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In his sensitive portrayal of the Raramuri (or Tarahumara) Indians, Merrill examines the ways in which a society, lacking formal educational institutions, produces and transmits its basic knowledge about the world.

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The first serious, readable, provocative, canon-smashing book of comics theory and criticism by the leading critic in the field

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This edited collection explores what happens when a city administration tries to bring their vision for a city into being. It provides ethnographic accounts that complicate the dominant narrative of Manchester's renaissance. -- .

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Rebel populism is an ethnography of Syrian migrant workers in Lebanon during the Syrian uprising and civil war. It documents the rise and fall of the revolution from the perspective of ordinary men. It explores the role of economic transformation, new technology, and masculinity in the development and practice of mass oppositional politics

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Without true healing, Madsen's analysis reveals, a new mother's suppressed sense of loss and pain can affect her relationships with her baby and husband, her body image, her feelings about going back to work, even her hopes for future pregnancies and births.

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At present, Marxism appears to have a strong footing within American sociology. Its unique critical approach and current information on debates in Marxist sociology will interest those involved in social theory, Marxism, political economy, and contemporary sociology.

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At present, Marxism appears to have a strong footing within American sociology. Its unique critical approach and current information on debates in Marxist sociology will interest those involved in social theory, Marxism, political economy, and contemporary sociology.

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In response to the recent rash of teen violence in our schools, a noted psychiatrist delivers a passionately argued yet highly prescriptive blueprint for healing our relationships with our children.

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A self-described beneficiary (and, at times, victim) of affirmative action confronts the problems spawned by our national obsession with racial measurement. Carter provides a thoughtful analysis of this controversial issue, arguing that affirmative action often allows the nation to escape inexpensively from its moral obligation to undo the legacy of slavery.

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A collection of insights into men's and women's anger experiences, the sources and extent of gender-based anger, feelings about recent gender role changes, and thoughts on improving gender relationships.

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Regimes of Happiness is a comparative and historical analysis of how human societies have articulated and enacted distinctive notions of human fulfillment.

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Reimagines the study of children and their childhoods from contemporary global and interdisciplinary perspectives, inciting debate and providing a forum for dialogue.

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Reimagines the study of children and their childhoods from contemporary global and interdisciplinary perspectives, inciting debate and providing a forum for dialogue.

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She takes a candid look at family politics - from an adult's point of view as well as a child's - and also addresses the relationship issues which arise if you and your partner decide to have children of your own.

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Religion among the Folk in Egypt seeks to structure the entire field of supernatural beliefs and related practices in the folk communities of Egypt.

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Examines how religious congregations in America have responded to changes in family structure, and how families participate in local religious life. Based on a study of congregations and community residents in upstate New York, this book argues that while some religious groups may be nostalgic for the Ozzie and Harriet days, others are changing.

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Provides an ethnographic study of the buffering effect of the Black church against suicide. Findings indicate a consensus within the black community in terms of its attitudes and beliefs toward suicide. The work concludes that suicide is alien to underlying African-American belief systems.

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