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"To be taken seriously, therapies that claim to "cure" homosexuality wrap themselves in lab coats. Even though the fit is bad, and such therapies and their theorists now inhabit the scientific fringe, the science of sexuality has made some adjustments, too, Tom Waidzunas tells us in this provocative work. Intervening in the politics of sexuality and science, The Straight Line argues that scientific definitions of sexual orientation do not merely reflect the results of investigations into human nature, but rather emerge through a process of social negotiation between opposing groups. The demedicalization of homosexuality and the discrediting of reparative therapies, ex-gay ministries, and reorientation research have, Waidzunas contends, required scientists to enforce key boundaries around scientific expertise and research methods. Drawing on extensive participant observation at conferences for ex-gays, reorientation therapists, mainstream psychologists, and survivors of ex-gay therapy, as well as interviews with experts and activists, The Straight Line traces reorientation debates in the United States from the 1950s to the present, following homosexuality therapies from the mainstream to the margins. As the ex-gay movement has become increasingly transnational in recent years, Waidzunas turns to Uganda, where ideas about the scientific nature of homosexuality influenced the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014. While most studies treat the ex-gay movement as a religious phenomenon, this book looks at how the movement, in its attempts to establish legitimacy, has engaged with scientific institutions, shaping virulent anti-gay public policy."--

The Cuban (post)-Soviet diaspora is the human collective comprising the persons coming from the territories of the (former) Soviet Union, who immigrated to Cuba and nowadays live in this Archipelago – as well as their descendants. This migration occurred during the period of close ties between Cuba and the USSR, that is, 1960–91. Compared with the other overseas ethnic communities now living in Cuba, the (post)-Soviet diaspora is the largest one, surpassed only by the Spanish immigration, which – however – is not usually perceived by Cubans as a diaspora, because Spain is a major contributor to the 'mainstream' Cuban culture. So, the (post)-Soviet diaspora may legitimately be considered as the largest 'clearly foreign' human contribution to the Cuban population in recent times. The most important character of this collectivity is that its first generation (i.e., the immigrants from the [post]Soviet countries) is overwhelmingly female, constituted by women from the USSR who in the period between ca. 1961 and ca. 1991 married to Cuban students affiliated to Soviet government's scholarship programmes. This 'romantic' stance makes this diaspora very unusual when compared with the standard causes making people migrate. The numeric strength of the (post)-Soviet diaspora contrasts with its very low visibility in the Cuban cultural, media and academic discourse, especially comparing with that of the relatively minor – in the numeric sense – diasporic constituents of the Cuban population: the Chinese, Arab, Jewish, etc. We analyse the main demographic, gender, ethnographic, historical, cultural and political aspects of the (post)-Soviet diaspora in Cuba.

In her insightful study, Fashioning Diaspora, Vanita Reddy carefully maps how transnational itineraries of Indian beauty and fashion shape South Asian American cultural identities and racialized belonging from the 1990s to the late-2000s. She observes how diasporic subjects engage with and respond to various encounters with Indian beauty and fashion. One of the first books to consider beauty and fashion as a point of entry into an examination of South Asian diasporic public cultures, Fashioning Diaspora examines a range of literature, visual art, and live performance. Through careful analyses of novels by Bharati Mukherjee and Jhumpa Lahiri, young adult literature, performance art by Shailja Patel, as well as objects of popular culture including an Indian American fashion doll, and beauty and adornment practices, Reddy challenges fashion and beauty as a set of dematerialized, overly commodified cultural practices. She argues instead that beauty and fashion structure South Asian Americans' uneven access to social mobility, capital, and citizenship, and demonstrates their varying capacities to produce social attachments across national, class, racial, gender, and generational divides

The often unremarked processes through which gender and generation play out in families with teenage children in, through, and over time, was the topic of a mixed qualitative methods study, drawing on the accounts of multiple family members – 14 and 15 year olds and their resident parent(s). Using this as a case study the paper critically considers a number of methodological, ethical, and political issues faced in undertaking the research, particularly with respect to research with children. These pertain to challenges of a social constructionist approach and to research from multiple perspectives. We argue that there are paradoxes and contradictions that arise between a social constructionist approach and the practicalities of carrying out research into dynamic phenomena, such as "generationing", particularly when trying to understand this from multiple perspectives. But rather than consider these as flaws we show how they are in fact opportunities for insight into the interplay between the structural and the dynamic nature of intergenerational relations.

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Encountering the Pacific in the Age of Enlightenment, John Gascoigne (2014) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 574 pp., ISBN 978 0 5218 7959 0 (hbk), £84.99
Pacific Worlds: A History of Seas, Peoples, and Cultures, Matt Matsuda (2012) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 450 pp., ISBN 978 0 5217 1566 9 (pbk), £19.99
The Great Ocean: Pacific Worlds from Cook to the Gold Rush, David Igler (2013) Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 272 pp., ISBN 978 0 1999 1495 1 (hbk), US$31.95
The Black Pacific: Anti-Colonial Struggles and Oceanic Connections, Robbie Shilliam (2015) London: Bloomsbury Academic, 264 pp., ISBN 978 1 4725 3554 2 (pbk), £19.99
Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand, Angela Wanhalla (2013) Auckland: Auckland University Press, 316 pp., ISBN 978 1 8694 0731 5 (pbk), NZ$49.99
The Rise and Fall of National Women's Hospital: A History, Linda Bryder (2014) Auckland: Auckland University Press, 236 pp., ISBN 978 1 8694 0809 1 (pbk), NZ$49.99
A Rising Tide: Evangelical Christianity in New Zealand 1930–65, Stuart M. Lange (2013) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 300 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7855 7 (pbk), NZ$40
Maranga Mai! Te Reo and Marae in Crisis?, Merata Kawharu (ed.) (2014) Auckland: University of Auckland Press, 280 pp., ISBN 978 1 8694 0805 3 (pbk), NZ$45
Language Contact in the Early Colonial Pacific: Maritime Polynesian Pidgin Before Pidgin English, Emanuel J. Drechsel (2014) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 349 pp., ISBN 978 1 1070 1510 4 (hbk), £65
Climate Change, Forced Migration and International Law, Jane McAdam (2012) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 344 pp., ISBN 978 0 1996 8222 5 (pbk), £26.49
Securing Paradise: Tourism and Militarism in Hawai'i and the Philippines, Vernadette Vicuna Gonzalez (2013) Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 296 pp., ISBN 978 0 8223 5370 6 (pbk), US$24.95
Gender on the Edge: Transgender, Gay, and Other Pacific Islanders, Niko Besnier and Kalissa Alexeyeff (eds) (2014) Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 408 pp., ISBN 978 0 8248 3883 6 (pbk), US$35
Pacific Identities and Wellbeing: Cross Cultural Perspectives, Margaret Nelson Agee, Tracey McIntosh, Philip Culbertson and Cabrini 'Ofa Makasiale (eds) (2013) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 332 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7835 9 (pbk), NZ$45
Pacific Futures: Projects, Politics and Interests, Will Rollason (ed.) (2014) New York: Berghahn Books, 256 pp., ISBN 978 1 7823 8350 5 (hbk), US$95
Asians and the New Multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, Gautam Ghosh and Jacqueline Leckie (eds) (2015) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 312 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7823 6 (pbk), NZ$40
When the Farm Gates Opened: The Impact of Rogernomics on Rural New Zealand, Neal Wallace (2014) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 160 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7872 4 (pbk), NZ$40
Get Off the Grass: Kickstarting New Zealand's Innovation Economy, Shaun Hendy and Paul Callaghan (2013) Auckland: Auckland University Press, 248 pp., ISBN 978 1 8694 0762 9 (pbk), NZ$34.99
Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis, Max Rashbrooke (ed.) (2013) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 296 pp., ISBN 978 1 9271 3151 0 (pbk), NZ$39.99
A Search for Tradition & A Search for a Language, Douglas Lilburn (2011) Wellington: Lilburn Residence Trust, 112 pp., ISBN 978 0 4731 8379 0 (pbk), NZ$25
Kitchens: The New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century, Helen Leach (2014) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 320 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7837 3 (pbk), NZ$49.95

This book is one of two volumes that examines the successes and failures of the Ghanaian Fourth Republic from a political, public administration and public policy viewpoint. Published to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the Fourth Republic, these volumes bring together leading scholars to consider the political achievements and failures that have taken place in the country since the early 1990s, and what these tell us about the state of politics and democracy in twenty-first century Ghana and beyond. This volume focuses on party politics, political communication and public policy. It assesses themes such as interest groups, electoral politics, democratization, constitutionalism, the role of the media, and gender and politics. The volume also places Ghana in a global context, demonstrating how lessons learnt from the country can be applied elsewhere around the world, and what is unique about the Ghanaian political experience. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, public administration and African politics. Joseph R.A. Ayee is Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana. He is also Vice President at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. Lloyd G.A. Amoah is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Asian Studies, University of Ghana. Seidu M. Alidu is Associate Professor and Head of Department of Political Science, University of Ghana.

Understanding Russia is more important than ever and diverse perspectives are needed. With a stronger focus on informal institutions, marginalised voices and "de-centering" of Russian studies, this volume brings together a diverse author team to offer fresh viewpoints on a rapidly evolving subject. Discussing established topics such as executive leadership, parties and elections as well as newer issues of national identity, protest, and Russia and Greater Eurasia, this new edition analyses the political system in which Putin's influence can be understood and covers frequently overlooked topics like the informal economy and climate change. Breaking with the tradition of organizing Russian Politics around formal institutions and instead emphasising the societal factors and informal structures and processes that underpin support for Russia's political regime, this new edition offers: topical and theoretically informed coverage of major issues from top scholars, analysis of how Russia's past influences its contemporary politics in counterintuitive ways, dedicated chapters on the Russia-Ukraine war, Russian Foreign Policy and Chechnya, chapters on all of the key topics covered by typical courses on Russian politics, including protest movement and civil society, and gender. The politics of any country, especially Russia at this moment in time, are volatile. Developments in Russian Politics 10 provides readers with a conceptual toolkit for understanding the dynamism of Russian politics, whatever the future may bring.

"How do young women negotiate their identity in the shadow of a criminal past? What expectations can these women have and what constraints do they face in embracing change and reform? In this new book, Gilly Sharpe returns to the group of women interviewed in her bestselling book Offending Girls, to ask these questions and more. Building on wide-ranging interviews with young adult women who have experienced a highly punitive climate in both youth justice and welfare policy, this book analyses their vivid personal accounts of stigmatisation and devaluation as former lawbreakers, welfare claimants and mothers, and examines their gendered transitions from youth criminalisation into adulthood. Women, Stigma, and Desistance from Crime exposes how stigma, which is rooted in structural inequality and thrives in societies with deep economic and social divisions, devalues working-class and marginalised women and diminishes their lives. It offers a unique analysis of how criminal stigma is shaped by class-based condescension, welfare inaction and school-based disciplinary punishment, and reveals how stigma is reproduced over time across education, welfare and penal institutions. Meticulously researched and the first study to examine how the lives of young women previously enmeshed in the youth justice system unfold as they transition to adulthood, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of criminology and criminal justice, sociology, social work, social policy, gender and youth studies, and to practitioners and policy-makers in these fields"--

"Illustrating the collective power and relevance of feminist theory today, Mary Caputi and Patricia Moynagh have carefully selected a diverse international range of leading scholars and activists to critically assess key social and political challenges in the twenty-first century. This Research Handbook demonstrates a variety of feminist analyses that offer compelling insights into an array of topics, including police brutality, the carceral state, racial and sexualised violence, trans rights, climate change, and the denial of reproductive rights. With a focus on the crucial role of feminism in envisioning a more equal world, chapters examine critical and care based approaches to feminist political thought; hostility to the feminist movement; and feminist attempts to unseat institutionalised power and violence. The lived experiences of women, variously situated in a host of cultural and geographic contexts, are explored. These experiences include the thematics of longing and bereavement, as well as different forms of feminist protest and political awakening. Ultimately, this Research Handbook illustrates the continuing need for reinterpretation and reconstruction in this vital field of feminist political thought. The Research Handbook on Feminist Political Thought will prove an essential read for students and scholars of feminist, political and postcolonial theory. Its real-world implications will mean it will additionally appeal to policymakers and activists, as well as academics of philosophy, political science, sociology, and gender and cultural studies"--

"The problem of poverty is global in scope and has devastating consequences for many essential aspects of life: health, education, political participation, autonomy, and psychological well-being. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty presents the current state of philosophical research on poverty in its breadth and depth. It features 39 chapters divided into five thematic sections: 1. Concepts, theories and philosophical aspects of poverty research 2. Poverty in the history of Western philosophy and philosophical traditions 3. Poverty in non-Western philosophical thought 4. Key ethical concepts and poverty 5. Social and political issues The handbook not only addresses questions concerning individual, collective, or institutional responsibility towards people in extreme poverty and the moral wrong of poverty, but it also tackles emerging applied issues that are connected to poverty such as gender, race, education, migration, and climate change. Additionally, it features perspectives on poverty from the history of Western philosophy, as well as non-Western views that explore issues unique to the Global South. Finally, the first section of essays provides an overview of the most important aspects of social science poverty research, which serves as an excellent resource for philosophers and philosophy students unfamiliar with how poverty is empirically researched in practice. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty is an essential resource for students and researchers in philosophy, political science, sociology, development studies, and public policy who are working on poverty"--

"Against the backdrop of global COVID-19 pandemic setbacks, this edited volume is a timely contribution to revisit the comprehensive framing of human security and development by examining the protection-empowerment nexus applied to different vulnerable groups and populations affected by the pandemic. While much of today's human security literature focuses on the concept of protection from states, this book provides new perspectives on the human security concept by exploring empowerment from theoretical and practical perspectives. It also encourages readers to reconsider the agency of vulnerable populations in dealing with the challenges posed by the pandemic. Examining eight case studies from Southeast Asia and Japan, the contributors to this book concentrate on demonstrating the importance of empowerment in enriching our understanding of human security. They focus on vulnerable groups' and communities' responses to diverse threats to their lives, livelihoods and dignity. These cases include key human security concerns, such as an ageing society, poverty, environment, food security, forced migration, gender, health, peace and justice - all compounded and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. An essential resource for students and scholars of human security in the aftermath of COVID-19 and its wider impacts. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsements -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Asian Transnationalism -- PART I: Contextualizing Asian Transnationalism -- 1. Transnationalism, Activism and Civil Society in Japan -- 2. Tracing Hmong/Miao Diasporic Circuits and Transcultural Engagements -- 3. A Historical Materialist Approach to Transnational Japanese Studies -- 4. South Asians in the New World: Hindoos, Coolies and Model Minorities -- 5. Shifting Identities in Northeastern Cambodia: From Slaves to Indigenous Peoples -- PART II: Transnationalism and Socio-Cultural Identities -- 6. Transnational Spirits and Cultural Identity: A Case Study of Vietnamese Diasporic Communities in San Jose City, USA and Jingdao Island, China -- 7. The Thaipusam Festival in Malaysia: On Ritual Polytropy -- 8. Japanese American and Okinawan American Transnationalism in Hawai'i and the Continental United States -- 9. Folklore in the Making of Chinese American Identity -- 10. Commodifying Transnationalism for the General Audience -- PART III: Transnationalism, Education and Infrastructure -- 11. Indonesian Transnational Identity and Migration Journey: Education and the Lack Thereof -- 12. School Alumni, Transnationalism and Asian Diaspora: An Unexplored Potential for Researchers -- 13. Infrastructuring Student Mobilities in Asia -- 14. Australia-India Student Mobility and Performances of Transnationalism -- 15. Chinese Transnational Student Mobilities and Experiences in Canada: Gendering the Student-Migrant Narrative -- PART IV: Transnationalism, Gender and Development -- 16. Everyday Transnational Lives of Uzbek Migrants in Russia: A Socio-Legal Perspective -- 17. Domestic Violence in Diasporic Asian and Pacific Islander Immigrant Populations in the United States.

This open access book explores the gendered reality of learning philosophy at the university level, investigating the ways in which women and minority students become alienated from the social practices of a male-dominated field, and examining pedagogical solutions to this problem. It covers the roles and the interactions of the professor and student in the following ways: (1) the historical situation, (2) the affective, social and bodily situation, and (3) the moral situation. This text analyzes women's passion for philosophy as a quest for truth, as well as their partial alienation from the social practices of philosophy. It demonstrates that recognition, generosity, and care are central ingredients of good learning and teaching experiences. Providing case studies of experimental courses in philosophy, the book discusses a variety of pedagogical approaches that might increase the inclusiveness of a philosophical education: novel and more gender-balanced ways of interpreting the history of philosophy, problem-based learning as a means of emancipating the student from the traditional master–disciple relationship, body awareness practices as a way of challenging the "disembodying" tendencies of philosophy, and a pluralism of methods to address the needs of different kinds of learners. Thanks to these features, the book is particularly useful for philosophy professors at the university level, but it also provides insights for all readers who feel puzzled about the persistent underrepresentation of women in philosophy.

"The intertwined stories of two archipelagos and their diasporas This volume is the first systematic comparative study of Cuba and Puerto Rico from both a historical and contemporary perspective. In these essays, contributors highlight the interconnectedness of the two archipelagos in social categories such as nation, race, class, and gender to encourage a more nuanced and multifaceted study of the relationships between the islands and their diasporas. Topics range from historical and anthropological perspectives on Cuba and Puerto Rico before and during the Cold War to cultural and sociological studies of diasporic communities in the United States. The volume features analyses of political coalitions, the formation of interisland sororities, and environmental issues. Along with sharing a similar early history, Cuba and Puerto Rico have closely intertwined cultures, including their linguistic, literary, food, musical, and religious practices. Contributors also discuss literature by Cuban and Puerto Rican authors by examining the aesthetics of literary techniques and discourses, the representation of psychological space on the stage, and the impacts of migration. Showing how the trajectories of both archipelagos have been linked together for centuries and how they have diverged recently, Cuba and Puerto Rico offers a transdisciplinary approach to the study of this intricate relationship and the formation of diasporic communities and continuities. Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities"--