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Pop-feminist Narratives

The Female Subject Under Neoliberalism in North America, Britain, and Germany

By: Emily Spiers

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Pop-feminist Narratives

The Female Subject Under Neoliberalism in North America, Britain, and Germany

By: Emily Spiers

This volume explores the recent phenomenon of 'pop-feminism' and pop-feminist writing across North America, Britain, and Germany and examines what feminist politics look like in the twenty-first century.

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Oxford University Press

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0198820879

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9780198820871

How to Spell Chanukah...And Other Holiday Dilemmas

18 Writers Celebrate 8 Nights of Lights

By: Emily Franklin

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How to Spell Chanukah...And Other Holiday Dilemmas

18 Writers Celebrate 8 Nights of Lights

By: Emily Franklin

Ring in the holiday with eighteen writers who extol, excoriate, and expand our understanding of this most merry of Jewish festivals as they offer up funny, irreverent, and, yes, even nostalgic takes on a holiday that holds a special place in Jewish hearts . . . and stomachs. Pieces by Jonathan Tropper, Jennifer Gilmore, Steve Almond, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Adam Langer, and others address pressing issues: what is the weight gain associated with eating 432 latkes in eight nights? Offer joyous gratitude: “What a holiday! No pestilence, no slavery, no locusts, no cattle disease, or atonement. Thank God.” And afford tender truths: “You are reminded of your real gifts: a family you get to come home to.” Whether your family tradition included a Christmas tree or a Chanukah bush, whether the fights among your siblings rivaled the battles of the Maccabees, or even if you haven’t a clue who the Maccabees were, this little book illustrates the joys, frustrations, and small miracles of the season.

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Algonquin Books

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1616201835

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9781616201838

Fashion Design, Referenced

A Visual Guide to the History, Language, and Practice of Fashion

By: Alicia Kennedy,Emily Banis Stoehrer,Jay Calderin

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Fashion Design, Referenced

A Visual Guide to the History, Language, and Practice of Fashion

By: Alicia Kennedy,Emily Banis Stoehrer,Jay Calderin

Fashion Design, Referenced is a comprehensive visual guide to the central concepts, key terminology, and most significant practices in the field of fashion design.

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418

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1592536778

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9781592536771

Against World Literature

On the Politics of Untranslatability

By: Emily Apter

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Against World Literature

On the Politics of Untranslatability

By: Emily Apter

Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability argues for a rethinking of comparative literature focusing on the problems that emerge when large-scale paradigms of literary studies ignore the politics of the "Untranslatable"-the realm of those words that are continually retranslated, mistranslated, transferred from language to language, or especially resistant to substitution. In the place of "World Literature"-a dominant paradigm in the humanities, one grounded in market-driven notions of readability and universal appeal-Apter proposes a plurality of "world literatures" oriented around philosophical concepts and geopolitical pressure points. The history and theory of the language that constructs World Literature is critically examined with a special focus on Weltliteratur, literary world systems, narrative ecosystems, language borders and checkpoints, theologies of translation, and planetary devolution in a book set to revolutionize the discipline of comparative literature.

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439

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Verso Books

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1784780030

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9781784780036

An Introduction to Complexity Pedagogy

Using Critical Theory, Critical Pedagogy and Complexity in Performance and Literature

By: D. Emily Hicks

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An Introduction to Complexity Pedagogy

Using Critical Theory, Critical Pedagogy and Complexity in Performance and Literature

By: D. Emily Hicks

An Introduction to Complexity Pedagogy: Using Critical Theory, Critical Pedagogy and Complexity in Performance and Literature offers readers an introduction to the basic concepts of complexity science and how they might be applied in the teaching of composition, creative writing, performance, and literature. The book builds on Critical Theory (defined as Frankfurt Theory) and border theory, serving as a critique of neoliberalism in higher education and the teaching of critical thinking as a set of skills. Individual chapters are devoted to the following artists and writers: • the Choctaw people • author LeAnne Howe • Chicana lesbian author Gloria Anzaldua • performance artist Karen Finley • the performance duo Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose The strength of this book is that it concentrates on the teaching of interrelated topics: borders (including the border between the able/disabled), complexity, mixed ancestry, ability/disability, texts, and performance, using the Mexico-U.S. border as the working example of a complexity system. The work of the five aforementioned artists and authors are used to focus on political resistance within the context of decolonialism, but there are also references to mixed ancestry populations (including Redbones) and disability issues. This complexity frame of reference allows the reader to see and understand both the artists’ narratives and viewpoints in the dynamic relations of shorter and longer time frames. No prior knowledge of complexity science is required and ample examples of complexity-related topics-- from coral reefs to zebra stripes--are provided. The focus is on students in state universities and community college transfer students, especially first generation students and students of color, with policy implications pointing to a critique of both elite small liberal arts colleges (SLACs) and research institutions. An Introduction to Complexity Pedagogy: Using Critical Theory, Critical Pedagogy and Complexity in Performance and Literature is the perfect text for assignment in a variety of classrooms, including courses in Complexity Science, Composition and Rhetoric, Performance Arts, Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Ethnic Studies, and many others. Perfect for courses such as: Introduction to Creative Writing | Advanced Composition | Introduction to Border Art | Introduction to Complexity in the Arts and the Humanities | Introduction to Multicultural Literature | Introduction to Chicanx and Native American Literature | Introduction to Performance Art and Social Justice | Special Topics: Complexity, the Environment, Literature and the Arts | Special Topics: Disability Studies and Performance | Special Topics: Critical Family Histories, Mixed Ancestry and Pedagogy

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245

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Stylus Publishing, LLC

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1975504410

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9781975504410

Good Guys, Bad Guys

The Perils of Men's Gender Activism

By: Emily K. Carian

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Good Guys, Bad Guys

The Perils of Men's Gender Activism

By: Emily K. Carian

Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Perils of Men's Gender Activism explores questions of masculinity, privilege, and identity to explain why some men become feminists while others become men's rights activists. The surprising similarities between these groups of men reveal why men's feminist allyship is not enough to solve gender inequality"--

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272

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NYU Press

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1479821004

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The Translation Zone

A New Comparative Literature

By: Emily Apter

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The Translation Zone

A New Comparative Literature

By: Emily Apter

Translation, before 9/11, was deemed primarily an instrument of international relations, business, education, and culture. Today it seems, more than ever, a matter of war and peace. In The Translation Zone, Emily Apter argues that the field of translation studies, habitually confined to a framework of linguistic fidelity to an original, is ripe for expansion as the basis for a new comparative literature. Organized around a series of propositions that range from the idea that nothing is translatable to the idea that everything is translatable, The Translation Zone examines the vital role of translation studies in the "invention" of comparative literature as a discipline. Apter emphasizes "language wars" (including the role of mistranslation in the art of war), linguistic incommensurability in translation studies, the tension between textual and cultural translation, the role of translation in shaping a global literary canon, the resistance to Anglophone dominance, and the impact of translation technologies on the very notion of how translation is defined. The book speaks to a range of disciplines and spans the globe. Ultimately, The Translation Zone maintains that a new comparative literature must take stock of the political impact of translation technologies on the definition of foreign or symbolic languages in the humanities, while recognizing the complexity of language politics in a world at once more monolingual and more multilingual.

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Princeton University Press

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1400841216

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9781400841219

Gender, Definitional Politics and 'Live' Knowledge Production

Contesting Concepts at Conferences

By: Emily F. Henderson

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Gender, Definitional Politics and 'Live' Knowledge Production

Contesting Concepts at Conferences

By: Emily F. Henderson

Waking up to the reactivity of concepts, to their myriad possibilities for signification, to the range and strength of affective responses they provoke, can happen at any time, in any place. Conceptual contestations shake up the comfortably consolidated foundations of sociological knowledge production, but they also have consequences for the ways in which lives are understood, researched and legislated for. This book is dedicated to exploring the definitional politics which surround the concept of gender in ‘live’ knowledge production. While conferences remain an under-researched phenomenon, this volume places conference knowledge production under the spotlight; conferences, in particular national women’s studies association conferences in the UK, the US and India, are explored as sites where definitional politics play out. The cumulative theorisation of ‘live’ conceptual knowledge production that is developed throughout the book draws on established constructs such as performativity, citationality, intersectionality, materiality and events, but works with them in combination in a new, unique way. The book as a whole calls for more attention to be paid to conceptual knowledge production, so as to make more space for potentially transformative conceptual change.

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320

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Routledge

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0429648219

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9780429648212

The Virgin Book of Baby Names

By: Emily Wood

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The Virgin Book of Baby Names

By: Emily Wood

The Virgin Book of Baby Names takes as its starting point the fact that choosing a name for your baby should be fun. Rather than a dry list of every name under the sun, Emily Wood has organised names into interesting themed categories - from literature to pop music, biblical to astrological names, celebrity baby names to names to avoid! With names for every day of the year, as well as a comprehensive A-Z of girls' and boys' names, The Virgin Book of Baby Names is an enjoyable alternative to the traditional baby names book.

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Random House

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0753521563

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9780753521564

Eco-Types

Five Ways of Caring about the Environment

By: Emily Huddart Kennedy

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Eco-Types

Five Ways of Caring about the Environment

By: Emily Huddart Kennedy

Why acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environment When we picture the ideal environmentalist, we likely have in mind someone who dedicates herself to reducing her own environmental footprint through individual choices about consumption—driving a fuel-efficient car, for example, or eating less meat, or refusing plastic straws. This is a benchmark that many aspire to—and many others reject. In Eco-Types, Emily Huddart Kennedy shows that there is more than one way to care about the environment, outlining a spectrum of eco-social relationships that range from engagement to indifference. Drawing on three years of interviews and research, Kennedy describes five archetypal relationships with the environment: the Eco-Engaged, often politically liberal, who have an acute level of concern about the environment, a moral commitment to protect it, and the conviction that an individual can make a difference; the Self-Effacing, who share the Eco-Engaged’s concerns but not the belief in their own efficacy; the Optimists, often politically conservative, who are confident in their relationship with the environment, doubt the severity of environmental problems, and resent insinuations that they don’t care; the Fatalists, who are pessimistic about environmental decline and feel little responsibility to adopt environment-friendly habits; and the Indifferent, who have no affinity for any part of the environmental movement. Kennedy argues that when liberals feel they have a moral monopoly on environmental issues, polarization results. If we are serious about protecting the planet, we must acknowledge that we don’t all need to care about the environment in the same way.

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280

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Princeton University Press

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0691239584

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9780691239583

A Secret Sisterhood

The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf

By: Emily Midorikawa,Emma Claire Sweeney

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A Secret Sisterhood

The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf

By: Emily Midorikawa,Emma Claire Sweeney

A fascinating, inspirational look at the relationships between some of our best-loved female authors and their little-known literary collaborators and friends

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365

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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054488373X

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9780544883734

Growing Resistance

Canadian Farmers and the Politics of Genetically Modified Wheat

By: Emily Eaton

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Growing Resistance

Canadian Farmers and the Politics of Genetically Modified Wheat

By: Emily Eaton

In 2004 Canadian farmers led an international coalition to a major victory for the anit-GM movement by defeating the introduction of Monsanto's genetically modified wheat. Canadian farmers' strong opposition to GM wheat marked a stark contrast to previous producer acceptance of other genetically modified crops. By 2005, for example, GM canola accounted for 78 percent of all canola grown nationally. So why did farmers stand up for wheat? In Growing Resistance, Emily Eaton reveals the motivating factors behind farmer opposition to GM wheat. She illustrates wheat's cultural, historical, and political significance on the Canadian prairies as well as its role in crop rotation, seed saving practices, and the economic livelihoods of prairie farmers. Through interviews with producers, industry organizations, and biochemical companies, Eaton demonstrates how the inclusion of producer interests was integral to the coalition's success in voicing concerns about environmental implications, international market opposition to GMOs, and the lack of transparency and democracy in Canadian biotech policy and regulation. Growing Resistance is a fascinating study of successful coalition building, of the need to balance local and global concerns in activist movements, and of the powerful forces vying for control of food production.

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Univ. of Manitoba Press

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0887554407

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9780887554407

No Longer Broken

By: Emily Acker,Bethany Acker

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No Longer Broken

By: Emily Acker,Bethany Acker

Heading back to his hometown, Isaiah Russo encounters the brother he has hurt, the father he has always been distant from, and the teenage son whom he has never met. His new-found faith is put to the test as seeks to make amends.

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Electio Publishing

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1632132206

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Pop-feminist Narratives

Pop-feminist Narratives

How to Spell Chanukah...And Other Holiday Dilemmas

How to Spell Chanukah...And Other Holiday Dilemmas

Fashion Design, Referenced

Fashion Design, Referenced

Against World Literature

Against World Literature

An Introduction to Complexity Pedagogy

An Introduction to Complexity Pedagogy

Good Guys, Bad Guys

Good Guys, Bad Guys

The Translation Zone

The Translation Zone

Gender, Definitional Politics and 'Live' Knowledge Production

Gender, Definitional Politics and 'Live' Knowledge Production

The Virgin Book of Baby Names

The Virgin Book of Baby Names

Eco-Types

Eco-Types

A Secret Sisterhood

A Secret Sisterhood

Growing Resistance

Growing Resistance

No Longer Broken

No Longer Broken

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