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Animals and Modern Culture: A Sociology of Human-Animal Relations in Modernityby Adrian FranklinISBN 0761956239 (0-7619-5623-9)
Softcover, Sage Pubns
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Archformby L.E. ModesittISBN 0765343649 (0-7653-4364-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Archform'Book summary:Technology, philosophy, politics, and mystery combine in this well-told tale of murder and corporate machination. Archform: Beauty weaves together the stories of five people in 24th-century North America who find themselves involved in a political conspiracy that spawns a string of murders. An old-style singer despairs over graceless contemporary music that uses overlaid resonances to emotionally manipulate the listener; a police investigator identifies a disturbing pattern of suicides and murders; a powerful senator and an equally powerful corporate tycoon pursue their own agendas toward a potentially violent collision; and a news researcher with a flair for background finds himself drawn into all of their affairs as pieces of various puzzles begin to come together.
Modessit handles the five voices well, particularly those of the detective, singer, and researcher, and sets their stories against a well-realized social and political background, incorporating interesting philosophical questions about reality and beauty into the action without slowing the pace. --Roz Genessee [via]
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Archform: Beautyby Modesitt, L. E., Jr.ISBN 0765304333 (0-7653-0433-3)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Modessit handles the five voices well, particularly those of the detective, singer, and researcher, and sets their stories against a well-realized social and political background, incorporating interesting philosophical questions about reality and beauty into the action without slowing the pace. --Roz Genessee [via]
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The Armies of Memoryby John BarnesISBN 0765342243 (0-7653-4224-3)
Softcover, Tor Science Fiction
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A Beginner's Guide to Social Theoryby Shaun BestISBN 0761965335 (0-7619-6533-5)
Softcover, Sage Pubns
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Beyond the DSM Story: Ethical Quandaries, Challenges, and Best Practicesby Victoria E. KressISBN 0761930329 (0-7619-3032-9)
Softcover, Sage Pubns
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The Body and Social Theoryby Chris ShillingISBN 0761942858 (0-7619-4285-8)
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The Brimstone Journalsby Ronald KoertgeISBN 0763617423 (0-7636-1742-3)
Softcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brimstone Journals'Book summary:The Branston (a.k.a. Brimstone) High School Class of 2001 has got it all: Damon is the jock, Meredith the slut, Jennifer the good girl, David the computer game addict, Kitty the anorexic, Neesha the sistah, Rob the stud, Sheila the lesbian. And Boyd the angry and scared neo-Nazi with an arsenal in his basement and a list of "everybody who ever blew me off, flipped me off, or pissed me off."
Through a series of poetic journal entries from 15 students, author Ron Koertge chronicles the sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, and ultimately chilling lives of fictional high school students in contemporary America. With just a few words from each character in each entry, readers glean more than a glimpse into their complex and often troubled worlds. Koertge's characterizations are compelling, if clichéd, although omitting two or three of the student roles might have made keeping up with who's who a little easier. Social messages covering racism, classism, homophobia, and an entire high school melting pot of "isms," come across a little heavy-handedly, but work well as an intentionally pointed illustration of the perils young people face today. Subject matter and language make this appropriate for older readers. Koertge is the author of several acclaimed novels, including Confess-O-Rama. (Older teens) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Carpet Makersby Andreas Eschbach, Orson Scott Card, Doryl JensenISBN 0765314908 (0-7653-1490-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Carpet Makers'Book summary:Since the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime.[via]
This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself.
But one day the empire of the God Emperor vanishes, and strangers begin to arrive from the stars to follow the trace of the hair carpets. What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined...
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The Carpet Makers: An Orson Scott Card Presents Bookby Andreas Eschbach, Doryl Jensen, Orson Scott CardISBN 0765305933 (0-7653-0593-3)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Consumerism: As a Way of Lifeby Steven MilesISBN 0761952152 (0-7619-5215-2)
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Continuity & Change in the American Familyby Lynne M. Casper, Suzanne M. BianchiISBN 0761920099 (0-7619-2009-9)
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The Contradictions of Culture: Cities Culture Womenby Elizabeth WilsonISBN 0761969748 (0-7619-6974-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Contradictions of Culture: Cities Culture Women'Book summary:In this book, one of the most accomplished and thoughtful cultural commentators of the day, considers the contradictory nature of cultural relations. Elizabeth Wilson explores these themes through an examination of fashion, feminism, consumer culture, representation and postmodernism. Debates within feminism on the nature and effects of pornography are used to illustrate a particular kind of cultural contradiction. Wilson recognizes that postmodernism permitted the reappropriation of subjects that were not previously considered worthy of attention, or opposed to the idea of emancipation, chief among these was fashion. She shows that the association of an interest in this culturally significant subject with a revisionist project raises doubt [via]
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Counseling Across Culturesby Paul Pedersen, Juris G. Draguns, Walter J. Lonner, Joseph E. TrimbleISBN 0761920862 (0-7619-2086-2)
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Culture and Citizenshipby Nick StevensonISBN 0761955607 (0-7619-5560-7)
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Death, Dying and Bereavmentby Donna Dickenson, Malcolm Johnson, J. Malcolm, Jeanne Samson KatzISBN 0761968571 (0-7619-6857-1)
Softcover, Sage Pubns
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Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciencesby W. Paul VogtISBN 0761988556 (0-7619-8855-6)
Softcover, Sage Pubns
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Doing Social Science Researchby Simeon YatesISBN 0761967982 (0-7619-6798-2)
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Economy/Society: Markets, Meanings, and Social Structureby Bruce G. Carruthers, Sarah L. BabbISBN 0761986413 (0-7619-8641-3)
Softcover, Pine Forge Pr
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Embodying Genderby Alexandra HowsonISBN 0761959947 (0-7619-5994-7)
Hardcover, Sage Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Embodying Gender'Book summary:Embodying Gender provides students and academics with a critical overview of body concepts in both sociology and in feminism.
Previously, sociologists have attempted to gender the body and feminists have attempted to embody gender but Alexandra Howson's accessible new text draws these two literatures together, pointing to ways of integrating feminist perspectives on the body into sociological theory.
Surveying all the key concepts in the field, this book introduces us to an extensive range of 'narratives of embodiment' and presents a full analysis of the most important texts in new feminist theories of the body.
Key questions covered include:
o What can sociology say about the body?
o What impact has the body made on sociology?
o What conceptual frameworks are used to address the body? How do these relate to issues of gender and embodied experience?
o How do feminist conceptual tools sit within sociological analysis?
Written in a clear, accessible style, Embodying Gender is an invaluable text for undergraduate students, postgraduates and academics in the fields of women's and gender studies and sociology, and is particularly relevant to those specialising in sociology of the body, feminist theory and social theory.
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Encyclopedia of Religion and Societyby William H. Swatos, Peter KivistoISBN 0761989560 (0-7619-8956-0)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Ender's Gameby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765342294 (0-7653-4229-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ender's Game'Book summary:In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Back on Earth, Peter and Valentine forge an intellectual alliance and attempt to change the course of history.
This futuristic tale involves aliens, political discourse on the Internet, sophisticated computer games, and an orbiting battle station. Yet the reason it rings true for so many is that it is first and foremost a tale of humanity; a tale of a boy struggling to grow up into someone he can respect while living in an environment stripped of choices. Ender's Game is a must-read book for science fiction lovers, and a key conversion read for their friends who "don't read science fiction."
Ender's Game won both the Hugo and the Nebula the year it came out. Writer Orson Scott Card followed up this honor with the first-time feat of winning both awards again the next year for the sequel, Speaker for the Dead. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
Essential Ethnographic Methods: Observations, Interviews, and Questionnairesby Jean J. Schensul, Margaret Diane Lecompte, Stephen L. SchensulISBN 0761991441 (0-7619-9144-1)
Softcover, Altamira Pr
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The Eternity Artifactby L.E. ModesittISBN 0765353458 (0-7653-5345-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Eternity Artifact'Book summary:[via]5,000 years in the future, humankind has spread across thousands of worlds, and more than a dozen different governments exist in an uneasy truce. But human beings have found no signs of other life anywhere approaching human intelligence. This changes when scientists discover a sunless planet they name Danann, travelling the void just beyond the edge of the Galaxy at such a high speed that it cannot be natural. Its continents and oceans have been sculpted and shaped, with but a single megaplex upon it--close to perfectly preserved--with tens of thousands of near-identical metallic-silver-blue towers set along curved canals. Yet Danann has been abandoned for so long that even the atmosphere has frozen solid. Within a few years Danann will approach an area of singularities that will make exploration and investigation impossible. Orbital shuttle pilot Jiendra Chang, artist Chendor Barna, and history professor Liam Fitzhugh are recruited by the Comity government and its Deep Space Service, along with scores of other experts as part of an unprecedented and unique expedition to unravel Danann's secrets. And there are forces that will stop at nothing to prevent them, even if it means interstellar war.
Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing Worldby Stephen Cornell, Douglas HartmannISBN 0761985018 (0-7619-8501-8)
Softcover, Sage Pubns
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Ethnographer's Toolkit: Using Ethnographic Data, Researcher Roles & Research Partnerships, Analyzing & Interpreting Ethnographic Data, Mapping Social Networks, Spatial Data,by Jean J. Schensul, Margaret Diane LecompteISBN 0761990429 (0-7619-9042-9)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub
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Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial And Mass Murderby Jack LevinISBN 0761988572 (0-7619-8857-2)
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Flashby L.E. ModesittISBN 0765349922 (0-7653-4992-2)
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Focus Group Practiceby Jonathan Potter, Claudia PuchtaISBN 0761966919 (0-7619-6691-9)
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Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Researchby Richard A. Krueger, Mary Anne CaseyISBN 0761920714 (0-7619-2071-4)
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Geographic Information Systems For The Social Sciences: Investigating Space And Placeby Steven J. Steinberg, Sheila L. SteinbergISBN 0761928731 (0-7619-2873-1)
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Global Modernization: Rethinking The Project of Modernityby Alberto MartinelliISBN 076194799X (0-7619-4799-X)
Hardcover, Sage Pubns
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Handbags: A Peek Inside a Woman's Most Trusted Accessoryby Barbara G. S. HagertyISBN 0762413301 (0-7624-1330-1)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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Handbook of Cognitionby Koen Lamberts, Robert L. GoldstoneISBN 0761972773 (0-7619-7277-3)
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The Handbook of Social Policyby James Midgley, Michelle Livermore, Martin C. TracyISBN 0761915621 (0-7619-1562-1)
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Health Policy: Crisis and Reform in the U.S. Health Care Delivery Systemby Carroll L. Estes, Charlene HarringtonISBN 0763714607 (0-7637-1460-7)
Softcover, Jones & Bartlett Pub
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How to do Media and Cultural Studiesby Jane StokesISBN 076197329X (0-7619-7329-X)
Softcover, SAGE Publications, Limited
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Identity and Differenceby Kathryn WoodwardISBN 0761954341 (0-7619-5434-1)
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Images of Organizationby Gareth MorganISBN 0761917527 (0-7619-1752-7)
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Individualization : Institutionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequencesby Ulrich Beck, Elisabeth Beck-GernsheimISBN 0761961127 (0-7619-6112-7)
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International Review of Comparative Public Policy, 1997: Islam and Public Policyby Nicholas Mercuro, Farhad Nomani, Sohrab BehdadISBN 0762302682 (0-7623-0268-2)
Hardcover, Jai Pr
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Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and Interactionby David SilvermanISBN 0761968652 (0-7619-6865-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and Interaction'Book summary:This a much expanded and updated version of David Silvermans best-selling introductory textbook for the beginning qualitative researcher.
Features of the New Edition:
- Takes account of the flood of qualitative work since the 1990s
- All chapters have been substantially rewritten with the aim of greater clarity
- A new chapter on Visual Images and a considerably expanded treatment of discourse analysis are provided
- The number of student exercises has been considerably increased and are now present at the end of every chapter
- An even greater degree of student accessibility: Key Points and Recommended Readings appear at the end of each chapter and technical terms are highlighted and appear in a Glossary
- A more inter-disciplinary social science text which takes account of the growing interest in qualitative research outside sociology and anthropology from psychology to geography, information systems, health promotion, management and many other disciplines
- Expanded coverage 50% longer than the First Edition
Interpreting Qualitative Data New Edition is a companion volume to Silverman's Doing Qualitative Research (Sage, 2000), which is a guide to the business of conducting a research project, together with its accompanying volume of key readings Qualitative Research: Theory Method & Practice, (Sage, 1997), which provides further more focused material that students need before contemplating their own qualitative research study.
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Investigating the Social World With Spss 10.0by Russell K. SchuttISBN 0761987231 (0-7619-8723-1)
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Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Cultureby Timothy J. CraigISBN 0765605619 (0-7656-0561-9)
Softcover, M E Sharpe Inc
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Key Concepts in Medical Sociologyby Michael Bury, Mary Ann Elston, Jonathan Peter GabeISBN 0761974423 (0-7619-7442-3)
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The Life of a Geishaby Eleanor Underwood, Liza DalbyISBN 0765117398 (0-7651-1739-8)
Hardcover, Smithmark Publishers, Incorporated
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Lifelines from Our Past: A New World Historyby L.S. StavrianosISBN 076560180X (0-7656-0180-X)
Softcover, M E Sharpe Inc
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Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigationby Russell K. Schutt, Daniel ChamblissISBN 0761987878 (0-7619-8787-8)
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Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thoughtby Kenneth MorrisonISBN 076197055X (0-7619-7055-X)
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McDonaldization: The Readerby George RitzerISBN 0761987673 (0-7619-8767-3)
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Our Dumb CenturyISBN 0762418664 (0-7624-1866-4)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
Find This BookBook summary:Every Wednesday, work at Amazon.com--along with just about every other company connected to the fantastical "information superhighway" invented by Vice President Al Gore and actress Hedy Lamarr--grinds to a halt as employees hasten to read the latest issue of The Onion, America's most popular newspaper based in Madison, Wisconsin. But most of the paper's fans have started reading it only within the last few years, and are sadly unaware of The Onion's mighty journalistic legacy. To combat this cultural illiteracy, Editor in Chief Scott Dikkers and his writing staff have assembled this collection of great front pages from the last hundred years. Here is just a sampling of the headlines:
A New Century Dawns! McKinley Ushers in Bold New "Coal Age"
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Boasts: "No Man Can Stop Me"
AWESOME! Nation Wowed by Tremendous Hindenburg Explosion
Martin Luther King: "I Had a Really Weird Dream Last Night"
Clinton Denies Lewinsky Allegations: "We Did Not Have Sex, We Made Love," He Says
And those are just the headlines; the stories themselves are all masterpieces of the journalist's trade. Of course, readers with delicate sensibilities may find some of these accounts a bit too risqué, and perhaps even tasteless. (Among the potential offenders: Rosa Parks's decision to "screw this bus shit" and take a cab.) But if you're looking for an antidote to all the 20th-century hoopla promulgated by stuffed shirts like Peter Jennings and Harold Evans--not to mention the best history book since 1066 and All That--then Our Dumb Century is the one for you. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Postemotional Societyby Stjepan G. MestrovicISBN 0761951296 (0-7619-5129-6)
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Using contempoary examples, the author shows how emotion has become increasingly separated from action; how - in a world of disjointed and synthetic emotions - social solidarity has become more problematic; and how compassion fatigue has increasingly replaced political commitment and responsibility. Me[inverted ci]strovi[ac]c discusses the relation between knowledge and the emotions in thinkers as diverse as Durkheim and Baudrillard [via]
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The Postmodern Presence: Readings on Postmodernism in American Culture and Societyby Arthur Asa BergerISBN 0761989803 (0-7619-8980-3)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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The Problem of Crimeby John Muncie, Eugene McLaughlinISBN 0761950052 (0-7619-5005-2)
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Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Databy Herbert J. RubinISBN 0761920757 (0-7619-2075-7)
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Qualitative Research Design: An Interative Approachby Joseph A. MaxwellISBN 0761926089 (0-7619-2608-9)
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Race in Britain Todayby Richard SkellingtonISBN 0761950249 (0-7619-5024-9)
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Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practicesby Open University, Stuart HallISBN 0761954317 (0-7619-5431-7)
Hardcover, Sage Pubns
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Individual chapters explore: representation as a signifying practice in a rich diversity of social contexts and institutional sites; the use of photography in the construction of national identity and culture; other cultures in ethnographic museums; fantasies of the racialized `Other' in popular media, film and image; the construction of masculine identities in discourses of consumer culture and advertising; and the gendering of narratives in television soap operas. [via]
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Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practicesby Stuart Hall, Open UniversityISBN 0761954325 (0-7619-5432-5)
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Sage Dictionary of Sociologyby Steve Bruce, Steven YearleyISBN 0761974822 (0-7619-7482-2)
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The Sage Handbook of Sociologyby Bryan S. Turner, Chris RojekISBN 0761968210 (0-7619-6821-0)
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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: Seven Questions to ask Before (and after) You Marryby Les ParrottISBN 0762421118 (0-7624-2111-8)
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Shadow Puppetsby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765340054 (0-7653-4005-4)
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The Singular Self: An Introduction to the Psychology of Personhoodby Rom HarreISBN 0761957391 (0-7619-5739-1)
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Situational Analysis: Grounded Theory After The Postmodern Turnby Adele E. ClarkeISBN 0761930566 (0-7619-3056-6)
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Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Actionby Anna Leon GuerreroISBN 0761987827 (0-7619-8782-7)
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A Social Psychology of the Internetby Russell Spears, Kipling D. Williams, Martin LeaISBN 0761970215 (0-7619-7021-5)
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Social Science in Questionby Mark J. SmithISBN 0761960414 (0-7619-6041-4)
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Sociological Snapshots 3: Seeing Social Structure and Change in Everyday Lifeby Jack LevinISBN 0761985921 (0-7619-8592-1)
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Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life Readingsby David M. NewmanISBN 0761985190 (0-7619-8519-0)
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Sociology of Families: Readingsby Cheryl M. Albers, David M. NewmanISBN 0761986103 (0-7619-8610-3)
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The Sociology Of The Body: Mapping the Abstraction Of Embodimentby Kate CreganISBN 0761940243 (0-7619-4024-3)
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Sociology Text and Reader Kit: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Lifeby David Newman, Jodi O'BrienISBN 0761987401 (0-7619-8740-1)
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Sociology Through Active Learning: Student Exercisesby Kathleen McKinney, Frank D. Beck, Barbara Sherman HeylISBN 0761986871 (0-7619-8687-1)
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Spaces of Culture: City, Nation, Worldby Mike Featherstone, Scott LashISBN 0761961224 (0-7619-6122-4)
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Survey Research Methodsby Floyd J. FowlerISBN 0761921915 (0-7619-2191-5)
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Theories of Culture in Postmodern Timesby Marvin HarrisISBN 0761990216 (0-7619-9021-6)
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This Book Is Not Required: An Emotional Survival Manual For Studentsby Bernard McGrane, Inge BellISBN 0761985727 (0-7619-8572-7)
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Understanding Classical Sociology: Marx, Weber, Durkheimby W.W. Sharrock, John Hughes, Peter J. MartinISBN 0761954678 (0-7619-5467-8)
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0762405562 (0-7624-0556-2)
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