Reflections on Our Relationships with Anne of Green Gables
International readers and critics explore our relationship with Anne of Green Gables. Through studies of fan culture, translation, and adaptation, this unique collection of essays bridges the divide between a critical and deeply personal response to literature’s iconic girl.
The Luo People in South Sudan
Drawing on oral history and literature, this work explores the kinships, lineages, and identity of Luo ethnic groups. It reaffirms their history and migration path, aiming to evoke intellectual curiosity and inspire further research into their ways of life and contributions.
This illustrated book uses cultural studies to analyze the significance of blue jeans, handbags, wrestling, Donald Duck, and other aspects of American pop culture. Written in a lively, accessible style, it is ideal for students and the general reader alike.
The Commercialization of the Holiday Season in Quebec, 1885-1915
More than a century ago, the consumer spirit of Christmas blossomed in French Canada. Here, Christmas supplanted New Year’s Day as the main winter holiday, and Santa Claus replaced Baby Jesus. This book questions the genesis of seemingly immemorial traditions.
This book examines Western thought on technology through seven paradigm-shifting eras. It argues that we have failed to learn from the past, allowing technology to take control of our lives. But we can free ourselves by humanizing technology so that humans are in control.
Human psychological skills are our most precious capital. This book analyzes the organization which incubates this capital: the household. It emphasizes positive psychological aspects, exploring how the family fosters the skills necessary for a successful life and career.
In the US, 400,000 sexual assault kits remain untested, revealing serious gaps in the criminal justice system. This book examines the causes of this crisis and offers resolutions to help officials properly utilize SAKs to apprehend offenders and empower victims.
Beneath the long history of Africa-India relations lies a troubling reality of racism. This collection of studies explores prejudice against Blackness in India through the lived experiences of sub-Saharan Africans and Siddhis (Afro-Indians).
Co-creating Actionable Science
This collection of essays provides insights into the challenges of collaborative, solutions-oriented research for sustainability. Probing how actionable science emerges in the global North and South, it offers valuable, empirically-based guidance for scholars and educators.
This book explores the decision-making of two social movements in Italy and Quebec. Their process suggests ways to decide collectively which are more inclusive, can reduce conflict, and improve participation—offering a democratic approach to open doors to those not yet included.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of ethics and morality, setting out what the field is about, what its demands are, and the rationale for its injunctions. Without being contentious, it provides a comprehensive account of what the contentions are about.
This book takes an intersectional approach to explore gender, race, and class in television and film. It sheds light not only on intersectional elements of on-screen fiction, but also on the very nature of intersectional criticism.
This book confronts the tension between federalism and separatist agitations in Nigeria. Amid the clamour for restructuring and threats of secession, it offers practical and theoretical insights to reposition Nigeria’s federalism for national unity and stability.
Civilization at Risk
A devastating human rights war has unfolded, an injustice of Holocaust dimensions. With 30 million people in slavery, this 21st Century scourge cannot be combated by indifference. This book is an immediate call to arms to fight the evil of Human Trafficking.
This book traces the Black American community’s transition to an intersectional model, revealing how capitalism now uses the images of its youth, athletes, and women to assimilate Black people into the neoliberal global order.
What is a smart city? This book describes the phenomenon through sociological lenses, exploring its challenges, limits, and potentialities. It provides a holistic definition to guide readers who want to analyse the smart city and explore its future developments.
Creative Actions and Organizations
This 15-year study destroys the clichés of creative processes and inaugurates a reflective sociology on serendipity. By surveying 200 techniques, it presents common meta-rules of opposition, combination, and separation that determine creative behavior.
Delving into radical Islam in Saudi Arabia, this book exposes a hidden front: female terrorism. It uncovers the causes of women’s extremism and reveals their crucial, often overlooked, role in terrorist networks, shattering the myth of their non-involvement.
This book unveils the dimensions of work-life balance for female academics in Bangladesh. Key findings suggest that factors from both family and work have a mostly negative effect, limiting their job satisfaction and career growth by disrupting work-home harmony.
This book considers the history of stardom through its connections to three media. The first phase, shaped by cinema, created contemporary stardom. The second, linked to television, made the star more intimate, while the third sees outsiders achieve visibility through the web.