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Social Psychology
Using current socio-political thought and research, this book examines topics such as violence, social and political transition, race and racism, and sexualities. Theoretical and empirical research are related to topical problems, highlighting the complex relations of individuals to their societies and to one another. The histories and complexities of problems and their interconnectedness are examined, and possible solutions are suggested. Special attention is paid to class, sexuality, gender, and race, making psychology in general, and social psychology in particular, relevant and exciting.
Becoming Lesbian
A landmark analysis of how a marginalized subculture used modern media to transform public attitudes toward sexual desire. In Becoming Lesbian, historian Tamara Chaplin argues that the history of female same-sex intimacy is central to understanding the struggle to control the public sphere. This monumental study draws on undiscovered sources culled from cabaret culture, sexology, police files, radio, TV, photography, the Minitel (an early form of internet), and private letters, as well as over one hundred interviews filmed by the author. Becoming Lesbian demonstrates how women of diverse classes and races came to define themselves as lesbian and used public spaces and public media to exert c...
Loss of Control and Diminished Responsibility
This book provides a leading point of reference in the field of partial defences to murder and with respect to the mental condition defences of loss of control and diminished responsibility in general. The work includes contributions from leading specialists from different jurisdictions. Divided into two parts, the first provides an analysis from the perspective of the UK, looking at particular concerns such as domestic violence, revenge and mixed motive killings, mistaken beliefs. The second part presents a comparative and international view to provide a wider background of how alternative systems treat issues of human frailty short of full insanity (loss of control, diminished responsibility) in the context of the criminal law.
Feminist Studies
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The Women's Liberation Movement
For over half a century, the countless organizations and initiatives that comprise the Women’s Liberation movement have helped to reshape many aspects of Western societies, from public institutions and cultural production to body politics and subsequent activist movements. This collection represents the first systematic investigation of WLM’s cumulative impacts and achievements within the West. Here, specialists on movements in Europe systematically investigate outcomes in different countries in the light of a reflective social movement theory, comparing them both implicitly and explicitly to developments in other parts of the world.
Reinventing Love
A new work by the author of “In Defense of Witches” that seeks to redefine heterosexual relationships and give women back their voice. As feminist principles have taken wider hold in society, and basic ideas about equality for women can seem a given, many women still struggle in one of the most important areas of life: love. Whether it’s finding a partner, seeking a commitment from one, or struggling in a relationship that is unfulfilling or even potentially abusive, women still find that deeply-engrained notions of gender and behavior can be obstacles to a healthy, loving relationship. In her new book, acclaimed French feminist Mona Chollet tackles some of these long-held and pervasive ideas that remain stumbling blocks for many women in heterosexual relationships. Drawing from popular culture, politics, and literature, Reinventing Love provides a provocative, accessible look at how heterosexual relationships can improve and evolve under a feminist lens.
Migration and Activism in Europe Since 1945
The political and social activism of immigrants to Europe since 1945 takes the spotlight in this volume. Each of the twelve chapters draws on fresh research from international scholars who cover such conflict-ridden themes as autonomous migrant organizing and transnational activism. From Afro-Asian student protests and the sans-papiers movement to the labor unions, political parties, and feminist groups, the chapters offer a riveting look at a variety of migrant experiences in Europe. They also provide compelling material for a welcome comparison of the impact of migration on European countries as diverse as Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Spain, and Italy.
Transexualidad, cuerpo y psicoanálisis
"La escritura del psicoanalista es un acto político en tanto sostenga la ética de interlocución con la civilización, su partenaire. Este libro, que se desprende de la tesis de maestría de Gabriela Triveño Gutiérrez, conversa con la época que tiene sus modalidades de consumo, de parentalidades, de vivir la pulsión y la sexualidad, de habitar y cubrir los cuerpos, de lenguajes inclusivos. Tiempos en que la comunicación se viraliza y la barrera de la intimidad y el pudor se transparenta. Tiempos violentos y de segregaciones diversas, incluidas las diversidades sexuales. Tiempos en que las leyes, necesarias, no logran decir toda la verdad ni gobernar lo pulsional en juego. La autora propone leer la transexualidad como una oportunidad para pensar el cuerpo. Su lectura nos acerca a Freud y a Lacan, así como a Miller, Laurent, Bassols y los rigurosos aportes de quienes investigaron el tema de la transexualidad separándose de las clasificaciones y de las patologías" (Ines Sotelo).
Investigación en literatura general y comparada en Francia
La investigación en literatura general y comparada en Francia. Balance y perspectivas, es una suerte de estado del arte de la investigación comparatista en el país galo y a viene a aportar un importante conocimiento de esta perspectiva teórica en nuestro medio. Aquí están reunidas las ponencias presentadas en el 2006 en el evento de celebración de los cincuenta años de la Société Francaise de Littérature Générale y Comparée (que naciera en Bordeaux en 1956 con el primer Congreso de la Société Nationale Francaise de Littérature Comparée). Quiere decir que este libro es un umbral que permitirá a sus lectores adentrarse en el conocimiento de este medio siglo de Literatura Com...
