Research on homeless people in Japan has increased since the end of the 1990s. Today a vast literature on this topic exists, and yet the phenomenon of homeless women remains underrepresented. With her detailed ethnography, Maruyama not only brings this topic into the spotlight but also develops a wider set of tools to understand social issues from a feminist point of view. Her ...(展开全部)

【家內瘋癲：近世日本的婦女、照護與疾病】 為了抵禦來自美國與歐洲的 #帝國主義 ，19世紀的 #日本 致力於汲取全球最先進的思維與方法。到了1880年代，日本也接受衍伸自西方的精神病學，以及對精神疾病 的看法。首批日本精神病學家聲稱，病患應在專門機構中接受藥物治療，而非禁閉在家中。然而，國家並未施行社會福利政策，讓社會大眾得以負擔並接受新式的醫療服務。家庭──特別是婦女，因此持續負擔照護這些所謂「瘋子」的責任。

塔里克·阿里，作家兼制片人。1968年席卷全球五大洲的抗议和反叛运动的领袖人物之一。写有四部小说和十多部有关世界历史和政治的著作。曾经是《新左派评论》的编辑，是《新侏儒》刊物的创办者之一。现居伦敦。 苏珊·沃特金斯，自由撰稿人。著有《女性主义入门：妇女的权力》、《截止目前的情况》和历史小说《马克思的恋爱》。现居伦敦。

塔里克·阿里，作家兼制片人。1968年席卷全球五大洲的抗议和反叛运动的领袖人物之一。写有四部小说和十多部有关世界历史和政治的著作。曾经是《新左派评论》的编辑，是《新侏儒》刊物的创办者之一。现居伦敦。 苏珊·沃特金斯，自由撰稿人。著有《女性主义入门：妇女的权力》、《截止目前的情况》和历史小说《马克思的恋爱》。现居伦敦。

作者簡介 蘇‧勞伊德•羅伯茨（Sue Lloyd-Roberts） 獲獎無數的新聞記者，獲得的榮譽包括歐洲女性成就獎（European Woman of Achievement）、年度國際記者獎（International Reporter of the Year Award）、聯合國「女性行動獎：為女性移民和女性難民而戰」（Move Award），並以紀錄片《深入北韓泡影》（Inside the North Korean Bubble）獲得艾美獎。羅伯茨以其在BBC電視台記者生涯的非凡貢獻與成就於2013年獲頒大英帝國司令勳章一枚。 ●「同世代的電視記者中最為出色的一人。」──休‧愛德華茲（Huw Edwards） ●「才華洋溢、努力不懈。」──傑瑞米‧鮑溫（Jeremy Bowen） ●「她的身上具備著所謂的道德勇氣，並將這項特質傳遞其他的人。」...(展开全部)

A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s feminism, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism. Susan Sontag is widely regarded as one of the most formidable, original, and influential thinkers of the last century. “The most interesting ideas, after all, are heresies,” she remarked, and indeed, her writing reaches beyond the familiar, e...(展开全部)

On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it deserves. For the most part written in the 1970s during the height of second-wave feminism, Sontag's essays are strikingly relevant to our contemporary conversations. At times powerfully in sync and at others powerful...(展开全部)

From the creator of HBO's "The Wire," the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television showThe scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possib...(展开全部)

大卫·西蒙（David Simon），美国著名电视剧监制、编剧及作家。前《巴尔的摩太阳报》记者。他的纪实作品《凶年》荣获1992年度爱伦·坡最佳真实罪案奖。根据《凶年》改编的《凶案组：街头生活》和《火线》都成为了经典剧集，被誉为美剧黄金时代的代表作，彰显了美剧在文学性及社会批评方面的可能性。

The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and this electrifying book...(展开全部)