Sex in the archives: Writing American sexual histories (Reay Barry)(Pevná vazba)

Sex in the archives: Writing American sexual histories (Reay Barry)(Pevná vazba)

The archive has assumed a new significance in the history of sex, and this book visits a series of such archives, including the Kinsey Institute's erotic art; gay masturbatory journals in the New York Public Library; the private archive of an amateur pornographer; and one man's lifetime

The Pleasure Gap: American Women and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution (Rowland Katherine)(Pevná vazba)

Start by Believing: Larry Nassar's Crimes, the Institutions That Enabled Him, and the Brave Women Who Stopped a Monster (Barr John)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive, devastating account of the largest sex abuse scandal in American sports history-with new details and insights into the institutional failures, as well as the bravery that brought it to light.For decades, osteopathic physician Larry Nassar built a sterling reputation as the go-to

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s (Klinger Leslie S.)(Pevná vazba)

American crime writing was reborn in the 1920s. After years of dominance by British authors, new American writers--with fresh ideas about the detective and the mystery--appeared on the scene and rose to heights of popularity not witnessed since the success of the Sherlock Holmes tales in America

Sins Against Nature: Sex and Archives in Colonial New Spain (Tortorici Zeb)(Pevná vazba)

In Sins against Nature Zeb Tortorici explores the prosecution of sex acts in colonial New Spain (present-day Mexico, Guatemala, the US Southwest, and the Philippines) to examine the multiple ways bodies and desires come to be textually recorded and archived. Drawing on the records from over three

Dennis Hopper: In Dreams: Scenes from the Archive (Hopper Dennis)(Pevná vazba)

Unpublished Dennis Hopper: new light on the 1960s and the actor's unique transit through American historyDennis Hopper: In Dreams connects Dennis Hopper's roles as an actor, husband, father and photographer. Editor and designer Michael Schmelling has selected more than 100 photographs from Hopper's

Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Kinsey Alfred C.)(Pevná vazba)

Originally published in 1953, the material presented in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was derived from personal interviews with nearly 6,000 women; from studies in sexual anatomy, physiology, psychology, and endocrinology. The study revealed the incidence and frequency with which women

Against Our Will: Sexual Trauma in American Art Since 1970 (Fryd Vivien Green)(Pevná vazba)

Explores the work of American artists since 1970 who have created an anti-rape, anti-incest counternarrative in opposition to the acceptance of sexual violence against women

Paul Bowles: In the American Grain (Tharaud Barry Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Paul Bowles has often been considered a cult writer, a literary renegade: he lived more than fifty years as an expatriate in Morocco, and according to Norman Mailer, his works 'let in the murder, the drugs, the incest, the call of the orgy, the end of civilization.' In recent decades Bowles has

Same-Sex Partners: The Demography of Sexual Orientation (Baumle Amanda K.)(Pevná vazba)

Addressing the lack of understanding regarding the lives of same-sex couples, this book examines the sociodemographic characteristics of partnered gay men and lesbians. The authors draw on U.S. census data to present quantitative analyses of topics pertaining to gay men and lesbians that have

Writing and the Revolution: Venezuelan Metafiction 2004-2012 (Brown Katie)(Pevná vazba)

In contrast to recent theories of the 'global' Latin American novel, this book reveals the enduring importance of the national in contemporary Venezuelan fiction, arguing that the novels studied respond to both the nationalist and populist cultural policies of the Bolivarian Revolution and

Philip Taaffe (Schwabsky Barry)(Pevná vazba)

The first illustrated monograph to survey the work to date of major American painter Philip Taaffe (b.1955), whose work has expanded the parameters of painting through a fascinating layering of different techniques and imagery, including marbling, silkscreen, collage and

The Political Battle of the Sexes: Exploring the Sources of Gender Gaps in Policy Preferences (Caughell Leslie A.)(Pevná vazba)

Sex remains one of the most salient demographic dividing points in American politics today. President Obama has women, particularly unmarried women, to thank for his re-election victory. The gender difference in voter support for the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates grew from

Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style (Vonnegut Kurt)(Pevná vazba)

The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers co-written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student. Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with

Sex and the Nazi Soldier: Violent, Commercial and Consensual Encounters During the War in the Soviet Union, 1941-45 (Mhlhuser Regina)(Pevná vazba)

Sexual violence was a widespread reality during the war and the occupation in the Soviet Union: Wehrmacht soldiers and SS men made women and girls victims of sexual torture, committed rape and sexual enslavement. They also visited both 'secret' prostitutes and official military brothels, andhad

Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: Family-Based, Attachment-Focused Therapy (Friedrich William N.)(Pevná vazba)

Prevailing taboos about sex and the misconception that inappropriate sexual behavior is always a sign of sexual abuse inhibits frank conversation and often leads families to hide problems. Here William Friedrich, with more than 25 years of experience in the field, offers a research-based and

The Best American Magazine Writing 2020 (Holt Sid)(Paperback)

The Best American Magazine Writing 2020 brings together outstanding writing, from in-depth reporting to incisive criticism. The anthology features excerpts from major projects that challenge American certitudes: the Washington Post Magazine's 'Prison' issue, detailing the scope of mass

Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive - Arkady Bronnikov, Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell

Larger in scale and ambitious in depth, The Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive is like no other publication on the subject, compiling highlights of previously unseen work from FUEL’s unique collection of tattoo drawings and photographs. The Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive presents highlights from

Les Miserables: The Official Archives (Nightingale Benedict)(Pevná vazba)

In Les Miserables: The Official Archives, the reader can find out how the musical - and its film - came to life. Includes original musical scores, costume sketches,

Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Moser Barry)(Pevná vazba)

The 'calculated pandemonium' of the splendidly irrational kingdom of Wonderland is what Barry Moser set out to capture in illustrating the Lewis Carroll classic.In his seventy-five wood engravings, Moser depicts with consummate invention, wit, and skill the quite exceptional inhabitants and sights

Modernism and Perversion: Sexual Deviance in Sexology and Literature, 1850-1930 (Schaffner A.)(Pevná vazba)

Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary

The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue (Rustow Marina)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate's robust culture of documentation The lost archive of the Fatimid caliphate (909-1171) survived in an unexpected place: the storage room, or geniza, of a synagogue in Cairo, recycled as scrap paper and deposited there by medieval Jews. Marina Rustow tells

Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (Sanderson Brandon)(Pevná vazba)

The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game. After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his

Flash Gordon Sundays: Dan Barry Vol. 1: The Death Planet (Barry Dan)(Pevná vazba)

Following the death of Mac Raboy in 1968, Dan Barry took over production of the Sunday Flash Gordon strip. This collection, the first ever, features the first three years of a run that would last for nearly 50 years from The Return of Chameleon 1/14/68, which he completed after Raboy's death, to