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Cultural Representations of Gender Vulnerability and Resistance
This Open Access book considers the cultural representation of gender violence, vulnerability and resistance with a focus on the transnational dimension of our contemporary visual and literary cultures in English. Contributors address concepts such as vulnerability, resilience, precarity and resistance in the Anglophone world through an analysis of memoirs, films, TV series, and crime and liter…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-95508-3
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- Thinking Gender in Transnational Times
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Complicities
This Open Access book offers a model of the human subject as complicit in the systems that structure human society and the human psyche which draws together clinical research with theory from both psychology and the humanities to advance a more social just theory and practice. Beginning from the premise that we cannot separate ourselves from the systems that precede and formulate us as subjects…
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- 978-3-030-79675-4
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
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'The Bell Curve' in Perspective
This open access book examines the implications of The Bell Curve for the social, economic, and political developments of the early 21st century. Following a review of the reception of The Bell Curve and its place in the campaign to end affirmative action, Professor Tucker analyses Herrnstein’s concept of the “meritocracy” in relation to earlier 20th century eugenics and the dramatic incr…
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- 1
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- 978-3-031-41614-9
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
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Environmental Humanities in India
This open access book offers an introduction to the field of the environmental humanities in India. The environmental humanities, often referred to as ‘EH’, are a multifaceted, relatively new, and swiftly evolving field of scholarship that integrates the theories and approaches of various disciplines - from anthropology, art, communications, cultural studies, philosophy and ecology to histo…
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- 1
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- 978-981-97-3933-2
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- X, 234
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- Asia in Transition
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Schöne Momente pflegender Angehöriger in der Pflege und Begleitung von Mens…
Supporting and taking care of family members is a challenging life situation for relatives, which is associated with high physical, psychological and social stress, especially when caring for people with dementia. For these reasons, family caregivers as well as municipalities that develop support services view and experience the care situation primarily from a deficit-oriented and burdening…
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- 9783658451868
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- XXV, 184
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Gender, Power and Politics in Agriculture: Revisiting Theory and Practice
This is a open access book. In the agriculture sector, the language of gender integration often ignores the politics and the power dynamics that are central to critical, and feminist, analysis of gender relations. This volume explores largely neglected topics such as power dynamics, masculinities, gendered social norms, feminist research practice, intersectionality, critical analysis of tools a…
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- 1
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- 9783031609862
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- XIV, 231
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Crime, Gender and Social Control in Early Modern Frankfurt am Main
This book charts the lives of (suspected) thieves, illegitimate mothers and vagrants in early modern Frankfurt. The book highlights the gender differences in recorded criminality and the way that they were shaped by the local context. Women played a prominent role in recorded crime in this period, and could even make up half of all defendants in specific European cities. At the same time, there…
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- 978-90-04-38844-4
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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- Crime and City in History, Volume: 3
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Women's Empowerment and Public Policy in the Arab Gulf States :Exploring Chal…
This open access book explores the various dimensions of women’s empowerment in public policy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, with a particular focus on Qatar, comparing the country to the other Gulf states. Through its rich compilation of empirical qualitative research, the text unpacks the various ways in which women’s empowerment materializes in the GCC context, providing i…
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- 1
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- 9789819960064
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- XIV, 210: ill; lamp
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- 11
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The Handbook of Marriage in the Arab World
This open access handbook combines multiple theoretical and practical approaches for enabling a nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of marriage in the Arab world. Adopting a holistic, interdisciplinary approach, it provides a framework for the contextual and macro factors surrounding and affecting marriage in the Arab countries. It looks at the different types of marriage, whether tradition…
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- 1
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- 9789819776207
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- XXX, 436 ill; lamp
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- 17
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Crime, Gender and Social Control in Early Modern Frankfurt am Main
This book charts the lives of (suspected) thieves, illegitimate mothers and vagrants in early modern Frankfurt. The book highlights the gender differences in recorded criminality and the way that they were shaped by the local context. Women played a prominent role in recorded crime in this period, and could even make up half of all defendants in specific European cities. At the same time, there…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-90-04-38843-7
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- -
- Series Title
- Crime and City in History, Volume: 3
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