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Enterprising Women
Ethnicity, Economy and Gender Relations
Enterprising Women brings together black and white British women in a collection that confronts stereotypes of black British women and previous accounts of their lives....
Published January 13th 2004 by Routledge
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Power and the Social
Looking at the different ways power has been theorised from Hobbes to Giddens, this book analyzes the ways in which the theories have been applied. By bringing together theory and substantive analysis, this invaluable introductory text provides a clear and imaginative account of power and power...
Published October 31st 2001 by Routledge
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Trans-Nationalism and the Politics of Belonging
In this book, two leading authorities on migration and nationhood attempt to bridge the gap between experience and analysis, looking at: * the disorientating effects of space and time which migration creates * how migration affects our understanding of national affiliations and the nation state *...
Published November 22nd 2000 by Routledge
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Imagining Cities
Scripts, Signs and Memories
This book brings together some of the most recent and exciting work from within sociology and cultural studies. It examines urban theory, ethnic diversity and the politics of difference, nostalgia and memory and the image of the city....
Published November 13th 1996 by Routledge
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Remaking the Nation
Identity and Politics in Latin America
Remaking the Nation presents new ways of thinking about the nation, nationalism and national identities. Drawing links between popular culture and indigenous movements, issues of 'race' and gender, and ideologies of national identity, the authors draw on their work in Latin America to illustrate...
Published September 4th 1996 by Routledge
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Viva
Women and Popular Protest in Latin America.
Series: Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
Viva explores the growing role of women in Latin America focussing in particular on the construction of gender through political activism and the centrality of gender, class and ethnicity to the ideological construct of `the nation'....
Published January 6th 1993 by Routledge