How Girls of Color Find and Define Themselves in the Digital Age
What does is it mean for girls of color to become techno-social change agents--individuals who fuse technological savvy with a deep understanding of society in order to analyze and confront inequality? Kimberly A. Scott explores this question and others as she details the National Science Foundation-funded enrichment project COMPUGIRLS. This ......
Latinx children navigating identity, citizenship, and belonging in a divided America An estimated sixty million people in the United States are of Latinx descent, with youth under the age of eighteen making up two-thirds of this swiftly growing demographic. In Growing Up Latinx, Jesica Siham Fernandez explores the lives of Latinx youth as they ......
Latinx children navigating identity, citizenship, and belonging in a divided America An estimated sixty million people in the United States are of Latinx descent, with youth under the age of eighteen making up two-thirds of this swiftly growing demographic. In Growing Up Latinx, Jesica Siham Fernandez explores the lives of Latinx youth as they ......
This book presents contemporary Latina/o/x Communication Studies research in theoretical, methodological, and academic contexts. Contributors focus on Latina/o/x experiences in academia, Latina/o/x identity, the role of the Spanish language, and border activism modes of resistance.
_This is a pioneering work on the ethnopsychology of African healing spaces and its influence on contemporary sacred geography. Since African Christianity is the "new global face" of World Christianity and the "Next Christendom," the relationship of African Christianity and the therapeutic background of African healing shrines is needed. _
_In Africa, Pentecostalism has become the representative face of Christianity with even historic mission denominations 'pentecostalising' their otherwise formal liturgical structures. This work interprets key theological and missiological themes in Ghanaian Pentecostalism by using material from experiences of the movement itself. _
The volume studies the meaning of secularization in sub-Saharan Africa and among the African diaspora. The first part focuses on Africa's cultural and religious traditions. The second part study secularization in contemporary Africa. The final section explores what the various secularization expressions mean for Christian discipleship in Africa. _
Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough
An up-close look at the education arms race of after-school learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to educate children Beyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today's youth are in an education arms race that begins in elementary school. In Hyper Education, Pawan Dhingra uncovers the ......
