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Stunts of Late Nineteenth-Century New York

Aestheticised Precarity, Endangered Liveness

By: Kirstin Smith

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Stunts of Late Nineteenth-Century New York

Aestheticised Precarity, Endangered Liveness

By: Kirstin Smith

Stunts of Late Nineteenth- Century New York: Aestheticised Precarity, Endangered Liveness examines the emergence of stunts in the media, politics, sport and art of New York at the turn of the twentieth century. This book investigates stunts in sport, media and politics, demonstrating how these risky performances tapped into anxieties and fantasies concerning work, freedom, gendered/ raced/ classed bodies and the commodifi cation of human life. Its case studies examine bridge jumping, extreme walking contests, stunt journalists such as Nellie Bly, and cycling feats including Annie Londonderry’s round- the- world venture. Supported by extensive archival research and Performance Studies theorisations of precarity, liveness and surrogation, Smith theorises an under- examined form which is still prevalent in art, politics and commerce, to show what stunts reveal about value, risk and human life. Suitable for scholars and practitioners across a range of subjects, from Performance Studies to gender studies, to media studies, Stunts of Late Nineteenth- Century New York explores how stunts turned everyday precarity into a spectacle.

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328

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Routledge

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0429632274

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9780429632273

Redefining Gender in American Impressionist Studio Paintings

Work Place/Domestic Space

By: Kirstin Ringelberg

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Redefining Gender in American Impressionist Studio Paintings

Work Place/Domestic Space

By: Kirstin Ringelberg

Were late nineteenth-century gender boundaries as restrictive as is generally held? In Redefining Gender in American Impressionist Studio Paintings: Work Place/Domestic Space, Kirstin Ringelberg argues that it is time to bring the current re-evaluation of the notion of separate spheres to these images. Focusing on studio paintings by American artists William Merritt Chase and Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low, she explores how the home-based painting studio existed outside of entrenched gendered divisions of public and private space and argues that representations of these studios are at odds with standard perceptions of the images, their creators, and the concept of gender in the nineteenth century. Unlike most of their bourgeois contemporaries, Gilded Age artists, whether male or female, often melded the worlds of work and home. Through analysis of both paintings and literature of the time, Ringelberg reveals how art history continues to support a false dichotomy; that, in fact, paintings that show women negotiating a complex combination of professionalism and domesticity are still overlooked in favor of those that emphasize women as decorative objects. Redefining Gender in American Impressionist Studio Paintings challenges the dominant interpretation of American (and European) Impressionism, and considers both men and women artists as active performers of multivalent identities.

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178

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Routledge

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1351551981

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9781351551984

Wreck

A Novel

By: Kirstin Cronn-Mills

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Wreck

A Novel

By: Kirstin Cronn-Mills

Sometimes loss has its own timetable. Set on the shores of Lake Superior, Wreck follows high school junior Tobin Oliver as she navigates her father’s diagnosis of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Steve’s life as a paramedic and a runner comes to an abrupt halt just as Tobin is preparing her application for a scholarship to art school. With the help of Steve’s personal care assistant (and family friend) Ike, Tobin attends to both her photography and to Steve as his brain unexpectedly fails right along with his body. Tobin struggles to find a “normal” life, especially as Steve makes choices about how his own will end, and though she fights hard, Tobin comes to realize that respecting her father’s decision is the ultimate act of love.

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252

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Simon and Schuster

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1510739041

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9781510739048

Fishnet

By: Kirstin Innes

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Fishnet

By: Kirstin Innes

A “thoughtful, bruising, poignant, and poetic” (Ian Rankin) debut in which a woman’s search for her missing sister leads her into the world of contemporary sex work. Rona Leonard was only twenty-years-old when she walked out of her sister Fiona’s flat and disappeared. Six years later—worn down by a tedious job, childcare, and an aching absence in her life—Fiona’s mundane existence is blown apart by the revelation that Rona had been working as a prostitute before she vanished. Driven to discover the truth, Fiona embarks on an obsessive quest to investigate the sex industry that claimed her sister. However, as she is drawn into this complex world, Fiona finds herself seduced by the power it offers women in a society determined to see them only as victims. In bold, unflinching prose, Fishnet offers a clear-eyed look at the lives of sex workers, questioning our perception of contemporary femininity and challenging assumptions about power, vulnerability, and choice.

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352

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Simon and Schuster

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ISBN 10

198211617X

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9781982116170

Soy Sauce for Beginners

By: Kirstin Chen

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Soy Sauce for Beginners

By: Kirstin Chen

For fans of Kyung-Sook Shin and Anna Quindlen, a story of family, loyalty and fresh starts in the heart of Singapore.

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261

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544114396

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9780544114395

Plaster Mosaics

By: Kirstin Peck

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Plaster Mosaics

By: Kirstin Peck

Mosaic art can be expensive and time consuming, so here is a new way to get the results of a mosaic without the expense and in half the time. It's simple: all you have to do is spread, paint and carve. With this simple technique you will be able to create beautiful and lasting art.

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132

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Krause Publications Craft

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0873495357

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9780873495356

Daily Life in 18th-Century England

By: Kirstin Olsen

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Daily Life in 18th-Century England

By: Kirstin Olsen

Informative, richly detailed, and entertaining, this book portrays daily life in England in 1700–1800, embracing all levels of society—from the aristocracy to the very poor—to describe a nation grappling with modernity. When did Western life begin to strongly resemble our modern world? Despite the tremendous evolution of society and technology in the last 50 years, surprisingly, many aspects of life in the 21st century in the United States directly date back to the 18th century across the Atlantic. Daily Life in Eighteenth-Century England covers specific topics that affect nearly everyone living in England in the 18th century: the government (including law and order); race, class, and gender; work and wages; religion; the family; housing; clothing; and food. It also describes aspects of life that were of greater relevance to some than others, such as entertainment, the city of London, the provinces and beyond, travel and tourism, education, health and hygiene, and science and technology. The book conveys what life was like for the common people in England in the years 1700–1800 through chapters that describe the state of society at the beginning of the century, delineate both change and continuity by the century's end, and identify which segments of society were impacted most by what changes—for example, improvements to roads, a key change in marriage laws, the steam engine, and the booming textile industry. Students and general readers alike will find the content interesting and the additional features—such as appendices, a chronology of major events, and tables of information on comparative incomes and costs of representative items—helpful in research or learning.

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478

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440855048

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9781440855047

Double-Check for Sleeping Children

Stories

By: Kirstin Allio

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Double-Check for Sleeping Children

Stories

By: Kirstin Allio

Kirstin Allio's fourth book Double-Check for Sleeping Children is a short story collection that features twenty poetically and morally propulsive fictions that deal in codedness and transgression, coming of age in middle age, anxiety about time and technology, inverted revelation, prayers, curses, redemption, and abasement"--

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255

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University of Alabama Press

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1573662062

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9781573662062

Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson

The Feminist Poetics of Self-restraint

By: Kirstin Hotelling Zona

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Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson

The Feminist Poetics of Self-restraint

By: Kirstin Hotelling Zona

Provides a new perspective on three important women poets-and challenges prevailing notions of feminist criticism

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208

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University of Michigan Press

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ISBN 10

0472113046

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9780472113040

Plaster Mosaics

By: Kirstin Peck

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By: Kirstin Peck

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Krause Publications Craft

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Book's by Kirstin Peck

Stunts of Late Nineteenth-Century New York

Stunts of Late Nineteenth-Century New York

Redefining Gender in American Impressionist Studio Paintings

Redefining Gender in American Impressionist Studio Paintings

Wreck

Wreck

Fishnet

Fishnet

Soy Sauce for Beginners

Soy Sauce for Beginners

Plaster Mosaics

Plaster Mosaics

Daily Life in 18th-Century England

Daily Life in 18th-Century England

Double-Check for Sleeping Children

Double-Check for Sleeping Children

Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson

Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson

Plaster Mosaics

Plaster Mosaics

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