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As a result of the tens of thousands of small village projects that they have initiated, these farmers are improving their living conditions.

Because most people outside Africa know little of these changes, Pradervand has written of a grassroots revolution which could be the greatest sign of hope for Africa today.

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This book highlights the socio-political nature of literacy and illuminates the potential in literacy for the empowerment of individuals and communities subordinated by race/ethnicity, culture, language, gender, and class.

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An inquiry into readers' experiences of life-changing encounters with works of literature, the book uncovers the relationships between life-crises, being moved by literature and transformation of the self.

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An inquiry into readers' experiences of life-changing encounters with works of literature, the book uncovers the relationships between life-crises, being moved by literature and transformation of the self.

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This book is about how former combatants live politics as they come home from war. Building on life histories from three very different wars, this book demonstrates how veteran identities, networks, war experiences and coming home experiences together make up a life of politics for former combatants. -- .

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Dealing with globalization, this book explains that the process is far more subtle, complex, and uneven. Examining the ways in which globalization contributes to patterns of conflict, it explores case studies, ranging from 9/11 to identity formation. It offers the ramifications of globalization on society, government, and everyday lives.

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Dealing with globalization, this book explains that the process is far more subtle, complex, and uneven. Examining the ways in which globalization contributes to patterns of conflict, it explores case studies, ranging from 9/11 to identity formation. It offers the ramifications of globalization on society, government, and everyday lives.

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Locating Queerness in the Media: A New Look delves deep into an understanding of queer sensibility. This collection examines how media images of the LGBTQ community create a universal consciousness about the media existence of queer people, ranging from tragic to villainous.

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Locating Queerness in the Media: A New Look delves deep into an understanding of queer sensibility. This collection examines how media images of the LGBTQ community create a universal consciousness about the media existence of queer people, ranging from tragic to villainous.

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This book aims to inscribe the prominent Soviet semiologist Yuri Lotman into the analysis of political forms and components of power as seen from the context of various Russian-European encounters.

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This book analyzes representations of otherness in a variety of romantic Anglophone texts from the 1950s to the 2010s using an array of approaches. Together, contributors suggest a trajectory of increasing openness to diversity, but also the many ways in which popular fiction continues to fall short, perpetuating old tropes and stereotypes.

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This book examines the journalism of editor and publisher Lucile H. Bluford. Focusing on selections from her writing in the Kansas City Call from 1968 to 1983, it explores how she articulated a Black feminist standpoint and exposed injustices faced by African Americans and women that were otherwise ignored by mainstream media.

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This book examines the journalism of editor and publisher Lucile H. Bluford. Focusing on selections from her writing in the Kansas City Call from 1968 to 1983, it explores how she articulated a Black feminist standpoint and exposed injustices faced by African Americans and women that were otherwise ignored by mainstream media.

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This book examines advertisements in Life magazine during World War II and how the cultural values of service, thrift, and utility were framed in those ads to promote both patriotism and consumption.

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This book focuses on the communication that sustains Black marriage. Using original data and secondary research, Marianne Dainton provides the story of Black marriage success and the contexts and communication that contribute to that success.

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This book provides a history of media literacy, presenting research that recovers how it has been conceived as reform, as understanding representation, and as pedagogy.

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A collection of essays on television authorship. Rather than assigning one author to individual television texts, the contributors probe the relationship between the various authors at work within the institutional, cultural and economic settings that characterize the television industry.

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Shows why political violence is such a force in our world. At the same time, this book gives a range of practical actions that can be taken to combat it, not only by our governments but also on the ground in Iraq, Israel and Palestine. It describes steps that we can take within our local communities to make peace - not war - on terror.

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The first comprehensive study of contemporary Malawi, providing insight into the origins of its present poverty

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The first comprehensive study of contemporary Malawi, providing insight into the origins of its present poverty