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New in Sociology
Body Studies in Canada
This edited volume delves into a variety of timely topics including postcolonial “othering” of the body; social discourses around healthy and un-healthy bodies; intersections of aging, gender, race, class, and size; the fitness industries’ promotion of the “ideal” body; the gendering of bodywork symbols and expressions in carceral environments; and self-awareness of “the body” in social and digital media. -
New in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
TransNarratives
Filling a gap in literature and fulfilling the need for trans-focused work, TransNarratives is an interdisciplinary collection featuring narratives of transgender experiences, providing a sourcebook of a range of trans perspectives, writing styles, and trans methodological fields of applicability.
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Lee Maracle Awarded the 2017 Bonham Centre Award
The Bonham Centre Awards were established in 2008 to recognize an individual or group that has ma... -
Becoming Girl: Collective Biography and the Production of Girlhood
Marnina Gonick and Susanne Gannon's Becoming Girl were selected as one of the honourable mentions... -
Lifelong Learning as Critical Action wins the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education
André P. Grace’s Lifelong Learning as Critical Action has been selected as the 2014 recipient of ...
