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Tropic of Desire

By: Antoinette Beaudry

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Sweet, innocent Mercy had always believed the stars foretold the future. Even the name of the ship on which she was sailing to America appeared to be a fortuitous omen, for the Capricorn was swiftly carrying her to her bridegroom's waiting arms.But her faith was shattered when she was subjected to violent, unspeakable indignities by the clipper's crew - vicious men who amused themselves by abusing the beautiful, virtuous young women - until a dashing, noble seaman saved her from further shame.Adrift together on a stormy sea, Mercy and Clifford are swept ashore onto a strange and exotic island ... where they must survive amidst angry passions fanned by the winds of war.As Cuba rages with rebellion, they risk their lives for freedom ... and a love that even fate dare not deny!

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578

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iUniverse

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0595010482

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9780595010486

There Are Two Sexes

Essays in Feminology

By: Antoinette Fouque

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There Are Two Sexes

Essays in Feminology

By: Antoinette Fouque

Antoinette Fouque cofounded the Mouvement de Libération des Femmes (MLF) in France in 1968 and spearheaded its celebrated Psychanalyse et Politique, a research group that informed the cultural and intellectual heart of French feminism. Rather than reject Freud's discoveries on the pretext of their phallocentrism, Fouque sought to enrich his thought by more clearly defining the difference between the sexes and affirming the existence of a female libido. By recognizing women's contribution to humanity, Fouque hoped "uterus envy," which she saw as the mainspring of misogyny, could finally give way to gratitude and by associating procreation with women's liberation she advanced the goal of a parity-based society in which men and women could write a new human contract. The essays, lectures, and dialogues in this volume finally allow English-speaking readers to access the breadth of Fouque's creativity and activism. Touching on issues in history and biography, politics and psychoanalysis, Fouque recounts her experiences running the first women's publishing house in Europe; supporting women under threat, such as Aung San Suu Kyi, Taslima Nasrin, and Nawal El Saadaoui; and serving as deputy in the European Parliament. Her theoretical explorations discuss the ongoing development of feminology, a field she initiated, and, while she celebrates the progress women have made over the past four decades, she also warns against the trends of counterliberation: the feminization of poverty, the persistence of sexual violence, and the rise of religious fundamentalism.

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350

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Columbia University Press

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0231538383

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9780231538381

Human Genes and Neoliberal Governance

A Foucauldian Critique

By: Antoinette Rouvroy

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Human Genes and Neoliberal Governance

A Foucauldian Critique

By: Antoinette Rouvroy

Original and interdisciplinary, this is the first book to explore the relationship between a neoliberal mode of governance and the so-called genetic revolution. Looking at the knowledge-power relations in the post-genomic era and addressing the pressing issues of genetic privacy and discrimination in the context of neoliberal governance, this book demonstrates and explains the mechanisms of mutual production between biotechnology and cultural, political, economic and legal frameworks. In the first part Antoinette Rouvroy explores the social, political and economic conditions and consequences of this new ‘perceptual regime’. In the second she pursues her analysis through a consideration of the impact of ‘geneticization’ on political support of the welfare state and on the operation of private health and life insurances. Genetics and neoliberalism, she argues, are complicit in fostering the belief that social and economic patterns have a fixed nature beyond the reach of democratic deliberation, whilst the characteristics of individuals are unusually plastic, and within the scope of individual choice and responsibility. This book will be of interest to all students of law, sociology and politics.

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316

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Routledge

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1134066686

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9781134066681

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Tropic of Desire

Tropic of Desire

There Are Two Sexes

There Are Two Sexes

Human Genes and Neoliberal Governance

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