In the midst of a pandemic, the Jagiellonian University's Institute of Sociology (in collaboration with its Interdisciplinary Center for Socio-Legal Analyses as well as the Polish Sociological Association) organized a series of Master Lectures.
Mario Melo Cevallos, abogado del pueblo kichwa de Sarayaku, presenta su versión de la historia de resistencia y movilización del pueblo indígena ante los planes del Estado de explotar el petróleo que se encontraba en el corazón de la Amazonia.
This book counters the common understanding of study abroad in Latin America as a White and middle-class colonizer practice and re-imagines it to fit the needs of Latinx immigrant/transnational higher education students.
This book examines the opportunities, orientations and outcomes that shape education for Black people across time, place and space throughout the African diaspora.
This book turns to the intellectual discourses that have emerged from India and Latin America, two outposts of the Global South, on the themes of imperialism, sovereignty, development, and socio-economic, racial and caste inequalities.
The achievement of our humanity comes about only through immersion in concrete, visceral, embodied relational experience, yet for many human beings, that achievement is stamped by the struggle against oppression in history, society, and religion.
Named one of the New York Times Best Wine Books of 2023Named one of the Washington Post's Best Wine Books of 2023This is a unique tale about the first non-Frenchman to ever own one of the Montrachet Grand Cru vineyards in Burgundy, France.
New Generation Korean is an immersive and visually appealing resource specifically designed for secondary and post-secondary Korean language learners, as well as independent self-study enthusiasts.
In the midst of a pandemic, the Jagiellonian University's Institute of Sociology (in collaboration with its Interdisciplinary Center for Socio-Legal Analyses as well as the Polish Sociological Association) organized a series of Master Lectures.
This book sets out to search for the Second World - the (post)socialist context - in dance studies and examines the way it appears and reappears in today's globalized world.
Les Abénakis ou « Peuple du soleil levant » (de waban- : ‘aube, aurore’ et -aki : ‘terre’), originaires de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, se sont établis au Québec dès le XVIIe siècle.
A bold vision of liberal humanism for navigating today's complex world of growing identity politics and rising nationalismCollective identities such as race, nationality, religion, gender, and sexuality clamor for recognition and respect, sometimes at the expense of other things we value.
A linguistic history of Native American place-names in Indiana In tracing the roots of Indiana place names, Michael McCafferty focuses on those created and used by local Native Americans.
An eye-opening, unapologetic explanation of what "e;racial profiling"e; is in modern-day America: systematic targeting of communities and placing of suspicion on populations, on the basis of not only ethnicity but also certain places that are linked to the social identity of that group.
This book examines how black women have identified challenges in major social institutions across history and demonstrated adaptive leadership in mobilizing people to tackle those challenges facing black communities.
This wide-ranging survey of the environmental damage to Native American lands and peoples in North America-in recent times as well as previous decades-documents the continuing impact on the health, wellness, land, and communities of indigenous peoples.
This book examines the state of race relations in America 10 years after one of the worst natural disasters in American history, Hurricane Katrina, and looks at the socioeconomic consequences of decades of public and private practices brought to light by the storm in cities throughout the Gulf Coast as well as in America more broadly.
La pregunta por los componentes básicos de la sociedad, aquello que la constituye en última instancia, es una cuestión clásica y, a la vez, constante en las ciencias sociales y humanas.
Los autores de este libro observan que, en los primeros años del siglo XX, en el imaginario de las elites, los jóvenes en la Ciudad de México eran considerados, salvo excepciones, dependientes, sin capacidad de decisión individual y política.
A Cantonese-Tauiwi queer man reflects on his lived experiences as a means to explore the intersection of Asian-ness and queerness in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Adam's Bridge offers the first comprehensive transdisciplinary study of the famous eponymous tombolo (also known as Ram Setu) combining its sacral, historical, geological, political, performative, and heritage aspects into one framework, viewed under the critical lenses of island studies and cultural theory.
In Nimrods, Kawika Guillermo chronicles the agonizing absurdities of being a newly minted professor (and overtired father) hired to teach in a Social Justice Institute while haunted by the inner ghosts of patriarchy, racial pessimism, and imperial arrogance.
This book examines the intertwined histories of television and migration in Australia, told from the perspectives of migrants who worked in the screen industry and the many more who watched television.
"e;A delightful and deeply informative new take on the Scots-Irish who, despite being relatively unknown, made a tremendous contribution to America's culture.
Challenging the generally accepted belief that the introduction of racial slavery to America was an unplanned consequence of a scarce labor market, Anthony Parent, Jr.