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The Parallel Lives of Women and Cows

Meat Markets

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Series series Social Sciences (R0)
Weaving together a social history of the American beef industry with her own account of growing up in the shadow of her grandfather's cattle business, Halley juxtaposes the two worlds and creates a link between the meat industry and her own experience of the formation of gender and sexuality through family violence. ... Read more

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Weaving together a social history of the American beef industry with her own account of growing up in the shadow of her grandfather's cattle business, Halley juxtaposes the two worlds and creates a link between the meat industry and her own experience of the formation of gender and sexuality through family violence.
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Ever Downward

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In a world where a mysterious new oceanic trench has formed, it is up to a lone man to descend into the depths and discover its darkest secrets. What will he find, and will he even live to tell anyone?For fans of the deep sea and ominous quests into the unknown, this short story about his bone-chilling adventures is for you. Headphones are highly recommended for the best listening experience! ... Read more

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In a world where a mysterious new oceanic trench has formed, it is up to a lone man to descend into the depths and discover its darkest secrets. What will he find, and will he even live to tell anyone?For fans of the deep sea and ominous quests into the unknown, this short story about his bone-chilling adventures is for you. Headphones are highly recommended for the best listening experience!
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Stretching the Sociological Imagination

Essays in Honour of John Eldridge

Edited by Andrew Smith, Matt Dawson, Bridget Fowler, David Miller ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This edited collection calls for renewed attention to the concept of the sociological imagination, allowing social scientists to link private issues to public troubles. Inspired by the eminent Glasgow-based sociologist, John Eldridge, it re-engages with the concept and shows how it can be applied to analyzing society today. ... Read more

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This edited collection calls for renewed attention to the concept of the sociological imagination, allowing social scientists to link private issues to public troubles. Inspired by the eminent Glasgow-based sociologist, John Eldridge, it re-engages with the concept and shows how it can be applied to analyzing society today.
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Sports and The Global South

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by S. Janaka Biyanwila ...

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This book reimagines the pleasures of sports and provides a critical perspective from the Global South. Analysing the spread of sports markets in Sri Lanka along with a range of struggles, the book highlights how the celebration of ‘sportive nationalism,’ promoting sports markets in the Global South reinforces patriarchal ethno-nationalist authoritarian sports cultures.By explaining how the realm
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Big Science Transformed

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The Dialectic of Taste

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Craft and the Creative Economy

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Craft and the Creative Economy examines the place of craft and making in the contemporary cultural economy, with a distinctive focus on the ways in which this creative sector is growing exponentially as a result of online shopfronts and home-based micro-enterprise, 'mumpreneurialism' and downshifting, and renewed demand for the handmade. ... Read more

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Craft and the Creative Economy examines the place of craft and making in the contemporary cultural economy, with a distinctive focus on the ways in which this creative sector is growing exponentially as a result of online shopfronts and home-based micro-enterprise, 'mumpreneurialism' and downshifting, and renewed demand for the handmade.
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The Halal Frontier

Muslim Consumers in a Globalized Market

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Series series Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Dance has proliferated in movies, television, Internet, and retail spaces while the spiritual power of dance has also been linked with mass consumption. Walter marries the cultural studies of dance and the religious aspects of dance in an exploration of consumption rituals, including rituals of being persuaded to buy products that include dance.
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China Ethnic Statistical Yearbook 2016

by Rongxing Guo ...

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This book, comprised of entirely original research, collects data on the socioeconomic situation of China’s 56 ethnic groups. Although the majority of China’s population is of the Han nationality (which accounts for more than 90% of China’s population), the non-Han ethnic groups have a population of more than 100 million. China has officially identified, except for other unknown ethnic groups and ... Read more

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This book, comprised of entirely original research, collects data on the socioeconomic situation of China’s 56 ethnic groups. Although the majority of China’s population is of the Han nationality (which accounts for more than 90% of China’s population), the non-Han ethnic groups have a population of more than 100 million. China has officially identified, except for other unknown ethnic groups and
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Cosmopolitanism, Markets, and Consumption

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Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book addresses the complicated question of how markets and consumption create the possibilities for cross-cultural exchanges and the multicultural pleasures of omnivorous consumption, whilst at the same time building new boundaries and distinctions, paving the way for new exploitative relationships, and initiating novel modes of status and capital accumulation. The contributors identify that ... Read more

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This book addresses the complicated question of how markets and consumption create the possibilities for cross-cultural exchanges and the multicultural pleasures of omnivorous consumption, whilst at the same time building new boundaries and distinctions, paving the way for new exploitative relationships, and initiating novel modes of status and capital accumulation. The contributors identify that
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Locating Cultural Work

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Drawing upon field work and interviews with cultural workers in the UK and Australia, this book examines the cultural work experiences of rural, regional and remotely located creative practitioners, and how this sits within local economies and communities. ... Read more

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