This book details the great unreported story of the Chinese giant, its enormously rapid conversion to Christianity, and what this change means to the global balance of power.
Auf der Grundlage führender empirischer psychologischer Forschungsarbeiten aus der ganzen Welt bietet dieses Buch wertvolle Erkenntnisse über Frauen, die Sex verkaufen.
*; Examines the complexities of Indigenous legends and creation myths and reveals common oral traditions across much of North America*; Explores the history of Cahokia, the Mississippian Mound Builder Empire of 1050-1300 CE, told through the voice of Honga, a Native leader of the time*; Presents an Indigenous revisionist history regarding Thomas Jefferson, expansionist doctrine, and Manifest DestinyWhile Western accounts of North American history traditionally start with European colonization, Indigenous histories of North Americaor Turtle Islandstretch back millennia.
The present volume is output of research developmental activities of the intellectuals, research scholars, teachers, and social scientists all over India.
An inspiring self-portrait of a world-renowned African American vocal artistThis is a fascinating account of a gifted woman's coming of age and rise to success at a time when black classical musicians faced barriers at every turn.
In this book, the author Jesus Briones focuses on the fragility of our psychological ecosystem--a fancy way of saying we are constantly changing and never know exactly what we are becoming.
'Absorbing' - The Guardian'Illuminating' - Vogue'Fascinating' - Pandora SykesIn Nostalgia, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from seventeenth-century Switzerland (when it was held to be an illness that could, quite literally, kill you) to the present day (when it is co-opted by advertising agencies and politicians alike to sell us goods and policies).
A partir de un recorrido por la complejidad epistémica, social y política de los feminismos indígenas y comunitarios en América Latina, Victoria Martínez y Mariana Alvarado revisan conceptos clave de la modernidad hegemónica para visibilizar sus cuestionamientos en los pensares, decires y prácticas de resistencia y de lucha de las modernidades alternativas.
Violence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism.
In Secularism as Misdirection, Nivedita Menon traces how the discourse of secularism fixes attention to and hypervisualizes women and religion while obscuring other related issues.
In 'Zuni Mythology', Frank Hamilton Cushing delves into the rich and complex world of Zuni cosmology, offering readers a comprehensive look at the myths and legends of this Native American tribe.
In 'Venus Urania', Basilius von Ramdohr präsentiert eine detaillierte und umfassende Analyse der Mythologie und künstlerischen Darstellungen der Liebe und Schönheit.
New York Times-bestselling author adrienne maree brown knows we need each other more than ever, and offers loving corrections: a roadmap towards collective power, righting wrongs, and true belongingThis selection of prescient, compassionate essays explores patterns we engage in that are rooted in limited thinking.
Acknowledging efforts to dismantle racism at multiple levels, Racism and Anti-Racism Today examines racism and anti-racism as interconnected rather than isolated issues and proposes a framework for effective anti-racist policy and practice.
Versammlungen waren im frühmittelalterlichen Lateineuropa wichtige Institutionen: Hier handelten die Entscheidungsträger ihre Hierarchie aus, hier machten sie Politik, hier tauschten sie Informationen aus.
John Stuart Mill's 'The Subjection of Women' is a groundbreaking work in the realm of feminist literature, challenging the traditional patriarchal society of the 19th century.
Voicing Psychotic Experiences explores the process of recovery from psychosis, although is applicable to recovery from all mental health problems, by looking at definitions, research, diversity and personal experiences.
The first volume in the Lucy Cavendish College Lecture Series, Coercion and Trust, provides a unique, multi-disciplinary dialogue on the complex links between coercion and trust from perspectives in the social sciences, medicine, and literature, combining high-quality academic research with professional recommendations.
The first volume in the Lucy Cavendish College Lecture Series, Coercion and Trust, provides a unique, multi-disciplinary dialogue on the complex links between coercion and trust from perspectives in the social sciences, medicine, and literature, combining high-quality academic research with professional recommendations.
Seismic shifts in the theatrical meanings of The Merry Wives of Windsor have taken place across the centuries as Shakespeare's frequently performed play has relocated to Windsor across the world, journeying along the production/adaptation/appropriation continuum.
Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles weaves together historical narratives of major riots with the changing contexts in which they have occurred to show how urban space, politics, and economic conditions--not simply an abstract "e;race conflict"e;--all structure the form and virulence of urban rebellions.
The Social Production of Research offers critical perspectives on the interrelations between research funding and gender, in a climate where universities expect accountability and publishing productivity to be maintained at peak levels.
This fascinating book provides a groundbreaking resource for innovative approaches to qualitative inquiry that address equity and justice and equip readers with tools to enact these approaches in their own work.
A pioneering critical work that establishes the existence and elaborates the history of a female literary tradition in Spain early in the nineteenth century, this book will greatly interest specialists in Spanish literature.
This diary of acclaimed psychologist and radical feminist Phyllis Chesler was a pioneering work when it was first published in 1979, and it still resonates today.
The powerful testimonies of 11 widows of the Bible are brought to narrative life in lyrical, visceral prose that brings readers deep inside the women's grief, strength, and faith.
