This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons.[...]

This edited collection explores the significance of a range of food practices for childhood identities in the context of children's everyday lives in different cultural settings. The relationship between children and food is currently high on the political agendas of many countries particularly in r[...]

This popular workbook is based on the best-selling text "Ross and Wilson: Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness", a favourite with an array of students including nurses, nursing students, students of the professions allied to medicine, paramedics, ambulance technicians and complementary thera[...]

Ross and Wilson has been the number one choice for over a million students since it first published, over 50 years ago. One of the world's most popular textbooks of anatomy and physiology, it introduces the structure and functions of the human body and the effects of disease or illness on normal bod[...]