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Sexuality, Human Rights, and Public Policy explores the intersection of public policy, human rights, and sexuality as they relate to inclusion and exclusion across diverse cultural settings. It examines how knowledge is formed and experienced at the intersections of culture, sexuality, race, and other axes of identity. This volume engages an array of questions including how public policy shapes the conceptualization of sexuality and rights and by extension the phenomena of inclusion and exclusion in contemporary society across the world. By evaluating how public discourse is employed to re-inscribe differences of gender, sexuality, and rights of citizens, this book provides a comparative analysis of how these processes and dynamics resemble each other or differ cross-culturally. This book demonstrates that in the realm of sexualities, approached from the ideal of human rights as a predominantly Western notion is increasingly challenged by diverse views and new interpretations of human rights in non-Western societies such as Africa and the Middle East.
This book examines how Chinua Achebe presented the Igbo-African world in his writing by analyzing his engagement with critical issues like historical representation, gender, and indigenous political institutions. Contributors study how his work draws from African historical reality and identity while challenging Western epistemological hegemony.
Sexuality, Human Rights, and Public Policy engages with public policy and its intersection with contemporary discourse on sexuality and rights, and by extension the inclusion or exclusion of groups of individuals in mainstream sociocultural groups in societies.
The first comprehensive presentation of an explicitly transgender theory. This theory goes beyond feminist and queer theory by incorporating the idea of fluid embodiment and lived experience in conceptualizing gender and sexual identity. Beyond developing a formulation of transgender theory that incorporates the socially constructed, embodied, and self-constructed aspects of identity in the narrative of lived experiences, the authors discuss the implications of this “trans-identity theory” for theory, research, and practice.
Um relato sobre a história da bruxaria? Não! Este tema não pode se limitar somente aos livros de História! "A cada ano na África, centenas de pessoas, em sua maioria mulheres, são julgadas e mortas como bruxas." "A expressão "CAÇA ÀS BRUXAS!" é uma expressão tão comum hoje, como sempre foi no passado, e as mulheres acusadas como bruxas ainda vão a julgamento em várias partes do mundo..." Além de investigar alguns dos mais famosos casos de julgamento entre a Idade Média e o século XVIII, Marion nos leva a direções novas e surpreendentes, e como o conceito da bruxaria evoluiu da visão de uma ameaça ao Cristianismo, para a perseguição de gênero. Por meio de uma narrativa notável e dramática, que cobre os séculos e atravessa continentes, História da Bruxaria em 13 Julgamentos é um relato bem fundamentado sobre alguns dos momentos mais estranhos e cruéis da história.
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The story of Mallam Nuhu the village tradesman, is the story of industry and perseverance, the hope and despair of ambition and the hypocrisy of a man's life in society. Inspiring anecdotes and engaging allegories give breath and rhythm to this unusual story. The author by a lively language full of poetic undertones creates a sense of urgent drama and a fascinating atmosphere that is as involving as it is gripping.
Young Ramchand rushes through the dusty streets of Amritsar, once again late for work. Chastised by his boss, he takes his place among the cottons and silks of the sari shop, selling yards of cloth to the wealthy and fashionable women of the town. Offered a glimpse of a more opulent world, Ramchand is seduced by the idea that he might somehow better himself. But making dreams real will come at a price that a poor shop assistant might not be able to pay � Funny, compelling and unflinchingly honest, The Sari Shop is a heartbreaking story of a young man�s struggle to be someone else and a brilliantly clear-sighted debut.