Kath Warren's Books

Social Sciences

The Big Issues

By: Kath Woodward

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The social sciences routinely debate questions of society, and of the relationship between individuals and the social world in which we live. Some contemporary debates have a long history, and others are expressed differently in the age of new technologies and the Internet. This book offers an introduction to some of these key debates, and to the ways of thinking and dealing with them the social sciences employ. It introduces important concepts which promote understanding of discussions including those on identity, citizenship, social divisions, consumption and class, gender, race and ethnicity, the role of the media and the impact of globalization. This student-friendly book, including boxed material, examples and illustrations, fills the gap in the market for an introductory text on the social sciences. It will greatly interest students wishing to bridge the gap between Access courses or A levels and social science degrees, and those who are considering studying the social sciences at undergraduate level and who want to know more about what might be involved.

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1134494513

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Long Slow Burn

Sexuality and Social Science

By: Kath Weston

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Long Slow Burn

Sexuality and Social Science

By: Kath Weston

Kath Weston's powerful collection of essays, Long, Slow Burn, challenges the preconception that queer studies is the brainchild of the humanities and argues that social science has been talking about sex all along. To deny this one would have to overlook Kinsey's pioneering sex research in the 1950s, or the psychiatrist Evelyn Hooker's pathbreaking study of homosexuality, but also in the "sex talk" that lies at the heart of classic debates on kinship, inequality, cognition, and other foundational topics in the social sciences. What is different now, Weston claims, is the way sexuality has been isolated from other contemporary issues. Not content with its ghettoization as a contained subfield, Weston refuses to draw an artificial line around sexuality.

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Routledge

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1135208824

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Globalizing Boxing

By: Kath Woodward

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Globalizing Boxing

By: Kath Woodward

Boxing is a traditional sport in many ways, characterized by continuities in the form of practices and regulations and heavy with legends and heroes reflecting its traditional/historical values. Associations with class, hegemonic masculinity and racialized inclusions/exclusions, however, sit alongside developments such as women's boxing and involvement in Mixed Martial Arts. This book will be the first to use boxing as a vehicle for exploring social, cultural and political change in a global context. It will consider to what degree and in what ways boxing reflects social transformations, and whether and how it contributes to those transformations. In exploring the relationship it will provide new ways of thinking critically about the everyday.

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194

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A&C Black

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1849667977

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9781849667975

Contemporary Australian Corporate Law

By: Stephen Bottomley,Kath Hall,Peta Spender,Beth Nosworthy

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Contemporary Australian Corporate Law

By: Stephen Bottomley,Kath Hall,Peta Spender,Beth Nosworthy

Introduces corporate law in Australia with authoritative, contextual and critical analyses of the law of corporations and financial markets.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108796958

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Social Geographies

The Basics

By: Kath Browne,Dhiren Borisa,Mary Gilmartin,Niharika Banerjea

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Social Geographies

The Basics

By: Kath Browne,Dhiren Borisa,Mary Gilmartin,Niharika Banerjea

Social Geographies: The Basics introduces what social geography is, and what it might be. It outlines the key contours of social geographies, and also disrupts some of the conventions of the discipline in both its content and structure. This book approaches social geographies by beginning with the resistances, contestations and ‘solutions’ that communities use to challenge exclusions in place and space in order to create equitable societies. It then addresses the inequalities, precarities, and ‘problems’ that prompt these interventions. This allows the book to emphasise the importance of activism in the here and now, and to show how activism often makes issues visible and contested in ways that are then theorised by academics. Social Geographies starts with solidarities, communities, and networks before moving to examine difference, precarity, and mobilities. Each chapter offers key case studies that centre resistance, contestations of inequitable power, and local knowledges that can often be seen as ‘solutions’ to national and transnational issues, creating a decolonial understanding of ‘social geography from below’ within and across national contexts. This book is essential reading for undergraduate students and readers new to the area, as well as anyone studying introductory geography, social, cultural and critical geography, ‘the spatial turn’ and issues of spatialities, and key issues like precarity, power, difference, equality, and mobilities.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040012396

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9781040012390

The Fiction of C. S. Lewis

Mask and Mirror

By: Kath Filmer

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The Fiction of C. S. Lewis

Mask and Mirror

By: Kath Filmer

This book examines the way in which the fictional writings of C.S. Lewis reveal much about the man himself and his quest for psychological and spiritual wholeness. There is new material dealing with C.S. Lewis's political writings, especially the correspondences between his thriller, That Hideous Strength and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, and some new insights into Lewis's attitudes to women.

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Springer

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1349225355

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Gender in Real Time

Power and Transience in a Visual Age

By: Kath Weston

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Gender in Real Time

Power and Transience in a Visual Age

By: Kath Weston

After decades of innovative scholarship that galvanized a field and shattered a world of preconceptions, the study of gender now appears to languish. It has been a long while since the publication of a provocative and influential text like Judith Butler's Gender Trouble . Kath Weston argues that the problem is one of time. For too long gender studies has been preoccupied with the visual, with ample attention given to issues of performativity and embodiment, all at the expense of time. Gender in Real Time makes a provocative and important new argument that will revolutionize the field of gender studies. Introducing temporality into the equation and examining the ways gender exists, Weston uses the tools of political economy, the history of mathematics, Darwinian evolution, and a bit of physics to propel gender studies toward the future. Startling new concepts like zero gender and the meaning of time claims are introduced. Moreover, the impact of our time-sensitive society, with its ever-increasing need for speed and accelerated development, is explored for its effect on the production of gender. With chapter titles including, Unsexed, The Ghosts of Gender Past, and The Global Economy Next Time, this book offers a pioneering addition to the field that will forever change our notion of gender.

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Routledge

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1317958403

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9781317958406

Falling Off the Pedestal

By: Kath Williams

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Falling Off the Pedestal

By: Kath Williams

Based on a true story, this novel takes the reader on a journey with a small town newspaper reporter as she tries to unravel unethical and unorthodox medical practices of an infertility specialist. Lake Tahoe is the setting where three women face personal and physical challenges with the “help” of a trusted physician who has his own goals and agenda.

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iUniverse

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0595122426

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9780595122424

Organizing and Managing Your Research

A Practical Guide for Postgraduates

By: Renata Phelps,Kath Fisher,Allan Ellis

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Organizing and Managing Your Research

A Practical Guide for Postgraduates

By: Renata Phelps,Kath Fisher,Allan Ellis

`As research guides go, this is probably the best, most readable and encouraging books for nurses that I have come across....I recommend this volume to students and researchers at all levels, and at all stages of their professional careers. It is an excellent read′ - Nursing Standard ′[This book] is an ideal reader for someone who is thinking about starting a research project with no or limited previous experience. This is because it outlines the whole research process from start to finish. It also provides useful tips for those who are more experienced′ - Nurse Researcher Organizing and Managing Your Research: A Practical Guide for Postgraduates deals with the practical, day-to-day aspects of managing and organizing research. Its focus is on strategies, skills, and systems that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of research practice across all research disciplines. Written in an accessible, non-technical style that speaks directly to the reader in a personal and collegial voice, this text gives practical advice and offers many tips and strategies gleaned from experienced researchers. The written text is accompanied by a website that provides downloadable templates and live links to appropriate sites. Key Features include: - Tips boxes to outline useful strategies and shortcuts based on day-to-day practice of experienced researchers. - Feature examples illustrate the practical application of some of the concepts covered - `Want to know more about ...?′ boxes offer pointers to further sources of information - `Over to you′ questions at the end of each chapter prompt the student to reflect on how the strategies and concepts can be applied to their own research project

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SAGE

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1848604513

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Boxing, Masculinity and Identity

The 'I' of the Tiger

By: Kath Woodward

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Boxing, Masculinity and Identity

The 'I' of the Tiger

By: Kath Woodward

Boxing is infused with ideas about masculinity, power, race and social class, and as such is an ideal lens through which social scientists can examine key modern themes. In addition, its inherent contradictions of extreme violence and beauty and of discipline and excess have long been a source of inspiration for writers and film makers. Essential reading for anyone interested in the sociology of sport and cultural representations of gender, Boxing, Masculinity and Identity brings together ethnographic research with material from film, literature and journalism. Through this combination of theoretical insight and cultural awareness, Woodward explores the social constructs around boxing and our experience and understanding of central issues including: masculinity mind, body and the construction of identity spectacle and performance: tensions between the public and private person boxing on film: the role of cultural representations in building identities methodologies: issues of authenticity and ‘truth’ in social science.

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1136804838

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Secret Upper Peninsula: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

By: Kath Usitalo

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Secret Upper Peninsula: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

By: Kath Usitalo

How did a sparsely populated landmass surrounded by Great Lakes and completely separated from the rest of the state become the Upper Peninsula of Michigan? At the end of each winter what do Yoopers—those hardy souls who call the UP home—measure with a 30-foot tall “thermometer?” And should you put ketchup or gravy on a pasty? You’ll find the answers to these questions and many more in Secret Upper Peninsula: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. You may know that the UP inspired Longfellow’s “The Song of Hiawatha,” but what about works by Ernest Hemingway and Da Yoopers? Find out where a popular Chicago cartoonist summered in a cottage shaped like a giant pickle barrel, and where a ghost town comes alive once a year for a gathering of the descendants of copper mining families. Discover why believers say the mysterious Paulding Light is the lantern of a railroad man who perished on the tracks, or where to find the world’s longest porch and one of the least-visited National Parks. Local author Kath Usitalo takes you deep into the densely forested peninsula that might seem like one big, isolated secret to an outsider. Delve into this insider’s guide to learn about the fascinating quirks and curiosities of the land of Gitche Gumee.

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Reedy Press LLC

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1681062232

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9781681062235

Christmas with the Wiggles

By: Kath Warren,Wiggles, The

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Christmas with the Wiggles

By: Kath Warren,Wiggles, The

It's Christmas and all through Wiggle House, Anthony, Murray, Sam and Jeff are getting ready for their favourite day of the year. When all The Wiggles' friends arrive, the fun really starts!

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0733323588

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Wiggle and Learn

Health and Physical Development

By: Kath Warren,Wiggles, The

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Wiggle and Learn

Health and Physical Development

By: Kath Warren,Wiggles, The

There's nothing The Wiggles love more than a camping trip with lots of games, fresh food and exercise! Join The Wiggles and their friends for lots of fun and learning in A Wiggly Workout.

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Book's by Kath Warren

Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Long Slow Burn

Long Slow Burn

Globalizing Boxing

Globalizing Boxing

Contemporary Australian Corporate Law

Contemporary Australian Corporate Law

Social Geographies

Social Geographies

The Fiction of C. S. Lewis

The Fiction of C. S. Lewis

Gender in Real Time

Gender in Real Time

Falling Off the Pedestal

Falling Off the Pedestal

Organizing and Managing Your Research

Organizing and Managing Your Research

Boxing, Masculinity and Identity

Boxing, Masculinity and Identity

Secret Upper Peninsula: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Secret Upper Peninsula: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Christmas with the Wiggles

Christmas with the Wiggles

Wiggle and Learn

Wiggle and Learn

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