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Examining global poverty as well as poverty within the United States, this book asks what moral obligations the middle class has to the poor.Author: James WinchesterPublisher: Lexington...

Examining global poverty as well as poverty within the United States, this book asks what moral obligations the middle class has to the poor. Author: James WinchesterPublisher: Lexington...

Ethnic China examines the ongoing minority protests in China from the perspective of Chinese-American scholars in fields ranging from economics to anthropology.The contributors introduce and explore...

The 2014 Ukrainian crisis has highlighted the pro-Russia stances of some European countries, such as Hungary and Greece, and of some European parties, mostly on the far-right of the political...

This book examines Taylor Swift's art, her public image, and Swiftie fan communities.Author: Keith NainbyPublisher: Lexington BooksPublication Date: Aug 09, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

Excavating Whiteness follows a group of White teachers as they learned about the role of race in education through an intensive summer course. Each teacher's journey is represented in their own words...

This book analyzes the variation of power distribution between presidents and prime ministers in semi-presidential regimes. Through selected case studies, it exposes the necessity to understand power...

This book focuses on feminist analyses of women's oppression-perpetuating choices in order to ascertain how such biases in theorizing can undermine liberation. Author: Shay WelchPublisher: Lexington...

Existentialist Thought in African American Literature before 1940 consciously acknowledges the existential currents that are profoundly embedded in African American literature, establishing a rich...

This book is a sociological exploration of the process of returning to the ordinary world after extraordinary experiences.Author: Frances V. MoulderPublisher: Lexington BooksPublication Date: Nov 11,...

Exodus in the Jewish Experience: Echoes and Reverberations investigates how the Exodus has been, and continues to be, a crucial source of identity for both Jews and Judaism. It explores how the...

This book explores stigma and discrimination associated with disability and mental health in Ghana. In conversations with caregivers and persons with disabilities, the authors examine the...

Centering lived experiences, this volume reveals how discrimination by those in positions of power impact vulnerable and marginalized populations in the areas of criminal justice, sex and violence,...

Fiction, including novels, plays, and films, can be a powerful force in educating students and employees in ways that lectures, textbooks, articles, case studies, and other traditional teaching...

Exploring Caste and Sexuality in Indian English Writing: Outcast Subcultures examines the ways in which caste intersects and shapes matters of desire, gender, religion, and language. This book argues...

This book explores how gallows humor is used among child welfare caseworkers and what the use of humor, and gallows humor, reveals about how employees experience stress and manage their emotions...

Exploring Saudi Women through a Sociocultural Lens: Echoes of Change embarks on a thematic exploration of Saudi women's novels over the past three decades, guided by the genetic structuralist...

Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility is an edited collection of new essays by an internationally recognized line-up of contributors. It is aimed at readers who wish to explore...

In this monograph, Castagnino suggests that contemporary Italian fiction often uses fantastic tropes to address realistic concerns such as ecocriticism, artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and...

The book explores the dynamic and dysfunctional relationships between the executive and legislative branches of government and the news media after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Their collective...

Feminist Advocacy: Gendered Organizations in Community Based Responses to Domestic Violence examines feminist advocacy in domestic violence organizations including shelters, the justice system, and...

This volume offers distinct insights from local feminist scholars into Russia's conflict in Ukraine, with a particular emphasis on its gendered dimensions, shedding light on often marginalized...

The book makes a critical assessment of American art theorist Ernest F. Fenollosa's work in Meiji Japan and offers the first English translation of the Bijutsu shinsetsu speech for which he became...

Fictions of Proximity explores the nexus of writers around David Foster Wallace who shaped a trend in literature the study calls the 'post-positivist novel.' It provides new readings of these...

This book identifies the concept of the emancipatory network as a coordination of loose, discrete, and differentiated actors to explain how activists surmount overwhelming odds.Author: Louis Edgar...

The authors argue that the potential threat of a resurgence of "fascism" has been consistently exaggerated from 1945 until present day; that the ongoing lack of conceptual and definitional clarity...

Film and Faith: Modern Cinema and the Struggle to Believe explores religious themes in contemporary film with a focus on recent depictions of religion's continuing manifestations in a secularizing...

Filming the First provides in-depth case studies and analyses of eighteen films depicting aspects of freedom of the press. It discusses the substantive social, political, historical, and legal...

Gautam, Pinheiro, and Wilson analyze the spread of financialization in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the ideational origins of financialization outside the region, its effects on...

Thirteen international scholars assess the profound impact of Soviet-era movements to study, apply, and perform folklore as a priority in socialist policy-formation and culture-building. Representing...