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LGBT Studies and Queer Theory: New Conflicts, Collaborations, and Contested Terrain (Journal of Homosexuality)
Manufacturer: Harrington Park Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1560233176 |
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Find out how the tension between LGBT studies and queer theory exists in the classroom, politics, communities, and relationshipsLGBT Studies and Queer Theory: New Conflicts, Collaborations, and Contested Terrain examines the similarities and differences between LGBT studies and queer theory and the uneasy relationship between the two in the academic world. This unique book meets the challenge that queer theory presents to the study and politics of gay and lesbian studies with a collection of essays from leading academics who represent a variety of disciplines. These original pieces place queer theory in social and historical contexts, exploring the implications for social psychology, religious studies, communications, sociology, philosophy, film studies, and women's studies. The book's contributors address queer theory's connections to a wide range of issues, including the development of capitalism, the evolution of the gay and lesbian movement, and the study of bisexuality and gender.
Many scholars working in gay and lesbian studies still question the intellectual and political value of queer theory. As a result, queer theory has often been concentrated in the humanities, while gay and lesbian studies are concentrated in the social sciences and history. But this has begun to change in the past 10-15 years, as documented by the 12 essays presented in LGBT Studies and Queer Theory: New Conflicts, Collaborations, and Contested Terrain.
LGBT Studies and Queer Theory: New Conflicts, Collaborations, and Contested Terrain includes:
historical notes on LGBT studies and queer theory
some continuing tensions between LGBT studies and queer theory
doubts about whether queer theory can lead to social change
an analysis of the current state of "proto-fields" of LGBT studies and queer studies in religion
concerns that queer theory's "erasure of identity" feeds into late capitalism
an analysis of variability in social psychologists' studies of anti-homosexual prejudice
an exploration of the commodification of queer identities in independent cinema
how and why the category of bisexuality has been marginalized
a historical review and assessment of recent bisexual theory
a case study of Provincetown, Massachusetts
an investigation of the interarticulation of race/ethnicity and gender
a case study of the struggle to introduce LGBT studies in the curriculum at West Chester University
and much more!
LGBT Studies and Queer Theory: New Conflicts, Collaborations, and Contested Terrain is an essential read for researchers, academics, and practitioners involved in exploring multifaceted aspects of LGBT Studies and Queer Theory and their points of convergence and divergence.
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Studying Us.......2007-03-02
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The Political Dynamics of School Choice: Negotiating Contested Terrain
Lance D. Fusarelli Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 140396047X |
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Lance D. Fusarelli examines the relationship between the charter school and voucher issues: To what degree does political support for charter schools--from a coalition of teacher associations, school board groups, superintendents, and voucher advocates--slow or even stop the forces for vouchers? Or, do these coalitions, which successfully pushed charter school legislation through the legislature, actually fuel the fires of privatization? Charter schools legislation has enjoyed bipartisan support precisely because the threat of vouchers is so great. And, contrary to the strategy of voucher opponents, the spread of charter school increases, rather than alleviates, the push for vouchers.
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Reimagining The Nation-State: The Contested Terrains of Nation-Building (Contemporary Irish Studies)
Jim Mac Laughlin Manufacturer: Pluto Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0745313647 |
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Traditional approaches to nationalism tend to exaggerate the antiquity of the nation-state while ignoring the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century origins of nation building in Western Europe and North America. Jim Mac Laughlin argues for a more grassroots, place-centered approach to understanding nation building. Mac Laughlin assesses competing models of nationalism and nation building in the works of key theorists such as Gellner, Hecter, and Nairn, and puts forward an alternative dialectical model grounded in historical and geographical specificity. Using Ireland as a case study, he locates Irish nationalism and Ulster unionism in a variety of clearly defined regional and social class contexts. Emphasizing the strategic and symbolic significance of "place," Mac Laughlin identifies certain areas as nationalist or unionist heartlands while others remain contested terrain over which both sides continue to disagree.
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Contested Terrain: A New History of Nature and People in the Adirondacks
Philip G. Terrie Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0815605706 |
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Decent Introduction.......2007-10-02
outstanding.......2000-11-28
This book examines the complexity of Adirondack History.......1999-08-31
Has some great historical facts and stories.
Tells New Yorkers about what has happened in their state.
This book is much better than Schneider's........1999-03-03
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Contested Terrain: The Transformation of the Workplace in the Twentieth Century
Richard C. Edwards Manufacturer: Basic Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0465014135 |
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The controversial study by a young radical economist of the transformation of the workplace-- where today impersonal bureaucracies legitimate hierarchies and enhance the employer's control over the worker.
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North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production As Contested Terrain (Suny Series in the Sociology of Work)
Manufacturer: State University of New York Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0791428249 |
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In this edited volume, U.S. and Canadian political scientists, sociologists, and labor educators contribute to the debate of the crisis of the Fordist regime of mass production and its implications for organized labor. They present the first comparative cross-national study of the labor relations in Japanese North American automobile transplants, Japanese joint ventures with the Big Three automakers, and Japanese-style General Motors auto plants. They specifically focus on the challenges the Japanese lean production model has posed to North American auto labor's organizing, collective bargaining, and shop floor representation experiences and how the United Auto Workers and the Canadian Auto Workers have responded to these challenges. The authors point to the pressing need for the North American labor movement, whose legal rights are rooted in a mass production regime, to rethink its interests and goals if it is to successfully confront the formidable obstacles presented by a changing international and hemispheric political economy increasingly dominated by Japanese lean production practices.
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Contested Terrains and Constructed Categories: Contemporary Africa in Focus
Manufacturer: Westview Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0813336783 |
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Contested Terrains and Constructed Categories brings together intellectuals from a variety of fields, backgrounds, generations, and continents to deepen and reinvigorate the theoretical and intellectual integrity of African studies. Building on recent debate within African studies that has revolved about the role of Africanists in the United States as "gatekeepers" of knowledge about Africa and Africans, this volume of interdisciplinary essays focuses on the contested character of the production of knowledge itself. In every chapter, case studies and ethnographic materials, drawn from West, Central, East and Southern Africa, demonstrate the application of theory to concrete situations.
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Policy Research In Educational Settings: Contested Terrain (Doing Qualitative Research in Educational Settings)
Jenny Ozga Manufacturer: OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0335202950 |
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Alan Gordon, Making Public Pasts: The Contested Terrain of Montreal's Public Memories, 1891-1930.(Book Review) : An article from: Labour/Le Travail
Robert Cupido Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000EBFYCY Release Date: 2006-01-25 |
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This digital document is an article from Labour/Le Travail, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1998 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Beastly questions. (use of animals in medical research) (Contested Terrain) (column): An article from: The Hastings Center Report
Michael W. Fox , and Robert B. White Manufacturer: Hastings Center ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008SD3NA Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Hastings Center Report, published by Hastings Center on March 1, 1989. The length of the article is 3358 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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How to Start a Business in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia
James E. Burk , and Mark Warda Manufacturer: Sphinx Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1572483598 |
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An Excellent Starting Point.......2004-03-29
The book is a great resource relative to making sure that you don't overlook things that could be critical to your business. For example, I found the section of hiring and firing enlightening relative to potential impact on a new company's unemployment compensation rate. Who would know that the IRS would make your company chargeable for the unemployment claims of an ex-employee who voluntarily leaves for another job and gets fired after a few weeks.
I would highly recommend the book to anyone starting a small business. It is well organized and a quick read. It helps you know what questions to ask and who to ask. It is not intended as an in-depth resource book.
Not worth the money.......2004-03-16
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Dealing with Diversity: The Anthology
J. Q. Adams , and Pearlie Strother-Adams Manufacturer: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 078728145X |
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Somewhat useful collection of opinionated articles.......2007-03-20
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Ethan, Suspended
Pamela Ehrenberg Manufacturer: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0802853242 |
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After getting suspended from school, Ethan Oppenheimer is uprooted from his comfortable suburban life in Pennsylvania and sent to live in Washington, D.C., with grandparents he hardly knows. At Parker Junior High, he stands out as the only white student. Making friends there is difficult; fitting in, impossible.It doesn't help that his overprotective grandparents expect him to live their old-fashioned, frugal lifestyle.As he tries to find his way in this new world, Ethan also struggles with issues from the world he left behind -- guilt about the events surrounding his suspension, anxiety about his parents' separation, loneliness for the company of his family and friends.
Slowly, Ethan adjusts. He makes a few friends; he joins the jazz band and learns a new instrument; he even gets used to dried-out dinners at 4:30 pm. Along the way he learns a lot about prejudice and acceptance -- and about himself and his changing family situation.
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Encore! Encore!.......2007-06-30
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Dealing with Diversity: Teleclass Study Guide
GSU Adams Staff Manufacturer: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0787293202 |
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Dealing with Diversity (PB) (Lmx Leadership)
Manufacturer: Information Age Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1930608489 |
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Diversity in the workplace has made significant progress in United States companies. Unfortunately, much of the apparent progress has been at the surface-level of diversity (Hiller & Day, 2004), where readily visible characteristics identify people of varying genders, ages, ethnicity, and religions. What are needed are prescriptions, based on solid theory and research, that will allow the deep-level diversity to transform well intentioned affirmative action programs from their old reliance on surface-level diversity to a new reliance on deep-level diversity. It is our hope that this volume will stimulate the scholarly activity needed to make progress toward the above stated goal of making deep-level diversity the benchmark of human progress in the workplace.
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Worlds Within a Congregation: Dealing With Theological Diversity
W. Paul Jones Manufacturer: Abingdon Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0687084342 |
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W. Paul Jones? I'll take it!.......2007-07-21
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Appreciating Diversity Through Children's Literature: Teaching Activities for the Primary Grades
Meredith McGowan , Tom McGowan , and Pat Wheeler Manufacturer: Teacher Ideas Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1563081172 |
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Dealing With Difference: How Trainers Can Take Account of Cultural Diversity
Teresa Williams , and Adrian Green Manufacturer: Gower Pub Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0566074257 |
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Dealing with Diversity
J.Q. Adams Manufacturer: Governors State Universty ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000WD4LGE |
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The commission on minority participation in education and american life,one third of a nation,produced by the american council on education and the education of the states,states that by the year 2000 one third of the population of the US will be non white americans or person of color.This shift in demographics is compounded by the increase of other definable groups such as the disable,the aged,gays and lesbians as well as a variety of other special interest groups.Given this growing human mosaic,every aspect of our society will be challenged by this new diversity.Hostil incidents targeting racial groups,women,and homosexuals abound on university campuses across the nation.and at election time referenda on the rights of gays are becoming more and more common.In addition,the ever increasing internationalization of commerce puts americans in direct competition with people who represent diverse ethnic,linguistic,religious,cultural,and racial populations.This course has been developed to help you recognize and appreciate the differences and similarities between diverse groups and individuals in our multicultural society.It is our hope that armed with this knowledge,you will be able to make a difference and become a facilitator in improving intercultural relations.
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Dealing with Diversity (School-To-Work Library)
Manufacturer: Globe Fearon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0835917932 |
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Dealing With Diversity Through Multicultural Fiction: Library-Classroom Partnerships (School Library Media Programs Focus on Trends and Issues)
Lauri Johnson , and Sally Smith Manufacturer: Amer Library Assn ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0838906052 |
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The Erotic Cookbook
Christina Moles Kaupp Manufacturer: Vision ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 190125027X |
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Food and foreplay are inextricably connected. The Erotic Cookbook draws inspiration from Europe and Asia, where the sensual and spiritual blend with the culinary to spark essential life energies. Sample 100 recipes from "Catch-Me" Crab Soup to "Up All Night" Espresso Mousse to create an irrepressibly sexy mood for diners and lovers. Kaupp weaves in the history of love potions and the psychology of seduction, a full guide to aphrodisiacs and where to obtain them, plus chapters devoted to aphrodisiac drinks and seduction menus. With recipes arranged from foreplay to climax, The Erotic Cookbook will not fail to create the perfect setting for seduction.
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The Lesbian Erotic Cookbook
Ffiona Morgan Manufacturer: Daughters of the Moon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1880130084 |
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Fan the flames! This is a one-of-a-kind cookbook of cuisine extraordinnaire that will caress the palate and delight the tongue. It contains more than 250 recipes for the innovative cook. Recipes are complemented by erotic stories and poetry, as well as photographs of beautiful women. Even the recipe instructions, with their erotic suggestions and humor, will heat up your kitchen.Customer Reviews:
Health food with Creative Venture .......2005-07-22
Perfect for women who love women and food!.......1999-01-12
We have found lots of yummy new dishes, thanks to the generous vegetarian sections. Though with all of the beautiful photographs and erotic stories to distract us, I'm still surprised that we managed to actually cook anything!
The Daughters of the Moon company has been a pleasure to deal with, and I hope they find great success with this unique and incredible book.
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The Erotic Baker Cookbook
Dwyer , Calvin S. Brown , and Patrika Brown Manufacturer: Plume ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0452254396 |
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mama di blasi's erotic italian cookbook
mildred di blasi Manufacturer: mildred di blasi ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000TVGO78 |
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46 pages
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Mama Di Blasi's exotic erotic Italian cookbook: Featuring pasta, meatless main dishes, breads and pastries, desserts
Mildred Di Blasi Manufacturer: Mildred Di Blasi ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00071DQSK |
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The lesbian erotic cookbook: Cuisine extraordinaire to caress and fondle the palate : gourmet recipes for the innovative cook
Ffiona Morgan Manufacturer: Daughters of the Moon Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006FBP0S |
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