Chaia Heller follows one of France's largest farmers' unions as it joins with peasants internationally to contest the hegemony of genetically modified foods, free trade, and industrial agriculture.
Offers an account of development in action. Focusing on experts' attempts to improve landscapes and livelihoods in Indonesia,... Læs mere
A detailed history explaining how and why, in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, Africans from the British colony of Natal transformed their ethnic self-identification, constructing and claiming a new Zulu identity.
Focusing on Japan, France, and the United States, this work reveals how the... Læs mere
Presents a study of globalization and consumerism through an ethnography of Bombay's leading advertising agency. This book traces the rise in India, during the 1980s of mass consumption, as a self-consciously sensuous challenge to the austerities of state-led developmentalism.
Unravels the social and cultural work involved in developing contraceptives for men and explains how technologies that conflict with hegemonic... Læs mere
The author is a lesbian sex radical, ex-hooker, incest survivor, gypsy child, poor-white-trash, high femme dyke. She is also an award-winning filmmaker, feminist, Left political organiser, public speaker, and journalist. This title presents over twenty years of her writing.