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Examines the relationship between institutional structures and community integration.

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This book attempts to identify two central areas for the study of aging and the epistemological differences and continuities between them: constructions of aging (modern) and deconstructions of aging (postmodern).

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This book explores biomedical and sociological theories of aging and their inter-relationship to historical, contemporary and future issues affecting social welfare and older people.

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A historical introduction to key principles in the sociology of religion with an emphasis on the United States past and present.

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A historical introduction to key principles in the sociology of religion with an emphasis on the United States past and present.

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In this book, Karsten examines the consequences of American military life from the Revolutionary War to the present. A long introduction, containing the author's survey and general conclusions, comprises the first section. The rest of the book is made up of source material--graphs, tables, and first-hand contemporary accounts.

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Drawing on in-depth interviews, archived oral histories, and ethnographic observation, this book highlights the struggle of a key group of Black and women longshore workers who fought against and struggled with racism and sexism in the ports of Southern California.

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Drawing on in-depth interviews, archived oral histories, and ethnographic observation, this book highlights the struggle of a key group of Black and women longshore workers who fought against and struggled with racism and sexism in the ports of Southern California.

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A tell-it-like-it-is look at black, middle-class women's tumultuous search for love and partnership.

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Attitudes of nineteenth-century men toward women and heterosexuality are revealed as a web of sexual anxieties, repression, and sublimation that fostered the conviction that manliness could best be achieved through independence from women.

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Soul Searching: A Poetic JAWN is a creative collection of poetry. It includes topics such as love, intimacy, black culture, and more. It promotes self-inventory and productive growth. The purpose of this poetry book is to respect life's soul searching journey through a creative perspective.

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This book explores the key role of sound and image in the perception of nations throughout the history of the Americas. It subverts the strict chronology previously upheld by historians regarding the formation of national identities by looking at the development of countries in varied cultural, economic, and political situations.

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This book opens up an area of urban studies, the auditory experience of self and place.

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This book opens up an area of urban studies, the auditory experience of self and place.

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How do contemporary cultural and literary texts from the diaspora or from South Asia iterate patterns of racial surveillance and prejudice against South Asians in the United States after 9/11 This collection delves into the underpinnings of American imperialism and identity politics after 9/11.

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How do contemporary cultural and literary texts from the diaspora or from South Asia iterate patterns of racial surveillance and prejudice against South Asians in the United States after 9/11 This collection lets delves into the underpinnings of American imperialism and identity politics after 9/11.

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The first anthology of primary material interdisciplinary study of the history of the South Asian presence in Britain over the period 1870-1950, it selects a wide range of official and non-official archival sources. and identifies four key areas of South Asian impact - minority rights, war, culture and reception, and representation. -- .

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Analyzing audience perceptions of South Asian characters in U.S. television and film, Thakore argues for the importance of understanding these representations as they influence the positioning of South Asians in the twenty-first century U.S. racial hierarchy.

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Analyzing audience perceptions of South Asian characters in U.S. television and film, Thakore argues for the importance of understanding these representations as they influence the positioning of South Asians in the twenty-first century U.S. racial hierarchy.

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Arguing that South Pacific women occupied a central role in mediating cross-cultural encounters between Europeans and the people of the South Seas, Sturma explores how images of the South Sea maiden shaped Western perceptions of the South Pacific.

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For many Southern men living in or close to rural landscapes, hunting is a passion. But it is not a timeless activity in a cultural void. This title provides an account of Southern hunting.

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Increasingly, women and minorities are entering fields where white male power is firmly entrenched. This work interrogates the pernicious, subtle but nonetheless widely held view that certain bodies are naturally entitled to certain spaces, while others are not.