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Plant Kin

A Multispecies Ethnography in Indigenous Brazil

By: Theresa L. Miller

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Plant Kin

A Multispecies Ethnography in Indigenous Brazil

By: Theresa L. Miller

The Indigenous Canela inhabit a vibrant multispecies community of nearly 3,000 people and over 300 types of cultivated and wild plants living together in Maranhão State in the Brazilian Cerrado (savannah), a biome threatened with deforestation and climate change. In the face of these environmental threats, Canela women and men work to maintain riverbank and forest gardens and care for their growing crops, whom they consider to be, literally, children. This nurturing, loving relationship between people and plants—which offers a thought-provoking model for supporting multispecies survival and well-being throughout the world—is the focus of Plant Kin. Theresa L. Miller shows how kinship develops between Canela people and plants through intimate, multi-sensory, and embodied relationships. Using an approach she calls “sensory ethnobotany,” Miller explores the Canela bio-sociocultural life-world, including Canela landscape aesthetics, ethnobotanical classification, mythical storytelling, historical and modern-day gardening practices, transmission of ecological knowledge through an education of affection for plant kin, shamanic engagements with plant friends and lovers, and myriad other human-nonhuman experiences. This multispecies ethnography reveals the transformations of Canela human-environment and human-plant engagements over the past two centuries and envisions possible futures for this Indigenous multispecies community as it reckons with the rapid environmental and climatic changes facing the Brazilian Cerrado as the Anthropocene epoch unfolds.

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University of Texas Press

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1477317422

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Gender Myths v. Working Realities

Using Social Science to Reformulate Sexual Harassment Law

By: Theresa M Beiner

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Gender Myths v. Working Realities

Using Social Science to Reformulate Sexual Harassment Law

By: Theresa M Beiner

Both the courts and the public seem confused about sexual harassment—what it is, how it functions, and what sorts of behaviors are actionable in court. Theresa M. Beiner contrasts perspectives from social scientists on the realities of workplace sexual harassment with the current legal standard. When it comes to sexual harassment law, all too often courts (and employers) are left in the difficult position of grappling with vague legal standards and little guidance about what sexual harassment is and what can be done to stop it. Often, courts impose their own stereotyped view of how women and men “ought” to behave in the workplace. This viewpoint, social science reveals, is frequently out of sync with reality. As a legal scholar who takes social science seriously, Beiner provides valuable insight into what behaviors people perceive as sexually harassing, why such behavior can be characterized as discrimination because of sex, and what types of workplaces are more conducive to sexually harassing behavior than others. Throughout, Beiner offers proposals for legal reform with the goal of furthering workplace equality for both men and women.

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NYU Press

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0814786499

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American Theatre

By: Theresa Saxon

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American Theatre

By: Theresa Saxon

This book provides a brief yet informative evaluation of the variety and complexity of theatrical endeavours in the United States, embracing all epochs of theatre history and situating American theatre as a lively, dynamic and diverse arena.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748654097

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9780748654093

Effects of Subsurface Drainage on Pavement Performance

Analysis of the SPS-1 and SPS-2 Field Sections

By: Kathleen Theresa Hall,James A. Crovetti,National Cooperative Highway Research Program

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Effects of Subsurface Drainage on Pavement Performance

Analysis of the SPS-1 and SPS-2 Field Sections

By: Kathleen Theresa Hall,James A. Crovetti,National Cooperative Highway Research Program

NCHRP Report 583 explores the effects of subsurface drainage features on pavement performance through a program of inspection and testing of the subsurface drainage features present in the Long-Term Pavement Performance SPS-1 (flexible hot-mix asphalt pavement) and SPS-2 (rigid portland cement concrete pavement) field sections.

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Transportation Research Board

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0309099021

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9780309099028

Plant Kin

A Multispecies Ethnography in Indigenous Brazil

By: Theresa L. Miller

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A Multispecies Ethnography in Indigenous Brazil

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Plant Kin

Plant Kin

Gender Myths v. Working Realities

Gender Myths v. Working Realities

American Theatre

American Theatre

Effects of Subsurface Drainage on Pavement Performance

Effects of Subsurface Drainage on Pavement Performance

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