1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456019403321

Autore

Altman Dennis <1943, >

Titolo

Power and community : organizational and cultural responses to AIDS / / Dennis Altman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Bristol, Pa. : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1994

ISBN

1-135-35723-4

1-280-40681-X

9786610406814

0-203-50250-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Social aspects of AIDS Power and community

Disciplina

362.1/969792

610

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects

Community health services

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Community Health Services

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Power and Community; CopyrightPage; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. HIV and Community; Chapter 2. The Emergence of a Non-Government Response to AIDS; Chapter 3. What Do CBOs Do?; Chapter 4. The Changing Pandemic; Chapter 5. The Evolution of the Community Sector; Chapter 6. Expertise and Professionalism: Who Owns AIDS?; Chapter 7. The International Dimension; Chapter 8. Overview: CBOs as Subversive; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a global overview of the role of the community sector, examining in detail the origins and activities of community organizations in Europe, the Americas, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific. It also describes the impact of sexuality and gender on AIDS activism and AIDS organizing, as well as broader cultural responses to the epidemic. It charts the emergence and development of the community sector response to HIV and AIDS,



illustrating the factors that led affected individuals and communities to organize, question, challenge and redefine initial

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454466903321

Autore

Pettegrew John <1959->

Titolo

Brutes in suits [[electronic resource] ] : male sensibility in America, 1890-1920 / / John Pettegrew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8018-9172-8

1-4356-9266-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Collana

Gender relations in the American experience

Disciplina

305.31

Soggetti

Sex role - United States - History

Masculinity - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-398) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction. The De-Evolutionary Turn in U.S. Masculinity; Darwin and Evolutionary Psychology, Then and Now; John Dewey, Pierre Bourdieu, and Masculinity as a Habit of Mind; "The Caveman within Us" and the Masculinist Culture of Mimicry; 1 Rugged Individualism; Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis: Origins, Composition, and Meanings; Turner's Influence on the Social Psychology of the City; Radical Individualism: Masculinist Art, Angst, and Alienation in the City; Dudism, Cowgirl Feminism, and the Search for Authenticity in the "Old West"; 2 Brute Fictions

The American Literary Genre of Hunting and KillingReading for Plot: Call of the Wild, The Virginian, and the New Male Readership; Irony, Atavism, and Other Variations on the De-Evolutionary Theme; 3 College Football; Thorstein Veblen and the Rise of "Exotic Ferocity" in American College Football; Victor Turner, Stanford Football, and Hypermasculine Liminal Subjects; Clifford Geertz at the Big Game: "Thick Description" of Football as the Cultural Equivalent of War; 4 War in the Head; Civil War Memory, Blood Sacrifice, and Modern American Fighting Spirit



Of Rough Riders, Blood Brothers, and Roosevelt the BerserkerWar as Sport for Doughboys, Golden Boys, and Slackers; Postscript: Marine Corps Spirit and the U.S. Warrior Class, 1941-2003; 5 Laws of Sexual Selection; Race, Lynch Law, and the Manly Provocation; Marriage, Cultural Defense in The People v. Chen, and the Heat-of-Passion Defense in Texas; Compulsory Heterosexuality, the Charles Atlas Muscle-Beach Fable, and Sexual Dimorphism Unbound; Epilogue. Irony, Instinct, and War; Irony, Sam Fussell's Muscle, and Masculinity as a "Parodic Tableau Vivant"

Instinct, Deep Masculinity, and the Decline of MalesThe Iraq War, Hypermasculinity, and the Metaphor of Disease; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Illustrations

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459170503321

Titolo

World Christianity in local context : essays in memory of David A. Kerr. Volume 1 / / edited by Stephen R. Goodwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009

ISBN

1-4725-4954-6

1-282-87114-5

9786612871146

1-4411-0725-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Continuum religious studies

Disciplina

261.2/7

Soggetti

Christianity and culture

Christianity and other religions - Islam

Islam - Relations - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Stephen R. Goodwin -- Part 1. Global themes. Chapter 1. The Challenge of the Post-Christendom Era : The Relation of Christian Theology to World Religions / Ábrahám



Kovács ; Chapter 2. 'Take Home the Good News' : The Mission of the Church in the Context of Neo-Liberal Economic Globalization / Jooseop Keum ; Chapter 3. Open Boundaries, or : Perspectives on 'Person' for Inter-Religious Dialogue / Klaus Hock ; Chapter 4. In the Silence is a Presence / Hans Ucko ; Chapter 5. The Globalization of Localized African Religions : The Case of Kwame Bediako / James L. Cox -- Part 2. The African context. Chapter 6. The Ngoni Struggle for Land and Identity in Colonial Malawi / T. Jack Thompson ; Chapter 7. Familiar Ground : Origins and Trajectories of African Biblical Scholarship / Misheck Nyirenda ; Chapter 8. Prophetic Ministry Amid Conflict in Africa / Diane Stinton -- Part 3. The latin American context. Chapter 9. Mission in Reverse : The Case of Latin America / Miguel A. Palomino -- Part 4. The Eastern European Context. Chapter 10. The Evolution of Nationalism Within the Bulgarian Orthodox Church / James L. Hopkins -- Part 5. The Asian context. Chapter 11. Baptism and Inter-Religious Dialogue / Kenneth Fleming ; Chapter 12. The Immediacy of Presence in the Experience of God : An Indian Christian Perspective / Geomon Kizhakkemalayil George ; Chapter 13. Reading John Through Bhakti Eyes : The Hermeneutic of A. J. Appasamy / Sean M. Doyle ; Chapter 14. 'And the Word Became Flesh' : The Journey of Incarnation in the Prelature of Infanta / Sophia Marriage ; Chapter 15. A Chinese Theology of Suffering and Social Responsibility : The Essays of Liu Hsia / Maurie Sween -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Global Christianity in Local Context is the first volume of a unique collection of essays in honour of David A. Kerr, well-known for his contributions in the areas of Christian-Muslim dialogue, Ecumenical Studies and Missions. With contributions from recognized experts in these fields, the book provides a platform for examining contemporary Christian-Muslim relations and critical issues facing twenty-first century Christianity. In Volume 1, scholars and Church leaders offer insights into current trends in Local Theology and Missions from the contexts of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe."--Bloomsbury Publishing.