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Resisting Gender Violence
Susan Shaw; Xosé Santos; Jayamala Mayilsamy; Kamalaveni Veni · Oregon State University · 2026
Gender violence occurs within every country and cultural context, affecting women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ people of all racial, ethnic, religious, socioeconomic, ability, and age groups. Gender violence is one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world. With contributing authors from across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas, Resisting Gender Violence represents a truly global perspective.
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Native Peoples of North America
Susan Stebbins · Open SUNY · 2013
Native Peoples of North America is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of North America (primarily the United States and Canada) presented from an anthropological perspective. As such, the text is organized around anthropological concepts such as language, kinship, marriage and family life, political and economic organization, food getting, spiritual and religious practices, and the arts. Prehistoric, historic and contemporary information is presented. Each chapter begins with an example from the oral tradition that reflects the theme of the chapter. The text includes suggested readings, videos, and classroom activities. This text was updated September 2019; the changes are detailed in an errata section in the text.
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Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience
Joshua Farrington; Norman Powell; Gwendolyn Graham; Ogechi Anyanwu · Encompass Digital Archive · 2019
Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience gives instructors, students, and general readers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of African Americans’ cultural and political history, economic development, artistic expressiveness, and religious and philosophical worldviews in a critical framework. It offers sound interdisciplinary analysis of selected historical and contemporary issues surrounding the origins and manifestations of White supremacy in the United States. By placing race at the center of the work, the book offers significant lessons for understanding the institutional marginalization of Blacks in contemporary America and their historical resistance and perseverance.
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Appearance and Behavior: A Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Salvador Jiménez Murguía · Taft College
In the contents: 6.04: Religious Syncretism and Popular Religiosity · 8.06: Religious Expression and Theodicy · 8.11: The Model Minority and Religious Stereotypes
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Introduction to Anthropology
OpenStax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 13.04: Myth and Religious Doctrine · 13.06: Other Forms of Religious Practice · 15.03: Putting Culture into Media Studies
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Personality Theory in a Cultural Context
Mark D. Kelland · Lansing Community College
In the contents: 2.02: Cultural Studies in the Field of Psychology · 2.03: Placing Cross-Cultural Studies in Context- Blending · 6.06: Fromm's Cross-Cultural Studies in Mexico
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Cultural Anthropology
Evans · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 10.05: Margaret Mead's Gender Studies · 12.06: Religious Practitioners · 12.07: Religious Change
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POLS125 Spring 2026
Connie Isais · Rio Hondo College
In the contents: 5.1.1.04: You Decide- Case Studies in Federalism · 5.13: You Decide- Case Studies in Federalism · 6.04: Chapter 65- The Law and Politics of Religious Freedom