Sociology – Page 43 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Recycling Culture(s)

Edited By: Sara Martín

£34.99

Culture survives by constant recycling. This "stimulating, relevant and exciting" volume explores this strategy across an impressive assortment of contexts, from comic-book heroes and James Bond to African-Caribbean women and mobile phones.

Culture survives by constant recycling. This “stimulating, relevant and exciting” volume explores this strategy across an impressive assortment of contexts, from comic-book heroes and James Bond to African-Caribbean women and mobile phones.

Women Rewriting Boundaries

Victorian Women Travel Writers

Edited By: Precious McKenzie

£45.99

Inspired by a panel at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, this compilation offers fresh insights on how to read travel writing by women. It analyzes the connections between class, gender, physicality, and sexuality as found in 19th-century literature.

The Meaning of Sexual Identity in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Judith S. Kaufman

£39.99

In a "post-gay era," is sexual identity becoming obsolete? Are LGBT youth being duped into conformity? This volume offers compelling debates from a wide variety of perspectives on the current state and possible irrelevance of sexual identity in the 21st century.

In a “post-gay era,” is sexual identity becoming obsolete? Are LGBT youth being duped into conformity? This volume offers compelling debates from a wide variety of perspectives on the current state and possible irrelevance of sexual identity in the 21st century.

Seeking Identity

Language in Society

Edited By: Nancy Mae Antrim

£39.99

Language defines who we are. Our choices reflect not only how we see ourselves, but how we are viewed by society. This book explores how identity is constructed through language, from ethnicity and gender to the influence of advertising and the media.

The Myth of Culture

Why We Need a Genuine Natural Science of Societies

By: Nigel Barber

£39.99

Social scientists appeal to "culture" to explain human actions, an unscientific principle that makes progress impossible. This book is a critique of culture-centered social science and a manifesto for a new evolutionary approach to understanding society's problems.

Social scientists appeal to “culture” to explain human actions, an unscientific principle that makes progress impossible. This book is a critique of culture-centered social science and a manifesto for a new evolutionary approach to understanding society’s problems.

Framing Globalization

Visual Perspectives

Edited By: Patrizia Faccioli, Jacqueline A. Gibbons

£29.99

This collection of readings explores the intersection of the global and local through visual sociology. It examines how images in various contexts reflect and generate sociological concepts, shaping our understanding of identity, culture, and belonging worldwide.

Versions Of Ireland

Empire, Modernity And Resistance In Irish Culture

By: Eóin Flannery

£34.99

Versions of Ireland brings a postcolonial optic to Irish cultural studies, highlighting imperial modernity and resistance. More than just theory, it offers rich analyses of republican murals, poetry, gothic fiction, and nineteenth-century photography.

Representations of Female Identity in Italy

From Neoclassism to the 21st Century

Edited By: Silvia Giovanardi Byer, Fabiana Cecchini

£61.99

This volume examines iconic female characters in Italian literature, art and film who depict distinct representatives of female identity within this national culture. It characterizes the evolution of women’s identity and their representation in such expressive modalities.

Back to the Future of the Body

Edited By: Dominic Janes

£39.99

What can past experiences of the body tell us about what it can become? As cyborgs and patented genes put the future of the human body at stake, this volume develops strategies for bodily empowerment to get “back to the future of the body”.

New Readings in Latin American and Spanish Literary and Cultural Studies

Edited By: Alejandro Cortazar, Laura M. Martins

£44.99

This collection explores the intersection of cultural productions and politics in Latin America and Spain. Scholars explore class, identity, and transgression in literature, photography, and film, challenging hegemonic power from medieval times to the present.

Medical Humanities in Theory and Practice

Edited By: Andrzej Kapusta, Michal Lytovka

£58.99

This volume explores the social, historical and cultural dimensions of medicine. It covers medical knowledge, public health, and the experience of illness, raising ethical and philosophical questions that will open up new vistas of study for the reader.

Women, Wellness, and the Media

Edited By: Margaret C. Wiley, Barbara Barnett

£34.99

Thirteen scholars from a wide range of disciplines examine the relationship between media stereotypes and women’s health. They show how these images harm women’s health while turning millions in corporate profits.

Taming Risk

Uncertainty, Trust and the Sociological Discourse of Modernity

By: Jan Burzyñski, Tomasz Burzyński

£39.99

This work investigates late modernity through the interplay of risk and trust. It offers an integrative perspective aiming to reconcile the dimensions of individual agency and social structure in contemporary post-industrial societies.

Governing Turbulence, Risk and Opportunities in the Complexity Age

Edited By: Guglielmo Chiodi, Antonio Bazilio Floriani Neto, Enrique Caceres Niet

£64.99

This publication is composed of several articles that explore complexity in its most varied aspects. The solution of contemporary problems, whatever they may be, requires a multifaceted vision, far beyond the reductionist perspective.

Women Past and Present

Biographic and Multidisciplinary Studies

Edited By: Maria Zina Gonçalves de Abreu

£44.99

In Western societies, despite legal gains for women, resistance and prejudice persist in this “post-feminist” era. New asymmetries in gender relations are also emerging, a result of globalisation, migration, new technologies, and trafficking.

Understanding the Risks, Mitigation, and Safety Measures Involved in Food Contamination

Edited By: Maliha Sarfraz, Hayat Ullah

From £38.99

This book journeys through the hidden dangers of foodborne illness, exploring the science behind contamination. Drawing on real-life case studies, it serves as a practical guide to safeguarding your health and the food you eat every day.

Women Moving Forward Volume Two

An Intersectional Lens for a Tapestry of Diverse Voices

Edited By: Raúl Fernández-Calienes

£39.99

A weaving of stories about hope, fortitude, and resilience. This collection shares narratives of the global movement of women towards empowerment, exploring the challenges they face as they move forward. This profound volume both inspires and challenges.

The European Culture for Human Rights

The Right to Happiness

Edited By: Filomena Maggino, Elena Zamfir

£59.99

This pioneering analysis frames happiness as a human right, linking our quality of life to collective responsibility. It offers a pragmatic vision for improving our inner and outer worlds in a complex, modern society.

Animals, Deviance, and Sex

By: Carmen M. Cusack

£47.99

Proposing that “deviance” is a fluid term that advances cultural, gender, and societal norms, Cusack argues that traditional and progressive classifications of human deviance could authentically be reworked in consideration of animals’ anatomy, breeding, gender, and mating.

Role of Media in Nation Building

Edited By: Anand Shanker Singh

£41.99

The papers in this collection consider how nation building is a multi-dimensional process, addressing various components, including perspectives of the country in question. It deals with these inter-linked aspects, and the development of these structures and institutions.