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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups

Entangled Narratives - Collaborative Storytelling and the Re-Imagining of Dementia (Hardcover): Lars-Christer Hyden Entangled Narratives - Collaborative Storytelling and the Re-Imagining of Dementia (Hardcover)
Lars-Christer Hyden
R1,694 Discovery Miles 16 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As people are living longer on average than ever before, the number of those with dementia will increase. Because many will live a considerable time at home with their diagnosis, we need to know more about the ways people can adapt to and learn to live with dementia in their everyday lives. Lars-Christer Hyden argues in this book that to do so will involve re-imagining what dementia really is and what it can mean to the afflicted and their loved ones. One of the most important everyday opportunities for sharing experiences is the simple act of storytelling. But when someone close to you gradually loses the ability to tell stories and cherish the shared history you have together, this is seen as a threat to the relationship, to the feeling of belonging together, and to the identity of the person diagnosed. Therefore, learning about how people with dementia can participate in storytelling along with their families and friends helps to sustain those relationships and identities. In Entangled Narratives, Hyden not only emphasizes the possibilities that are inherent in collaborative storytelling, but instructs professionals and otherwise healthy relatives to learn how to effectively listen and, ultimately, re-imagine their patients and loved ones as collaborative meaning-makers in their lives.

Never Enoughitis - A Story About Getting What Money Can't Buy (Hardcover): Robert Althuis Never Enoughitis - A Story About Getting What Money Can't Buy (Hardcover)
Robert Althuis
R691 R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Save R66 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Discover Cats Explore Famous Inventions - A Children's Book About Creativity, Technology, and History (Hardcover):... The Discover Cats Explore Famous Inventions - A Children's Book About Creativity, Technology, and History (Hardcover)
Jimmy Nightingale
R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Age in Reverse - Get More Fit, Keep Your Brain Active, And Increase Your Energy Every Day - Look And Feel Younger Than A Year... Age in Reverse - Get More Fit, Keep Your Brain Active, And Increase Your Energy Every Day - Look And Feel Younger Than A Year Ago (Hardcover)
Steven Schuster
R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
An Introduction to Childhood - Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives (Hardcover): H. Montgomery An Introduction to Childhood - Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives (Hardcover)
H. Montgomery
R2,991 Discovery Miles 29 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In An Introduction to Childhood , Heather Montgomery examines the role children have played within anthropology, how they have been studied by anthropologists and how they have been portrayed and analyzed in ethnographic monographs over the last one hundred and fifty years. Offers a comprehensive overview of childhood from an anthropological perspective Draws upon a wide range of examples and evidence from different geographical areas and belief systems Synthesizes existing literature on the anthropology of childhood, while providing a fresh perspective Engages students with illustrative ethnographies to illuminate key topics and themes

Walking Prey - How America's Youth are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery (Hardcover): Holly Austin Smith Walking Prey - How America's Youth are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery (Hardcover)
Holly Austin Smith
R799 R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Save R101 (13%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Today, two cultural forces are converging to make America's youth easy targets for sex traffickers. Younger and younger girls are engaging in adult sexual attitudes and practices, and the pressure to conform means thousands have little self-worth and are vulnerable to exploitation. At the same time, thanks to social media, texting, and chatting services, predators are able to ferret out their victims more easily than ever before. In "Walking Prey," advocate and former victim Holly Austin Smith shows how middle class suburban communities are fast becoming the new epicenter of sex trafficking in America. Smith speaks from experience: Without consistent positive guidance or engagement, Holly was ripe for exploitation at age fourteen. A chance encounter with an older man led her to run away from home, and she soon found herself on the streets of Atlantic City. Her experience led her, two decades later, to become one of the foremost advocates for trafficking victims. Smith argues that these young women should be treated as victims by law enforcement, but that too often the criminal justice system lacks the resources and training to prevent the vicious cycle of prostitution. This is a clarion call to take a sharp look at one of the most striking human rights abuses, and one that is going on in our own backyard.

Forbidden Fruit - Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers (Hardcover): Mark D. Regnerus Forbidden Fruit - Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers (Hardcover)
Mark D. Regnerus
R1,024 Discovery Miles 10 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. Many presume that such uneasiness is rooted in religion. But how exactly does religion contribute to the formation of teenagers' sexual values and actions? What difference, if any, does religion make in adolescents' sexual attitudes and behaviors? Are abstinence pledges effective? What does it mean to be "emotionally ready" for sex? Who expresses regrets about their sexual activity and why?
Tackling these and other questions, Forbidden Fruit tells the definitive story of the sexual values and practices of American teenagers, paying particular attention to how participating in organized religion shapes sexual decision-making. Merging analyses of three national surveys with stories drawn from interviews with over 250 teenagers across America, Mark Regnerus reviews how young people learn-and what they know-about sex from their parents, schools, peers and other sources. He examines what experiences teens profess to have had, and how they make sense of these experiences in light of their own identities as religious, moral, and responsible persons.
Religion can and does matter, Regnerus finds, but religious claims are often swamped by other compelling sexual scripts. Particularly interesting is the emergence of what Regnerus calls a new middle class sexual morality which has little to do with a desire for virginity but nevertheless shuns intercourse in order to avoid risks associated with pregnancy and STDs. And strikingly, evangelical teens aren't less sexually active than their non-evangelical counterparts, they just tend to feel guiltier about it. In fact, Regnerus finds that few religious teens have internalized or areeven able to articulate the sexual ethic taught by their denominations. The only-and largely ineffective-sexual message most religious teens are getting is, "Don't do it until you're married." Ultimately, Regnerus concludes, religion may influence adolescent sexual behavior, but it rarely motivates sexual decision making.

Suffering Childhood in Early America - Violence, Race, and the Making of the Child Victim (Hardcover, New): Suffering Childhood in Early America - Violence, Race, and the Making of the Child Victim (Hardcover, New)
R1,760 Discovery Miles 17 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers a compelling look at the use of childhood as metaphor in early America. Nothing tugs on American heartstrings more than an image of a suffering child. Anna Mae Duane goes back to the nation's violent beginnings to examine how the ideal of childhood in early America was fundamental to forging concepts of ethnicity, race, and gender. Duane argues that children had long been used to symbolize subservience, but in the New World those old associations took on more meaning. Drawing on a wide range of early American writing, she explores how the figure of a suffering child accrued political weight as the work of infantilization connected the child to Native Americans, slaves, and women. In the making of the young nation, the figure of the child emerged as a vital conceptual tool for coming to terms with the effects of cultural and colonial violence, and with time childhood became freighted with associations of vulnerability, suffering, and victimhood that shaped the perception of childhood itself: as a site of vulnerability, suffering, and victimhood. As Duane looks at how ideas about the child and childhood were manipulated by the colonizers and the colonized alike, she reveals a powerful line of colonizing logic in which dependence and vulnerability are assigned great emotional weight. When early Americans sought to make sense of intercultural contact - and the conflict that often resulted - they used the figure of the child to help displace their own fear of lost control and shifting power.

Protecting Children, Creating Citizens - Participatory Child Protection Practice in Norway and the United States (Hardcover):... Protecting Children, Creating Citizens - Participatory Child Protection Practice in Norway and the United States (Hardcover)
Katrin Kriz
R2,826 Discovery Miles 28 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines a participatory approach in child protection practices in both Norway and the United States, despite key organizational differences. Kriz explores ways that children can be empowered to participate in child protection investigations and decisions after removal from home. The author shows how children can be encouraged to develop and express their own opinions and explores tools for child protection workers to negotiate complex boundaries around the inclusion of children in decision-making. She presents valuable insights from front-line child protection professionals' unique perspectives and experiences within two very different systems, and evaluates the impacts of different organizational practices in promoting children's participation.

Gerontology (Hardcover): Grazia D'Onofrio, Antonio Greco, Daniele Sancarlo Gerontology (Hardcover)
Grazia D'Onofrio, Antonio Greco, Daniele Sancarlo
R3,109 Discovery Miles 31 090 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Becoming Sexual - A Critical Appraisal of the Sexualization of Girls (Hardcover): Regan Becoming Sexual - A Critical Appraisal of the Sexualization of Girls (Hardcover)
Regan
R1,558 Discovery Miles 15 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The sexualization of girls has captured the attention of the media, advocacy groups and politicians in recent years. This prolific discourse sets alarm bells ringing: sexualization is said to lead to depression, promiscuity and compassion deficit disorder, and rob young girls of their childhood. However, measuring such claims against a wide range of data sources reveals a far more complicated picture.

"Becoming Sexual" begins with a simple question: why does this discourse feel so natural? Analyzing potent cultural and historical assumptions, and subjecting them to measured investigation, R. Danielle Egan illuminates the implications of dominant thinking on sexualization. The sexualized girl functions as a metaphor for cultural decay and as a common enemy through which adult rage, discontent and anxiety regarding class, gender, sexuality, race and the future can be expressed. Egan argues that, ultimately, the popular literature on sexualization is more reflective of adult disquiet than it is about the lives and practices of girls.

"Becoming Sexual" will be a welcome intervention into these fraught polemics for anyone interested in engaging with a high-profile contemporary debate, and will be particularly useful for students of sociology, cultural studies, childhood studies, gender studies and media studies.

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (Paperback, 7th edition): K. Warner Schaie, Sherry L Willis Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (Paperback, 7th edition)
K. Warner Schaie, Sherry L Willis
R2,795 Discovery Miles 27 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Seventh Edition, provides a basic reference source on the behavioral processes of aging for researchers, graduate students, and professionals. It also provides perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for researchers and professionals from other disciplines. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews key methodological and analytical issues in aging research. It examines some of the major historical influences that might provide explanatory mechanisms for a better understanding of cohort and period differences in psychological aging processes. Part 2 includes chapters that discuss the basics and nuances of executive function; the history of the morphometric research on normal brain aging; and the neural changes that occur in the brain with aging. Part 3 deals with the social and health aspects of aging. It covers the beliefs that individuals have about how much they can control various outcomes in their life; the impact of stress on health and aging; and the interrelationships between health disparities, social class, and aging. Part 4 discusses the emotional aspects of aging; family caregiving; and mental disorders and legal capacities in older adults.

Playful Trajectories and Experimentations - Video Games in the Moral and Political Socialization of Children and Young People... Playful Trajectories and Experimentations - Video Games in the Moral and Political Socialization of Children and Young People (Paperback)
Judit Vari
R2,126 Discovery Miles 21 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The main gaol of this book is to discuss the place and role of video games in contemporary societies and their impact on individual relationships. It analyses how the development of video games is a sign of and a factor in the democratization of modern societies. Judit Vari explores how video games contribute to the moral and political socialization of children and teenagers. The book is structured into two parts. The first explores the methodological, ethical and epistemological implications of Games Studies, and shows how the development of an independent field of research on video games can be analyzed as a sign of democratization. The second part focuses on youth identity experimentations and how video games can contribute to the democratization of social relations. She discusses play inequalities, but also how video games are reconfiguring family and peer relationships, thereby influencing the movement of democratization of societies.

Delinquency, Development, and Social Policy (Hardcover): David E. Brandt Delinquency, Development, and Social Policy (Hardcover)
David E. Brandt
R1,926 Discovery Miles 19 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, David Brandt examines the legal, psychological, and cultural issues relevant to understanding antisocial behaviour in adolescence. Based on his own research and a broad analysis of recent work in the field, Brandt identifies the factors that are common in cases of delinquency. The discussion considers the long-term effects of social issues such as poverty as well as psychological issues such as the high levels of stress and anxiety suffered during childhood by many delinquents. He shows how a failure to meet the developmental needs of children - at both the family level and at a broader social and political level - is at the core of the problem of juvenile delinquency. Brandt concludes with an inquiry into how best to prevent delinquency. Programmes that address the developmental needs of children, Brandt argues, are more effective than policing, juvenile courts, or incarceration.

Begging as a Path to Progress - Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces (Hardcover,... Begging as a Path to Progress - Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces (Hardcover, New)
R2,415 Discovery Miles 24 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title looks at challenging prejudices about the women and children who beg in Ecuadorian cities. In 1992, Calhuasi, an isolated Andean town, got its first road. Newly connected to Ecuador's large cities, Calhuasi experienced rapid social-spatial change, which Kate Swanson richly describes in ""Begging as a Path to Progress"". Based on nineteen months of fieldwork, Swanson's study pays particular attention to the ideas and practices surrounding youth. While begging seems to be inconsistent with - or even an affront to - ideas about childhood in the developed world, Swanson demonstrates that the majority of income earned from begging goes toward funding Ecuadorian children's educations in hopes of securing more prosperous futures. Examining beggars' organized migration networks, as well as the degree to which children can express agency and fulfill personal ambitions through begging, Swanson argues that Calhuasi's beggars are capable of canny engagement with the forces of change. She also shows how frequent movement between rural and urban Ecuador has altered both, masculinizing the countryside and complicating the Ecuadorian conflation of whiteness and cities. Finally, her study unpacks ongoing conflicts over programs to 'clean up' Quito and other major cities, noting that revanchist efforts have had multiple effects - spurring more dangerous transnational migration, for example, while also providing some women and children with tourist-friendly local spaces in which to sell a notion of Andean authenticity.

Handbook of Families and Aging, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Rosemary Blieszner, Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford Handbook of Families and Aging, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Rosemary Blieszner, Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
R2,904 Discovery Miles 29 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This comprehensive reference in family gerontology reviews and critiques the recent theoretical, empirical, and methodological literature; identifies future research directions; and makes recommendations for gerontology professionals. This book is both an updated version of and a complement to the original Handbook of Families and Aging. The many additions include the most recent demographic changes on aging families, new theoretical formulations, innovative research methods, recent legal issues, and death and bereavement, as well as new material on the relationships themselves-sibling, partnered, and intergenerational relationships, for example. Among the brand-new topics in this edition are step-family relationships, aging families and immigration, aging families and 21st-century technology, and peripheral family ties. Unlike the more cursory summaries found in textbooks, the essays within Handbook of Families and Aging, Second Edition provide thoughtful, in-depth coverage of each topic. No other book provides such a comprehensive and timely overview of theory and research on family relationships, the contexts of family life, and major turning points in late-life families. Nevertheless, the contents are written to be engaging and accessible to a broad audience, including advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, and gerontology practitioners. Serious lay readers will also find this book highly informative about contemporary family issues. Comprises 23 chapters of all-original work covering background information, relationships, contexts of family life, and turning points such as retirement and divorce Contributions from 46 distinguished scholars recognized as leading experts in their fields Citations for cutting-edge research on each topic, plus foundational references in new areas A detailed topic index

Identity, Sexuality, and Relationships among Emerging Adults in the Digital Age (Hardcover): Michelle F Wright Identity, Sexuality, and Relationships among Emerging Adults in the Digital Age (Hardcover)
Michelle F Wright
R4,719 Discovery Miles 47 190 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Technology has become ubiquitous to everyday life in modern society, and particularly in various social aspects. This has significant impacts on adolescents as they develop and make their way into adulthood. Identity, Sexuality, and Relationships among Emerging Adults in the Digital Age is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on the role of digital media and its impact on identity development, behavioral formations, and the inter-personal relationships of young adults. Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as self-comparison, virtual communities, and online dating, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers and professionals seeking current research on the use and impact of online social forums among progressing adults.

Just Because... - A Story Book About Self-Acceptance (Hardcover): C.M. Harris Just Because... - A Story Book About Self-Acceptance (Hardcover)
C.M. Harris; Illustrated by Ashlynn Feather
R457 R427 Discovery Miles 4 270 Save R30 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Love for Logan (Hardcover): Lori DeMonia Love for Logan (Hardcover)
Lori DeMonia; Illustrated by Monique Turchan
R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Humanizing Childhood in Early Twentieth-Century Spain (Hardcover): Anna Kathryn Kendrick Humanizing Childhood in Early Twentieth-Century Spain (Hardcover)
Anna Kathryn Kendrick
R2,459 Discovery Miles 24 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Motivated Young Adult's Guide to Career Success and Adulthood - Proven Tips for Becoming a Mature Adult, Starting a... The Motivated Young Adult's Guide to Career Success and Adulthood - Proven Tips for Becoming a Mature Adult, Starting a Rewarding Career and Finding Life Balance (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Bukky Ekine-Ogunlana
R518 R482 Discovery Miles 4 820 Save R36 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Our Runaway and Homeless Youth - A Guide to Understanding (Hardcover): Natasha Slesnick Our Runaway and Homeless Youth - A Guide to Understanding (Hardcover)
Natasha Slesnick
R2,216 R2,047 Discovery Miles 20 470 Save R169 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The stories of four among hundreds of runaway youths treated in Slesnick's program illustrate points in this volume, which offers a summary of the information known about runaway and homeless children and teenagers. In addition to describing the breadth of this problem, this book explains different types of runaway and homeless youths, and why they leave home by choice or are asked to leave. Slesnick also explains some of the factors common to these children and their families, as well as what happens to the youths when they leave home. Direction and support are provided for parents from this clinical psychologist, who notes that there are few resources and programs across the nation designed specifically to help families with runaway youths. Told by a parent and three runaways themselves, the stories of four people trying to understand the causes and cope with the afte- effects of running away serve to illustrate research results and issues presented here. This work will be of interest not only to parents of runaways and to mental health professionals, but also to students of adolescent psychology, family psychology, and clinical child psychology.

Anti-Aging - Anti-Aging Secrets Anti-Aging Medical Breakthroughs The Best All Natural Methods And Foods To Look Younger And... Anti-Aging - Anti-Aging Secrets Anti-Aging Medical Breakthroughs The Best All Natural Methods And Foods To Look Younger And Live Longer (Hardcover)
Ace McCloud
R522 R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Learning the Hard Way - Masculinity, Place and the Gender Gap in Education (Hardcover, New): Edward W. Morris Learning the Hard Way - Masculinity, Place and the Gender Gap in Education (Hardcover, New)
Edward W. Morris
R2,979 Discovery Miles 29 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An avalanche of recent newspapers, weekly newsmagazines, scholarly journals, and academic books has helped to spark a heated debate by publishing warnings of a "boy crisis" in which male students at all academic levels have begun falling behind their female peers. In Learning the Hard Way, Edward W. Morris explores and analyzes detailed ethnographic data on this purported gender gap between boys and girls in educational achievement at two low-income high schools-one rural and predominantly white, the other urban and mostly African American. Crucial questions arose from his study of gender at these two schools. Why did boys tend to show less interest in and more defiance toward school? Why did girls significantly outperform boys at both schools? Why did people at the schools still describe boys as especially "smart"? Morris examines these questions and, in the process, illuminates connections of gender to race, class, and place. This book is not simply about the educational troubles of boys, but the troubled and complex experience of gender in school. It reveals how particular race, class, and geographical experiences shape masculinity and femininity in ways that affect academic performance. His findings add a new perspective to the "gender gap" in achievement.

30th Birthday Guest Book - Gold Frame and Letters Pink Roses Floral Watercolor Theme, Best Wishes from Family and Friends to... 30th Birthday Guest Book - Gold Frame and Letters Pink Roses Floral Watercolor Theme, Best Wishes from Family and Friends to Write in, Guests Sign in for Party, Gift Log, Hardback (Hardcover)
Birthday Guest Books Of Lorina
R604 Discovery Miles 6 040 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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