Color of Violence

Reducere. The editors and contributors to Color of Violence ask: What would it take to end violence against women of color? Presenting the fierce and vital w...

Presenting the fierce and vital writing of organizers, lawyers, scholars, poets, and policy makers, Color of Violence radically repositions the ant...

One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year Oprah's Book Club Pick Named one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the New York Times, Entertain...

A timely examination of the ways Black women, Indigenous women, and other women of color are uniquely affected by racial profiling, police brutalit...

We know of the blood and tears provoked by the projects of transformation of the world through war or revolution. Starting from the essay published...

Reducere. Advances in LGBTQ rights in the recent past--marriage equality, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and the expansion of hate crimes legislation--...

Reducere. This book touches on all of the hot-topic issues of masculinity and violence, including gun violence, sexual assault and the #MeToo movement, viole...

Reducere. When people think of the civil rights movement and the fight for the rights of African Americans in the United States, the first name that comes to...

In this biography, discover the inspiring life story of Mohandas Gandhi, who successfully used his teachings of non-violence to win his country's f...

A lyrical and haunting depiction of American racial violence and lynching, evoked through stunning full-color artwork In late May 1918 in Valdosta,...

DescriptionAsian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics brings together groundbreaking essays that speak to the relationship between Asian ...

Reducere. In this Seal Studies title, author and professor Maythee Rojas offers a look at the intricate crossroads of being a woman of color. Women of Color ...

Francoise Verges examines the scandal of white doctors forcefully terminating the pregnancies of thousands of poor women of color on the French isl...

Reducere. In Poetic Operations artist and theorist micha cárdenas considers contemporary digital media, artwork, and poetry in order to articulate trans of c...

Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker's critically acclaimed and controversial novel, ...

This book explores the relationship between Shakespeare's most famous tragedies and the genre of 'domestic tragedy': plays about murder and adulter...

Reducere. DescriptionStahl's Illustrated Violence is a concise and highly illustrated guide to the underlying neurobiology, genetic predisposition and manage...

DescriptionIn recent years, feminism has been at the forefront of social criticism in the United States, but the mainstream face of feminism is sti...

A journey into the experiences of incarcerated women in rural areas, revealing how location can reinforce gendered violenceIncarceration is all too...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nia KingEditor: Elena RoseA celebration of queer and trans Black and brown genius... Building on the groundbreaking first v...

Survived physical abuse. Witnessed community violence. Conquered the streets. Saved by education. This is Dr. Maysa Akbar's story. A story of overc...

Reducere. DescriptionSurvived physical abuse. Witnessed community violence. Conquered the streets.Saved by education.This is Dr. Maysa Akbar's story. A story...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom #Gamergate to the 2016 election, to the daily experiences of marginalized perspectives, gaming is entangled with mainstream culture...

Reducere. All the Rage addresses everyday pleasure as well as the persistent condition of racism in the USA--a time marked both by recurring police violence ...

Description-The ultimate insider's guide to Jerusalem -Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides -Part of the ...

DescriptionNot so long ago, many talked complacently of a post-racial era, claiming that advances made by people of color showed that racial divisi...

Reducere. The murder of a police recruit pins a black LAPD detective in a deadly web where race, corruption, violence, and cover-ups intersect in this releva...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionReveals the diversity crisis in children's and young adult media as not only a lack of representation, but a lack of imaginationStories ...

Police are nine times more likely to kill African-American men than they are other Americans--in fact, nearly one in every thousand will die at the...

Publisher: Princeton University PressIllustration(s): 72 color illus.Number of pages: 136Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 238 x 289 x 18Cover type...

My Daily Actions, or The Meteorites is the result of a daily investigative writing practice, in which I was worried that a poem invested in the par...

Reducere. The definitive Case Files series moves into color Judge Dredd, Mega-City One's toughest law enforcer, is back on the streets in this collection of ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Julia SkellyIllustration(s): 8 color and 24 bw illusNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimens...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Katheryn Russell-BrownIllustration(s): 21 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 202...

Reducere. It's never too early to start talking to boys about gender, consent, and empathy. In a world still steeped in gender inequality and sexual violence...

Reducere. What does it mean to be loyal?Mathew and Mugo, two boys--one white, one black--share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s. They're friends ev...

Reducere. WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN FULL COLOR Mega-City One 2111AD, and the streets are awash with crime perpetrated by all manner of rog...

Reducere. Awards🏆Winner (1990) - National Book Critics Circle Award - (General Nonfiction)Contributor(s): Author: Shelby SteeleIn this controversial essay co...

DescriptionThe 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo marked an end to the Mexican--American War, but it sparked a series of lynchings of Mexicans and su...

Reducere. The book tells us the story of John Nobola, an immigrant of color who came to the United States of America with high hopes of finding refuge and ha...

Reducere. Building Entry and Room Clearing Tactics by Scott Kirshner covers sound tactical principles to prevail in violent encounters during the worst-case ...

Reducere. As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment -- halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements t...

Reducere. This book examines the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, perhaps the most lethal and financially devastating instance of collective violence in early tw...

Winner, Outstanding Book Award, Association for Theatre in Higher Education Winner, Grace Abbott Best Book Award, Society for the History of Childr...

Reducere. In the 21st century, radical feminist theory and activism is more important than ever. Hence, this new anthology, which brings together the best in...

Reducere. Winner of the 2013 John Hope Franklin Book Prize presented by the American Studies Association Social Death tackles one of the core paradoxes of so...

DescriptionA passionate, rigorous, and persuasive look at the helpful complexity of art during a time of profound cultural turmoil By turns histori...

Reducere. Sex and World Peace unsettles a variety of assumptions in political and security discourse, demonstrating that the security of women is a vital fac...

Description Theodore Lothrop Stoddard (June 29, 1883 - May 1, 1950) was an American political scientist, historian, journalist, anthropologist, eug...

DescriptionAn insightful, captivatingly designed, full-color hardcover that transports readers to the futuristic megalopolis of Night City--the epi...

In the eighteenth century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Marisa J. Fuentes creates a portrait of urb...

Reducere. Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span, Volume 2: Evaluation of Children and Adults is the second in a 3-volume set of sexual assault re...

Reducere. Contained within this anthology are dark stories and works of art that explore the shadow side of reality. They are disturbed works that journey ho...

Contributor(s): Author: Marisa J. FuentesIn the eighteenth century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Ma...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark LongAuthor: Jim DemonakosIllustrator: Nate PowellA New York Times-bestselling graphic novel based on the true story of...

In this far-ranging and penetrating work, Denise Ferreira da Silva asks why, after more than five hundred years of violence perpetrated by European...

Reducere. Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Ronin, is the most famous and perenially p...

DescriptionDrawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by th...

Reducere. A story of love, violence, and race set at the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution in 1791, African American writer Arna Bontemps's Drums at Dusk im...

DescriptionDrawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by th...

Reducere. Toi Derricotte's story is a hero's journey--a poet earning her way home, to her own commanding powers. "I" New and Selected Poems shows the reader ...

Reducere. A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness features essays and poems by Cherrie L. Moraga, one of the most influential figures in Chicana/o, feminist...

Reducere. Through the course of a historic year of civil unrest and the emergence of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement, thirty teen writers from Frank W. Ballou...

Reducere. This extraordinary graphic novel is a powerful denunciation of sexual violence against women. As seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old girl na...

Reducere. Description- Daily Lenten reflections with a novel approach - Color images enhance message of text Lent is often a season given to denial of physic...

Reducere. Dreamchaser relates stories that occurred during two years in the Soviet military and two years in a Soviet prison camp, the GULAG, as a political ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Native American Medicine Wheel is a philosophy that addresses the four elements of the human condition and helps the individual crea...

Reducere. For ten years, the charmingly disheveled veteran FBI Special Agent E.L. Pender has been investigating the apparently random disappearances of a doz...

The contributors to Playing for Keeps examine the ways in which musical improvisation can serve as a method for negotiating violence, trauma, syste...