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Sharky McShark and her best friend Teensy Wee Crab do everything
together at the bottom of the deep blue see. They really are the
perfect twosome. Until one day - with a plink! twirl! plonk! - an
itsy bitsy shrimp arrives on the scene. Is there room for one more
in this friendship? Sharky's not so SHORE . . . A vibrant and
fun-filled undersea story about sharing, making new friends and
overcoming feelings of jealousy, from author/illustrator Alison
Murray. Be SHORE to catch: Sharky McShark and the Teensy Wee Crab
What happens to national HIV programmes when Science and Religion
collide and when both ignore the setting of most infections: in or
on the way to marriage? HIV and AIDS are serious social and
public-health problems in Papua New Guinea. After long delays,
community-, business- and faith-based organizations have launched
an impressive multi-sectoral response. But health-service systems
are overwhelmed by the need for HIV antibody testing and
counselling, and for treatment with antiretrovirals. Foreign
notions of epidemiology, such as 'sex worker', 'risk group' and
'rural/urban', have gained traction despite massive empirical
evidence as to their inapplicability. Each of these has fuelled,
rather than confronted, the gendered contradictions of marriage and
sexuality in Papua New Guinea. Quantitative approaches have
fetishized numbers at the expense of enabling changes in
social-structure. Part One of Sin, Sex and Stigma draws upon
ethnography, public discourse and archival data to critique
public-health policy and epidemiological modelling.
Christian-inflected sex-negativity and anti-condom rhetoric are
shown to have stymied prevention initiatives. Part Two enlists
experts in antiretroviral therapy, sex work activism and
ethnography in dialogues focused on strengthening the national
response to HIV and AIDS. 'A "hot glow of anger" compelled Lawrence
Hammar to write this fiery account of the many factors preventing
successful HIV and AIDS interventions in Papua New Guinea. Drawing
on his extensive research experience on sexuality and sex work, on
cultural and Christian ideologies, and on outrageous stories of
denial, abuse, and stigma, Hammar paints a rich and devastating
portrait of the history of AIDS in PNG. Read it and weep. Lawrence
Hammar is an inspiring reminder for AIDS scholars and activists
everywhere of the differences committed social scientists can make
to the way things are done.', Leslie Butt, Dept. of Pacific and
Asian Studies, University of Victoria
Long repressed following the collapse of empire, memories of the
French colonial experience have recently gained unprecedented
visibility. In popular culture, scholarly research, personal
memoirs, public commemorations, and new ethnicities associated with
the settlement of postcolonial immigrant minorities, the legacy of
colonialism is now more apparent in France than at any time in the
past. How is this upsurge of interest in the colonial past to be
explained? Does the commemoration of empire necessarily imply
glorification or condemnation? To what extent have previously
marginalized voices succeeded in making themselves heard in new
narratives of empire? While veils of secrecy have been lifted, what
taboos still remain and why? These are among the questions
addressed by an international team of leading researchers in this
interdisciplinary volume, which will interest scholars in a wide
range of disciplines including French studies, history, literature,
cultural studies, and anthropology.
An empowering tale about believing in yourself no matter how small
you may feel. Nina is a small girl living in a BIG city. She loves
her home, but she has a secret wish... It begins as a niggle in her
tummy, then it grows to an ache in her heart, until one day it
grows so much she can no longer contain it: "I wish this city could
be different!" she shouts. But what can Nina do? She's only small
and small things don't count. Then she hears a little voice at her
feet... "Everything starts with something small." Visually striking
and sensitively told, Pooka is the story of one small girl who is
empowered by a visit from a magical nature sprite to positively
transform her city.
Long repressed following the collapse of empire, memories of the
French colonial experience have recently gained unprecedented
visibility. In popular culture, scholarly research, personal
memoirs, public commemorations, and new ethnicities associated with
the settlement of postcolonial immigrant minorities, the legacy of
colonialism is now more apparent in France than at any time in the
past. How is this upsurge of interest in the colonial past to be
explained? Does the commemoration of empire necessarily imply
glorification or condemnation? To what extent have previously
marginalized voices succeeded in making themselves heard in new
narratives of empire? While veils of secrecy have been lifted, what
taboos still remain and why? These are among the questions
addressed by an international team of leading researchers in this
interdisciplinary volume, which will interest scholars in a wide
range of disciplines including French studies, history, literature,
cultural studies, and anthropology.
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Hare and Tortoise (Hardcover)
Alison Murray; Illustrated by Alison Murray
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R516
R445
Discovery Miles 4 450
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An empowering tale about believing in yourself no matter how small
you may feel. Nina is a small girl living in a BIG city. She loves
her home, but she has a secret wish... It begins as a niggle in her
tummy, then it grows to an ache in her heart, until one day it
grows so much she can no longer contain it: "I wish this city could
be different!" she shouts. But what can Nina do? She's only small
and small things don't count. Then she hears a little voice at her
feet... "Everything starts with something small." Visually striking
and sensitively told, Pooka is the story of one small girl who is
empowered by a visit from a magical nature sprite to positively
transform her city.
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