This beautiful, brave, and liberating book is a triumph of the spirit. Engrossing and exquisitely written, it shines with rare courage and a tender, life-saving wisdom that comes only through facing the darkness we suffer or inflict on others. It is a marvelous story whose characters I am glad to have in my life. Joanna Macy Author, World as Lover, World as Self Allan Johnson's illumination of the mind of a woman recovering from horrific abuse and loss is miraculous, carried by a story that is both gripping and inspiring. It is a stunning achievement. Jean Kilbourne ...
This beautiful, brave, and liberating book is a triumph of the spirit. Engrossing and exquisitely written, it shines with rare courage and a tender, l...
New Third Edition If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? "The Forest and the Trees" is one sociologist's response to the hypothetical-the core insight with the greatest potential to change how people see the world and themselves in relation to it. This Third Edition features: Updated key references, data, resources, and examples, from global warming, Obama's election, and gay marriage to transgender/cisgender and the Occupy Movement A glossary of terms The short essays in Chapter 6, framed around the power of sociology, dig beneath easy and...
New Third Edition If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? "The Forest and the Trees" is one sociologist's response t...
New Third Edition If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? The Forest and the Trees is one sociologist's response to the hypothetical-the core insight with the greatest potential to change how people see the world and themselves in relation to it. This Third Edition features: - Updated key references, data, resources, and examples, from global warming, Obama's election, and gay marriage to transgender/cisgender and the Occupy Movement - A glossary of terms - The short essays in Chapter 6, framed around the power of sociology, dig...
New Third Edition If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? The Forest and the Trees is one sociologist's respo...
Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence proposes a striking approach for reading the influences that interlace twentieth-century gay British writers. Focusing on the role of the textual image in literary influence, this book moves toward a new understanding of the interpenetration of literary and visual culture in the twentieth century.
Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence proposes a striking approach for reading the influences that interlace twentieth-century gay British w...
New Third Edition "The Gender Knot, " Allan Johnson's response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender inequality, explains what patriarchy is and isn't, how it works, and what gets in the way of understanding and doing something about it. Johnson's simple yet powerful approach avoids the paralyzing trap of guilt, blame, anger, and defensive denial that often results from conversations about gender. This edition features: Updated references, data, resources, and examples, especially in relation to issues of sexual orientation and gender...
New Third Edition "The Gender Knot, " Allan Johnson's response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender ine...
New Third Edition The Gender Knot, Allan Johnson's response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender inequality, explains what patriarchy is and isn't, how it works, and what gets in the way of understanding and doing something about it. Johnson's simple yet powerful approach avoids the paralyzing trap of guilt, blame, anger, and defensive denial that often results from conversations about gender. This edition features: Updated references, data, resources, and examples, especially in relation to issues of sexual orientation and...
New Third Edition The Gender Knot, Allan Johnson's response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender...
When Allan Johnson asked his dying father where he wanted his ashes to be placed, his father repliedwithout hesitationthat it made no difference to him at all. In his poignant, powerful memoir, "Not from Here, "Johnson embarks on an extraordinary, 2,000-mile journey across the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains to find the place where his father s ashes belonged. As a white man with Norwegian and English lineage, Johnson explores both America and the question of belonging to a place whose history holds the continuing legacy of the displacement, dispossession, and genocide of Native...
When Allan Johnson asked his dying father where he wanted his ashes to be placed, his father repliedwithout hesitationthat it made no difference to hi...