Society and culture: general Books

Das Buch ""Das Heutige Gewohnheitsrecht Der Freien Pursch In Der Provinz Hannover (1897)"" von Hermann Stelling besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Gewohnheitsrecht der Freien Pursch in der Provinz Hannover im sp�����ten 19. Jahrhundert. Der Autor untersucht...

Das Buch ""Das Heutige Brasilien: Land, Leute und Wirtschaftliche Verh�����ltnisse"" wurde im Jahr 1893 von Moritz Schanz ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Beschreibung Brasiliens zu dieser Zeit. Der Autor gibt einen Einblick in die...

Das Buch ""Das Haus Dusterweg V2: Eine Geschichte Aus Der Gegenwart (1835)"" von Alexis, Willibald ist eine Fortsetzung der Geschichte des Hauses Dusterweg. Die Handlung spielt in der Gegenwart und dreht sich um die Bewohner des Hauses, die mit...

Das Buch ""Das Gesetz �����ber Die Presse: Vom Mai 12, 1851 (1862)"" von Schwarck ist eine Zusammenstellung des Gesetzes �����ber die Presse, das am 12. Mai 1851 in Deutschland verabschiedet wurde. Es enth�����lt alle Bestimmungen und Regelungen, die die...

Das Buch ""Das Geschenk des J�����gers: Oder Das Leben in der Fabrik und auf dem Lande"" wurde im Jahr 1866 von J.D. Courtmans ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt von einem J�����ger namens Jan, der in einer Fabrik arbeitet und auf dem Land lebt. Eines Tages...

Das Buch ""Das Germanische Notherbrecht: Und Seine Geschichte In Den Coutumes (1900)"" von Josef Kohler ist eine umfassende Studie �����ber das germanische Rechtssystem, das im Norden Europas vorherrschte. Der Autor untersucht die verschiedenen Aspekte...

Das Buch ""Das Grundubel Im National-Verein"" wurde im Jahr 1864 von Jacob Venedey verfasst. Es handelt sich dabei um eine politische Schrift, die sich mit dem Nationalverein auseinandersetzt, einer politischen Bewegung im 19. Jahrhundert, die sich...

""Das Gebiet des Wei�����en Flusses: Und dessen Bewohner"" ist ein Buch von A. Kaufmann, das im Jahr 1861 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Beschreibung der Region um den Wei�����en Fluss und ihrer Bewohner. Das Buch...

Das Buch ""Das Frauenleben der Erde"" wurde 1881 von Amand von Schweiger-Lerchenfeld ver������ffentlicht. Es ist eine umfassende Studie �����ber das Leben von Frauen auf der ganzen Welt. Der Autor beschreibt die verschiedenen Rollen, die Frauen in...

Das Buch ""Das Familienwesen und die allgemeing�����ltigen Gesetze f�����r seine einfache und gemeine Gestaltung"" wurde 1854 von Rudolph von Bosse ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine Abhandlung �����ber das Familienleben und die Gesetze, die...

Das Buch ""Das Erste Garde-Regiment Zu Fuss (1854)"" von Graf Waldersee beschreibt die Geschichte und Entwicklung des ersten Garde-Regiments zu Fu����� in Preu�����en. Der Autor gibt einen detaillierten Einblick in die Gr�����ndung des Regiments im Jahr...

This book examines the theological worldview of the Taiping Rebellion (1850-64), a Chinese revolutionary movement whose leader, Hong Xiuquan (1814-64), claimed to be the second son of God and younger brother of Jesus. Despite the profound impact of...

This book constructs the character of Mary found in the infancy narratives through the lived experiences of Indian surrogate mothers living in contemporary India today. The motherhood performed by these mothers helps us see Mary and her choice to become...

Disability Servitude traces the history and legacy of institutional peonage. For over a century, public and private institutions across the country relied on the unpaid, forced labor of their residents and patients in order to operate. This book...

Historically, the United States has been viewed by generations of immigrants as the land of opportunity, where through hard work one can prosper and make a better life. The American Dream is perhaps the United States' most common export. For many...

This book provides the first full-length, English-language investigation of the multiple and often contradictory ways in which mothers who kill their children were portrayed in 1970s Japan. It offers a snapshot of a historical and social moment when...

In this book, Oyewùmí extends her path-breaking thesis that in Yorùbá society, construction of gender is a colonial development since the culture exhibited no gender divisions in its original form. Taking seriously indigenous modes and categories of...

The last decade has seen a growing body of research about globalization and climate change in the Caribbean. This collection is a significant addition to the literature on a topic that is of critical importance to the region. It explores research from a...

This book approaches the Scottish women's suffrage campaign from the point of view of the popular press. It investigates how the press engaged with the women's suffrage movement; how suffragettes were portrayed in newspapers; and how different groups...

This book examines the organizational consequences of the recent international preoccupation with managing patient safety in the clinic. Built on presuppositions about failsafe system-design, risk elimination, and human fallibility, the patient safety...

Media and the Sexualization of Childhood examines the on-going debates surrounding the prominence of sexual themes in children's lives, from clothes and accessories, toys and games, to music, entertainment media, advertising, and new media platforms...

The 'mixed race' classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children's social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of 'mixedness' underpin ...

Citizenship, Belonging, and Nation-States in the Twenty-First Century contributes to the scholarship on citizenship and integration by examining belonging in an array of national settings and by demonstrating how nation-states continue to matter in...

Is science typically for White men? Is science for 'people like us'? What are the barriers and opportunities? This book explores the science career aspirations of minority ethnic students. It investigates the views, experiences and identities of British...

Japanese Robot Culture examines social robots in Japan, those in public, domestic, and artistic contexts. Unlike other studies, this book sees the robot in relation to Japanese popular culture, and argues that the Japanese 'affinity' for robots is the...

This book analyzes national anti-poverty measures at a local level via a set of unique and up-to-date empirical studies of minimum income support schemes and activation measures in five European cities. In examining this 'local welfare system' approach,...

This collection explores how situations of authority, governance, and influence were practised through both gender ideologies and affective performances in medieval and early modern England. Authority is inherently relational - it must be asserted over...

This book is the first full-length treatment of the desirability and feasibility of implementing a citizen's income (also known as a basic income). It tests for two different kinds of financial feasibility as well as for psychological, behavioral,...

Contending that culture lies at the root of our current planetary and civilizational crisis, this book uniquely explores the nature of the specifically cultural dimensions of that crisis and how culture relates to the areas of politics, policy,...

The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community raises key issues: the deepening of regional trade and the associated problem of exchange rate management. This volume questions the capacity of a shallow institution to deal with complex impacts on employment...

This book offers critical analysis of everyday narratives of Iranian middle class migrants who use their social class and careers to "fit in" with British society.  Based on a series of interviews and participant observations with two cohorts...

Violent women in cinema pose an exciting challenge to spectators, overturning ideas of 'typical' feminine subjectivity. This book explores the representation of homicidal women in contemporary art and independent cinema. Examining narrative, style and...

The concept of Third Culture Kids is often used to describe people who have spent their childhood on the move, living in many different countries and languages. This book examines the hype, relevance and myths surrounding the concept while also...

This cutting edge collection focuses on the nature of civil society and its role in facilitating governance in Central Asia, considering local implications related to the concept of social capital and civil society in the Uzbek context. It discusses the...

Table of ContentsList of illustrationsPreface:Professor Bryan S. TurnerAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Question of Muslim Masculinities1.Political Islam and Masculinity: A New Approach2.Muslims in Australia3.The Brothahood: 'Australia's Mine Too'4...

A collection of historical and ethnographic accounts, The Globalization of Asian Cuisines uses extensive empirical research to describe the increasingly transnational organization of culinary fields, multicultural culinary contact zones, and state-led...

The Nocebo Effect documents the transformation of normal conditions into medical problems and brings out the risks that flow from this inflationary practice. One notable risk is that people labeled as sick may find themselves living up to their label...

This volume explores how twentieth- and twenty-first-century literary texts engage with relationships between humans and other animals. Written by forward-thinking early-career scholars, as well as established experts in the field, the chapters discuss...

Centering on women's movements before, during, and after the revolutions, Women's Movements in Post-"Arab Spring" North Africa highlights the broader sources of authority that affected the emergence of new feminist actors and agents and their impact on...

Considering Asian cities ranging from Taipei, Hong Kong and Bangkok to Hanoi, Nanjing and Seoul, this collection discusses the socio-political processes of how neoliberalization entwines with local political economies and legacies of 'developmental' or...

Cyberpsychology is an emerging area of psychological study that aims to understand and explain all facets of online behaviour. This book brings together overviews from a number of leading authorities in the field, to suggest how academic theory and...

The decline in the number of US mainstream media outlets has led to a sharp growth among both niche and foreign media groups now represented in Washington, DC. The capital city has emerged as a transnational journalism space, and an increasing number of...

Most sociological work on football fandom has focused on the 'malestream', i.e. the experience of men, and it usually talks about socially 'deviant' behaviours, such as alcohol, fighting and general hooliganism. Yet there have always been female fans of...

This book presents research that seeks to understand students' experiences of transnational mobility and transcultural interaction in the context of educational settings confronted with linguistic diversity.

Medellín, Colombia, used to be the most violent city on earth, but in recent years, allegedly thanks to its 'social urbanism' approach to regeneration, it has experienced a sharp decline in violence. The author explores the politics behind this decline...

Despite the fact that the Nintendo DS is one the most popular game systems of all time, theorists have largely ignored it. Here, Samuel Tobin argues that the reason for this is that the DS is literally and figuratively beneath notice and not just by game...

Unlike many other mainstream disciplines that only seek to broaden knowledge and thus become additive, women's studies try to question and posit new ways of thinking, inaugurating paradigm shifts and thus becoming subversive by trying to question...

This book introduces the diverse practices of three non-canonical practitioners: David MacDougall, Desire Machine Collective and Kumar Shahani. It offers analysis of their documentary methods and aesthetics, exploring how their oeuvres constitute a...