Did you know that women once wore corsets under their bathing suits? Or that “semi-drowning”—the strip and plunge practice—was thought to be good for one’s health? Or that Pudgy Stockton, the body-building queen of Muscle Beach, California, opened the country’s first gym for women?From the bathhouses of the ancient Greeks to Venice Beach and Coney Island, Let’s Go to the Beach takes a multifaceted and well researched look at beaches and their attendant customs. The text explores su...

Unlock the world of statistics with Discovering Statistics using JASP**,** a comprehensive guide that brings the power of JASP software into the classroom. Building on the legacy of the acclaimed DSUSS series, this book distils complex statistical concepts into engaging, step-by-step content designed for undergraduate courses. Students will gain practical skills in data analysis without needing to learn coding, thanks to JASP’s intuitive point-and-click interface.This firs...

As gay as a Western rodeo? You bet. A Queer Summer Night in Cowtown riffs off the urban Stampede YYC plays host to every July, and features 10 hot and cold queer shorts for the 10 days of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. This fourth collaborative project by YYC Queer Writers features: On the Floor by Alyssa Linn Palmer, Voyeur by Dirk Van Dyk, On the Range by Dallas Barnes, Coming by PW Zellie, The Steward of the Treaty 7 Sodium Forest by Beatrice Aucoin, Hawk’s Eye by Karen O., After C...

A new turn in mixed methods research is here: merged methods. This provocative book offers a novel analysis of current mixed methods research, complicating traditional approaches and challenging existing techniques.Moving beyond the binary quantitative-qualitative distinction, the book presents methodologically grounded ways to merge methods in social research and integrate interpretive and structural approaches in one instrument or procedure.The book:Consider...