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In this wide-ranging volume two leading scholars of the region critically examine the new extractive-imperialism bearing down on the Americas

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This text provides a cross-disciplinary discussion between different professional groups on issues concerning death in our society. Contributors talk out of their personal research and interest in such a way as to enable others from different perspectives to understand each other.

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An analysis of the origins, nature, and direction of attacks lodged against fair and affordable housing policy in the U.S.

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These essays employ strategies from history, fiction, autobiography and biography, deconstruction, and post-colonial discourse to reveal the fictions in anthropology and the anthropology in fiction, and, in the process, to devise a new approach to writing feminist ethnography.

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Reveals how, military and political leaders in Belgrade followed the pattern of manipulating cultural motifs in order to justify their repression of Kosovans, and their aggression in Croatia and Bosnia. This work also reveals how Croatian and Bosnian military and political elites mobilized their own social memories during post-Yugoslav wars.

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Scott's investigation of "Yaktovil" within the Sri Lankan Sinhala cosmology, also inquires into the ways in which anthropology (ignoring the discursive history of the rituals, religions and relationships it seeks to describe) tends to reproduce ideological, often specifically colonial, objects.

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Takes a close look at the working lives and attitudes of domestic workers in modern Australia. The book examines a great diversity of experiences in the domestic services industry, mainly through interviews with many participants, both employers and employed.

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This unique set of essays explores the thought of Georg Lukacs, specifically his attempt to ground an ethical Marxism in his conception of social ontology.

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A revised and updated third edition of one of the most successful relationship guides for African Americans, written by noted authority and radio show host Audrey Chapman.

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Skills for resolving conflicts and reconciling strained relationships reveal the power of listening and speaking from the heart.

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Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume examines the way cultures and individuals oppose, resist and re-center globalization.

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A major examination of the American immigrant experience revealing how recent immigrants are transforming religion around the globe.

A publication of fine writing and debate, presenting interesting writing about topical subjects. Family politics goes behind the political rhetoric about families and explores the reality of life in small groups.

Redefines contemporary cultural and political movements through the eyes of a new generation of writers and thinkers to reveal a fresh critical perspective of what it means to be young today.

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If Australia's population is to almost double by 2050, we face extraordinary challenges - economic, social and environmental. Coping with this growth demands visionary planning and insights from the rich history of immigration. Prosper or Perish investigates ways to find a balance between growth, diversity and sustainability in a shrinking world.

Fundamentalism is the new ideology. Religion has become a more potent force in world affairs than it has been for generations, with devastating consequences. Our desire to be safe is shaping decisions in unprecedented ways. Fundamentalism has become a metaphor for dogmatic solutions to complex problems.

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Mobility studies scholar Christopher Schaberg considers the time leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing global plummet in commercial flight. Grounded blends journalistic reportage with cultural theory and philosophical inquiry in order to offer graspable insights as well as a stinging critique of contemporary air travel.

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