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Richard M. Weaver was one of the leading rhetoricians of the 1950s, whose philosophical and pedagogical writings helped revitalize interest in rhetoric. This book examines the relationship between Weaver's rhetorical theory and his cultural views, focusing on the rhetorical insights.

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Since the landmark 1965 Supreme Court ruling Griswold versus Connecticut established a Constitutional right to privacy, the regulation of sexuality has become an extremely volatile area of American politics. This title addresses a broad array of topics at the intersection of sexuality and politics.

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In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of 'conspicuous signs' of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. This book argues that the law is symptomatic of France's failure to integrate its former colonial subjects as full citizens.

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Argues that abstinence-only education in schools injure women's physical and psychological health, violate the Constitution, and flout the will of the majority of Americans. This title details what abstinence programs teach students and exposes the political and religious agendas behind them.

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"The Pornography of Meat, a visual companion and sequel to the seminal The Sexual Politics of Meat, charts how representations in our culture are evidence of overlapping oppressions of misogyny, white supremacy, homophobia, ableism, and human superiority. This revised edition includes over 300 images and has been updated to cover digital media, the language of Trump and the #MeToo movement"--

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Introduces readers to the transsexual mindset, explaining how the identity discord develops, and to research that suggests a biological, and not purely psychological, basis for transsexuality. This book also details the psychological, social, family and legal issues transsexuals face.

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Provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. This volume focuses on the origins and evolution of Islamic political ideas and related subjects, covering central terms, concepts, personalities, movements, places, and schools of thought across Islamic history.

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Written by a biopsychologist, this book describes and explains transsexualism and transgenderism (TSTG) from a scientific vantage point.

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Traces the application of US immigration and naturalization law to women from the 1870s to the late 1960s. This book explores how racialized, gendered, and historical anxieties shaped our understandings of the histories of immigrant women.

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Sadlier's study of women writers in Portugal after the 1974 revolution is a useful contribution to a neglected European literature, in which women are making a forceful contribution;

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Seeks to uncover the democratic, populist, and even anticapitalist legacy of the middle class. By examining, in particular, the independent small business sector or petite bourgeoisie, using Progressive Era Portland, Oregon, as a case study, this book shows that class still matters in America.

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"In this provocative and paradigm-shifting book, Richard D. Kahlenberg argues that affirmative action programs ought to be based not on race but on class. America's exclusive focus on race in determini"

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This edition of Melich's "powerful, provocative" ("The Washington Post") indictment of the Republican Party's bigoted, divisive politics against women calls for a new agenda that will bring disaffected voters back to active participation in the nation's politics.

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Journalist Phil Barker unpacks the myth of the 'Man Box' and Australian masculinity.

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The author of "The Scalpel and the Butterfly" offers a timely examination of the transgender movement that calls into question some of the most fundamental assumptions about gender identity.

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Analysing contemporary childhood by examining new lines of argument about diversity, disability and difference. >

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A study that analyses contemporary childhood by examining various lines of argument about diversity, disability and difference. It critiques the key issues that affect both adults' and children's quality of life, including market-driven values, poverty and civic disengagement.