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This collection explores the intersection of gender and mobility across the Global Middle Ages. Medieval Mobilities questions how medieval people, texts, images, and ideas move across physiological, geographical, literary, and spiritual boundaries. In what ways do these movements afford new configurations of gender, sexuality, and being? Enacting a dialogue between medieval studies, feminist thought, and queer theory, Medieval Mobilities proposes that attending to the undulations of premodern gender and sexuality may help destabilize unstated assumptions about ways of being and loving in the Middle Ages. This volume also brings together emergent and established scholars to challenge an increasingly static academy and instead envision a scholarly practice focused on intergenerational, international, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Drawing upon wide range of primary sources and theoretical frameworks, the resultant essays unsettle the imagined fixity of gender and propose alternative conceptualizations of embodiment, identity, and difference in the medieval world

Racial reckoning was a recurrent theme throughout the summer of 2020, a response to George Floyd's murder and the unprecedented impact of COVID on marginalized groups. Theater and Crisis proposes a literary and theatrical study of how Floyd's killing could possibly happen in the aftermath of the Civil Rights era, and in the supposedly post-racial era following the election of Barack Obama. In the days and months following Floyd's death, there were nightly protests in streets across the United States and broader world. At the same time, theater performances were forced to shift online to video conferencing platforms and to find new ways to engage audiences. In each case, groups made shared meaning through storytelling and narrative, a liberatory process of myth-making and reverence that author Patrice D. Rankine calls "epiphanic encoding."

Rather than approaching the problem of racial reckoning through history, where periodization and progress are dominant narratives, Theater and Crisis argues that myth and memory allow for better theorization about recurring events from the past, their haunting, and what these apparent ghosts ask of us. Building on the study of myth as active, processual storytelling, Rankine acknowledges that it grounds and orients groups toward significant events. Theater and Crisis aligns narratives about Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin, and George Floyd, among others, with ancient, mythic figures such as Christ, Dionysus, Oedipus, and Moses. As living and verbal visitations, these stories performed on stage encode the past through their epiphanies in the present, urging audiences toward shared meaning.

Rankine traces the cyclical hauntings of race through the refiguring of mythic stories across the past 75 years in the plays of James Baldwin, Ntozake Shange, Antoinette Nwandu, and many more, and in response to flashpoints in US racial history, such as the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, the upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, the wars on drugs and crime, and the continued violence against and disenfranchisement of Black people into the twenty-first century. Theater and Crisis explores the appearance of myth on the American stage and showcases the ongoing response by the theatrical establishment to transform the stage into a space for racial reckoning. This timely book is essential reading for scholars of theater studies, classics, and American studies.

"Following the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Global Financial Crisis, China's foreign policy shifted to become more assertive, effecting a systematic deterioration in the US-China relationship. In 2017, the US' China policy shifted from that of 'engagement' to 'strategic competition' under Trump, which has remained under the Biden administration. Indo-Pacific Security: US-China Rivalry and Regional States' Responses explores how states in the Indo-Pacific region have had to adjust to the reality and implications of this growing great power rivalry. In the process, it fills a gap in the area studies, international relations, and security studies literature. It provides a compelling account of the trajectory of US-China relations while illuminating the varied responses of regional states: from Australia, India and Japan, to South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and Pacific Island states"--

"This second edition invites readers to be informed consumers of both quantitative and qualitative methods in early childhood research. It offers side-by-side coverage and comparison about the assumptions, questions, purposes and methods for each, presenting unique perspectives for understanding young children and early care and education programs. The new edition includes updated examples and references as well as a new chapter on equity issues in research. By using this book, students will be able to read, evaluate, and use empirical literature more knowledgeably. These skills are becoming more important as early childhood educators are increasingly expected to use evidence-based research in practice and to participate in collecting and analyzing data to inform their teaching"--

"For years, it was an open secret that Pornhub was infested with child sexual abuse material, revenge porn, and illegal content. The billion-dollar website's executives happily took advantage of how difficult it was to moderate and discipline criminals, and for years they were rewarded financially. That is, until activist Laila Mickelwait decided to do something about it. Takedown is a shocking exposé of the criminal inner workings of the world's largest porn empire, and one activist's battle to destroy it. For years, Pornhub and its shadowy parent company MindGeek were complicit in a sex trafficking scheme that destroyed the lives of victims as young as twelve years old - all while Pornhub dubbed itself a champion of women. Readers will follow Mickelwait from her first horrifying discovery of unmoderated content on Pornhub to her fight with major credit card companies who ignored her petitions in favor of profit. Through accounts from firsthand witnesses like Pornhub moderators and industry executives, you'll meet the world's first online porn tycoon, AKA "the Zuckerberg of porn," and read his desperate pleas to take back his company after losing everything; as well as Mindgeek's top brass (known internally as "The Divas") who operate in shadowy secrecy. Mickelwait's journey to bring these men to justice takes her all the way to Washington D.C., where she bravely testifies before Congress on behalf of the millions of victims of Pornhub. Today, Pornhub has been forced to delete 80% of its content--and Mickelwait isn't stopping there. Takedown will forever transform the way we think about the pornography industry, challenging our beliefs about safety, freedom, and liberation. The ambitious culmination of years of activism, Takedown uncovers an intricate web of conspiracy amidst a lawless industry operating behind closed doors"--

Intro -- Contents -- Preamble and Introduction -- An overview of the book -- Contributions include chapters on the following topics: -- Chapter 1 -- Issues and Problems for the Conservation of Heritage and Archaeology in Ancient Woods -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Woodlands as Cultural Landscapes -- Woodlands as Leisurely Landscapes -- Growing Awareness -- Methodologies -- A Brief Consideration of British Treescapes and Woodland History -- Woods -- Wood-Pastures -- Scrub -- Woodland Vegetation Ecology -- Ecological Architect Species Both Present and Absent -- British Woodland and Forest Management -- Working Woods and Other Treescapes -- Site Management in Relation to Ecology, Archaeology and Heritage -- Results: Case-Studies of Woodland Management and Heritage Issues -- Case-Study 1. Greno Wood, Sheffield (SK33 95) -- Case-Study 2. Whitwell Wood, North Derbyshire (SK52 78) -- Case-Study 3. Hardwick Wood, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire (SK63 76) -- Case-Study 4. Moss Valley Woods, North Derbyshire (SK37 80) -- Case-Study 5. Rough Standhills, Whirlow, Sheffield (SK2983) -- Some Observations from the Case-Studies -- The Woodland Archaeology and Heritage Resources -- Woodland Heritage Timelines -- Woodland Heritage Conservation and Management -- The Lessons of History and Their Relevance to Eco-Cultural Heritage -- Lost Woods, Ghosts, and Shadows -- A Question of Balance -- Identification of Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Features -- Marking of Features -- Implementing Management Operations -- Natural Regeneration, Non-Intervention, and Rewilding -- To Intervene or Not -- Conclusion -- On-Going Issues and Problems -- Disclaimer -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Ancient Woodland in England: Historical Perspectives on a 'Natural' Habitat -- Abstract -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Origins of Primary Woodland -- The Impact of Management.

"Due to increasing population, decreased cultivable land, and mounting scarcity of water, it is essential to optimize the use of available resources. Climate change is occurring across the world but its effect may be local or region-specific, including localized watershed management. In order to minimize these effects, governments and environmental agencies encourage the adoption of "climate-smart" agricultural technologies, which involve implementing plans, programs, and projects to sustain and enhance watersheds. Advances in Water Management Under Climate Change examines all of these issues and provides best practices for sustainability"--

Promoting green product consumption is one important element in building a sustainable society. Yet green products are usually more costly. In times of high inflation, not only budget constraints but also the fear that prices will continue to rise might dampen green product consumption and, hence, limit the effectiveness of exerted efforts to promote sustainable behaviors. To test this suggestion, we conducted a Germany-wide survey with almost 1,200 respondents, followed by a framed field experiment (N=500) to confirm causality. In the survey, respondents' stated "green" purchasing behavior is, as to be expected, positively correlated with concerns about climate change. It is also negatively correlated with concerns about future inflation and energy costs, but after controlling for observable characteristics such as income and educational level only the correlation with concerns about future prices remains significant. This result is driven by individuals with below-median environmental attitude. In the framed field experiment, we use the priming method to manipulate the saliency of inflation concerns. Whereas sizably relaxing the budget constraint (i.e., by 50 percent) has no impact on the share of organic products in participants' baskets, the priming significantly decreases the share of organic products for individuals with below-median environmental attitude, similar to the survey data.