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"Dr Brooks is able to document the structural basis of power, patronage and prejudice.... should be read and valued by a wide audience".Ann Oakley* How and why have women …

What do the occult sciences, seances with the souls of the dead, and appeals to saintly powers have to do with rationality? Since the late nineteenth century, modernizing …

Disease and death are a part of life, but so too is being well. The lively voices found in this book are not shy about stating the ways in which the widely held notion that they …

As a freelance filmmaker, Nikole Lim's career allowed her to step in and out of the lives of marginalized people around the world. But when confronted with the prevalence of sexual …

Im Grunde sind es kleine Krippenspiele, die nun nicht mehr in der Kirche aufgeführt werden, sondern über die verschiedenen Medien verbreitet werden. Ein direktes Vorbild für die …

This book investigates small cities - cities and towns that are not well known or internationally branded, but are facing structural economic and social issues after the Global …

Today, black-owned barber shops play a central role in African American public life. The intimacy of commercial grooming encourages both confidentiality and camaraderie, which make …

Based on research with frontline professionals and domestic abuse and homicide victims, this book argues for a re-conceptualisation of the female victim to enhance safety …

Alone among the world's religions, Islam is not just surviving but flourishing. Yet many people know little about Islam and regard its continuing attraction as something of a …

In Central Europe, limited success in revisiting the role of science in the segregation of Roma reverberates with the yet-unmet call for contextualizing the impact of ideas on …