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Original, exhilarating and tender, The World Was All Before Them is at once an epic and a miniature, and a mesmerizing exploration of the way we live now
Forever a common problem in all sectors of life, this title takes a look at what bullying is and why some people become bullies. The book describes how bullies operate and provides some useful practical tips and techniques on coping with bullying. It also includes case studies and quotes from people with experience of bullying. The book is suitable for KS 3 Schemes of Work Citizenship, where pupils examine conflict - how it occurs and how to deal with it. their own minds about the issues involved and can also act as a starting point for discussion and debate. Case studies from around the world give pupils a global perspective on what different cultures and countries think about bullying.
The titles in this series tackle major issues and are designed to look and read like newspapers. Racism considers the issues surrounding racial discrimination, from the Stephen Lawrence case to the underrepresentation of black actors in the theatre.
Presents case studies and discusses some of the issues that surround the debate on terrorism.
A leading trans scholar and activist explores cultural representations of gender transition in the modern period In Pleasure and Efficacy, Grace Lavery investigates gender transition as it has been experienced and represented in the modern period. Considering examples that range from the novels of George Eliot to the psychoanalytic practice of Sigmund Freud to marriage manuals by Marie Stopes, Lavery explores the skepticism found in such works about whether it is truly possible to change one’s sex. This ambivalence, she argues, has contributed to both antitrans oppression and the civil rights claims with which trans people have confronted it. Lavery examines what she terms “trans pragmat...
Discusses the effects of globalisation on international trade. Suggested level: secondary.