Category: Sociology
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Cambria Press Publication Review: Contents Tourism in Japan
Congratulations to Philip Seaton (Tokyo University), Takayoshi Yamamura (Hokkaido University), Akiko Sugawa-Shimada (Yokohama National University), and Kyungjae Jang (Hokkaido University) on the outstanding review of their book, Contents Tourism in Japan: Pilgrimages to “Sacred Sites” of Popular Culture, in the journal Tourist Studies. The review praises the book, which includes 100 color images, noting that:…
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#ISA2015 Essential Titles
NEW TITLE: International Relations and the Arctic Increased global interest in the Arctic poses challenges to contemporary international relations, and many questions surround exactly why and how Arctic countries are asserting their influence and claims over their northern reaches and why and how non-Arctic states are turning their attention to the region. This first systematic…
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#NWSA2014 Highlights: Groundbreaking Books for Women’s Studies
#NWSA2014 attendees, are these groundbreaking books in women’s studies in your library? Make sure they are and take advantage of the 30% discount on all titles (now until November 30, 2014). Use web coupon code BA188. Unnatural Reproductions and Monstrosity: The Birth of the Monster in Literature, Film, and Media Andrea Wood and Brandy Schillace…
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Veterans Day Salute: Language and Gender in the Military
Happy Veterans Day to America’s heroes! Highlighted today is Lt. Col. Edith Disler’s book Language and Gender in the Military. From the preface: “American military identity is part of American identity in that it influences the American masculine construct and has affected 26 million veterans and their families, as well as those who may…
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Latin American Studies catalog now up for LASA 2014
The Latin American studies catalog is now up for LASA 2014! Download it now &/or pick one up at the Cambria Press booth (#209) in the LASA book exhibit hall next week in Chicago! Be sure to check out the new books in the series headed by: Román de la Campa (University of Pennsylvania): Cambria…
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AAS 2014 Highlight: Ooku, The Secret World of the Shogun’s Women
Praise for Ooku, The Secret World of the Shogun’s Women: “A wonderfully detailed history of the shogunal harem in Japan … The study covers everything from job descriptions and employment procedures to struggles over money and power; and it does not shy away from discussion of the sex—or lack of it—at the heart of the Ooku’s raison…