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How to Tackle Poverty with Co-Produced Activism

Knowledge from Lived Experience

by Lynne Ball, Alimany Bangura, Ibrahim Bangura, Christopher Burns, Amanda Button, Eva Carillo Roas, Robert Chigangaidze, David Coffin, Aleks Collingwoood, Niall Cooper, Thomas Croft, Sam Crowe, Helen Davies, Corrina Eastwood, Dylan Eastwood, Beyene Rahwa Gebretatios, Andrew Grinnel, Lara Groves, Sarah Haydon, Justina Hefton, Martin Johnstone, Tracy Knight, Rachel Krengel, Melanie Lock, Amy Marsdon, Thomas Mayes, Maria McCauley, Helena McDonald, Valerie McKie, Gráinne McMahon, Ryan McMurdo, Carrie-Anne Mizen, Caroline Mockford, Rhetta Ann Moran, Kirsten Nott, Rebecca Nunes, Funmilayo Olaniyan, Philip Parkes, Annon Pedro, Steven Porter, Kartik Raj, Jill Salt, Brian Scott, Erin Simmons, Steven Tamblin, Kidi Teklemariam, Nadine Travers, Emma Wincup, Joanna Young ...

Can we truly address poverty without centring the voices of those who live it? Bringing together voices from academia, grassroots activism, NGOs and the UK voluntary sector, this timely and accessible book explores how participatory approaches to activism can drive genuine, inclusive change.Through short, focused chapters, the authors critically unpack the contested definitions of ‘co-production’, ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Can we truly address poverty without centring the voices of those who live it? Bringing together voices from academia, grassroots activism, NGOs and the UK voluntary sector, this timely and accessible book explores how participatory approaches to activism can drive genuine, inclusive change.Through short, focused chapters, the authors critically unpack the contested definitions of ‘co-production’,
... Read more
Envisioning African Intersex

Challenging Colonial and Racist Legacies in South African Medicine

by Amanda Lock Swarr ...

Since the 1600s, travelers, scientists, and doctors have claimed that “hermaphroditism” and intersex are disproportionately common among black South Africans. In Envisioning African Intersex Amanda Lock Swarr debunks this claim by interrogating contemporary intersex medicine and demonstrating its indivisibility from colonial ideologies and scientific racism. Tracing the history of racialized ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Since the 1600s, travelers, scientists, and doctors have claimed that “hermaphroditism” and intersex are disproportionately common among black South Africans. In Envisioning African Intersex Amanda Lock Swarr debunks this claim by interrogating contemporary intersex medicine and demonstrating its indivisibility from colonial ideologies and scientific racism. Tracing the history of racialized
... Read more
Retelling the Past in Contemporary Greek Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

by Trine Stauning Willert, Gerasimus Katsan, Georgia Aitaki, Maria Akritidou, Yiorgos Anagnostou, Patricia Felisa Barbeito, Vangelis Calotychos, Maria Chalkou, Karen Emmerich0, Constantina Georgiadi1, Vassiliki Kaisidou2, Sonia Liza Kenterman3, Kostis Kornetis4, Jessica Kourniakti5, Charles Lock6, Amanda Michalopoulou7, Sophia Nikolaidou8 ...

This book deals with historical consciousness and its artistic expressions in contemporary Greece since 1989 from the point of view that contemporary Greeks have been faced with the contradictions between on the one hand a glorious, world-famous yet distant past and, on the other, a traumatic contemporary history of wars, expulsions, civil strife and political and economic crises. Such clashes of ... Read more

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This book deals with historical consciousness and its artistic expressions in contemporary Greece since 1989 from the point of view that contemporary Greeks have been faced with the contradictions between on the one hand a glorious, world-famous yet distant past and, on the other, a traumatic contemporary history of wars, expulsions, civil strife and political and economic crises. Such clashes of
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Sex in Transition

Remaking Gender and Race in South Africa

by Amanda Lock Swarr ...

Argues that South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation relied on an unexamined but interrelated system of sexed oppression that was at once both rigid and flexible.Honorable Mention, 2013 Ruth Benedict Book Prize presented by the Association for Queer AnthropologyHonorable Mention, 2014 Distinguished Book Award presented by the Section on Sexualities of the American Sociological ... Read more

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Argues that South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation relied on an unexamined but interrelated system of sexed oppression that was at once both rigid and flexible.Honorable Mention, 2013 Ruth Benedict Book Prize presented by the Association for Queer AnthropologyHonorable Mention, 2014 Distinguished Book Award presented by the Section on Sexualities of the American Sociological
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Till the Yule Log Burns Out

by Kay Hanifen, David Washburn, Greta T Bates, Julia Lewis, Nick Aucoin, Zach Swasta, Loki Dewitt, M. Rook Grimsley, Nikki Kossaris ...

Narrated by Kay Hanifen, Skylar Rose0, Stuart Christenson1, Bernie Horton2, Kat Pepin3, Kaitlyn Brooke4, Dana Christie5, Abi Ing6, Mana T. Johnson7, Donte Montgomery8, Ash Albiniak9, Doug Grosser0, Amanda Lock1 ...

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No rest ye frightened gentlemenFull of horror and dismay…When the St. Wenceslas Episcopal Church choir bus gets trapped in a snowdrift on the way to a Christmas Eve competition, the eleven members find their way to an inn run by the mysterious Innkeeper. Though disappointed that they won't get to the competition, they decide to make the best of it by opening their Secret Santa gifts.But the gifts ... Read more

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No rest ye frightened gentlemenFull of horror and dismay…When the St. Wenceslas Episcopal Church choir bus gets trapped in a snowdrift on the way to a Christmas Eve competition, the eleven members find their way to an inn run by the mysterious Innkeeper. Though disappointed that they won't get to the competition, they decide to make the best of it by opening their Secret Santa gifts.But the gifts
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Critical Transnational Feminist Praxis

Edited by Amanda Lock Swarr, Richa Nagar ...

Series series SUNY series, Praxis: Theory in Action
Investigates the theory and practice of transnational feminist approaches to scholarship and activism.Provocative, timely, and global, this volume offers a critical and grounded engagement with transnational feminism through the lens of praxis-the juncture of theory and practice. In so doing, it grapples with questions of power and representation while remaining deeply committed to radical ... Read more

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Investigates the theory and practice of transnational feminist approaches to scholarship and activism.Provocative, timely, and global, this volume offers a critical and grounded engagement with transnational feminism through the lens of praxis-the juncture of theory and practice. In so doing, it grapples with questions of power and representation while remaining deeply committed to radical
... Read more

Trans

When Ideology Meets Reality

by Helen Joyce ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and a Times, Spectator and Observer Book of the Year 2021‘In the first decade of this century, it was unthinkable that a gender-critical book could even be published by a prominent publishing house, let alone become a bestseller.’ Louise Perry, New Statesman‘Thank goodness for Helen Joyce.’ Christina Patterson, Sunday Times‘Rea... ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and a Times, Spectator and Observer Book of the Year 2021‘In the first decade of this century, it was unthinkable that a gender-critical book could even be published by a prominent publishing house, let alone become a bestseller.’ Louise Perry, New Statesman‘Thank goodness for Helen Joyce.’ Christina Patterson, Sunday Times‘Rea...
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"You're in the Wrong Bathroom!"

And 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions About Transgender and Gender-NonconformingPeople

by Laura Erickson-Schroth, Laura A. Jacobs ...

Series Book 6 - Myths Made in America
This “insightful and instructive primer” debunks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about transgender issues—“buy this book and share it with [your] whole family” (Bust)From Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner to Thomas Beatie (“the pregnant man”) and transgender youth, coverage of trans lives has been exploding—yet so much misinformation persists. Bringing together the medical, social ... Read more

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This “insightful and instructive primer” debunks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about transgender issues—“buy this book and share it with [your] whole family” (Bust)From Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner to Thomas Beatie (“the pregnant man”) and transgender youth, coverage of trans lives has been exploding—yet so much misinformation persists. Bringing together the medical, social
... Read more
Rethinking Who We Are

Critical Reflections on Human Diversity in Canada

by Paul U. Angelini ...

Rethinking Who We Are takes a non-conventional approach to understanding human difference in Canada. Contributors to this volume critically re-examine Canadian identity by rethinking who we are and what we are becoming by scrutinizing the “totality” of difference. Included are analyses on the macro differences among Canadians, such as the disparities produced from unequal treatment under Canadian ... Read more

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Rethinking Who We Are takes a non-conventional approach to understanding human difference in Canada. Contributors to this volume critically re-examine Canadian identity by rethinking who we are and what we are becoming by scrutinizing the “totality” of difference. Included are analyses on the macro differences among Canadians, such as the disparities produced from unequal treatment under Canadian
... Read more
Epidemic Illusions

On the Coloniality of Global Public Health

by Eugene T Richardson ...

A physician-anthropologist explores how public health practices--from epidemiological modeling to outbreak containment--help perpetuate global inequities.In Epidemic Illusions, Eugene Richardson, a physician and an anthropologist, contends that public health practices--from epidemiological modeling and outbreak containment to Big Data and causal inference--play an essential role in perpetuating a ... Read more

$27.19 CAD

A physician-anthropologist explores how public health practices--from epidemiological modeling to outbreak containment--help perpetuate global inequities.In Epidemic Illusions, Eugene Richardson, a physician and an anthropologist, contends that public health practices--from epidemiological modeling and outbreak containment to Big Data and causal inference--play an essential role in perpetuating a
... Read more
The Transgender Issue

Trans Justice Is Justice for All

by Shon Faye ...

An incisive case for trans justice from a powerful new voiceIn this brilliant introduction to trans politics, journalist Shon Faye gives an incisive overview of systemic transphobia and argues that the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice.So often, Faye argues, trans people are understood as a “side issue,” the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

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An incisive case for trans justice from a powerful new voiceIn this brilliant introduction to trans politics, journalist Shon Faye gives an incisive overview of systemic transphobia and argues that the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice.So often, Faye argues, trans people are understood as a “side issue,” the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized
... Read more

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Vaccine Hesitancy

Public Trust, Expertise, and the War on Science

by Maya Goldenberg ...

Winner, 2022 PSA Women's Caucus Prize in Feminist Philosophy of Science AwardThe public has voiced concern over the adverse effects of vaccines from the moment Dr. Edward Jenner introduced the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. The controversy over childhood immunization intensified in 1998, when Dr. Andrew Wakefield linked the MMR vaccine to autism. Although Wakefield’s findings were later ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Winner, 2022 PSA Women's Caucus Prize in Feminist Philosophy of Science AwardThe public has voiced concern over the adverse effects of vaccines from the moment Dr. Edward Jenner introduced the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. The controversy over childhood immunization intensified in 1998, when Dr. Andrew Wakefield linked the MMR vaccine to autism. Although Wakefield’s findings were later
... Read more

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