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Breaking Through Your Own Glass Ceiling - Embracing a Full-Hearted Life (Hardcover): Linda Gonzalez Msw Mfa Breaking Through Your Own Glass Ceiling - Embracing a Full-Hearted Life (Hardcover)
Linda Gonzalez Msw Mfa
R793 Discovery Miles 7 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Metalinguistic Communities - Case Studies of Agency, Ideology, and Symbolic Uses of Language (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Netta... Metalinguistic Communities - Case Studies of Agency, Ideology, and Symbolic Uses of Language (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Netta Avineri, Jesse Harasta
R3,940 Discovery Miles 39 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited volume brings together ten compelling ethnographic case studies from a range of global settings to explore how people build metalinguistic communities defined not by use of a language, but primarily by language ideologies and symbolic practices about the language. The authors examine themes of agency, belonging, negotiating hegemony, and combating cultural erasure and genocide in cultivating meaningful metalinguistic communities. Case studies include Spanish and Hebrew in the USA, Kurdish in Japan, Pataxo Hahahae in Brazil, and Gallo in France. The afterword, by Wesley L. Leonard, provides theoretical and on-the-ground context as well as a forward-looking focus on metalinguistic futurities. This book will be of interest to interdisciplinary students and scholars in applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology and migration studies.

Liberal Quicksand (Hardcover): Yves Decock Liberal Quicksand (Hardcover)
Yves Decock
R975 Discovery Miles 9 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
My Orange Suitcase (Hardcover): Alicia Becker My Orange Suitcase (Hardcover)
Alicia Becker
R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System (Hardcover): Stephen Egharevba Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System (Hardcover)
Stephen Egharevba
R5,124 Discovery Miles 51 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In order to protect and defend citizens, the foundational concepts of fairness and equality must be adhered to within any criminal justice system. When this is not the case, accountability of authorities should be pursued to maintain the integrity and pursuit of justice. Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly material on social problems involving victimization of minorities and police accountability. Presenting relevant perspectives on a global and cross-cultural scale, this book is ideally designed for researchers, professionals, upper-level students, and practitioners involved in the fields of criminal justice and corrections.

Romanian Folklore and its Archaic Heritage - A cultural and Linguistic Comparative Study (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Ana R.... Romanian Folklore and its Archaic Heritage - A cultural and Linguistic Comparative Study (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Ana R. Chelariu
R3,525 Discovery Miles 35 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents rich information on Romanian mythology and folklore, previously under-explored in Western scholarship, placing the source material within its historical context and drawing comparisons with European and Indo-European culture and mythological tradition. The author presents a detailed comparative study and argues that Romanian mythical motifs have roots in Indo-European heritage, by analyzing and comparing mythical motifs from the archaic cultures, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Sanskrit, and Persian, with written material and folkloric data that reflects the Indo-European culture. The book begins by outlining the history of the Getae-Dacians, beginning with Herodotus' description of their customs and beliefs in the supreme god Zamolxis, then moves to the Roman wars and the Romanization process, before turning to recent debates in linguistics and genetics regarding the provenance of a shared language, religion, and culture in Europe. The author then analyzes myth creation, its relation to rites, and its functions in society, before examining specific examples of motifs and themes from Romanian folk tales and songs. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of folklore studies, comparative mythology, linguistic anthropology, and European culture.

Meta-functional Equivalent Translation of Chinese Folk Song - Intercultural Communication of Zhuang Ethnic Minority as an... Meta-functional Equivalent Translation of Chinese Folk Song - Intercultural Communication of Zhuang Ethnic Minority as an Example (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Yang Yang; Translated by Yang Yang, Zhu Pin-xin, Tao Lin, Wu Juan-juan, …
R2,659 Discovery Miles 26 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings audiences the enchanting melodies passing down from generation to generation in the Zhuang community, which are on the brink of extinction. Specifically, it sheds light on the origin, evolution and artistic features of Zhuang folk song in the first place, and then it shifts to their English translation based on meta-functional equivalence, through which the multi-aesthetics of Zhuang folk song have been represented. At length, forty classic Zhuang folk songs have been selected, and each could be sung bilingually in line with the stave. This book benefits researchers and students who are interested in music translation as well as the Zhuang ethnic music, culture and literature. It also gives readers an insight into musicology, anthropology and intercultural study.

Rural Route Four - The Good Ol' Days Were Never Better (Hardcover): Phillip Burgess Rural Route Four - The Good Ol' Days Were Never Better (Hardcover)
Phillip Burgess
R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Sehnsucht - The Story of Grisch.: A Life in Letters (Hardcover): Lorraine Loewen Sehnsucht - The Story of Grisch.: A Life in Letters (Hardcover)
Lorraine Loewen; Edited by Janet Boldt, Maryanne Jantzen
R1,037 Discovery Miles 10 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Live in Contemporary China (Hardcover): Wilson Live in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
Wilson
R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Conquest of Mexico - 500 Years of Reinvention (Hardcover): Peter B. Villella, Pablo Garcia Loaeza The Conquest of Mexico - 500 Years of Reinvention (Hardcover)
Peter B. Villella, Pablo Garcia Loaeza; Matthew Restall
R1,596 Discovery Miles 15 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Spanish invasion of Mexico in 1519, which led to the end of the Aztec Empire, was one of the most influential events in the history of the modern Atlantic world. But equally consequential, as this volume makes clear, were the ways the Conquest was portrayed. In essays spanning five centuries and three continents, The Conquest of Mexico: 500 Years of Reinventions explores how politicians, writers, artists, activists, and others have strategically reimagined the Conquest to influence and manipulate perceptions within a wide variety of controversies and debates, including those touching on indigeneity, nationalism, imperialism, modernity, and multiculturalism. Writing from a range of perspectives and disciplines, the authors demonstrate that the Conquest of Mexico, whose significance has ever been marked by fundamental ambiguity, has consistently influenced how people across the modern Atlantic world conceptualize themselves and their societies. After considering the looming, ubiquitous role of the Conquest in Mexican thought and discourse since the sixteenth century, the contributors go farther afield to examine the symbolic relevance of the Conquest in contexts as diverse as Tudor England, Bourbon France, postimperial Spain, modern Latin America, and even contemporary Hollywood. Highlighting the extent to which the Spanish-Aztec conflict inspired historical reimaginings, these essays reveal how the Conquest became such an iconic event-and a perennial medium by which both Europe and the Americas have, for centuries, endeavored to understand themselves as well as their relationship to others. A valuable contribution to ongoing efforts to demythologize and properly memorialize the Spanish-Aztec War of 1519-21, this volume also aptly illustrates how we make history of the past and how that history-making shapes our present-and possibly our future.

Trained to Hate But Designed to Love (Hardcover): Accuracy Trained to Hate But Designed to Love (Hardcover)
Accuracy
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Dear Fran, Love Dulcie - Life and Death in the Hills and Hollows of Bygone Australia (Hardcover): Victoria Twead Dear Fran, Love Dulcie - Life and Death in the Hills and Hollows of Bygone Australia (Hardcover)
Victoria Twead
R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Black Revenge in the White House - The Racist Reign of the New Elagabalus (Hardcover): Stephen Welton Taber Black Revenge in the White House - The Racist Reign of the New Elagabalus (Hardcover)
Stephen Welton Taber
R924 Discovery Miles 9 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Studying Diversity, Migration and Urban Multiculture (Hardcover): Magdalena Nowicka, Mette Louise Berg Studying Diversity, Migration and Urban Multiculture (Hardcover)
Magdalena Nowicka, Mette Louise Berg
R1,100 Discovery Miles 11 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Voces de Aztlan - A Chicana/o History Reader, Vol. 2 (Paperback): Juan Pablo Mercado Voces de Aztlan - A Chicana/o History Reader, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
Juan Pablo Mercado
R2,233 Discovery Miles 22 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Voces de Aztlan: A Chicana/o History Reader, Vol. 2 provides students with a selection of primary and secondary sources that explore the rich, influential, and important histories of Chicana/o peoples in the United States. The volume is organized chronologically into eight chapters and covers a broad range of topics and themes, mostly from twentieth century Chicana/o history. It begins with an examination of the late nineteenth century and the struggles to ward off land disposition and political and economic disenfranchisement. Additional chapters explore the rise and expansion of Jim Crow as it was experienced by Native Americans and Mexican Americans, the Mexican Revolution, the racialization process as it played out during the Great Depression, and watershed moments of World War II. Students learn about the concept of conditional patriotism, El Movimento, and cultural resistance in the post-movement period. Together, these sources provide students with a new view and perspective on the broader history of the United States. Voces de Aztlan: A Chicana/o History Reader, Vol. 2 is the second installment in a two-volume reader designed to help students rediscover American history from new viewpoints. It is ideal for courses in American history and Chicana/o history.

Caring for the People of  the Clouds - Aging and Dementia in Oaxaca (Hardcover): Jonathan Yahalom Caring for the People of the Clouds - Aging and Dementia in Oaxaca (Hardcover)
Jonathan Yahalom; Foreword by Xavier E Cagigas
R1,613 Discovery Miles 16 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In rural Mexico, people often say that Alzheimer's does not exist. ""People do not have Alzheimer's because they don't need to worry,"" said one Oaxacan, explaining that locals lack the stresses that people face ""over there"" - that is, in the modern world. Alzheimer's and related dementias carry a stigma. In contrast to the way elders are revered for remembering local traditions, dementia symbolizes how modern families have forgotten the communal values that bring them together. In Caring for the People of the Clouds, psychologist Jonathan Yahalom provides an emotionally evocative, story-rich analysis of family caregiving for Oaxacan elders living with dementia. Based on his extensive research in a Zapotec community, Yahalom presents the conflicted experience of providing care in a setting where illness is steeped in stigma and locals are concerned about social cohesion. Traditionally, the Zapotec, or ""people of the clouds,"" respected their elders and venerated their ancestors. Dementia reveals the difficulty of upholding those ideals today. Yahalom looks at how dementia is understood in a medically pluralist landscape, how it is treated in a setting marked by social tension, and how caregivers endure challenges among their families and the broader community. Yahalom argues that caregiving involves more than just a response to human dependency; it is central to regenerating local values and family relationships threatened by broader social change. In so doing, the author bridges concepts in mental health with theory from medical anthropology. Unique in its interdisciplinary approach, this book advances theory pertaining to cross-cultural psychology and develops anthropological insights about how aging, dementia, and caregiving disclose the intimacies of family life in Oaxaca.

Brothers at Each Other's Throats - Regularity of the Violent Ethnic Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space (Paperback, Revised... Brothers at Each Other's Throats - Regularity of the Violent Ethnic Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space (Paperback, Revised First Edition)
Anatoly Isaenko
R3,529 Discovery Miles 35 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Brothers at Each Other's Throats: Regularity of the Violent Ethnic Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space illuminates how, at the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union considerably enhanced and promoted ethnic conflicts in Eurasia. The text explains how the emergence of newly independent realms caused many ethnic groups to jump at each other's throats in an effort to claim territory and establish dominance. Opening chapters explore the meaning of ethnicity, review principal characteristics of ethnic groups and nations, and place ethnic groups within the context of the modern world. Students learn about the reaction of ethnicity to challenging circumstances through the historical example of the Ukraine and its interactions with neighboring groups and powers. Chapters 4 and 5 examine the impact of all-sided social crises on peoples and their interactions, as well as the driving forces of ethnic conflict: ethno-political elites and charismatic leaders. Additional chapters examine the ideology of ethnic conflicts and the cyclical pattern and typology of violent ethnic conflicts. Students review timeline-based accounts of violent ethnic conflicts in the post-Soviet space and between Russia and the Ukraine. The closing chapter covers external factors that exacerbate the conflicts, including conflict propaganda and the Eurasian debate in Russia and its impact on current Russian policy towards the Ukraine and the West.

Reconsidering Roots - Race, Politics, and Memory (Hardcover): Erica L Ball, Kellie Carter Jackson Reconsidering Roots - Race, Politics, and Memory (Hardcover)
Erica L Ball, Kellie Carter Jackson; Contributions by Erica L Ball, Norvella Carter, Warren Chalklen, …
R2,503 Discovery Miles 25 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection-the first of its kind-invites us to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley's 1976 book was a publishing sensation, selling over a million copies in its first year and winning a National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize. The 1977 television adaptation was more than a blockbuster miniseries-it was a galvanizing national event, drawing a record-shattering viewership, earning thirty-eight Emmy nominations, and changing overnight the discourse on race, civil rights, and slavery. These essays-from emerging and established scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies-interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power in the United States and abroad. Taken together, the essays ask us to reconsider the limitations and possibilities of this work, which, although dogged by controversy, must be understood as one of the most extraordinary media events of the late twentieth century, a cultural touchstone of enduring significance.

Nisei Resistance and Resilience (Hardcover): V L Purvis-Smith Nisei Resistance and Resilience (Hardcover)
V L Purvis-Smith; Foreword by Grace Kaori Suzuki
R1,253 R1,014 Discovery Miles 10 140 Save R239 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Of Forests and Fields - Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest (Hardcover): Mario Jimenez Sifuentez Of Forests and Fields - Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest (Hardcover)
Mario Jimenez Sifuentez
R2,935 Discovery Miles 29 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Just looking at the Pacific Northwest's many verdant forests and fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today. Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejano migrants, and undocumented immigrants, who converged on the region beginning in the mid-1940s. Of Forests and Fields tells the story of these workers, who toiled in the fields, canneries, packing sheds, and forests, turning the Pacific Northwest into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country. Employing an innovative approach that traces the intersections between Chicana/o labor and environmental history, Mario Sifuentez shows how ethnic Mexican workers responded to white communities that only welcomed them when they were economically useful, then quickly shunned them. He vividly renders the feelings of isolation and desperation that led to the formation of ethnic Mexican labor organizations like the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN) farm workers union, which fought back against discrimination and exploitation. Of Forests and Fields not only extends the scope of Mexican labor history beyond the Southwest, it offers valuable historical precedents for understanding the struggles of immigrant and migrant laborers in our own era. Sifuentez supplements his extensive archival research with a unique set of first-hand interviews, offering new perspectives on events covered in the printed historical record. A descendent of ethnic Mexican immigrant laborers in Oregon, Sifuentez also poignantly demonstrates the links between the personal and political, as his research leads him to amazing discoveries about his own family history.

Predestined - Vancouver to the Valley of Gods (Hardcover): Chaytna Feinstein Predestined - Vancouver to the Valley of Gods (Hardcover)
Chaytna Feinstein
R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Survive with Your Mind (Hardcover): Anjel B Zabek How to Survive with Your Mind (Hardcover)
Anjel B Zabek
R504 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R85 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
German Cincinnati - Revisited (Paperback): Don Heinrich Tolzmann German Cincinnati - Revisited (Paperback)
Don Heinrich Tolzmann
R613 R514 Discovery Miles 5 140 Save R99 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

German Cincinnati Revisited illuminates the major festivities, celebrations, and events throughout the calendar year in the Greater Cincinnati area that reflect the German heritage of the region. It begins with the celebration of Bockfest in March, heralding the end of winter and the beginning of spring, continuing on with chapters on Maifest, German Day, RoeblingFest, Schuetzenfest, Oktoberfest, and German-American Heritage Month. A final chapter covers the German Heritage Museum of Cincinnati.

Mexican Americans of Wichita's North End (Hardcover): Anita Mendoza, Price Mexican Americans of Wichita's North End (Hardcover)
Anita Mendoza, Price
R726 Discovery Miles 7 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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