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Maria BastarĂ³s; Translated by Kevin Gerry Dunn
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Discovery Miles 2 620
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Divided Island
Daniela Tarazona; Translated by Davis, Gerry Dunn
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Divided Island is the story of a woman with a neurological
disorder. The day she goes in for an encephalogram, which will
diagnose her cerebral dysrhythmia, she finds herself splitting in
two. One of the two women she becomes decides to travel to an
island to take her own life; the other remains behind and follows
the trail of her suicidal other half. The focus of this non-linear
novel is not the sequence of events, but the writing used to
describe those events in brief chapters and fragments. Divided
Island is a novel, but it is best read as a poetic experience,
because the text’s importance lies not in the plot but in how its
language is crafted into a collection of scenes, moments, memories,
dreams, and images the gradually coalesce into the story of a life
told from a singular location: a way of perceiving and describing
the world, guided by dysrhythmia.
The inspiring true story of one man's treacherous boyhood journey
from a rural village in Ghana to the streets of Barcelona-and the
path that led him home. Ousman Umar is a shaman's son born in a
small village in Ghana. Though his mother died giving birth, he
spent a contented childhood working the fields, setting traps in
the jungle, and living off the land. Still, as strange and wondrous
flying machines crisscrossed the skies overhead, Ousman dreamed of
a different life. And so, when he was only twelve years old, he
left his village and began what would be a five-year journey to
Europe. Every step of the way, as he traveled across the Sahara
desert, through the daunting metropolises of Accra, Tripoli,
Benghazi, and Casablanca, and over the sea aboard a packed migrant
dinghy, Ousman was handed off like merchandise by a loose network
of smugglers and in the constant, foreboding company of "sinkers":
other migrants who found themselves penniless and alone on their
way north, unable to continue onward or return home. But on a path
rife with violence, exploitation, and racism, Ousman also
encountered friendship, generosity, and hope. North to Paradise is
a visceral true story about the stark realities of life along the
most dangerous migrant route across Africa; it is also a portrait
of extraordinary resilience in the face of unimaginable challenges,
the beauty of kindness in strangers, and the power of giving back.
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Countersexual Manifesto (Paperback)
Paul B Preciado; Translated by Kevin Gerry Dunn; Foreword by Jack Halberstam
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R545
R515
Discovery Miles 5 150
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Countersexual Manifesto is an outrageous yet rigorous work of trans
theory, a performative literary text, and an insistent call to
action. Seeking to overthrow all constraints on what can be done
with and to the body, Paul B. Preciado offers a provocative
challenge to even the most radical claims about gender, sexuality,
and desire. Preciado lays out mock constitutional principles for a
countersexual revolution that will recognize genitalia as
technological objects and offers step-by-step illustrated
instructions for dismantling the heterocentric social contract. He
calls theorists such as Derrida, Foucault, Butler, and Haraway to
task for not going nearly far enough in their attempts to
deconstruct the naturalization of normative identities and
behaviors. Preciado's claim that the dildo precedes the penis-that
artifice, not nature, comes first in the history of sexuality-forms
the basis of his demand for new practices of sexual emancipation.
He calls for a world of sexual plasticity and fabrication, of
bio-printers and "dildonics," and he invokes countersexuality's
roots in the history of sex toys, pornography, and drag in order to
rupture the supposedly biological foundations of the heterocentric
regime. His claims are extreme, but supported through meticulous
readings of philosophy and theory, as well as popular culture. The
Manifesto is now available in English translation for its twentieth
anniversary, with a new introduction by Preciado. Countersexual
Manifesto will disrupt feminism and queer theory and scandalize us
all with its hyperbolic but deadly serious defiance of everything
we've been told about sex.
The inspiring true story of one man's treacherous boyhood journey
from a rural village in Ghana to the streets of Barcelona-and the
path that led him home. Ousman Umar is a shaman's son born in a
small village in Ghana. Though his mother died giving birth, he
spent a contented childhood working the fields, setting traps in
the jungle, and living off the land. Still, as strange and wondrous
flying machines crisscrossed the skies overhead, Ousman dreamed of
a different life. And so, when he was only twelve years old, he
left his village and began what would be a five-year journey to
Europe. Every step of the way, as he traveled across the Sahara
desert, through the daunting metropolises of Accra, Tripoli,
Benghazi, and Casablanca, and over the sea aboard a packed migrant
dinghy, Ousman was handed off like merchandise by a loose network
of smugglers and in the constant, foreboding company of "sinkers":
other migrants who found themselves penniless and alone on their
way north, unable to continue onward or return home. But on a path
rife with violence, exploitation, and racism, Ousman also
encountered friendship, generosity, and hope. North to Paradise is
a visceral true story about the stark realities of life along the
most dangerous migrant route across Africa; it is also a portrait
of extraordinary resilience in the face of unimaginable challenges,
the beauty of kindness in strangers, and the power of giving back.
An explosive and daring novel about bodies, sex, politics and
disability by the prize-winning Spanish writer Cristina Morales
Angela, Patricia, Marga and Nati are cousins living together in
Barcelona. As women branded as disabled who share a
state-subsidised flat, they must fight every day to retain their
independence and find new and inventive ways - from dance to
underground zines - to stop the state from managing every aspect of
their lives. Funny and furious, Easy Reading is an indictment of
the institutions that stigmatise individuals as disabled and of the
language that marginalises them. It is also a portrait - visceral,
vibrant, combative - of contemporary Barcelona. But, above all,
Easy Reading is a feminist celebration of the body in all its
forms, of female desire and queer sexuality, and of the
transgressive and revolutionary power of language. Translated from
the Spanish by Kevin Gerry Dunn
Use these engaging Magic Circle activities to help young children
acquire language and social interaction skills. It's well
documented that children who have developed good communication
skills and the ability to get along with others perform better in
school and in all aspects of their lives. The magic Circle process
has long been recognized as an effective and easy-to-use approach
that helps children acquire cooperation, social, and language
skills. When engaging in these exciting Magic Circle activities,
children perform role-plays, learn to accurately describe their
feelings, practice self-control, give positive attention to others,
and practice all these in a safe and accepting setting. With this
program, you'll effectively teach and develop in your children many
important aspects of social and emotional learning skills such as:
n Sharing n Pro-social play skills n Listening n Appropriate eye
contact n Greeting others n Being aware of feelings n Developing
oral language skills n Following instructions n Taking turns.
These ready-to-use lessons recognize that making wise choices is a
teachable process and that learning the skills and habits of wise
choice making reduce the incidence of risky behavior and leads to
more success in school and in life. Focusing on developing key
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healthy relationships these activities cover essential health and
safety information while teaching vital decision-making skills. Fun
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worksheets to put kids on a speedy path to wise choice making.
Topic areas include: Assertiveness OTC Drugs, Smoking &
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Resistance and Refusal Skills Decision Making and Problem Solving
Media Influences Anger Management Health and Safety Friendship Role
Models and Support Systems
Use these engaging Magic Circle activities to help young children
acquire language and social interaction skills. It's well
documented that children who have developed good communication
skills and the ability to get along with others perform better in
school and in all aspects of their lives. The magic Circle process
has long been recognized as an effective and easy-to-use approach
that helps children acquire cooperation, social, and language
skills. When engaging in these exciting Magic Circle activities,
children perform role-plays, learn to accurately describe their
feelings, practice self-control, give positive attention to others,
and practice all these in a safe and accepting setting. With this
program, you'll effectively teach and develop in your children many
important aspects of social and emotional learning skills such as:
nSharing nPro-social play skills nListening nAppropriate eye
contact nGreeting others nBeing aware of feelings nDeveloping oral
language skills nFollowing instructions nTaking turns.
Countersexual Manifesto is an outrageous yet rigorous work of trans
theory, a performative literary text, and an insistent call to
action. Seeking to overthrow all constraints on what can be done
with and to the body, Paul B. Preciado offers a provocative
challenge to even the most radical claims about gender, sexuality,
and desire. Preciado lays out mock constitutional principles for a
countersexual revolution that will recognize genitalia as
technological objects and offers step-by-step illustrated
instructions for dismantling the heterocentric social contract. He
calls theorists such as Derrida, Foucault, Butler, and Haraway to
task for not going nearly far enough in their attempts to
deconstruct the naturalization of normative identities and
behaviors. Preciado's claim that the dildo precedes the penis-that
artifice, not nature, comes first in the history of sexuality-forms
the basis of his demand for new practices of sexual emancipation.
He calls for a world of sexual plasticity and fabrication, of
bio-printers and "dildonics," and he invokes countersexuality's
roots in the history of sex toys, pornography, and drag in order to
rupture the supposedly biological foundations of the heterocentric
regime. His claims are extreme, but supported through meticulous
readings of philosophy and theory, as well as popular culture. The
Manifesto is now available in English translation for its twentieth
anniversary, with a new introduction by Preciado. Countersexual
Manifesto will disrupt feminism and queer theory and scandalize us
all with its hyperbolic but deadly serious defiance of everything
we've been told about sex.
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