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Sport Gender and Power The Rise of Roller Derby

Sport Gender and Power The Rise of Roller Derby

As a new breed of lifestyle sport enthusiasts ’derby grrrls’ are pushing the boundaries of gender as they negotiate the nexus of pleasure pain and power relations. Offering a socio-cultural analysis of the rise and reinvention of roller derby as both a new globalized women’s sport and an everyday creative leisure space this book explores the manner in which roller derby has emerged as a gendered space for self-transformation belonging and embodied contest in which women are invited to experience their emotions differently embrace pain and overcome limits. Sport Gender and Power: The Rise of Roller Derby presents detailed interview ethnographic and autoethnographic material together with a range of media texts to shed new light on the complex relationships of power experienced by women in derby as a sport culture whilst also examining the darker relationships that characterise the sport including those of inclusion and exclusion difference and identity and competition and participation. A contemporary feminist study of empowerment sexual difference gender and affect this book will appeal to scholars of gender and sexuality embodiment feminist thought and the sociology of sport and leisure. | Sport Gender and Power The Rise of Roller Derby

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Gender Sport and the Role of Alter Ego in Roller Derby

Gender Sport and the Role of Alter Ego in Roller Derby

Gender Sport and the Role of the Alter Ego in Roller Derby focuses on the resurgence of roller derby by examining the appeal and dedication to a sport that combines the masculine aggression and physicality of sport with a more feminine or alternative style of organizing and community building. No longer a scripted sport filled with fake fighting and hair pulling derby though still dangerous has nevertheless exploded in popularity around the world. Drawing on data from in-depth interviews with women players Colleen Arendt reveals how derby has come to serve as a site of gender rebellion and emancipation that empowers participants. She demonstrates how players find roller derby a place to build friendships and support networks while giving back to their community. The book also analyzes the adoption of derby personas or alter egos which many players use. While many players derive joy and other benefits from their derby personas others argue that personas and alter egos detract from the athleticism and legitimacy of the sport. Finally by considering the relationship between gender sport society and power this book tries to answer the question: Why derby? Why now? | Gender Sport and the Role of Alter Ego in Roller Derby

GBP 18.99
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Cultural Complexes in China Japan Korea and Taiwan Spokes of the Wheel

Cultural Complexes in China Japan Korea and Taiwan Spokes of the Wheel

Thomas Singer presents a unique collection which examines cultural complexes in four parts of East Asia: China Japan Korea and Taiwan. From ancestor worship in China to the kimchi bitch meme of South Korea the wounded feminine in Taiwan and hikikomori in Japan the contributors take a Jungian lens to aspects of culture and shine a light on themes including gender archetypes consciousness social roles and political relations. This insightful and timely book will be essential reading for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian ideas politics sociology and Asian studies. It will also be of great interest to Jungian analysts in practice and in training. | Cultural Complexes in China Japan Korea and Taiwan Spokes of the Wheel

GBP 32.99
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Soulfulness The Marriage of Shamanic And Contemporary Psychology

Soulfulness The Marriage of Shamanic And Contemporary Psychology

This book brings the wisdom of the ancient healing practice of shamanism together with the insights of contemporary psychology to provide an integrated approach to the treatment of traumatic symptoms. 'Soulfulness' has two historic shamanic roots: Mayan and Native American psychology - a psychology of Self - as expressed in the many aspects of the Medicine Wheel the wheel of health and wholeness; and the Shamanic Journey and Soul Retrieval as practiced in traditional societies throughout the world notably the Tungus tribes of Siberia. This book presents the ancient wisdom of shamanic theory and practice in a form which is fit for use within the mainstream of twenty-first century psychotherapeutic endeavour including an extensive explanation of Shamanic Psychology and a practical description of the ceremonies of the Shamanic Journey and Soul Retrieval. | Soulfulness The Marriage of Shamanic And Contemporary Psychology

GBP 35.99
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Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy The Neuro Update Edition—An Integrative Approach for Exploring Desire and Intimacy

Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy The Neuro Update Edition—An Integrative Approach for Exploring Desire and Intimacy

The revised edition of this award-winning book offers thirty-three Neuro Updates which provide evidence-based data to help you recognize and explain the deeply transformational nature of the work. Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy looks beyond behavioral treatments pharmaceutical interventions and performance goals to a comprehensive picture of what your clients want and need when they enter sex therapy and offers creative ways to engage your clients in their own therapeutic process whether or not you are trained as a sex therapist. Central to Gina Ogden’s approach is her Four-Dimensional Wheel of Sexual Experience an innovative template that recognizes the full range of sexual issues: physical emotional mental and spiritual. The text is organized into five practice-oriented sections that introduce the 4-D Wheel; show you how you can use it with individuals couples and groups; and encourage you to explore it on your own. | Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy The Neuro Update Edition—An Integrative Approach for Exploring Desire and Intimacy

GBP 32.99
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Sweden Japan and the Long Second World War 1931-1945

Sweden Japan and the Long Second World War 1931-1945

We thank Ekman & Co AB and Gadelius Holding Ltd for their kind and generous support making this research available online for free. Lottaz and Ottosson explore the intricate relationship between neutral Sweden and Imperial Japan during the latter’s 15 years of warfare in Asia and in the Pacific. While Sweden’s relationship with European Axis powers took place under the premise of existential security concerns the case of Japan was altogether different. Japan never was a threat to Sweden militarily or economically. Nevertheless Stockholm maintained a close relationship with Tokyo until Japan’s surrender in 1945. This book explores the reasons for that and therefore provides a study on the rationale and the value of neutrality in the Long Second World War. Sweden Japan and the Long Second World War is a valuable resource for scholars of the Second World War and of the history of neutrality. | Sweden Japan and the Long Second World War 1931-1945

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The Spirit of Indian Philosophy

The Spirit of Indian Philosophy

First published in 1975 The Spirit of Indian Philosophy provides a systematic overview of Indian philosophy. The book is divided into four major parts dealing with Indian epistemology Indian metaphysics Indian ethics and Indian philosophy of religion. It makes a departure from usual method of investigating Indian philosophy by dealing with its different schools individually and separately. It discusses themes like sources of cognition; nature and criterion of true cognition; problem of error; materialism; realism; dualism; Indian theories of causation; reflective morality; the ethics of non-violence; Indian atheism and Indian religion of God to argue that the usual conception of Indian philosophy in general as religious spiritualistic and pessimistic is contrary to the fact that the doctrine of Karma transmigration and rebirth strictly speaking is incompatible with the Indian ways of thinking and in deed is an imposition upon them ab extra. This is an essential read for scholars and students of Indian philosophy.

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Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree

Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree

You will see no false nothing false tonight the Hypnotist Tim Crouch's second play collapses a tale of loss and grief into an exploration of theatrical representation in a piece of theatre that is at once formally innovative and profoundly moving. Written for two actors An Oak Tree depicts the fraught meeting of a grieving father and the stage hypnotist who was behind the wheel of the car that killed his daughter with the father played by a different actor at each performance walking on stage with no prior knowledge of the play. Catherine Love explores An Oak Tree's connections with conceptual art the unique process of its creation its interrogation of stage representation its relationship with audiences and its place as part of Crouch's ongoing body of work. | Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree

GBP 9.99
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Applying Personality-Informed Treatment Strategies to Clinical Practice A Theoretical and Practical Guide

Applying Personality-Informed Treatment Strategies to Clinical Practice A Theoretical and Practical Guide

A strategic approach for positive change tailored to the unique qualities of different individuals this text assists readers in factoring personality functioning into any psychotherapeutic undertaking providing a guide for comprehensive Personality-Informed assessment and treatment planning. Drawing upon research from across scientific disciplines chapters emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in effectuating enduring therapeutic change whilst dealing with clients’ unique personality styles. Also featured is Dr. Nevins’ Personality Wheel used throughout as a framework for therapeutically addressing the problematic personality patterns styles or traits related to most clients' presenting problems and for constructing healthy personality change. Graduate students and professionals will benefit from the book’s key insights into the major contributing factors underlying psychological distress due to maladaptive personality patterns styles and traits. | Applying Personality-Informed Treatment Strategies to Clinical Practice A Theoretical and Practical Guide

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Plain Pottery Traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East Production Use and Social Significance

Plain Pottery Traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East Production Use and Social Significance

The evolution and proliferation of plain and predominantly wheel-made pottery presents a characteristic feature of the societies of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean since the fourth millennium B. C. This plain pottery has received little detailed archaeological attention in comparison to aesthetically more pleasing and chronologically sensitive decorated traditions. Yet their simplicity and standardization suggest they are products of craft specialists the result of high-volume production and therefore important in understanding the social systems in early complex societies. This volume-reevaluates the role and significance of plain pottery traditions from both historically specific perspectives and from a comparative point of view;-examines the uses and functions of this pottery in relation to social negotiation and group identity formation;-helps scholars understand cross-regional similarities in development and use. | Plain Pottery Traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East Production Use and Social Significance

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Animal Suffering and Public Relations The Ethics of Persuasion in the Animal-Industrial Complex

Animal Suffering and Public Relations The Ethics of Persuasion in the Animal-Industrial Complex

Animal Suffering and Public Relations conducts an ethical assessment of public relations mainly persuasive communication and lobbying as deployed by some of the main businesses involved in the animal-industrial complex—the industries participating in the systematic and institutionalised exploitation of animals. Society has been experiencing a growing ethical concern regarding humans’ (ab)use of other animals. This is a trend first promoted by the development of animal ethics—which claims any sentient being because of sentience deserves moral consideration—and more recently by other approaches from the social sciences including critical animal studies. In this volume we aim to start an entirely unaddressed discussion within the field of public relations: The need to problematise the ethics of persuasion when nonhuman animal suffering is involved particularly the impact of persuasion and lobbying on compassion towards other animals in the cases of food experimentation entertainment and environmental management. This book provides an interdisciplinary theoretical discussion illustrated with international case studies from experts in strategic communication public relations lobbying and advocacy animal ethics philosophy of law political philosophy and social psychology. This unique book merges the fields of critical public relations animal ethics and critical animal studies and will be of direct appeal to a wide range of researchers academics and doctoral students across related fields. | Animal Suffering and Public Relations The Ethics of Persuasion in the Animal-Industrial Complex

GBP 130.00
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The Science of Motorsport

The Science of Motorsport

Despite its worldwide following high levels of investment and scientific complexity there is a lack of evidence-based literature on the science of human performance in motorsport. Focusing on the physiological psychological and sport medicine aspects of training performance injury and safety The Science of Motorsport is the first book to provide an accessible and up-to-date resource for stakeholders at all levels of motorsport. Addressing the physiological and psychological stresses of racing across a full range of sports from Formula 1 and IndyCar to NASCAR and endurance racing the book includes chapters on: • nutritional and physical training strategies for drivers; • the driver’s neck; • injury rates and pathologies of open-wheel driving; • return to competition from concussion; • driver safety; • and considerations for pit crews and safety staff. Accessibly written and made up of contributions from world-leading authorities in motorsport science research this is a crucial resource for racing drivers physical trainers pit crew members and safety personnel as well as researchers and students with an interest in applied sport physiology applied sport psychology or sport medicine.

GBP 36.99
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Mentoring Teachers in the Primary School A Practical Guide

Mentoring Teachers in the Primary School A Practical Guide

Mentoring Teachers in the Primary School helps mentors of trainee and newly qualified primary school teachers to both develop their own mentoring skills and provide the essential guidance their beginning teachers need as they navigate the roller-coaster of the first years in the classroom. Offering tried and tested strategies based on the best research it covers the knowledge skills and understanding every mentor needs. Together with tools for self-evaluation this book is a vital source of support and inspiration for all those involved in developing the next generation of outstanding teachers. Key topics for primary mentors include: the role of the mentor mentoring relationships mentoring in specialist areas mentoring development. Filled with guidance to support mentors’ own development as well as the development of beginning primary teachers Mentoring Teachers in the Primary School is a vital guide for mentors of primary school teachers both trainee and newly qualified with ready-to-use strategies that support and inspire mentors. | Mentoring Teachers in the Primary School A Practical Guide

GBP 27.99
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Dividing United Europe From Crisis to Fragmentation?

Dividing United Europe From Crisis to Fragmentation?

Pictures of Angela Merkel in a Nazi uniform the burning of German flags newspaper articles portraying Southern Europe as work-shy and Northern Europe as tight-fisted: The Eurozone crisis has thrown up old stereotypes; often digging into well-established historical images of ‘the other’. The conscious or tacit (ab)use of national prejudices by politicians and parts of the media and the strong emotional reactions among European citizens have caused a lot of public concern about the likely negative implications of such reawakening of national clichés and the newly hardening boundaries they construct for the process of European integration. It is evident that current and recent crises confront European citizens with profound dilemmas which they seek to make sense of and in response to which much new political mobilisation takes place. At the same time some of the interpretative and political reactions thus generated also have the potential to become very destructive processes putting into question years of integration efforts. This book brings together scholars who examine the nexus between (economic) crisis national identities and the use of historical images and prejudices and stereotypes by focusing particularly on media and political discourses in different European countries. In addition to detailed empirical discussions covering diverse national settings across Europe the different contributions discuss and offer a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches within the inter-disciplinary study of national identities prejudice and stereotyping in the context of socio-economic and political crises. This book was originally published as a Special Issue of National Identities. | Dividing United Europe From Crisis to Fragmentation?

GBP 38.99
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The Unconscious A Contemporary Introduction

The Unconscious A Contemporary Introduction

In The Unconscious: A Contemporary Introduction Joseph Newirth presents a critical and comparative analysis of the unconscious and its evolution from a positivist to a postmodern frame of reference. This book presents five theories each of which offers different and important conceptualizations of the unconscious and each of which contains a rich palate of ideas through which to approach clinical work. These psychoanalytic theories are thought of as spokes on a wheel emanating from the center of Freud’s concept of the unconscious. In addition to presenting Freud’s development of the unconscious Newirth includes discussions of interpersonal/relational psychoanalysis; developmental approaches to the unconscious including Kohut Winnicott and Fonagy; Kleinian approaches to the unconscious; and linguistic theories of the unconscious including Matte Blanco and Lacan. The last chapter illustrates the use of contemporary psychoanalytic concepts in the clinical work with a contemporary patient. The book encourages a comparative view of psychoanalytic theory and technique and aims to move to a more useful generalizable concept of the unconscious for the contemporary patient. This book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts psychologists and anyone interested in the evolution and application of the unconscious as a concept. | The Unconscious A Contemporary Introduction

GBP 19.99
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Soluzioni A Practical Grammar of Contemporary Italian

Soluzioni A Practical Grammar of Contemporary Italian

Soluzioni: A Practical Grammar of Contemporary Italian combines an engaging reference and practice grammar explained in clear and concise language with numerous supporting exercises. Aimed at keen students of all levels Soluzioni offers: a complete grammar review in tabular form for easy navigation and at-a-glance comprehension; 650 graded practice exercises with an answer key for self-assessment; extensive examples using a wide range of useful up-to-date vocabulary; authentic material from Italian media and literature with vocabulary notes and linked exercises to show how grammar works in practice; special help sections throughout dedicated to clarifying tricky points or avoiding common pitfalls; a comprehensive user-friendly index for ease of access in both Italian and English; a glossary of grammatical terms; a companion website at www. routledge. com/cw/derome with over 240 free interactive language quizzes for on-the-spot testing plus supplementary downloadable material such as a comprehensive verb section and full answer key to the book exercises. This fourth edition continues the accessible methodology and focus on contemporary usage that has made Soluzioni the clearest and most comprehensive pedagogic grammar on the market today. Fully updated it covers key areas of difficulty such as tense usage the subjunctive causative verbs combined pronouns and word order. It also pays attention to the links between grammar and communicative functions as well as those between grammar context and register. Suitable for class use and independent study Soluzioni is the ideal reference and practice resource for learners of Italian. It is particularly suitable for fast-track use in ab initio courses at university and college. | Soluzioni A Practical Grammar of Contemporary Italian

GBP 36.99
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The Geographical Guide of Ptolemy of Alexandria An Analysis

The Geographical Guide of Ptolemy of Alexandria An Analysis

This volume offers a detailed study of Ptolemy of Alexandria’s Geographical Guide whose eight books contain a wealth of geographical information unavailable elsewhere and represent the culmination of the Greco-Roman discipline of geography. Written near the middle of the second century ad the Geographical Guide is the most anomalous of the surviving works of ancient geographical scholarship but offers a vivid record of the expansion of geographical knowledge in antiquity. Roller examines this peculiar text which offers unique data about explorations in the far reaches of the inhabited world from Thoule and Hibernia in the northwest to Kattigara in the southeast and from Serike in northeastern Asia southwest into central Africa. He positions the Guide within the tradition of ancient geography and gives close attention to the reason why Ptolemy wrote the guide and how it contributes to the genre of geographical scholarship. There is also an emphasis on the topographic and ethnic material within the Guide that is new or unique especially explorations in sub-Saharan Africa and knowledge of the world beyond India. Because the Guide was written over half a century after the previous extant geographical work—the first books of Pliny’s Natural History—the book also assesses how knowledge of geography changed during this period. This work is an essential text for students and scholars of ancient geography and is also of interest to anyone working on the cultural history of the Roman Empire during this period. | The Geographical Guide of Ptolemy of Alexandria An Analysis

GBP 130.00
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Subcultures: The Basics

Subcultures: The Basics

Subcultures: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to subcultures in a global context. This fully revised new edition adds new case studies and an additional chapter on the digital lives of subculturists as well as reflections on the relationships between subcultures and globalisation and the resurgence of the far-right. Blending theory and practice this text examines a varied range of subcultures including hip hop graffiti writing heavy metal punk gamers burlesque parkour riot grrrl straight edge roller derby steampunk b-boying/b-girling body modification and skateboarding. Subcultures: The Basics answers the key questions posed by those new to the subject including: What is a subculture? What are the significant theories of subculture? How do subcultures emerge who participates and why? How do subcultural identities interact with other aspects of self such as social class race gender and sexual identity? What is the relationship between deviance resistance and the ‘mainstream’? How have both progressive and reactionary subculturists contributed to social change? How does society react to different subcultures? How have subcultures spread around the world? In what ways do digital technologies and social media influence subcultures? What happens when subculturists age? Tracing the history and development of subcultural theory to the present day this text is essential reading for all those studying subcultures in the contexts of sociology cultural studies history media studies anthropology musicology and criminology. It pushes the field forward with cutting-edge theories of resistance and social change place and space critical race and queer studies virtual participation and ageing and participation across the life course. Key terms and concepts are highlighted throughout the text whilst each chapter includes boxed case studies and signposts students to further reading and resources.

GBP 16.99
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Introduction to Cinematography Learning Through Practice

Introduction to Cinematography Learning Through Practice

Introduction to Cinematography offers a practical stage-by-stage guide to the creative and technical foundations of cinematography. Building from a skills-based approach focused on professional practice cinematographer and author Tania Hoser provides a step-by-step introduction for both cinematographers and camera assistants to the techniques processes and procedures of working with cameras lenses and light. She provides hands-on insight into negotiating with production constraints and understanding the essentials of the image workflow from shot to distribution on projects of any scope and budget. Richly illustrated the book incorporates exercises and sample scripts throughout exploring light color movement ‘blocking’ and pacing scenes. The principles and techniques of shaping and controlling light are applied to working with natural light film lamps and as with all areas of cinematography to low budget alternatives. This makes Introduction to Cinematography the perfect newcomer’s guide to learning the skills of cinematography that enables seamless progression from exercises through to full feature shoots. Assessment rubrics provide a framework to measure progress as the reader’s ability to visually interpret scripts and enhance the director’s vision develops. The book also teaches readers: To understand and develop the combination of skills and creativity involved in cinematography; Photographic principles and how they are applied to control focus exposure motion blur and image sharpness; To identify the roles and skills of each member of the camera department and how and when each are required during a shoot; The order and process of lighting on all scales of productions and the use and application of the four main types of lamps; How to use waveforms false color and zebras for monitoring light levels and meters for guiding exposure choices; The principles of the color wheel color palettes and the psychological effects of color choices; How to shoot for different types of fiction and nonfiction/documentary films and how to apply these skills to other genres of TV and film production; Strategies for both starting and progressing your career within cinematography and the camera department. **Winner of 'Best new Textbook in Humanities and Media Arts' in the Taylor and Francis Editorial Awards 2018** | Introduction to Cinematography Learning Through Practice

GBP 48.99
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