Struggles For Home

Author : Stef Jansen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845455231
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Struggles for Home written by Stef Jansen and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on anthropological studies across the globe, this book explores the experiences and contested meanings of home for people whose lives are characterized by migration related to varying forms of violence. Taking seriously the political implications and exploitation of discourses of home in the transnational processes that connect, yet differently affect, the movement of people and capital, it challenges the sedentarist assumption that territoriality and nation are necessarily the primary determinants of identification. However, it does not replace this sedentarism with a free floating, placeless approach. Instead, through the detailed ethnography of actual experiences of displacement and emplacement, it investigates the power sedentarist discourses may have to provide or prohibit hope. In Struggles for Home the focus is turned onto hope, aspiration and a sense of worth as necessary building blocks in the reconstruction of the social, amidst the violence of political and economic transformation. Research conducted in Sri Lanka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Zambia, Cyprus, the Palestinian West Bank, Guatemala, and amongst Romanians and Moroccans in Spain articulates a novel theoretical framework for the development of a critical political anthropology of one of the most controversial and fascinating issues of our time - the remaking of home in migration."--Jacket.

Author : Safia Elhillo
Publisher : Make Me a World
ISBN 13 : 0593177088
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home Is Not a Country written by Safia Elhillo and published by Make Me a World. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. my mother meant to name me for her favorite flower its sweetness garlands made for pretty girls i imagine her yasmeen bright & alive & i ache to have been born her instead Nima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone. As the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen—the name her parents meant to give her at birth—Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might be more real than Nima knows. And the life Nima wishes were someone else's. . . is one she will need to fight for with a fierceness she never knew she possessed.

Author : KC Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1668002841
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Keep House While Drowning written by KC Davis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're tired of staring at the same mess every day, but struggling to find the time and willpower to clean it, you probably have a very good reason: anxiety, fatigue, depression, ADHD, or lack of support. Designed by therapist KC Davis, this revolutionary method of cleaning and organizing helps end the stress-mess cycle. After KC Davis gave birth to her second child, she didn't fold a single piece of laundry for seven months. Between postpartum depression and ADHD, she felt numb and overwhelmed. She regained her sanity--and the functionality of her home--after one life-changing realization: You don't work for your home; your home works for you. In other words, messiness is not a moral failing. A new sense of calm washed over her as she let go of the shame-based messaging that interpreted a pile of dirty laundry as "I can never keep up" and a chaotic kitchen as "I'm a bad mother." Instead, she looked at unwashed clothes and thought, "I am alive," and at stacks of dishes and thought, "I cooked my family dinner three nights in a row." Building on this foundation of self-compassion, KC devised the powerful practical approach that has exploded in popularity through her TikTok account, @domesticblisters. The secret is to stop following perfectionist rules that don't make sense for you--like folding clothes that don't wrinkle anyway, or thinking that every room has to be clean at the same time--and to find creative solutions that accommodate your needs, pet peeves, daily rhythms, and attention span. Inside, you'll learn exactly how to customize your approach and rebuild your relationship with your home, including: -How to stop seeing care tasks as a reflection of your worth, but rather as kindnesses to your future self -How to use calming rituals to keep you from feeling overwhelmed when you look at a big mess -How to stagger tasks that are easy to procrastinate throughout the week and month -How to quickly transform a room from messy to fully functional through the "5 Things" tidying method, and other shortcuts requiring minimal energy Read this book to make home feel like a sanctuary again: where you can move with ease, where guilt, self-criticism, and endless checklists have no place, and where you always have permission to rest, even when things aren't finished.

Author : Morgan Gates
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387641034
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Road Home Stories of the Civil War and other Struggles written by Morgan Gates and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of historical short fiction centered around Mississippi and surrounding areas. Stories span the early history up to Civil War. The last train ride for an exhausted soldier determined to see the War out. A trinket sends a message over the gulf of time. An act of kindness form a man he barely knew or something else. A desperate odyssey at the end of a brutal war. A wild animal's miscalculation, with lasting consequence. The dusty march to Vicksburg through the eyes of a private soldier. General Pemberton's last stroll around Vicksburg.

Author : Albert Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad written by Albert Smith and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jane Nelsen, Ed.D.
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0307794059
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Positive Time-Out written by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D. and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Power of Positive Time-Out Time-out is one of the most popular disciplinary techniques used in homes and schools today. But instead of being the positive, motivating, experience it should be for children, it is often punitive, counterproductive, and damaging to their gentle psyches. In this book, bestselling parenting author Jane Nelsen shows you how to make time-out a positive learning experience for children. Inside, you'll discover how positive time-out can teach children the art of self-discipline and instill such invaluable qualities as self-confidence and problem-solving skills. You'll also learn how to: ·Make time-out an encouraging experience ·Develop an attitude and action plan to avoid power struggles with children ·Empower children by involving them in the behavior changing process ·Understand the mistaken goals of negative behavior "Gives parents and teachers the encouragement and tools they need to help children handle their own behavior."—Sheryl Hausinger, M.D., Texas Children's Pediatric Associates and mother of three "Offers more than 50 ways that parents can set limits while still encouraging their kids. It should be in every doctor's waiting room."—Jody McVittie, M.D., family physician

Author : Maud Perrier
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529214920
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Childcare Struggles written by Maud Perrier and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the UK, North America and Australia, this comparative study brings maternal workers’ politicized voices to the centre of contemporary debates on class, work and gender. The book illustrates why social reproduction needs to be at the centre of a critical theory of work, care and mothering for post-pandemic times.

Author : Karida L. Brown
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469647044
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gone Home written by Karida L. Brown and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 2016 presidential election, Americans have witnessed countless stories about Appalachia: its changing political leanings, its opioid crisis, its increasing joblessness, and its declining population. These stories, however, largely ignore black Appalachian lives. Karida L. Brown's Gone Home offers a much-needed corrective to the current whitewashing of Appalachia. In telling the stories of African Americans living and working in Appalachian coal towns, Brown offers a sweeping look at race, identity, changes in politics and policy, and black migration in the region and beyond. Drawn from over 150 original oral history interviews with former and current residents of Harlan County, Kentucky, Brown shows that as the nation experienced enormous transformation from the pre- to the post-civil rights era, so too did black Americans. In reconstructing the life histories of black coal miners, Brown shows the mutable and shifting nature of collective identity, the struggles of labor and representation, and that Appalachia is far more diverse than you think.

Author : William F. House
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781461046370
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Struggles of a Medical Innovator written by William F. House and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "William F. House D.D.S., M.D. is called "the Father of Neurotology"--the treatment of inner ear disorders. In this fascinating memoir, he describes his struggles to introduce new ideas to ear surgery and how medical professionals were always slow to accept his "radical" approaches. He tells of his dental and medical training, including time at Los Angeles County Hospital. Seven chapters each describe a problem in the treatment of ear disease and hearing loss and how he developed solutions. These chapters give insight into the thought processes of this giant in his field; including his use of the operating microscope, development of surgical approaches to remove tumors on the hearing nerve, a surgical treatment for Ménière's disease that enabled one of his patients, the astronaut Alan Shepard, to fly to the moon, and perhaps his greatest achievement--the first cochlear implant, allowing so many to leave their silent worlds. Dr. House gives readers an inside look at his development of this revolutionary device, the significant opposition he faced in trying to make it a clinical reality and his theory about how cochlear implants really work. He describes his life's stories, ranging from experiences with the entertainment industry and legal system to his travels around the world. Finally, we hear from many doctors he helped to train and grateful cochlear implant patients, among others."--Publisher's description.

Author : Ken Conklin
Publisher : BookLocker.com, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love and Lupus: A love story around one woman's lifelong struggles with Lupus written by Ken Conklin and published by BookLocker.com, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after marrying Ken, her best friend and soulmate in February of 1975, Katy Conklin, at thirty-five, learned that she had SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), an incurable autoimmune disease that can attack any part of the body. For Katy, lupus initially affected her joints often causing pain and fatigue. Later, this insidious disease progressed to her lungs and circulatory system, leading to asthma and then to blood clots, including DVTs (Deep Vein Thrombosis) in her legs, and eventually to lupus-induced strokes. Instead of giving in to lupus, Katy, a positive person by nature, vows to overcome the lupus obstacles and live as full a life as possible. She finds success in her work as a CEO of several branches of a non-profit organization. She also uses her music and acting ability to find fulfillment with a semi-professional chorus and by singing and acting with a retirement village entertainment company. With her husband by her side throughout her struggles, she achieves success in her work and in her daily life.