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In the critical essays collected in Black Looks, bell hooks interrogates old narratives and argues for alternative ways to look at blackness, black subjectivity, and whiteness. Her focus is on spect……続きを見る

The story of New York’s west side no longer stars the Sharks and the Jets. Instead it’s a story of urban transformation, cultural shifts, and an expanding contemporary art scene. The Chelsea Gallery……続きを見る

A obra apresenta debates sobre temas que são prioridade do pensamento social e da prática em saúde do continente. Aborda, do ponto de vista da antropologia, práticas de saúde e estudos de significad……続きを見る

The French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu is now recognised as one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. In a career of over fifty years, Bourdieu studied a wide range of topics: educa……続きを見る

Objetiva aprofundar o conhecimento sobre a violência praticada por jovens, com base, dentre outras, na seguinte pergunta: por que, na mesma família, somente alguns desenvolvem comportamento delinque……続きを見る

Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a univers……続きを見る

Esta coletânea de artigos, de distribuição gratuita, surge do desejo de elaborarmos um material para reflexão sobre a grave crise societária em curso, agravada pela pandemia da COVID-19, que trouxes……続きを見る

ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING CARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN Betrayed. Exploited. Forgotten. Can one boy overcome the odds stacked against him? Tayo was surprisingly well-spoken b……続きを見る

This book will help the sufferer understand the links between past trauma and present difficulties and offers ways to gain control over these problems, allowing the individual to deal with intrusive……続きを見る

As business becomes increasingly globalized and China establishes its growing role in the international business environment, developing an understanding of the complex culture is important to anyon……続きを見る

This study examines the question of the right to water for food and agriculture and asks whether such a right can be found in the right to water, or whether it is more appropriate to examine the rig……続きを見る

State Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyzes one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely, Kerala in southern India and begs the question of wh……続きを見る

Using the U.S. wall at the border with Mexico as a focal point, two experts examine the global surge of economic and environmental refugees, presenting a new vision of the relationships between citi……続きを見る

Este es un ensayo fotográfico sobre la vida nómada de los saharauis que viven en la parte más oriental del Sahara Occidental, también conocida como 'territorios liberados'. Esos territorios para los……続きを見る

Si la gente quiere sobrevivir en estas duras condiciones, sus cultivos deberán tolerar la sequía, altas temperaturas y suelos pobres. Las cactáceas están siendo de creciente interés alrededor del mu……続きを見る

不要看穿，也不能說破，那是在東京生活，偶爾必備的，一種循規蹈矩的秩序。 張維中告訴你： 東京潛規則，那些生活裡微小卻重要的事**……** 本書特色： ※ 張維中的東京生活觀察書！挖掘出日本人自己都沒察覺的習慣與……続きを見る

The intermingling of people and media from different cultures is a communication-based phenomenon known as hybridity. Drawing on original research from Lebanon to Mexico and analyzing the use of the……続きを見る

The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on biodiversity, hereafter called Biodiversity TAG, is composed of 25 international experts in ecology, biodiversity indicators, agronomy, life cycle assessment, l……続きを見る

In this fast-changing world, and given the urgent need to eliminate hunger and ensure food security and nutrition, understanding and attaining sustainable soil management has never been more importa……続きを見る

The main objective of the Food control system assessment tool is to propose a harmonized, objective and consensual basis to analyse the performance of a national food control system. It is intended ……続きを見る

Incorporating a rich series of case-studies covering a range of geographical areas, this collection of essays examines the history of modern intellectuals in the Islamic world throughout the twentie……続きを見る

This brilliant piece came out as one of the (World) best in the 2010 edition of Peter Drucker's Global Challenge. The author has thus decided to share it with the world! It is a solution-driven miss……続きを見る

This book presents a structured yet flexible methodology for developing intercultural competence in a variety of contexts, both formal and informal. Piloted around the world by UNESCO, this methodol……続きを見る

How did East and West Germany and Japan reconstitute national identity after World War II? Did all three experience parallel reactions to national trauma and reconstruction? History education shaped……続きを見る

This volume addresses the conditions allowing the transformation of specific children’s rights into capabilities in settings as different as children’s parliaments, organized leisure activities, con……続きを見る

Winner of The Iranian World Prize for the Book of the Year 2007 in the Philosophy and Mysticism category. This new and original text provides a timely re-examination of Islamic thought, presenting a……続きを見る

What to most likely encounter when working with a recruiter for a contract type employment position. 続きを見る

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Online Anti-Rape Activism examines the nature, use and scope of online spa……続きを見る

This techno-economic performance review of selected fishing fleets in North and South America presents the findings of four country level studies of fishing fleets in the United States of America, B……続きを見る

A powerful history that shows anti-Judaism to be a central way of thinking in the Western tradition. This incisive history upends the complacency that confines anti-Judaism to the ideological extrem……続きを見る