Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body (Bordo Susan)(Paperback)

Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body (Bordo Susan)(Paperback)

'Unbearable Weight is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless (!) prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body-weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more-in a way

The Ruins Lesson: Meaning and Material in Western Culture (Stewart Susan)(Paperback)

How have ruins become so valued in Western culture and so central to our art and literature? Covering a vast chronological and geographical range, from ancient Egyptian inscriptions to twentieth-century memorials, Susan Stewart seeks to answer this question as she traces the appeal of ruins and

The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader (Jones Amelia)(Paperback)

Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized over the past forty years. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this second edition of The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader assembles a wide array of writings

Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture (Suzack Cheryl)(Paperback)

Can the specific concerns of Indigenous women be addressed by mainstream feminism? Indigenous Women and Feminism proposes that a dynamic new line of inquiry - Indigenous feminism - is necessary to truly engage with the crucial issues of cultural identity, nationalism, and decolonization particular

Cancel Culture and the Left's Long March (Donnolly Kevin)(Paperback)

Cancel culture and political correctness are destroying free speech and Western civilizations institutions and way of life - it's time to fight back and return to sanity. A topical and informative anthology exploring the origins and impact of cancel culture and political correctness on Western

Politics in a Glass Case: Feminism, Exhibition Cultures and Curatorial Transgressions (Dimitrakaki Angela)(Paperback)

What happens to art when feminism grips the curatorial imagination? How do sexual politics become realised as exhibits? Is the struggle against gender discrimination compatible with the aspirations of museums led by market values? Beginning with the feminist critique of the art exhibition in the

Castration and Culture in the Middle Ages (Tracy Larissa)(Paperback)

Castration and castrati have always been facets of western culture, from myth and legend to law and theology, from eunuchs guarding harems to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century castrati singers. Metaphoric castration pervades a number of medieval literary genres, particularly the Old French

Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self (Judith Anodea)(Paperback)

Eastern Body, Western Mind seamlessly merges science and spirituality, creating a compelling interpretation of the chakra system and its relevance for Westerners today. In Eastern Body, Western Mind, chakra authority Anodea Judith brought a fresh approach to the yoga-based Eastern chakra system,

Women and Work: Feminism, Labour, and Social Reproduction (Ferguson Susan)(Paperback)

'A masterful analysis of three centuries of feminist deliberations on work, carefully tracing how the fault lines of social-reproduction theory emerged.'--Historical Materialism Feminism is once again on the political agenda. Across the world women are taking to the streets to protest unfair

A Death at the Hotel Mondrian (De Jager Anja)(Paperback)

'A novel brilliantly evoking the isolation of a woman with an unbearable weight on her conscience'SUNDAY TIMES'Succeeds as a portrait of both a city and, in its heroine, a delightfully dysfunctional personality'SUNDAY EXPRESS__________ When Lotte Meerman is faced with the choice of interviewing the

Women in Western Political Thought (Okin Susan Moller)(Paperback)

In this pathbreaking study of the works of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, and Mill, Susan Moller Okin turns to the tradition of political philosophy that pervades Western culture and its institutions to understand why the gap between formal and real gender equality persists. Our philosophical

TV (Bordo Susan)(Paperback)

All about Northern Ireland (Harrison Susan)(Paperback)

Discovering the United Kingdom looks at the history, landscapes, people and culture of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. These books are filled with fascinating facts and pictures to help explore the different elements that make the United Kingdom a great place to live, visit, and

Tattoos and Popular Culture: Cultural Representations in Ink (Barron Lee)(Paperback)

The rise of tattoos into the mainstream has been a defining aspect of 21st century western culture. Tattoos and Popular Culture showcases how tattoos have been catapulted from 'deviant' and 'alternative' subculture, into a popular culture, becoming a potent signifier of 'difference' for the

The 3D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures (Georges Jayson)(Paperback)

Learn How the Gospel Speaks to Guilt, Shame, & Fear Cultures Western theology emphasizes forgiveness of sins, but people in the Majority World covet honor or spiritual power. The 3D Gospel is a concise, practical book explaining the world's three primary culture types, and how the gospel addresses

Gender and Difference in the Arts Therapies: Inscribed on the Body (Hogan Susan)(Paperback)

Gender and Difference in the Arts Therapies: Inscribed on the Body offers worldwide perspectives on gender in arts therapies practice and provides understandings of gender and arts therapies in a variety of global contexts. Bringing together leading researchers and lesser-known voices, it contains

Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (Jayawardena Kumari)(Paperback)

A founding text of transnational feminism For twenty-five years, Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World has been an essential primer on the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history of women's movements in Asia and the Middle East. In this engaging and well-researched survey,

Sex, or the Unbearable (Berlant Lauren)(Paperback)

Sex, or the Unbearable is a dialogue between Lauren Berlant and Lee Edelman, two of our leading theorists of sexuality, politics, and culture. In juxtaposing sex and the unbearable they don't propose that sex is unbearable, only that it unleashes unbearable contradictions that we nonetheless

Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing (Sanders Clinton)(Paperback)

This text covers the history and anthropology of body modification practices. It covers the tattooist's occupational experience, the process and social consequences of becoming a tattooed person, and the prospects of 'serious' tattooing becoming an accepted art

The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change (McRobbie Angela)(Paperback)

Congratulations to Dr. McRobbie! This book has been named to the list of books for the 2009 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA).These essays show Angela McRobbie reflecting on a range of issues which have political consequence for women, particularly

Culture and Imperialism (Said Edward W)(Paperback / softback)

Following his profoundly influential study, Orientalism, Edward Said now examines western culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to media coverage of the Gulf War, Culture and Imperialism is a broad, fierce and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European

Women and the Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (Horner Avril)(Paperback)

A re-assessment of the Gothic in relation to the female, the 'feminine', feminism and post-feminism This collection of newly commissioned essays brings together major scholars in the field of Gothic studies in order to re-think the topic of 'Women and the Gothic'. The 14 chapters in this volume

Savage God: A Study of Suicide (Alvarez A.)(Paperback)

'Suicide,' writes the notes English poet and critic A. Alvarez, 'has permeated Western culture like a dye that cannot be washed out.' Although the aims of this compelling, compassionate work are broadly cultural and literary, the narrative is rooted in personal experience: it begins with a long

The Iliad (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

The Iliad has had a far-reaching impact on Western literature and culture, inspiring writers, artists and classical composers across the ages. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These