Glitter Up the Dark Peter J. Bieling It begins by exploring why

It begins by exploring why character matters and considers what 'character' is and (importantly) what it is not

Building on research conducted for their previous book

from off-the-beaten-track adventures in Postman's Park to family activities in child-friendly places

with patient case studies at the beginning each chapter and case applications throughout the text

Popular narratives cite religion as the driving force behind homophobia in Africa

Glitter Up the Dark Peter J. Bieling It begins by exploring whyWhy has music so often served as an accomplice to transcendent expressions of gender? Why did the query "is he musical?" become code, in the twentieth century, for "is he gay?" Why is music so inherently queer? For Sasha Geffen, the answers lie, in part, in music's intrinsic quality of subliminal expression, which, through paradox and contradiction, allows rigid gender roles to fall away in a sensual and ambiguous exchange between performer and