Author: Sherry Lynn Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195157273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Reimagining Indians investigates a group of Anglo-American writers whose books about Native Americans helped reshape Americans' understanding of Indian peoples at the turn of the twentieth century. Hailing from the Eastern United States, these men and women traveled to the American West and discovered "exotics" in their midst. Drawn to Indian cultures as alternatives to what they found distasteful about modern American culture, these writers produced a body of work that celebrates Indian cultures, religions, artistry, and simple humanity. Although these writers were not academically trained ethnographers, their books represent popular versions of ethnography. In revealing their own doubts about the superiority of European-American culture, they sought to provide a favorable climate for Indian cultural survival in a world indisputably dominated by non-Indians. They also encouraged notions of cultural relativism, pluralism, and tolerance in American thought. For the historian and general reader alike, this volume speaks to broad themes of American cultural history, Native American history, and the history of the American West.
Author: Andrea Seeman
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663249598
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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We all know the song about Little Bunny Foo Foo (LB) and how he bopped mice on the head. Why did he do that though? Did you ever stop to wonder? LB’s life wasn’t as happy and carefree as it seemed. He had secrets, and he had a hard life. He did get turned into a Goon for the choices he made, but what happened after that? What did he do and where did he go after that? Did anyone help him or did LB end up staying a Goon forever?
Author: Soyinka, Wole
Publisher: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
ISBN: 998708267X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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In the nineteen 60s and 70s, the University of Dar es salaam was recognised internationally as a great academic institution, and the site of anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist, socialist studies and activism. With the onslaught of neo-liberalism beginning with Structural Adjustment Programmes in Tanzania in the mid 80s, the university was one of its prime targets; subjected to numerous pressures designed to extinguish the flames of revolutionary scholarship and activism. The establishment in 2008 of the Mwalimu Nyerere Chair on Pan - Africanism with Professor Issa Shivji as its first Chairman, and the annual Distinguished Nyerere Lectures Series inaugurating annual intellectual festivals was, in Professor Shivji's introduction to this volume of collected lectures, "the resurrection of radical Pan-Africanism at the University of Dar es salaam." The impact of the festivals and the lectures went well beyond the university community, as substantial number of the participants at these lectures and debates were citizen intellectuals, not part of the university community. The calibre of the distinguished lecturers speaks for itself; there could be no better representation of progressive African intellectuals honouring the legacy of Mwalimu Nyerere, than Professors Wole Soyinka, Samir Amin, Bereket Habte Selassie, Micere Githae Mugo and Thandika Mkandawire whose lectures are published in this book.
Author: Breannalyn Pearce
Publisher: Raven Edges Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Christabella ‘Belle’ Brimble, has just started her freshman year of high school and has a lot on her plate. Between the constant nagging of her cheerleader best friend, Anna, to give a care about her reputation, and the frequent staring of her former friend, Walter, she feels like the walls are closing in on her from all corners. But what bothers her most, isn’t her best friend nagging or her former friend burning holes through her back … No. Her problems stem from her two-year-older big brother, Gabriel Elijah ‘Eli’ Brimble, seeking to avoid her for the better part of the past year. Eli has put-up these constant barriers between them, dictating what she can and can’t say and do around him, practically to the point of being ridiculous and she’s tried everything to have a sensible conversation with him about it, but every time she tries, he willfully shuts her out. After an explosive fight on the beach over her napping in his bed which ends in a lock being installed on his bedroom door, she decides she’s had enough of these childish games and makes it her mission to figure out what is going on with him so they can save the close-knit friendship they once regarded as children, before it’s, too, late. Trigger Warning: This work contains dark, heavy themes much like it's predecessors and some readers may find some of the content disturbing or otherwise uncomfortable. If you are easily triggered you may want to avoid this fictional work. Your mental health is very important, so please take care of yourself. (AKA: Don't be Belle and Eli.)
Author: Jaber F. Gubrium
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231541783
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The traditional lines of demarcation between service providers and service users are shifting. Professionals in managed service organizations are working to incorporate the voices of service users into their missions and the way they function, and service users, with growing access to knowledge, have taken on the semblances of professional expertise. Additionally, the human services environment has been transformed by administrative imperatives. The drive toward greater efficiency and accountability has weakened the bond between users and providers. Reimagining the Human Service Relationship is informed by the premise that the helping relationship should be seen as developing in the interactive space between those who provide human services and those who receive them. The contributors to this volume redefine the contours, roles, institutional divisions, means, and aims of providing and receiving services in a range of settings, including child welfare, addiction treatment, social enterprise, doctoring, mental health, and palliative care. Though they advocate an experience-near approach, they remain sensitive to the ambiguities and competing rationalities of the service relationship. Taken together, these chapters reimagine the service relationship by making visible the working relevancies of service delivery.
Author: Mita Mallick
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1394177097
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER Reimagining what inclusion can look like in our organizations starts with understanding why these 13 DEI myths are not true—with practical and effective strategies for implementing transformative inclusivity. In Reimagine Inclusion, veteran DEI leader Mita Mallick debunks 13 myths that hold us back from transforming our workplaces. She delivers powerful storytelling combined with practical and hands on ways for us to be more inclusive leaders. She teaches us that when we show up as more inclusive leaders, we have the power to change our organizations, ultimately creating a ripple effect across our ecosystem. You’ll learn: How to understand, confront, and mitigate your own biases as you commit to do the work that starts with yourself. How to coach future leaders and to be intentional about how you lead in your organization—both in public and behind closed doors. To become an active participant in building your workplace’s culture. Reimagine Inclusion walks you through how to: understand the leader’s journey in your organization, interrupt bias at every key decision point, and transform your organization’s systems, processes, and policies to improve inclusivity at every level. This is a must have resource for managers and executives, founders and CEOs. Reimagine Inclusion is for anyone with a stake in building more inclusive, empathetic and resilient organizations, where each and every one of us can thrive.
Author: Tani Hanes
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781092955683
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 245
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Martha "Mouse" Cameron has always felt she comes by her nickname honestly; she is quiet, shy, mousey in every way. But as soon as she meets Henry, she feels anything but mousey. Henry is the wealthy widower father of the boy she's going to nanny for the summer in the heart of New York City, and sparks fly immediately as she feels things she's never felt before. As her feelings for Leo, the little boy, grow, so too do her feelings for Henry, his father. Is it possible that Henry has feelings for her, too?Being a live in nanny puts her much closer to Henry than she's comfortable being, and it does seem like he's responding to her, too. But Henry has a girlfriend, and Mouse has an ex. And what would be best for Leo? None of these questions really seems to matter, though, when Mouse is getting to know Henry, and vice versa, better and better every day, when every glance and touch makes her tingle.How is she supposed to get through the summer and keep things under control, when she knows she's falling in love with her young charge's handsome father?
Author: Naomi Miller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135363285
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Peter W. Frey
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN: 1626346038
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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Are you concerned about the current political polarization and serious economic and social uncertainty in the United States today? Peter Frey’s powerful, fresh, and fair-minded book, Reimagining Our American Republic: A Commonsense Vision for Uncommon Times, provides solid reasons for hope and a clear direction forward. After educating readers on the background of the issues affecting America today and examining political problems passed down from previous generations, Frey offers detailed, thoughtful proposals—both practical and provocative—on how we can alter the way we govern ourselves and restructure our government in areas from education and voting rights to healthcare and defense—all while staying true to the intentions of the Founding Fathers. Frey’s book is a call to action to the growing number of Americans—including young people—who are ready to understand and face the critical complexities of the present-day situation and take action to move our country beyond them. Frey presents straightforward and optimistic proof that there are judicious solutions at hand. The book will energize readers, encourage discussion, and inspire anyone who is eager for new ideas, honest change, and making a positive impact on our country during these historic times. As Frey asks in the book, “If not now, when?” Frey is a published author, research scientist, and professor emeritus at Northwestern University.
Author: Alison L Black
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030758591
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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This book explores the capacities and desires of academic women to reimagine and transform academic cultures. Embracing and championing feminist scholarship, the research presented by the authors in this collection holds space for a different way of being in academia and shifts the conversation toward a future that is hopeful, kind and inclusive. Through exploring lived experiences, building caring communities and enacting an ethics of care, the authors are reimagining the academy’s focus and purpose. The autoethnographic and arts-based research approaches employed throughout the book provide evocative conceptual content, which responds to the symbolic nature of transformation in the academy. This innovative volume will be of interest and value to feminist scholars, as well as those interested in disrupting and rejecting patriarchal academic structures.
