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This history of women in early modern Spain opens the field by examining the position of women in religious, political, literary and economic life. Drawing on both historical and literary approaches, the contributors challenge the portrait of Spanish women as passive and marginalised.

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on Spanish writers whose works raise issues related to current theories of lesbigay identity and queer ideologies.

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all the metaphors are classified according to their animal source in a list at the end of the book.

An animal metaphor is a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses a resemblance or similarity between someone or something and a particular animal or animal class.

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The importance women attach to having friends is seen in the determined search they undertake to replace friends from whom they are periodically separated by residential mobility, job switches, and other major changes in their lives.

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This book explores the resurgence of racial masquerade in Western popular media. Through a close examination of science fiction, horror, and fantasy texts and films, it contemplates the fundamental, albeit changing, role that ethnic simulation plays in American and British cultures in a putatively postracial and postcolonial era.

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An exploration of the historical intersections of the mining industry, Methodist evangelical Christianity, civilisational education, and the modern metaphysics of race. Contributing to theories of race and racism by insisting on the enduring role of religious biopolitics and Christianising education, whilst expanding on the 'geology of race'.

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Anthropologist Celia Rothenberg gives us a rare glimpse into the daily life of a contemporary Palestinian village, where women's lives are structured more by moral codes and societal norms than by political activism. In this rich ethnographic portrait, stories of the jinn, or ...

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Baby boomers and the remaking of American religion.

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Explores the localized logics and practices underlying the marketing initiatives of major conglomerates and their increasing influence on the shaping and experiencing of national cultures. This book provides an analysis of the growing evolution of marketing strategies in the world of sport.

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Explores the localized logics and practices underlying the marketing initiatives of major conglomerates and their increasing influence on the shaping and experiencing of national cultures. This book provides an analysis of the growing evolution of marketing strategies in the world of sport.

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This study is an interdisciplinary examination of the role of sport in the formation of urban identity in Chicago. The author employs historical and sociological methodologies and analyzes how the city became a hub for immigration, transportation, and entertainment.

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A unique and timely exploration of the cultural impact of sport on American society, including lifestyles, language, and thinking.

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This book traces the creation and circulation of the heroic myth of Spring Man, legendary Czech phantom of the Second World War often described as a superhero who fights against the Nazis, through national and international popular culture from the late 19^th through the late 20^th century

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it goes into detail about how stalking victims act and react and why they deny that stalking is happening to them, and it provides clinical insights into the ways stalkers think and behave and why.

Schell and Lanteigne differentiate sexual harrassment incidents from stalking.

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A centuries-spanning story of dispossession and resistance culminating in the events of Standing Rock.

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This balanced examination looks at America's pervasive celebrity culture, concentrating on the period from 1950 to the present day.

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This book traces the changing representation of female characters in the Star Wars franchise through the lens of the four feminist waves, arguing that while the original trilogy reflects the second wave of feminism, the prequels mirror the girl power era that followed, and the sequels are helping define a new fourth wave of inclusion and diversity.

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This book traces the changing representation of female characters in the Star Wars franchise through the lens of the four feminist waves, arguing that while the original trilogy reflects the second wave of feminism, the prequels mirror the girl power era that followed, and the sequels are helping define a new fourth wave of inclusion and diversity.

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This book tells the story of a filmmaker and a fandom that, while wildly popular and financially successful, never really received the kind of recognition reserved for films often described as small, gritty, and personal.