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  • Fantasmic Objects

    Art and Sociality from Lebanon, 1920-1950

    by Kirsten L. Scheid ...
    Series series Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
    In Lebanon, the study of modern art—rather than power or hierarchy—has compelled citizens to confront how they define themselves as a postcolonial nation.In Fantasmic Objects, Kirsten L. Scheid offers a striking study of both modern art in Lebanon and modern Lebanon through art. By focusing on the careers of Moustapha Farrouk and Omar Onsi, forefathers of an iconic national repertoire, and their ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Eric R. Wright ...
    With chapters written by leading scholars and researchers, the third edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides an updated, comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. The volume presents an overview of the historical, social, and institutional frameworks for understanding mental health and illness. Part I examines the social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Sociology of Mental Health

    Theories, Social Contexts, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Eric R. Wright ...
    Sociology of Mental Health, 4th Edition offers a comprehensive introduction to the impact of social forces on mental health. Fully updated throughout, it features eleven new chapters on such topics as immigration, the work-family interface, and LGBTQ+ mental health. Part I addresses the central theoretical developments in the sociology of mental health. Part II examines the social context of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Religion, Power, and the Rise of Shinto in Early Modern Japan

    Edited by Stefan Köck, Brigitte Pickl-Kolaczia, Bernhard Scheid ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Shinto Studies
    This book sheds new light on the relationship between religion and state in early modern Japan, and demonstrates the growing awareness of Shinto in both the political and the intellectual elite of Tokugawa Japan, even though Buddhism remained the privileged means of stately religious control.The first part analyses how the Tokugawa government aimed to control the populace via Buddhism and at the ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Trophy Cases

    The Theory, Design, and Cultural Politics of Video Game Trophies and Achievements

    Edited by Ryan Scheiding, Dan Staines, Sarah Christina Ganzon ...
    An interdisciplinary and international roster of contributors explore the theory, design, and player practices surrounding video game reward systems, arguing for the importance of understanding trophies and achievements as a central aspect of video game design and play.As PlayStation Trophies, Xbox Achievements, and other similar built-in reward systems have become widespread in the video game ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion

    Edited by Bernhard Scheid, Mark Teeuwen ...
    The Japanese Middle Ages were a period when forms of secrecy dominated religious practice. This fascinating collection traces out the secret characteristics and practices in Japanese religion, as well as analyzing the decline of religious esotericism in Japan.The essays in this impressive work refer to Esoteric Buddhism as the core of Japan’s "culture of secrecy". Esoteric Buddhism developed in ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Sociological Insights on Mental Health and Distress

    by Teresa L. Scheid, S. Megan Smith ...
    Introduces students to the study of the social forces that shape mental health and empowers the next generation to make an impact on mental health managementAs the prevalence of mental health issues worldwide continues to grow, an active area of sociology is investigating the social causes and consequences of mental health and illness. Young people are especially vulnerable to the current mental ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Tony N. Brown ...
    The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Soviet Space Culture

    Cosmic Enthusiasm in Socialist Societies

    Edited by E. Maurer, J. Richers, M. Rüthers, C. Scheide ...
    Starting with the first man-made satellite 'Sputnik' in 1957 and culminating four years later with the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, space became a new utopian horizon. This book explores the profound repercussions of the Soviet space exploration program on culture and everyday life in Eastern Europe, especially in the Soviet Union itself. ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • The Ethics of Armed Humanitarian Intervention

    Edited by Don E. Scheid ...
    The question of military intervention for humanitarian purposes is a major focus for international law, the United Nations, regional organizations such as NATO, and the foreign policies of nations. Against this background, the 2011 bombing in Libya by Western nations has occasioned renewed interest and concern about armed humanitarian intervention (AHI) and the doctrine of Responsibility to ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare E-Book

    Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare E-Book

    Edited by Volker Scheid, Hugh MacPherson ...
    Traditional East Asian healthcare systems have moved rapidly from the fringes of healthcare systems in the West towards the centre over the past 50 years. This change of status for traditional medicines presents their practitioners with both opportunities and challenges as the focus shifts from one of opposition towards one of integration into biomedically dominated healthcare systems. Integrating ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Falling Liquid Films

    by C. Ruyer-Quil, M. G. Velarde, S. Kalliadasis, B. Scheid ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Falling Liquid Films gives a detailed review of state-of-the-art theoretical, analytical and numerical methodologies, for the analysis of dissipative wave dynamics and pattern formation on the surface of a film falling down a planar inclined substrate. This prototype is an open-flow hydrodynamic instability, that represents an excellent paradigm for the study of complexity in active nonlinear ... Read more

    $107.09 USD