Download or read book Weeping Widows and Warrior Women written by Corey Lynn Hutchins and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weeping Widows and Warrior Women will consider the plays of Shakespeare's first tetralogy, which includes 1, 2, 3 Henry VI and Richard III, through a feminist critical perspective. It will assess the female characters of these plays through their speech and actions rather than giving credence to external evaluations of them, whether from other characters or a perceived stance of the playwright. The goal throughout is to divorce previously seldom-studied characters from oppressive patriarchal interpretations of their actions in order to bring them in line with a feminist understanding of fully individuated women. This thesis will explore issues of sexuality, witchcraft, war-mongering, widowhood, mourning, and scolding through the characters of Joan la Pucelle, the Countess of Auvergne, Eleanor Cobham, Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Grey, Anne Neville, and the Duchess of York. Feminist issues such as biological determinism, the difference between sex and gender, rejection of hegemonic patriarchal history and discourse, and patriarchal punishment for gender transgression will further develop discussion of the texts. By revisiting the plays of the first tetralogy through a specifically feminist critical discourse, this thesis will prove the existence of alternative readings of the plays that do not depend on patriarchal exploitation of female characters. The readings explained in this thesis could provide a basis for a resurrection of these early history plays by replacing a reactionist acceptance of the inherent misogyny of the genre with an exploration of the difficulties of female existence in a patriarchal society.
Download or read book Women Warriors written by Pamela D. Toler and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who says women don’t go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor. The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly—Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns out, have always gone to war. In this fascinating and lively world history, Pamela Toler not only introduces us to women who took up arms, she also shows why they did it and what happened when they stepped out of their traditional female roles to take on other identities. These are the stories of women who fought because they wanted to, because they had to, or because they could. Among the warriors you’ll meet are: * Tomyris, ruler of the Massagetae, who killed Cyrus the Great of Persia when he sought to invade her lands * The West African ruler Amina of Hausa, who led her warriors in a campaign of territorial expansion for more than 30 years * Boudica, who led the Celtic tribes of Britain into a massive rebellion against the Roman Empire to avenge the rapes of her daughters * The Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, who led an untrained army of 80,000 troops to drive the Chinese empire out of Vietnam * The Joshigun, a group of 30 combat-trained Japanese women who fought against the forces of the Meiji emperor in the late 19th century * Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi, who was regarded as the “bravest and best” military leader in the 1857 Indian Mutiny against British rule * Maria Bochkareva, who commanded Russia’s first all-female battalion—the First Women’s Battalion of Death—during WWII * Buffalo Calf Road Woman, the Cheyenne warrior who knocked General Custer off his horse at the Battle of Little Bighorn * Juana Azurduy de Padilla, a mestiza warrior who fought in at least 16 major battles against colonizers of Latin America and who is a national hero in Bolivia and Argentina today * And many more spanning from ancient times through the 20th century. By considering the ways in which their presence has been erased from history, Toler reveals that women have always fought—not in spite of being women but because they are women.
Download or read book The Last Wolf Home written by Pat Clark and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Wolf Home is a story of faith, courage, and love that begins on the day in 1970 that Michael Edwards, an Air Force fighter pilot, is shot down during the Vietnam War. Unknown to Mike, Elena Fernandez, the beautiful Cuban refugee who is his lover, is pregnant with his daughter. Elena, caught in the relentless tragedy of all those who love the missing, sacrifices any chance for happiness by remaining faithful to the vague hope that her lover will return someday. Harry Garland is the war hero who comes home embittered by the abandonment of his missing comrades and the desertion of the people of Indochina. After he drifts away from the Air Force, Harry meets Elena and falls in love for the first time in his life. The love affair comes to a painful ending when Elena discovers that Harry has concealed important details he knows concerning Mike's fate. After Elena leaves him, Harry's life goes downhill, and he eventually returns to Laos and becomes involved in the heroin trade. He discovers Mike on his last trip into Laos, and redeems his wasted life by rescuing Mike and returning him to the woman they both love.
Download or read book A Widow s Cry written by Overseer Gertrude Crawford and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evangelist Gertrude Crawford is the Overseer of the New Castle Baptist Church located in Brooklyn, New York. For over forty years she served with her beloved husband, the Late Bishop Charles Crawford, and labored for the Lord doing whatever God assigned their hands to do in the ministry. Their labor was and is a mission and ministry of love. Evangelist Crawford is a holy-ghost filled woman of God, a woman of faith, a prayer warrior, as well as a wise advisor and counselor. Her hearts desire is to see people saved and delivered from the grip of Satan, regardless of their condition or age. She has a genuine love for people. Overseer Crawford is the author of three books entitled, The Arms That Carry Me, We Were Bonded Together and Through The Fire. Her latest book is entitled A Widow's Cry and it is through life's ups and downs, valley and mountain top experiences, she shares with the readers how one can survive loss and continue to live.
Download or read book Tears in the Graeco Roman World written by Thorsten Fögen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a wide range of contributions that analyse the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The papers cover the time from the eighth century BCE until late antiquity and take into account a broad variety of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, historiography, elegy, philosophical texts, epigram and the novel. The collection also contains two papers from modern socio-psychology.
Download or read book The Warrior Women of Islam written by Remke Kruk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colloquial Arabic storytelling is most commonly associated with The Thousandvand One Nights. But few people are aware of a much larger corpus of narrative texts known as popular epic. These heroic romantic tales, originating in the Middle Ages, form vast cycles of adventure stories whose most remarkable feature is their portrayal of powerful and memorable women. Wildly appreciated by medieval audiences, and spread by professional storytellers throughout the cities of the Muslim world, these fictions were printed and reprinted over the centuries and comprise a vital part of Arab culture. Yet virtually none are available in translation, and so remain almost unknown to a non-Arab public. Remke Kruk at last makes these neglected romances available to a Western audience. She recounts the story of Princess Dhat al-Himma, brave and undefeated leader of the Muslim army in its wars against the Byzantines; of Ghamra, brought up as a boy to become a fearless leader of men; and of cool-headed Qannasa, raiding from her mountain fortress to capture and seduce her enemies before putting them pitilessly to the sword. The Warrior Women of Islam puts a bold new complexion on gender roles and the wider perception of women in the Middle East.
Download or read book Magellan S Cross written by Richard J Field and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hero of this historical novel is Martin Olden. The story is set against the researched facts of Magellans voyage to Asia. In 1494 the division of the globe into two spheres of influence, between Portugal and Spain, left a vital question unanswered: which countrys sphere encompassed Asia particularly the fabulously wealthy Spice Islands? In 1519 Captain-General Ferdinand Magellan led a Spanish expedition, sailing westwards, to disprove Portugals claim to the Spice Islands and establish that much of the rest of Asia were Spains possessions. The voyage saw a series of dramatic events - by the time Magellans fleet reached the Magellan Strait, mutinies had left all his Spanish Captains dead or marooned and there was appalling deprivation on the long voyage across the unexpectedly vast Pacific to the Philippines. It was there that Magellan, disregarding the Spanish kings orders, attacked Lapulapu a local ruler of Mactan Island. Prior to being captured on Mactan Island, Martin Olden helped Princess Lalu, Chief Lapulapus half-sister, a skilful healer and powerful Shaman when she was assaulted by Santos a misogynistic Spanish sailor. Captured by Lapulapus warriors, Martin subsequently witnessed the fate of Magellan and fell in love with Lalu.
Download or read book Warrior Women written by Robin Cross and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Synoptic Gospels and the Book of Acts written by Doremus Almy Hayes and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Warrior s Woman written by Phyllis Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women s Dress in the Ancient Greek World written by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and published by Classical Press of Wales. This book was released on 2001-12-31 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clothing and ornament of Greek women signalled much about the status and the morality assigned to them. Yet this revealing aspect of women's history has been little studied. In this collection of new studies by an international team, ancient visual evidence from vase-painting and sculpture is used extensively alongside Greek literature to reconstruct how women of the Greek world were perceived, and also, in important ways, how they lived.
Download or read book Grief Gender and Identity in the Middle Ages written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines depictions of grief in the Middle Ages by exploring how grief relates to gender and identity, as well as how men and women perform grief within the various constructions of both gender and grief established by medieval culture.
Download or read book A Dictionary English and Mar th commenced by J T Molesworth completed by T Candy written by James T. MOLESWORTH and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chakra written by Vidyadhar Pundlik and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chakra is a one-act play inspired by the classic Indian epic Mahabharata. Told from the unique point of view of its heroine, Draupadi -- it is the tale of duty, love, revenge and healing of Draupadi -- a Queen, a wife and mother. Universal and timeless, the existential questions Draupadi grapples with are equally relevant to our time as they were to hers. This play lingers in your heart long after you experience it. Chakra opens a door to the Mahabharata -- it is a cultural odyssey into ancient India -- her royal palaces and battlefields, her mythology and mores -- and most importantly her ancient wisdom. And yet, though the Mahabharata is thousands of years old, it is as fresh today as it was during the time it was written. Chakra dramatizes one vignette from this grand old epic in a way it has never been presented before -- through the eyes of the female protagonist. This play dances between the earthly world of aspirations, love revenge, healing, and death, and the mythological dimension of curses, boons, and supernatural powers. It leaves you with a thought-provoking insight into forgiveness and the futility of vengeance. Chakra is perfect for play houses from Birmingham to Beijing looking for a simple but profound one-act play from another culture with universal themes and a female protagonist.
Download or read book Warriors Witches Whores written by Rachel S. Harris and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feminist reading of women’s representation and activism in Israeli cinema. Warriors, Witches, Whores: Women in Israeli Cinema is a feminist study of Israel’s film industry and the changes that have occurred since the 1990s. Working in feminist film theory, the book adopts a cultural studies approach, considering the creation of a female-centered and thematically feminist film culture in light of structural and ideological shifts in Israeli society. Author Rachel S. Harris situates these changes in dialogue with the cinematic history that preceded them and the ongoing social inequalities that perpetuate women’s marginalization within Israeli society. While no one can deny Israel’s Western women’s advancements, feminist filmmakers frequently turn to Israel’s less impressive underbelly as sources for their inspiration. Their films have focused on sexism, the negative impact of militarism on women’s experience, rape culture, prostitution, and sexual abuse. These films also tend to include subjects from society’s geographical periphery and social margins, such as female foreign workers, women, and refugees. Warriors, Witches, Whoresis divided into three major sections and each considers a different form of feminist engagement. The first part explores films that situate women in traditionally male spheres of militarism, considering the impact of interjecting women within hegemonic spaces or reconceptualizing them in feminist ways. The second part recovers the narratives of women’s experience that were previously marginalized or silenced, thereby creating a distinct female space that offers new kinds of storytelling and cinematic aesthetics that reflect feminist expressions of identity. The third part offers examples of feminist activism that reach beyond the boundaries of the film to comment on social issues. This section demonstrates how feminists use film (and work within the film industry) in order to position women in society. While there are thematic overlaps between the chapters, each section marks structural differences in the modes of feminist response. Warriors, Witches, Whores considers the ways social and political power have affected the representation of women and looks to how feminist filmmakers have fought against these inequities behind the camera and in the stories they tell. Students and scholars of film, gender, or cultural studies will appreciate this approachable monograph.
Download or read book The Woman Warrior written by Maxine Hong Kingston and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'No name woman' originally appeared, in slightly different form, in the January 1975 issue of Viva"--T.p. verso.
Download or read book A dictionary Mar h and English written by James Thomas Molesworth and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
