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201. | | Title: Crossing the border: encounters between homeless people and outreach workersAuthor: Rowe, Michael 1947- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Sociology | Anthropology | Psychology | American Studies | Urban Studies | Social Problems | AnthropologyPublisher's Description: The relationship between the homeless and the social service community marks a border where the disenfranchised meet the mainstream of society. Crossing the Border , the first book-length study of outreach work to the mentally ill homeless, uses ethnographic tools to examine encounters at this borde . . . [more]Similar Items | 202. | | Title: Nothing about us without us: disability oppression and empowermentAuthor: Charlton, James I Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Sociology | Public Policy | Urban StudiesPublisher's Description: James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities . . . [more]Similar Items | 203. | | Title: Poverty in America: a handbookAuthor: Iceland, John 1970- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Economics and Business | Ethnic Studies | Labor Studies | Politics | Urban Studies | American Studies | SociologyPublisher's Description: Poverty may have always been with us, but it hasn't always been the same. In an in-depth look at trends, patterns, and causes of poverty in the United States, John Iceland combines the latest statistical information, historical data, and social scientific theory to provide a comprehensive picture of . . . [more]Similar Items | 204. | | Title: The elusive embryo: how women and men approach new reproductive technologiesAuthor: Becker, Gaylene Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Sociology | Gender Studies | Medical Anthropology | Medicine | Women's Studies | SciencePublisher's Description: In the first book to examine the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer, Gay Becker scrutinizes the staggering array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll - both financial and emotional - that the quest for a bio . . . [more]Similar Items | 205. | | Title: The romance of democracy: compliant defiance in contemporary MexicoAuthor: Gutmann, Matthew C 1953- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology | Latino Studies | Latin American Studies | Sociology | Urban StudiesPublisher's Description: The Romance of Democracy gives a unique insider perspective on contemporary Mexico by examining the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City today. A highly absorbing and vividly detailed ethnographic study of popular politics and official subjugation, the book pro . . . [more]Similar Items | 206. | | Title: Working families: the transformation of the American homeAuthor: Hertz, Rosanna Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Gender Studies | Women's Studies | Sociology | Social Problems | Anthropology | Economics and Business | Urban Studies | Ethnic Studies | Politics | PoliticsPublisher's Description: The dynamics of work and parenthood are in the midst of a revolutionary shift in the United States. Focused around a major factor in this shift - the rise of dual-income families - this groundbreaking volume provides a highly informative snapshot of the intricate fabric of work and family in the Uni . . . [more]Similar Items | 207. | | Title: Framing the sexual subject: the politics of gender, sexuality, and powerAuthor: Parker, Richard G. (Richard Guy) 1956- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Gender Studies | Public Policy | SociologyPublisher's Description: This collection brings together the work of writers from a range of disciplines and cultural traditions to explore the social and political dimensions of sexuality and sexual experience. The contributors reconfigure existing notions of gender and sexuality, linking them to deeper understandings of p . . . [more]Similar Items | 208. | | Title: Twilight zones: the hidden life of cultural images from Plato to O.JAuthor: Bordo, Susan 1947- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Sociology | Popular Culture | Politics | Social and Political Thought | Gender Studies | Media StudiesPublisher's Description: Considering everything from Nike ads, emaciated models, and surgically altered breasts to the culture wars and the O.J. Simpson trial, Susan Bordo deciphers the hidden life of cultural images and the impact they have on our lives. She builds on the provocative themes introduced in her acclaimed work . . . [more]Similar Items | 209. | | Title: Transforming settler states: communal conflict and internal security in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe Author: Weitzer, Ronald John Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: European Studies | Politics | Sociology | African Studies | European HistoryPublisher's Description: In the past two decades, several settler regimes have collapsed and others seem increasingly vulnerable. This study examines the rise and demise of two settler states with particular emphasis on the role of repressive institutions of law and order. Drawing on field research in Northern Ireland and Z . . . [more]Similar Items | 210. | | Title: Outspoken: free speech storiesAuthor: Levinson, Nan 1949- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: American Studies | Ethnic Studies | United States History | Media Studies | Public Policy | Sociology | Law | Public Policy | Urban Studies | Urban StudiesPublisher's Description: With the government granting itself sweeping new surveillance powers, castigating its critics as unpatriotic, and equating differing opinions with abetting "America's enemies," free speech seems an early casualty of the war on terrorism. But as this book brilliantly demonstrates, to sacrifice our fr . . . [more]Similar Items | 211. | | Title: Chechnya: life in a war-torn societyAuthor: Tishkov, Valeriĭ Aleksandrovich Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Anthropology | Ethnic Studies | European History | Sociology | Russian and Eastern European StudiesPublisher's Description: This book illuminates one of the world's most troubled regions from a unique perspective - that of a prominent Russian intellectual. Valery Tishkov, a leading ethnographer who has also served in several important political posts, examines the evolution of the war in Chechnya that erupted in 1994, un . . . [more]Similar Items | 212. | | Title: Nothing bad happens to good girls: fear of crime in women's livesAuthor: Madriz, Esther 1943- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Gender Studies | Sociology | Urban Studies | Women's Studies | CriminologyPublisher's Description: "The possibility of being a victim of a crime is ever present on my mind; thinking about it as natural as breathing." - 40-year-old womanThis is a compelling analysis of how women in the United States perceive the threat of crime in their everyday lives and how that perception controls their behavio . . . [more]Similar Items | 213. | | Title: Acceptable risk?: making decisions in a toxic environment Author: Clarke, Lee Ben Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Sociology | Technology and Society | Environmental Studies | Public PolicyPublisher's Description: Organizations and modern technology give us much of what we value, but they have also given us Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Bhopal. The question at the heart of this paradox is "What is acceptable risk?" Based on his examination of the 1981 contamination of an office building in Binghamton, New . . . [more]Similar Items | 214. | | Title: Beethoven and the construction of genius: musical politics in Vienna, 1792-1803Author: DeNora, Tia 1958- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Music | History | Sociology | Composers | European HistoryPublisher's Description: In this provocative account Tia DeNora reconceptualizes the notion of genius by placing the life and career of Ludwig van Beethoven in its social context. She explores the changing musical world of late eighteenth-century Vienna and follows the activities of the small circle of aristocratic patrons . . . [more]Similar Items | 215. | | Title: Migration, mujercitas, and medicine men: living in urban MexicoAuthor: Napolitano, Valentina Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology | Gender Studies | Latin American Studies | Urban Studies | Sociology | Medical Anthropology | Ethnic Studies | Medical AnthropologyPublisher's Description: Valentina Napolitano explores issues of migration, medicine, religion, and gender in this incisive analysis of everyday practices of urban living in Guadalajara, Mexico. Drawing on fieldwork over a ten-year period, Napolitano paints a rich and vibrant picture of daily life in a low-income neighborho . . . [more]Similar Items | 216. | | Title: Hanging out in the virtual pub: masculinities and relationships online Author: Kendall, Lori 1958- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Sociology | Gender Studies | American Studies | Technology and Society | Anthropology | Electronic Media | Media Studies | Men and MasculinityPublisher's Description: Lori Kendall is one of the first to explore the brave new world of social relations as they have evolved on the Internet. In this highly readable ethnography, she examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. The result is a first-rate analysis of the . . . [more]Similar Items | 217. | | Title: Tradition in a rootless world: women turn to Orthodox JudaismAuthor: Davidman, Lynn 1955- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Religion | Judaism | Jewish Studies | Sociology | Women's StudiesPublisher's Description: The past two decades in the United States have seen an immense liberalization and expansion of women's roles in society. Recently, however, some women have turned away from the myriad, complex choices presented by modern life and chosen instead a Jewish orthodox tradition that sets strict and rigid . . . [more]Similar Items | 218. | | Title: Illness and culture in the postmodern ageAuthor: Morris, David B Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Sociology | Philosophy | Medicine | Technology and Society | Anthropology | American StudiesPublisher's Description: We become ill in ways our parents and grandparents did not, with diseases unheard of and treatments undreamed of by them. Illness has changed in the postmodern era - roughly the period since World War II - as dramatically as technology, transportation, and the texture of everyday life. Exploring the . . . [more]Similar Items | 219. | | Title: Behind the label: inequality in the Los Angeles apparel industryAuthor: Bonacich, Edna Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Sociology | Social Problems | California and the West | Labor Studies | Economics and Business | Urban Studies | American Studies | Ethnic StudiesPublisher's Description: In a study crucial to our understanding of American social inequality, Edna Bonacich and Richard Appelbaum investigate the return of sweatshops to the apparel industry, especially in Los Angeles. The "new" sweatshops, they say, need to be understood in terms of the decline in the American welfare st . . . [more]Similar Items | 220. | | Title: The morning after: sexual politics at the end of the Cold WarAuthor: Enloe, Cynthia H 1938- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Gender Studies | GayLesbian and Bisexual Studies | American Studies | Sociology | PoliticsPublisher's Description: Cynthia Enloe's riveting new book looks at the end of the Cold War and places women at the center of international politics. Focusing on the relationship between the politics of sexuality and the politics of militarism, Enloe charts the changing definitions of gender roles, sexuality, and militarism . . . [more]Similar Items |
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