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Book Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century

Download or read book Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century written by Djibril Tamsir Niane and published by James Currey Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Emotion in the Tudor Court

Download or read book Emotion in the Tudor Court written by Bradley J. Irish and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deploying literary analysis, theories of emotion from the sciences and humanities, and an archival account of Tudor history, Emotion in the Tudor Court examines how literature both reflects and constructs the emotional dynamics of life in the Renaissance court. In it, Bradley J. Irish argues that emotionality is a foundational framework through which historical subjects embody and engage their world, and thus can serve as a fundamental lens of social and textual analysis. Spanning the sixteenth century, Emotion in the Tudor Court explores Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and Henrician satire; Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and elegy; Sir Philip Sidney and Elizabethan pageantry; and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and factional literature. It demonstrates how the dynamics of disgust,envy, rejection, and dread, as they are understood in the modern affective sciences, can be seen to guide literary production in the early modern court. By combining Renaissance concepts of emotion with modern research in the social and natural sciences, Emotion in the Tudor Court takes a transdisciplinary approach to yield fascinating and robust ways to illuminate both literary studies and cultural history.

Book Sacred Men

    Book Details:
  • Author : Keith L. Camacho
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2019-11-22
  • ISBN : 1478005661
  • Pages : 182 pages

Download or read book Sacred Men written by Keith L. Camacho and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1944 and 1949 the United States Navy held a war crimes tribunal that tried Japanese nationals and members of Guam's indigenous Chamorro population who had worked for Japan's military government. In Sacred Men Keith L. Camacho traces the tribunal's legacy and its role in shaping contemporary domestic and international laws regarding combatants, jurisdiction, and property. Drawing on Giorgio Agamben's notions of bare life and Chamorro concepts of retribution, Camacho demonstrates how the U.S. tribunal used and justified the imprisonment, torture, murder, and exiling of accused Japanese and Chamorro war criminals in order to institute a new American political order. This U.S. disciplinary logic in Guam, Camacho argues, continues to directly inform the ideology used to justify the Guantánamo Bay detention center, the torture and enhanced interrogation of enemy combatants, and the American carceral state.

Book Writing Reading the Bible in Postcolonial Perspective

Download or read book Writing Reading the Bible in Postcolonial Perspective written by Steed Vernyl Davidson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the legacies of European imperialism, Steed Vernyl Davidson traces how the Bible reflects strong affinities with empire and provides on-going justifications for empire and concentrations of power. Writing/Reading the Bible in Postcolonial Perspective traces the evolution of the Bible from its production in empires of antiquity to its supportive role in the development of modern imperialism. The work also engages the ambiguities of the Bible as anti-imperial tool. Set within an examination of postcolonial studies as a revolutionary and revisionary discourse, this work presses for a more vigorous postcolonializing of the Bible in Biblical Studies. A description of the contemporary features and manifestation of empire forms the context within which further exploration of postcolonial biblical critical work can take place. Following an assessment of previous work in the field, the challenges of intersectional work with queer studies, terrorism studies, technology, and ecological studies are laid out as future tasks

Book Labour Lines and Colonial Power

Download or read book Labour Lines and Colonial Power written by Victoria Stead and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, increases of so-called ‘low-skilled’ and temporary labour migrations of Pacific Islanders to Australia occur alongside calls for Indigenous people to ‘orbit’ from remote communities in search of employment opportunities. These trends reflect the persistent neoliberalism within contemporary Australia, as well as the effects of structural dynamics within the global agriculture and resource extractive industries. They also unfold within the context of long and troubled histories of Australian colonialism, and of complexes of race, labour and mobility that reverberate through that history and into the present. The contemporary labour of Pacific Islanders in the horticultural industry has sinister historical echoes in the ‘blackbirding’ of South Sea Islanders to work on sugar plantations in New South Wales and Queensland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as in wider patterns of labour, trade and colonisation across the Pacific region. The antecedents of contemporary Indigenous labour mobility, meanwhile, include forms of unwaged and highly exploitative labouring on government settlements, missions, pastoral stations and in the pearling industry. For both Pacific Islanders and Indigenous people, though, labour mobilities past and present also include agentive and purposeful migrations, reflective of rich cultures and histories of mobility, as well as of forces that compel both movement and immobility. Drawing together historians, anthropologists, sociologists and geographers, this book critically explores experiences of labour mobility by Indigenous peoples and Pacific Islanders, including Māori, within Australia. Locating these new expressions of labour mobility within historical patterns of movement, contributors interrogate the contours and continuities of Australian coloniality in its diverse and interconnected expressions.

Book The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction written by Sallie Han and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction is a comprehensive overview of the topics, approaches, and trajectories in the anthropological study of human reproduction. The book brings together work from across the discipline of anthropology, with contributions by established and emerging scholars in archaeological, biological, linguistic, and sociocultural anthropology. Across these areas of research, consideration is given to the contexts, conditions, and contingencies that mark and shape the experiences of reproduction as always gendered, classed, and racialized. Over 39 chapters, a diverse range of international scholars cover topics including: Reproductive governance, stratification, justice, and freedom. Fertility and infertility. Technologies and imaginations. Queering reproduction. Pregnancy, childbirth, and reproductive loss. Postpartum and infant care. Care, kinship, and alloparenting. This is a valuable reference for scholars and upper-level students in anthropology and related disciplines associated with reproduction, including sociology, gender studies, science and technology studies, human development and family studies, global health, public health, medicine, medical humanities, and midwifery and nursing.

Book UNESCO General History of Africa  Vol  III  Abridged Edition

Download or read book UNESCO General History of Africa Vol III Abridged Edition written by Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-11-03 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book first places Africa in the context of world history at the opening of the seventh century, before examining the general impact of Islamic penetration, the continuing expansion of the Bantu-speaking peoples, and the growth of civilizations in the Sudanic zones of West Africa"--Back cover.

Book The Adventures of Myrtle the Turtle

Download or read book The Adventures of Myrtle the Turtle written by Julie Jakeman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-11-14 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids will enjoy learning along with Myrtle the Turtle as she discovers the harm plastic pollution causes to sea life and the importance of recycling. Join Myrtle the turtle as she learns about plastic pollution in our oceans and the terrible effect humans are having on our planet and has an adventure along the way! Kids will love to meet Myrtle and her new friends while they learn with her all about plastic pollution and how to avoid it by reducing, reusing, and recycling. This is a rhyming children's picture book that your kids will want to listen to over and over again.

Book The West Indian

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cumberland
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1774
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book The West Indian written by Cumberland and published by . This book was released on 1774 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Birching His Bride

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  • Author : Golden Angel
  • Publisher : Golden Angel LLC
  • Release : 2024-10-02
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 179 pages

Download or read book Birching His Bride written by Golden Angel and published by Golden Angel LLC. This book was released on 2024-10-02 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Eleanor Petersham knows exactly what she wants from her marriage - a man who will worship at her feet. Instead, her father arranges her marriage to her brother's best friend, the devastatingly handsome, authoritative, and devilishly dominant Lord Edwin Hyde. It doesn't matter that he makes her entire body tingle when he kisses her, or brings her to heights of pleasure she's never known, or how he disciplines her when she plays nasty tricks on him - like throwing a dinner party which only includes dishes with ingredients he despises - she's not willing to give up on her version of marriage without a fight. Pain and pleasure struggle for dominance the same way husband and wife do. Edwin & Eleanor's story continues in the rest of the quartet... HEAs guaranteed. The Quartet 1. Birching His Bride 2. Dealing With Discipline 3. Punishing His Ward 4. Claiming His Wife

Book Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century

Download or read book Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century written by Bethwell A. Ogot and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography. This fifth volume of the acclaimed series covers the history of the continent from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth century in which two themes emerge: first, the continuing internal evolution of the states and cultures of Africa during this period second, the increasing involvement of Africa in external trade--with major but unforeseen consequences for the whole world. In North Africa, we see the Ottomans conquer Egypt. South of the Sahara, some of the larger, older states collapse, and new power bases emerge. Traditional religions continue to coexist with both Christianity (suffering setbacks) and Islam (in the ascendancy). Along the coast, particularly of West Africa, Europeans establish a trading network which, with the development of New World plantation agriculture, becomes the focus of the international slave trade. The immediate consequences of this trade for Africa are explored, and it is argued that the long-term global consequences include the foundation of the present world-economy with all its built-in inequalities.

Book Dealing with Discipline

Download or read book Dealing with Discipline written by Golden Angel and published by Golden Angel LLC. This book was released on 2024-10-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can arranged marriages end with happily-ever-afters? Eleanor Villiers, now Lady Hyde and originally a reluctant wife to Lord Edwin, has fallen in love with her husband without the reassurance that he loves her back. It's literally the very situation she'd wanted to avoid by marrying a man who loved her more than she loved him, so that she wouldn't turn into the miserable, neglected wife that her mother was. Stubborn and spirited, Eleanor begins to try out various tactics to discover her husband's true feelings towards her, only to find that she knows very little about love. Unfortunately her antics constantly lead her into situations where disciplinary measures become necessary, and Edwin's punishments are as exciting as they are painful. Irene has married Eleanor's brother Hugh Stanley, Viscount Petersham, even though she's in love with another man. Her mother has reassured her that within the ton it is perfectly acceptable to marry one man and be another's mistress, as long as she gives her husband the requisite heirs first. On their honeymoon to Hugh's estates, Irene finds her emotions becoming increasingly confused she becomes more and more fond of her husband - is it possible to love two men at once? Under his gentle care and approval her true self begins to emerge out in the countryside, leading to some unsafe behavior on her part which requires Hugh's immediate attention. He never wanted a rebellious wife who would need constant discipline, but he doesn't hesitate to mete it out when necessary. As the ladies struggle with their notions of love, the men struggle with the hot and cold temperaments of their wives, and all of them wonder if, and how, they can make their marriages work. The Domestic Discipline Quartet 1. Birching His Bride 2. Dealing with Discipline 3. Punishing His Ward 4. Claiming His Wife

Book Cowboys In Her Pocket

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jan Springer
  • Publisher : Spunky Girl Publishing
  • Release : 2016-05-15
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 82 pages

Download or read book Cowboys In Her Pocket written by Jan Springer and published by Spunky Girl Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Reverse Harem Western Romance Series (m/f/m/m) After spending ten years in a maximum-security prison Jennifer Jane (JJ) Watson got early parole and a job on a remote Canadian cattle ranch playing housekeeper to three of the sexiest cowboys she’s ever met… Spring has finally arrived at Moose Ranch and a single woman fresh out of prison shouldn’t be experiencing scorching ménages with her three sexy-as-sin cowboys. But JJ’s love for her men continues to grow as she gives into the fevered heat and scorching passions she feels for each of them. Life is perfect. Until her new life is tested when mysterious happenings occur on the ranch. Food goes missing. A fleeting figure. An intruder during a violent thunderstorm. One of her cowboys is viciously attacked and injured. Will JJ’s newfound freedom and happiness be ripped away? Rafe, Brady and Dan never expected to get an attractive and very appealing female to help them out at their secluded ranch. But in the wilds of Northern Ontario, female companionship is rare. It's a good thing the three men like to share... Brady, Dan and Rafe have never been happier. Their cattle ranch is flourishing and their continued desire to share the sexy woman who cares for them makes their life complete. Until danger threatens to rip everything apart… Cowboys Online - Moose Ranch Series is a contemporary western romance menage m/f/m/m series and continues the romantic adventures of JJ, Rafe, Dan and Brady. The series takes place in Northern Ontario, Canada. Book 1 ~ Cowboys for Christmas ~ holiday menage romance Book 2 ~ Cowboys In Her Pocket ~ summer menage romance Book 3 ~ Loving Her Cowboys ~ bush plane menage romance Book 4 ~ Cowboys In Her Heart ~ autumn suspense menage romance Book 5 ~ Always Her Cowboys - winter menage romance Book 6 ~ Her Forever Cowboys - (Milena's story) spring, reverse harem romance Book 7 ~ Claiming Her Cowboys - spring, reverse harem romance Enjoy! Jan

Book Humanistic HCI

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeffrey Bardzell
  • Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
  • Release : 2015-09-01
  • ISBN : 1627053581
  • Pages : 187 pages

Download or read book Humanistic HCI written by Jeffrey Bardzell and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it has influenced the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) since its origins, humanistic HCI has come into its own since the early 2000s. In that time, it has made substantial contributions to HCI theory and methodologies and also had major influence in user experience (UX) design, aesthetic interaction, and emancipatory/social change-oriented approaches to HCI. This book reintroduces the humanities to a general HCI readership; characterizes its major epistemological and methodological commitments as well as forms of rigor; compares the scientific report vs. the humanistic essay as research products, while offering some practical advice for peer review; and focuses on two major topics where humanistic HCI has had particular influence in the field—user experience and aesthetics and emancipatory approaches to computing. This book argues for a more inclusive and broad reach for humanistic thought within the interdisciplinary field of HCI, and its lively and engaging style will invite readers into that project.

Book Africa Since 1935

    Book Details:
  • Author : Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780520067035
  • Pages : 1076 pages

Download or read book Africa Since 1935 written by Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hardcover edition of volume 8 was published in 1994. This paperback edition is the eighth and final volume to be published in the UNESCO General History of Africa. Volume 8 examines the period from 1935 to the present, and details the role of African states in the Second World War and the rise of postwar Africa. This is one of the most important books in the entire series, and as such, it is an unabridged paperback.

Book The Emotionally Healthy Church

Download or read book The Emotionally Healthy Church written by Peter Scazzero and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and expanded edition of Peter Scazzero s award-winning book not only takes the original six principles for cultivating spiritual and emotional health in your church further and deeper, but he also adds a seventh principle to show you as a church leader how to slow down to lead with integrity."

Book Edible Delights

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jan Springer
  • Publisher : Spunky Girl Publishing
  • Release : 2018-08-22
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 42 pages

Download or read book Edible Delights written by Jan Springer and published by Spunky Girl Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-22 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years ago, Allie Masters lost herself in the scorching passion of a ménage a trois relationship with her two ultra-sexy bosses. In order to regain her independence, she walked away. Max and Nick were very fulfilled with their gorgeous assistant. The lovemaking was breathtaking and both friends willingly shared the woman they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with. And then she left them. Now Max and Nick have decided to seduce Allie back into their lives.