The Politics of Risk, Inequality, and Heart Disease
Examining the routine activities of epidemiology - grant applications, data collection, representations of research findings, and post-publication discussions of the interpretations and implications of study results, this book shows how social differences of race, social class, and gender are upheld by the scientific community.
Most widely known for its adherents chanting Hare Krishna and distributing religious literature on the streets of American cities, the Hare Krishna movement was founded in New York City in 1965. This work explores dramatic changes in this religious movement over the course of two generations from its founding.
Most widely known for its adherents chanting Hare Krishna and distributing religious literature on the streets of American cities, the Hare Krishna movement was founded in New York City in 1965. This work explores dramatic changes in this religious movement over the course of two generations from its founding.
Drawing on published works as well as personal correspondences written between 1948-1994, this book conceptualizes Guy Debord's politics of communication and how it sought to undermine the hierarchical, monological language of the spectacle. Matthews traces Debord's search for critical communication strategies that could subvert the reified ......
An Ethnographic Account of Early Childhood Education and Care in an Ital
Growing up in Walltown, Italy presents an ethnographic account of the culture of early childhood education, as it is constructed in two municipal schools of an Italian town, explored through extensive participant observation and interviews of educators, teachers, school coordinators, mothers, and cooks and school staff.
How Capoeiristas Use Their Art for Activism and Community Engagement
Capoeira began as a martial art developed by enslaved Afro-Brazilians. Today, the practice incorporates song, dance, acrobatics, and theatrical improvisation-and leads many participants into activism. Lauren Miller Griffith's extensive participant observation with multiple capoeira groups informs her ethnography of capoeiristas--both ......
How Capoeiristas Use Their Art for Activism and Community Engagement
Capoeira began as a martial art developed by enslaved Afro-Brazilians. Today, the practice incorporates song, dance, acrobatics, and theatrical improvisation-and leads many participants into activism. Lauren Miller Griffith's extensive participant observation with multiple capoeira groups informs her ethnography of capoeiristas--both ......
Race, Gender, and Identity in a Middle Class Afrocentric Church
Blackness, as a concept, is extremely fluid: it can refer to cultural and ethnic identity, socio-political status, an aesthetic and embodied way of being, a social and political consciousness, or a diasporic kinship. This book offers a study of blackness as it is understood within a specific community.
Race, Gender, and Identity in a Middle Class Afrocentric Church
Blackness, as a concept, is extremely fluid: it can refer to cultural and ethnic identity, socio-political status, an aesthetic and embodied way of being, a social and political consciousness, or a diasporic kinship. This book offers a study of blackness as it is understood within a specific community.
