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  • Chinatown, Honolulu

    Place, Race, and Empire

    de Nancy E. Riley ...
    The Chinese experience in Hawai‘i has long been told as a story of inclusion and success. During the Cold War, the United States touted the Chinese community in Hawai‘i as an example of racial harmony and American opportunity, claiming that all ethnic groups had the possibility to attain middle-class lives. Today, Honolulu’s Chinatown is not only a destination for tourism and consumption but also ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Population in China

    de Nancy E. Riley ...
    Series series China Today
    China is home to a fifth of the world�s inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. The state has played a direct role in these changes, seeing population control as an important part of its intention to modernize the country.In this insightful new work, ... Leer más

    $19.00 USD

  • Controlling Reproduction

    Women, Society, and State Power

    de Nancy E. Riley, Nilanjana Chatterjee ...
    Controlling reproduction – who has children, how many, and when – is important to states, communities, families, and individuals across the globe. However, the stakes are even higher than might at first be appreciated: control over reproduction is an incredibly powerful tool.Contests over reproduction necessarily involve control over women and their bodies. Yet because reproduction is so ... Leer más

    $20.00 USD

  • Making Families Through Adoption

    de Nancy E. Riley, Krista E. Van Vleet ...
    Series series Contemporary Family Perspectives (CFP)
    Making Families Through Adoption provides a comprehensive look at adoption practices both in the United States and in other cultures, and a general understanding of the practices and ideology of kinship and family. The subject of adoption allows a window into discussions of what constitutes family or kin, the role of biological connectedness, oversight of parenting practices by the state, and the ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Gender, Work, and Family in a Chinese Economic Zone

    Laboring in Paradise

    de Nancy E Riley ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the dynamics of power within the families of married women who have migrated from rural areas to China's Dalian Economic Zone. Engaging the question of whether waged work gives women power in their families, this ethnographic study finds that women do indeed use their new positions and urban status to negotiate their family status. However, women use these new resources not ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • International Handbook on Gender and Demographic Processes

    Edición de Nancy E. Riley, Jan Brunson ...
    Series Libro 8 - International Handbooks of Population
    This handbook presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of gender in demography, addressing the many different influences of gender that arise from or influence demographic processes. It collects in one volume the key issues and perspectives in this area, whereby demography is broadly defined. The purpose in casting a wide net is to cover the range of work being done within demography, but ... Leer más

    $395.99 USD

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  • A Sociology of Family Life

    Change and Diversity in Intimate Relations

    de Deborah Chambers, Pablo Gracia ...
    Family relations are undergoing dramatic changes globally and locally. At the same time, certain features of family life endure. This popular book, now in a fully updated second edition, presents a comprehensive assessment of recent research on 'family', parenting, childhood and interpersonal ties.A Sociology of Family Life queries assumptions about a disintegration of 'the family' by revealing a ... Leer más

    $23.00 USD

  • Body Politics in Development

    Critical Debates in Gender and Development

    de Wendy Harcourt ...
    Body Politics in Development sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilizing force for human rights in the last two decades. This passionate and engaging book reveals how once-tabooed issues, such as rape, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive rights, have emerged into the public arena as critical grounds of contention and struggle.Engaging in the latest feminist ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Reproduction, Globalization, and the State

    New Theoretical and Ethnographic Perspectives

    de Rayna Rapp, Susan L. Erikson ...
    Reproduction, Globalization, and the State conceptualizes and puts into practice a global anthropology of reproduction and reproductive health. Leading anthropologists offer new perspectives on how transnational migration and global flows of communications, commodities, and biotechnologies affect the reproductive lives of women and men in diverse societies throughout the world. Based on research ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • No Turning Back

    The History of Feminism and the Future of Women

    de Estelle Freedman ...
    Repeatedly declared dead by the media, the women’s movement has never been as vibrant as it is today. Indeed as Stanford professor and award-winning author Estelle B. Freedman argues in her compelling new book, feminism has reached a critical momentum from which there is no turning back. A truly global movement, as vital and dynamic in the developing world as it is in the West, feminism has helped ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Contemporary China

    Society and Social Change

    de Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson, Andrew B. Kipnis ...
    China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society. It explores topics such as family life, citizenship, gender, ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Rethinking Who We Are

    Critical Reflections on Human Diversity in Canada

    de Paul U. Angelini ...
    Rethinking Who We Are takes a non-conventional approach to understanding human difference in Canada. Contributors to this volume critically re-examine Canadian identity by rethinking who we are and what we are becoming by scrutinizing the “totality” of difference. Included are analyses on the macro differences among Canadians, such as the disparities produced from unequal treatment under Canadian ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD