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Unlocking the Love-Lock: The History and Heritage of a Contemporary Custom - Paperback

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by Ceri Houlbrook (Author) Explores the worldwide popularity of the love-lock as a ritual token of love and commitment by considering its history, symbolism, and heritage. "[T]his is an eminently enjoyable and thorough investigation of a popular phenomenon through the lens of heritage and folk tradition."--Sara De Nardi, Western Sydney University A padlock is a mundane object, designed to fulfil a specific - and secular - purpose. A contemporary custom has given padlocks new significance. T...

Comrades in Arms: Military Masculinities in East German Culture - Paperback

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by Tom Smith (Author) Without question, the East German National People's Army was a profoundly masculine institution that emphasized traditional ideals of stoicism, sacrifice, and physical courage. Nonetheless, as this innovative study demonstrates, depictions of the military in the film and literature of the GDR were far more nuanced and ambivalent. Departing from past studies that have found in such portrayals an unchanging, idealized masculinity, Comrades in Arms shows how cultural works ...

Enduring Uncertainty: Deportation, Punishment and Everyday Life - Paperback

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by Ines Hasselberg (Author) Focusing on the lived experience of immigration policy and processes, this volume provides fascinating insights into the deportation process as it is felt and understood by those subjected to it. The author presents a rich and innovative ethnography of deportation and deportability experienced by migrants convicted of criminal offenses in England and Wales. The unique perspectives developed here - on due process in immigration appeals, migrant surveillance and cont...

Borders Across Healthcare: Moral Economies of Healthcare and Migration in Europe - Paperback

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by Nina Sahraoui (Editor) Examining which actors determine undocumented migrants' access to healthcare on the ground, this volume looks at what happens in the daily interactions between administrative personnel, healthcare professionals and migrant patients in healthcare institutions across Europe. Borders across Healthcare explores contemporary moral economies of the healthcare-migration nexus. The volume documents the many ways in which borders come to disrupt healthcare settings and illumi...

Ethnographies of Deservingness: Unpacking Ideologies of Distribution and Inequality - Paperback

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by Jelena Tosic (Editor), Andreas Streinzer (Editor)Claims around 'who deserves what and why' moralise inequality in the current global context of unprecedented wealth and its ever more selective distribution. Ethnographies of Deservingness explores this seeming paradox and the role of moralized assessments of distribution by reconnecting disparate discussions in the anthropology of migration, economic anthropology and political anthropology. This edited collection provides a novel and system...

After the Pink Tide: Corporate State Formation and New Egalitarianisms in Latin America - Paperback

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by Marina Gold (Editor), Alessandro Zagato (Editor) The left-wing Pink Tide movement that swept across Latin America seems now to be overturned, as a new wave of free-market thinkers emerge across the continent. This book analyses the emergence of corporate power within Latin America and the response of egalitarian movements across the continent trying to break open the constraints of the state. Through an ethnographically grounded and localized anthropological perspective, this book argues t...

Political Graffiti in Critical Times: The Aesthetics of Street Politics - Paperback

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by Ricardo Campos (Editor), Yiannis Zaimakis (Editor), Andrea Pavoni (Editor)Whether aesthetically or politically inspired, graffiti is among the oldest forms of expression in human history, one that becomes especially significant during periods of social and political upheaval. With a particular focus on the demographic, ecological, and economic crises of today, this volume provides a wide-ranging exploration of urban space and visual protest. Assembling case studies that cover topics such a...

Europeanization in Sweden: Opportunities and Challenges for Civil Society Organizations - Paperback

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by Anna Meeuwisse (Editor), Roberto Scaramuzzino (Editor) Notwithstanding its many successes since 1945, the project of European integration currently faces major difficulties, from financial crises and mass immigration to the departure of the UK from the European Union. At the same time, these challenges have spurred civil society organizations within and across Europe, revealing a shared public sphere in which citizens can mobilize around refugee rights, opposition to austerity policies, an...

Conceptualizing the World: An Exploration Across Disciplines - Paperback

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by Helge Jordheim (Editor), Erling Sandmo (Editor) What is--and what was--"the world"? Though often treated as interchangeable with the ongoing and inexorable progress of globalization, concepts of "world," "globe," or "earth" instead suggest something limited and absolute. This innovative and interdisciplinary volume concerns itself with this central paradox: that the complex, heterogeneous, and purportedly transhistorical dynamics of globalization have given rise to the idea and reality of ...

Footprints in Paradise: Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa - Paperback

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by Andrea E. Murray (Author) The economic imperative of sustainable tourism development frequently shapes life on small subtropical islands. In Okinawa, ecotourism promises to provide employment for a dwindling population of rural youth while preserving the natural environment and bolstering regional pride. Footprints in Paradise explores the transformation in community and sense of place as Okinawans come to view themselves through the lens of the visiting tourist consumer, and as their lang...

Parenthood Between Generations: Transforming Reproductive Cultures - Paperback

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by Siân Pooley (Editor), Kaveri Qureshi (Editor) Recent literature has identified modern "parenting" as an expert-led practice--one which begins with pre-pregnancy decisions, entails distinct types of intimate relationships, places intense burdens on mothers and increasingly on fathers too. Exploring within diverse historical and global contexts how men and women make--and break--relations between generations when becoming parents, this volume brings together innovative qualitative research b...

A Taste for Oppression: A Political Ethnography of Everyday Life in Belarus - Paperback

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by Ronan Hervouet (Author) Belarus has emerged from communism in a unique manner as an authoritarian regime. The author, who has lived in Belarus for several years, highlights several mechanisms of tyranny, beyond the regime's ability to control and repress, which should not be underestimated. The book immerses the reader in the depths of the Belarusian countryside, among the kolkhozes and rural communities at the heart of this authoritarian regime under Alexander Lukashenko, and offers vivid...

Waithood: Gender, Education, and Global Delays in Marriage and Childbearing - Paperback

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by Marcia C. Inhorn (Editor), Nancy J. Smith-Hefner (Editor) The concept of "Waithood" was developed by political scientist Diane Singerman to describe the expanding period of time between adolescence and full adulthood as young people wait to secure steady employment and marry. The contributors to this volume employ the waithood concept as a frame for richly detailed ethnographic studies of "youth in waiting" from a variety of world areas, including the Middle East Africa, Asia, Europe, Lati...

Locating Memory: Photographic Acts - Paperback

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by Annette Kuhn (Editor), Kirsten Emiko McAllister (Editor) As a visual medium, the photograph has many culturally resonant properties that it shares with no other medium. These essays develop innovative cultural strategies for reading, re-reading and re-using photographs, as well as for (re)creating photographs and other artworks and evoke varied sites of memory in contemporary landscapes: from sites of war and other violence through the lost places of indigenous peoples to the once-familiar...

Children in the Holocaust and Its Aftermath: Historical and Psychological Studies of the Kestenberg Archive - Paperback

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by Sharon Kangisser Cohen (Editor), Eva Fogelman (Editor), Dalia Ofer (Editor) The testimonies of individuals who survived the Holocaust as children pose distinct emotional and intellectual challenges for researchers: as now-adult interviewees recall profound childhood experiences of suffering and persecution, they also invoke their own historical awareness and memories of their postwar lives, requiring readers to follow simultaneous, disparate narratives. This interdisciplinary volume brings...

The Women's Liberation Movement: Impacts and Outcomes - Paperback

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by Kristina Schulz (Editor) For over half a century, the countless organizations and initiatives that comprise the Women's Liberation movement have helped to reshape many aspects of Western societies, from public institutions and cultural production to body politics and subsequent activist movements. This collection represents the first systematic investigation of WLM's cumulative impacts and achievements within the West. Here, specialists on movements in Europe systematically investigate out...

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Report copyright infringementby Sam McKechnie (Author), Alexandrine Portelli (Author) A Curiosity of Folklore, Magic and Spells is a lovingly curated compendium of time-honoured traditions and curious customs that have bewitched us for generations. Discover simple magic, heirloom recipes and forgotten fairytales in this eclectic treasury. The twelve chapters, representative of the calendar year, present the celebrations, superstitions and folklore that shape our year. From cherished traditio...

Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation - Paperback

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by Rachel Cusk (Author)"Beautiful . . . Compelling . . . Cusk is] an extraordinary writer of the female experience." --Financial Times In the winter of 2009, Rachel Cusk's marriage of ten years came to an end. Candid and revelatory, Aftermath chronicles the perilous journey as the author redefines herself and creates a new version of family life for her daughters. She discovers previously unknown strengths and freedoms but also finds herself suddenly vulnerable to outsiders, unwelcome advice...

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Report copyright infringementby Fab Morvan (Author), Parisa Rose (Author)One of the most infamous names in music history steps forward to reclaim the truth behind the legend, in a powerful and emotional memoir that redefines fame, failure, and the long road to redemption.You Know It's True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli is the untold story of Fab Morvan, one half of the Grammy-winning pop duo Milli Vanilli, a group that skyrocketed to global superstardom before being consumed by one of the ...

Tales of the Kyoto Ghost Story Priest: True Horror Stories from Japan (the Manga Edition)

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Report copyright infringementby Daiun Miki (Author), Tatsuya Morino (Adapted by)When your house is haunted by demons, who do you call? The beautiful city of Kyoto has an ancient history but beneath its placid exterior lies a dark and secretive world of supernatural phenomena. When people are terrorized by spirits, demons, ghosts and monsters they seek out Daiun Miki, a real-life priest at Renkyuji Temple. Known throughout Japan as the "Ghost Story Priest," Miki retells the stories of the desp...

Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society - Paperback

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by Arline T. Geronimus (Author)Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent, "monumental" book (Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning) exploring the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people. America has woken up to what many of its citizens have known for centuries and to what public health statistics have evidenced for decades: systemic injustice takes a physical, too often dead...

Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands - Paperback

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by Kelly Lytle Hernández (Author) Bad Mexicans tells the dramatic story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Mexican Revolution from the United States. Led by a brilliant but ill-tempered radical named Ricardo Flores Magón, the magonistas were a motley band of journalists, miners, migrant workers, and more, who organized thousands of Mexican workers--and American dissidents--to their cause. Determined to oust Mexico's dictator, Porfirio Díaz, who encouraged the plunder o...

Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels: A History of Graphic Narratives

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Petersen (Author)This text examines comics, graphic novels, and manga with a broad, international scope that reveals their conceptual origins in antiquity. Graphic narrative art is a fascinating phenomenon that emerged centuries ago with the expansion of literacy and the publication industry. The earliest example of a repeating comic character dates back to the late 1700s. By following the growth of print technology in Europe and Asia, it is possible to ...

Men's Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom - Hardcover

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by Connor Beaton (Author)"I can unequivocally say that this is the book every man needs." --Mark Groves, human connection specialist and founder of Create The Love Suck it up. Stuff it down. Pour a bottle of whiskey over the top. Rinse and repeat until sufficiently numbed. This is the step-by-step doctrine men are taught. Men have traded in their internal leadership, sovereignty, and even masculinity for comfort, validation, and an escape from the mundane boardroom of their existence. Where i...

Batman's Villains and Villainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham's Souls

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Report copyright infringementby Justin F. Martin (Editor), Marco Favaro (Editor), Matthew Brake (Contribution by)This edited collection centers Gotham's villains and their importance for both Batman and the superhero genre. The analyses examining this varied rogues' gallery raise fundamental questions about what it means to be in a relationship with others and possibilities for future pedagogical and scholarly inquiry.Author BiographyMarco Favaro, is program manager at the University of Europ...

The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Seabright (Author)Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award A novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern world Religion in the twenty-first century is alive and well across the world, despite its apparent decline in North America and parts of Europe. Vigorous competition between and within religious movements has led to their accumulating great power and wealth. Religions in m...

The Empowerment of African American Males in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Beloved Community

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Report copyright infringementby Shelly Ranell Sims (Author)An uplifting new study on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Beloved Community concept shows the power of giving Black men the tools to claim their future in this book for pastors, academics, and leaders. The mistreatment and negative portrayal of Black men in media, art, and the news is a saga that began nearly four hundred years ago with slavery and continues to this day. Although African American men have endured systemic racism, discriminat...

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Report copyright infringementby Joshua Brevik (Author)"IF YOU'RE READING THIS, YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING TO WAKE UP."The UNITED STATES is not a country.It's a corporation-and you've been tricked into becoming one too.Through fraud and legal wordplay, your name in ALL CAPS turned you into a fictional entity, a corporate slave with no rights-only privileges they can take away.You're told you're free, but you're fined for traveling.You "own" property, but still pay taxes.You "vote," but the game i...

Anarchist Cybernetics: Control and Communication in Radical Politics

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Swann (Author)From Occupy, to the Indignados and the Arab Spring, the uprisings that marked the last decade ignited a re-emergence of participatory democracy as a political ideal within organizations. This pioneering book introduces cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies to explore the continuing development of this radical idea. With a focus on communication and how alternative social media platforms present new challenges and opport...

Mind the Inclusion Gap: How Allies Can Bridge the Divide Between Talking Diversity and Taking Action

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Report copyright infringementby Suzy Levy (Author)From the US to Europe and beyond, diversity and inclusion efforts are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of a culture war. As the backlash against 'DEI' grows, fairness and dignity are being reframed as divisive - rather than just smart business. So how did we get here, and what can we do about it? Very few of us are skilled in inclusion, hoping it will be enough to be 'nice'. However, this optimistic attitude can turn would-be allies ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Randall (Joint Author), Jemma Crew (Joint Author)This is the only 'how to' book on journalism written by writers and editors who have operated at the top level in national news. It has long been the go-to book of advice for young reporters This edition includes a chapter on social media and is extensively updated throughout, with new content from Jemma Crew, an award-winning national news journalist. The book emphasises that good journalism must involve t...