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  • Ageing, Sex and Disability

    New Aesthetics and Critical Perspectives

    by Brian de Vries, Paul Reynolds, Giulia Nazzaro, Nika Looman, Katrien De Graeve, Rose Cattana, Elizabeth Kleinfield, Jami McFarland, Maria Isolina Dabove, Josep Fabà Ribera, Feliciano Posada Villar, Mark Henrickson, Patricia Morgan, Mervyn Eastman, Cuauhtémoc Sánchez, Debra Harley ...
    Series series Sex and Intimacy in Later Life
    What if we reimagined ageing, illness and disability not as barriers to sexuality – but as starting points for new forms of desire, intimacy and pleasure?This groundbreaking book challenges the silence and stigma surrounding the sexuality of older, ill and disabled people. Drawing from sociology, health studies, cultural theory and lived experience, the authors explore diverse expressions of ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • International Perspectives on Reminiscence, Life Review and Life Story Work

    by Thomas W. Pierce, Ann N. Elliott, Bob Woods, Peter G. Coleman, Christine Ivani-Chalian, Maureen Robinson, Robyn Fivush, Jordan Booker, TsuAnn Kuo, Elizabeth MacKinlay, Emily Mroz, Susan Bluck, Cheryl Svensson, Brian de Vries, Jeffrey D. Webster, Christine Bryden, Philippe Cappeliez, Kate de Medeiros, Sara Stemen, Marian Ferguson, Geraldine Gallagher, Pam Schweitzer, Juliette Shellman, Julia McNeil, Gerben J. Westerhof, Mary O'Brien Tyrrell, Assumpta A. Ryan, Loriena Yancura, Esther Gieschen ...
    Examining recent research and practice on reminiscence, life review and life story work, this book offers critical accounts of the rapidly growing and extensive global literature, and highlights the continuing relevance and effectiveness of these therapeutic methods.The book includes examples of international practical projects, involving people of all ages, life circumstances, and levels of ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Gay and Lesbian Aging

    Research and Future Directions

    Edited by Gilbert Herdt, PhD, Brian De Vries, PhD ...
    The year 2003 marks the 30th anniversary of the landmark "declassification" of homosexuality as a disease by the American Psychiatric Association--a watershed in the lives of gays and lesbians in the United States. For the first time in history, a generation of self-identified lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender individuals are approaching retirement. This volume brings to the forefront ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Kinship Bereavement in Later Life

    A Special Issue of "Omega - Journal of Death and Dying"

    by Brian de Vries ...
    This collection of articles is an outgrowth of the Death, Dying, Bereavement and Widowhood Interest Group of the Gerontological Society of America and comprises empirical accounts of several distinct family losses: the death of a spouse, sibling, parent, child, and grandchild. These articles represent normative and non-normative losses; the juxtaposition of short-term and long- term bereavement ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Community-Based Research on LGBT Aging

    Edited by Brian De Vries, Catherine Croghan ...
    The study of LGBT aging is in its infancy. In the absence of federal data on this often hidden population, community groups and organizations from across the country have taken it upon themselves to understand and assess the needs of this first cohort to reach later life in a time of LGBT public consciousness.Eight papers are included in this compilation: three from the east coast (Boston, New ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

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    Practitioner Research for the Next Generation

    by Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Susan L. Lytle ...
    Series series Practitioner Inquiry Series
    In this long-awaited sequel to Inside/Outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge, two leaders in the field of practitioner research offer a radically different view of the relationship of knowledge and practice and of the role of practitioners in educational change. In their new book, the authors put forward the notion of inquiry as stance as a challenge to the current arrangements and outcomes of ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Asking the Right Questions 2

    Talking about sexual orientation and gender identity in mental health, counselling and addiction settings

    by Angela M. Barbara, PhD, Gloria Chaim, MSW, RSW ...
    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, transsexual, two-spirited, intersex and queer (LGBTTTIQ) people have specific life factors that relate to substance use and/or mental health problems. These factors include coming out, gender transition, societal oppression, loss of family support, isolation, and the prominence of bar culture in their communities.This manual will help counsellors create an ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Framed by Gender

    How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World

    by Cecilia L. Ridgeway ...
    In an advanced society like the U.S., where an array of processes work against gender inequality, how does this inequality persist? Integrating research from sociology, social cognition and psychology, and organizational behavior, Framed by Gender identifies the general processes through which gender as a principle of inequality rewrites itself into new forms of social and economic organization. ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The Sociology of Gender

    An Introduction to Theory and Research

    by Amy S. Wharton ...
    Featuring extensive revisions and updates, the Second Edition of The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research presents an introductory overview of gender theory and research, and continues to offer a unique and compelling approach to one of the most important topics in the field of sociology.Features extensive revisions and updates, and incorporates recent cross-national ... Read more

    $41.00 USD

  • Surviving Sexual Violence

    by Liz Kelly ...
    Series series Feminist Perspectives
    Women's awareness of the threat and reality of sexual violence is now perhaps more than ever publicly acknowledged. Yet this fact continues to be almost wholly ignored. This new study, based on in-depth interviews with 60 women, is the first to cover the experience of a range of forms of sexual violence over women's lifetimes. Drawing on feminist theory, developing a critique of male research and ... Read more

    $25.00 USD

  • The Lives of Transgender People

    by Genny Beemyn, , Ph.D., Susan Rankin ...
    Responding to a critical need for greater perspectives on transgender life in the United States, Genny Beemyn and Susan (Sue) Rankin apply their extensive expertise to a groundbreaking survey-one of the largest ever conducted in the U.S.-on gender development and identity-making among transsexual women, transsexual men, crossdressers, and genderqueer individuals. With nearly 3,500 participants, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Explaining Crime

    A Primer in Criminological Theory

    by Hugh D. Barlow, David Kauzlarich ...
    This book provides a concise but comprehensive review of the full range of classic and contemporary theories of crime. With separate chapters on the nature and use of criminological theory as well as theoretical application, the authors render the difficult task of explaining crime more understandable to the introductory student. All of the main theories in criminology are reviewed including ... Read more

    $42.89 USD