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A resounding testament to the power of family and a reassurance that there is no wrong way to be. It has been almost two years since Wahls bravely stood up and defended gay marriage and his family. He offers how his upbringing has shaped his life and values.

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An anthology collecting 23 'letters left unsaid' from some of the most exciting voices in the UK and beyond.

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This study examines the literary and cultural discourses of ethnic minority regions in southwest China. The author uses the Confucian notion of harmony with difference and Foucaults concept of heterotopia to investigate how these discourses have evolved since the founding of the Peoples Republic of China.

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Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed.

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A pioneer of the idea of a transcendental mythical content present in all societies, Bachofen was deeply concerned with the inner life and how it is expressed in symbolic terms.

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Nearly everyone is familiar with the mythological figures of Hercules, Icarus and Medusa, although not everyone knows what relevance these tales may hold to them. This book explains the links between ancient mythology and contemporary culture, links that are not as distant as they might once appear.

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Placing heroes from a wide range of medieval traditions shoulder to shoulder, this title provides the opportunity to examine what is common across medieval mythic, legendary, and folkloric traditions, as well as what seems unique.

Myths of gods, legends of battles, and folktales of magic abound in the heroic narratives of the Middle Ages.

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There is even less of these types of materials published about men at midlife involved in activities structured in a mythopoetic perspective or about men actively involved in mythopoetic men's work.

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A one-step cross-cultural selective guide to recent retellings of myths and hero tales for children and young adults.

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By carefully examining the biological, genetic, evolutionary, and psychological evidence, a noted biologist finds a shocking lack of substance behind ideas about biologically based sex differences. Features a new chapter and afterward on recent biological breakthroughs.

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Nudist ideology was a potent combination of Darwinism, volkisch nationalism, and nature therapy - all deeply rooted in racial theory and designed to transform Germany into a nudist, racial utopia.

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Although public nudity as a form of political action has a long history, Naked Politics: Nudity, Political Action, and the Rhetoric of the Body examines political nudity from a rhetorical standpoint. Beginning with the notion that the body itself is communicative beyond the ability to speak, this work examines cases in which people employ the disrobed body for political ends.

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In addition, the work examines the related discrimination suffered by the families of non-marital children, especially single parents and alternative family units, and concludes that it is impossible to gain full equality for children born out of wedlock unless equality is also gained for their family unit.

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Nanotechnology manipulates matter at the atomic level. It leads to innovative processes and products that are revolutionizing many areas of modern life. This book explores how nanotechnology impacts the lives of ordinary people and why ethical reflection on nanotechnology is needed.

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Nanotechnology manipulates matter at the atomic level. It leads to innovative processes and products that are revolutionizing many areas of modern life. This book explores how nanotechnology impacts the lives of ordinary people and why ethical reflection on nanotechnology is needed.

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This book introduces a sociological perspective on European integration by looking at different accounts of Europeanization as society building.

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Narrating Midlife: Crisis, Transition, and Transformation explores how managing and living through change at midlife is ultimately a communicative endeavor. Using autoethnography, contributors narrate midlife experiences as diverse as the empty nest syndrome, sexual fluidity, mixed-retirement marriage, spousal abduction of a child, and cancer.

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Presents a selection of the Nart Sagas. This book features ninety-two tales and includes an appendix offering linguistic commentary.

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The sagas of the ancient Narts are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. This book presents, for the first time in the West, a wide selection of these fascinating myths preserved among four related peoples whose ancient cultures today survive by a thread. In ninety-two straightforward tales populated by extraordinary char

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This is the first work to go beyond the popular myths of stock car racing to fully examine the sport's true history.

NASCAR Nation: A History of Stock Car Racing in the United States details the ongoing saga of this quintessentially American pastime.

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The author approaches the intricate process of nation-building in Israel through an examination of transformations which took place within a major development sector, rural land settlement, during Israel's first decade of statehood. Based on four years of observation in Israel, the study analyzes the ways in which this state worked out the urgent p

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