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From Brotherhood to Manhood: How Black Men Rescue Their Relationships and Dreams from the Invisibility Syndrome ISBN13: 9780471352945Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Wisdom and guidance for African American men in search of a full and empowered life.”From Brotherhood to Manhood explores-with rich clinical wisdom-the unique burdens of being black and male in America. A.J. Franklin offers insightful advice to inspire men from any background. This forthright book should be read by everyone interested in understanding the obstacles along the journey toward…. Click Here to Read More

Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing • Explores the lifestyle of indigenous peoples of the world who exist in complete harmony with the natural world and with each other.• Reveals a model of a society built on trust, patience, and joy rather than anxiety, hurry, and acquisition.• Shows how we can reconnect with the ancient intuitive awareness of the world’s original people. Deep in the mountainous jungle of Malaysia the aboriginal Sng’oi exist on the edge of extinction, though their way of living may ultimately be the kind of existence that will allow us all to survive. The Sng’oi–pre-industrial, pre-agricultural, semi-nomadic–live without cars or cell phones,…. Click Here to Read More

Freud Along the Ganges: Psychoanalytic Reflections on the People and Culture of India A collection of new and previously-published essays that sheds light on the intersections between psychoanalysis and Indic Studies.While Indian academics and clinicians have been familiar with psychoanalysis for many decades, they have kept this Western model of the mind separate from the spiritual and philosophical traditions of their own country. Freud Along the Ganges bridges this important lacuna in psychoanalytic and Indic studies by creating a new theoretical field where human motives are approached not only psychoanalytically but also from the perspective of the teachings of Buddha, Tagore,…. Click Here to Read More

What Americans Build and Why: Psychological Perspectives ISBN13: 9780521734356Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! What Americans Build and Why examines five areas of Americans’ built environment: houses, healthcare facilities, schools, workplaces, and shopping environments. Synthesizing information from both academic journals and the popular press, the book looks at the relationships of size and scale to the way Americans live their lives and how their way of life is fundamentally shaped by the highway system, cheap land, and incentives. This book is timely because…. Click Here to Read More

Intercultural Interactions: A Practical Guide (Cross Cultural Research and Methodology) This new edition of Intercultural Interactions presents a fully updated set of training materials which have been developed to form the basis of a variety of cross-cultural orientation programmes. These materials are based on the assumption that there are commonalities, or similar personal experiences, when people live and work in cultures other than their own. More comprehensive in scope than its predecessor, the Second Edition also contains a practical new user’s guide, and its expanded coverage draws readers in with more vivid scenarios and examples reflecting changing world events and social…. Click Here to Read More

Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis among African-Americans Through stories (including their own), interviews, and analysis of the most recent data available, Dr. Alvin Poussaint and journalist Amy Alexander offer a groundbreaking look at ‘posttraumatic slavery syndrome,’ the unique physical and emotional perils for black people that are the legacy of slavery and persistent racism. They examine the historical, cultural, and social factors that make many blacks reluctant to seek health care, and cite ways that everyone from the layperson to the health care provider can help. List Price: $ 18.00 Price: $…. Click Here to Read More

Multicultural/Multiracial Psychology: Mestizo Perspectives in Personality and Mental Health This book presents a cognitive styles framework that explores the relationship between traditionalism/modernism and cognitive styles and offers a method for multiculturalism assessment and psychotherapy that promotes the development of pluralistic perspectives and lifestyles. List Price: $ 61.00 Price: $…. Click Here to Read More

Race in the 21st Century: Ethnographic Approaches What is the state of race relations in the U.S.? Are we making progress toward ending racial discrimination and prejudice? What, exactly, does “race” mean? In Race in the 21st Century: Ethnographic Approaches, John Hartigan takes an anthropological look at questions such as these by introducing students to the study of race through qualitative approaches. In the first text to take an explicitly ethnographic approach, Hartigan summarizes and explains the current state of social science knowledge on race in the United States. In the process of surveying this research, Hartigan guides readers to think through basic important questions…. Click Here to Read More

Race in the 21st Century: Ethnographic Approaches What is the state of race relations in the U.S.? Are we making progress toward ending racial discrimination and prejudice? What, exactly, does “race” mean? In Race in the 21st Century: Ethnographic Approaches, John Hartigan takes an anthropological look at questions such as these by introducing students to the study of race through qualitative approaches. In the first text to take an explicitly ethnographic approach, Hartigan summarizes and explains the current state of social science knowledge on race in the United States. In the process of surveying this research, Hartigan guides readers to think through basic important questions…. Click Here to Read More

Don’t kill the Mockingbird The book is a personal memoir of Gopal Chandu in the form of an interview conducted by V. Bhargavi of the Bapu Trust and Maitreyi.The book is a personal memoir of Gopal Chandu in the form of an interview conducted by V. Bhargavi of the Bapu Trust and Maitreyi. List Price: $ 0.99 Price: $…. Click Here to Read More

New Racism: Revisiting Researcher Accountabilities This book develops a debate around responsible social inquiry into new racism. A variety of ways of researching new forms of racism (for example, aversive, modern, cultural, purportedly color-blind, and new racism) are addressed. Experiments that have been undertaken to inquire into group identity and people’s implicit bias in relation to those perceived as “other” are critically explored and their potential consequences reconsidered. The book also critically explores survey research, which, it is argued, can serve to reinforce the notion of the existence of ethnoracial groups with defined boundaries that inhere in social life. The…. Click Here to Read More

In 1977 I did field work in Surinam recording music assisted by David Perez. Two lps, now available as CD’s. were released by Lyrichord as FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM – MUSIC OF THE SARAMAKA MAROONS OF SURINAME, Lyrichord LLST 7354 andSURINAME – JAVANESE MUSIC, Lyrichord LLST 7317. The music we recorded of the Ndjuka was never released but can we heard as the soundtrack accompanying these images. Our guide into the interior was Andre Pakosie who is now a PhD in Ethnopsychology and runs an institute for Maroon Studies in Holland www.maroons-suriname.com http Video Rating: 4 / 5 In 1977 I did field work in Surinam recording music assisted by…. Click Here to Read More