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Latrell Sprewell. Allen Iverson. John McEnroe. Even Mohammed Ali and Mike Schmidt and Michael Jordan. These are characters of our national imagination, athletes who stand as symbols of our complex relationship with professional sport. In this erudite and captivating book, bestselling author Larry Platt takes us on a tour through American sports. Offering profiles of the athletes we love (and love to hate), Platt shows that sport, more than any other nationwide pastime, is the way we come to understand—and alter—race relations, gender, and, most profoundly, how we communicate with

This revised edition of a now classic text includes a new introduction by Henry Jenkins, explaining 'Why Fiske Still Matters' for today's students, followed by a discussion between former Fiske students Kevin Glynn, Jonathan Gray, and Pamela Wilson on the theme of 'Reading Fiske and Understanding the Popular'. Both underline the continuing relevance of this foundational text in the study of popular culture. What is popular culture? How does it differ from mass culture? And what do popular 'texts' reveal about class, race, and gender dynamics in a society? John Fiske answers these and a host of

American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics and government and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through classic examples of political rhetoric, from the Declaration of Independence to today. Selections include the entire political spectrum and contributors range from the founders to elected public officials, Supreme Court opinions, and representatives of historic movements for social change. Organized thematically, American Political Rhetoric allows students to explore the institutions of government and current controversies in civil rights, race, gender, and America's role in the world as the issues have evolved over time

Programmatische Texte zu Feminismus und Frauenbewegung des 20. Jahrhunderts IBU eine Einführung in Geschichte und Theorie der neueren Frauenbewegung, für Studium und Weiterbildung. IBM Wegweisende feministische Diskurse und Politiken wurden hier zusammengestellt und in ihrem historischen Kontext sowie in ihrer Bedeutung für die Geschichte der Frauen kommentiert. In interdisziplinärem Zugriff wird der Blick auch auf prominente Vertreterinnen der Frauenbewegungen anderer Länder gerichtet. Mit der Bereitstellung der Quellen und weiterführender Literatur eignen sich die ?Klassikerinnen feministischer Theorie? insbesondere als Studien- und Textbücher für Gender Studies. Mit Texten von Virginia Woolf, Margaret Mead, Simone de Beauvoir, Viola Klein, Betty Friedan u.v.a. Schwerpunkte: Zwischen altem und neuem Feminismus, Sexualpolitik, Feminismus IBM Sozialismus, Frauen und (Haus-)Arbeit, Lesbischer Feminismus, Natur versus Kultur, Differenzfeminismus, Feministische Literaturtheorie, Literarischer Feminismus in der DDR. (Verlagsinformation) Quellensammlung, Geschichte der Frau

This monumental study is a comprehensive critical survey of the policy preferences of the American public, and will be the definitive work on American public opinion for some time to come. Drawing on an enormous body of public opinion data, Benjamin I. Page and Robert Y. Shapiro provide the richest available portrait of the political views of Americans, from the 1930's to 1990. They not only cover all types of domestic and foreign policy issues, but also consider how opinions vary by age, gender, race, region, and the like. The authors unequivocally

Packed with fun sessions and practical group activities, "Work with Young Women" presents a multitude of opportunities for young women to build self-esteem, confidence and assertiveness. From art activities to life story work, the author offers ideas for a wide range of projects, games, discussions, drama and role-play to engage and motivate. Issues covered include body image, positive relationships, bullying, keeping safe and healthy lifestyles. This second edition has also been updated and includes a new section on gender and stereotyping. The book features guidelines for facilitat

On December 2-3, 1984, India witnessed arguably the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, which continues to this day as an economic, medical, environmental, and political disaster. Surviving Bhopal draws on oral testimonials of the affected community and analyzes the cause and aftermath of the disaster from the perspective of those who suffered the severe consequences of systemic failure and travesty of justice. The event resulted in a resistance movement, led by women, against corporate and state power. Mukherjee explores the underlying gender politics, showing how activism challenged and redefined the contemporary model of development.

Social policy and the health crisis in the new Russia / Nadia Davidova ... [et al.] -- Measuring the population's health / Nataliya Tikhonova -- Understanding health / Svetlana Goryunova and Nataliya Tikhonova -- Inequalities and health / Nataliya Tikhonova -- Poverty in post-reform Russia / Nadia Davidova -- Poverty and health : the longitudinal experience / Nadia Davidova -- Health and employment / Inna Nazarova -- Access to health care and self-care / Inna Nazarova -- Health behaviour / Irina Popova -- Gender, health, and poverty / Irina Popova -- Life stories of ten Russian households : the sequence of events over ten years of reform / Nadia Davidova (with linking material by Karen George)

In this candid memoir, James Schroeder shares his experience as the husband of former US congresswoman Pat Schroeder, one of the best-known women in American politics and current president of the Association of American Publishers. Recounting his experience as "Mr. Pat Schroeder," James looks at how men come to terms with today's evolving gender roles and the challenges and compromises of two-career families. James Schroeder is the husband of former congresswoman Pat Schroeder, whom he met at Harvard Law School. He practiced law for many years and served in the Clinton administration as deputy

Are Indian women powerful mother goddesses, or domestic handmaidens trailing behind men in literacy, wages, opportunities, and rights? Have they been agents of their own destinies, or voiceless victims of patriarchy? Behind these colorful over-simplifications lies the reality of many feminine personas belonging to various classes, ethnicities, religions, and castes. This two-volume set looks at Indian history from ancient to modern times, revealing precisely why ideas of gender rights were not static across eras or regions. Raman's work is a reflection on the various ways in which women in a

The extent and nature of rights; the sources of state power; the promises and pitfalls of democracy; how to achieve a just distribution of social goods; the claims of culture and gender on our identity: these are just some of the issues to have been addressed by political philosophers throughout history to the present day. Politics: Key Concepts in Philosophy offers a thorough and stimulating account of political philosophy. The text is structured thematically in order to convey the vibrancy of debates within the discipline. Through these debates the text addresses the ideas of major thinkers

"This book discusses a critical analysis of the cultural atmosphere surrounding young women of color and the influence of this culture on their development as females in a society that embodies race, class and gender as the forefront of self-identity. Analyzing magazines and popular series novels, television shows, social and academic spaces and personal life experiences of young women of color, the book explores from historical forms of understanding and interpreting females of color and their role in youth culture to what those practices and spaces look like today."--Publisher's description

We Fight to Win offers a compelling account of young people's attempts to get involved in community politics, and documents the battles waged to form youth movements and create social change in schools and neighborhoods. Focusing on adolescence and political action and deftly exploring the ways that the politics of youth activism are structured by age inequality as well as race, class, and gender, Hava Rachel Gordon compares the struggles and successes of two movements: a mostly white, middle-class youth activist network in Portland, Oregon, and a working-class network of minority youth in Oak

What is black culture? Does it have an essence? What do we lose and gain by assuming that it does, and by building our laws accordingly? This bold and provocative book questions the common presumption of political multiculturalism that social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality are defined by distinctive cultural practices. Richard Ford argues against law reform proposals that would attempt to apply civil rights protections to "cultural difference." Unlike many criticisms of multiculturalism, which worry about "reverse discrimination" or the erosion of core Western cult

In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of ""conspicuous signs"" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds France's values of secular liberalism and regard the headscarf as symbolic of Islam's resistance to modernity. The Politics of the Veil is an explosive refutation of this view, one that bears important implications for us all. Joan Wallach Scott, the renowned pioneer of gender studies, argues that the law is symptomatic of France's failure t