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Through an analysis of Iranian media reports, this book offers a unique perspective on the often difficult relations between Iran and the West.

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He uses job characteristic theory to clarify the relationship between occupation and class to test whether certain job characteristics influence the class consciousness and political orientation of workers.

Eichar begins by establishing theoretical distinctions relating to occupation and class.

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Examines the beliefs and rituals of the Jewish Movement in the United States not simply as emblems of ethnic identity, but as forms of expressive behaviour.

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Off white centres the role of race and whiteness to rewrite the history of Central and Eastern Europe and illuminate the development, operation and enduring appeal of white nationalisms within racial capitalism.

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Explaining how racism and inequality operate, this book looks at the pressures placed on black players to adopt a culture dominated by white men in sport. It focuses on how racism functions when black players make the transition from the playing field to coaching, and management, and are forced to perform within the standards set by white men.

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Explaining how racism and inequality operate, this book looks at the pressures placed on black players to adopt a culture dominated by white men in sport. It focuses on how racism functions when black players make the transition from the playing field to coaching, and management, and are forced to perform within the standards set by white men.

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Designed as a resource for artists, writers and behavioural scientists, this compilation of the myths and symbols of old age lists over 400 entries ranging from Abraham and acacia to Zorya and Zurvan. Featured are mythical figures, symbolic attributes, animals, objects, locations, and more.

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The growing number of homeless people over age 50 has reached epidemic proportions. It is important to recognize that this group has special needs and demands from health factors to safety. This book is a resource for professionals training and working with this homeless contingent.

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The history, global trade and current western revival of interest in used garments as a new form of fashion consciousness has corollaries in consumer cultures around the world. The Japanese, for example, have a long tradition of salvaging sections of kimonos, while in India garments are inexhaustibly recycled.

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Presents a three-part focus on the history, the trading culture, and the contemporary refashioning of second hand clothing. This book is useful for those interested in fashion and dress, material culture, consumption and anthropology, as well as to dealers, collectors and wearers of second hand clothes.

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This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. The ceremonial performances supported imaginative travel and created a tornadros: an ideal form of 'human' that manipulates audiovisual narratives of culture and identity for global audiences.

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Using depth psychology to develop a globally rooted psychoanalytic perspective, the author explores the psychological underpinnings of events, conflicts and changes that may have deeper symbolic meanings than we generally suppose.

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A book about being homosexual in the United States.

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On British Islam examines the history and everyday workings of Islamic institutions in Britain, with a focus on sharia councils. These councils concern themselves with religious matters, especially divorce. They have a higher profile in Britain than in other Western nations. Why Taking a historical and ethnographic look at British Islam, John Bow

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One of America's foremost historians discusses the intellectual arrogance and spiritual impoverishment at the heart of structuralism and shows how they have led to a trivializing of the Holocaust.

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Is it surprising that male suicides outnumber female by a factor of 3 or 4 to 1, or that the predilection of males to be violent - once seen as a source of pride - now seems to threaten our very culture and civilisation

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These essay in honour of Professor Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza draw on international feminist scholarship indebted to her ground-breaking achievements in the areas of biblical studies, feminist thought and social justice.

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"A new approach to digital culture and how it makes meaning, mediation and planetary impact"--

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Filled with fascinating insights into the collective emotional life of inner-city kids, this book is also a highly original history of the erosion of urban community life since World War II.

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