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The star-spangled banner
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ISBN: 0809383322 1299050875 0585098301 9780585098302 9780809322596 0809322595 0809322595 9780809383320 9780809383320 9781299050877 Year: 1999 Publisher: Carbondale : Crab Orchard Review : Southern Illinois University Press,

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The Star-Spangled Banner, Denise Duhamel's sixth book of poems, is about falling in love, American-style, with someone who is not American. In the title poem, a small American girl mishears the first line of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" as ""José, can you see?"", which leads her to imagine a foreign lover of an American woman dressed in a star-spangled gown. The misunderstandings caused by language recur throughout the book: contemplating what ""yes"" means in different cultures; watching Nickelodeon's ""Nick at Nite"" with a husband who grew up in the


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At the bureau of divine music : poems
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ISBN: 0814336337 9780814336335 9780814335109 0814335101 Year: 2011 Publisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press,


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Partiality
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ISBN: 1400846382 9781400846382 1299557945 9781299557949 9780691154732 0691154732 Year: 2013 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press

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We are partial to people with whom we share special relationships--if someone is your child, parent, or friend, you wouldn't treat them as you would a stranger. But is partiality justified, and if so, why? Partiality presents a theory of the reasons supporting special treatment within special relationships and explores the vexing problem of how we might reconcile the moral value of these relationships with competing claims of impartial morality. Simon Keller explains that in order to understand why we give special treatment to our family and friends, we need to understand how people come to matter in their own rights. Keller first presents two main accounts of partiality: the projects view, on which reasons of partiality arise from the place that people take within our lives and our commitments, and the relationships view, on which relationships themselves contain fundamental value or reason-giving force. Keller then argues that neither view is satisfactory because neither captures the experience of acting well within special relationships. Instead, Keller defends the individuals view, on which reasons of partiality arise from the value of the individuals with whom our relationships are shared. He defends this view by saying that we must accept that two people, whether friend or stranger, can have the same value, even as their value makes different demands upon people with whom they share different relationships. Keller explores the implications of this claim within a wider understanding of morality and our relationships with groups, institutions, and countries.

Self and others
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ISBN: 1134640897 1280324392 9786610324392 0203210328 0203258762 9780203258767 9780203210321 9780415198196 0415198194 9781134640898 9781134640843 9781134640881 1134640889 Year: 1999 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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Published in the year 2002, Selected Works RD Laing: Self & Other V2 is a valuable contribution to the field of Major Works.

Face to face : toward a sociological theory of interpersonal behavior
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ISBN: 0804780374 0585457808 9780585457802 0804744165 0804744173 Year: 2002 Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,

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What are the processes and mechanisms involved in interpersonal behavior, and how are these constrained by human biology, social structure, and culture? Drawing on and updating classic sociological theory, and with special reference to the most recent research in evolutionary and neurophysiological theory, this ambitious work aims to present no less than a unified, general theory of what happens when people interact. Despite modern technologies that mediate communication among individuals, face-to-face interaction is still primal and primary. This book argues against recent social theory that postulates a dramatic change in the nature of human relationships under postmodernity and, instead, asserts that despite undeniable and accelerating change in people’s environments, certain basic human tendencies toward emotionally inflected, physically present social interaction remain strong. Turner builds on first principles he locates in the work of Mead, Freud, Schutz, Durkheim, and Goffman. After brief overviews of previous work on the embeddedness of social interaction in sociocultural systems and in human biology, each chapter presents elements of the microdynamics involved in encounters: emotions, motivations (transactional needs), culture (normative conventions), role processes, status, demographics, and ecology. Each chapter ends with a series of testable propositions, which are then streamlined into a series of summary principles intended to motivate future research. The book concludes with some cautious hypotheses on the potential influence of microprocesses on broader social dynamics.


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The essential John Reibetanz
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ISBN: 0889848475 9780889848474 9780889844063 0889844062 Year: 2017 Publisher: Erin, Ontario

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"This is the work of a deeply engaged poet whose exploratory syntax and probing imagery come together to form intense meditations on the nature of community and the transfigurative power of the imagination. Reibetanz's poetry suggests that family, community and identity are all willed constructions, something we build collectively out of the resources available. This is the sixteenth volume in the Porcupine's Quill Essential Poets Series."--


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Brazen creature
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ISBN: 1629220825 1629220817 9781629220819 9781629220826 9781629220802 1629220809 Year: 2018 Publisher: Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press,


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I activate you to affect me
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ISBN: 1641130725 9781641130721 9781641130707 1641130709 9781641130714 Year: 2018 Publisher: Charlotte, NC


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Masks and human connections : disruptive meanings and cultural challenges
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ISBN: 3031166736 3031166728 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan,

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"The contributors to this fascinating book highlight the manifold ways in which the symbolic meanings and practices related to mask making and wearing have changed over time. The book tells you all you need to know about the history and enduring social power of the mask." —Deborah Lupton, Professor in the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia. Co-author of The Face Mask in COVID Times (2021). “Masks and Human Connections is undoubtedly praiseworthy in facing the challenge of gathering and starting to articulate suggestions, studies, and interpretations concerning the new meanings of masks, with a rich variety of topics and methodologies.” —Massimo Leone, Professor of Philosophy of Communication, Cultural Semiotics, and Visual Semiotics at the University of Turin, Italy. This interdisciplinary collection explores four distinct perspectives about the mask, as object of use for protection, identity, and disguise. In part I, contributors address human identities within collective social performance, with chapters on performativity and the far right and masked identities in political resistance and communication. Part II focuses on the mask as a signifying object with strong representational challenges, exploring representations in festivals, literature, and film. Part III investigates the ambiguous use of the mask as a protective and concealing element, delving into visual culture and digital social media contexts. Finally, Part VI draws on the work of Levinas and Deleuze to investigate a philosophical view of the mask that addresses memory and ethics within intersubjective relationships. Questioning the contemporary world, using communication, sociology, visual culture, and philosophical theory, the volume provides a pedagogical and formative perspective on the mask. Luisa Magalhaes is Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of Portugal, and editor of 'Toys and Communication' (2018). Candido Oliveira Martins is Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Portugal.

The power of non-verbal communication : what you do is more important than what you say, first edition
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ISBN: 1281039969 9786611039967 1563438240 1563437880 9781563438240 9781563437885 Year: 2005 Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Silver Lake Pub.,

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Anyone who can successfully read people can communicate and hold power. It's human nature to make decisions quickly, based on subconscious impressions of how a person looks and acts. Police officers and poker players often look for non-verbal cues in the people they deal with. They call these cues tells-and pride themselves on seeing tells where ordinary people don't. This book offers readers practical tips for understanding the inner motivations of others. Henry H. Calero is an independent scholar of non-verbal communication, consultant and writer for professional, academic and technical publications; dozens companies use his training for their executives and sales professionals. He is co-author of the bestselling How to Read a Person Like a Book.

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