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Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination
This catalog explores the psychological and social implications contained in the hybrid creatures and fantastic scenarios created by contemporary artists whose works will appear in …
Sexual Self
In the late 1960s two sociologists, John Gagnon and William Simon, developed the concept of sexual scripts as part of a larger project of treating sexuality like any other social …
The Sexual Self
In the late 1960s, two sociologists, John Gagnon and William Simon, developed the concept of sexual scripts as part of a larger project of treating sexuality like any other social …
Engaging Young People in Civic Life
The myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective …
Beyond Realism and Antirealism-John Dewey and The Neopragmatists
Perhaps the most significant development in American philosophy in recent times has been the extraordinary renaissance of Pragmatism, marked most notably by the reformulations of …
The Reporter's Handbook on Nuclear Materials, Energy, and Waste Management
An essential reference for journalists, activists, and students, this book presents scientifically accurate and accessible overviews of twenty-four of the most important issues in …
The Moral Electricity of Print
Moral electricity—a term coined by American transcendentalists in the 1850s to describe the force of nature that was literacy and education in shaping a greater society. This …
Ramblin' Rose
Winner of the 1998 ARSC AwardA groundbreaking study of one of the pioneering women of country music, whose biography sheds new light on both the role of women in postwar America …
The Clinton Wars
Today the United States is fighting a ""war"" against terrorism, a military action whose definition will be a matter of controversy, particularly, if history is any guide, between …
We Make Change
Community organizers work at their jobs because they are passionate, because they believe that change is possible, and because they enjoy working with people. Although it's not an …
Drug Cartels Do Not Exist
Through political and cultural analysis of representations of the so-called war on drugs, Oswaldo Zavala makes the case that the very terms we use to describe drug traffickers are …
Creating Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda got knocked down and kept going. Filming an appearance on The Jimmy Durante Show on August 4, 1955, the "ambassadress of samba" suddenly took a knee during a dance …