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Objectification is a foundational concept in feminist theory, used to analyze such disparate social phenomena as sex work, representation of women's bodies, and sexual harassment. In this work, Cahill argues that the notion should be abandoned by feminist theorists due to its reliance on outdated philosophical assumptions, such as the centrality of autonomy and rationality to both subjectivity and ethics. Instead, she suggests working towards ...

Offers perspectives and case analyses that contribute to the development of fresh approaches to thinking about sexuality and its relationship to gender that go beyond existing theories and practices.

Offers scholars, students, researchers, and other interested readers a comprehensive source for state-of-the-art/field research methods, measures, and analytical techniques in the field of political communication.

These essays by senior scholars in medieval studies celebrate the career of J.J. Anderson, editor, critic, and co-founder of the Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture series, who taught in medieval studies at the University of Manchester for forty years. The essays are rooted in medieval literature but frequently range beyond the confines of the Middle Ages. They reflect the breadth of Anderson's own scholarly interests, especially in dra...

This sourcebook book provides a much-needed overview and foundations for the field of experiential education, through portraits of philosophers, educators, and other practitioners whose work is relevant to understanding its philosophy and methodology.

Data metrics in schools are becoming increasingly complex and increasingly less likely to effect change in classroom practice and schooling outcomes. This text looks at a range of data-gathering techniques and methods, and explores the provenance and problematisation of pupil/school data collection and utilisation.

Offers an account of the relationship between innovation, design, corporate competitiveness and place. This book explores design economies through an analysis of corporate strategies, the relationship between product and designer, copying and imitation including nefarious learning, design and competitiveness, and design-centred regional policies.

Maps out the professional and theoretical landscape of reflective practice, its nature and purposes and the claims being made for it. This book takes readers through a systematic process where the initial focus on learning, developing and growing, starts from an understanding of one's strengths, not weaknesses and problems.

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) was endorsed by the General Assembly of the UN in 2005, and unanimously reaffirmed by the Security Council in 2006 (Resolution 1674) and 2009 (Resolution 1894). The book includes an introduction to the issues relating to the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect principle in international relations.

Addressing the evolution of key innovations in metazoans, this challenging book summarizes the more recent results in phylogenetics and developmental biology. Divided into three sections, the first considers the phylogenetic issues involving this area of the tree of life and the elucidation of those relationships that continue to trouble taxonomists. The second section considers the developmental biology of metazoan evolution including the dev...

A delightful investigation of the art of letter writing, Yours Ever explores masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Here are Madame de Sévigné's devastatingly sharp reports from the French court, F. Scott Fitzgerald's tormented advice to his young daughter, the casually brilliant musings of Flannery O'Connor, the lustful boastings of Lord Byron, and the prison cries of Sacco and Vanzetti, all acc...

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World Link is National Geographic Learning's best-selling core series for young adult/adult learners of English from the false beginner to high intermediate level. The second edition has been completely updated and enhanced to reflect modern teaching methods and user feedback. Combining dynamic vocabulary with essential grammar and universal topics, World Link, Second Edition, helps learners to communicate confidently and fluently.

World Link is National Geographic Learning's best-selling core series for young adult/adult learners of English from the false beginner to high intermediate level. The second edition has been completely updated and enhanced to reflect modern teaching methods and user feedback. Combining dynamic vocabulary with essential grammar and universal topics, World Link, Second Edition, helps learners to communicate confidently and fluently.

Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece recaptures both the tragedies and comedies of medieval life and is surely one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature. Revised reissue.

Vik's passion for entrepreneurship is so contagiousyou can catch it by reading this book."--Mark Peter Davisentrepreneur, venture capitalist and community organizer "Thomas Edison remarked that 'genius is one percent inspiration andninety-nine percent perspiration.' Inspired! will help you find the right balance of strategy and execution to bring your idea to the marketplace. Throughpractical case studies and insights from real experience, Vi...

Volume 3 of the unique collaboration between legendary comics creator Stan Lee, and Hiroyuki Takei, one of Japan's top manga creators- Ultimo.

Fall to Pieces is a beautifully written, visceral, roller coaster ride inside bipolar disorder, rock ’n’ roll,  celebrity culture, and the world of modeling. Mary Forsberg Weiland, ex-wife of the late Scott Weiland, front man for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, tells a harrowing true story of depression, drug addiction, and mental illness with candor and, often, humor. Co-written with veteran journalist Larkin Warren,  Fall to Pieces ...

Setting out some of the key debates and issues about innovations in lifelong learning, this book considers a range of sometimes competing perspectives. It opens up ways to engage critically in what counts as innovatory practice in lifelong learning, discussing innovations in lifelong learning within an international and global framework.

The amazing true story of Julian Smith, who retraced the journey of legendary British explorer Ewart "The Leopard" Grogan, the first man to cross the length of Africa, in hopes of also winning the heart of the woman he loved. In 1898, the dashing young British explorer Ewart “the Leopard” Grogan was in love. In order to prove his mettle to his beloved—and her aristocratic stepfather—he set out on a quest to become the first person to walk acro...