Adria - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Aloha America reveals the role of hula in legitimating U.S. imperial ambitions in Hawai'i. Hula performers began touring throughout the continental United States and Europe in the late nineteenth ce……続きを見る

With the emergence of popular culture phenomena such as reality television, blogging, and social networking sites, it is important to examine the representation of Black women and the potential impl……続きを見る

Why is governance of addiction so difficult? What can we learn from recent experiences and efforts in Europe? Governance of Addictions analyses the multidisciplinary research which has been used as ……続きを見る

This book critically analyzes the portrayals of Black women in current reality television. Audiences are presented with a multitude of images of Black women fighting, arguing, and cursing at one ano……続きを見る

This book is a picture of prison life from the inside. It illustrates prison life as, at turns, exciting, surprising, distressing and, often, amusing. Each day is different, and anyone who walks thr……続きを見る

Black Women in Reality Television Docusoaps explores representations of Black women in one of the most powerful, popular forms of reality television – the docusoap. Viewers, critics, and researchers……続きを見る

Insecure, Awkward, and #Winning: Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Works of Issa Rae is the first project dedicated exclusively to Issa Rae and her works. Her work offers a fer……続きを見る

During the first half of the twentieth century, movements seeking political equality emerged in France's overseas territories. Within twenty years, they were replaced by movements for national indep……続きを見る

Sexual Subjects, a psychoanalytic book informed by gender theory, queer theory and feminism, addresses the tensions inherent in writing about lesbians and sexuality in the postmodern age. Adria Schw……続きを見る

This book analyzes stories of university early childhood faculty members, community activists in southern California, and children and the early childhood teacher education students working with the……続きを見る

La lucha sin cuartel de la Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca contra los desahucios. Esta es la historia de cómo unos pocos, en nombre de otros muchos, pelearon durante años por abrir un debate……続きを見る

1 d’octubre de 2017: les imatges de la policia espanyola apallissant votants inunden televisions i webs de tot el planeta, el món espera un missatge clar. Ens sumem a l’onada de simpatia internacion……続きを見る

This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English (long sentences,……続きを見る

Robert Philip Hansen thought he was smarter than the system. For decades, the quirky but respected counterintelligence expert, religious family man, and father of six, sold top secret information to……続きを見る

Propuestas y aportaciones de académicos y especialistas en el tema que contribuyeron a la reflexión sobre los caminos que se deben impulsar para detener el cambio climático. 続きを見る

Contesting Grand Narratives of the Intercultural uses an autoethnographic account of the author’s experience of living in Iran in the 1970s to demonstrate the constant struggle to prevent the interc……続きを見る

Escrito originalmente sob a forma de dissertação de mestrado, tendo como título "Movimento Armorial: o erudito e o popular na obra de Antônio Carlos Nóbrega", orientada pelo professor Sébastien Joac……続きを見る

Todos podemos sentir el impulso de comprender y explorar el impacto de la tecnología en nuestro mundo. El libro "Peregrinos Digitales, hacia una humanidad cuántica" promete llevar a los lectores en ……続きを見る

Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together major feminist thinkers to debate Cavarero’s call for a postural ethics of nonviolence and a sociality rooted in bodily interdependence. Towar……続きを見る

Trotters Buch ist eine scharfsinnige Analyse der Gruppenpsychologie und der Möglichkeit, eine große Zahl von Menschen aufgrund deren angeborener Tendenz zu beeinflussen. Trotter kam zu dem Schluss, ……続きを見る

International law is playing an increasingly important role in international politics. However, international relations theorists have thus far failed to conceptualise adequately the role that law p……続きを見る

Written from the contrasting yet complementary perspectives of sociology and philosophy, this book explores the far-reaching ethical consequences of the runaway commodification of sport, focusing on……続きを見る

On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in then Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine alone, not to mention many citizens of surrounding countries, a……続きを見る

This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English (long sentences,……続きを見る

Adrian Boas's combined use of historical and archaeological evidence together with first-hand accounts written by visiting pilgrims results in a multi-faceted perspective on Crusader Jerusalem. Gene……続きを見る

Engagingly and clearly written by a highly respected theologian, God, Sex, and Gender is the first comprehensive introduction to a theology of both sexuality and gender available in a single volume.……続きを見る

The rise of digital media has been widely regarded as transforming the nature of our social experience in the twenty-first century. The speed with which new forms of connectivity and communication a……続きを見る

A revolutionary book that explains the most enigmatic and fascinating wonder of the ancient world: the Pyramids of Egypt. In 1993, German robotics engineer Rudolf Gatenbrink discovered a sealed door……続きを見る

Wacky but well-researched, unbiased and shameless, this informational book about drugs dares to take readers on a long, strange trivia trip. Following in the tradition of The Ultimate Book of Useles……続きを見る

A suite of poems examining the myth and history of the legendary prizefighter Jack Johnsonーa finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Awardーfrom the author, with Youssef Daoudi, ……続きを見る