Amy Miller: 39 books

Book cover of Television and the Self

Television and the Self

Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation

by Amanda S. McClain, Brian McKernan, Cynthia J. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013

Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment,...
Book cover of Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
Book cover of With Love From New Orleans

With Love From New Orleans

Voyages of the Heart, #2

by Jade Royal, Maria Vickers, Bella Emy
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019

Voyages of the Heart Cities around the world have their own charming allure which pulls you in, allowing you to enjoy their secrets. They offer love, passion, laughter, healing, and even heartbreak. The authors have penned these emotions and more into their stories one page at a time. Pack...
Book cover of Twilight Stories
by Susan Coolidge, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Amy Therese Powelson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019

Twilight Stories
Book cover of Awakening Spirits

Awakening Spirits

Wolves in the Southern Rockies

by Brian Miller, Amy Masching, Rob Edward
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010

This illustrated collection offers fascinating insight on restoring the wolf population to the Southern Rockies. Detailed reports by wildlife biologists, geographers, legal and policy experts, and conservationists provide a comprehensive look at not only the ecological imperatives, but also the history, legal framework, and public attitudes affecting the future of wolves.
Book cover of Tracking the Rise of the Radical Right Globally
by Megan Armstrong, Imran Iwan, Roland Clark
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2019

2018 was a tumultuous year in global politics. Starting with the rise of the Lega Nord in Italy and ending with the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, it has never been such a pertinent time to study the radical right. This yearbook pulls together the best commentary and analysis from an international...
Book cover of Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service

by Sayali S. Amarapurkar, Laura Bates, Libby Balter Blume
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
Book cover of Hemingway and Women

Hemingway and Women

Female Critics and the Female Voice

by Rena Sanderson, Gail Sinclair, Jamie Barlowe
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011

Female scholars reevaluate gender and the female presence in the life and work of one of America’s foremost writers. Ernest Hemingway has often been criticized as a misogynist because of his portrayal of women. But some of the most exciting Hemingway scholarship of recent years has come from...
Book cover of Western Higher Education in Global Contexts
by Myles Chilton, Angelica Maria DeAngelis, Oana Anca Fotache Dubălaru
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018

The globalization of American style higher education is a field of study that is undergoing a significant phase with the current expansion of American branch campuses and curricula around the world. This volume contributes to the scholarship on the project of implementing and expanding U.S. influenced...
Book cover of Rhetorics of Whiteness

Rhetorics of Whiteness

Postracial Hauntings in Popular Culture, Social Media, and Education

by Annette Powell, Gregory Jay, Christine Farris
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016

Winner, CCCC Outstanding Book Award in the Edited Collection Category, 2018 With the election of our first black president, many Americans began to argue that we had finally ended racism, claiming that we now live in a postracial era. Yet near-daily news reports regularly invoke white as a...
Book cover of Globalization and America

Globalization and America

Race, Human Rights, and Inequality

by Amy E. Ansell, Cynthia Bejarano, Judith R. Blau
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008

As globalization expands, more than goods and information are traded between the countries of the world. Hattery, Embrick, and Smith present a collection of essays that explore the ways in which issues of human rights and social inequality are shared globally. The editors focus on the United States'...
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