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Examines how ideas of fashion, politics, faith, freedom, and cultural diversity are articulated by young British Muslims as they seek out clothes which best express their identities, perspectives and concerns. This book explores the social and political effects of their clothing choices on the development of transnational cultural formations.

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Analyzes the ways in which women were viewed by men through a variety of literary and other discourses, from the "Divine Comedy" to the 20th century. This book traces the evolution of the cultural and social identity of women as perceived by women themselves.

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Presents a study of peace activist's transformation from an anti-war struggle to an anti-globalization struggle. This work explores the power dynamics between citizen activists in the North and South, examining efforts at reframing issues of social justice over time, and highlighting transnational feminist politics and agency at the local level.

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Taking up a range of themes such as spectatorship, pleasure, power, doubles, hallucination and the frame, the book explains them within the context of these theoretical developments. The major theorists are all covered as the authors look at the significance of the visual in their work.

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Theory has become increasingly significant in the field of the visual, giving rise to a whole discipline of 'visual culture' situated within the disciplines of media/communication/cultural studies and also within history of art. This book aims to offer a clear exposition of their ideas and how they have been used in visual cultural studies.

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This book unpacks the complex relationship between media and visual culture in India, offering a critical lens for navigating our image-saturated world. This edited collection explores how we experience visuals beyond just seeing, while examining their creation, display, and interpretation across media.

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Explores how the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia construct themselves through material reproduction.

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Explores how the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia construct themselves through material reproduction.

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A new work on the history of vitamins and the brilliant men and women who discovered the existence and nature of these small molecules so vital to our health.

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Featuring hundreds of personal anecdotes by Latino college students against a backdrop of information on their culture, history, and academic needs and strengths, this book offers a compelling and exacting view of the world of Latino students and their families.

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A print and broadcast journalist for 10 years before going academic, Meadows (journalism, Grittith U., Brisbane) analyzes how Australian journalism reports on Indigenous people and issues, arguing that professional practices have been complicit in creating and sustaining particular images of them bo

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Challenging the relevance and validity of academic social science research, participatory research is an important tool for social activists, community workers, and adult educators working with oppressed peoples.

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This ethnographic study looks closely at women from the upper and middle classes in Kolkata, India, who work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that help empower women from all classes of society.

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This ethnographic study looks closely at women from the upper and middle classes in Kolkata, India, who work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that help empower women from all classes of society.

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A combination of essays and poetry, this book reveals the voices of Muslim women as they express their ambivalence, pain, and fury toward Islam and also toward the United States

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For decades, the use of vouchers has been widely debated. But often lost in the heat of debate is the fact that vouchers are just another tool in the government's tool chest, a restricted subsidy that falls somewhere between the extremes of cash and direct government provision of services.

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Voyages in Classical Mythology takes 44 great classical adventure tales of mythology and exploration and retells them in this beautifully written volume.

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Explores the roots and causes of our increasingly voyeuristic society and argues against using the First Amendment to safeguard our right to peer into others' lives.

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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Problems of the Twenty-First Century utilizes Du Bois's thought and texts to develop an Africana Studies-informed critical theory of contemporary society.

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When Bombay changed its name to Mumbai in 1995, it was the culmination of a long process that transformed India's primary symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into a site of ethnic conflict and violent nationalism. This is an account of how the city's atmosphere, dominant public languages, and power structures have changed since 1960s.

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Tells the story of a migrant family enduring the harshness of the migrant fields and their abusive father.

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