Anne Carson's new work that reconsiders the stories of two iconic women—Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy—from their point of view
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty,...
Power (Social sciences)
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Auteur:Carson, AnneSommaire: - Auteur:da Empoli, GiulianoSommaire:
"Le pouvoir est comme le soleil et la mort, il ne peut se regarder en face. Surtout en Russie." On l'appelait le mage du Kremlin. L'énigmatique Vadim Baranov fut metteur en scène puis producteur d'émissions...
- Auteur:Rhéaume, SuzanneSommaire:
Mesdames, faites-vous plaisir en vous offrant ce roman exceptionnel. Une histoire touchante et peu banale. Samuelle Bergeron, épouse du premier ministre du Canada, a une vie lourdement hypothéquée. Elle se conforme aux exigences que lui...
- Auteur:Daneau, MartinSommaire:
Pour mettre fin aux conflits incessants divisant les peuples de Beldigan, le dieu Ere et la déesse Ira ont imposé la paix en proclamant que si un seul habitant venait à perdre la vie aux mains d’une autre personne, une terrible...
- Auteur:Lee, FondaSommaire:
The Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an East Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis in Jade Legacy , the page-turning conclusion to the Green Bone Saga. Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to...
- Auteur:Perkins, Useni EugeneSommaire:
Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins. Hey black child, Do you know who you are? Who really...
- Auteur:Brock, Deborah R.Sommaire:
Neoliberalism is most commonly associated with free trade, the minimal state, and competitive individualism. But it is not simply national economies that are being neoliberalized - it is us. Inspired by Michel Foucault and other...
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Auteur:Abu-Laban, YasmeenSommaire:Gendering the Nation-State explores the gendered dimensions of a fundamental organizational unit in social and political science -- the nation-state. Yasmeen Abu-Laban has drawn together work by both high-profile and emerging scholars...
- Auteur:Waterstone, Marv, Chomsky, NoamSommaire:
The authors reveal how connections between common sense and power can keep social justice movements divided and marginalized, and they show how to overcome these divisions.
- Auteur:Wilkerson, IsabelSommaire:
#1 New York Times Bestseller, Oprah’s Book Club Pick, and longlisted for the National Book Award. “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.” —Dwight Garner, The New...
- Auteur:Ong, AihwaSommaire:
This impressive array of essays considers the contingent and shifting meanings of gender and the body in contemporary Southeast Asia. By analyzing femininity and masculinity as fluid processes rather than social or biological givens,...
- Auteur:Gonzalez, XochitlSommaire:
This program is read by a full cast of Stacy Gonzalez, Jonathan Gregg, and Jessica Pimentel, best known for her role on Orange Is the New Black. "The book is clever and original, but what's more, Jessica Pimentel, a star of...
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