Dance In Chains

Author : Padraic Kenney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199375755
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dance in Chains written by Padraic Kenney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: States around the world imprison people for their beliefs or politically-motivated actions. Oppositional movements of all stripes celebrate their comrades behind bars. Yet they are more than symbols of repression and human rights. Dance in Chains examines the experiences of political prisoners themselves in order to understand who they are, what they do, and why it matters. This is the first book to trace the history of modern political imprisonment from its origins in the mid-nineteenth century. The letters, diaries, and memoirs of political prisoners, as well as the records of regime policies, relate the contest in the prison cell to political conflicts between regime and opposition. Padraic Kenney draws on examples from regimes ranging from communist and fascist to colonial and democratic, including Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland, and South Africa. They include the Fenian Brotherhood, imprisoned in England and Ireland in the 1860s, and their successors during the Irish War of Independence and the Northern Ireland Troubles; Afrikaaners suspected of treason during the Boer War; socialists fighting for Polish freedom in the Russian Empire, and then Communists denouncing "bourgeois" rule in newly-independent Poland; the opponents of apartheid South Africa and stalinist Poland; and those imprisoned by the United States in Guantanamo Bay detention camp today. Some prisons are well-known; in others, inmates suffered in obscurity. Through self-organization, education, and actions ranging from solitary non-cooperation to mass hunger strikes, these prisoners transform their incarceration and counter states' efforts to control them. While considering the international movements that have sought to publicize the plight of political prisoners, Dance in Chains examines the actions of the prisoners themselves to find universal answers to questions about the meaning and purpose of their imprisonment.

Author : Rodney D. Olsen
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 081476178X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing in Chains written by Rodney D. Olsen and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1992-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dante's Convivio, written 1304-07, is the first major prose document in the Italian language. This new translation is based on the recent Italian critical edition of Maria Simonelli and includes as well the text of the three Italian canzoni. Using approaches from cultural and social history, traces the psychological, social, intellectual, and moral development of the 19th century American novelist, and examines the middle-class values and behavior that shaped him, and which he portrayed with such discomfort in his mature work. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Padraic Kenney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780190840075
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dance in Chains written by Padraic Kenney and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political prisoner is a creation of the modern era, in which states deploy police, courts, and prisons against organized opposition movements. 'Dance in Chains' traces the history of political imprisonment from the 1860s through the present day, using the struggles of opponents from a wide variety of regimes.

Author : Joshua Foa Dienstag
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804729246
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing in Chains written by Joshua Foa Dienstag and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rejecting traditional distinctions between philosophy, history, and literature, this book traces a broad connection between political identity and narrative in the field of political theory.

Author : Willis Barnstone
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780834822009
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Poems of Sappho written by Willis Barnstone and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-03-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sappho’s thrilling lyric verse has been unremittingly popular for more than 2,600 years—certainly a record for poetry of any kind—and love for her art only increases as time goes on. Though her extant work consists only of a collection of fragments and a handful of complete poems, her mystique endures to be discovered anew by each generation, and to inspire new efforts at bringing the spirit of her Greek words faithfully into English. In the past, translators have taken two basic approaches to Sappho: either very literally translating only the words in the fragments, or taking the liberty of reconstructing the missing parts. Willis Barnstone has taken a middle course, in which he remains faithful to the words of the fragments, only very judiciously filling in a word or phrase in cases where the meaning is obvious. This edition includes extensive notes and a special section of "Testimonia": appreciations of Sappho in the words of ancient writers from Plato to Plutarch. Also included are a glossary of all the figures mentioned in the poems, and suggestions for further reading.

Author : John Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing in Chains written by John Wright and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elizabeth Stanley
Publisher : Uwa Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781875560370
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Deliverance of Dancing Bears written by Elizabeth Stanley and published by Uwa Pub. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemporary fable about a dancing bear, whose dreams of freedom keep her spirit alive despite the pain and degradation of her existence.

Author : Katrina Hazzard-Gordon
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 143990622X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jookin' written by Katrina Hazzard-Gordon and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first analysis of the development of the jook and other dance arenas in African-American culture.

Author : Marta Becket
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1634176626
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Dance On Sands written by Marta Becket and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About Marta Becket . . . "Tears came to my eyes. Marta represented to me the spirit of the individual. The spirit of the theater. The spirit of creativity." -Ray Bradbury, Author "Marta's paintings have a degree of humor and playfulness. The use of color is outstanding and tell of a generosity, talent and skill." -Red Skelton, Comedian/Artist "Long before anybody invented the term performance art, Marta Becket was doing it, in an abandoned opera house in Death Valley Junction. She restored it an

Author : Frank Borrows
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 144749816X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theory And Technique Of Latin-American Dancing written by Frank Borrows and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work on dancing is a fascinating read for any dance enthusiast or historian, and contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Contents Include: Dedication; Author's Preface; Introduction; The History of Latin-American Dancing in this Country; List of Abbreviations Used; the Rumba; The Samba; The Paso Doble; The Jive (Swing); The Blues Jive; The Congo; Examination Work; Latin-American Dances for Class Teaching; The Training of Medallists in the Latin-American Dancers; Music for Latin-American Dances; The Character of the Latin-American Dances and How to Obtain It; Postscript; and Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.