Uneasy Subjects

Author : Silke Stroh
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9401200572
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uneasy Subjects written by Silke Stroh and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottish and “Celtic fringe” postcolonialism has caused much controversy and unease in literary studies. Can the non-English territories and peoples of the British Isles, faced with centuries of English hegemony, be meaningfully compared to former overseas colonies? This book is the first comprehensive study of this topic which offers an in-depth study of Gaelic literature. It investigates the complex interplay between Celticity, Gaeldom, Scottish and British national identity, and international colonial and postcolonial discourse. It situates post/colonial elements in Gaelic poetry within a wider context, showing how they intersect with socio-historical and political issues, anglophone literature and the media. Highlighting the centrality of Celticity as an archetypal construct in colonial discourses ancient and modern, this volume traces post/colonial themes and strategies in Gaelic poetry from the Middle Ages to the present. Central themes include the uneasy position of Gaels as subjects of the Scottish or British state, and as both intra-British colonised and overseas colonisers. Aiming to promote interdisciplinary dialogue, it is of interest for scholars and students of Scottish Studies, Gaelic and English literature, and international Postcolonial Studies.

Author : Rachel Sherman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691195161
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uneasy Street written by Rachel Sherman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprising and revealing look at how today’s elite view their wealth and place in society From TV’s “real housewives” to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on “easy street”? In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers—from hedge fund financiers and artists to stay-at-home mothers—to examine their lifestyle choices and understanding of privilege. Sherman upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing social advantages for themselves and their children. Instead, these liberal elites, who believe in diversity and meritocracy, feel conflicted about their position in a highly unequal society. As the distance between rich and poor widens, Uneasy Street not only explores the lives of those at the top but also sheds light on how extreme inequality comes to seem ordinary and acceptable to the rest of us.

Author : Barry D. Karl
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226425207
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Uneasy State written by Barry D. Karl and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1985-06-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major interpretive history of the reform era, Barry Karl presents an imaginative and thoughtful perspective on America's quest for political, economic, and cultural nationalism. Challenging accepted interpretations, he argues that the two world wars and the depression did not successfully unite the country so that a national managerial state could emerge as it did in other industrial nations. Karl draws on an impressive array of sources to support his position, offering insightful comments on popular culture—movies, novels, comic strips, and detective stories—and brilliant analyses of technological change and its impact. Karl shows how Americans approached the central dilemmas of modern life, such as the clash between planned efficiency and autonomous individualism, which they managed to patch over but never fully resolve. Above all, he finds that America's commitment to the autonomous individual is both an aspiration and a curse.

Author : Barbara Meil Hobson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226345572
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uneasy Virtue written by Barbara Meil Hobson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990-03-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Barbara M. Hobson . . . makes a compelling case for the reform of prostitution policy in . . . Uneasy Virtue. [This volume] demonstrates an effective analytical approach to understanding public policy and its impact on prostitution policy. . . .Uneasy Virtue proves particularly relevant today as right wing groups begin to guide discourse and influence policy around reproductive rights, sexuality and the future of gender equality. As Hobson proposes, the reform of prostitution polciy must be viewed in the broader context of the political and economic struggles to emancipate women and thereby create a more rational society."—Samuel Suchowlecky, Commentaries

Author : Bayard Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life and Letters of Bayard Taylor written by Bayard Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Rainey Harper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Biblical World written by William Rainey Harper and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Books for New Testament study ... [By] Clyde Weber Votaw" v. 26, p. 271-320; v. 37, p. 289-352.

Author : Bayard Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.7T/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life and Letters written by Bayard Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bayard Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life and letters, ed. by M. Hansen-Taylor and H.E. Scudder written by Bayard Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ernest DeWitt Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Christ written by Ernest DeWitt Burton and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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