Society and culture: general

This book explores the intimate marital relationships of Indonesian Muslim married women.

Der Band lotet die Bedingungen des Erinnerns und Erzählens und damit einer Re-Inszenierung der Vergangenheit im Feld der Kinder- und Jugendmedien aus.

First published in 1987, this volume makes available key documents, giving the contemporary reader a valuble record of women's struggle for eduacation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

It is widely known that - at least in current societies - culture depends on money.

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The history of the execution of women in the United States has largely been ignored and scholars have given scant attention to gender issues in capital punishment.

Examining the dynamics between subject, photographer and viewer, Fashioning Brazil analyses how Brazilians have appropriated and reinterpreted clothing influences from local and global cultures.

Im Lehrgang Technische Hilfeleistung (nach FwDV 2) sind für das Erlernen des korrekten Umgangs mit Trennschleifer, Plasmaschneider und Brennschneidegerät nur wenige Unterrichtseinheiten vorgesehen.

Photography: A Critical Introduction was the first introductory textbook to examine key debates in photographic theory and place them in their social and political contexts, and is now established as one of the leading textbooks in its field.

Promoting Reproductive Security in Developing Countries provides a comprehensive approach to developing and implementing reproductive health programs in the developing world.

How do perceptions of the past--not just of particular events, but of the trajectory of history as a whole--shape our experience of the world?

This book expands the discourse as well as the nature of critical commentary on science fiction, speculative fiction and futurism - literary and cinematic by Black writers.

With Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education, you can explore musics from around the world with your students in a meaningful way.

Meeting the aims of sustainability is becoming increasingly difficult; at the same time, the call for culture is becoming more powerful.

This book argues that a sense of affinity for land and space constitutes the foundation of human agency and underlies all social activity of human beings from a personal level to family, nation, region, and the world.

Corruption is linked to a wide range of developmental issues, including undermining democratic institutions, slowing economic development and contributing to government instability, poverty and inequality.

Violence and Gender in the Globalized World expands the present discourse on gender and violence, discovering new ways to address the complexities encountered in academic research on the topic.

Military action in South Ossetia, growing tensions with the United States and NATO, and Russia's relationship with the European Union demonstrate how the issue of Russian nationalism is increasingly at the heart of the international political agenda.

Originally published in 1984.

In this powerful and authoritative study Jody Allen Randolph providesthe fullest account yet of the work of a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature as well as in contemporary women's writing.

How can we create a healthier world and prevent the crisis next time?

Many can attest to the importance of the self-growth that occurs for young people through the arts and their accompanying communities of support, understanding, and caring.

When Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom.

This book examines the implications of new communication technologies in the light of the most recent work in social and cultural theory and argues that new developments in electronic media, such as the Internet and Virtual Reality, justify the designation of a "e;second media age"e;.

A groundbreaking story of African agency and the abolition of slavery, providing a new perspective on the Atlantic slave trade.

This is a study of the most fascinating and idiosyncratic of all seventeenth-century figures.

Barbara Köhler Stüdeli legt mit dem vorliegenden Band die erste explorative Studie vor, die die mediale Identitätsdarstellung öffentlicher Akteure empirisch untersucht und ihren Einfluss auf die Reputation von Organisationen und Management analysiert.

5784 Jahre Denkgeschichte für die ZukunftShitstorms, Sex, Selbstbestimmung – ein ungewöhnlicher Blick auf aktuelle Themen:Wenn es heute um jüdisches Leben geht, dreht sich die Diskussion – insbesondere in Deutschland – meist um den Holocaust, den arabisch-israelischen Konflikt oder Antisemitismus.

1948 edition of this popular work, first published in 1844.

India has one of the highest numbers of HIV carriers in the world.

The story of white flight and the neglect of Black urban neighborhoods has been well told by urban historians in recent decades.

This edited book addresses the diversity across time and space of the sites, actors and practices of feminist translation from 1945-2000.

This interdisciplinary volume provides the most comprehensive evaluation, to date, of the merits and problems of Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School.

The impact of the United Nations "e;Healthy Prisons"e; initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations.

Based on over a decade of fieldwork conducted with urban Roma, Staging Citizenship offers a powerful new perspective on one of the European Union s most marginal and disenfranchised communities.

What do people do all day?

In the context of contemporary economic, political, social and cultural transformations, this book brings together contributions from developed and emerging societies in Europe, the USA and East Asia in order to highlight the nature, extent and impact of these changes on the housing opportunities of women.

Cultural Globalization: A User s Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture and globalization.

Why do Koreans search for shamans?