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1951, Paris. San Francisco socialite Nancy Cooke meets Luis de
Herrera, a dashing sports car driver from Argentina who is driving
with the American team at Le Mans. It is love at first sight for
the couple, but several obstacles keep them apart. After
heartbreaking separations and months of uncertainty, they finally
marry. Is it happily ever after? Not quite . Nancy's divorce isn't
recognized by the strict Catholic country of Argentina, and she
struggles to be accepted as de Herrera's wife. But as time passes,
Nancy becomes more familiar with the people of Argentina,
especially of Juan Peron and his wife, Evita. She witnesses the
country's fictitious agony over Evita's illness, and the
choreographed, Hollywood-like production mourning her death. Later,
Nancy even participates in the revolution to overthrow Peron. But
while visiting the United States, Nancy and Luis are exposed to
atomic radiation fallout, resulting in Luis's tragic death. Such a
horrific event spurs Nancy's search for answers, and begins a new,
lifelong spiritual quest that continues to this day. With amazing
candor and heartbreaking emotion, "Never Tango with a Stranger"
tells Nancy's bittersweet story of love, loss, and illumination,
and provides a compelling portrait of the power and strength of the
human spirit.
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Representing Rural Women (Paperback)
Whitney Womack Smith, Margaret Thomas-Evans; Contributions by Agatha Beins, Laurie JC Cella, Jim Coby, …
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R988
Discovery Miles 9 880
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Representing Rural Women highlights the complexity and diversity of
representations of rural women in the U.S. and Canada from the
nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. The 15 chapters in this
collection offer fresh perspectives on representations of rural
women in literature, popular culture, and print, digital, and
social media. They explore a wide range of time periods, geographic
spaces, and rural women's experiences, including Mormon pioneer
women, rural lesbians in the 1970s, Canadian rural women's
organizations, and rural trans youth. In their stories, these women
and girls navigate the complex realities of rural life, create
spaces for self-expression, develop networks to communicate their
experiences, and challenge misconceptions and stereotypes of rural
womanhood. The chapters in this collection consider the ways that
rural geography allows freedoms as well as imposes constraints on
women's lives, and explore how cultural representations of rural
womanhood both reflect and shape women's experiences.
This book offers a cutting-edge overview of mobility, mobility
justice and social justice, with contributions from a broad range
of leading scholars. Mobility justice is understood as a way to
frame the entanglements of power and social exclusion in the
mobilities of humans, things, and ideas, as well as to differential
and unequal access to movement, and the ability to move. The
introductory chapters firmly ground the concept of mobility justice
and social justice, with the proceeding chapters covering a range
of topics from race, sexuality, ferry justice and aeromobility
justice, animal mobilities, design, and food mobilities.
This book offers a cutting-edge overview of mobility, mobility
justice and social justice, with contributions from a broad range
of leading scholars. Mobility justice is understood as a way to
frame the entanglements of power and social exclusion in the
mobilities of humans, things, and ideas, as well as to differential
and unequal access to movement, and the ability to move. The
introductory chapters firmly ground the concept of mobility justice
and social justice, with the proceeding chapters covering a range
of topics from race, sexuality, ferry justice and aeromobility
justice, animal mobilities, design, and food mobilities.
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Representing Rural Women (Hardcover)
Margaret Thomas-Evans, Whitney Womack Smith; Contributions by Agatha Beins, Laurie JC Cella, Jim Coby, …
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R2,411
Discovery Miles 24 110
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Representing Rural Women seeks to highlight the complexity and
diversity of representations of rural women in the U.S. and Canada
from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. The 15 chapters in
the collection offer fresh perspectives on representations of rural
women in literature, popular culture, and print, digital, and
social media. They explore a wide range of time periods, geographic
spaces, and rural women's experiences, including Mormon pioneer
women, rural lesbians in the 1970s, Canadian rural women's
organizations, and rural trans youth. In their stories, these women
and girls navigate multiple settings and address the complex
realities of rural life, create spaces for self-expression, develop
networks to communicate their experiences, and seek to challenge
misconceptions and stereotypes of rural womanhood. The chapters in
this collection consider the ways that rural geography may allow
freedoms as well as impose constraints on women's lives, and
ultimately how cultural representations of rural womanhood both
reflect and shape women's experiences.
With this endearing book Nancy Farley shares the gift of America
past, lives and times that we can learn from, enjoy and treasure.
She tells of her childhood experiencing the simple pleasures that
today can seem so impossible. She makes known those things that
have been lost as American society became modern, digitized and
commercialized. With each story that makes up this book readers
will be entertained, educated and thankful for the American
heritage we get to enjoy today. Nancy grew up in Northeastern
Kentucky and earned degrees at the University of Kentucky, Morehead
State University and Georgetown College. She spent most of her
teaching career at Kentucky State University a Counselor/English
Instructor. She and her husband, Robert, now live on a farm in
Central Kentucky where they enjoy frequent visits from their
children and grandchildren.
1951, Paris. San Francisco socialite Nancy Cooke meets Luis de
Herrera, a dashing sports car driver from Argentina who is driving
with the American team at Le Mans. It is love at first sight for
the couple, but several obstacles keep them apart. After
heartbreaking separations and months of uncertainty, they finally
marry. Is it happily ever after? Not quite . Nancy's divorce isn't
recognized by the strict Catholic country of Argentina, and she
struggles to be accepted as de Herrera's wife. But as time passes,
Nancy becomes more familiar with the people of Argentina,
especially of Juan Peron and his wife, Evita. She witnesses the
country's fictitious agony over Evita's illness, and the
choreographed, Hollywood-like production mourning her death. Later,
Nancy even participates in the revolution to overthrow Peron. But
while visiting the United States, Nancy and Luis are exposed to
atomic radiation fallout, resulting in Luis's tragic death. Such a
horrific event spurs Nancy's search for answers, and begins a new,
lifelong spiritual quest that continues to this day. With amazing
candor and heartbreaking emotion, "Never Tango with a Stranger"
tells Nancy's bittersweet story of love, loss, and illumination,
and provides a compelling portrait of the power and strength of the
human spirit.
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