Going Stealth: Transgender Politics and U.S. Surveillance Practices (Beauchamp Toby)(Paperback)

Going Stealth: Transgender Politics and U.S. Surveillance Practices (Beauchamp Toby)(Paperback)

In Going Stealth Toby Beauchamp demonstrates how the enforcement of gender conformity is linked to state surveillance practices that identify threats based on racial, gender, national, and ableist categories of difference. Positioning surveillance as central to our understanding of transgender

Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State (Fischer Mia)(Pevná vazba)

The increased visibility of transgender people in mainstream media, exemplified by Time magazine's declaration that 2014 marked a 'transgender tipping point,' was widely believed to signal a civil rights breakthrough for trans communities in the United States. In Terrorizing Gender Mia Fischer

Digital Media and Society: Transforming Economics, Politics and Social Practices (White A.)(Paperback)

Referencing key contemporary debates on issues like surveillance, identity, the global financial crisis, the digital divide and Internet politics, Andrew White provides a critical intervention in discussions on the impact of the proliferation of digital media technologies on politics, the economy

Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents (Krieger Irwin)(Paperback)

Going through puberty and adolescence presents unwelcome changes for many transgender youth, and this book provides advice to parents of transgender teens to help them understand what their child is experiencing and feeling during this challenging time. Addressing common fears and concerns that

Trans: A Memoir (Jacques Juliet)(Paperback)

A moving memoir and insightful examination of transgender politics 'Powerful and engaging ... it's hard not to see [Jacques] as anything other than brave' --New York Times 'Six weeks before sex reassignment surgery (SRS), I am obliged to stop taking my hormones. I suddenly feel very differently

An Introduction to Religion and Politics: Theory and Practice (Fox Jonathan)(Paperback)

Transgender Body Politics (Brunskell-Evans Heather)(Paperback)

At a time when supposedly enlightened attitudes are championed by the mainstream, philosopher and activist Heather Brunskell-Evans shows how, in plain view under the guise of liberalism, a regressive men's rights movement is posing a massive threat to the human rights of women and children

Sometimes (Elliott Rebecca)(Paperback)

A going-to-the hospital book in which Toby and Clemmie never let illness and disability get in the way of

Small Rivers (Gallon Harry)(Paperback / softback)

It's December 2016 and Toby and Angelica are going back to their father's farm for Christmas. Now that they live in London and Berlin respectively - eschewing the family trade in favour of more creative pursuits - this return to the pastoral also feels like a return to the

Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution (Brown Wendy)(Paperback)

Tracing neoliberalism's devastating erosions of democratic principles, practices, and cultures. Neoliberal rationality--ubiquitous today in statecraft and the workplace, in jurisprudence, education, and culture--remakes everything and everyone in the image of homo oeconomicus. What happens when

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity (Serano Julia)(Paperback)

This classic manifesto is 'a foundational text for anyone hoping to understand transgender politics and culture in the U.S. today' (NPR) *Named as one of 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time by Ms. Magazine* In Whipping Girl, biologist and trans activist Julia Serano shares her experiences and

Going Nowhere, Slow: The Aesthetics and Politics of Depression (Frantzen Mikkel Krause)(Paperback)

Using examples from art and literature, Frantzen explores the social, political and economic implications of both real and imagined depression. Is feeling blue a symptom of the death of progress? Was the suicide of David Foster Wallace a proverbial canary in a coal mine? Margaret Thatcher once

LGBTQ Health Research: Theory, Methods, Practice (Stall Ron)(Paperback)

Over the last 30 years, the health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans have become increasingly recognized, in particular for the ways in which they are distinct from those typically assessed and addressed in society. Universities and researchers are paying greater

Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People (Mallon Gerald P.)(Paperback)

Although the vast majority of LGBT persons are healthy, resilient, and hardy individuals who do not seek social work intervention, some have been or will be clients in social work agencies. The third edition of Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People updates this

Veganism: Politics, Practice, and Theory (Giraud Eva Haifa)(Paperback)

What exactly do vegans believe? Why has veganism become such a critical and criticized social movement, and how does veganism correspond to wider debates about sustainability, animal studies, and the media? Eva Haifa Giraud offers an accessible route into the debates that surround vegan politics,

Satipatthana Meditation: A Practice Guide (Analayo)(Paperback)

From the Buddhist meditator and scholar, Bhikkhu Analayo, this is a thorough-going guide to the early Buddhist teachings on Satipatthana, the foundations of mindfulness, following on from his two best-selling books, Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization and Perspectives on

Audible Empire: Music, Global Politics, Critique (Radano Ronald)(Paperback)

Audible Empire rethinks the processes and mechanisms of empire and shows how musical practice has been crucial to its spread around the globe. Music is a means of comprehending empire as an audible formation, and the contributors highlight how it has been circulated, consumed, and understood

Social Work Ethics: Politics, Principles and Practice (Clark Chris)(Paperback)

This book offers a critical introduction to professional ethics for social workers. It recognises that social work is largely a state sponsored activity and therefore poses issues in political theory. The traditional values and rules of practice ethics are explained using plentiful examples. The

Democracy Hacked: How Technology Is Destabilising Global Politics (Moore Martin)(Paperback)

Technology has fractured democracy, and now there's no going back. All around the world, the fringes have stormed the palace of the elites and unleashed data miners, dark ads and bots on an unwitting public. After years of soundbites about connecting people, the social media giants are only just

Simplify: How to Stay Sane in a World Going Mad (Hillary Bob)(Paperback)

Short, simple and refreshingly practical, Simplify offers 21 Earth Warrior practices to help us live more consciously and to cope with the ever increasing pace of modern life. Bob Hillary shares the lessons he learned living off the grid, exploring his 'wild edges' and practicing a slower, more

Safeguarding Intangible Heritage: Practices and Politics (Akagawa Natsuko)(Paperback)

The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage came into force in 2006, framing the international and national practices and policies associated with intangible cultural heritage. This volume critically and reflexively examines these practices and policies, providing

Cradle My Heart: Finding God's Love After Abortion (Ketola Kim)(Paperback)

Abortion continues to be a hot topic in politics, women's rights, and medical practice. But for the eight to ten million American Christian women who have had one, abortion is a spiritual issue as well, raising questions of life and death, heaven and hell, grief and loss. Writing from her own

The Will to Improve: Governmentality, Development, and the Practice of Politics (Li Tania Murray)(Paperback)

The Will to Improve is a remarkable account of development in action. Focusing on attempts to improve landscapes and livelihoods in Indonesia, Tania Murray Li carefully exposes the practices that enable experts to diagnose problems and devise interventions, and the agency of people whose conduct is