Автор: Joni Schwartz, Rebecca Schwartz Название: Learning to Disclose: A Journey of Transracial Adoption ISBN: 1433183927 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781433183928 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 6514.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Joni and Rebecca Schwartz in their collaborative autoethnography, Learning to Disclose: A Journey of Transracial Adoption, are doing soul work. This adult white mother and black daughter reflect and dialogue around the places and histories that shaped their relationship. Through three voices: the voice of critical history, the daughter and the mother, the co-authors excavate the past to see if and how it lives in their present. In an intriguing mix of critical history of places like Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Gulu, Uganda as well as lesser-known narratives of W.E.B. Dubois, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and Shirley Chisholm, the co-authors tell their own personal and moving stories of becoming mother and daughter engaging such topics as racial identity, disclosure, racial appropriation, colonialism, and the complex history of transracial adoption.
For anyone interested in racial identity in the complex world of blended families and adult mother and daughter relationships, this is a must read. This book is ideal for all humanities and social science courses across disciplines from sociology, education, qualitative research, and social work to race and communication studies. In this era of strained and confusing racial dialogue, this book is refreshing in its honesty, moving in its personal narratives, and instructive in its engagement in how the historical lives in the social imagination of our present lives and relationships.
Описание: Life suddenly does not make sense to Joni--wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, nurse. Generational gaps are widening, professional practices are viewed differently, family seems distant and out of touch with what she is experiencing, and God appears to be of no help. Amid this turmoil, she feels the need to act and thus develops a plan which includes feigning senility in her seventies for the purpose of landing herself in an assisted living facility. There, in a place called Borealis in northern Minnesota, Joni plans to collect data on what it feels like to be old, institutionalized, and experiencing mental deficits, hoping those insights would write this book. Painfully, she decides that even her family and friends will need to be deceived. At Borealis, Joni meets a host of colorful characters including a precious gems dealer turned philanthropist, an ex-nun who married a Jew, and a woman who stages her own death to heal her divided family. And then there is Sam, a man tormented by dysfunctional grief--unexpressed and unresolved secondary to guilt. Joni's project ends up teaching her more than she set out to learn, as professional journey turns personal when she learns about the nurse she should have been and the old person she wants to become. And a brewing spiritual conflict is brought to a full boil when the life of her second love is threatened much like her first. Ambivalence throughout this story is apparent as Joni tugs war between light-hearted and heavy-hearted postures toward both the developmental stage of older adulthood and her own aging process. She exposes what many old can relate to about the many aspects of society to which they can no longer relate. Then she takes a stab at why. And in the end, all is not as it seemed.
Автор: Swedlund Joni Название: Tooting Around the World with Tootalina: An Activity Book ISBN: 1734536047 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781734536041 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Travel the globe with Tootalina to discover different countries and their culture, language, and landmarks. Tooting Around the World with Tootalina is an interactive adventure that will keep your brain challenged with games and bring out your inner artist. This activity book includes word scrambles, word searches, coloring pages, mazes, compare the images, fill in your own story, and more.
Описание: Great things come in small packages. This little package in the form of a book(let) is power packed just like the author, who is now just arriving at her sixtieth birthday, though she looks closer to thirty-nine (ha ). This small but intense ride of a book is a good-hearted thumbing of the nose at the big six-o. This book is designed to uplift and motivate the reader to overcome their obstacles and blockages and is an aching this and that for learning how to make their time on this spinning orb as dynamic and full of joy as possible. A perfect tonic for those reaching these vaunted heights in age or those who just want to stay young in spirit, this book has a little bit of everything-from attitude/gratitude workshops to daily practical wellness tips, to visualization, to more helpful versions of the ABCs, to illuminating discussions of the joys (not) of menopause. What more do you need? Enjoy the ride
Описание: From bestselling multi-award-winning author Joni Franks comes the sixth story in the Corky Tails book collection. This new adventure teaches the life lesson of environmental protection and preservation. Follow the adventures of Sagebrush, the tailless puppy, in her Rocky Mountain journey as she learns how light pollution disrupts the natural behavior cycles of wildlife and obscures the viewing of the constellations and the starry night skies. Distressed and saddened by this predicament, Sagebrush vows to improve this situation in her little corner of the world by protecting and safeguarding the dark skies from light glare and becoming a glowing example of how just one can make a difference in the world.
Virtual care is the new normal. Are you prepared? In this comprehensive guide, therapist and certified telemental health trainer Joni Gilbertson discusses the entire virtual treatment process, from intake to termination (and beyond).
Название: Joni mitchell ISBN: 1501332090 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501332098 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 25054.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Joni Mitchell: New Critical Readings recognizes the importance and innovativeness of the musician and artist Joni Mitchell and the need for a collection that theorizes her work as musician, composer, cultural commentator and antagonist. It showcases pieces by established and early career academics from the fields of popular music and literary studies on subjects such as Mitchell’s guitar technique, the politics of aging in her work, and her fractious relationship with feminism. The collection features close readings of specific songs, albums, and performances while also paying keen attention to Mitchell’s wider cultural contributions and significance.
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