Richard Ekins Livres

Focusing on the social processes of cross-dressing and sex-changing, this book presents a comprehensive theory of 'male femaling' through a detailed examination of its phases, from 'beginning femaling' to 'consolidating femaling'. Grounded in seventeen years of extensive fieldwork and qualitative analysis, it challenges traditional clinical models by emphasizing the variability and emergent nature of these phenomena. The insights drawn from interactions with thousands of individuals in these communities significantly impact the understanding of transvestism, transsexualism, and broader gender studies.

The work of leading sociologists Dave King and Richard Ekins offers a comprehensive synthesis of historical context, case studies, and evolving ideas in their field over the past thirty years. It presents a nuanced and well-founded exploration of critical concepts, aiming to advance sociological discourse in the twenty-first century. The authors provide a rich account that balances theoretical insights with practical applications, making it a valuable resource for understanding contemporary sociological issues.

Exploring the intersection of jazz history and personal narrative, this work presents a grounded theory of 'authenticating' as a socio-political process. It delves into Richard Ekins' experiences within the vibrant New Orleans jazz scene, while also reflecting on his journey as a social constructionist and cultural theorist. The book intertwines historiography, autoethnography, and memoir to provide a unique perspective on the cultural dynamics of jazz and its societal implications.

Explores how legislatures are able to secure human rights through legislation specifying rights and duties, and the institutional capacities that promote this aim. It opposes theories that place the main or sole responsibility for protecting human rights with courts, showing that legislatures can provide modes of protection that courts cannot provide.

The idea of legislative intent plays a central role in legal interpretation and constitutional theory, yet is repeatedly challenged as being an illusion. Refuting these challenges, this book develops a robust account of how and why legislatures form intentions, and the importance of these intentions to understanding law and parliamentary democracy.

It is the aim of the present collection of seminal essays to offer a balanced yet rigorous examination of the durability and contemporary relevance of psychoanalysis, understood as a comprehensive system of theory and technique. The contributors eschew the establishment of yet another school of Freudian thought, not wishing to add to the already confusing array of competing and conflicting perspectives.Each essay seeks to underscore, refine and add to the perceived strength, richness and flexibility of early psychoanalytic thought. A broad range of psychoanalytic concerns are the unconscious, mind and brain, mind and body, affect, cognition and character. Each topic is surveyed in a spirit of thoughtful and judicious consolidation. Open, and well-informed, a sure course is taken between the opposing dangers of dogma and fragmentation.Insisting upon a well-grounded appreciation of the origins and historical unfolding of psychoanalysis, and remaining close to both clinical observations and theoretical developments, the present volume looks forward to the continuing fertility and pertinence of psychoanalytical exploration.