Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Women Without Superstition
Author: Women Without Superstition
Author: Annie Laurie GaylorPublisher: Freedom from Religion Foundation
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
The collected writings of women freethinkers of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries
The Female Eunuch
Author: Germaine GreerPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061972800
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
The publication of Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch in 1970 was a landmark event, raising eyebrows and ire while creating a shock wave of recognition in women around the world with its steadfast assertion that sexual liberation is the key to women's liberation. Today, Greer's searing examination of the oppression of women in contemporary society is both an important historical record of where we've been and a shockingly relevant treatise on what still remains to be achieved.
This Is Not Your City
Author: Caitlin HorrocksPublisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1936747251
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
In 11 darkly comic stories, women isolated by geography, emotion, or circumstance cut imperfect paths to peace.
Outstanding Women in Public Administration
Author: Claire L. FelbingerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317463307
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This first-of-its-kind project documents the contributions of women in public administration. It contains eight research-based case studies on women who have contributed to the field - academics, government managers, and activists. The women profiled are not from a random sample - they were selected based on their contributions to the theory and practice of public service. Each chapter relates the life and work of each subject to the broad issues faced by today's public servants. The result is a book that is both instructive and inspirational, and that should be read by every aspiring public service practitioner.
Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe: A Reader
Author: Helen L. ParishPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441100326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe brings together a rich selection of essays which represent the most important historical research on religion, magic and superstition in early modern Europe. Each essay makes a significant contribution to the history of magic and religion in its own right, while together they demonstrate how debates over the topic have evolved over time, providing invaluable intellectual, historical, and socio-political context for readers approaching the subject for the first time. The essays are organised around five key themes and areas of controversy. Part One tackles superstition; Part Two, the tension between miracles and magic; Part Three, ghosts and apparitions; Part Four, witchcraft and witch trials; and Part Five, the gradual disintegration of the 'magical universe' in the face of scientific, religious and practical opposition. Each part is prefaced by an introduction that provides an outline of the historiography and engages with recent scholarship and debate, setting the context for the essays that follow and providing a foundation for further study. This collection is an invaluable toolkit for students of early modern Europe, providing both a focused overview and a springboard for broader thinking about the underlying continuities and discontinuities that make the study of magic and superstition a perennially fascinating topic.
The Medium and Daybreak
Author: The Book of Lamentations
Author: Rosario CastellanosPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141180038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Set in the highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas, The Book of Lamentations tells of a fictionalized Mayan uprising that resembles many of the rebellions that have taken place since the indigenous people of the area were first conquered by European invaders five hundred years ago. With the panoramic sweep of a Diego Rivera mural, the novel weaves together dozens of plot lines, perspectives, and characters. Blending a wealth of historical information and local detail with a profound understanding of the complex relationship between victim and tormentor, Castellanos captures the ambiguities that underlie all struggles for power. A masterpiece of contemporary Latin American fiction from Mexico’s greatest twentieth-century woman writer, The Book of Lamentations was translated with an afterword by Ester Allen and introduction by Alma Guillermoprieto.
Superstition and Science
Author: Derek WilsonPublisher: Robinson
ISBN: 9781472142580
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Europe changed out of all recognition and particularly transformative were the ardent quest for knowledge and the astounding discoveries and inventions which resulted from it. The movement of blood round the body; the movement of the earth round the sun; the velocity of falling objects (and, indeed, why objects fall) - these and numerous other mysteries had been solved by scholars in earnest pursuit of scientia.
Customs and Manners of the Women of Persia and Their Domestic Superstitions
Author: Nahʹnah Kuls̲ūmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description