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When Jane Elliott was four years old, the nightmare began. She
became the helpless victim of a sociopath--bullied, dominated, and
sexually abused by a man only fourteen years her senior: her
stepfather. For nearly two decades she was held prisoner, both
physically and emotionally. But at the age of twenty-one she
escaped . . . and then she fought back.
The Little Prisoner is the shocking, astonishing, and ultimately
uplifting true story of one woman's shattering twenty-year
ordeal--and how she triumphed against an evil and violent human
monster when honesty and bravery were her only weapons.
This volume argues that theory, far from being dead, has
undergone major shifts in order to come to terms with the most
urgent cultural and political questions of today. Offering an
overview of theory's new directions, this groundbreaking collection
includes essays on affect, biopolitics, biophilosophy, the
aesthetic, and neoliberalism, as well as examinations of
established areas such as subaltern studies, the postcolonial, and
ethics.
Influential figures such as Agamben, Badiou, Arendt, Deleuze,
Derrida and Meillassoux are examined in a range of contexts.
Gathering together some of the top thinkers in the field, this
volume not only speculates on the fate of theory but shows its
current diversity, encouraging conversation between divergent
strands. Each section places the essays in their contexts and
stages a comparison between different but ultimately related ways
in which key thinkers are moving beyond poststructuralism.
Contributors: Amanda Anderson, Ray Brassier, Adriana Cavarero,
Eva Cherniavsky, Rey Chow, Claire Colebrook, Laurent Dubreuil,
Roberto Esposito, Simon Gikandi, Martin Hagglund, Peter Hallward,
Brian Massumi, Peter Osborne, Elizabeth Povinelli, William Rasch,
Henry Staten, Bernard Stiegler, Eugene Thacker, Cary Wolfe, Linda
Zerilli.
This volume argues that theory, far from being dead, has
undergone major shifts in order to come to terms with the most
urgent cultural and political questions of today. Offering an
overview of theory s new directions, this groundbreaking collection
includes essays on affect, biopolitics, biophilosophy, the
aesthetic, and neoliberalism, as well as examinations of
established areas such as subaltern studies, the postcolonial, and
ethics.
Influential figures such as Agamben, Badiou, Arendt, Deleuze,
Derrida and Meillassoux are examined in a range of contexts.
Gathering together some of the top thinkers in the field, this
volume not only speculates on the fate of theory but shows its
current diversity, encouraging conversation between divergent
strands. Each section places the essays in their contexts and
stages a comparison between different but ultimately related ways
in which key thinkers are moving beyond poststructuralism.
Contributors: Amanda Anderson, Ray Brassier, Adriana Cavarero,
Eva Cherniavsky, Rey Chow, Claire Colebrook, Laurent Dubreuil,
Roberto Esposito, Simon Gikandi, Martin Hagglund, Peter Hallward,
Brian Massumi, Peter Osborne, Elizabeth Povinelli, William Rasch,
Henry Staten, Bernard Stiegler, Eugene Thacker, Cary Wolfe, Linda
Zerilli.
Packed with facts, this miniature encyclopaedia is designed to be
both fascinating and fun to use and covers a vast scope of
information, from the Earth, its plants and animals, to its people
and discoveries.
An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the
power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered
terrifying mental and physical torture from her psychopathic
stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed to break
free, her spirit still unbroken Jane Elliott fell into the hands of
her sadistic and brutal stepfather when she was 4 years old. Her
story is both inspiring and horrifying. Kept a virtual prisoner in
a fortress-like house and treated to daily and ritual abuse, Jane
nonetheless managed to lose herself in a fantasy world which would
keep her spirit alive. Equally as horrifying as the physical abuse
Jane suffered, were the mental games her tormentor played - getting
his kicks from seeing Jane humiliated, confused, crushed and
defeated at every turn. Her family and neighbourhood were all
terrified of Jane's stepfather so no-one held out a rescuing hand.
So Jane had to help herself. When she was 21 she ran away with her
baby daughter and boyfriend to start a new life in hiding. Several
years on she found the courage to go to the police. A court case
followed where Jane bravely stood up against the unrepentant
aggressor she so feared. He was jailed for 17 years. Jane's family
took his side.
From The Road to Game of Thrones, across works as seemingly
different as Gone Girl and Saw, literature, film, and television
have become obsessed with the intersection of survival and choice.
When the trapped rock-climber hero of 127 Hours is confronted with
self-amputation or death, it is only a particularly blunt example
of an omnipresent set-up. In real-life settings or fantastical
games, protagonists find themselves confronting extreme scenarios
with life-or-death consequences, forced to make torturous either-or
choices in stripped-down, brutally stark environments. Jane Elliott
identifies and analyzes this new and distinctive aesthetic
phenomenon, which she calls "the microeconomic mode." Through close
readings of its narratives, tropes, and concepts, she traces the
implicit theoretical and political claims conveyed by this
combination of abstraction and extremity. In the microeconomic
mode, humans isolated from any forms of social organization operate
within a mini-economy of costs and benefits, gains and losses,
measured in the currency of life. Elliott reads the key concepts
that emerge from this aesthetic-life-interest, sovereign capture,
and binary life-in relation to biopolitics and natural law theory,
becoming and the control society, and primitive accumulation in
racial capitalism. The microeconomic mode interrogates the
destruction of the liberal political subject, but what it leaves in
its place is as disturbing as it is radically new. Going beyond the
question of neoliberalism in literature, The Microeconomic Mode
combines revelatory close readings of key literary and popular
texts with significant theoretical interventions to identify how an
aesthetics of choice has reshaped our contemporary understanding of
what it means to be human.
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The explosive first novel from the author of the bestselling 'The
Little Prisoner' is a gripping tale of a woman whose troubled
childhood comes back to haunt her. In the chill of a winter's
morning, a sweet and likeable 13-year-old girl unexpectedly gives
birth in the bathroom of her council flat. The baby, the product of
a brutal rape by her stepfather, is whisked away to hospital and is
eventually adopted by a rich suburban couple. As far as everyone is
concerned, Sadie will never see the baby again. The girl, Sadie
Burrows, survives her ordeal and goes on to become a successful
businesswoman, famous in the media, even courted by politicians as
an example of young enterprise. Then, out of the blue, there is a
knock at the door. And Sadie's shameful secret comes back to haunt
her. Sadie, the first novel by best selling author of 'The Little
Prisoner' Jane Elliott, is an explosive story of abuse, business,
love, success, blackmail, murder and cover-up.
From The Road to Game of Thrones, across works as seemingly
different as Gone Girl and Saw, literature, film, and television
have become obsessed with the intersection of survival and choice.
When the trapped rock-climber hero of 127 Hours is confronted with
self-amputation or death, it is only a particularly blunt example
of an omnipresent set-up. In real-life settings or fantastical
games, protagonists find themselves confronting extreme scenarios
with life-or-death consequences, forced to make torturous either-or
choices in stripped-down, brutally stark environments. Jane Elliott
identifies and analyzes this new and distinctive aesthetic
phenomenon, which she calls "the microeconomic mode." Through close
readings of its narratives, tropes, and concepts, she traces the
implicit theoretical and political claims conveyed by this
combination of abstraction and extremity. In the microeconomic
mode, humans isolated from any forms of social organization operate
within a mini-economy of costs and benefits, gains and losses,
measured in the currency of life. Elliott reads the key concepts
that emerge from this aesthetic-life-interest, sovereign capture,
and binary life-in relation to biopolitics and natural law theory,
becoming and the control society, and primitive accumulation in
racial capitalism. The microeconomic mode interrogates the
destruction of the liberal political subject, but what it leaves in
its place is as disturbing as it is radically new. Going beyond the
question of neoliberalism in literature, The Microeconomic Mode
combines revelatory close readings of key literary and popular
texts with significant theoretical interventions to identify how an
aesthetics of choice has reshaped our contemporary understanding of
what it means to be human.
This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 2,
provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very
latest research on ageing. It reports the outcomes of the most
concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence
shaping the changing nature of ageing and its consequences for
individuals and society. This book concentrates on three major
themes: active ageing, design for ageing well and the relationship
between ageing and socio-economic development. Each chapter
provides a state of the art topic summary as well as reporting the
essential research findings from New Dynamics of Ageing research
projects. There is a strong emphasis on the practical implications
of ageing and how evidence-based policies, practices and new
products can produce individual and societal benefits.
This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 2,
provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very
latest research on ageing. It reports the outcomes of the most
concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence
shaping the changing nature of ageing and its consequences for
individuals and society. This book concentrates on three major
themes: active ageing, design for ageing well and the relationship
between ageing and socio-economic development. Each chapter
provides a state of the art topic summary as well as reporting the
essential research findings from New Dynamics of Ageing research
projects. There is a strong emphasis on the practical implications
of ageing and how evidence-based policies, practices and new
products can produce individual and societal benefits.
'Jane Elliott's examination of the use of "narrative" within the
broad context of social science inquiry is a must-read for both
qualitative and quantitative researchers, novice and expert alike'
- Journal of Advanced Nursing `This important book does an
impressive job of synthesising a complex literature and bringing
together both qualitative and quantitative methods of narrative
analysis. It will become a milestone in the development of
narrative methods. Although ground-breaking in many ways, it is
very clearly written and accessible to readers from a wide variety
of backgrounds and methodological experience' - Nigel Gilbert,
University of Surrey `An elegantly written, scholarly and
accessible text. Jane Elliott shows a sophisticated appreciation of
contemporary methodological developments, and makes a persuasive
case for the use of narrative approaches in both qualitative and
quantitative research. The book challenges and advances debates
about combining methods, and shows how stories can work within and
across conventional research boundaries. It is a truly original
contribution to the literature' - Amanda Coffey, Cardiff School of
Social Sciences `An outstanding book. Jane Elliott breaks new
ground by demonstrating to new generations of social scientists how
the power of narrative can fruitfully be harnessed in social
research. This is a "must read" book' - Professor Mike Savage,
University of Manchester This is a lucid and accessible
introduction to narrative methods in social research. It is also an
important book about the nature, role and theoretical basis of
research methodology in general. Jane Elliott instructs the reader
on the basic methods and methodological assumptions that form the
basis of narrative methods. She does so in a way that is practical
and accessible and in a way that will make the book a favourite
with students and experienced researchers alike. Elliott argues
that both qualitative and quantitative methods are characterised by
a concern with narrative, and that our research data can best be
analyzed if it is seen in narrative terms. In concrete,
step-by-step terms she details for the reader how to go about
collecting data and how to subject that data to narrative analysis,
while at the same time placing this process in its wider
theoretical context. She works across the traditional
quantitative/qualitative divide to set out the ways in which
narrative researchers can uncover such issues as social change,
causality and social identity. She also shows how the techniques
and skills used by qualitative researchers can be deployed when
doing quantitative research and, similarly, how qualitative
researchers can sometimes profit from using quantitative skills and
techniques. "This book provides both a fascinating and a
challenging read. What sets this text apart from other books on
research methodology and methods is that it does not focus
exclusively on either quantitative or qualitative research
approaches, but rather attempts to bridge the divide. The book
should be compulsory reading not only for those aspiring to
undertake narrative research and those students undertaking higher
degree research courses, but also for those more experienced
researches wishing to explore contemporary issues in research
methods and methodology. As a recent recruit to a
lecturer-practitioner post with little recnt experience in the
subject area covered by this book, i found it met my needs very
well. I would certainly recomment this book for purchase." Dr
Andrew Pettipher, University of Nottingham, UK.
'Jane Elliott's examination of the use of "narrative" within the
broad context of social science inquiry is a must-read for both
qualitative and quantitative researchers, novice and expert alike'
- Journal of Advanced Nursing `This important book does an
impressive job of synthesising a complex literature and bringing
together both qualitative and quantitative methods of narrative
analysis. It will become a milestone in the development of
narrative methods. Although ground-breaking in many ways, it is
very clearly written and accessible to readers from a wide variety
of backgrounds and methodological experience' - Nigel Gilbert,
University of Surrey `An elegantly written, scholarly and
accessible text. Jane Elliott shows a sophisticated appreciation of
contemporary methodological developments, and makes a persuasive
case for the use of narrative approaches in both qualitative and
quantitative research. The book challenges and advances debates
about combining methods, and shows how stories can work within and
across conventional research boundaries. It is a truly original
contribution to the literature' - Amanda Coffey, Cardiff School of
Social Sciences `An outstanding book. Jane Elliott breaks new
ground by demonstrating to new generations of social scientists how
the power of narrative can fruitfully be harnessed in social
research. This is a "must read" book' - Professor Mike Savage,
University of Manchester This is a lucid and accessible
introduction to narrative methods in social research. It is also an
important book about the nature, role and theoretical basis of
research methodology in general. Jane Elliott instructs the reader
on the basic methods and methodological assumptions that form the
basis of narrative methods. She does so in a way that is practical
and accessible and in a way that will make the book a favourite
with students and experienced researchers alike. Elliott argues
that both qualitative and quantitative methods are characterised by
a concern with narrative, and that our research data can best be
analyzed if it is seen in narrative terms. In concrete,
step-by-step terms she details for the reader how to go about
collecting data and how to subject that data to narrative analysis,
while at the same time placing this process in its wider
theoretical context. She works across the traditional
quantitative/qualitative divide to set out the ways in which
narrative researchers can uncover such issues as social change,
causality and social identity. She also shows how the techniques
and skills used by qualitative researchers can be deployed when
doing quantitative research and, similarly, how qualitative
researchers can sometimes profit from using quantitative skills and
techniques. "This book provides both a fascinating and a
challenging read. What sets this text apart from other books on
research methodology and methods is that it does not focus
exclusively on either quantitative or qualitative research
approaches, but rather attempts to bridge the divide. The book
should be compulsory reading not only for those aspiring to
undertake narrative research and those students undertaking higher
degree research courses, but also for those more experienced
researches wishing to explore contemporary issues in research
methods and methodology. As a recent recruit to a
lecturer-practitioner post with little recnt experience in the
subject area covered by this book, i found it met my needs very
well. I would certainly recomment this book for purchase." Dr
Andrew Pettipher, University of Nottingham, UK.
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