Oxford University Press

In this provocative book on the process of growing old, Michael Rose goes right to the heart of a fundamental "e;unsolved problem"e; of biology. Why do we grow old? Rose answers the questions by proposing an evolutionary theory of senescence - that the force of natural selection declines proportionally with age after the onset of...

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When is hair "e;just hair"e; and when is it not "e;just hair"e;? Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlors, Internet discussions, comedy clubs, and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's...

In this book the distinguished Roman Catholic theologian Bernard Cooke reassesses the long-standing Christian description of divine power. The word 'power' evokes the spheres of economic, political, and social life. Cooke suggests, however, that the deepest questions about conflicting powers are theological and concern what Christians have...

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Thoughts on the Nature of Human Sexuality#N/A...