Download or read book At the Mercy of Their Clothes written by Celia Marshik and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In much of modern fiction, it is the clothes that make the character. Garments embody personal and national histories. They convey wealth, status, aspiration, and morality (or a lack thereof). They suggest where characters have been and where they might be headed, as well as whether or not they are aware of their fate. At the Mercy of Their Clothes explores the agency of fashion in modern literature, its reflection of new relations between people and things, and its embodiment of a rapidly changing society confronted by war and cultural and economic upheaval. In some cases, people need garments to realize themselves. In other cases, the clothes control the person who wears them. Celia Marshik's study combines close readings of modernist and middlebrow works, a history of Britain in the early twentieth century, and the insights of thing theory. She focuses on four distinct categories of modern clothing: the evening gown, the mackintosh, the fancy dress costume, and secondhand attire. In their use of these clothes, we see authors negotiate shifting gender roles, weigh the value of individuality during national conflict, work through mortality, and depict changing class structures. Marshik's dynamic comparisons put Ulysses in conversation with Rebecca, Punch cartoons, articles in Vogue, and letters from consumers, illuminating opinions about specific garments and a widespread anxiety that people were no more than what they wore. Throughout her readings, Marshik emphasizes the persistent animation of clothing—and objectification of individuals—in early-twentieth-century literature and society. She argues that while artists and intellectuals celebrated the ability of modern individuals to remake themselves, a range of literary works and popular publications points to a lingering anxiety about how political, social, and economic conditions continued to constrain the individual.

Download or read book The Tale Of Greta Gumboot And Other Stories written by Lee Pritchett and published by Chipmunkapublishing ltd. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Resonant Ecology written by Max Ritts and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Resonant Ecology, Max Ritts traces how sound’s integration into the environmental politics of Canada’s North Coast has paved the way for massive industrial expansion. While conservationists hope that the dissemination of whale songs and other nature sounds will showcase the beauty of local wildlife for people around the world, Ritts reveals how colonial capitalism can co-opt sonic efforts to protect the coast. He demonstrates how digital technologies allow industry to sonically map new shipping lanes and facilitate new ways of experiencing sound—premised not on listening, but on sound’s exploitable status as a data resource. By outlining how sound can both perpetuate and refuse capitalist colonialism, Ritts challenges the idea that the sonic realm is inherently liberatory and reveals sound to be a powerfully uncertain object. Through a situated geographical approach, he makes the case that only a decolonial and multigenerational environmental politics can counter the false promise of “sustainable marine development” held up by industry and the state.

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Download or read book Crafty Girls Road Trip written by ANN PACKER and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliant guide to the many places in New Zealand where you can buy everything you need to make your own textile-based crafts. Aimed at those who get warm fuzzies just walking into a wool shop, simply have to stroke the fabric at the quilt store, and long to touch the textiles at museums, this roundup of New Zealand's craftiest places will go down a treat. The book lists treasure troves for fabric lovers, embroiderers, patchworkers, knitters, spinners and other crafty types to find not only materials but inspiration on the road. And because they need frequent cups of coffee to fuel their journey and somewhere to lay their head, the book includes some favourite places along the way. There are also excellent lists of great crafty blogs and events.

Download or read book Gumboot Girls written by Lou Allison and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compiles memoirs of 34 women who had migrated from big cities to the rule areas on the north coast of British Columbia.

Download or read book The Men and the Girls written by Joanna Trollope and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When James accidentally swerves into an elderly woman with his car, he is mortified. But for his girlfriend, Kate, it’s a wake-up call: What is she doing with this man, twenty-five years her senior, who forgets his glasses and knocks an old lady off her bike? James’s lifelong friend Hugh is faring little better with his seemingly perfect and significantly younger wife Julia. Once one of Britain’s most famous newsmen, Hugh sees his star fading—just as Julia’s is rising through a lucrative new TV career. Four people—the men and the girls—each struggle with discontent as two relationships teeter on the brink. Add to the mix one fiercely independent spinster named Miss Bachelor, and what transpires will alter all of their lives forever, as new relationships blossom, old insecurities surface, and homes and fortunes are turned upside down.

Download or read book Reede These written by Howard Reede-Pelling and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feast of short stories that are both interesting and diverse. From adventures in the Australian bush, to every day mundane topics that are heart warming and yet at the same time very exciting. Some of the tales are quite alarming but they all have a happy ending, and at times the stories give the reader an in-depth look at some unusual adventures. Diving with sharks, a child act on the 'Tivoli' (A past venue of vaudeville in Melbourne, Australia) this is a true story about the year of 1953, another true story of two teenage boys who had to go grape-picking when men were away at the war in 1943, the tale of seven runaways from a boy's home, many fictitious adventures of children in various situations, even a medical story of a Rugby player etcetera. There are a few adult stories with no children involved but they are suitable reading for children too. Give yourself a break and relax with a good Reede.

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Download or read book Good Girls written by Max Henry and published by Max Henry. This book was released on with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys versus girls. Those who have it all versus those who’d do anything to get it. Caught between two worlds, I no longer know who I am. I was one of the Chosen. Four girls, and four boys, destined to have it all: wealth, status, and a future. Now, I find myself on the other side looking for a way back in. My father’s criminal case meant we lost it all. Forced out of our home, our city, our life, we started anew in a sweet country town called Arcadia. Except after one day as “the new girl” I know there isn’t a single sweet thing about Arcadia High. Trouble brews amongst the student body. Love, lies, and betrayal. And when the consequences spill out the decorative gates? These spoilt country kids won’t know what hit them after the city come to collect.

Download or read book Land Girls written by Joan Mant and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What life was really like on a wartime farm.

Download or read book All the Nice Girls written by Barbara Anderson and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devenport Naval Base, New Zealand, 1962: With her husband away at sea, Sophie Flynn’s life is becoming considerably complicated. She has two children to look after, the captain’s wife to minister to, a wayward sister to keep an eye on, and an elderly neighbor to nurse. As if that wasn’t enough, Sophie falls in love with the commodore, adding a volatile element to the mix. This romantic novel—spiked with a dash of feminism—offers deeply perceptive observations of married life.

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Download or read book Strategies for Survival at SIBIKWA 1988 2021 written by Phyllis Klotz and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an engaging and contextualised insight into a South African township-based arts centre that has survived the vicissitudes of steady militarisation in townships during some of the worst years of apartheid as well as the exhilaration of a new democratic policy while attempting to circumnavigate different policies and funding dispensations. Sibikwa provides arts centres across the world and especially those in decolonising countries with strategies for survival in tumultuous times. This multi-disciplinary book maps and co-ordinates wider historical, political, and social contextual concerns and events with matters specific to a community-based east of Johannesburg and provides an exploration and analysis by experts of authentic theatre-making and performance, dance, indigenous music, arts in education and NGO governance. It has contemporary significance and raises important questions regarding inclusivity and transformation, the function and future of arts centres, community-based applied arts practices, creativity, and international partnerships. This study will be of great interest to students and scholars in theatre and performance, indigenous music, dance, and South African history.

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