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The Armenians in Modern Turkey - Post-Genocide Society, Politics and History (Hardcover): Talin Suciyan The Armenians in Modern Turkey - Post-Genocide Society, Politics and History (Hardcover)
Talin Suciyan
R4,632 Discovery Miles 46 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After the Armenian genocide of 1915, in which over a million Armenians died, thousands of Armenians lived and worked in the Turkish state alongside those who had persecuted their communities. Living in the context of pervasive denial, how did Armenians remaining in Turkey record their own history? Here, Talin Suciyan explores the life experienced by these Armenian communities as Turkey's modernisation project of the twentieth century gathered pace. Suciyan achieves this through analysis of remarkable new primary material: Turkish state archives, minutes of the Armenian National Assembly, a kaleidoscopic series of personal diaries, memoirs and oral histories, various Armenian periodicals such as newspapers, yearbooks and magazines, as well as statutes and laws which led to the continuing persecution of Armenians. The first history of its kind, The Armenians in Modern Turkey is a fresh contribution to the history of modern Turkey and the Armenian experience there.

Why You Are a Racist (Hardcover): Art Odell Why You Are a Racist (Hardcover)
Art Odell
R1,148 R992 Discovery Miles 9 920 Save R156 (14%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

TEAR DOWN THAT WALL OF GUILT

If you are trying to raise a respectful and respectable American family and are embarrassed by the liberal media's filth and perversion you and your children are subjected to on a daily basis, remember one thing: Liberalism is at its core, licentious, morally degrading and abusive to family life. To stop the abuse you must embrace the truth: Conservatism conserves and protects family values that have made America the shining beacon of Christian family life.

To preserve the American family you must make a decision not merely to eschew liberalism and degradation but to champion conservatism and our traditional American values.

To do so you must first TEAR DOWN THAT WALL OF GUILT You must know you are guilty of nothing that may have happened to a Negro, Indian, Asian or Jew at any time in our recent or ancient past, and you must stop bowing at the silly altar of political correctness. You must regain your dignity, your individuality and your moral certitude. You must rise up and be counted as an American heart and soul, in spirit and purpose; willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to preserve America as it was founded to be and for which so many fought and died for it to be. Your children are counting on you. They will not survive as free Americans without your courage and your resolve. TEAR DOWN THAT WALL OF GUILT LET THE RECLAMATION OF AMERICA BEGIN

Narrative Identity (Hardcover): Trevor Castor Narrative Identity (Hardcover)
Trevor Castor
R1,037 Discovery Miles 10 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Political Education - Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago since the 1960s (Hardcover): Elizabeth Todd-Breland A Political Education - Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago since the 1960s (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Todd-Breland
R2,666 Discovery Miles 26 660 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In 2012, Chicago's school year began with the city's first teachers' strike in a quarter century and ended with the largest mass closure of public schools in U.S. history. On one side, a union leader and veteran black woman educator drew upon organizing strategies from black and Latinx communities to demand increased school resources. On the other side, the mayor, backed by the Obama administration, argued that only corporate-style education reform could set the struggling school system aright. The stark differences in positions resonated nationally, challenging the long-standing alliance between teachers' unions and the Democratic Party. Elizabeth Todd-Breland recovers the hidden history underlying this battle. She tells the story of black education reformers' community-based strategies to improve education beginning during the 1960s, as support for desegregation transformed into community control, experimental schooling models that pre-dated charter schools, and black teachers' challenges to a newly assertive teachers' union. This book reveals how these strategies collided with the burgeoning neoliberal educational apparatus during the late twentieth century, laying bare ruptures and enduring tensions between the politics of black achievement, urban inequality, and U.S. democracy.

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
R2,381 R1,955 Discovery Miles 19 550 Save R426 (18%) 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.

Moral Integrity & Igbo Cultural Value (Hardcover): Joseph Ogbonnaya Moral Integrity & Igbo Cultural Value (Hardcover)
Joseph Ogbonnaya
R819 Discovery Miles 8 190 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Horrible White People - Gender, Genre, and Television's Precarious Whiteness (Hardcover): Taylor Nygaard, Jorie Lagerwey Horrible White People - Gender, Genre, and Television's Precarious Whiteness (Hardcover)
Taylor Nygaard, Jorie Lagerwey
R2,734 Discovery Miles 27 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Examines the bleak television comedies that illustrate the obsession of the white left with its own anxiety and suffering At the same time that right-wing political figures like Donald Trump were elected and reactionary socio-economic policies like Brexit were voted into law, representations of bleakly comic white fragility spread across television screens. American and British programming that featured the abjection of young, middle-class, liberal white people-such as Broad City, Casual, You're the Worst, Catastrophe, Fleabag, and Transparent-proliferated to wide popular acclaim in the 2010s. Taylor Nygaard and Jorie Lagerwey track how these shows of the white left, obsessed with its own anxiety and suffering, are complicit in the rise and maintenance of the far right-particularly in the mobilization, representation, and sustenance of structural white supremacy on television. Nygaard and Lagerwey examine a cycle of dark television comedies, the focus of which are "horrible white people," by putting them in conversation with similar upmarket comedies from creators and casts of color like Insecure, Atlanta, Dear White People, and Master of None. Through their analysis, they demonstrate the ways these non-white-centric shows negotiate prestige TV's dominant aesthetics of whiteness and push back against the centering of white suffering in a time of cultural crisis. Through the lens of media analysis and feminist cultural studies, Nygaard and Lagerwey's book opens up new ways of looking at contemporary television consumption-and the political, cultural, and social repercussions of these "horrible white people" shows, both on- and off-screen.

The African Remedy (Hardcover): Aam'pah-Katoh Bantump'l Cathialam The African Remedy (Hardcover)
Aam'pah-Katoh Bantump'l Cathialam
R869 Discovery Miles 8 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Assault on Communities of Color - Exploring the Realities of Race-Based Violence (Hardcover): Kenneth J Fasching-Varner,... The Assault on Communities of Color - Exploring the Realities of Race-Based Violence (Hardcover)
Kenneth J Fasching-Varner, Nicholas Daniel Hartlep
R3,181 Discovery Miles 31 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The United States is not post-racial, despite claims otherwise. The days of lynching have been replaced with a pernicious modern racism and race-based violence equally strong and more difficult to untangle. This violence too often results in the killing of Black Americans, particularly males. While society may believe we have transcended race, contemporary history tells another story with the recent killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and others. While their deaths are tragic, the greater tragedy is that incidents making the news are only a fraction of the assault on communities of color in. This volume takes seriously the need for concentrated and powerful dialogue to emerge in the wake of these murders that illuminates the assault in a powerful and provocative way. Through a series of essays, written by leading and emerging academics in the field of race studies, the short "conversations" in this collection challenge readers to contemplate the myth of post-raciality, and the real nature of the assaults on communities of color. The essays in this volume, all under 2000 words, cut to the heart of the matter using current assaults as points of departure and is relevant to education, sociology, law, social work, and criminology.

Living as Equals - How Three White Communities Struggled to Make Interracial Connections During the Civil Rights Era... Living as Equals - How Three White Communities Struggled to Make Interracial Connections During the Civil Rights Era (Paperback)
Phyllis Palmer
R1,146 Discovery Miles 11 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Using interviews with leaders and participants, as well as historical archives, the author documents three interracial sites where white Americans put themselves into unprecedented relationships with African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In teen summer camps in the New York City and Los Angeles areas, students from largely segregated schools worked and played together; in Washington, DC, families fought blockbusting and white flight to build an integrated neighborhood; and in San Antonio, white community activists joined in coalition with Mexican American groups to advocate for power in a city government monopolized by Anglos. Women often took the lead in organizations that were upsetting patterns of men's protective authority at the same time as white people's racial dominance.

Tropes of Intolerance - Pride, Prejudice, and the Politics of Fear (Paperback): Peter Rose Tropes of Intolerance - Pride, Prejudice, and the Politics of Fear (Paperback)
Peter Rose
R1,243 Discovery Miles 12 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Tropes of Intolerance is a Baedeker of bigotry, a short course on xenophobic racism and populist nationalism - both enduring threats to the social fabric of democratic societies. Each chapter is a self-contained commentary and a building block. In the first, the author considers the concepts of pride and prejudice and discusses patterns of discrimination and strategies of resistance. This is following by an illustrated consideration of the emblems of enmity - words, signs, symbols and other verbal and visual expressions of both chauvinism and intolerance. Linking the first two, the third chapter explores the nature of American Nativism and its contemporary expression. This is followed by an assessment of the exploitation of anxiety among particularly vulnerable sectors of society by skillful, manipulative leaders and their agents and the exacerbation of social divisions by the use of stereotyping, stigmatizing, and labeling. Chapter Five, "Trumped Up," narrows the focus to the present day, the president himself, and his exacerbation of polarizing particularism. A sixth chapter examines two of the most malignant ideologies -- resurgent anti-Semitism and the rise of Islamophobia -- bringing readers full circle. In addition to a brief Coda and a glossary of key terms related to the principal topic, there is a post-election Afterword written in late November, 2020.

From Manchurian Princess to the American Dream - An Anecdotal Memoir of Two Immigrant Lives (Hardcover): Anna Chao Pai From Manchurian Princess to the American Dream - An Anecdotal Memoir of Two Immigrant Lives (Hardcover)
Anna Chao Pai
R1,296 Discovery Miles 12 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Border Towns and Border Crossings - A History of the U.S.-Mexico Divide (Hardcover): Roger Bruns Border Towns and Border Crossings - A History of the U.S.-Mexico Divide (Hardcover)
Roger Bruns
R3,124 R2,854 Discovery Miles 28 540 Save R270 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a compelling and revealing look at the history of the U.S.-Mexico border as a place, a symbol of cross-cultural melding, and a source of growing anxiety over immigration and national security. The U.S.-Mexico border is far more than a line that separates two countries. A winding path of nearly 2,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, it is history, commerce, and culture. In recent years, however, attitudes about border crossings and border issues have hardened as has immigration policy. A source of growing anxiety over illegal immigration, national security, and safety, the border has become a symbol of political cataclysm over immigration law and enforcement, the future of DACA, the increasingly harsh treatment of refugees and others who attempt to cross without authorization, and the future of U.S. policy. This book traces the history of the border and its people, from the creation of the border line to explosive issues surrounding immigration and the future of the United States as a nation of diverse cultures and races. Explores the creation and development of the border in the late 19th century and the growing industrialization of the region in the early 20th century Examines the cross-border violence during the US Civil War and the Mexican Revolution, the increasing racial hostility and deportation policies in the 1930s and 1950s, and cartel violence Provides an unbiased assessment of the advent of the Chicano movement and politics on the border, NAFTA and border economics, and the increasingly hostile political debate over immigration and demands for a wall Provides critical background and contextual information to the events that have led to a turning point in America: How do we as a nation treat those seeking a new life at the border? Shows how the border has brought out feelings of community and acceptance along the border and at the same time birthed nativist and racial stereotypes Supplements political material with relatable information about the lives of cross-border workers and the blending of cultures along the border as they include food, language, and art

Heard and Overheard - Words Wise (and Otherwise) with Politicians, Statesmen, and Real People (Hardcover): James W. Symington Heard and Overheard - Words Wise (and Otherwise) with Politicians, Statesmen, and Real People (Hardcover)
James W. Symington
R903 Discovery Miles 9 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Transformational Leadership as a Necessary Style for Gender Parity in South African Organisations - a Perspective of Covid-19... Transformational Leadership as a Necessary Style for Gender Parity in South African Organisations - a Perspective of Covid-19 Work Environment (Hardcover)
Maria Matshidiso Kanjere
R882 Discovery Miles 8 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez - The Farm Workers' Fight for Rights and Justice (Hardcover, New): Roger Bruns Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez - The Farm Workers' Fight for Rights and Justice (Hardcover, New)
Roger Bruns
R2,894 Discovery Miles 28 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is a unique, single-volume treatment offering original source material on the life, accomplishments, disappointments, and lasting legacy of one of American history's most celebrated social reformers-Cesar Chavez. Two decades after Cesar Chavez's death, this timely book chronicles the drive for a union of one of American society's most exploited groups-farm workers. Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez is a valuable one-volume source based on the most recent research and available documentation. Historian Roger Bruns documents how Chavez and his United Farm Workers (UFW), against formidable odds, organized farm laborers into a force that for the first time successfully took on the might of California's agribusiness interests to achieve greater wages and better working conditions. Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, a time of assassinations, war protests, civil rights battles, and reform efforts for poor and minority citizens, the approximately 100 entries in this encyclopedia provide a glimpse into the events, organizations, men and women, and recurring themes that impacted the life of Cesar Chavez. It also contains a section of primary documentation-useful not only to enhance the understanding of this social and political movement, but also as source material for students. Presents a unique narrative of the events in the life of Chavez and the Farm Workers Movement, as well as original documents and entries on people and events Provides a valuable source of information for tracing attitudes, legislation, and progressive reform efforts in the last half-century, especially in light of the current heated debate over immigration Demonstrates how a determined organizer applied various methods and tactics to accomplish what seemed at the onset of the movement to be a quixotic venture-a relevant lesson for those strategizing to achieve social justice today

Passing Strange - Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America (Hardcover): Ayanna Thompson Passing Strange - Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America (Hardcover)
Ayanna Thompson
R2,365 Discovery Miles 23 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Notions, constructions, and performances of race continue to define the contemporary American experience, including America's relationship to Shakespeare. In Passing Strange, Ayanna Thompson explores the myriad ways U.S. culture draws on the works and the mythology of the Bard to redefine the boundaries of the color line.
Drawing on an extensive--frequently unconventional--range of examples, Thompson examines the contact zones between constructions of Shakespeare and constructions of race. Among the questions she addresses are: Do Shakespeare's plays need to be edited, appropriated, updated, or rewritten to affirm racial equality and retain relevance? Can discussions of Shakespeare's universalism tell us anything beneficial about race? What advantages, if any, can a knowledge of Shakespeare provide to disadvantaged people of color, including those in prison? Do the answers to these questions impact our understandings of authorship, authority, and authenticity? In investigating this under-explored territory, Passing Strange examines a wide variety of contemporary texts, including films, novels, theatrical productions, YouTube videos, performances, and arts education programs.
Scholars, teachers, and performers will find a wealth of insights into the staging and performance of familiar plays, but they will also encounter new ways of viewing Shakespeare and American racial identity, enriching their understanding of each.

Living as Equals - How Three White Communities Struggled to Make Interracial Connections During the Civil Rights Era... Living as Equals - How Three White Communities Struggled to Make Interracial Connections During the Civil Rights Era (Hardcover)
Phyllis Palmer
R2,706 Discovery Miles 27 060 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Using interviews with leaders and participants, as well as historical archives, the author documents three interracial sites where white Americans put themselves into unprecedented relationships with African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In teen summer camps in the New York City and Los Angeles areas, students from largely segregated schools worked and played together; in Washington, DC, families fought blockbusting and white flight to build an integrated neighborhood; and in San Antonio, white community activists joined in coalition with Mexican American groups to advocate for power in a city government monopolized by Anglos. Women often took the lead in organizations that were upsetting patterns of men's protective authority at the same time as white people's racial dominance.

Filipino American Psychology - A Collection of Personal Narratives (Hardcover): Kevin L. Nadal Ph. D. Filipino American Psychology - A Collection of Personal Narratives (Hardcover)
Kevin L. Nadal Ph. D.
R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Filipino Americans are projected to become the largest Asian American population by 2010. As the second largest immigrant group in the country, there are approximately 3 million documented and undocumented Filipino Americans in the US. Filipino Americans are unique in many ways. They are descendants of the Philippines, a country that was colonized by Spain for over three centuries and by the US for almost 50 years. They are the only ethnic group that has been categorized as Asian American, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and even as their own separate ethnicity. Because of diverse phenotypes, they are often perceived as being Asian, Latino, multiracial, and others. And contrary to the Model Minority Myth, Filipino Americans have experienced several health, psychological, and educational disparities, including lower college graduation rates and higher levels of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, depression, and suicide. Despite these disparaging statistics, Filipino Americans have made significant contributions to the US, ever since their first arrivals in October 1587- from their involvement in the United Farmworkers Movement to their roles in hip-hop culture and their presence in medicine, education, and the arts. However, Filipino Americans have also been referred to as the "Forgotten Asian Americans" because of their invisibility in mainstream media, academia, and politics. Filipino American Psychology: A Collection of Personal Narratives offers an intimate look at the lives of Filipino Americans through stories involving ethnic identity, colonial mentality, cultural conflicts, and experiences with gender, sexual orientation, and multiraciality. Writers courageously address how they cope with mental health issues- including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and suicide. Theories and concepts from the book's predecessor, Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice can be applied through the voices of a diverse collection of Filipino Americans.

Immigration and the Border - Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century (Hardcover): David L Leal, Jose E. Limon Immigration and the Border - Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century (Hardcover)
David L Leal, Jose E. Limon
R3,976 Discovery Miles 39 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The advent of the twenty-first century marks a significant moment in the history of Latinos in the United States. The "fourth wave" of immigration to America is primarily Latino, and the last decades of the twentieth century saw a significant increase in the number of Latino migrants, a diversification of the nations contributing to this migration, and an increase in the size of the native-born Latino population. A backlash against unauthorized immigration, which may indict all Latinos, is also underway. Understanding the growing Latino population, especially its immigrant dimensions, is therefore a key task for researchers in the social sciences and humanities. The contributors to Immigration and the Border address immigration and border politics and policies, focusing on the U.S. side of the border. The volume editors have arranged the essays into five sections. The two chapters in the first section set the stage and discuss the binational lives of Mexican migrants; chapters in the subsequent sections highlight specific political and policy themes: civic engagement, public policies, political reactions against immigrants, and immigrant leadership. Because the immigration experience encompasses many facets of political life and public policy, the varied perspectives of the contributors offer a mosaic that contextualizes the impact of and contributions by contemporary Latino immigrants. Their research will appeal not only to scholars but to policymakers and the public and will inform contentious debates about migration and migrants.

Latino Educational Leadership - Serving Latino Communities and Preparing Latinx Leaders Across the P-20 Pipeline (Hardcover):... Latino Educational Leadership - Serving Latino Communities and Preparing Latinx Leaders Across the P-20 Pipeline (Hardcover)
Cristobal Rodriguez, Melissa A. Martinez, Fernando Valle
R2,542 Discovery Miles 25 420 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Latino Educational Leadership acknowledges the unique preparation and support for Latinx educational leaders and Latino communities that is needed throughout the education and policy pipeline. While leadership in communities does exist for educational purposes, this effort focuses on the institutional aspect of Latino educational leadership across K-12 schools and university settings. The purpose of this edited book is to enhance a greater collaborative focus on Latino Educational Leadership throughout the pipeline by inviting both established and up-and-coming scholars who can speak to various aspects related to developing all leaders, as well as, the preparation of Latinx educational leaders, for serving Latino communities. The impetus for this edited book focus on Latino Educational Leadership primarily stems from the changing demographics of our country. Much like the growing Latino population nationwide, the Latinx student enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools is at an all-time high and estimated to continue to grow; Latinxs comprised 26.8% of all students as of fall 2017, with this population estimated to increase to 28.9% by 2026 (Snyder, de Brey, & Dillow, 2018). In fact, as of 2014 Latinx students comprised more than half of all K-12 public school enrollment in New Mexico, California, and Texas (Snyder, de Bley, & Dillow, 2017). Given this enrollment growth, there has been an increasing urgency in the field of educational leadership to prepare and support all leaders, but also uniquely Latinx educational leaders that have rich cultural and linguistic connections to communities, who can understand and meet the needs of Latinx students and families (Murakami, Valle, & Mendez-Morse, 2013; Sanchez, Thornton, & Usinger, 2009). Additionally, the number of degrees awarded to Latinxs at all levels increased dramatically between 2003-04 and 2013-14: bachelor's degrees more than doubled from 94,644 to 202,412, master's degrees conferred rose from 29,806 to 55,965, and doctor's degrees went from 5,795 to 10,665 (Musu-Gillette, et al., 2017). However, when compared to all other racial/ethnic groups, Latinxs were awarded only 11% of all bachelor's degrees, 9% of all master's degrees, and 7% of all doctor's degrees in 2013-14. Thus, an urgency remains to address continued concerns related to Latino access, persistence and matriculation in higher education (Perez Huber, Huidor, Malagon, Sanchez, & Solorzano, 2006). In particular, there has been an increasing urgency to consider how higher education institutions can better prepare, develop, and retain Latinx leaders and scholars (in K-12 and higher education), as well as develop leaders who can serve and meet the needs of Latinx college students to ensure their academic success (Castellanos & Gloria, 2007; Ponjuan, 2012; Valle & Rodriguez, 2012). Thus, the purpose of this edited book is to advance the knowledge related to serving Latino communities and preparing Latinx leaders.

Californio Portraits - Baja California's Vanishing Culture (Hardcover): Harry W. Crosby Californio Portraits - Baja California's Vanishing Culture (Hardcover)
Harry W. Crosby
R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

First published in 1981, Harry W. Crosby's Last of the Californios captured the history of the mountain people of Baja California during a critical moment of transition, when the 1974 completion of the transpeninsular highway increased the Californios' contact with the outside world and profoundly affected their traditional way of life. This updated and expanded version of that now-classic work incorporates the fruits of further investigation into the Californios' lives and history, by Crosby and others. The result is the most thorough and extensive account of the people of Baja California from the time of the peninsula's occupation by the Spaniards in the seventeenth century to the present. Californio Portraits combines history and sociology to provide an in-depth view of a culture that has managed to survive dramatic changes. Having ridden hundreds of miles by mule to visit with various Californio families and gain their confidence, Crosby provides an unparalleled view of their unique lifestyle. Beginning with the story of the first Californios - the eighteenth-century presidio soldiers who accompanied Jesuit missionaries, followed by miners and independent ranchers - Crosby provides personal accounts of their modern-day descendants and the ways they build their homes, prepare their food, find their water, and tan their cowhides. Augmenting his previous work with significant new sources, material, and photographs, he draws a richly textured portrait of a people unlike any other - families cultivating skills from an earlier century, living in semi-isolation for decades and, even after completion of the transpeninsular highway, reachable only by mule and horseback. Combining a revised and updated text with a new foreword, introduction, and updated bibliography, Californio Portraits offers the clearest and most detailed portrait possible of a fascinating, unique, and inaccessible people and culture.

Approaching Postcolonial and Psychoanalytic Criticism in Literary Studies - An Illustration of an Analysis of a Malaysian Novel... Approaching Postcolonial and Psychoanalytic Criticism in Literary Studies - An Illustration of an Analysis of a Malaysian Novel (Hardcover)
Subarna Sivapalan
R1,058 Discovery Miles 10 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is a contribution to the growing body of work on identity studies. It encompasses the analysis of common themes found in many Malaysian novels, i.e. identity and the self. These themes are examined through postcolonial and psychoanalytical lenses. The book provides an illustration of the intricacies that go into the analysis of identity and sense of self, as well as the manner in which textual studies and analysis is conceptualized and carried out. It is hoped that this book will provide Language Studies students with guidance on the manner in which textual analysis could be approached.

Marriage of Musical & Cultural Destinies - A Book of Success Stories of Ex-Liberian Refugees (Hardcover): Samuel Siafa Taylor,... Marriage of Musical & Cultural Destinies - A Book of Success Stories of Ex-Liberian Refugees (Hardcover)
Samuel Siafa Taylor, Emmanuel Blessed Lavelah, Samuel G Dweh
R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Images - Memoirs of Mo (Hardcover): Modesto E. Ellano Jr Images - Memoirs of Mo (Hardcover)
Modesto E. Ellano Jr
R655 Discovery Miles 6 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

During the last three years of his life, Modesto E. Ellano, Jr. (Mo) wrote this inspiring story of a troubled youth who eventually became a productive and fulfilled man as a university professor, instructing others in the subject and ethics of social work. Growing up in the Depression at a time when Filipinos and other ethnic groups were often oppressed, he found his way without his blood family, educating himself on the streets of the Logan Heights barrio. Mo wrote this book for others who may also want to make a connection with their past, when the time is right for them. They will see how he came to know himself and his heritage through images from the past presented in this work derived from his experiences, studies and observations. This book provides a study of the history of life during the depression, the cultural world of Filipinos in the 20th century U.S., the world of farm labor, and development of cultural identity. It can be read as a memoir and is appropriate for cultural and historical studies learning. This book will motivate young people to dig deep to find their own inner strength, to make wiser choices about with whom they keep company, and how they spend their idle hours, to reach for the top rung of the ladder, even if they are the only ones to believe they can get there.

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