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McDowell and Braniff explore the relationship between commemoration and conflict in societies which have engaged in peace processes, attempting to unpack the ways in which the practices of memory and commemoration influence efforts to bring armed conflict to an end and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-09-09
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Demenz ist eine der häufigsten alterskorrelierten Erkrankungen unserer Zeit. Die meisten Menschen mitDemenz werden aktuell von ihren Angehörigen in der eigenen Häuslichkeit begleitet und betreut, ohne dass die konkreten Gestaltungsprozesse bisher Gegenstand von...
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Springer VS
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2014-09-09
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Das Buch ist Fragen gewidmet, die sich heute in der Sozialgerontologie stellen, wenn es um die Bestimmung ihres wissenschaftlichen Status und um die politische Relevanz ihres Forschens geht. Ihr Gegenstand, das Altern, ist in ungeahntem Maße ein öffentliches Thema...
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Springer VS
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2014-09-09
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This book represents the volume of the International Musicological Conference «Musical Romania and Neighbouring Cultures. Traditions, Influences, Identities», which took place in Iasi (Romania) and was organised by the George Enescu University of Arts Iasi in...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-09-08
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Despite global shifts in world power, racial conflict remains one of the major problems of contemporary social life. This concise and engaging book demonstrates the interplay between identity, power and conflict in the creation, persistence and transformation of...
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Polity
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2014-09-08
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Political Sociology
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Social Work Live accesses multiple approaches to student learning: experiential, visual, and auditory. Carol Dorr emphasizes the important role of self-reflection and critical thinking in social work practice by paying special attention to process recordings and...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-09-05
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African cultures and politics remain significantly affected by precolonial and postcolonial configurations of modernity, as well as hegemonic global systems. This project explores Africa's conversation with itself and the rest of the world, critiquing universalist...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-09-04
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Bridal magazines have become increasingly popular in Western society, proliferating the idea of a ‘princess bride’ on her ‘big day’. Yet little has been written on how the ever-expanding wedding media and the popular wedding culture constructs gender and affects the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-09-04
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The fat female body is a unique construction in American culture that has been understood in various ways during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Analyzing post-WWII stage and screen performances, Mobley argues that the fat actress's body signals myriad...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-09-04
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Commemorating traumatic events means attempting to activate collective memory. By examining images, metonymic invocations, built environments and digital outreach interventions, this book establishes some of the cognitive and emotional responses that make us incorporate...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-09-04
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'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack ObamaWhat makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything...
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Vintage Digital
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2014-09-04
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Analyzing a wide body of cultural texts, including literature, film, and other visual arts, Gender, Empire, and Postcolony: Luso-Afro-Brazilian Intersections is a diverse collection of essays on gender in Portuguese colonialism and Lusophone postcolonialism.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-09-04
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This book applies insights from the spheres of academic scholarship and clinical experience to demonstrate the usefulness of psychoanalysis for developing nuanced and innovative approaches to media and cultural analysis.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-09-03
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Through nine seasons the TV show Supernatural has delved into social, philosophical, literary, and theological themes that not only add depth to the show, but reflect our era's intellectual concerns. This book contextualizes Supernatural within the renaissance of the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-09-03
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Zwar ist erst zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts explizit von Fans die Rede. Doch schon lange davor lassen sich Beispiele finden, die aus heutiger Sicht ebenfalls als Fantum bezeichnet werden können. Thomas Schmidt-Lux beschreibt diese Entwicklung von Fans und Fanobjekten...
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Springer VS
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2014-09-03
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“One of the greatest love stories I have ever heard played out right here, under this beautiful dome. But it was a secret. . . . Penny and Terry just wanted what so many people want—to express their love through marriage.” —Illinois Representative...
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Seal Press
Parution :
2014-09-02
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Lewicki examines how current salient discourses of citizenship conceptualize democratic relations and frame the 'Muslim question' in Germany and Great Britain. Citizenship is understood not as a static or monolithic regime, but as being reproduced through competing...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-09-02
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Drawing on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships, this book seeks to explain, evaluate and advance sociological debates about intimate life. It provides a rich and human perspective on how bodies, emotions and connections to others are key in maintaining...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-09-02
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Domestic Violence Laws in the United States and India is a comparative study of the domestic violence laws in India and the United States, seeking to illuminate the critical issues of intimate partner violence through the lenses of these two societies.
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-09-02
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This unique collection explores the importance of undertaking police research, using a range of international examples from USA, UK and Germany. Focusing on practical challenges and difficulties, the volume offers solutions and reflections to assist in overcoming the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-09-02
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