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Collection of new essays by feminist historians offering an engaging look at the work being done by feminists in the field of women's history. Looking at the processes, through which women have been excluded, silenced and misrepresented in stories of the past, all of the chapters in this book demonstrate the effectiveness of the methodologies they propose as remedy for this. Re-representing the Past: Women and History is composed of a series of case studies which, with the exception of Melanie Ilic's chapter, will all focus on Britain, Empire, or the Commonwealth.
Feminist history continues to change the way history is written,
and in doing so changes our view of the past. The authors of this
collection explore how issues of sexuality, class, nationalism and
colonialism informed the ways in which women were represented and
continue to be represented in history. They show the ways in which
women have been excluded, silenced and misrepresented in stories of
the past, and how women's lives have been distorted or simplified
in conventional historical accounts. Together, they suggest fresh
ways of approaching women's history, and use examples of work in
new areas of research such as women's health and leisure in order
to demonstrate the effectiveness of the various methodologies being
proposed.
Since 1950, French Caribbean writers have attracted international attention to their work and to their lively exploration of the unique circumstances that detonated this literary explosion. This book probes their particularly intense, even fraught sensitivity to space and to time, highlighting the insights that they offer into global issues of distance and displacement, history and memory, and into the possibilities and constraints of writing.
A Festschrift to celebrate the contribution to French studies of
Rick Caldicott, Professor Emeritus of French at University College
Dublin. Caldicott is best known for his work on the seventeenth
century, especially theatre, but his other interests such as
twentieth-century literature are also included in this warm tribute
from a large number of scholars of French working in Ireland and
abroad. The book is arranged in five sections: the French stage;
Theatricality in the text; Staging politics and ideas in writing;
Representing 'other' cultures; and, Foregrounding Franco-Irish
relations.
'Beyond Uncommon Boundaries' is the second volume of richly
collected imagery that invites readers into the poet, storyteller
and songwriter's life's journey - her evocative thoughts and
imagination leads you through different landscapes and boundaries.
Felly van Vliet is back in Holland and planning her wedding with
fiance, Kieran McNeela, now settled in and working as junior
partner in a small Leiden law firm after graduating UvA and passing
the Bar. While browsing through an old book at a second-hand
book-store, Felly comes across a note that reads as a confession of
a murder committed during a Dutch student revolt in the 1970's.
Felly picks up on this cold case, which again takes her overseas,
this time to the USA. Unravelling the murder turns into a
tantalizing search, unearthing some deeply buried family secrets.
Last in the series and sequel to "Death by Chopstick", "The
Poisoned Tree" is a fun and suspenseful read!
In the sequel to "Murder On The Rocks!" Felly leaves Ireland and
revisits China. A freak accident in a plane crash sets off a
cascade of experiences in the swiftly developing East, where so
much has changed in the four years since her last stay. When a
colleague dies in a suspicious chemistry lab fire, she realises
that something is amiss in a country where the past has not quite
merged with its dynamic future. Felly gets an insight into this age
old culture while immersing herself in a setting of warm, humorous
characters and their dark counterparts.
For all of you who have loved and learned and are still lighting
candles rather than cursing the darkness.... Shers Gallagher brings
a simple joie de vivre - joy for life - by drawing on her lovely
muse and weaving together a fine collection of stories and poetic
thoughts.
It's Felly van Vliet's inquisitive nature that involves her in the
unravelling of a double murder, and she finds herself under the
spell of a colourful set of locals as she tries to make sense of it
all. Crime, romance, a taste of culture and character of native
Ireland are woven throughout this fun and enjoyable read. Good
craic! Murder On The Rocks! is also available at a discount price
at www.aislingbooks.nl
Boulder Blues brings you back to the era of sex, drugs and
rock'n'roll. Its madness is exposed in a naive twist of two
musicians from Irish immigrant backgrounds who struggle through the
nightmare of a political war and countrywide civil unrest as they
try to make sense of a world beyond the American Dream of their
parents and grandparents. Sweet, poignant, laughable and pithy, it
catches a time once labeled as a 'Modern Renaissance'.
A fairytale story and cleverly designed plot that is full of
symbolism having to do with the Russian soul and nature. It's a
nice, relaxing read with beautiful language and descriptions of the
Russian folkways. The Russian-Afghanistan war is mentioned as a
gross afterthought, but not too heavily so as to distract the
reader from the main story about a Russian girl coming of age and
losing her English expatriate father in Egypt. Even the hardships
of the Russian poor and the father's imprisonment are crafted so as
to present a glimpse of present social situations without being
overdone. All in all, it's a lovely tale with strong characters
that give the reader a taste of Eastern life, its joys and its
difficulties.
Wow! P can stand for PURPLE and G for GREEN.with these beautiful
colors you may color many different things! There are many more
colors we can learn it is true! Can you think of one or possibly
two? Learning your colors can be so much fun and doing Mazie's
activities are second to none! He played in the sun and enjoyed the
fresh air. Cappy invited some friends so his fun he could share.
Taking pride in yourself and your environment makes Cappy extremely
happy! Here's advice from Bucky Boo, "think of all the wonderful
things you can pretend to do.use your imagination, it's fun! It's
YOU!"
Much has been said about the relationship between globalization and
culture and the political implications of that relationship. There
has been little effort made, however, to investigate the effect of
globalization on poetics or on the ethical moment of literature.
World Writing is therefore concerned with studying the intersection
of contemporary ethics, poetics, and globalization through
historical and critical readings of writing from various parts of
the world.
Following an introductory chapter by Mary Gallagher, which maps
this conceptual terrain, the contributors investigate how
globalization inflects the necessary relationship between poetics,
culture, ethics, and politics. Among the essays are Celia Britton's
reading of Adouard Glissant on languages in the globalized world;
Mary Gallagher's comparison of Glissant's poetics of cultural
diversity with the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas; David Palumbo-Liu's
exploration of the ethics of postcolonial fiction in J.M. Coetzee's
work; Mary Louise Pratt's critique, based on recent Latin American
writing, of the prematurely celebratory nature of globalization;
and Julia Kristeva's argument for the value of poetics and the
ethics of hospitality. What emerges is an intricate discussion of
the elusive relationship between the realms of ethics, poetics, and
politics as they intersect in our changing world.
The charge of "Ressentiment" can in today's world -- less from
traditionally conservative quarters than from the neo-positivist
discourses of particular forms of liberalism -- be used to
undermine the argumentative credibility of political opponents,
dissidents, and those who call for greater "justice." The essays in
this volume draw on the broad spectrum of cultural discourse on
"Ressentiment," both in historical and contemporary contexts.
Starting with its conceptual genesis, the essays also show
contemporary nuances of "Ressentiment" as well as its influence on
aesthetic and literary discourse in the 20th century.
To illustrate the stress that schools face during transition from
being a junior high school, this book uses a series of stories from
the fictional Dewey Middle School. Among the themes addressed are:
physical, social-emotional and intellectual characteristics of
early adolescents; advisory periods and affective education;
interdisciplinary and team teaching; length of instructional
blocks; assessment strategies; and instructional strategies.
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