Rita - Social & Cultural Studies 1

A bold and provocative work from the late preeminent feminist scholar, which challenges men and women alike to free themselves from attachment to gender. At the heart of Buddhism is the notion of eg……続きを見る

¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a la nueva anormalidad! (aunque tememos que no va a gustarles). Nuestros ricos se niegan a pagar un impuesto solidario. Las personas mueren solas en la pandemia. ¿Es impos……続きを見る

Recent decades of neoliberal rule have seen authoritarian turns in many governments, and these decades have also been marked by increasing violence against women. The systematic killing of women in ……続きを見る

This translation of Rita Segato’s seminal book La crítica de la colonialidad en ocho ensayos offers an anthropological and critical perspective on the coloniality of power as theorized by the Peruvi……続きを見る

Die vorliegende Studie empfiehlt, Leistungsansprüche für Personen mit interventionsfordernden (Brustkrebs-)Risiken anhand einer neuen Rechtskategorie, der ‚risikoadaptieren Prävention‘, abzubilden. ……続きを見る

Tracing the configuration of the slapstick, destitute Peladita/Peladito and the Pachuca/Pachuco (depicted in flashy zoot suits) from 1928 to 2004, Wild Tongues is an ambitious, extensive examination……続きを見る

In Buddhist thought and practice, death has always been a central concept. This book provides a careful and thorough analysis of the rituals and social customs surrounding death in the Theravada tra……続きを見る

Tactical media describes interventionist media art practices that engage and critique the dominant political and economic order. Rather than taking to the streets and staging spectacular protests, t……続きを見る

In the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) of 1921, the U.S. Congress defined “native Hawaiians” as those people “with at least one-half blood quantum of individuals inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands……続きを見る

Das Kernthema "fehlende phonologische Bewusstheit" wird am Beispiel von Schülern, mit deren Störungen die phonetisch-phonologische Ausgangsproblematik deutlich gemacht wird, anschaulich und nachvoll……続きを見る

Het verhaal van een meisje dat de nazi-experimenten overleefde Rita Winterstein was de helft van een tweeling. Haar moeder mocht haar dochters houden op voorwaarde dat de nazi's op hen mochten exper……続きを見る

Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theo……続きを見る

In Bringing Value to Healthcare: Practical Steps for Getting to a Market-Based Model, Rita Numerof and Michael Abrams lay out the roadmap to a healthcare system that is accountable for delivering op……続きを見る

Professions are institutions which, through their small size, self-governing elements, and sense of social mission, can assist in maintaining a sound civic culture. As mediating institutions in our ……続きを見る

In 1914, the SS Komagata Maru crossed oceans and jurisdictions to arrive at the west coast of Canada. Canadian officials, calling on legislative acts designed to limit the immigration of Indians, de……続きを見る

A crise financeira de 2008 possibilitou a efetivação de uma antiga aspiração histórico-política de Portugal: a existência de um espaço mediático lusófono. O modelo de media do atlântico sul de expre……続きを見る

Mysteriöse Ereignisse überschatten die Misswahl auf Norderney. Kurz vor dem Finale ist die Top-Favoritin Eva plötzlich wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. Ein Brief taucht auf, in dem Eva ihren Rückzieher……続きを見る

In a time of flexible and mutable work arrangements, there is hardly a domain of organizing that has not been affected by liminality. Temporary workers who switch companies based on projects, consul……続きを見る

This annual series, published in co-operation with the Women in International Development Program at Michigan State University, uses a multidisciplinary approach to explore women's experiences acros……続きを見る

Der Detailhandel gehört punkto Arbeitsplätze und Wirtschaftsleistung zu den wichtigsten Sektoren der Schweiz. Aber was wissen wir über die Arbeitsbedingungen der Männer und – mehrheitlich – Frauen, ……続きを見る

National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall impact of ……続きを見る

Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Eurozone faced a major challenge to many of its most widely held beliefs around both short- and long-term economic policy. Contrary to what had been the rece……続きを見る

How are meta-narratives of development entangled in people’s identities and life trajectories? How do they inhabit people’s histories, their understandings of their place in the world, and their dre……続きを見る

Visual evidence is the sine qua non of the modern criminal processーfrom photographs and video to fingerprints and maps. Siam's New Detectives offers an analytical history of these visual tools as e……続きを見る

Forging Islamic Power and Place charts the nineteenth-century rise of a vast network of Islamic scholars stretching across Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean to Arabia. Following the political and ……続きを見る

Making liquor isn’t rocket science: some raw materials, a stove, and a few jury-rigged pots are all that’s really needed. So when the colonial regime in turn-of-the-century French Indochina banned h……続きを見る

This book offers practical advice on designing, conducting and analyzing interviews with ‘elite’ and ‘expert’ persons (or ‘socially prominent actors’), with a focus on criminology and criminal justi……続きを見る

Increasing numbers of adults are enroling in doctoral programmes, but their earlier college lives often do not prepare them for the rules of the academic game. Many have no idea what a dissertation ……続きを見る

This edited collection critically explores the funding arrangements governing contemporary community development and how they shape its theory and practice. International contributions from activist……続きを見る

A former forensic photographer leads readers through the twists and turns of twelve homicide cases that gripped South Carolina during her career. Rita Y. Shuler’s fascination with the criminal mind ……続きを見る