Download or read book Clothing and Difference written by Hildi Hendrickson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the dynamic relationship between the body, clothing, and identity in sub-Saharan Africa and raises questions that have previously been directed almost exclusively to a Western and urban context. Unusual in its treatment of the body surface as a critical frontier in the production and authentification of identity, Clothing and Difference shows how the body and its adornment have been used to construct and contest social and individual identities in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, and other African societies during both colonial and post-colonial times. Grounded in the insights of anthropology and history and influenced by developments in cultural studies, these essays investigate the relations between the personal and the public, and between ideas about the self and those about the family, gender, and national groups. They explore the bodily and material creation of the changing identities of women, spirits, youths, ancestors, and entrepreneurs through a consideration of topics such as fashion, spirit possession, commodity exchange, hygiene, and mourning. By taking African societies as its focus, Clothing and Difference demonstrates that factors considered integral to Western social development--heterogeneity, migration, urbanization, transnational exchange, and media representation--have existed elsewhere in different configurations and with different outcomes. With significance for a wide range of fields, including gender studies, cultural studies, art history, performance studies, political science, semiotics, economics, folklore, and fashion and textile analysis/design, this work provides alternative views of the structures underpinning Western systems of commodification, postmodernism, and cultural differentiation. Contributors. Misty Bastian, Timothy Burke, Hildi Hendrickson, Deborah James, Adeline Masquelier, Elisha Renne, Johanna Schoss, Brad Weiss

Download or read book Friend Joseph Friend Patience written by Guy de Maupassant and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friend Joseph, Friend Patience

Download or read book Crossing the Continent written by Michel Tremblay and published by Talonbooks Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michel Tremblay is one of Canada's most prominent writer's . This novel provides the backstory to his most famous chararacters.

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Download or read book Other Times Other Manners written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 2004-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Lidcote returned his smile. "It's extraordinary. Everything's changed. Even Susy has changed; and you know the extent to which Susy stood for old New York. There's no old New York left, it seems. She talked in the most amazing way. She snaps her fingers at the Purshes. She told me -- me, that every woman had a right to happiness, that self-expression was the highest duty. She accused me of misunderstanding Leila; she said my point of view was conventional!

Download or read book Sundays of A Bourgeois written by Guy De Maupassant and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-08-12 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the satirical and insightful world of ""Sundays of A Bourgeois"" by Guy De Maupassant. This engaging short story offers a critical look at the life of a bourgeois individual, focusing on the often mundane and superficial aspects of their Sundays. Maupassant’s narrative skillfully exposes the absurdities and pretensions of bourgeois society through a blend of humor and social commentary. De Maupassant uses sharp wit and keen observation to explore themes of social class, vanity, and the emptiness that can accompany a life of material comfort. The story provides a satirical yet poignant look at the everyday experiences of the bourgeoisie. ""Sundays of A Bourgeois"" is ideal for readers who enjoy social satire and the exploration of class dynamics. Perfect for those who appreciate Guy De Maupassant’s insightful and humorous storytelling.

Download or read book A Backward Glance written by Edith Wharton and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels of social and psychological insight. She was also well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt.

Download or read book Urgency and Patience written by Jean-Philippe Toussaint and published by Belgian Literature. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a sense of urgency and a goodly amount of patience are required for any writer to produce a novel. Moving between these two poles, Jean-Philippe Toussaint here collects a series of short essays on the art of writing, both his own and that of writers he's admired, for example Kafka, Beckett, Dostoyevsky, and Proust. As Toussaint himself has said, "It's only natural for writers... to say a word about how they write and what they owe to great authors."

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Download or read book Des Vers written by Guy de Maupassant and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.