Saki - Social & Cultural Studies 2

Media Representations of African American Athletes in Cold War Japan addresses the cross-cultural dialogue between Black America and Japan that was enabled through sports during the Cold War era. Th……続きを見る

Intercultural Health Communication brings together the fields of health and intercultural research in new work from leading communication scholars. This book is based on two premises: neither health……続きを見る

The twelve contributors to this volume, from ten different nations, are world-renowned sociologists who examine problems of ecology and world resources as they affect the quality of social life. Thr……続きを見る

This book completes the project, begun in Nietzsche’s Immoralism: Politics as First Philosophy, of critically reconstructing a Nietzschean left politics. Nietzsche's incompatibilist ideal of amor fa……続きを見る

Nietzsche’s Immoralism begins a two-volume critical reconstruction of a socialist, democratic, and non-liberal Nietzschean politics. Nietzsche’s ideal of amor fati (love of fate) cannot be individua……続きを見る

Marveling Religion: Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an edited volume that explores the intersection of religion and cinema through the lenses of critical discours……続きを見る

Doble crimen. Tortura, esclavitud sexual e impunidad es el testimonio de Linda Loaiza, una mujer que conoció el horror durante 112 días, en 2001: Veinte años después nos cuenta su historia.Linda Loa……続きを見る

解開人脈連結的密碼，形塑致勝的人際網絡 比拓展人脈更關鍵的，是專注你的人脈如何形成！ 從精彩的案例中深入了解三大人脈風格：介人與召集人， 形塑你專屬的人脈風格，創建更美好的生活。 「關於人脈的主題，本書……続きを見る

Are we seeing the presidentialization of politics in Japan? Certainly, many recent prime ministers have demonstrated powerful leadership, notably Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe. While the phenomen……続きを見る

Det går att ta ut organ ur döda människor och operera in dem i levande. Det vet nästan alla och i Sverige är de flesta positiva till det. Om någon frågar säger närmare nio av tio att de vill donera ……続きを見る

This book is a reference book for future researches on the newly invented theories, formulas and hypotheses that aim to provide a comprehensive and innovative framework for understanding and overcom……続きを見る

Essays about how stories of the Old West reflectーand affectーour beliefs and values. The solitude of the lone rider, the loyalty of his horse, and the unspoken code of the Westーfor many, Western m……続きを見る

This project covers the different aspects of the evolution and the development of the human race on this planet. This is merely viewed throughout the process of wealth accumulation, capital (owners ……続きを見る

This collection of essays examines the health risks, health programs, and access to healthcare among marginalized communities in Africa. Drawing on rich ethnographic evidence, Environment, Economy, ……続きを見る

Discover Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, in this thematic encyclopedia that covers everything from geography and economics to etiquette and pop culture. Part of Bloomsbury's Understanding M……続きを見る

“Troppo fragile per lavorare e troppo povero per andare in pensione” è diventata la nuova normalità. L’incombente crisi globale delle pensioni non interessa solo i lavoratori attivi e i pensionati: ……続きを見る

Analysing materials from literature and film, this book considers the fates of women who did not or could not buy into the Japanese imperial ideology of "good wives, wise mothers" in support of male……続きを見る

Tradition and Transformation in Christian Art approaches tradition and transculturality in religious art from an Orthodox perspective that defines tradition as a dynamic field of exchanges and syner……続きを見る

Critical Articulations of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation engages scholarly essays, poems, and creative writings that examine the meanings of race, gender, and sexual orientation as interlockin……続きを見る

Masao Maruyama was the most influential and respected political thinker in post-WWII Japan. He believed that the collective mentality, inherent in the traditional Japanese way of thinking, was a key……続きを見る

In The Origins of the Lost Fleet of the Mongol Empire, Randall Sasaki provides a starting point for understanding the technology of the failed Mongol invasion of Japan in 1281 CE, as well as the his……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Am 30. August 2010 erschien das Buch……続きを見る

Boldly illustrated and superbly translated, Folk Legends from Tono captures the spirit of Japanese peasant culture undergoing rapid transformation into the modern era. This is the first time these 2……続きを見る

This book focuses on group sequential methods for clinical trials with co-primary endpoints based on the decision-making frameworks for: (1) rejecting the null hypothesis (stopping for efficacy), (2……続きを見る

In recent decades, American universities have begun to tout the “diversity” of their faculty and student bodies. But what kinds of diversity are being championed in their admissions and hiring pract……続きを見る

This classic book on Japanese culture and etiquette takes a candid look at Asia's most modern, yet misread society. Here is a different book about the Japanese. A far cry from the purple prose of th……続きを見る

The artistic and philosophical heritage of Japan has a special meaning for the modern world. During the present century, Japanese thought and Japanese art have exerted a strong influence on the west……続きを見る

Powerfully synthesizing major currents in the field, this book addresses the issue of inequality across American politics and society, using race as a lens for the exploration of major themes in Ame……続きを見る

Tricksters and Cosmopolitans is the first sustained exploration into the history of cross-cultural collaborations between Asian American writers and their non–Asian American editors and publishers. ……続きを見る

Un hablante. Dos orillas. Dos lenguas maternas que son iguales y al mismo tiempo diferentes: el habla española y el habla latinoamericana. Y una lengua paterna fantasma, "el japonés que se marchitó ……続きを見る