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Good Punishment?
The author critiques the American obsession with imprisonment as punishment, calling it "retributive degradation" of the incarcerated. His analysis draws on both salient empirical data and material from a variety of disciplines - social history, anthropology, law and penal theory, philosophy of religion - as he uncovers the devastating social consequences (both direct and collateral) of imprisonment on such a large, unprecedented scale. The book develops a Christian social ethics of "good punishment" embodied as a politics of "healing memories" and "ontological intimacy"
Bolsonaro e seus seguidores
BOLSONARO E SEUS SEGUIDORES: 1560 FRASES O livro Bolsonaro e seus seguidores: 1.560 frases, de autoria de Walter Barretto Jr. e lançado pela Editora Geração, reúne 1.560 frases do presidente Jair Bolsonaro e seus seguidores, ditas em vários momentos, ordenadas cronologicamente, fruto de pesquisa e com indicação das fontes. A ideia foi reunir todo esse material permitindo que o cidadão tenha acesso, de forma fácil e condensada, e possa acompanhar a história recente do Brasil, em versão direta, contada pelos próprios governantes e seus simpatizantes. Um ''registro histórico'' dessa triste fase, principalmente para as futuras gerações! Grande parte dos eleitores do presidente Jai...
History of the Upper Guinea Coast
Walter Rodney is revered throughout the Caribbean as a teacher, a hero, and a martyr. This book remains the foremost work on the region.
Batman (1940-) #296
Scarecrow and his strawmen are back to instill fear!
Unico
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Western Africa and Cabo Verde, 1790S-1830S
Western Africa and Cabo Verde, 1790s-1830s; Symbiosis of Slave and Legitimate Trades addresses the collaboration of slave traders and shipmasters engaged in legitimate commerce. This monograph is the third volume of a trilogy treating the history of western Africa from the 11th to the 19th centuries. It follows Landlords and Strangers; Ecology, Society, and Trade in Western Africa, 1000-1630 (Westview Press 1993) and Eurafricans in Western Africa; Commerce, Social Status, Gender, and Religious Observance from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century (Ohio University Press, 2003). All three monographs describe commercial, social, and cultural links between the Cape Verde archipelago, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, and Sierra Leone.
Traditions in World Cinema
The core volume in the Traditions in World Cinema series, this book brings together a colourful and wide-ranging collection of world cinematic traditions - national, regional and global - all of which are in need of introduction, investigation and, in some cases, critical reassessment. Topics include: German expressionism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, British new wave, Czech new wave, Danish Dogma, post-Communist cinema, Brazilian post-Cinema Novo, new Argentine cinema, pre-revolutionary African traditions, Israeli persecution films, new Iranian cinema, Hindi film songs, Chinese wenyi.
Latin American Cinema
Renewed interest in Latin American film industries has opened a host of paths of scholarly exploration. Productions from different countries reflect particular social attitudes, political climates and self-conceptions, and must be considered separately and as a whole. The search for national identity is a key component of Latin American films in a time of decreasing cultural diversity and pressures to westernize. Globalization and falling government support have fueled cross-border collaborations, calling into question the idea of a movie's "nationality," and leaving some nations' film industries on the brink of collapse. Whether thriving or barely surviving, struggling to remain distinct or...
