula S. Nurius and Rebecca J. Macy Relevance to Contemporary Practitioners 125 Overview of Cognitive-Behavioral Theory 126 Historical and Conceptual Origins 128 Basic Theoretical Principles 132 Advanced Theoretical Principles 140 Recent Theoretical Developments 144 Relevance to Social Work Practice 146 Evidence-Based Foundations 154 Critiques of This Approach 155 Key Terms 157 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 157 Online Resources 158 References 159 Chapter 5 Attachment Theory 165Michelle Mohr Carney and Phen M. Young Historical and Conceptual Origins 166 Basic Theoretical Principles 168 Advanced Theoretical Principles 169 Recent Theoretical Developments 171 Relevance to Social Work Practice 173 Critiques of This Approach 182 Key Terms 183 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 183 Online Resources 184 References 184 Chapter 6 Psychosocial Theory 193Roberta R. Greene Developmental Theory 193 Historical and Conceptual Origins 194 Basic Theoretical Principles 197 Advanced Theoretical Principles 207 Recent Theoretical Developments 210 Relevance to Social Work Practice 212 Evidence-Based Foundations: Erikson on Erikson 214 Critiques of This Approach 215 Key Terms 219 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 219 Online Resources 220 References 220 Chapter 7 Person-Centered Theory 225Michael J. Holosko, Jeffrey Skinner, and Catherine A. Patterson Historical and Conceptual Origins 226 Basic Theoretical Principles 233 Advanced Theoretical Principles 239 Recent Theoretical Developments 243 Relevance to Social Work 244 Assessment 246 Intervention 248 Evidence-Based Foundations 251 Critiques of This Approach 254 Key Terms 257 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 258 Online Resources 258 References 259 Chapter 8 Genetic Theory 263Laura J. Pankow The Eukaryotic Cell 266 Chromosomes 268 Reproduction 270 Mitosis 271 Mendelian Genetics 273 The Process of Meiosis 275 Pedigrees 277 DNA and RNA 278 The Genetics of Gender 281 The Human Genome Project 285 Conclusion 291 Key Terms 292 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 292 Online Resources 292 References 294 Chapter 9 Ecosystems Theory 297Mark A. Mattaini and Kristen Huffman-Gottschling The Ecosystems Perspective in Social Work 298 The Conceptual Roots of the Ecosystems Perspective 300 Evaluating the Ecosystems Perspective 311 Returning to the Science 314 Mapping Practice 316 Conclusion 318 Key Terms 319 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 319 Online Resources 320 References 320 Chapter 10 Small Group Theory 327Lorraine Moya Salas, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, and Craig Winston LeCroy Definitions 329 History and Conceptual Origins 330 Basic Theoretical Principles 339 Advanced Theoretical Principles 344 Recent Theoretical Developments 350 Relevance to Social Work Practice 353 Evidence-Based Foundations 359 Critiques of This Approach 361 Key Terms 362 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 363 Online Resources 363 References 364 Chapter 11 Family Systems Theory 369Martha Morrison Dore Historical and Conceptual Origins 369 Basic Theoretical Principles 377 Advanced Theoretical Principles 379 Recent Theoretical Developments 383 Relevance to Social Work Practice 385 Evidence-Based Foundations 396 Critiques of This Theory 398 Key Terms 401 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 401 Online Resources 401 References 402 Chapter 12 Organizational Theory 411John E. Tropman and Emily J. Nicklett Organizational Behavior 411 Historical and Conceptual Origins 414 Basic Theoretical Principles 422 Advanced Theoretical Principles 426 Recent Theoretical Developments 432 Relevance to Social Work Practice 442 Overall Social Work Demographics 443 Evidence-Based Foundations 451 Critiques of This Approach 452 Conclusion 452 Key Terms 453 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 453 Online Resources 453 References 454 Chapter 13 The Potentially Harmful Effects of Theory in Social Work 459Bruce A. Thyer Some Harmful Effects of Bad Theory 461 Where Can We Go From Here? 476 Conclusion 481 Key Terms 482 Review Questions for Critical Thinking 482 Online Resources 483 References 484 Author Index 489 Subject Index 499
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd What Makes a Difference
Book SynopsisA randomized trial evaluated the efficacy of 17 Early Head Start (EHS) programs. 3,001 low-income families with a pregnant women or an infant under 12 months were assigned to a treatment or control group. Data were collected when children were 1, 2, 3, and 5 years old. Analyses examined (1) impacts at ages 2 and 3 (while services were being offered) and at age 5, and (2) contributions of early education experiences across children''s first 5 years of life. Child outcomes included cognition, language, attention, behavior problems, and health; maternal outcomes included parenting, mental health, and employmentTable of ContentsI. BACKGROUND LITERATURE REVIEW PERTAINING TO THE EARLY HEAD START STUDYHelen H. Raikes, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and John M. Love II. DESIGN AND METHODS IN THE EARLY HEAD START STUDYRichard A. Faldowski, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, John M. Love, and Cheri Vogel III. IMPACTS OF EARLY HEAD START PARTICIPATION ON CHILD AND PARENT OUTCOMES AT AGES 2, 3, AND 5Cheri Vogel, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Anne Martin, and Mary M. Klute IV. FAMILY SUBGROUPS AND IMPACTS AT AGES 2, 3, AND 5: VARIABILITY BY RACE/ETHNICITY AND DEMOGRAPHIC RISKHelen H. Raikes, Cheri Vogel, and John M. Love V. PROGRAM SUBGROUPS: PATTERNS OF IMPACTS FOR HOME-BASED, CENTER-BASED, AND MIXED-APPROACH PROGRAMSRachel Chazan-Cohen, Helen H. Raikes, and Cheri Vogel VI. LINKS BETWEEN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION EXPERIENCES BIRTH TO AGE 5 AND PREKINDERGARTEN OUTCOMESRachel Chazan-Cohen and Ellen E. Kisker VII. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONSJeanne Brooks-Gunn, John M. Love, Helen H. Raikes, and Rachel Chazan-Cohen REFERENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTRIBUTORS STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY SUBJECT INDEX
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Markets Competition and the Economy as a Social
Book SynopsisThis book is an examination of markets, competition, and market governance from a critical, heterodox perspective. .Table of ContentsEditor's Introduction Frederic S. Lee Economy as a Social System: Niklas Luhmann's Contribution and its Significance for Economics Ivan Boldyrev Social Network Analysis and the Sociology of Economics: Filling a Blind Spot with the Idea of Social Embeddedness Dieter Boegenhold Scmoller’s Method as a Critique and Alternative to Marginalist Economics: A Comment to Louzek Carlo D'Ippoliti The Economic Deterioration of the Family: Historical Contingencies Preceding the Great Depression Michael Gillespie The Market Concept: A Characterization from Institutional and Post Keynesian Economics Eduardo Fernandez-Huerga Understanding the Socio-Economics Impact of Actually Existing Markets: An Analytical Framework for Empirical Research Lynn Chester Three Makes of Competition in the Marketplace William Redmond Saving Private Business Enterprises: A Heterodox Microeconomic Approach to Market Governance and Market Regulation Tae-Hee Jo Consumer Market Cycles Riders, Industries and Environments in France and the United States, 1865-1914 Thomas C. Burr The End of the Consensus in Macroeconomic Theory? A Methodological Inquiry John McCombie and Maureen Pike
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Global Heritage
Book SynopsisExamines the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of heritage research and practice, and the underlying international politics of protecting cultural and natural resources around the globe.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Introduction: Globalizing Heritage 1Lynn Meskell 1 UNESCO and New World Orders 22Lynn Meskell and Christoph Brumann 2 Neoliberalism, Heritage Regimes, and Cultural Rights 43Rosemary J. Coombe and Lindsay M. Weiss 3 Civil Societies? Heritage Diplomacy and Neo-Imperialism 70Morag M. Kersel and Christina Luke 4 Bridging Cultural and Natural Heritage 94Denis Byrne and Gro Birgit Ween 5 Communities and Ethics in the Heritage Debates 112Chip Colwell and Charlotte Joy 6 Heritage Management and Conservation: From Colonization to Globalization 131Webber Ndoro and Gamini Wijesuriya 7 Heritage and Violence 150Alfredo González-Ruibal and Martin Hall 8 Urban Heritage and Social Movements 171Chiara De Cesari and Michael Herzfeld 9 Sustainable Development: Heritage, Community, Economics 196Sophia Labadi and Peter G. Gould 10 Transnationalism and Heritage Development 217Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels and Ian Lilley 11 Heritage and Tourism 240Noel B. Salazar and Yujie Zhu Index 259
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Relation of Childhood Physical Activity to
Book SynopsisThere is a growing public health burden of inactivity in industrialized nations. In recent years, children have become increasingly inactive, leading to concomitant increases in the prevalence of being overweight and unfit. Inactivity during childhood has implications for the prevalence of several chronic diseases (e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes) observed in adulthood. These 'adult-onset' diseases have also become more prevalent during childhood and adolescence, exacerbating the need to develop novel treatments that provide enduring benefit by altering the chronic and oftentimes debilitating course of these lifestyle diseases. Of further interest is the absence of public health concern for the effect of inactivity on brain health and cognition. It is curious that this has not emerged as a larger societal issue, given its obvious relation to childhood obesity and other inactivity-related disorders that have captured the United States and other industrialized nations. Many schools have mTable of ContentsABSTRACT VII I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RELATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO COGNITIVE AND BRAIN HEALTH, AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTCharles H. Hillman 1 II. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: MEASUREMENT AND BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS IN CHILDREN AND YOUTHThomas R. Wójcicki and Edward McAuley 7 III. THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND AEROBIC FITNESS FOR COGNITIVE CONTROL AND MEMORY IN CHILDRENLaura Chaddock-Heyman, Charles H. Hillman, Neal J. Cohen, and Arthur F. Kramer 25 IV. THE COGNITIVE IMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY AND NUTRITION IN CHILDHOODNaiman A. Khan, Lauren B. Raine, Sharon M. Donovan, and Charles H. Hillman 51 V. THE DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF ADIPOSITY AND FITNESS WITH COGNITIVE CONTROL IN PREADOLESCENT CHILDRENMatthew B. Pontifex, Keita Kamijo, Mark R. Scudder, Lauren B. Raine, Naiman A. Khan, Bonnie Hemrick, Ellen M. Evans, Darla M. Castelli, Kenneth A. Frank, and Charles H. Hillman 72 VI. THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN REDUCING BARRIERS TO LEARNING IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS Matthew B. Pontifex, Jodene G. Fine, Katelin da Cruz, Andrew C. Parks, and Alan L. Smith 93 VII. THE HISTORY OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE RESEARCH: INFORMING THE FUTUREDarla M.Castelli, Erin E. Centeio, Jungyun Hwang, Jeanne M. Barcelona, Elizabeth M. Glowacki, Hannah G. Calvert, and Hildi M. Nicksic 119 VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF THE RESEARCH ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND CHILDHOOD COGNITIVE AND BRAIN HEALTHCharles H. Hillman 149 COMMENTARY MECHANISMS AND CORRELATES OF A HEALTHY BRAIN: A COMMENTARYCarol L. Cheatham 153 CONTRIBUTORS 166 STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 171 SUBJECT INDEX 173 AUTHOR INDEX 185
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of
Book SynopsisThis collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture. It includes such topics as art, science, religion, race, class, gender, collective memory, institutions, and citizenship.Table of ContentsList of Contributors x Introduction 1Mark D. Jacobs and Nancy Weiss Hanrahan PART I PROBLEMS OF THEORY AND METHOD 15 1 Structure, Culture and Agency 17Margaret S. Archer 2 Culture and Cognition 35Albert J. Bergesen 3 Difference and Cultural Systems: Dissonance in Three Parts 48Nancy Weiss Hanrahan PART II CULTURAL SYSTEMS 63 4 Culture in Global Knowledge Societies: Knowledge Cultures and Epistemic Cultures 65Karin Knorr Cetina 5 Media Culture(s) and Public Life 80Ronald N. Jacobs 6 "Religion as a Cultural System": Theoretical and Empirical Developments Since Geertz 97Rhys H. Williams 7 Aesthetic Uncertainty: The New Canon? 114Vera L. Zolberg 8 Pragmatics of Taste 131Antoine Hennion PART III EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING 145 9 Music and Social Experience 147Tia DeNora 10 Consumer Culture 160Daniel Thomas Cook 11 Fame and Everyday Life: The "Lottery Celebrities" of Reality TV 176Andrea L. Press and Bruce A. Williams 12 Labor for Love: Rethinking Class and Culture in the Case of Single Motherhood 190Maria Kefalas PART IV IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE 205 13 New Developments in Class and Culture 207David Halle and L. Frank Weyher 14 Sexuality and Religion: Negotiating Identity Differences 220Michele Dillon 15 Race after the Cultural Turn 234Orville Lee PART V COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND CULTURAL AMNESIA 251 16 Collective Memory: Why Culture Matters 253Barry Schwartz, Kazuya Fukuoka, and Sachiko Takita-Ishii 17 Counter-Memories of Terrorism: The Public Inscription of a Dramatic Past 272Anna Lisa Tota 18 Museums and the Constitution of Culture 286Jan Marontate 19 Dilemmas of the Witness 302Robin Wagner-Pacifici PART VI THE CULTURE OF INSTITUTIONS 315 20 Professions as Disciplinary Cultures 317Magali Sarfatti Larson 21 Everyday Life and the Constitution of Legality 332Susan S. Silbey 22 The Discourses of Welfare and Welfare Reform 346John W. Mohr 23 The Culture of Savings and Loan Scandal in the No-Fault Society 364Mark D. Jacobs PART VII THE CULTURE OF CITIZENSHIP: LOCAL, NATIONAL, GLOBAL 381 24 Civic Culture at the Grass Roots 383Paul Lichterman 25 Public Vocabularies of Religious Belief: Explicit and Implicit Religious Discourse in the American Public Sphere 398John H. Evans 26 Democracy and Globalization in the Global Economy 412Diana Crane 27 The Autonomy of Culture and the Invention of the Politics of Small Things: 1968 Revisited 428Jeffrey C. Goldfarb 28 Toward a Nonculturalist Sociology of Culture: On Class and Status in Globalizing Capitalism 444Nancy Fraser Bibliography 460 Index 500
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Social Psychology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Feminism Is for Everybody
Book SynopsisWhat is feminism? In this short, accessible primer, bell hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her characteristic clarity and directness, hooks encourages readers to see how feminism can touch and change their livesâto see that feminism is for everybody.Trade ReviewPraise for Feminism Is for Everybody:"bell hooks has always written in a very readable style, eschewing footnotes because people in her hometown told her they were put off by books with footnotes. This time, she set out to write a book that explains feminism, particularly for a mainstream audience….certainly she has once again made the point that feminists need to try to reach women of all races and classes." —Carol Anne Douglas, Off Our Backs (2001)Table of ContentsPreface to the New Edition Introduction: Come Closer to Feminism 1. Feminist Politics: Where We Stand 2. Consciousness-Raising: A Constant Change of Heart 3. Sisterhood Is Still Powerful 4. Feminist Education for Critical Consciousness 5. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Reproductive Rights 6. Beauty Within and Without 7. Feminist Class Struggle 8. Global Feminism 9. Women at Work 10. Race and Gender 11. Ending Violence 12. Feminist Masculinity 13. Feminist Parenting 14. Liberating Marriage and Partnership 15. A Feminist Sexual Politic: An Ethics of Mutual Freedom 16. Total Bliss: Lesbianism and Feminism 17. To Love Again: The Heart of Feminism 18. Feminist Spirtuality 19. Visionary Feminism
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Picador USA Beautiful Souls
Book SynopsisA fascinating study in the better angels of our nature.George Packer, The New YorkerA New York Times Book Review Editors'' ChoiceHistory has produced many specimens of the banality of evil, but what about its flip side, what impels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention? Through these dramatic stories of unlikely resisters, Eyal Press'' Beautiful Souls shows that the boldest acts of dissent are often carried out not only by radicals seeking to overthrow the system but also by true believers who cling with unusual fierceness to their convictions. Drawing on groundbreaking research by moral psychologists and neuroscientists, this deeply reported work of narrative journalism examines the choices and dilemmas we all face when our principles collide with the loyalties we harbor and the duties we are expected to fulfill.
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St. Martin's Griffin The Social Instinct
Book SynopsisEnriching Publisher''s WeeklyExcellent and illuminatingWall Street JournalIn the tradition of Richard Dawkins''s The Selfish Gene, Nichola Raihani''s The Social Instinct is a profound and engaging look at the hidden relationships underpinning human evolution, and why cooperation is key to our future survival.Cooperation is the means by which life arose in the first place. It's how life progressed through scale and complexity, from free-floating strands of genetic material to nation states. But given what we know about evolution, cooperation is also something of a puzzle. How does cooperation begin, when on a Darwinian level, all the genes in the body care about is being passed on to the next generation? Why do meerkats care for one another's offspring? Why do babbler birds in the Kalahari form colonies in which only a single pair breeds? And how come some reef-dwelling fish punish each other for harming fish fr
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Metropolitan Books Somewhere in the Unknown World
Book SynopsisFrom an exceptional storyteller, Somewhere in the Unknown World is a collection of powerful stories of refugees who have found new lives in Minnesota's Twin Cities, told by the award-winning author of The Latehomecomer and The Song Poet.All over this country, there are refugees. But beyond the headlines, few know who they are, how they live, or what they have lost. Although Minnesota is not known for its diversity, the state has welcomed more refugees per capita than any other, from Syria to Bosnia, Thailand to Liberia. Now, with nativism on the rise, Kao Kalia Yangherself a Hmong refugeehas gathered stories of the stateless who today call the Twin Cities home.Here are people who found the strength and courage to rebuild after leaving all they hold dear. Awo and her mother, who escaped from Somalia, reunite with her father on the phone every Saturday, across the span of continents and decades. Tommy, born in Minneapolis to refugees from Ca
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St. Martin's Griffin Dopeworld
Book SynopsisIn this irreverent ode to gonzo journalism, one writer travels the globe to explore the use of recreational drugs in cultures around the world.After I got out of jail, I was determined to find out more about how the issue of drugs not only landed me there, but has shaped the entire world: wars, scandals, coups, revolutions. I read every book, watched every documentary. I saved up to buy plane tickets. I went to Colombia, Mexico, Russia, Italy, Japan and the Afghan borderall in all, fifteen countries across five continents.Call me Narco Polo.Just as Anthony Bourdain''s No Reservations did for the world of food, Dopeworld is an intoxicating journey into the world of drugs. From the cocaine farms in South America to the streets of Manila, Dopeworld traces the emergence of psychoactive substances and our intimate relationship with them. As a former drug dealer turned subversive scholar, with unparalleled access to drug lo
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Henry Holt & Company Fat Talk
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Book Riot best book of 2023A Science Friday best book of 2023An Audible best well-being audiobook of 2023By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that fat is bad. By middle school, more than a quarter of them have gone on a diet. What are parents supposed to do?Kids learn, as we've all learned, that thinness is a survival strategy in a world that equates body size and value. Parents worry if their kids care too much about being thin, but even more about the consequences if they aren't. And multibillion-dollar industries thrive on this fear of fatness. We've fought the war on obesity for over forty years and Americans aren't thinner or happier with their bodies. But it's not our kidsor their weightwho need fixing.In this illuminating narrative, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith exposes the daily onslaught of fatphobia and body shaming that kids face from school,
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Henry Holt & Company Inc Chinatown
Book SynopsisWelcome to Chinatown. There is so much to see. People practicing tai-chi, shoe cobblers, rows of herbs, outdoor fish markets, and more. And best of all, when the Lunar New Year begins, there''s a New Year''s Day parade, complete with a lion dance.This bilingual board book adaptation of William Low''s Chinatown is a feast for the eyes and a celebration of the ordinary and the spectacular.
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Picador USA Dirty Work
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2022 Hillman Prize for Book JournalismA groundbreaking, urgent report from the front lines of dirty workthe work that society considers essential but morally compromisedDrone pilots who carry out targeted assassinations. Undocumented immigrants who man the kill floors of industrial slaughterhouses. Guards who patrol the wards of the United States' most violent and abusive prisons. In Dirty Work, Eyal Press offers a paradigm-shifting view of the moral landscape of contemporary America through the stories of people who perform society's most ethically troubling jobs. As Press shows, we are increasingly shielded and distanced from an array of morally questionable activities that other, less privileged people perform in our name.The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn unprecedented attention to essential workers, and to the health and safety risks to which workers in prisons and slaughterhouses are exposed. But Dirty Work examine
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Annual Editions Education
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Taking Sides Clashing Views on Legal Issues
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McGraw-Hill Companies Looseleaf for Croteau Experience Sociology
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McGraw-Hill Companies Looseleaf for Sociology Matters
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OM Book Service Loose Leaf Window on Humanity
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Cengage Learning Sociology A Global Perspective LooseLeaf Version
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Cengage Learning, Inc Sociology in Our Times
Book SynopsisThis best-selling text will help you learn sociology and how it applies to a socially and globally changing world. Chapters open with a Sociology and Everyday Life box that highlights such relevant topics as bullying and social media abuse, digital-age methods to increase school attendance, food trucks and the spread of culture, modern slavery, and weight bias. These opening vignettes mirror the richness and complexity of society and establish themes that are carried throughout chapters to provide you with a framework for learning the material. The author's vivid, inviting writing style; eye for compelling current examples; thorough presentation of sociological theory and contemporary perspectives such as feminism and postmodernism; and emphasis on trying out what you're learning will engage you and show you sociology's relevance to your life.
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Macmillan Learning Society and Technological Change
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W. W. Norton & Company Introduction to Sociology
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Women Who Kill
Book SynopsisWomen Who Kill explores several lines of inquiry: the female murderer as a figure that destabilizes order; the tension between criminal and victim; the relationship between crime and expression (or the lack thereof); and the paradox whereby a crime can be both an act of destruction and a creative assertion of agency. In doing so, the contributors assess the influence of feminist, queer and gender studies on mainstream television and cinema, notably in the genres (film noir, horror, melodrama) that have received the most critical attention from this perspective. They also analyse the politics of representation by considering these works of fiction in their contexts and addressing some of the ambiguities raised by postfeminism.The book is structured in three parts: Neo-femmes Fatales; Action Babes and Monstrous Women. Films and series examined include White Men Are Cracking Up (1994); Hit & Miss (2012); Gone Girl (2014); Terminator (1984); The WalkinTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Introduction, Angela Smith and Claire Nally Introduction, Cristelle Maury and David Roche Part I Neo-Femmes Fatales Chapter 1 The Femme Fatale of the 1990s Erotic Thriller: A Post-feminist Killer?, Delphine Letort Chapter 2 The African Femme Fatale: Re-Appropriation of a Mythical Figure in White Men Are Cracking Up (Ngozi Onwurah, 1994), Emilie Herbert Chapter 3 Transwoman Who Kills: Hit & Miss (Sky Atlantic, 2012), Isabelle Schmitt-Pitiot Chapter 4 Genre and Gender in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, 2014), Christophe Gelly Chapter 5 Textbook Femme Fatale, De-eroticised Neo-noir Heroine or Post-Feminist Woman Who Kills? Genre Trouble in Gone Girl (David Fincher, 2014), Cristelle Maury Part II Action Babes Chapter 6 From Sarah Connor 2.0 to Sarah Connor 3.0: Women Who Kill in the Terminator Franchise, Marianne Kac-Vergne Chapter 7 Girls against Women: Contrasting Female Violence in Contemporary Young Adult Dystopias, Adrienne Boutang Chapter 8 Motherhood, Domesticity and Nurturing in the Post-Apocalyptic World: Negotiating Femininity in The Walking Dead (AMC, 2010-), Marta Suarez Chapter 9 An Audience Studies Approach to Tarantino’s Violent Heroines in Kill Bill (2003-2004) and Death Proof (2007), Connor Winterton Chapter 10 Licensed to Kill? Arming and Disarming Female Killers in Action Film and Parody in Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015) and Spy (Paul Feig, 2015), Elizabeth Mullen Part III Monstrous Women Chapter 11 The Women Who Killed Too Many: Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) and Female Virality, Julia Echeverría Chapter 12 Black Female Empowerment, Intersectionality and the Ganja character in Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (Spike Lee, 2014), Hélène Charlery Chapter 13 Monstrous Feminists? Witches, Murder, and Avatars of (Post-)feminism in American Horror Story: Coven (FX, 2013-2014), Mikaël Toulza Chapter 14 Furies and Female Empowerment: The Sword and the Pen in Byzantium (Neil Jordan, 2012) and Crimson Peak (Guillermo del Toro, 2015), Carolina Abello Onofre and Christophe Chambost Chapter 15 Masculine Cultures of Technology and the Robotic Female Avenger in Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2015), Samantha Lindop Chapter 16 “You’re a Dangerous Girl”: Beauty and Violence in The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016), Janice Loreck Chapter 17 Evidence of Cruel Optimism - Nick Broomfield’s Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003), Rosie White Afterword Women Who Kill after #MeToo, David Roche and Cristelle Maury Contributors Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Women and Poverty
Book SynopsisWomen and Poverty analyzes the social and structural factors that contribute to, and legitimize, class inequity and women''s poverty. In doing so, the book provides a unique documentation of women''s experiences of poverty and classism at the individual and interpersonal levels. Provides readers with a critical analysis of the social and structural factors that contribute to women''s poverty Uses a multidisciplinary approach to bring together new research and theory from social psychology, policy studies, and critical and feminist scholarship Documents women''s experiences of poverty and classism at the interpersonal and institutional levels Discusses policy analysis for reducing poverty and social inequality Table of ContentsAbout the Author ix 1 Women and Poverty: An Ongoing Crisis 1 2 Structural Sources of Women’s Poverty and Homelessness 16 3 Beliefs about Poverty, Wealth, and Social Class: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Social Policy 40 4 Welfare Reform at 15 and Beyond: How Are Low-Income Women and Families Faring? 70 5 Low-Income Women, Critical Resistance, and Welfare Rights Activism 104 Co-authored with Wendy M. Limbert and Roberta A. Downing 6 Women and Economic Justice: Pitfalls, Possibilities, and Promise 140 References 159 Index 192
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SAGE Publications Inc Cinematic Sociology
Book SynopsisCinematic Sociology is a one-of-a-kind resource that helps students to view films sociologically while also providing much-needed pedagogy for teaching sociology through film. In this engaging text, the authors take readers beyond watching movies and help them see films sociologically while also developing critical thinking and analytical skills that will be useful in college coursework and beyond. The book's essays from expert scholars in sociology and cultural studies explore the ways social life is presenteddistorted, magnified, or politicizedin popular film. Contributor to theSAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development AwardTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction - Jean-Anne Sutherland and Kathryn Feltey Chapter 2: Theory Sitting in the Dark with Max: Classical Sociological Theory Through Film - Michael Kimmel Decoding Modern Society: The Matrix Trilogy and the Realm of Alienation - Harry Dahms Outtake: Lights, Camera, Theory: Picturing Hollywood through Multiple Sociological Lenses - Mark Rubinfeld Chapter 3: Social Class Understanding Social Mobility through the Movies - James J. Dowd Class in the Classroom: Hollywood’s Distorted View of Inequality - Robert Bulman Outtake: Social Class in America and People Like Us - Kathy Feltey Chapter 4: Race & Ethnicity The Spectacle of Black Violence as Cinema - Ed Guerrero Don′t Worry, We are all Racists!: Crash and the Politics of Privatization - Henry A. Giroux and Susan Searls Giroux Latinos/as Through the Lens - Carleen R. Basler Outtake: Pocahontas and Intersectionality: A Sociologist Reflects - Teresa Martinez Chapter 5: Gender & Sexuality The Masculinity of the Governator: Muscle and Compassion in American Politics - Michael Messner Constructing Empowered Women: Cinematic Images of Power, and Powerful Women - Jean-Anne Sutherland Boundary Work: Bisexuality and Transgender on Film - Betsy Lucal and Andrea Miller Outtake: Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media - Jean-Anne Sutherland Chapter 6: Public & Private Social Worlds Service, Smiles and Selves: Representations of Labor and the Sociology of Work - Karla Erickson Reel Families: Family Life in Popular Film - Janet Cosbey Outtake: Seeing the Emotional Dimensions of Work and Family Life - Rebecca Erickson Chapter 7: Deviance, Crime & Law The Caped Crusader: What Batman Films Tell Us About Crime & Deviance - Robert Wonser and David Boyns Crime, Film and Criminology - Nicole Rafter The Hero, the Law, and the People in Between: Models of the Legal System in Hollywood Films - Valerie Callanan Outtake: Corporate Crime and The Informant! - Mike Maume Chapter 8: Life Course: Childhood, Adulthood & Old Age "Look Out New World, Here We Come”? Race, Racialization, and Sexuality in Four Children’s Animated Films by Disney, Pixar, and DreamWorks - Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo and Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo First comes the Baby Carriage?: Non-Normative Transitions to Parenthood in Film - Jeanne Holcomb Battles & Balloons: Old Manhood in Film - Neal King Outtake: Growth of the Nonlinear Life Trajectory - Erica Orange Chapter 9: Social Institutions – Religion, Sports, Medical and War Seeing Religion Sociologically Through Film - Sue Monahan Sport as Social Institution: Football Films and the American Dream - Jeff Montez de Oca In Sickness and In Health: Medical Sociology through Celluloid Stories - Bernice Pescosolido and Kathleen Oberlin The 1991 Iraq Invasion in Cinematic Perspective: Jarhead and Three Kings - Elizabeth E. Martinez Outtake: Zombies Apocalypse: Understanding the Perceptions of Health vs. Non-Health - Andrew Hund Chapter 10: Global Connections Dirty Pretty Things: The State, Global Migration and Survival in Contemporary Cities - Roberto G. Gonzales Slumdog or Millionaire—May I phone a Friend?: Neoliberalism and Globalizing the American Dream - Alison Moss and Jerome Hendricks Outtakes: Arabs in Film - Jack Shaheen Chapter 11: Social Change – Technology, Collective Behavior & Social Movements From Earth to Cosmos: Environmental Sociology and Images of the Future in Science Fiction Film - Christopher Podeschi The Only Possible Solution?: The Challenge of Nonviolence to the Hegemony of Violence in Film - Kathryn Feltey ’We Will No Longer Sit Quietly:’ Social Movements through Film - Jeffrey A. Langstraat Outtakes: Thoughts on Activist Movies (Excerpt) - John Farr
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Johns Hopkins University Press Professors Behaving Badly
Book SynopsisAnalyzing the rich data gleaned from the faculty surveys, they track how these norms are understood and interpreted across academic disciplines and are influenced by such factors as gender, citizenship, age, academic rank, tenure, research activity, and administrative experience.Trade ReviewTools for monitoring and evaluating the behavior of graduate teachers are also provided, in this practical, serious-minded reference and resource that no campus administrator or supervisor should be without. -- James A. Cox Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Critical Role of Norms in Graduate Education1. Incidents of Faculty Improprieties in Graduate Training2. Study Design3. The Normative Structure of Graduate Education4. Norm Espousal by Institutional Type and Academic Discipline5. Personal Attributes and Norm Espousal6. Norm Espousal and Faculty Professional Attainments and Involvement7. Core Norms, Differentiated Norms, and Key Differentiating Factors8. Graduate School Socialization and the Internalization of the Norms of Graduate Study9. The Support of Graduate Teaching Norms by Supporting Organizations10. Further Perspectives on the Internalization of the Norms of Graduate Teaching and Mentoring11. Conclusions and Recommendations for Research, Policy, and PracticeAppendix A: The Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Behaviors InventoryAppendix B: Means and Standard Deviations for Behaviors Included in the Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Behaviors Inventory (GTMBI)Appendix C: Respondent Bias AssessmentReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Selling the Amish
Book SynopsisTourists may want a life uncomplicated by technology, but would they be willing to drive around in horse-drawn buggies in order to achieve it?Trollinger's answers to important questions in her fascinating study of Amish Country tourism are sure to challenge readers' understanding of this surprising cultural phenomenon.Trade ReviewMillions of people (this reviewer included) visit Ohio's Amish country, but few consider the penetrating insights Trollinger raises... Following an excellent review of Amish history and belief, she looks at what tourists find when they 'connect' with the plain people... A great book! Choice Trollinger begins Selling the Amish with a praiseworthy overview of Amish history. She enriches her analysis with theories and concepts of tourism: consumer culture, preservation, authenticity, social drama, commemoration, and exotic encounters. -- Steven D. Reschly Indiana Magazine of History The book is highly readable and well documented, making it accessible to students and useful to scholars and those interested in Amish studies. -- Diane Zimmerman Umble Journal of Mennonite Studies Susan Trollinger... covers many Amish Country themes that reveal much about tourists and their ideas of the Amish in her book Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia... She makes the book accessible to a general audience by writing both as a tourist and as an academic. -- Caroline Brock H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Who Are the Amish?2. Tourism in Amish Country3. Time and Gender in Walnut Creek4. Technology and Innocence in Berlin5. Ethnicity and Performance in Sugarcreek6. Nostalgia and the Power of Amish WitnessNotesBibliographyIndex
£45.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Of Virgins and Martyrs
Book SynopsisThis index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity.Trade ReviewAn ambitious analysis of the implications of globalism and cultural conflict on the battlefield of women's bodies... Casual readers shouldn't be dissuaded-Jacobson's prose is accessible, and he has treated the complicated underpinnings of identity, cultural belonging, and economic motivations with respect. Publishers Weekly What Jacobson does beautifully in his accessibly academic book is differentiate between politicized Islamist patriarchy and 'the broader Muslim community,' the former being 'a core expression of a deeper global fissure,' he explains... As globalization improves the status of many women, it also incites a ferocious backlash against them. -- Tracy Clark-Flory Salon The breadth of engagement in terms of issues, space, time, geography, and history it traverses is the book's strength... With an accessible prose peppered with rich imagery, it has something to offer to every reader... -- Shweta Majumdaradur Gender and Society Of Virgins and Martyrs cleverly written with exciting prose, would be appropriate in small doses for advanced undergraduates and in full for scholars and graduate students. Jacobson must be applauded for striking a balance between breadth and depth; the book takes readers across time and place in fairly effortless fashion, while providing specifics about various cultures, such as Cuba, the Netherlands, or Pakistan. -- Candice D. Ortbals Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly ReviewTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Historical Trajectories of the Middle East and Europe1. The Honor of Virgins: The Biblical Roots of Patriarchy2. A Pirouette in Europe: With Dutch Women in the Lead, History Changes Course3. Jerusalem, Rome, Mecca: A Crescent Rises in the Firmament and in ArabiaPart II: How Globalization Advantages Women4. Global Markets: Putting Homo economicus on the Defensive5. Fashioning Herself: Women Unbound by TraditionPart III: Explaining the Islamist Backlash6. Loathing the Feminine Mystique: The Islamist Resistance7. Thoughts and Consequences: The Ink of Scholars and the Blood of MartyrsPart IV: Abroad at Home: European Paradoxes8. Europe's Winter of Discontent: A Clash of Traditions and Generations9. An Education: Women and Men in Europe's Poorer Neighborhoods10. Islamist Tipping Points: Why Think Radically in Europe?ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesGlossaryIndex
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