Combining transnationalism and exoticism, transorientalism is the new orientalism of the age of globalization. With its roots in earlier times, it is a term that emphasizes alteration, mutation, and exchange between cultures. While the familiar orientalisms persist, transorienta…
Når det kommer til trommer er Leah Bruke vanligvis i takt, men ellers i livet er ikke alt like rytmisk. Leah er datter av en alenemor og hun er ikke like privilegert som vennene sine. Moren vet at Leah er biseksuell, men hun tør ikke å fortelle det til vennene. Ikke en gang til …
Leah har helt styr på beatet, når hun spiller på trommer i sit pigeband. Leah er biseksuel, men det er det kun Leah og hendes mor der ved. Leah må sande, at det ikke er helt nemt at holde takten, når man er ved at udvikle et crush på en veninde
About a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University
Privilege: a reader
The personal and analytical essays in this collection explore the multifaceted nature of social location and consider how gender, class, race, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, and religion interact to create nuanced layers of privilege and oppression
Prominent sociologist Charles Lemert compellingly argues that race is the central feature of modern culture; this was true for the 20th century and it will be true for the 21st. If we want to understand how the world works, Lemert explains, we must understand the centrality of r…
What makes us divide the world into ' us' and ' them'? How can we exert social influence over others? When does a peaceful protest turn into a riot? Why are some politicians heroes one day and villains the next? Where do we find the resources to resist authoritarian regimes? Tak…
Focusing on autonomy in countries whose societies are marked by ethnic diversity, this work examines the effects of territorial solutions to the safeguarding of cultural identities. Contributors distinguish among types of autonomy and their impact on pluralism, democracy and uni…
Roads to confederation: the making of Canada, 1867
Roads to Confederation surveys the way in which scholars from different disciplines, writing in different periods, viewed the Confederation process and the making of Canada. Recognizing that Confederation has been traditionally defined as a process affecting only British North A…
"Handbook of Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations provides a detailed examination of the current methods and theoretical frameworks for conducting research with LGBT populations. Introducing greater nuance in designing and implementing research model…
