This study explores Hollywood's invention of Britain through the adaptation of its literature. Utilizing Derrida's Margins of Philosophy , texts by Gilles Deleuze and his work with Felix Guattari, this text identifies the future of British and Anglophone literary and cultural studies as a group of citations appropriated for American ends.

From "Murphy "to "Rockaby" to "Worstward Ho," "Beckett's Masculinity" illustrates how Samuel Beckett's work functions as a testament to the site of memory for the historically erased twentieth-century Protestant, Anglo-Irish community. Jennifer Jeffers ably shows how Beckett converted his own personal traumatic loss of a masculine, patriarchal national identity into a sustained group of obsessive images in his texts. As Beckett's work matured, he utilized the strategies of emasculation and gender distortion to dismantle Western masculinity. "Beckett's Masculinity" shows that Western hegemonic masculinity was a source of private trauma and anxiety for Beckett; yet, he eventually transformed the twentieth-century literary landscape by harnessing the power of parodied masculinity and perverted gender in his work.

The Irish Novel at the End of the Twentieth Century interprets a wide variety of the most interesting Irish novels of the last ten years of the century from a perspective that focuses on the regulated sexual and constructed gendered body. The demarcating line of identity—the perennial Irish problem—is gauged at the basic level of sexual and gender identity in contrast to or in alliance with political, social, religious, or cultural norms. All mechanisms that have gone into controlling the body—gender regulation, violence, desire, religious taboos—are reinterpreted through the body in motion.

"Britain Colonized "analyzes how and why""filmmakers use cliched Hollywood formulas and American cultural standards when adapting British literature. The films discussed in""this book""are evidence of the way one nation remakes another, often in the image of itself or what it needs the Other to be (as the British Empire once did). Reterritorialization on the part of Hollywood manifests American cultural and capitalist hegemony over the English speaking world. "Britain Colonized "identifies the phenomena portending the future of British and Anglophone literary and cultural studies as a group of citations appropriated for American ends. "

The Irish Novel at the End of the Twentieth Century: Gender, Bodies and Power interprets a wide variety of the most interesting Irish novels of the last ten years of the century from a perspective that focuses on the regulated sexual and constructed gendered body. The demarcating line of identity-the perennial Irish problem-can be gauged at the basic level of sexual and gender identity in contrast to or in alliance with political, social, religious or cultural norms. All mechanisms that have gone into controlling the body-gender regulation, violence, desire, religious taboos-can all be reinterpreted through the body in motion.

This is the first book to focus on masculinity in Samuel Beckett's work as a way to understand his historical and national context, the difficulty of reading and interpreting his texts, and his ruthless disintegration of sexual and gendered norms throughout his oeuvre.

From the multimillion bestselling author of "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" comes a powerful and healing book designed to offer a safety net in a world of never-ending change. It may be one of the most comforting and life-affirming books you will ever read.

With her invaluable insights and exercises, Susan Jeffers gives you the tools you need to deal with all the uncertainty in your life with a sense of peace and possibility. You will learn:

• Forty-two exercises to help make your life an exciting adventure instead of a continuous worry
• How to lighten up and put problems into a life-affirming perspective
• The amazing power of the word "maybe"
• And much more

You will discover that there is a wondrous, joyous, and abundant life that can exist in the presence of uncertainty. The question is: "What do you need to do to reach this wonderful state?" And the answers abound in "Embracing Uncertainty."

We live in a difficult world. But life does not have to be a struggle. From the author of the best-selling classic "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" comes a book of inspirational advice that teaches us how to feel calmer, more in control, and excited about life-- despite what is happening around us. With profound insights and practical tools, Susan Jeffers shows us that we don't have to give into the fear, distress, anger, impatience, and hovering sense of danger that pull us down. Instead, we can embrace the joyous emotions of the Spirit that make us soar: trust, gratitude, harmony, abundance, love, and joy.

Intended for use in advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses, this text presents a wide survey of methodological procedures and theoretical positions.