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This book bridges comparative literature and American studies by using an intercultural and bilingual approach to Chinese American literature. King-Kok Cheung launches a new transnational exchange by examining both Chinese and Chinese American writers. Part 1 presents...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-02-18
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This book explores cultural constructs, societal demands and political and philosophical underpinnings that position women in the world. It illustrates the way culture controls women's place in the world and how cultural constraints are not limited to any one culture,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-02-17
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This book traces the powerful discourses and embodied practices through which Black Caribbean women have been imagined and produced as subjects of British liberal rule and modern freedom. It argues that in seeking to escape liberalism’s gendered and racialised...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-02-17
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Patricia Stošic untersucht in dieser qualitativ ausgerichteten Studie die Medialisierung wissenschaftlichen Wissens. Über einen Zeitraum von zwölf Jahren rekonstruiert sie, wie und ob mediale Kommunikation (erziehungs-)wissenschaftliches Wissen in Anspruch nimmt, um das...
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Springer VS
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2017-02-17
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Kinder, Kindheiten und Kindheitsforschung
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Martin Hermida zeigt in diesem Buch, dass die Herausbildung der Medienkompetenz vor allem von den Persönlichkeitseigenschaften des Heranwachsenden selber bestimmt wird und eine Umwelt mit vielen Nutzungsgelegenheiten und internetaffine Eltern eine chancenreiche...
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Springer VS
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2017-02-17
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Anknüpfend an Beschreibungen von Medienrezeption als „Quasi-Erfahrung“, „stellvertretende Erfahrung“ oder „Ersatz-Erfahrung“ ist die These von Felix Frey, dass Medienrezeptionsprozesse sich in ihrer Ähnlichkeit zur menschlichen Primärerfahrung unterscheiden. Auf Basis...
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Springer VS
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2017-02-17
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This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of the intertwining impact of violent trauma, culture, and power through case studies of two ministries serving in different demographic contexts within the United States. Mass shootings continue to rise in the United...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-02-16
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This forward-looking resource recasts the concept of healthy cities as not only a safe, pleasant, and green built environment, but also one that creates and sustains health by addressing social, economic, and political conditions. It describes collaborations between...
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Springer
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2017-02-16
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This volume presents a comprehensive overview of methodological issues and empirical methods of practice-oriented research. It examines questions regarding the scope and boundaries of practice-oriented approaches and practice theory. It discusses the potential...
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Springer
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2017-02-16
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'We are all equally fascinating, equally valuable, equally capable of altruism, equally able to change the world for the better. That's feminism, isn't it? And it's what every parent wants for their kids . . . every parent that's not a d*ck, that is.'Growing up in the...
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Robinson
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2017-02-16
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Tom Thorne Novels
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This book provides a roadmap for how police services can address incivility in the workplace and become more inclusive from the inside out. In the past few years policing has come under increased scrutiny due to a number of police-involved shootings and in-custody...
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Springer
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2017-02-15
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book explores how feelings about gender have changed over three interrelated generations of women and men of different social classes during the twentieth century. The author explores the ways in which generational...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-02-15
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Climate change-related effects and aftermaths of natural disasters, such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, have wreaked havoc on local peoples’ lives and livelihoods, especially in impoverished coastal communities. This book looks at local-level responses to...
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Springer
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2017-02-15
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The third edition of Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology, the highly praised innovative approach to introducing aspects of cultural anthropology to students, features a series of revisions, updates, and new material. Offers a refreshing...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2017-02-15
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This book offers an ethnographic study of the lives of girls in the juvenile justice system. Based on rich, narrative accounts, the girls at the center of the study are viewed as confronted with the power of simultaneous race, class, and gender hierarchies. Through this...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-02-14
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Since its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December 2001, China has been committed to full compliance with the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. This text considers the development of intellectual property in China, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-02-14
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Sex is bad. Unprotected sex is a problem. Having a baby would be a disaster. Abortion is a sin. Teenagers in the United States hear conflicting messages about sex from everyone around them. How do teens understand these messages?
In Mixed Messages, Stefanie Mollborn...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-02-14
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“Surprising. Impressive. Cannibalism restores my faith in humanity.” —Sy Montgomery, The New York Times Book Review For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biological significance. Its presence in...
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Algonquin Books
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2017-02-14
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This monograph offers a unique analysis of social protest in popular music. It presents theoretical descriptions, methodological tools, and an approach that encompasses various fields of musicology, cultural studies, semiotics, discourse analysis, media studies, and...
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Springer
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2017-02-13
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How are the rise of design and neoliberalism connected?How does design change the way we operate as economic beings? What is the economic significance of design? Historically, design has been promoted for its for its capacity to add value to products and services. In...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2017-02-13
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