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On Suicide
A Discourse on Voluntary Death
Av Jean Amery
Inbunden, 1999
277 kr
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" . . . a moving, deep series of insights into the suicide's world . . . " —Kirkus ReviewsJean Améry (Auschwitz survivor and author of At the Mind's Limits) thought of On Suicide as a continuation of the kind of reflections on mortality he had laid down in On Aging. But here he probes further and …
Reclaiming Popular Documentary
Av Christie Milliken, Steve F. Anderson
Häftad, 2021
288 kr
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The documentary has achieved rising popularity over the past two decades thanks to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Despite this, documentary studies still tends to favor works that appeal primarily to specialists and scholars. Reclaiming Popular Documentary reverses this long-standing …
Queer Ecologies
Sex, Nature, Politics, Desire
Av Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands, Bruce Erickson m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
325 kr
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Treating such issues as animal sex, species politics, environmental justice, lesbian space and "gay" ghettos, AIDS literatures, and queer nationalities, this lively collection asks important questions at the intersections of sexuality and environmental studies. Contributors from a wide range of …
Theory of Semiotics
Av Umberto Eco
Häftad, 1978
372 kr
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" . . . the greatest contribution to [semiotics] since the pioneering work of C. S. Peirce and Charles Morris." —Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism" . . . draws on philosophy, linguistics, sociology, anthropology and aesthetics and refers to a wide range of scholarship . . . raises many …
Crow Killer, New Edition
The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
Av Raymond W. Thorp, Robert Bunker
Häftad, 2016
159 kr
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The movie Jeremiah Johnson introduced millions to the legendary mountain man, John Johnson. The real Johnson was a far cry from the Redford version. Standing 6'2" in his stocking feet and weighing nearly 250 pounds, he was a mountain man among mountain men, one of the toughest customers on the …
To Write Like a Woman
Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction
Av Joanna Russ
Häftad, 1995
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
249 kr
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"To Write Like a Woman is a rare example of a feminist tackling science fictuion using postmodern theory, which makes for a much more sophisticated and nuanced appraisal than the usual fare." —Passion"Russ' essays are witty and insightful. An excellent book for any writer or reader." —Feminist …
Nine Talmudic Readings
Häftad, 2019
387 kr
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Nine rich and masterful readings of the Talmud by the French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas translate Jewish thought into the language of modern times. Between 1963 and 1975, Levinas delivered these commentaries at the annual Talmudic colloquia of a group of French Jewish intellectuals in …
Inner Asia
A Syllabus (Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series)
Av Denis Sinor
Häftad, 1987
285 kr
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Hunger and War
Food Provisioning in the Soviet Union During World War II
Av Wendy Z. Goldman, Donald A. Filtzer
Häftad, 2015
399 kr
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Drawing on recently released Soviet archival materials, Hunger and War investigates state food supply policy and its impact on Soviet society during World War II. It explores the role of the state in provisioning the urban population, particularly workers, with food; feeding the Red army; the …
Legends of the Pyramids
Myths and Misconceptions About Ancient Egypt
Inbunden, 2021
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
238 kr
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Could the Great Pyramid of Giza be a repository of ancient magical knowledge? Or perhaps evidence of a vanished pre–Ice Age civilization? Misinformation and myths have attached themselves to the Egyptian pyramids since ancient Greece and Rome. While many Americans believe that the pyramids were …
Secret Diary of Arnold Douwes
Rescue in the Occupied Netherlands
Av Arnold Douwes, Bob Moore m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
703 kr
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In the Netherlands, the myth that resistance to Nazi occupation was high among all sectors of the population has retained a strong hold, and yet many Dutch Jews fell victim to deportation and annihilation in the camps of Eastern Europe. How could a country that prided itself on its tolerance, …
Jewish Masculinities
German Jews, Gender, and History
Av Benjamin Maria Baader, Sharon Gillerman m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
303 kr
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Stereotyped as delicate and feeble intellectuals, Jewish men in German-speaking lands in fact developed a rich and complex spectrum of male norms, models, and behaviors. Jewish Masculinities explores conceptions and experiences of masculinity among Jews in Germany from the 16th through the late …
Muhammad and the Golden Bough
Reconstructing Arabian Myth
Häftad, 2000
220 kr
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Now in Paperback!Muhammad and the Golden BoughReconstructing Arabic MythJaroslav StetkevychConnects pre-Islamic Arabian myth to world mythic traditions.A Choice Outstanding Academic Book"Stetkevych succeeds brilliantly in reconstructing the myth of the destruction of the Thamud, an ancient people …
Shatterzone of Empires
Coexistence and Violence in the German, Habsburg, Russian, and Ottoman Borderlands
Häftad, 2013
413 kr
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Shatterzone of Empires is a comprehensive analysis of interethnic relations, coexistence, and violence in Europe's eastern borderlands over the past two centuries. In this vast territory, extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea, four major empires with ethnically and religiously diverse …
History of Rock Music
The Rock-and-Roll Era
Av Glenn Gass
Häftad, 2017
344 kr
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A History of Rock Music: The Rock & Roll Era is a celebration of the roots of rock & roll and its emergence as the soundtrack to teenage rebellion and a liberatingly raucous, joyous and rebellious music for one especially fortunate generation. The book is a lovingly detailed examination of the …
Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp
Av Yisrael Gutman, Michael Berenbaum
Häftad, 1998
358 kr
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"This learned volume is about as chilling as historiography gets." —Walter Laqueur, The New Republic" . . . a one-volume study of Auschwitz without peer in Holocaust literature." —Kirkus Reviews" . . . a comprehensive portrait of the largest and most lethal of the Nazi death camps . . . serves as a …
At the Mind's Limits
Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities
Av Jean Amery
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
190 kr
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"These are pages that one reads with almost physical pain. . .all the way to its stoic conclusion." —Primo Levi"The testimony of a profoundly serious man. . . . In its every turn and crease, it bears the marks of the true." —Irving Howe, New Republic"This remarkable memoir. . .is the autobiography …
Peony Pavilion, Second Edition
Mudan Ting
Av Xianzu Tang
Häftad, 2002
328 kr
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The celebrated English translation of this classic work of Chinese literature is now available in an updated paperback edition. Written in 1598 by Tang Xianzu, The Peony Pavilion is one of literature's most memorable love stories and a masterpiece of Ming drama. Cyril Birch has captured all the …
Eastbound Through Siberia
Observations from the Great Northern Expedition
Häftad, 2020
355 kr
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In the winter of 1739, Georg Steller received word from Empress Anna of Russia that he was to embark on a secret expedition to the far reaches of Siberia as a member of the Great Northern Expedition. While searching for economic possibilities and strategic advantages, Steller was to send back …
Feminism and Methodology
Social Science Issues
Häftad, 1988
220 kr
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"In this collection, Sandra Harding offers a broad spectrum of feminist research . . . an incisive introduction . . . With this collection, Harding offers an outline of possibilities to students and practicing social scientists whose questions lie outside the dominant traditions of inquiry . . . " …
History of the Ostrogoths
Häftad, 1991
271 kr
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"Thorough and convincing . . . likely to become the standard work on the subject." —Library Journal"Highly readable." —Medieval Literature"A major work of synthesis." —Walter E. Kaegi "Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths." —Antiquaries Journal
On Islam
Muslims and the Media
Av Hilary E. Kahn, Rosemary Pennington
Häftad, 2018
204 kr
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In the constant deluge of media coverage on Islam, Muslims are often portrayed as terrorists, refugees, radicals, or victims, depictions that erode human responses of concern, connection, or even a willingness to learn about Muslims. On Islam helps break this cycle with information and strategies …
Beyoncé
At Work, on Screen, and Online
Av Martin Iddon, Martin Iddon m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
312 kr
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Who runs the world? The Beyhive knows. From the Destiny's Child 2001 hit single "Survivor" to her 2019 jam "7/11," Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has confronted dominant issues around the world. Because her image is linked with debates on race, sexuality, and female empowerment, she has become a central …
Ecocritical Aesthetics
Language, Beauty, and the Environment
Av Peter Quigley, Scott Slovic
Häftad, 2018
331 kr
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This lively collection of essays explores the vital role of beauty in the human experience of place, interactions with other species, and contemplation of our own embodied lives. Devoting attention to themes such as global climate change, animal subjectivity, environmental justice and activism, and …
Writings of Charles S. Peirce: a Chronological Edition, Volume 5
1884-1886
Av Charles S. Peirce, Christian J. W. Kloesel
Inbunden, 1993
689 kr
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"Highly recommended." —Choice" . . . an important event for the world of philosophy. For the first time we have available in an intelligible form the writings of one of the greatest philosophers of the past hundred years." —The Times Literary SupplementVolume 5 of this landmark edition covers an …
Media in Postapartheid South Africa
Postcolonial Politics in the Age of Globalization
Av Sean Jacobs
Inbunden, 2019
908 kr
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In Media in Postapartheid South Africa, author Sean Jacobs turns to media politics and the consumption of media as a way to understand recent political developments in South Africa and their relations with the African continent and the world. Jacobs looks at how mass media define the physical and …
Pornography and Difference
Häftad, 1995
269 kr
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This study of pornographic magazine photographs—softcore, hardcore, transsexual/transvestite—analyzes the visual code of these images. It engages questions about masculinity and masculine sexuality such as "Is there a necessary relation between difference and phallic desire?" "Can the masculine …
Red Star
The First Bolshevik Utopia
Av Alexander Bogdanov, Loren R. Graham m. fl.
Häftad, 1984
225 kr
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"[A] surprisingly moving story." —The New Yorker"Bogdanov's novels reveal a great deal about their fascinating author, about his time and, ironically, ours, and about the genre of utopia as well as his contribution to it." —Slavic Review"Bogdanov's imaginative predictions for his utopia are both …
Russia and the Golden Horde
The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History
Häftad, 1987
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
212 kr
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" . . . an imaginative and dispassionate re-examination of the significance of the Mongol Conquest and its aftermath for Russia's historical development." —Slavic Review"On all counts Russia and the Golden Horde infuses the subject with fresh insights and interpretations." —History"Combining …
