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Physical disability and sexuality : stories from South Africa
This open access edited volume explores physical disability and sexuality in South Africa, drawing on past studies, new research conducted by the editors, and first-person narratives from people with physical disabilities in the country. Sexuality has long been a site of oppression and discrimination for people with disabilities based on myths and misconceptions, and this book explores how thes…
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- 9783030555672
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- xxvii, 154 p. ill;
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- 306.70870968 PHY
Mobilizing global knowledge : refugee research in an age of displacement
An examination of, and guide to, the challenges and responsibilities of doing research with displaced peoples while respecting their complex needs. In 2018, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees documented a record high 71.4 million displaced people around the world. As states struggle with the costs of providing protection to so many people and popular conceptions of refugees have be…
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- 9
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- 9781773850870
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- vii, 336p.; ill.
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- 305.906914072 MOB m
Women and the UN : a new history of women's international human rights
This book provides a critical history of influential women in the United Nations and seeks to inspire empowerment with role models from bygone eras. The women whose voices this book presents helped shape UN conventions, declarations, and policies with relevance to the international human rights of women throughout the world today. From the founding of the UN and the Latin American feminist move…
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- 9781003036708
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- xviii, 200 p.
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- 323.34 WOM R
Building the Inclusive City : Governance, Access, and the Urban Transformatio…
This Open Access book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides a contemporary history of disability in city planning from a non-Western perspective and explores the cultural context for its positioning. Three insights inform the author’s approach. First, disability research, much like other urban or social issues, must be si…
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- 9783030329884
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- xvii, 169 p. ill;
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- 307.1216095357 BUI V
Nuancing young masculinities : Helsinki boys' intersectional relationships in…
Nuancing Young Masculinities tells a complex story about the plurality of young masculinities. It draws on the narratives of Finnish young people (mostly boys) of different social classes and ethnicities who attend schools in Helsinki, Finland. Their accounts of relations with peers, parents, and teachers give insights into boys’ experiences and everyday practices at school, home, and in leis…
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- 2
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- 9789523690684
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- xi, 232p.
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- 305.23094897 NUA p
Aggression in Pornography : Myths and Realities
Aggression in Pornography focusses on the issue of violence in mainstream pornography and examines what we know, what we think we know, and what are some surprising research findings and insights about the place of violence within pornography today. The authors first review the modern pornography industry, theoretical claims about pornography as violence, and the ways in which aggression has be…
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- 9780429276125
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- xi, 140 p.
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- 306.771 AGG E
War Remains; Mediations Of Suffering And Death In The Era Of The World Wars
War Remains is an interdisciplinary anthology dealing with the mediations and sense-making narratives of war deaths and suffering in the era of the world wars. In the first half of the 20th century, more than 120 million people died an untimely or violent death – on the battlefield, in concentration camps, through fierce air strikes or as casualties of the many epidemics and hardships that fo…
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- 9789187675818
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The Berlin Reader; A Compendium On Urban Change And Activism
By drawing together widely dispersed yet central writings, the Berlin Reader is an essential resource for everyone interested in urban development in one of the most interesting and important metropolises in Europe. It provides scholars as well as students, journalists and visitors with an overview of the most central discussions on the tremendous changes Berlin experienced since the fall of th…
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- 9783839424780
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Nazism And Neo-Nazism In Film And Media
This timely book takes an original transnational approach to the theme of Nazism and neo-Nazism in film, media, and popular culture, with examples drawn from mainland Europe, the UK, North and Latin America, Asia, and beyond. This approach fits with the established dominance of global multimedia formats, and will be useful for students, scholars, and researchers in all forms of film and media. …
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- 9789048528295
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Negotiating Mughal law : a family of landlords across three Indian empires
Based on a completely reconstructed archive of Persian, Hindi and Marathi documents, Nandini Chatterjee provides a unique micro-history of a family of landlords in Malwa, central India, who flourished in the region from at least the sixteenth until the twentieth century. By exploring their daily interactions with imperial elites as well as villagers and marauders, Chatterjee offers a new histor…
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- 9781108623391
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- xii, 233p. ; ill.
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- 349.5430903
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