Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching

Reducere. "Jessica Luther studied history and the classics before marshaling her writing talent toward of-the-moment topics like sexual assault and college s...

Reducere. The essays are provocative and enhance knowledge of Third World women's issues. Highly recommended . . . --Choice . . . the book challenges assumpt...

DescriptionA small dolphin on the ankle, a black line on the lower back, a flower on the hip, or a child's name on the shoulder blade--among the wo...

Explains how women activists from across the political spectrum engaged with the state by working within both authoritarian regimes and inter-Ameri...

A powerful and unapologetic book exploring young women's experiences of rape, compiled of real stories, statistics and photographs.

Reducere. Description: Man's freedom--God's omnipotence: how can they be reconciled? That question is central to this penetrating study of political action a...

Reducere. DescriptionWhite Man's Heaven is the first book to investigate the lynching and expulsion of African Americans in the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks ...

American Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism - Jack Citrin, David O. Sears

Decolonising International Law: Development, Economic Growth and the Politics of Universality - Sundhya Pahuja

Complicating historical narratives associated with the history of lynching in the city of Salisbury, The Silent Shore explores the immediate and li...

Reducere. In Jesus and the Politics of Mammon, Phelps uses contemporary critical theory, continental philosophy, and theology to develop a radical reading of...

The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughou...

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 ...

This book explores different forms of mediated offence in the context of Trump's America, Brexit Britain, and the rise of far-right movements acros...

A radical re-assessment of the post-modern study of musicPublisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): James R. CurrieIllustration(s): 21 music exx...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Douglas MullikenIllustration(s): 29 bw illusNumber of pages: 264Collection: World CinemaPublication ...

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 ...

View "Public Restrooms": A Photo Gallery in The Atlantic Monthly.So much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right d...

The first comprehensive reader on punk and race, from The Clash to Bad Brains.Publisher: Verso BooksIllustration(s): 36 BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS...

The advent of the twentieth century famously brought about new personal and political freedoms, including radical changes in voting rights and expr...

Why did France, with its strong sense of national identity, want to give up the Franc for the Euro? This book, by a former British diplomat in Pari...

The book engages with our desire to seek change in a world of increasing inequality, exclusion and violence. Deploying practical, academic and auto...

The book critically questions the assumption that making science more open and public could solve various issues around scientific credibility, tru...

The book engages with our desire to seek change in a world of increasing inequality, exclusion and violence. Deploying practical, academic and auto...

Reducere. Long before a devastating earthquake hit in January 2010, Haiti was one of the most impoverished and oppressed countries in the world. However, in ...

As the future of international law has become a growing site of struggle within and between powerful states, debates over the history of internatio...

There have been many Spinozas over the centuries: atheist, romantic pantheist, great thinker of the multitude, advocate of the liberated individual...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Philippe Le (Assistant Professor, University of Warwick, UK) GoffNumber of pages: 272Publication dat...

Reducere. In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley offers one of the most comprehensive critical analyses of Jesus of Nazareth's miss...

In the face of a set of environmental crises, a growing number of environmental and community groups are focusing on more sustainable practices in ...

Reducere. After the passage of the Dawes Severalty Act in 1887, the Southern Ute Agency was the scene of an intense federal effort to assimilate the Ute Indi...

One of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2015From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop...

Although Managing to Nurse may contradict contemporary beliefs about health care reform, the insiders' account that it provides is undeniable evide...

China's 1911 Revolution was a momentous political transformation. Its leaders, however, were not rebellious troublemakers on the periphery of imper...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Elizabeth EllcessorNumber of pages: 272Collection: Postmillennial PopPublication date: 2016Dimension...

DescriptionFew narratives in pop encompass Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Madonna, Duran Duran, Diana Ross, Johnny Mathis and Led Zeppelin....

A study of the music video.

Reducere. The way we talk about living beings can raise or lower their perceived value. Consider the pro-life strategy of calling a fetus a child, thereby ef...

This edited volume examines asymmetric conflict dynamics through the politics of recognition vis-a-vis armed non-state actors. It explores a divers...

DescriptionDuring the early seventeenth century, Kisama emerged in West Central Africa (present-day Angola) as communities and an identity for thos...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Iris Marion YoungNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 141 x 216 x 23Cover type: Pa...

Reducere. The Everglades was once reviled as a liquid wasteland, and Americans dreamed of draining it. Now it is revered as a national treasure, and American...

A mordantly funny and perceptive book about the act of national self-harm known as Brexit. A great democratic country tears itself apart, and engag...

Wilhelm Furtw ngler (1886-1954) has entered the historical memory as a renowned interpreter of the canon of Austro-German musical masterworks. His ...

The past few decades have witnessed an explosion of judgments on social rights around the world. However, we know little about whether these ruling...

Reducere. Separating FACT from FICTION in the COVID-19 EpidemicPeople are afraid. COVID-19 has upended our lives as it poses new medical dangers, economic su...