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Drawing on rich empirical research, this book examines the evolution and success of feminist strategies to promote democratic governance, womens rights and gender equality in the Caribbean.

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Negotiating Gendered Discourses analyzes the discourse surrounding Michelle Bachelet's 2006 presidential election in Chile to that of Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's 2007 election in Argentina. Christie reveals key points of intersection between the contemporary political discourse of these elections and the women-led human rights campaigns in the Southern Cone region.

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This study provides an interdisciplinary examination of media portrayals of ethnic and religious minorities in Germany. Using years of combined quantitative and qualitative research, the author compares parliamentary discourse with that of the mainstream media and analyzes the politicized uses of collective identities.

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Draws on a fieldwork - including interviews with politicians, immigrant leaders, and militants - to analyze interactions between states and immigrants in France and Germany. This book argues that states contribute to the elaboration of immigrants' identity, in part by articulating the grounds on which their groups are granted legitimacy.

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Since the end of the civil rights era in the sixties it has become increasingly clear that social and political conflicts cannot be resolved entirely at the national level. Struggles between residents of poor neighborhoods and local interest groups or public authorities present some of our most explosive domestic political problems today. This stud

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Clewer explores the various ways the sublime is manifest in contemporary memorial architecture as well as its philosophical and political implications. She shows how the national monument is being transformed at a time when the nation-state and national identity are under extreme scrutiny.

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Explores nerd culture's engagement with environmental issues, from Star Trek and Lord of the Rings, to Marvel's X-Men and Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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Critically analyzing four decades of television situation comedies from The Honeymooners to The Bill Cosby Show, Hamamoto shows how the sitcom reflects, explains, legitimates, and challenges the society in which it is grounded, illumining the power of laughter both to reaffirm and to question existing social structures.

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Denise Sullivan Near is a Children's book author who turns her first-hand experience with her sweet little girl into a fun, very simply written, educational picture book. Through Nessie and Her Tisms, Denise teaches young children about some of the unique behaviors of children on the spectrum by nurturing their natural curiosity.

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Netflix Nostalgia examines Netflix as both a creator and a distributor of nostalgic content, with contributions from scholars from around the world. The chapters examine the role of nostalgia in Netflixs brand identity, ideological messages about nostalgia in Netflix content, and audience responses to nostalgia on the Netflix platform.

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Netflix Nostalgia examines Netflix as both a creator and a distributor of nostalgic content, with contributions from scholars from around the world. The chapters examine the role of nostalgia in Netflixs brand identity, ideological messages about nostalgia in Netflix content, and audience responses to nostalgia on the Netflix platform.

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This monograph offers a close reading of the financial story of Netflix, exposing the central importance of narrativity, performative language, and affect, which drive the speculative worlds of global finance, technology, and now television.

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Examines the development and current state of a quickly growing sociological field, Network Exchange Theory.

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Examines the development and current state of a quickly growing sociological field, Network Exchange Theory.

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The essays in this collection outline how feminists employ a variety of digital practices and tools to create spaces of solidarity, archive important feminist digital culture work, and offer blueprints for future feminist action.

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"Neverending Stories examines the re-emergence of digital fiction into popular media such as TV, film, and publishing"--

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"Neverending Stories examines the re-emergence of digital fiction into popular media such as TV, film, and publishing"--

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Examining the concept and social phenomenon of discrimination from economic and sociological perspectives, this text brings together the work of a wide range of sociologists and economists and provides a spectrum of methodological and ideological views on this topic.

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New Arenas for Violence examines the history, nature, and causal factors of occupational homicidemurder in the workplacewith a view to the development of a comprehensive understanding of the issue and the introduction of prevention measures designed to establish a safer work environment for the American worker.

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This volume argues that a new class is emerging in the wake of the information economy, and studies how this class is reshaping American culture.