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In this interdisciplinary volume, sociolinguists and sociologists explore the intersections of language, culture, and identity for rural populations around the world.

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In this interdisciplinary volume, sociolinguists and sociologists explore the intersections of language, culture, and identity for rural populations around the world.

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The tumultuous events taking place in Eastern Europe have resulted in an avalanche of publications in English about that part of the world.

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This work argues that, far from bringing peace in the war between the sexes, Margaret Mead's "gender/sex" constructions escalated the conflict. It shows that this construction does accord with biological reality and that an improved understanding of sex/gender would hasten sex equality.

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Through an examination of the experience of transsexuals, this book enhances understanding of how gender can and does function in complex and subtle ways. This book investigates the pressures and motivations to conform to expected gender roles, and the ways in which these are affected by social, educational, and professional status.

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Challenging the belief that the use of animals in biomedical research is necessary for the advancement of human medical knowledge, the authors of this text assert that the use of animals in medical research is unethical because faulty science underpins such experimentation.

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This interdisciplinary collection is a new landmark in the study of the world's pilgrimage traditions. In-depth accounts of patterns of pilgrimage ranging from Hindu practices to a comparison of Catholic and Baptist pilgrimage in Haiti and Trinidad, to a narration of a Maori sacred journey, provide valuable comparative information.

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Traces the development of the Anzac cult, as well as looking at those who rejected it. This title also examines a paradox: why, as Australia's wars recede in memory, have these memorials and what they stand for become cherished more than ever

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As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers. Stuart Hodkinson has those answers. -- .

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As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers. Stuart Hodkinson has those answers. -- .

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Based on extensive research, recent events, and numerous first-person accounts, this revealing book illuminates both the challenges and triumphs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, and offers effective strategies for combating LGBT marginalization in our nation's schools and communities.

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Focusing on the idiosyncrasies of Hispanic culture, this work shows that understanding cultural nuances is as important as language learning for communication and social interaction.

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A fascinating insight into the culture of the saltwater peoples of northern Australian coasts, their profound knowledge of and attachment to their sea country, how this endured despite dislocation and repression, and how this has shaped their values and relations with territory - with telling contrasts to our own western institutions and their origins.

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Here is an intriguing forum on the soul-journeys of gay men and lesbians, from the perspective of Jungian psychology. Same-Sex Love is the first book to examine the unique ways gay men and lesbians make the journey toward the psychic wholeness and balance needed in everyday life. Features 18 essays by prominent therapists and writers.

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The same-sex marriage debate is currently a central preoccupation of Western society, and both those for and against it have their points of view.

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This book outlines the history of same-sex marriage, explaining how politics and religion have intersected to decide and control who can legally marry.

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Government supported junk social science-or sanctified snake oil as Sarnoff terms it-exists in all policy arenas along the entire political spectrum, as policy advocates seek to justify the continuation of ineffective programs and to block alternative solutions.

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This work describes the forces and pressures that encouraged or impeded Australian's enjoyment of sand and surf. The ways in which artists, writers, film-makers and the advertising industry have depicted the beach are examined for the light they throw on the beach's significance.