Coming of Age in Times of Crisis is an anthropological study of the intersecting roles of gender and schooling in the lives of rural Venezuelan youth as they make the transition to adulthood during times of national political and economic crisis.
Many of the deep-rooted human conflicts that seize our attention today are not ready for formal mediation and negotiation. Governments can negotiate binding agreements and enforce and implement them, but only citizens can change human relationships.
Monhollon uncovers the voices of ordinary people on all sides of the political spectrum in the university town of Lawrence, Kansas, and reveals how... Læs mere
With its mixture of American evangelicalism, popular psychology and show business, Moral Re-Armament attracted men and women on six... Læs mere
Campbell engages in a complex, multi-level analysis of genocide's impact upon world order, and the inter-play of politics and morality in the international community's... Læs mere
Dialogue on the conflict between religious fundamentalism and women's rights is often stymied by an 'all or nothing' approach: fundamentalists... Læs mere
Since its birth in 1781, Los Angeles has come to define both the material and spiritual force of American civilization. Unmasking L.A.: Third Worlds and the City,... Læs mere
A comprehensive and stimulating examination of how the migration of women affects attitudes in receiving countries, among the women themselves, and how changing women's attitudes shapes their relations with men and between generations within ethnic groups.
Queer Italia gathers essays on Italian literature and film, medieval to modern. While fully cognizant of the theoretical risks inherent in... Læs mere
The Bible serves Wordsworth as a basis for his poetry and poetics, providing language, images, figures, and importantly, a paradigm of poetic genres.
Postmodern society seems incapable of elaborating an ethical critique of the market economy. Through nuanced and... Læs mere
This book examines three examples of late nineteenth-century Japanese adaptations of Western literature: a biography of U.S. Grant recasting him as a... Læs mere