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The story of how la mode was "sexed" as feminine offers insight into the political, economic and cultural tensions that marked the birth of modern commercial culture. Jones examines men's and women's relation to fashion to argue how clothing was becoming increasingly conceptualised as feminine.

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The story of how la mode was "sexed" as feminine offers insight into the political, economic and cultural tensions that marked the birth of modern commercial culture. Jones examines men's and women's relation to fashion to argue how clothing was becoming increasingly conceptualised as feminine.

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Unique look at sexuality and gender in the context of historical and contemporary Muslim societies

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Unique look at sexuality and gender in the context of historical and contemporary Muslim societies

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Sexual Deviance in Health and Aging explores how social and cultural perceptions of sexual deviance can shape and be shaped by health and aging. The authors analyze how people get labeled as sexually deviant because of growing older and other factors, and how this stigma impacts their health care and broader social experiences.

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As a Seattle Times reporter explained when Maria's case hit the news there, the reality is that sex slaves for the most part are young women and teenaged girls who come from almost every one of the world's poorer countries and end up in almost every country where there is a combination of sexual demand and money.

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As a Seattle Times reporter explained when Maria's case hit the news there, the reality is that sex slaves for the most part are young women and teenaged girls who come from almost every one of the world's poorer countries and end up in almost every country where there is a combination of sexual demand and money.

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This work addresses the ongoing focus on sexual harassment in the United States, an issue that remains at the forefront of contemporary American society.

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Explores the social concerns of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and the transgendered - what has come to be known as 'lgbt' or 'queer' politics. This book offers the an overview of the study of lgbt politics in political science across the discipline's main subfields and methodologies, and it spotlights lgbt movements in many regions around the world.

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Why have multiple mega-church leaders-Ted Haggard and Bishop Eddie Long, for example-committed acts of sexual misconduct This book discusses the reasons in depth and examines how these acts are impacting the future of megachurches.

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Against the background of the law reform debates around sexuality in Britain and America, Bamforth provides a cogent argument for protecting lesbian and gay rights through law, but is sceptical about how useful law can be in eradicating discriminatory practices.

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Questions about memory, identity and belonging touch the lives of many people who live in the shadows of historical trauma. Learning to think in new ways about the Shoah as a defining crisis with modernity, Seidler also helps us imagine an ethics for a postmodern time.

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Questions about memory, identity and belonging touch the lives of many people who live in the shadows of historical trauma. Learning to think in new ways about the Shoah as a defining crisis with modernity, Seidler also helps us imagine an ethics for a postmodern time.

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Offers a new critical intervention into the studies of the paradox of Chinese socialism. Centering on the unremodable Shanghai bourgeoisie and middle class, the book brilliantly discovers Chinese societys persistent aspiration to bourgeois lifestyle.

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Investigates one of the most serious policy challenges facing US: the stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Focusing on two key policy areas, welfare and employment, this book asks why America has had such uneven success at incorporating African Americans and other minorities into the benefits of citizenship.

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In 1961 a family from Des Moines, Iowa moved to Karachi, Pakistan to begin the adventure of a lifetime. Little did anyone suspect how a mid-western housewife would become transformed into a woman of international intrigue.

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States that White males matter very much to discussions of race, ethnicity, and gender in the US due to their numbers and the influence they wield. This book explores the heterogeneity of white male America, taking into account such factors as age, ethnicity, ideology, social class, regional background, occupational status, and sexual orientation.

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The author explores the heterogeneity of white male America, taking account of age, ethnicity, ideology, social class, regional background, occupation, and sexual preference. This timely work draws on a broad range of sources, including extensive field research and hundreds of interviews.

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Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. This book demonstrates that these conceptions reflect the bias of Western reporters than they do the realities of contemporary Islam.

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Sheila's Shop invites us into a Southern beauty parlor to meet working-class African American women. Kimberly Battle-Walters spent over sixteen months interviewing and listening to women at Sheila's Shop while researching this valuable ethnographic work. Literature and the med...