Schools are places where various cultures and identities must be recognized, yet there has been little research into what it means to recognize another person, identity, or culture. Drawing on the writings of Charles Taylor, Martin Buber, Judith Butler, and Jessica Benjamin, Schools of Recognition provides a rich picture of how recognition is negotiated in education. Using political theory, existentialism, queer theory, and psychoanalysis, Bingham shows that recognition can be fostered not...

A Text-book of Diseases of Women, authored by Dr. Arthur H. N. Lewers, is a comprehensive medical reference that delves into the diagnosis, pathology, and treatment of diseases affecting the female reproductive system. First published in the late 19th century, this authoritative volume reflects the medical knowledge and practices of its era, offering detailed descriptions of conditions such as menstrual disorders, uterine and ovarian diseases, pelvic inflammations, and neoplasms. The book ...

Gynecology is the study of diseases peculiar to women. As woman possesses organs which man has not, and as the parts—physiological and social—that she plays in life differ from those played by man, we should expect to find her afflicted with a certain number of diseases, peculiar to her, which are dependent upon her anatomy, physiology, and mode of life. Such diseases occur in barbarous as well as in civilized women; and similar diseases, peculiar to the female, occur in the lower animals....

*Winner - AERA 2011 Outstanding Book AwardJacques Rancière: Education, Truth, Emancipation* demonstrates the importance of Rancière's work for educational theory, and in turn, it shows just how central Rancière's educational thought is to his work in political theory and aesthetics. Charles Bingham and Gert Biesta illustrate brilliantly how philosophy can benefit from Rancière's particular way of thinking about education, and go on to offer their own provocative account of the rela...

Has truth become a casualty of America’s increasingly caustic and volatile political culture? Truth in the Public Sphere seeks to understand the significance of truth for the everyday world of human communication. To this end, this book explores the place of truth in several facets of the public sphere: language, ethics, journalism, politics, media, and art. Featuring an international group of contributors from across the humanities and social sciences, this collection is a definitive supp...

On Sundays, everyone gathers at Granny’s for Soul Food. But today, I don’t go to the backyard or the great room. I follow Granny instead. “You’re a big boy now,” Granny says. “Time for you to learn.” At Granny’s, Sunday isn’t Sunday without a big family gathering over a lovingly prepared meal. Old enough now, our narrator is finally invited to help cook the dishes for the first time: he joins Granny in grating the cheese, cleaning the greens, and priming the meat for Roscoe Ray’s grill. Bu...

Through full-color, three-dimensional illustrations of the skeleton, major muscles, tendons, and ligaments, Dr. Ray Long describes the science behind yoga. A board certified orthopedic surgeon who has studied yoga for more than 20 years, Dr. Long combines his knowledge of anatomy with his understanding of yoga to present the anatomic structures that are key to your practice of this discipline. The book balances art, science, and spirituality as it traces the forces at work throughout your ...

The eleventh edition of this classic textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated. The text is student-friendly and the book is extensively illustrated. New chapters have been added and newer developments, especially surgical and diagnostic, have been included.Gopalan, Sarala, (Ed.) Professor and Head, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. Jain, Vanita, (Ed.) Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Postgraduate Institute o...

The Mat Companion series provides a methodical approach for using science to balance and connect the body and mind in yoga. The fourth book concludes the series with arm balances and inversions—two pose categories that clearly integrate opposites within the body. In our bipedal form, the hips and lower extremities are the weight-bearing construct. The more mobile shoulders and upper extremities allow us to interact with the world. In arm balances, we invert this construct, thereby strength...

A yoga teacher and physical therapist studies the structure and movement of the human body, revealing how a knowledge of both can improve your yoga practiceIn Yogabody, author Judith Hanson Lasater emphasizes how an understanding of the human body is essential for understanding the dynamic movement of asana. Drawing on almost forty years of experience as a yoga teacher and physical therapist, she focuses here on macroanatomy and kinesiology in relationship...

SALIENT FEATURES OF THE BOOK:It contains all the general topics including histology.It is structured for all courses: medical; dental; nursing; physiotherapy and all other allied health sciences.Each chapter is explained in simple English language, so that even non-professional courses like BSc students can understand.It is a complete guide for the basic foundation of general anatomy and general histology.At beginning of each chapter th...

The knee bone’s connected to the leg bone . . .Like its counterparts in calculus, chemistry, and physics, The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Anatomy, Illustrated, is aimed at students who need an understandable supplement to their more rigorous textbook. However, unlike students of other introductory courses, anatomy students must achieve more than a passing grade, and their retention of what they learn can be a life-and-death matter. With that in min...