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Book SynopsisGoes beyond identity politics to explore the very nature of identity itself. This book exposes and enriches our understanding of how deafness embodies itself in the world, in the visual, and in language. It explores the power and potential of American Sign Language and argues for a rhetorical approach and digital future for ASL literature.Trade ReviewBoth rhetoric and disability studies are enhanced by Brueggemanns juxtapositions in Deaf Subjects by, for instance, using rhetorical theory to illuminate the performative dimensions of American Sign Language and the Nazi T-4 project. Fascinating and essential reading for students and scholars in both fields. -- Anne Ruggles Gere,University of MichiganAt times serious, funny, irreverent, and always thoughtful, this is the most challenging book yet written about deafnesschallenging in making us think better and in breaking new ground. Clearly a must-read. -- Lennard Davis,author of Obsession: A HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction1 The Call of God Brought Him 2 The Usual Miracles3 Led by a Convicted Man 4 He Ousted God from Heaven 5 My Joy Is Completed in Charlotte 6 Chaotic Confusion Conclusion An Essay on Sources NotesBibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisIntegrating psychoanalytic and Marxist theory, this book describes the social and psychic dynamics of what has come to be called homophobia and on how the 'homosexual' as social being has come to be constituted in capitalist society.Trade Review"Homosexual Desire represents the best of left social theory of sexual politics, a tradition that has never had an adequate reception in the United States. Reprinting this book now is a step toward recovering that tradition, and could therefore open debates about the significance of sexuality."—Michael Warner"Written over two decades ago, in the aftermath of May '68 and Stonewall, Hocquenghem's Homosexual Desire may well be the first example of what we now call queer theory. But its significance is more than historical: it remains an indispensable analysis of, and polemic against, institutionalized homophobia.”—Douglas CrimpTable of ContentsNew Introduction / Michael Moon 9 Preface to the 1978 Edition / Jeffrey Weeks 23 1. Introduction 49 2. Anti-Homosexual Paranoia 55 "Unnatural acts": nature and the law 61 A myth: the progress of public morals 62 The strengthening of anti-homosexual paranoia 66 Homosexuality and crime 67 Homosexuality and disease 69 "Latent" and "patent" homosexuality 72 3. "Disgusting perverts" 73 The polymorphously perverse, bisexuality, and non-human sex 74 Hatred of woman 77 The Oedipalisation of homosexuality 79 Castration and narcissism 79 Oedipus or the chromosomes? 82 The homosexual judge 83 Cure: the infernal cycle 86 Homosexuality and shame 88 4. Capitalism, the Family, and the Anus 93 The phallic signifier and the sublimated anus 95 Homosexuality and the anus 97 Homosexuality and the loss of identity 100 The competitive society and the rule of the phallus 103 Oedipal reproduction and homosexuality 106 Homosexual grouping 110 5. Homosexual "object-choice" and Homosexual "Behaviour" 113 The "object-choice" 114 The "third sex" and "masculine-feminine" 121 Masochism and homosexuality 127 The pick-up machine 130 6. The Homosexual Struggle 133 The revolution of desire 133 Why homosexuality? 138 The perverse trap 142 Against the pyramid 145 7. Conclusion 148 Notes 151 Index 155

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to world systems analysis by its creator.Trade Review“At a time when globalization is at the center of international debate from Davos to Porto Alegre, an introduction to ‘world-systems analysis,’ an original approach to world development since the sixteenth century, is timely and relevant. This is a lucidly written and comprehensive treatment of its origins, controversies, and development by Immanuel Wallerstein, its undoubted pioneer and most eminent practitioner.”—Eric Hobsbawm, author of Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life and The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914–1991“Immanuel Wallerstein’s mind can reach as far and encompass as much as anyone’s in our time. The world, to him, is a vast, integrated system, and he makes the case for that vision with an elegant and almost relentless logic. But he also knows that to see as he does requires looking through a very different epistemological lens than the one most of us are in the habit of using. So his gift to us is not just a new understanding of how the world works but a new way of apprehending it. A brilliant work on both scores.”—Kai Erikson, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Sociology and American Studies, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii To Start: Understanding the World in Which We Live ix 1. Historical Origins of World-Systems Analysis: From Social Science Disciplines to Historical Social Sciences 1 2. The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World-Economy: Production, Surplus-Value, and Polarization 23 3. The Rise of the States-System: Sovereign Nation-States, Colonies, and the Interstate System 41 4. The Creation of a Geoculture: Ideologies, Social Movements, Social Science 60 5. The Modern World-System in Crisis: Bifurcation, Chaos, and Choices 76 Glossary 91 Bibliographical Guide 101 Index 105

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Book SynopsisThe publication of Cultural Studies 1983 is a touchstone event in the history of Cultural Studies and a testament to Stuart Hall''s unparalleled contributions. The eight foundational lectures Hall delivered at the University of Illinois in 1983 introduced North American audiences to a thinker and discipline that would shift the course of critical scholarship. Unavailable until now, these lectures present Hall''s original engagements with the theoretical positions that contributed to the formation of Cultural Studies. Throughout this personally guided tour of Cultural Studies'' intellectual genealogy, Hall discusses the work of Richard Hoggart, Raymond Williams, and E. P. Thompson; the influence of structuralism; the limitations and possibilities of Marxist theory; and the importance of Althusser and Gramsci. Throughout these theoretical reflections, Hall insists that Cultural Studies aims to provide the means for political change.Trade Review"Hall’s lectures from 1983 appear to be a peculiar event of appropriation—a fundamental attempt to retain Marx as a nondisposable basis for cultural studies by means of a meticulous, well-informed, and earnest guarding of his heritage from vulgar and reductive misreadings. The volume itself is a praiseworthy enterprise of retaining this hallmark of theoretical history and making accessible at least some of Hall’s works, otherwise scattered across less-known collections and anthologies.". -- Sergiy Yakovenko * H-Russia, H-Net Reviews *"The collection is inspiring and comprehensive, covering, for example, the birth of Cultural Studies, Marxist structuralism and Hall’s crucial post-Gramscian work on hegemony. . . . Hall’s collection of lectures is persuasive, galvanising and feels both timeless and timely, despite its posthumous status." -- Sofia Ropek Hewson * LSE Review of Books *"Hall's metier was to tease out the competing histories, the contradictory political, economic, and social forces condensed within a particular historical moment, an excavation of ideology he called 'conjunctural analysis.' . . . [H]is work is all too timely, for the haphazard project of neoliberalism, justified retroactively by nonsensical appeals to the 'free market,' is as advanced as the decades-long economic decline it magics away with bubbles and rhetoric (GDP balloons; personal wealth stagnates)." -- Michael Robbins * Bookforum *"Cultural Studies 1983 is a cogent summation of the most influential modern theories that have grappled with and tried to explain the dynamics of unequal societies and the cultures they produced." -- Shonaleeka Kaul * Frontline *"Hall’s work has become especially resonant as Britain has voted for a narrower identity and a more isolationist attitude to the rest of the world.... There is a generosity and literary imagination in his writing—a recognition that humans are complex, contradictory creatures shaped by, among other things, what they believe, where they live, how they shop, and who they sleep with." -- Jessica Loudis * The New Republic *"Cultural Studies 1983 performs two important tasks: it recreates a sense of the spark that kindled a moment long remembered in Cultural Studies and related fields; more importantly, it offers access into an incredibly rich body of thought that has as much to teach today as it did three and a half decades ago.... Thanks to Cultural Studies 1983 and Duke University Press’s Stuart Hall: Selected Writings series, we have a new trove of proven tools when perhaps we need them most." -- John Munro * History *"The late Stuart Hall was more than an intellectual giant of postwar Britain. He was the great illuminator, whose far-reaching insights into how the world is constructed show us why cultural studies is not about the manners learned from the masters, but a way of examining and understanding social reality as made by the people themselves. Argumentative, diagnostic, witty, and learned, the series of scintillating lectures contained in this volume presents Hall at the height of his fearless and generous scholarly powers, offering not only a history of cultural studies but a theoretical and politically engaged reading of our unequal centuries." -- Okwui Enwezor * Artforum *"Given at the University of Illinois in 1983, the lectures provide a fascinating introduction to the theoretical questions with which cultural studies was grappling. . . . A compelling and essential introduction to both the strengths of cultural studies as a discipline and its evolution during that time." -- Rjurik Davidson * Thesis Eleven *"One of the most important cultural studies books to be published in recent (or even distant) memory. . . . The long wait has been worth it, and 1983 arrives at a moment when we desperately need it. . . . Hall didn’t intend these lectures to be a call to arms for 2017 and beyond. But we can—and should—still read them that way." -- Gilbert B. Rodman * Cultural Studies *""I have also narrated the effort it took for me to access his work to illustrate the importance of the Selected Writings now being released by Duke University Press. It is an event of profound historical significance that a new generation will be able to begin its political and theoretical education with systematic access to Hall’s writing. . . . Cultural Studies 1983 lays out his approach in accessible lecture form." -- Asad Haider * The Point *Table of ContentsEditor's Introduction / Lawrence Grossberg and Jennifer Daryl Slack vii Preface to the Lectures by Stuart Hall, 1988 1 Lecture 1. The Formation of Cultural Studies 5 Lecture 2. Culturalism 25 Lecture 3. Structuralism 54 Lecture 4. Rethinking the Base and Superstructure 74 Lecture 5. Marxist Structuralism 97 Lecture 6. Ideology and Ideological Struggle 127 Lecture 7. Domination and Hegemony 155 Lecture 8. Culture, Resistance, and Struggle 180 References 207 Index 211

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Book SynopsisBeyond Civil Society challenges current understandings of the politics of protest, activism, and participation by examining the ways in which social movements in late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Latin America blur the boundaries between civil and uncivil activism and between activism carried out in state and the streets.Trade Review"The individual case studies of Beyond Civil Society include rich detail that will be of interest to activists and scholars of social movements alike, and the book’s discussion of the Civil Society Agenda and its consequences is an important contribution to scholarship on Latin America, democracy, and collective action." * EIAL *"The authors of this important edited collection interrogate what they call the 'civil society agenda.' . . . Beyond Civil Society thus offers a sober analysis of the effectiveness and degree of political autonomy of movements working with Pink Tide governments or international organizations." -- Dolores Trevizo * Mobilization *“[A] fascinating anthology of participation and protest in Latin America…. Beyond Civil Society is a very welcome contribution to the often-unintegrated debates about civil society, on the one hand, and social movements, on the other.” -- Anna Krausova * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsForeword / Arturo Escobar ix Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda, Reassessing Uncivic Political Activism / Sonia E. Alvarez, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Agustín Laó-Montes, Jeffrey W. Rubin, and Millie Thayer 1 Part I. Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda: Reflections on Brazil 1. A Century of Councils: Participatory Budgeting and the Long History of Participation in Brazil / Gianpaolo Baiocchi 27 2. Civil Society in Brazil: From State Autonomy to Political Interdependency / Leonardo Avritzer 45 3. The Making and Unmaking of a New Democratic Space / Andrea Cornwall 63 4. Uncivil Subjects, Uncivil Women: Civic Participation, Ambivalence, and Political Subjectivity among Grassroots Community Leaders in Porto Alegre, Brazil / Benjamin Junge 81 Part II. Mapping Movement Fileds 5. Mapping the Field of Afro-Latin American Politics: In and Out of the Civil Society Agenda / Agustín Laó-Montes 103 6. Social Movement Demands in Argentina and the Constitution of a "Feminist People" / Graciela Di Marco 122 7. Politics by Other Means: Resistance to Neoliberal Politics / Graciela Monteagudo 141 8. The "Gray Zone" Between Movements and Markets: Brazilian Feminists and the International Aid Chain / Millie Thayer 156 Part III. The Nexus of Civic and Uncivic Politics 9. "This is No Longer a Democracy . . .": Thoughts on the Local Referendums on Mining on Peru's Northern Frontier / Raphael Hoetmer 179 10. From Afro-Colombians to Afro-Descendants: The Trajectory of Black Social Movements in Colombia, 1990–2010 / Kiran Asher 199 11. In the Streets and in the Institutions: Movements-in-Democracy and the Rural Women's Movement in Rio Grande Do Sol / Jeffrey W. Rubin 219 12. Refounding the Political: The Struggle for Provincialization in Santa Elena, Ecuador / Amaliea Pallares 238 Part IV. Movements, Regimes, and Refoundations 13. The Counterpoint Between Contention and Civic Collective Action in Venezuela's Recent Democracy / Margarita López Maya and Luis E. Lander 261 14. Brazil: Back to the Streets? / Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ana Claudia Teixeira 282 15.Monuments of (De) Colonization: Violence, Democracy, and Gray Zones in Bolivia after January 11, 2007 / José Antonio Lucero 296 16 Beyond the Civil Society Agenda? Participation and Practices of Governance, Governability, and Governmentality in Latin America / Sonia E. Alvarez 316 Conclusion. Uncontained Activism / Millie Thayer and Jeffrey W. Rubin 331 References 339 Contributors 369 Index 373

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Book SynopsisTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR''This book is about a whole new way of studying the mind ... Endlessly fascinating'' Steven Pinker''A whirlwind tour of the modern human psyche'' EconomistEverybody lies, to friends, lovers, doctors, pollsters and to themselves. In Internet searches, however, people confess the truth.Insightful, funny and always surprising, Everybody Lies explores how this huge collection of data, unprecedented in human history, could just be the most important ever collected. It offers astonishing insights into the human psyche, revealing the biases deeply embedded within us, the questions we''re afraid to ask that might be essential to our well-being, and the information we can use to change our culture for the better.Trade ReviewTime and again my preconceptions about my country and my species were turned upside-down by Stephens-Davidowitz's discoveries -- Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our NatureAbsorbing and impassioned ... as an introduction to our fascinating new universe of data, Everybody Lies is hard to beat * Financial Times *Everybody Lies is an astoundingly clever and mischievous exploration of what big data tells us about everyday life. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is as good a data storyteller as I have ever met -- Steven Levitt, co-author, FreakonomicsMove over Freakonomics. Move over Moneyball. This brilliant book is the best demonstration yet of how big data plus cleverness can illuminate and then move the world. Read it and you'll see life in a new way -- Lawrence Summers, President Emeritus of Harvard UniversityA whirlwind tour of the modern human psyche … The empirical findings in Everybody Lies are so intriguing that the book would be a page-turner even if it were structured as a mere laundry list * Economist *Everybody Lies relies on big data to rip the veneer of what we like to think of as our civilized selves. A book that is fascinating, shocking, sometimes horrifying, but above all, revealing -- Tim Wu, author of The Attention MerchantsFreakonomics on steroids - this book shows how big data can give us surprising new answers to important and interesting questions. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz brings data analysis alive in a crisp, witty manner, providing a terrific introduction to how big data is shaping social science -- Raj Chetty, Professor of Economics at Stanford UniversityA sobering guide to how much of ourselves we're putting online and what private companies might do with that information -- Helen Lewis * New Statesman 'Books of the Year' *Everybody Lies is a spirited and enthralling examination of the data of our lives. Drawing on a wide variety of revelatory sources, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz will make you cringe, chuckle, and wince at the people you thought we were -- Christian Rudder, author of DataclysmA tour de force - a well-written and entertaining journey through big data that, along the way, happens to put forward an important new perspective on human behaviour itself -- Peter Orszag, Managing Director, LazardBrimming with intriguing anecdotes and counterintuitive facts, Stephens-Davidowitz does his level best to help usher in a new age of human understanding, one digital data point at a time -- Fortune, Best New Business BooksStephens-Davidowitz, a former data scientist at Google, has spent the last four years poring over Internet search data . . . What he found is that Internet search data might be the Holy Grail when it comes to understanding the true nature of humanity * New York Post *It’s a wonderful book, but I would say that, wouldn’t I? -- Danny DoyleStephens-Davidowitz censures academics and other researchers for ignoring the largest data set ever collected, and he is probably not overstating it when he claims that the continuing study of these searches “will radically expand our understanding of mankind”. This undemanding book is a useful first step towards that knowledge’ -- Oliver Thring * Sunday Times *Seth Stephens-Davidowitz in his book “Everybody Lies,” tackles the discrepancy between the ideal version of ourselves we present to the world via social media and the confessions that we would never post there -- Judy Ketteler * International New York Times *

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Book SynopsisAuthoritative, informative, and illustrated, this guide provides a vivid introduction to a way of life many find fascinating but few truly understand.Trade ReviewThere is much to learn (and unlearn) about Amish life; this book is the best place to start. Pennsylvania HeritageTable of Contents1. Meet the Amish2. Amish Roots3. Living the Old Order4. Community and Church5. Rumspringa6. Family and Schooling7. Work and Technology8. The Amish and Their Neighbors9. Amish Images in Modern AmericaAppendix AAppendix BNotesFor Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a step-by-step description of how to use critical-constructivist grounded theory (CCGT) methods. This flexible approach can aid researchers in investigating topics within psychological, interpersonal, and sociocultural contexts. It leads readers to reflexively examine their research process, incorporate critical and constructivist procedures, and produce rich, multi-layered findings that demonstrate methodological integrity. The author guides researchers so that their own research goals shape the application of CCGT methods and their specific inquiry is strengthened. The brief, practical texts in the Essentials of Qualitative Methods series introduce social science and psychology researchers to key approaches to capturing phenomena not easily measured quantitatively, offering exciting, nimble opportunities to gather in-depth qualitative data. About the Essentials of Qualitative Methods book series: Even for experienced reseTable of ContentsSeries foreword by Clara E. Hill & Sarah Knox1. Conceptual Foundations of Critical-Constructivist Grounded Theory2. Designing the Study3. Establishing Methodological Integrity4. Collecting the Data5. Analyzing the Data and Producing Results6. Writing a Manuscript7. Summary and ConclusionsAppendix: Exemplar StudiesReferences

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Book SynopsisOffers a step-by-step guide to conducting qualitative meta-analysis (QMA). This flexible and generic method synthesizes the findings of several research studies investigating similar phenomena. QMA answers the need for rigorous secondary analysis that offers a more conclusive picture of a field of inquiry.Trade ReviewThis practical field guide is exceptionally instructive, as well as sophisticated about the origins, essence, and rationale of qualitative meta-analysis. Vividly illustrated by real examples throughout. Indispensable for any qualitative researcher—at all stages in their career. -- Hanne Weie Oddli, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology, University of OsloHere, finally, is an accessible and practical—yet nonetheless comprehensive—guidebook to navigate the discipline of qualitative meta-synthesis. The authors thoroughly illustrate each step of the analysis with helpful examples that allow the reader to clearly envision a new plane of development in qualitative research. -- Shigeru Iwakabe, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Counselling Psychology QuarterlyTable of ContentsChapter 1. Qualitative Meta-Analysis: Its Origins and Rationale—Situating Our Perspective Chapter 2. Defining the Research Problem and Planning the Study Chapter 3. Selecting the Primary Studies and Extracting the Data Chapter 4. Analyzing Meta-Analytic Data Chapter 5. Limitations and Challenges of Qualitative Meta-Analysis Chapter 6. Publishing Qualitative Meta-Analysis Chapter 7. Summary and Future Directions Appendix References

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Book SynopsisA practical companion to the much-acclaimed Transforming Conflict through Insight, Practising Insight Mediation is a book about how insight mediators do their work and why they do it that way. In the book, Cheryl A. Picard, co-founder of insight mediation, explains how the theory of cognition presented in Bernard Lonergan’s Insight can be used as the basis for a learning-centred approach to conflict resolution in which the parties involved improve their self-understandings and discover new and less threating patterns of interaction with each other through efforts to better their conflict relations.Practising Insight Mediation features a wide range of valuable resources for any conflict practitioner, including in-depth descriptions of insight communication skills and strategies, a transcribed example mediation, sample documents, and a mediator’s self-assessment tool. The essential handbook for those interested in learning about aTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1: The Practice of Insight Mediation: An Introduction CHAPTER 2: Insight Mediation: Helping Parties in Conflict Learn about Themselves in Relation to Others CHAPTER 3: Interaction and Insight: The Learning Theory Underlying Insight Mediation Practice CHAPTER 4: Facilitating Change Through Learning: Conducting the Mediation Session CHAPTER 5: Ensuring Appropriate Participation and Follow-Up: Before and After Insight Mediation CHAPTER 6: Facilitating the Dialogue: Insight Mediation Skills and Strategies CHAPTER 7: The Insight Approach to Conflict: Recent Achievements & Future Hopes

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Book SynopsisFather and daughter provides an unique ‘insider perspective’ on two key figures in twentieth-century British social science, combining biography of Richard Titmuss and autobiography by his daughter Ann Oakley.Trade Review"Analysed with intellectual boldness and the rigour that typifies all of Oakley's work." British Journal of Social Work"[A] riveting book...Oakley has put together a collection of short essays and biographical fragments that explore not just her own unusual family life but key moments and personalities in the history of 20th-century social research." The Guardian"A very important contribution to historical and sociological scholarship. It is an original and carefully researched corrective to the existing 'business as usual' institutional and intellectual history of conflicts and tensions in the development of sociology, social administration, social policy and the professionalisation of social work." Times Higher Education"Ann Oakley is a highly original writer. The personal becomes political as she revisits her own history and that of her father. The web of social connections that made up the LSE's Department of Social Administration makes particularly fascinating reading." Jane Lewis, London School of Economics and Political Science"Ann Oakley’s story of how she is still taking stock of her relationship with Richard Titmuss is one of family dynamics and secrets, of politics at the grand and small scale, and of the ongoing process of making sense of who we are." Professor Graham Crow, Southampton University"Powerful and unique." LSE Review of Books blog"A fascinating study of an eminent father by his eminent daughter. This respected sociologist, feminist and novelist offers a true 'insider's view' of their relationship." Cherie Booth, QC"Father and Daughter is particularly powerful...the writing moves between scholarly exactness, dreamy reverie and pained resentment." London Review of Books"I have been gripped by "Father and Daughter" and I would like to say thanks for the best read in years!" A customer"In Father and Daughter, Ann Oakley revisits her childhood years and explores the causal links between her family's fraught domestic relationships and her father's idiosyncratic 'socialist view of inequality' that excluded gender issues from its policy concerns. This superbly researched memoir will become a classic of its kind - albeit a highly controversial one." Robert Pinker, Emeritus Professor of Social Administration, London School of Economics and Political Science"A tribute to the achievements, but many weaknesses, of her famous, revered father, Ann Oakley's own memoire of a childhood dominated by 'the Professor' makes often poignant but always fascinating reading." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town"I love Ann Oakley's writing. She interrogates quite beautifully ' the shadowy spaces' in which public and private lives overlap and the effect this has, particularly on women." Melissa Benn,writer"An honest, intriguing and readable book about the author and her eminent father, her conflicts with him and his conflicts with his female colleagues. I could not put it down!" Baroness Blackstone of Stoke NewingtonTable of ContentsDaughter of a Blue Plaque Man; Falling into the Bog of History; Memory and Identity; Family and Kinship in London and Other Places; Mrs Titmuss’s Diaries; Love and Solitude; The Story of the Titmice: an alternative version; Meeting Win; Harem in Houghton Street; Difficult Women; Post-Mortem; The Troubles; Dusting his Bookshelves; Vera's Rose; This Procession of Educated Men; Telling stories.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to connect digital media technologies in digital sociology to traditional sociological and offers a much needed overview of it. It includes problems of the digital age in relation to inequality and identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of courses.Trade Review"Highly recommended [for] graduate students and faculty." - CHOICE"A comprehensive account of the digital sociology project whose scope is startling in its ambition and which shows how the digital has implications for nearly all sociological topics, questions and problems." David Beer, University of YorkTable of ContentsPreface ~ Sassen; Volume Introduction ~ Gregory, Cottom, Daniels; PART I. DIGITAL SOCIOLOGY IN EVERDAY LIFE; (SECTION INTRO) Structure and Agency in a Digital World ~ Karen Gregory; Beyond Digital Dualism: Modeling Digital Community ~ Alexia Maddox; A Return to Gemeinschaft: Digital Impression Management and the Sharing Economy ~ Alexandrea Ravenelle; Digital Discourse Analysis: Finding Meaning In Small Online Spaces ~ Timothy Recuber; Virtually Ethical: Ethnographic Challenges in Researching Textile Crafters Online ~ Alison Mayne; Interactivity, Social Media, and Superman: How Comic Books Can Help Us Understand And Conceptualise Interactivity Online ~ Harry T. Dyer; The Digital Solidarity Trap: Social Movement Research and Online Activism ~ Theresa A. Hunt; Positively Digital Orientalism: Discursive Authority in Online Tourist Reviews ~ W. Trevor Jamerson; PART II: DIGITIZED INSTITUTIONS; (SECTION INTRO) Digitized Institutions and Inequalities ~ Tressie McMillan Cottom; Toward a Digital Sociology of School ~ Neil Selwyn, Selena Nemorin, Scott Bulfin and Nicola Johnson; Representing ‘Inforgs’ in Data-Driven Decisions ~ Jeffery Alan Johnson; Employee Monitoring in a Digital Context ~ Calle Rosengren and Mikael Ottoson; Digital Sociology’s Vocational Promise ~ Stephen Barnard; Black CyberFeminism: Ways Forward for Intersectionality and Digital Sociology ~ Tressie McMillan Cottom; Deconstructing Racism on College Websites ~ Monita H. Mungo; Yakking About College Life ~ Francesca Tripodi; On Thursdays We Watch Scandal: Communal Viewing and Black Twitter ~ Apryl Williams; Disruptive Labor: Bleacher Report and the Monetization of Mass Amateurization ~ Andrew McKinney; Covert Leisure and Public Space: Geocaching In Post-9/11 New York City ~ Jonathan R. Wynn; PART III: DIGITAL BODIES; (SECTION INTRO), Bodies in Code ~ Jessie Daniels; Personal Data Practices in the Age of Lively Data ~ Deborah Lupton; “They’re just too urban”: Black gamers streaming on Twitch ~ Kishonna Gray; From “Geek” to “Chic”: Wearable Technology and the Woman Question ~ Elizabeth Wissinger; Queer Facebook? Digital Sociality and Queer Theory ~ Benjamin Haber; The Ms. Dewey “Experience”: Technoculture, Gender, and Race ~ Miriam E. Sweeney; The Emperor’s New Data Clothes: Implications of ‘Nudity’ as a Racialized and Gendered Metaphor in Discourse on Personal Digital Data ~ Yuliya Grinberg; Post Your Comments Below: A Case Study of Immigrant Bashing Online ~ Adrian Cruz and Kazuyo Kubo; Our Mothers Have Always Been Machines: The Conflation of Media and Motherhood ~ Kara Van Cleaf; #notracist: Exploring Racism Denial Talk on Twitter ~ Sanjay Sharma and Phillip Brooker.

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Book SynopsisApplying sociological and ethnographic research to adult safeguarding for the first time, this book considers how frontline practice is developing, exploring safeguarding adults assessments and multi-agency work. The book is essential reading for those wishing to understand risk management and how current practice can be improved.Trade Review“Makes a much-needed contribution to discussions on adult safeguarding and practice in adult social care and will be a very useful resource for practitioners, students, managers and educators.” Bridget Penhale, University of East Anglia"Difficult concepts are presented with ease in this useful tome. Each chapter is interesting to read and opens further questions about legal and practice processes." Professional Social WorkTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Problem of Adult Safeguarding 2. Risk and Social Work 3. Referrals and Assessments 4. Personalised Safeguarding: Policy, Principles and Practice Realities 5. Doing Adult Safeguarding with Service Users and Carers Conclusion

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Book SynopsisOne out of every ten prisoners in the United States is serving a life sentenceroughly 130,000 people. While some have been sentenced to life in prison without parole, the majority of prisoners serving life' will be released back into society. But what becomes of those people who reenter the everyday world after serving life in prison?In After Life Imprisonment, Marieke Liem carefully examines the experiences of lifers upon release. Through interviews with over sixty homicide offenders sentenced to life but granted parole, Liem tracks those able to build a new life on the outside and those who were re-incarcerated. The interviews reveal prisoners' reflections on being sentenced to life, as well as the challenges of employment, housing, and interpersonal relationships upon release. Liem explores the increase in handing out of life sentences, and specifically provides a basis for discussions of the goals, costs, and effects of long-term imprisonment, ultimately unpacking public pTrade ReviewConsidering the enormity of the sanction, it is remarkable how little we know about the lives of those who survive life imprisonment. With the powerful narratives in this ground-breaking book, Marieke Liem brings their perspectives into new light and asks & when is enough, enough? in terms of the punitive state. -- Shadd Maruna,co-author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their LivesOf interest to both criminological researchers and policymakers, After Life Imprisonment deserves careful reading.A fascinating work of original and creative research. -- from the Foreword by Robert Sampson,author of Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect

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Book SynopsisDuring the founding of North Korea, competing visions of an ideal modern state proliferated. Independence and democracy were touted by all, but plans for the future of North Korea differed in their ideas about how everyday life should be organized. Daily life came under scrutiny as the primary arena for social change in public and private life. In Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 19451950, Kim examines the revolutionary events that shaped people''s lives in the development of the Democratic People''s Republic of Korea. By shifting the historical focus from the state and the Great Leader to how villagers experienced social revolution, Kim offers new insights into why North Korea insists on setting its own course.Kim's innovative use of documents seized by U.S. military forces during the Korean War and now stored in the National Archivespersonnel files, autobiographies, minutes of organizational meetings, educational materials, women's magazines, and court documentstogether with oral histories allows her to present the first social history of North Korea during its formative years. In an account that makes clear the leading role of women in these efforts, Kim examines how villagers experienced, understood, and later remembered such events as the first land reform and modern elections in Korea's history, as well as practices in literacy schools, communal halls, mass organizations, and study sessions that transformed daily routine.Trade Review[On] the whole Kim's argument that the revolution was largely home-grown remains convincing. Especially fascinating are her chapters on the role of women in the revolution, and her exploration of the autobiographies that all adult North Koreans had to draft to show how their individual life stories fitted within the larger framework of Korea’s recent history and the revolution. -- Michael Rochlitz * Europe-Asia Studies *Kim's work stays focused on various 'everyday' people as examples of how the North Korean revolution enabled regular peasants to build a new socialist modernity uniquely theirs. The author relies on oral histories and archival sources to bring these marginalized histories to light. Kim is well read across Korean, Russian, and Chinese sources as well as scholarship on North Korea. Her innovative approach is... a step forward from the typical Cold War approach.... Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Kim's book is a pioneering contribution to the articulation of a new paradigm. Putting it even more directly, she provides fresh, and often compelling, answers to a most fundamental question: How should the history of North Korea be written, especially in the aftermath of the Cold War? Suzy Kim has written an important book that deserves to be read widely by historians of North Korea, as well as by those of comparative communism and revolutionary processes. * Journal of Korean Studies *Concisely establishing the various lacunae and epistemological ossifications that hamstring studies of North Korea, this book makes a persuasive case for the significance of its subject. Kim argues that the everyday, especially in the formative years of the nation-state (1945–1950), posited a space for contestation, contingency, and construction by both state and society, which led to the formation of what she calls 'socialist modernity.'... Kim deftly mobilizes a range of materials, including statistics, photos, interviews, and official reports.... This is in many ways a pioneering work, the first analysis of North Korean social history in its formative years. Argued with finesse and supported by rich empirical research, it is undoubtedly an invaluable resource for all who are interested in the history of North Korea, everyday forms of socialism, and social history. -- Hyung-Gu Lynn * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Revolutions in the Everyday2. Legacies: Fomenting the Revolution3. Three Reforms: Initiating the Revolution4. The Collective: Enacting the Revolution5. Autobiographies: Narrating the Revolution6. Revolutionary Motherhood: Gendering the Revolution7. "Liberated Space": Remembering the RevolutionConclusionAppendix: Sample CurriculaNotes Index

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Book SynopsisIn this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and “cultural pragmatics” are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Central to Alexander’s approach is a new model of social performance that combines elements from both the theatrical avant-garde and modern social theory. He uses this model to shed new light on a wide range of social actors, movements, and events, demonstrating through striking empirical examples the drama of social life. Producing successful dramas determines the outcome of social movements and provides the keys to political power. Modernity has neither eliminated aura nor suppressed authenticity; on the contrary, they are available to social actors who can perform them in compelling ways. This volume further consolidates Alexander’s reputation as one of the most original social thinkers of our time. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology and cultural studies as well as throughout the social sciences and humanities.Trade Review“From Mao to Martin Luther King, Mubarak’s Egypt to Obama’s America, the ritual roots of social structure to the performativity of postmodern everyday life, Alexander shows how we live and act today. This book is a necessary update on Erving Goffman and Victor Turner, a brilliantly illuminating must-read for all humanists, social scientists, and dramaturges.”Richard Schechner, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University “Jeffrey Alexander’s — The Drama of Social Life — reveals the ability of this essential American social theorist to unpack and explain the dynamic dramas of large-scale change. Ranging from Tahrir Square to the Black Lives Matter movement to the Obama White House, Alexander connects these world-shaking political events to their essential performative qualities, a core feature of modernity. Some books are designed to be read, while others demand to be read and discussed. This book is one of the latter.”Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction: A New Theory of Modernity from Ritual to Performance 1. Seizing the Stage: Mao, MLK, and Black Lives Matter Today 2. Revolutionary Performance in Egypt: The 2011 Uprising 3. Political Performance in the U.S.: Obama�s 2012 Re-Election 4. Dramatic Intellectuals 5. Social Theory and the Theatrical Avant-Guard Notes

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Book SynopsisGeorg Simmel, as well as being a major philosopher, is one of the founding figures of sociology whose work is comparable in importance to that of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim. His writings on money, metropolises, and modernity have inspired generations of thinkers for over a century. In this book, leading expert Thomas Kemple clearly and accessibly introduces Simmel’s sociological and philosophical work, ranging from his masterpiece The Philosophy of Money to his famous essays ‘The Metropolis and Mental Life’ and ‘Fashion’ and beyond. The author situates his writings within his social and intellectual circles and analyses them in light of current debates surrounding urban sociology and social networks, phenomenology and metaphysics, cultural criticism and the study of everyday life. He brings Simmel’s most famous works into conversation with others that have received less attention, such as his writings on nature, art, religion, and sexuality. Through diagrams, everyday examples, and expositions of the work of his predecessors and contemporaries, and successors, this highly readable book captures the innovative spirit of Simmel’s unique method of thinking about cultural objects and his original style of writing about social life. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Simmel’s death, it will be the leading guide to Simmel’s thought for generations of students and scholars.Trade Review‘This beautifully written guide brings into vivid microscopic focus the protean wholeness and diversity of Simmel’s magisterial thinking about money, economy, value, life, metropolitan existence, and the fundamental conflicts of modern culture and society.’Austin Harrington, University of Leeds ‘Social and cultural theorists have been waiting a long time for a book on Simmel like Tom Kemple’s. He tackles what has often been characterised as a fragmented and labyrinthine oeuvre with admirable clarity. Kemple not only situates Simmel’s writings in his life and times but manages to reveal their freshness and contemporary relevance.’Mike Featherstone, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Book Synopsis'The powerful new voice of her generation' The Times 'Funny, nuanced and wonderful' Jon Ronson ‘A book that had me hollering, nodding and questioning at the same time' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie ------- A candid exploration of the state of outrage in our culture, and how we can channel it back into the fights that matter, from presenter and DJ Ashley 'Dotty' Charles. In this wise and very funny journey into the outrage industry, Ashley 'Dotty' Charles explores how by shouting about everything, we have lost sight of the fights that actually matter - and created a world where our outrage feels with consequence. Here's how we can get it back on track. ------- 'Funny, educational, enlightening . . . Way ahead of its time' Chris Evans 'A smart and timely manifesto for surviving the age of rage' i 'Everyone with a social media account should read this book' Bella Mackie 'A swipe at the empty rhetoric of activism' ObserverTrade ReviewA great read . . . Charles is very funny, but the irreverent and chatty tone leads you to important ponderings . . . Outraged is a study of flash activism and why it doesn’t last, and its message is rendered all the more relevant for it being published in the midst of a flash of activism that simply must * The Times *A swipe at the empty rhetoric of activism that only exists with a hashtag online * Observer *As Charles puts it, plenty of people are playing the “sport of outrage” but who is keeping score? . . . Makes many worthwhile points . . . If her plea for people to turn down the heat, except when it matters most, is heeded, then Charles will have given valuable service in helping to improve public discourse * Evening Standard *A radio host explores how reflexive outrage weakens the social discourse and, counterintuitively, makes it harder to effect real change regarding the issues that outrage us in the first place * New York Times Book Review *DJ and presenter Charles tackles cancel culture head on with this vigorous polemic * i, Summer Reads *A timely new release, Outraged reminds us how to keep some perspective in a social and political landscape where many cause offence without thought to the consequences * Radio Times *A refreshing rallying call for the return of real activism and a guide to living through the age of outrage. Sharply funny too * Psychologies *Cackled my way through this . . . A bold and hilarious exploration of how we use our energy online, and whether we’re wasting our rage on the wrong things when we could use it collectively to make actual change. It definitely made me re-evaluate my online priorities -- Megan Jayne Crabbe * Stylist *Books about wokeness are typically written by a very specific type of conservative figure. Dotty rips up the rulebook in order to write a thought-provoking but never provocative book about the Outrage Era: how did we get here? Where have we gone wrong? And how can we find our way back? Deep dives into clicktivism, tribalism and ‘the Choir Effect’ of public shame jostle alongside interviews with controversial figures like Rachel Dolezal and arch provocateur Katie Hopkins, in order to create a witty, thoughtful and ever-so-thoughtful guide to getting our outrage back on track -- Pandora SykesOutraged is a timely reminder to keep perspective. To question who we actually help when we rush to yell online. Dotty writes with humour and measure, always keen to explore rather than condemn. Everyone with a social media account should read this book -- Bella MackieThis superb polemic is a penetrating exploration of the sorry state of outrage in our culture. Through interviews with Rachel Dolezal, Katie Hopkins and others, Charles shows that by so quickly leaping on the outrage bandwagon, we are actually debasing the quality of our civil discourse . . . I underlined something on almost every page * Bookseller *

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Book SynopsisThe United States is obsessed with virginity , from the media to schools to government agencies. In The Purity Myth, Jessica Valenti argues that the country's intense focus on chastity is damaging to young women. Through in-depth cultural and social analysis, Valenti reveals that powerful messaging on both extremes , ranging from abstinence-only curriculum to "Girls Gone Wild" infomercials , place a young woman's worth entirely on her sexuality. Morals are therefore linked purely to sexual behaviour, rather than values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. Valenti sheds light on the value , and hypocrisy , around the notion that girls remain virgins until they're married by putting into context the historical question of purity, modern abstinence-only education, pornography, and public punishments for those who dare to have sex. The Purity Myth presents a revolutionary argument that girls and women are overly valued for their sexuality, as well as solutions for a future without a damaging emphasis on virginity.

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Book Synopsis"As visually arresting as it is informative."—The Boston Globe "Du Bois's bold colors and geometric shapes were decades ahead of modernist graphic design in America."—Fast Company's Co.Design W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits is the first complete publication of W.E.B. Du Bois's groundbreaking charts, graphs, and maps presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Famed sociologist, writer, and Black rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois fundamentally changed the representation of Black Americans with his exhibition of data visualizations at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Beautiful in design and powerful in content, these data portraits make visible a wide spectrum of African American culture, from advances in education to the lingering effects of slavery. They convey a literal and figurative representation of what he famously referred to as "the color line," collected here in full color for the first time. A landmark collection for social history, graphic design, and data science. • Data display, visualizations, and infographics far ahead of their time • Colorful graphs and charts are mesmerizing pieces of art in their own right • A valuable companion to W.E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk • Includes contributions from Aldon Morris, Silas Munro, and Mabel O. Wilson W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits is an informative and provocative history, data, and graphic design book that continues to resonate with audiences today.

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Book Synopsis‘People from different parts of the world ask ‘what mix’ I am. Which would you prefer? Salt and vinegar or cinnamon and sugar? Neither one of my parents was black Black. Neither one of them was white White. I am not half-and-half.’ (from Chapter 1, ‘This Blackness’)How is ‘race’ determined? Is it your DNA? The community that you were raised in? The way others see you or the way you see yourself?In Race Otherwise: Forging a New Humanism for South Africa Zimitri Erasmus questions the notion that one can know race with one’s eyes, with racial categories and with genetic ancestry tests. She moves between the intimate probing of racial identities as we experience them individually, and analysis of the global historical forces that have created these identities and woven them into our thinking about what it means to be ‘human’.Starting from her own family’s journeys through regions of the world and ascribed racial identities, she develops her argument about how it is possible to recognise the pervasiveness of race thinking without submitting to its power.Drawing on the theoretical work of Frantz Fanon, Sylvia Wynter and others, Erasmus argues for a new way of ‘coming to know otherwise’, of seeing the boundaries between racial identities as thresholds to be crossed, through politically charged acts of imagination and love.Trade Review‘Race Otherwise brings together the full amplitude of Zimitri Erasmus’s thinking about how race works. It tunes into registers both personal and social. It is not without indignation, and not … insensitive to emotion and … the anger inside South Africa. It is a book that is not afraid of questions of affect. Eros and love, Erasmus urges, are not separable from the hard work of thinking.’ — Crain Soudien, CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaTable of Contents Appreciations Foreword by Crain Soudien Prelude 1 This Blackness 2 A Conversation 3 The Look 4 The Category 5 The Gene 6 Beginnings 7 Open closure References Index

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Book SynopsisWomen are in a bind. In the name of consent and empowerment, they must proclaim their desires clearly and confidently. Yet sex researchers suggest that women's desire is often slow to emerge. And men are keen to insist that they know what women-and their bodies-want. Meanwhile, sexual violence abounds. How can women, in this environment, possibly know what they want? And why do we expect them to?In this elegant, searching book-spanning science and popular culture; pornography and literature; debates on Me-Too, consent and feminism-Katherine Angel challenges our assumptions about women's desire. Why, she asks, should they be expected to know their desires? And how do we take sexual violence seriously, when not knowing what we want is key to both eroticism and personhood?In today's crucial moment of renewed attention to violence and power, Angel urges that we remake our thinking about sex, pleasure, and autonomy without any illusions about perfect self-knowledge. Only then will we fulfil Michel Foucault's teasing promise, in 1976, that 'tomorrow sex will be good again'Trade ReviewThe real joy lies in the artfulness with which she uses these intimate episodes as a way of unwrapping the larger issue of what it means to be a woman, both object and subject of desire. -- Olivia Laing * The Guardian *Offers an arresting mix of diaristic experiences with her lover . . . and heady reflections from feminist thinkers like Susan Sontag and Virginia Woolf. A genre-busting nonfiction account that reads like poetry, revels in ambiguity, and intentionally defies definition, the book explores the slippery emotions of sex in fiery, collage-like scenes intended to reconcile the contradictory 'metaphors we love by.' * O Magazine *Ghostly and poetic . . . [A] thinking woman's meditation on sexual desire. * Publishers Weekly *Unconventional, deeply personal . . . often poetic. * The New Yorker *Angel embraces the impossibility of extricating fact from feeling. -- Julia Klein * The Boston Globe *One of the most insightful and articulate writers at work today. -- Lauren Elkin, author of Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, andIn this impressive and intelligent examination of the father figure, Angel expertly intersects the subject with feminism, mythology, Donald Winnicott, Brett Kavanaugh and more. Her unstinting eye and intellectual vigour make Daddy Issues an engaging interrogation. It feels utterly vital in the context of #MeToo and the political flux the world currently finds itself in. -- Sinead GleesonAn ardent, rigorous, nuanced investigation into the question of consent, at once illuminating and empowering. A truly vital guide to navigating the difficult waters of 21st century desire. -- Olivia LaingThought-provoking ... [Angel's] jargon-free prose and nuanced readings of popular culture and postmodern theory enlighten. Readers will value this lively and incisive inquiry into the sexual dynamics of the #MeToo era. * Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) *One of our most daring, exciting and nuanced writers on the complexities of female desire, pleasure, autonomy and imagination. -- Deborah Levy, author of The Cost of LivingA provocative counterargument to recent feminist dogma. ... Angel raises intriguing questions about commonly accepted assumptions, and she offers reassurance to female readers. * Kirkus Reviews *[Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again] takes a taboo topic and removes the stigma by providing facts. Its titular refrain advocates for a better tomorrow. -- Ashley Holstrom * Foreword Reviews *[Angel] writes about complex questions with such clarity and elegance, and amid all the polarised spats that currently pass for considered debate, her work is a breath of fresh air. [Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again] is a provocative but clear-sighted analysis of female sexuality in the wake of #MeToo ... I'd urge anyone who cares about sexual ethics to read it. -- Bookseller (Editor's Choice) * Caroline Sanderson *Excellent -- Charlotte Higgins * The Guardian *[A] bible of modern sexuality and consent that all men and women should be reading * Evening Standard *She is reaching towards something else: a world where desire does not have to be known and fixed in advance to protect people from violence. -- Hettie O'Brien * Guardian *Tenderly inflected and meticulously argued, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again should be required reading * New Internationalist - Five Starred Review *A clear-eyed intervention in the crossfire of post-#MeToo sexual politics * TANK Magazine *Voyeuristically fascinating ... Angel dares to suggest that consent is not sexy . we should be aiming for something more complex -- Anna Leszkiewicz * New Statesman *Offers new ways of understanding the complexity of sexual relations . fresh and provoking * The F-Word *Exquisite ... A breathtaking, brilliant invitation not to turn away from complexity and vulnerability -- Hannah Dawson, editor of The Penguin Book of Feminist WritingThis nonfiction tour-de-force is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring themes of consent, power, sex, and the Me Too movement. This is the kind of book that seeks not to create dichotomous binaries, but to complicate the narrative. -- Rachel Krantz * The Millions *Eloquent and lucid -- Celia Walden * Telegraph *Succinct and thought-provoking -- Stephanie Merritt * Observer *Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again offers readers a blend of cultural criticism and provocative theory. -- Tobias Carroll * Inside Hook *Intriguing, philosophical. -- Laura Miller * Slate *One of the smartest, most nuanced and thought-provoking books I've read about sex in the post-#MeToo era. -- Moya Crockett * Stylist *[Angel] is right - consent as a yes/no dichotomy cannot be everything we want it to be. We must recognise that language cannot say everything, especially for women, who have not historically been given the chance to shape it according to their own needs and desires. * The Arts Desk *[Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again is] a necessary contribution to the many conversations about sex and power we have all had since 2017, and Angel's prose, clear and lovely, nimbly navigates the complexities of her subject matter. -- Madeleine Watts * Bookforum *A vital and groundbreaking work that brings nuance to a thorny subject. -- Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett * Guardian *Angel has dissected much of what there is to know about consent, desire, arousal and vulnerability: the four cornerstones of sexuality. Resisting definitive and simplistic conclusions, Angel has been wide-reaching in her research -- Emily S Cooper * Irish Times *Angel not only asks key questions about what women want, but also how we can know what we want. -- Adele Walton * Dazed *

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Book SynopsisFor the first time in nearly two centuries, one ethnic group now constitutes an absolute majority of Bosnia and Herzegovina's population: the Bosniaks. It is an unlikely development given that, scarcely thirty years ago, they were targeted for extermination and expulsion by Serbia's Slobodan Milošević. Even as the Bosniak community fought to survive these atrocities, it simultaneously came under attack from militants led by Croatian president Franjo Tuđman, who attempted to partition Bosnia and Herzegovina between Zagreb and Belgrade. Improbably, the Bosniaks and the Bosnian state survived these campaigns. But the country's fractious sectarian post-war order has produced the world's most convoluted constitutional regime, always teetering on the brink of collapse. Jasmin Mujanović illuminates the sources of contemporary Bosniak political identity, tracing the evolution of a religious community into a secular nation, and shedding light on the future of a nation at a crossroads. He explores the idea of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a 'national homeland', considers how narratives of genocide influence self-identity, and probes how demographic changes are putting pressure on the country's political framework. The fate of Bosnia and Herzegovina's peace and democracy rests on the Bosniaks' shoulders--and with it, the stability of all Southeastern Europe.Trade Review'Mujanović's book is part history, part polemic and part manifesto. As history it fills a niche and as polemic it brings the English-speaking reader up to date with events in Bosnia and Herzegovina. But it is as manifesto that Mujanović comes into his own. It is fine to bemoan that Dayton Bosnia is dysfunctional or to warn that the country is heading inexorably towards a breakdown of one sort or another--but then what is to be done? Few bother to answer that question. Mujanović argues for what he believes would be the best solution for Bosniaks, noting that his ideas would also be in the best interests of Bosnia's Croats and Serbs. Whether anyone is listening of course remains to be seen.' -- Tim Judah, Correspondent, 'The Economist''This erudite and illuminating book tells the story of the Bosnian genocide's greatest victims, the Bosniaks, tracing history and politics from the distant past to today. I welcome Mujanović's vision, including for "liberalisation" in Bosnia, with the prayer and commitment which we should all have after any genocide: never again.' -- Mustafa Akyol, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, and author of 'Reopening Muslim Minds' and 'Islam without Extremes''A thought-provoking book that traces the evolution of Bosniak political identity from a religious community to a secular nation. Compelling and captivating, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the political landscape of Southeastern Europe.' -- Edina Bećirević, Professor in the Faculty of Criminal Justice, Criminology and Security Studies, University of Sarajevo, and co-founder of the Atlantic Initiative'Eloquently presented and argued, "The Bosniaks" will set the tone for discussions on Bosnia and Herzegovina and, more broadly, political thought and national movements in the Western Balkans for years to come. A very compelling read.' -- Dženeta Karabegović, University of Salzburg, co-editor of 'Bosnia and Herzegovina's Foreign Policy Since Independence''Through meticulous research and analysis, this thought-provoking book sheds light on the resilience of a people striving to reclaim their place in a post-conflict world, offering a compelling examination of the enduring impact of genocide and the indomitable human spirit.' -- Emir Suljagić, Director of the Srebrenica Memorial Center

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Emerging alongside the progression of women's rights in the twenty-first century is the development of the men's rights movement, parts of which have culminated into the contemporary 'manosphere.' Consisting of online communities that ascribe to misogynistic ideologies, which objectify, disparage, and dehumanise women, the manosphere also houses those who identify as involuntary celibate (incel). Drawing on ethnographic research and interviews, this book provides an original and timely insight into the development of the manosphere, how and why people join and self-identify as incel, the extent to which the influence and philosophy of incel and the incelsphere draws on and is penetrating mainstream culture and political discourse, and its harmful impact. The Incel Rebellion is essential reading for a broad range of practitioners and scholars across criminology, sociology, terrorism studies, gender, media and cultural studies, and politics, as well as expanding the field of cybercrime research and beyond.Trade ReviewDrawing on extensive empirical research and a masterful use of socio-criminological understanding, Dr Sugiura's new book offers an incisive and timely analysis of the realities and the threats of the incel community. I hope this book will soon become a key reference point for anyone with an interest in the relationship between misogynistic ideologies and the wider socio-political climate, online harms, and qualitative digital research approaches. -- Dr Anita Lavorgna, Associate Professor in Criminology, University of SouthamptonIn Incel Rebellion Lisa Sugiura provides a rare empirical insight into the subcultures and practices of incel communities in the manosphere. The result is a compelling and innovative account of how some men find their way into incel communities, as well as the links between such spaces and wider misogyny in our increasingly digital society. This book is an outstanding contribution to the field of digital criminology and will be an essential resource for those studying cybercrime and other online harms. -- Anastasia Powell, Associate Professor Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT University (Melbourne)The Incel Rebellion: The Rise of the Manosphere and the Virtual War Against Women is an extremely timely and brilliant exploration of a pressing and immediate area of concern; one that has direct implications for safety, security, policy, and the general moral health of society. Cutting across various disciplines, including gender studies, criminology, and terrorism studies, Dr Sugiura masterfully navigates a number of important and complex considerations, including why people self-identify as incels, and what motivates them to join these types of communities. The jewel in the crown is the author's collection and use of qualitative interviews with current and former incels. As far as I'm aware, this is the first empirical academic study of its kind, and the rich data brings this fascinating area of research alive. This book is an absolute must for anyone interested in this topic and should form part of the foundation for any future work. -- Dr Suraj Lakhani Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology, Sussex UniversitySugiura's Incel Rebellion is a must read for anyone wanting to understand the history and ideology around the Incel community. In a time where male supremacy is becoming an increasing security concern, Sugiura expertly details the links existing between the so-called 'manosphere', white supremacy, and the mainstream political arena. In addition to providing a stellar account of the history of male supremacism, Sugiura reflects on the methodological and ethical issues that come from being a woman studying misogyny, an account that will no doubt be extremely valuable for future researchers wishing to conduct similar studies. Most importantly, this book provides clear evidence that extreme misogyny is not just a problem for the fringe, but rather has crept into the mainstream infecting the normative culture of our western societies. -- Ashton Kingdon - Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of the Radical RightTable of ContentsChapter 1. An Introduction to Incel Chapter 2. The Emergence and Development of the Manosphere Chapter 3. Join the Incel Rebellion Chapter 4. Weirdos or Extremists? Chapter 5. Legitimising Misogyny Chapter 6. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1967, Guy Debord's stinging revolutionary critique ofcontemporary society, The Society of the Spectacle has since acquired acult status. Credited by many as being the inspiration for the ideasgenerated by the events of May 1968 in France, Debord's pitiless attackon commodity fetishism and its incrustation in the practices of everydaylife continues to burn brightly in today's age of satellite televisionand the soundbite. In Comments on the Society of the Spectacle, publishedtwenty years later, Debord returned to the themes of his previousanalysis and demonstrated how they were all the more relevant in aperiod when the "integrated spectacle" was dominant. Resolutely refusingto be reconciled to the system, Debord trenchantly slices through thedoxa and mystification offered tip by journalists and pundits to showhow aspects of reality as diverse as terrorism and the environment, theMafia and the media, were caught up in the logic of the spectacularsociety. Pointing the finger clearly at those who benefit from the logicof domination, Debord's Comments convey the revolutionary impulse atthe heart of situationism.Trade ReviewGuy Debord is a time bomb, and a difficult one to defuse.A" Michael Lowy

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Book SynopsisIncludes stories such as 'Laminex and Mirrors', 'Cross-Country', and 'Ashes'.

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Book SynopsisOutlines the author's philosophy for implementing peaceful world change and provides a model for activists everywhere through stories of his own experience toppling dictatorships (peacefully) and of smaller examples of social change (like Occupy Wall Street or fighting for gay rights).

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Book SynopsisDirigieren ist mehr als das bloße Koordinieren von Musikern! Wolfgang Hattinger zeigt, worüber selten in den Feuilletons gesprochen wird, und was dennoch auf das künstlerische Ergebnis einwirkt: Da sind zum Beispiel Macht und Ohnmacht des Dirigenten oder die Kommunikation mit einzelnen Musikern und dem Orchester nur einige Themen, die die Selbst- und Außenwahrnehmung des Dirigenten bestimmen. Hattinger beschreibt und hinterfragt die weit über das rein Musikalische hinausgehenden Vermittlungsebenen zwischen Dirigent und Publikum, Orchester, Medien, Ästhetik, Partitur und Spiritualität.

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Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch führt in die theoretischen Grundlagen und praktischen Vorgehensweisen der Untersuchung von "narrativer Identität" anhand von autobiografischen Erzählinterviews ein.Table of ContentsSprache als Wirklichkeitskonstruktion - Autobiografisches Erzählen - Die 'narrative Identität' - Das Erzählinterview als empirischer Zugang - Grundlagen der Interpretation - Grundlagen des textanalytischen Arbeitens - Fokussierung der Interpretation - Praxis der Textanalyse - Strukturelle Aspekte der autobiographischen Gesamterzählung - Feinanalyse - Übergreifende Darstellungs- und Kommunikationsstrategien der Erzähler - Die praktischen Arbeitsschritte der Textanalyse - Planung und Durchführung des narrativen Interviews - Die Überführung des Interviews in den Text - Textaufbereitung - Sequenzanalyse - Fallübergreifende Techniken - Darstellung der Forschungsergebnisse

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Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A leading economist answers one of today’s trickiest questions: Why do some great ideas make it big while others fail to take off?   “Brilliant, practical, and grounded in the very latest research, this is by far the best book I’ve ever read on the how and why of scaling.”—Angela Duckworth, CEO of Character Lab and New York Times bestselling author of GritLONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD“Scale” has become a favored buzzword in the startup world. But scale isn''t just about accumulating more users or capturing more market share. It''s about whether an idea that takes hold in a small group can do the same in a much larger one—whether you’re growing a small business, rolling out a diversity and inclusion program, or delivering billions of doses of a vaccine.  Translating an idea into widespread impact, says

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Book SynopsisA 400-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese way of the warrior. Bushido has played a major role in shaping modern Japanese society and the modern martial arts in Japan and internationally.Trade Review"…useful for students of the modern and classical martial arts and well worth buying." --Meik Skoss, Koryu.com"This is a compelling, well-written translation." --Lawrence Kane, author of The Little Black Book of Violence and The Way of Kata"…a wonderful book for anyone who wants to understand the ideals behind the true warrior."--Bohdi Sanders, author of Warrior Wisdom: Ageless Wisdom for the Modern Warrior

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Book SynopsisChristine Rosen is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a columnist for Commentary magazine, senior editor at the New Atlantis and fellow at the University of Virginia's Institute for Advance Studies in Culture. She is the author of six books, including My Fundamentalist Education, which was chosen as a Washington Post Nonfiction Book of the Year. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, Slate, Los Angeles Times, Politico and more. She lives in Washington, DC.

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Book SynopsisThis enlightening work investigates the history, incidence, and causes of a unique sexual lifestyle pursued by increasing numbers of couples. It is called by many names, and lived in a variety of ways by different couples. The most common terms used to describe it are ''hotwife'' or ''cuckold lifestyle.'' This sexual practice, a form of sexual nonmonogamy, is distinguished from swinging and polyamory in that the husband rarely seeks sexual contact outside the marriage except for participation in group sex with his wife and other men, while the wife is permitted and often encouraged to pursue unrestrained sexual encounters with other men. The author includes interviews and comments from couples living the lifestyle throughout the U.S., and presents the stories in an attempt to determine the history of this sexual practice and its role in society and in relationships. He explores the psychological, social, biological, and evolutionary underpinnings of this uncommon and socially taboo behTrade ReviewConsensual nonmonogamy is bursting out of the closet, gaining wider attention from therapists, researchers and the larger public. One particular kind of nonmonogamy, the hotwife/cuckold dynamic, shows how some people express and explore their sexuality by taking a less-trodden path. This book serves as a great introduction – not just in providing some important basic information and a meaningful context, but by emotionally accompanying the reader who might be taking their first intellectual steps in understanding the hotwife / cuckold dynamic or understanding consensual nonmonogamous sexuality in successful long-term relationships. -- Richard A. Sprott, Ph.D., executive director of CARAS (Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities); co-author, Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and CommunitiesWhat is most compelling is not the sexual titillation, found aplenty in this book, but being taken along on Dr. Ley's clinical journey, exploring controversial aspects of sexuality. -- Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H., Psychiatrist and Bestselling Author of Bad Boys: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them, and When to Leave ThemWell-written and thoroughly researched, Ley’s survey of an evolving marriage lifestyle highlights qualities vital to any relationship, especially honest and consistent communication. * Publishers Weekly *Recommended. * CHOICE *Insatiable Wives is an intimate, erudite exploration of the "hotwives" or "cuckold" phenomenon.... The book is well-written and well-researched.... It's engaging enough to be a "beach book" (the cover will get you some odd looks from the next towel over) and substantive enough to serve as an excellent sexological resource after you've shaken the sand from its pages. * Contemporary Sexuality *Ley has written a valuable and important book. Regardless of what your values and preferences may be, this book is thoroughly engrossing and impressive in its thoughtful, disciplined, informative approach. Western culture and psychological theories have led us to think that no man will tolerate his wife having sex with other men, but this book shows that in fact such practices have existed across cultural and historical boundaries. Some men not only tolerate but positively enjoy the amorous adventures of their wives. The mixture of history and science, anecdote, and interview makes this a truly remarkable book. Anyone interested in the range and breadth of human sexual activity, whether from personal curiosity or professional interest, will find this well-written and carefully researched book to be enlightening and entertaining. -- Roy F. Baumeister, professor of psychology, Florida State UniversityVery informative and is suitable for individuals interested in the topic of sexuality and the history of sexuality. * Metapsychology Online *Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Birds and Horns 3 Monogamy and Marriage 4 Women, Wives and Femail Sexuality 5 Alternatives to Monogamy 6 Insatiable Wives Throughout History 7 Wife Sharing in Literature and Film 8 Fetish and Fantasy 9 This is No Easy Ride 10 A Wild New World of Wife Sharing 11 Fecund Fluids 12 Madonna or Whore 13 Endnotes 14 Selected Bibliography

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