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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices and Political Power

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Hunting occupied an important place in the royal court culture of the Ghaznavid state (963–1186 CE). Ghaznavid hunting culture developed through the interaction of Turkic‐Islamic political traditions, Persianate models of kingship and local ecological settings. Rather than constituting a fully formalized institution, Ghaznavid hunting practice
Arslan Durdu
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Book History Creatively for Twenty‐First‐Century Publishing Students

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teaching book history to twenty‐first‐century publishing students often proves a delightful challenge as some grapple with appreciating how this history is relevant to not only their pursuit of a career in the publishing industry but also the publishing industry generally.
Jocelyn Hargrave
wiley   +1 more source

Class Ruptures and Openings: The Role of Social and Family History in Narratives on Class Mobility and Reproduction

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, sociological interest in the study of social class—particularly its subjective dimensions—has intensified. This article contributes to this growing body of literature by focusing on Poland as a case within the Central and Eastern European region.
Justyna Kajta, Stefan Bieńkowski
wiley   +1 more source

Sixteen Years Later: Revisiting Cultural Complexes and the Roots of Archetypal Thematic Analysis (ATA)1

open access: yesJournal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Written as a letter to my 28‐year‐old self, this paper explores the development of my engagement with cultural complexes. On August 18, 2009, I finished a chapter applying cultural complexes to a history of China, complete with elaborate charts that seemed to confirm a process by which cultural complexes are formed, and how China’s then recent
Kevin Lu
wiley   +1 more source

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