Becoming Digital Citizens explores the relationship between disability, citizenship, and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Chinese context. Based on rich empirical evidence, this book examines the citizenship status of...Daugiau...
Stories related to gendered social relations permeate the Quran, and nearly three hundred verses involve specific women or girls. These stories weave together theology and ethics to reinforce central Quranic ideas regarding submission to God and mo...Daugiau...
Victory and Celebration: An Introduction to Greek Athletics explores how the poems, statues, and other objects used by athletic victors to commemorate their victories in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE gave value and meaning to these victories. Th...Daugiau...
Victory and Celebration traces how athletic success was transformed into broader social and political capital in ancient Greece--how being a good boxer, or having a fast son or good horses was made into something significant in society more...Daugiau...
The second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology explores facets of human behavior, thoughts, and feelings experienced in the context of media use and creation. The volume spans foundational theories and methodological approaches, prese...Daugiau...
The world has staggering levels of inequality. Most people worry about this. Some, however, accept or even approve of those inequalities. Why? The Social Acceptance of Inequality offers the first comprehensive analysis of the logics people use in su...Daugiau...
This book provides guidance to social work professionals on how to deal with a rapidly changing world and on the philosophical as well as practical aspects of using foresight--a family of techniques to make becoming future ready imaginative, fun,...Daugiau...
The pews overflow on Christmas Eve and Easter Sunday. A mother reaches out to a local church for the first time to request the baptism of her newborn. The death of a public figure is marked with an extravagant funeral at a cathedral. These are all ex...Daugiau...
Are sports the new American religion? Arthur Remillard, a seasoned scholar of religion and sports, hears this question frequently. Often, it is prompted by the contrast between the waning of traditional religious institutions and the thriving, cash-r...Daugiau...
The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth. This groundbreaking book offers a unique perspective on how language facilit...Daugiau...
Like a photographic portrait, a picture of a persons depression shows a face, connected to a body, framed by a background, and set within a foreground. As a person might have a prominent forehead, a dimple in her chin, or a few missing teeth, an in...Daugiau...
Most people, when thinking about Jews, consider only two categories: the Ashkenazim of European origin, and the Sephardim (often being lumped together with a vaguely-defined group of Middle Eastern Mizrahi Jews). Noticeably few of us are even aware...Daugiau...
The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth. This groundbreaking work of linguistic anthropology offers a unique perspec...Daugiau...
In Subtle Webs, Jose Eos Trinidad reveals how organizations outside schools have created an invisible infrastructure not only to affect local school districts but also to shape US education. He illustrates this by providing a behind-the-scenes look...Daugiau...
This book introduces the ideas of multilevel modeling with a focus on pedagogical effectiveness and intuitive presentation. Interwoven throughout the book are connections between multilevel modeling and quantitative thinking about human diversity and...Daugiau...
Recapitulating the three ages of urban ethnography born in Chicago a century ago, this book puts into historical and analytical perspective a controversy over the ethnography of the nexus of race, class, and morality in and around the black American...Daugiau...
Recapitulating the three ages of urban ethnography born in Chicago a century ago, this book puts into historical and analytical perspective a controversy over the ethnography of the nexus of race, class, and morality in and around the black American...Daugiau...
Subtle Webs reveals how organizations outside schools have created an invisible infrastructure not only to affect local school districts but also to shape US education. This behind-the-scenes look at how organizations have worked with high s...Daugiau...
This chapter explores the causes of population aging (diminishing fertility levels and rising life expectancies) and why it is inevitable in most countries. It then discusses the books four main hypotheses. Advanced stages of population aging will...Daugiau...
The American Religious Landscape uses an in-depth statistical analysis of large datasets to answer foundational questions about religious diversity in America. It focuses on the overall size, geographic distribution, and demographic composit...Daugiau...
