Jeffrey C. Alexander & Bernhard Giesen 
Social Performance [PDF ebook] 
Symbolic Action, Cultural Pragmatics, and Ritual

In a society where sexualized media has become background noise, we are frequently discouraged from frank and open discussions about sex and offered few tools for understanding sexual behaviors and s …

This book offers practical insight into the changing ways in which organizations operate today. Building on a groundbreaking concept of teal organizations, the book illustrates the practicality of ad …

Prior research has tended to mirror popular representations of the female sex worker as a morally flawed individual and a victim of circumstances beyond her control. Sex Work and Female Self-Empowe …

Mass media are essential to democratic society; in contrast, the War on Terror has been interpreted as an assault on democracy and freedom by Islamic fundamentalists. The building and maintenance of …

This book examines the importance of prenatal, birth, and postnatal factors in determining the extent of 'risk’ that may be predicted for an infant in the first year of life and in early childhood. …

Sport has long been a paradoxical environment with respect to issues of ”race”, ethnicity, and identity. For much of the twentieth century, sports around the world were enclaves of difference. Whit …

Learn the causes ofand consequences fromelder abuse of men For the most part, often only women are considered the victims of elder abuse. However, men are also subject to this disturbing social probl …

Large carnivores include iconic species such as bears, wolves and big cats. Their habitats are increasingly being shared with humans, and there is a growing number of examples of human-carnivore coex …

In Globalized Nostalgia, Christina Ceisel shows how national identity is being remade for the global marketplace. Through media, cultural events, foodways, and personal narratives, we see how notions …

This book identifies, analyses and discusses the nexus of legal issues that have emerged in recent years around sexuality and gender. It audits these against specific human rights requirements and ev …