What happens when the study of French is no longer coterminous with the study of France? French Civilization and Its Discontents explores the ways in which considerations of difference, especially colonialism, postcolonialism, and race, have shaped French culture and French studies in the modern era. Rejecting traditional assimilationist notions of French national identity, contributors to this groundbreaking volume demonstrate how literature, history, and other aspects of what is consider...

This is a story about the happy fantasies I was raised to believe in during the 1950s, the rebellious idealism of my adolescence in the 1960s, and the conflicting realities of my experiences.

Why are some people more resilient than others to emotional trauma? Family life makes a difference, but what other factors influence recovery? Do genetics play into emotional survival? Does birth order? How does a historical period a person comes of age in make a difference? What kinds therapies—formal or informal—help restore emotional equilibrium? The Truth About Normal explores these questions.In the 1960s, when Janelle meets her best friend Nadia in junior high school,...

My story is about growing up in the 1950s and 1960s and the dramatic social changes that propelled society in new directions. Looking back, I can say some things are better because of the tremendous reverberations of the 1960s, and some things are worse. It depends on how you look at it. This is a story about polarities. This is a story about truth and lies, right and wrong, victimization and survival, children and adults, rebellion and conformity, realities and fantasies, idealism and rea...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Single parents face a triple bind of inadequate resources, employment, and policies, which in combination further complicate their lives.This book - multi-disciplinary and comparative in design - shows evidence from over 40 countries, along with detailed case studies of Sweden, Iceland, Scotland, and the UK. It covers aspects of well-being that include poverty, good quality jobs, the middle class, wealth, health, children’s development ...