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Book Repercussions Ties

    Book Details:
  • Author : Penny Tawret
  • Publisher : Hippo Productions
  • Release : 2016-07-01
  • ISBN : 2765929114
  • Pages : 44 pages

Download or read book Repercussions Ties written by Penny Tawret and published by Hippo Productions. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grief stricken by a rather dark and shady troubled past, Veronica Farley and all the rest of the crew of the now citywide renowned Hystericals civil rights and Anti-crime gang finally take some well needed time off after the rather glorious defeat of a monster and rather loathed historical figure of Jewel's overall background. But, just as sure as the old saying goes, "there is really no such thing as a day off for true heroes of the concrete jungle".

Book Ties That Bind

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah Schulman
  • Publisher : The New Press
  • Release : 2009-09-15
  • ISBN : 1595585346
  • Pages : 195 pages

Download or read book Ties That Bind written by Sarah Schulman and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although acceptance of difference is on the rise in America, it's the rare gay or lesbian person who has not been demeaned because of his or her sexual orientation, and this experience usually starts at home, among family members. Whether they are excluded from family love and approval, expected to accept second-class status for life, ignored by mainstream arts and entertainment, or abandoned when intervention would make all the difference, gay people are routinely subjected to forms of psychological and physical abuse unknown to many straight Americans. “Familial homophobia,” as prizewinning writer and professor Sarah Schulman calls it, is a phenomenon that until now has not had a name but that is very much a part of life for the LGBT community. In the same way that Susan Brownmiller's Against Our Will transformed our understanding of rape by moving the stigma from the victim to the perpetrator, Schulman's Ties That Bind calls on us to recognize familial homophobia. She invites us to understand it not as a personal problem but a widespread cultural crisis. She challenges us to take up our responsibilities to intervene without violating families, community, and the state. With devastating examples, Schulman clarifies how abusive treatment of homosexuals at home enables abusive treatment of homosexuals in other relationships as well as in society at large. Ambitious, original, and deeply important, Schulman's book draws on her own experiences, her research, and her activism to probe this complex issue—still very much with us at the start of the twenty-first century—and to articulate a vision for a more accepting world.

Book Family Ties and Aging

Download or read book Family Ties and Aging written by Ingrid Arnet Connidis and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-06-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At last: a book that melds research on family ties in later life inclusively. Connidis' book is not simply a research compendium but a theoretical synthesis of value to both scholars and students. Connidis' clear writing style makes it an excellent choice for students... I recommend this book both to teachers and researchers in the areas of family and aging." -- JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY Presenting a broad examination of the issues surrounding family ties and aging, this advances textbook provides an integrated and thorough representation of current research in the field. Whereas book on families and aging have traditionally focused on ties to a spouse and to children and grandchildren, Connidis's coverage is more extensive and more reflective of contemporary society. She includes groups and relationships that have typically been neglected, such as single, divorced, and childless older people and their family relationships, as well as sibling relationships among the elderly, live-in partnerships not formalized by marriage, and the family ties forged by gays and lesbians over their life course. Family Ties and Aging weaves the vast range of information we now have about the many facets of family relationships and aging into a critical, comprehensive, and integrated whole.

Book Old Age

    Book Details:
  • Author : Haim Hazan
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1994-04-28
  • ISBN : 9780521447485
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Old Age written by Haim Hazan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-04-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haim Hazan is a leading specialist on old age in anthropology, and has published several books on particular communities of old people. The latest book is an essay on the realities of old age, as it is experienced, as opposed to the ideas about the old current in western societies. It argues that the construction of this world by outsiders is inevitably affected by deeply ingrained social attitudes and structures, such as the spatial segregation of the aged as a population, and the fear of death with which they are associated. By approaching the subject from the social constructionist perspective, and by drawing on a variety of detailed ethnographic accounts, the author describes a unique and nuanced social world. This is a sophisticated and original book, which should have a significant impact on a field still dominated by a 'social problems' approach.

Book Encyclopedia of Mental Health

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Mental Health written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 1757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Second Edition, Four Volume Set tackles the subject of mental health, arguably one of the biggest issues facing modern society. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the many genetic, neurological, social, and psychological factors that affect mental health, also describing the impact of mental health on the individual and society, and illustrating the factors that aid positive mental health. The book contains 245 peer-reviewed articles written by more than 250 expert authors and provides essential material on assessment, theories of personality, specific disorders, therapies, forensic issues, ethics, and cross-cultural and sociological aspects. Both professionals and libraries will find this timely work indispensable. Provides fully up-to-date descriptions of the neurological, social, genetic, and psychological factors that affect the individual and society Contains more than 240 articles written by domain experts in the field Written in an accessible style using terms that an educated layperson can understand Of interest to public as well as research libraries with coverage of many important topics, including marital health, divorce, couples therapy, fathers, child custody, day care and day care providers, extended families, and family therapy

Book Social Networks of Meaning and Communication

Download or read book Social Networks of Meaning and Communication written by Jan Fuhse and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Network research in the social sciences has successfully followed a structuralist approach where social phenomena are studied with regard to the pattern of relations between actors. These patterns of relations - social networks - are seen as the decisive level of social structures. Otherfeatures like formal roles, cultural norms, and values, are treated as secondary. As such, the field of social network research is currently divided between technically sophisticated analyses and complex, elusive theorizing.In Social Networks of Meaning and Communication, Jan Fuhse offers a coherent theory of social structures as networks of relations interwoven with meaning. Drawing upon and extending the cutting-edge work in relational sociology of Harrison White and Charles Tilly, Fuhse takes an important stepforward in establishing a theory of social networks. Using a broad range of classic and contemporary social theory, he reconceptualizes social networks as constituted in patterns of expectations that form, reproduce, and change over the course of communicative events. These events, he argues, arethe basic stuff of the social world. They lead to expectations about the behavior of actors (their identities) and their interaction with others (social relationships) - the meaning structure making for observable regularities of communication in social networks.Laying out this relational and constructivist perspective of social networks, the book highlights a number of implications for social relationships, groups, and collective actors, as well as ethnic categories and cultural differences, roles and institutions, gender and family relations, and methodsof social network analysis. Its framework effectively bridges the gap in social network research between technically sophisticated analyses and complex, elusive theorizing.

Book A Treatise of All Sorts of Foods

Download or read book A Treatise of All Sorts of Foods written by Louis Lémery and published by . This book was released on 1745 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Unreasonable Fellows

Download or read book The Unreasonable Fellows written by Myshkin Ingawala and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To achieve what you want to, to do what you truly believe in, you’ve got to be unreasonable! How many of us dream about changing the world when we grow up? How many of us actually have the courage to take the path less trodden? The Unreasonable Fellows chronicles the journeys of ten social and environmental entrepreneurs who, with their go-getting attitude and passionate ventures, are doing their bit to make the world a better place. It is an inspiring account of how, despite the initial setbacks, these fiery men and women refused to give up. Instead, they learnt from each of their failures and turned it into success. This book teaches you to do the same and to never ever give up!

Book Tongue Tie   from Confusion to Clarity

Download or read book Tongue Tie from Confusion to Clarity written by Carmen Fernando and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibliography: p. 83-86.

Book Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area  Resource Management Plan

Download or read book Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Resource Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management  Leadership and Governance

Download or read book Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management Leadership and Governance written by Kevin P. Kearns and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance is the ultimate reference guide for those interested in the rapidly growing nonprofit sector. Each insightful entry includes a definition of the concept, practical applications in nonprofit organizations, and discussion of current issues and future directions.

Book State Highway 82  Entrance to Aspen  4 f  Evaluation

Download or read book State Highway 82 Entrance to Aspen 4 f Evaluation written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Shared Destiny

    Book Details:
  • Author : Institute of Medicine
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2003-04-05
  • ISBN : 0309087260
  • Pages : 295 pages

Download or read book A Shared Destiny written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-04-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Shared Destiny is the fourth in a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United States. This report examines how the quality, quantity, and scope of community health services can be adversely affected by having a large or growing uninsured population. It explores the overlapping financial and organizational basis of health services delivery to uninsured and insured populations, the effects of community uninsurance on access to health care locally, and the potential spillover effects on a community's economy and the health of its citizens. The committee believes it is both mistaken and dangerous to assume that the persistence of a sizable uninsured population in the United States harms only those who are uninsured.

Book Forensic Science in Wildlife Investigations

Download or read book Forensic Science in Wildlife Investigations written by Adrian Linacre and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the most recent literature, this book provides an in-depth look at the field of wildlife forensic examination. Offering practical guidance, it helps investigators and lab technicians decide on best methods, including a determination of when basic microscopy is sufficient, when DNA testing should occur, and what tests or combination of tests should be executed in a particular circumstance. The text illustrates how to identify the species and geographic region of origin of an unknown sample. International contributors separate truth from myth in providing information and insight regarding the wide scope of endangered animal trafficking for meats, arts, curios, aphrodisiacs, and traditional medicines.Selected Contents: CITES

Book Life Cycle Civil Engineering

Download or read book Life Cycle Civil Engineering written by Fabio Biondini and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-05-28 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life-Cycle Civil Engineering contains the papers presented at the First International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 08), held in Villa Monastero, Varenna, Lake Como, Italy, 10-14 June, 2008. It consists of a book and a CD-ROM containing 150 papers, including eight keynote papers and 142 technical contributions from 28 countries.

Book Moments of Impact

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jaime Schultz
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 0803285035
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Moments of Impact written by Jaime Schultz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first half of the twentieth century, Jack Trice, Ozzie Simmons, and Johnny Bright played college football for three Iowa institutions: Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and Drake University, respectively. At a time when the overwhelming majority of their opponents and teammates were white, the three men, all African American, sustained serious injuries on the gridiron due to foul play, either because of their talents, their race, or, most likely, an ugly combination of the two. Moments of Impact tells their stories and examines how the local communities of which they were once a part have forgotten and remembered those assaults over time. Of particular interest are the ways those memories have been expressed in a number of commemorations, including a stadium name, a trophy, and the dedication of a football field. Jaime Schultz focuses on the historical and racial circumstances of the careers of Trice, Simmons, and Bright as well as the processes and politics of cultural memory. Schultz develops the concept of "racialized memory"--a communal form of remembering imbued with racial significance--to suggest that the racial politics of contemporary America have generated a need to redress historical wrongs, congratulate Americans on the ostensible racial progress they have made, and divert attention from the unrelenting persistence of structural and ideological racism.