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A mind-bending science fiction anthology from ten top YA authors
perfect for fans of Black Mirror, Lauren James and Femi Fadugba's
The Upper World. >> "Unique, brilliant, and brimming with
hope." BuzzFeed >> "Joyfully queer and diverse, this is a
jump forward into a bright and colourful world." Lauren James,
author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe Imagine a world where
robots with human consciousness roam the earth; a society where you
can change everything about how you look, sound and interact, and
even inherit a voice from the dead; and a universe where a city in
space can be destroyed with a kiss... In stories buzzing with
possibility, hope, innovation, anger and tenderness, ten top YA
authors imagine what the world could be through the lens of
technologies emerging today. Tasting Light is a dazzling challenge
to open your mind, heart and senses, and rewire your perceptions.
With stories by: William Alexander, K. Ancrum, Elizabeth Bear, A.R.
Capetta, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Nasugraq Rainey Hopson, A.S. King,
E.C. Myers, Junauda Petrus-Nasah and Wendy Xu "Unique, brilliant,
and brimming with hope." BuzzFeed "Joyfully queer and diverse, this
is a jump forward into a bright and colourful world." Lauren James,
author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe "A fine array of
stories blending queerness and technology" Tor "Tackle[s] relevant
issues such as colonization, misogyny, transphobia, and white
entitlement in this eclectic celebration of infinite possibility
and the ever-present human spirit." Publishers Weekly (starred
review) "At once unsettling and moving, this crystalline collection
will find or create a connection with its readers." Booklist "A
diverse anthology showing hopeful futures imagined through the lens
of technology [...] A top-notch hard science fiction collection."
Kirkus (starred review)
In this book, Amy K. King examines how violence between women in
contemporary Caribbean and American texts is rooted in plantation
slavery. Analyzing films, television shows, novels, short stories,
poems, book covers, and paintings, King shows how contemporary
media reuse salacious and stereotypical depictions of relationships
between women living within the plantation system to confront its
legacy in the present. The vestiges of these
relationships--enslavers and enslaved women, employers and domestic
servants, lovers and rivals--negate characters' efforts to imagine
non-abusive approaches to power and agency. King's work goes beyond
any other study to date to examine the intersections of gender,
sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, and nationality in U.S.
and Caribbean depictions of violence between women in the wake of
slavery.
A rich empirical account of China's foreign economic policy towards
Japan after World War Two, drawing on hundreds of recently
declassified Chinese sources. Amy King offers an innovative
conceptual framework for the role of ideas in shaping foreign
policy, and examines how China's Communist leaders conceived of
Japan after the war. The book shows how Japan became China's most
important economic partner in 1971, despite the recent history of
war and the ongoing Cold War divide between the two countries. It
explains that China's Communist leaders saw Japan as a symbol of a
modern, industrialised nation, and Japanese goods, technology and
expertise as crucial in strengthening China's economy and military.
For China and Japan, the years between 1949 and 1971 were not
simply a moment disrupted by the Cold War, but rather an important
moment of non-Western modernisation stemming from the legacy of
Japanese empire, industry and war in China.
A rich empirical account of China's foreign economic policy towards
Japan after World War Two, drawing on hundreds of recently
declassified Chinese sources. Amy King offers an innovative
conceptual framework for the role of ideas in shaping foreign
policy, and examines how China's Communist leaders conceived of
Japan after the war. The book shows how Japan became China's most
important economic partner in 1971, despite the recent history of
war and the ongoing Cold War divide between the two countries. It
explains that China's Communist leaders saw Japan as a symbol of a
modern, industrialised nation, and Japanese goods, technology and
expertise as crucial in strengthening China's economy and military.
For China and Japan, the years between 1949 and 1971 were not
simply a moment disrupted by the Cold War, but rather an important
moment of non-Western modernisation stemming from the legacy of
Japanese empire, industry and war in China.
In this book, Amy K. King examines how violence between women in
contemporary Caribbean and American texts is rooted in plantation
slavery. Analyzing films, television shows, novels, short stories,
poems, book covers, and paintings, King shows how contemporary
media reuse salacious and stereotypical depictions of relationships
between women living within the plantation system to confront its
legacy in the present. The vestiges of these
relationships--enslavers and enslaved women, employers and domestic
servants, lovers and rivals--negate characters' efforts to imagine
non-abusive approaches to power and agency. King's work goes beyond
any other study to date to examine the intersections of gender,
sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, and nationality in U.S.
and Caribbean depictions of violence between women in the wake of
slavery.
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When You Meet a Djembe Drum (Paperback)
Aderemi T Adeyemi; Edited by Amy King; Illustrated by Tim Heron
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From grassroots conflicts to great power relations, this book
explores some of the key concepts, methodologies, and dilemmas of
researching Asia-Pacific affairs. The book deals with key questions
about the Asia Pacific: Why should we study policy from the ground
up? What are the human considerations for societies in conflict?
Why is regionalism important and how do global powers play a role?
Should Asia-Pacific researchers embrace the design-based revolution
in the social sciences? Muddy Boots and Smart Suits is for
students, scholars, and policymakers in the region looking for a
new way to understand local, regional, and global security
challenges.
November 2012: Amy King (POETRY) Elizabeth Quinn (STORY) Chris Wong
(ESSAY) Submissions read year round. We only guarantee a response
if accepted. After three weeks, if you have not heard from our
staff, you may inquire via one email on the status of a submitted
work. Send all submissions (three to nine pages of poetry, one
story or one essay) to [email protected]. Include month, genre
and author's name in the subject line. Submissions may also be
considered for publication @ ManuFacturedArtists.com, a blog of the
arts. Do not include contributor notes or bios, for we do not
publish them. We only accept email submissions. uspoco.com
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This book examines the Golan v. Holder Supreme Court Case, which
discussed whether Congress has the power to grant copyright
protection to creative works that have already entered the public
domain. A group of orchestra conductors, educators, performers,
film archivists, and motion picture distributors, who had relied on
the free and unrestricted availability of these artistic works in
the public domain for their livelihoods, filed a lawsuit against
the federal government challenging the constitutionality of the
URAA.
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