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This book is about learning and ethnography in the context of technologies. Simultaneously, it portrays young people”s ‘thinking attitudes’ in computer-based learning environments, and it describes …

First published in 1998. This is Volume IX, of nine in the Sociology of Culture series and looks at the a comparative essay on the structure and functioning of a major entertainment industry: the cin …

From Prague to Tennessee to Brazil, it”s hard to find a consensus on what constitutes an average family. In today”s world, the nuclear family is rarely the standard family structure, if it ever was …

First published in 1998. This is Volume VIII of the fifteen in the Sociology of Gender and the Family series. This research was designed to explore primarily the relationship between theory and pract …

Asian American Sexualities works to dispel the stereotype of oriental sexual decadence, as well as the ‘model minority’ heterosexual Asian sterotype in the US. Writing from an impressive array of int …

Strong and Smart – Towards a Pedagogy for Emancipation tells the story of how Dr Chris Sarra overcame low expectations for his future to become an educator who has sought to change the tide of l …

Collective and group-based pride is currently covered across a number of disciplines including nationalism studies, sociology and social psychology, with little communication between fields. This mul …

First published in 1987, this book presents contributions from international authorities reviewing major themes in variant sexuality. Genetic and evolutionary arguments are presented for the preponde …

Reproductions of Reproduction is about the loss of the paternal metaphor and how the ensuing scramble to relocate it has set off a series of representational crises. Examining the sudden popularity o …

Since the 9.11 attacks in North America and the accession of the Schengen Accord in Europe there has been widespread concern with international borders, the passage of people and the flow of informat …