Unbearable weight bordo6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() |a Self-esteem in women |z United States. ![]() ![]() |a Human body |x Social aspects |z United States. |a Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) |0 |z United States. Postmodern bodies - Feminism, postmodernism, and gender skepticism - "Material girl" : the effacements of postmodern culture - Postmodern subjects, postmodern bodies, postmodern resistance. The slender body and other cultural forms - Anorexia nervosa : psychopathology as the crystallization of culture - The body and the reproduction of femininity - Reading the slender body - pt. Discourses and conceptions of the body - Whose body is this? : feminism, medicine, and the conceptualization of eating disorders - Are mothers persons? : reproductive rights and the politics of subject-ivity - Hunger as ideology - pt. |a Foreword : reading Bordo / Leslie Heywood - In the empire of images : preface to the tenth anniversary edition - Acknowledgments - Introduction : feminism, Western culture, and the body - pt. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-342) and index. |a xxxviii, 361 pages : |b illustrations |c 23 cm : |b University of California Press, |c 2003. ![]() |a Unbearable weight : |b feminism, Western culture, and the body / |c Susan Bordo new preface by the author new foreword by Leslie Heywood. |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d UKM |d C#P |d NLGGC |d MUQ |d YDXCP |d CRH |d OCLCG |d COW ![]()
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The Time in Between by María Dueñas6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But before long, she finds herself abandoned, destitute, and broken-hearted in an exotic land. With the Spanish Civil War brewing in Madrid, Sira leaves her mother and her fiancé and follows her lover to Morocco. But everything changes when two charismatic men burst unexpectedly into her neatly planned life: a salesman, and the father she never knew. By her early twenties she has learned the basics of the business and is engaged to a lowly government clerk. Listed in the Textile Arts category, The Time In Between (2009) by debut novelist María Dueñas is the inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her gifts and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II.Īt age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the atelier floors where her single mother works as a seamstress. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as she goes excavating with Billy Blunt, learns to ride a horse and cooks her very own toffee. Milly-Molly-Mandy and Billy BluntKingfisher Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as she acts for the movies, dresses up with her friends and celebrates Guy Fawkes Day. Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside, where life is full of everyday adventures! 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Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as she goes blackberry picking, gets ready to throw a party for her friends and goes to her village fete. ![]() Honeycomb by joanne m harris6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() The tales are beautifully illustrated by renowned illustrator Charles Vess ( Stardust, Sandman, The Books of Earthsea). These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris’s first collection of fairy tales.ĭark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall in a uniquely illustrative edition. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that’s been years in the making. HONEYCOMB is a kind of hybrid novel and short story collection, in which every story intersects in some form thematically, or by introducing a character, or. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. The beauty of stories you never know where they will take you. ![]() ![]() A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of The Gospel of Loki with illustrator Charles Vess ( Stardust). ![]() Check please book6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Check Please! has a diverse cast, but it has a white male lead, takes place in a sphere of privilege, and deals with a sport that is not known for being that diverse. Written and illustrated by Ngozi Ukazu, the coming-of-age story follows freshman Eric Bitty Bittle as he navigates the college hockey landscape and comes to terms with his identity as a young gay man. The conversation about diversity is often about bringing in diverse authors and also getting white authors to learn how to write diverse characters. Check, Please: Hockey (2018) is the first of two published volumes of a long-running sports webcomic by the same name that started in 2013. TMS: You say in the introduction to your book that you are “a Texan, a woman, and a first-generation Nigerian,” and our beloved lead character, Bitty, is a gay white male character (still a proud Texan, though). ![]() As an author, it’s uplifting to see such enthusiastic feedback! It’s the instant gratification of knowing your stories have a place in this world. They want artwork that appeals to newer (if not younger) audiences-comics that aren’t afraid to look vibrant and cartoony. ![]() They want accessible stories that they can start from Book #1. They want happy and hopeful stories featuring queer or marginalized characters winning. The support behind Check Please! shows that audiences want so many things that aren’t being addressed/served to them. ![]() A wayside tavern norah lofts6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Later, when the Tudor-era Hattons acquired the place as a gift from Henry VIII (the owners had been Catholics) the first Hatton married the daughter of the original, Norman, family. Later legend tells that the wife of this Saxon, newly pregnant, visited the Norman lord, and "enthralled him with her sorrow and beauty" so he married her. And the Normans were sufficiently impressed by his performance to name the place Morte de Bois, which name upon the tongues of the common Saxon people was eased down to Mortiboys." There, with the last three of his men dead about him, he set fire to the hut and died within the flames. See all books authored by Norah Lofts, including The Concubine, and How Far to Bethlehem, and more on. At sunset he was surrounded in the only spot which remained to him - a woodsman's hut in the centre of the woods. "The owner of the place at that time, called upon to be William's liege or to surrender the place, 'refused with many oaths,' and when the day of reckoning came, opposed, with his little force of house-carls, the mounted knights. ![]() ![]() The history of the place goes back to before the Norman invasion - in "Jassy" Barney Hatton tells us the story of how it was named: A Wayside Tavern by Norah Lofts eBook Details. ![]() Lord of the flies book buy6/23/2023 ![]() My heart calls your name.” The Last of Us From the moment I saw you trying to go over the wall, I have loved you desperately. When we finally got to that moment, it was the most genuine Georgian-era confession scene that definitely one-upped previous seasons. ![]() In classic Bridgerton fashion, fans were most eager to hear the iconic “I love you” from the two characters. In real life, King George III was suffering from a severe mental illness that caused his mania, which makes the story much more heartbreaking. It wasn’t until episode four that we finally got to see things from George’s perspective: for Charlotte’s sake, he was trying to cure himself of a mysterious illness that was plaguing him. We saw early on that the charming King George was always absent in their marriage, leaving Charlotte alone in a big estate as she tries to get used to living as a royal member of the greatest empire in the world. We get to see young Queen Charlotte’s forced marriage to the King of Great Britain and Ireland to save her own nation from shambles. It is an amazing retelling of the tragic real-life story of Queen Charlotte and King George III’s love story.Ĭompared to the main Bridgerton story, this prequel consists of only six episodes. ![]() ![]() The most heartbreaking and gut-wrenching Bridgerton season so far, Queen Charlotte is a spin-off series focusing on the titular character who was a mere side character in the main Bridgerton storyline. If you’re looking for a good cry, this one is definitely for you. ![]() Finale garber6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Julian tells her not everyone in Caraval is what they seem and won’t take it. They find clothes, food, and a note to Scarlett from Legend.Ī man opens a portal in one of the clocks, a shortcut into Caraval. ![]() The only thing open in town is a clock shop. Julian cuts them away so she can make it. Scarlett’s dress and corset weigh her down. She made it look like Scarlett was kidnapped so she can still marry her Count. He says Donatella will be on the island with them. He thought this would win Annalise over, but he was wrong. He asked to have the best troupe of actors. Legend thought you could have your one greatest wish with the help of magic. He fell for Annalise, the one girl he couldn’t have. Scarlett dreams about their grandmother telling them about the Caraval master, Legend. Scarlett offers her three Caraval tickets if Julian will sail away without Donatella. Her father drowned her friend Felipe here and threatened to do the same thing to Donatella. Scarlett calls a secret meeting with Julian on the beach. The sisters argue because Scarlett thinks they should skip the Caraval because her marriage will get them off the island. ![]() David mitchell utopia6/23/2023 ![]() Making your way through this novel feels like riding a high-end convertible down Hollywood Boulevard.”- Slate ![]() Mitchell’s prose is suppler and richer than ever. ![]() “Mitchell’s rich imaginative stews bubble with history and drama, and this time the flavor is a blend of Carnaby Street and Chateau Marmont.”- The Washington Post.New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice ![]()
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