Many of the millions of workers streaming in from rural China to jobs at urban factories soon find themselves in new kinds of poverty and oppression. Yet, their individual experiences are far more nuanced than popular narratives might suggest. Rural Origins, City Lives probes long-held assumptions about migrant workers in China. Drawing on fieldwork in Nanjing, Roberta Zavoretti argues that many rural-born urban-dwellers are--contrary to state policy and media portrayals--heterogeneous in their employment, lifestyle, and aspirations. Working and living in the cities, rural-born workers change China's urban landscape, becoming part of an increasingly diversified and stratified society. Zavoretti finds that, over thirty years after the Open Door Reform, class formation, not residence status, is key to understanding inequality in contemporary China.
Описание: An extraordinary woman recounts her coming-of-age as a transgender teen-a personal and empowering portrait of self-revelation, adversity, and heroism.
Автор: Neumann A. J., Vander Schaaf Renae B. Название: Get Up, Get Going: Tales of a Country Veterinarian ISBN: 1732352631 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781732352636 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6060.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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I went to the corner of the barn next to the manger, got down on my knees, and prayed, "I would like to see this cow get on her feet."
Then, Words I will never forget drifted into my mind: "Get up, get going."
On June 24, 1926, A.J. Neumann was born in the downstairs bedroom of his family's farmhouse. From that moment, his life has been nothing short of fascinating. A child of the Depression, Doc Neumann served his country during WWII, studied at Iowa State University, and dedicated his decades-long veterinary career to the farm families of Northwest Iowa.
Along the way, Doc Neumann has gathered a collection of lessons and stories--some heart-wrenching, many heartwarming. In Get Up, Get Going: Tales of a Country Veterinarian, he shares his favorites, including the most important lesson of all...
There's no such thing as luck. God's plan is already in place.
Автор: Askew Rilla Название: Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place ISBN: 0806157178 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806157177 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2502.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 2018 PEN America Literary Award Finalist
In her first nonfiction collection, award-winning novelist Rilla Askew casts an unflinching eye on American history, both past and present. As she traverses a line between memoir and social commentary, Askew places herself--and indeed all Americans--in the role of witness to uncomfortable truths about who we are.
Through nine linked essays, Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place evokes a vivid impression of the United States: police violence and gun culture, ethnic cleansing and denied history, spellbinding landscapes and brutal weather. To render these conditions in the particulars of place, Askew spotlights the complex history of her home state. From the Trail of Tears to the Tulsa Race Riot to the Murrah Federal Building bombing, Oklahoma appears as a microcosm of our national saga. Yet no matter our location, Askew argues, we must own our contradictory selves--our violence and prejudices, as well as our hard work and generosity--so the wounds of division in our society can heal.
In these writings, Askew traces a personal journey that begins with her early years as an idealistic teenager mired in what she calls "the presumption of whiteness." Later she emerges as a writer humble enough to see her own story as part of a larger historical and cultural narrative. With grace and authority she speaks honestly about the failures of the dominant culture in which she grew up, even as she expresses a sense of love for its people.
In the wake of increasing gun violence and heightened national debate about race relations and social inequality, Askew's reflections could not be more relevant. With a novelist's gift for storytelling, she paints a compelling portrait of a place and its people: resilient and ruthless, decent but self-deceiving, generous yet filled with prejudice--both the best and the worst of what it means to be American.
Описание: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Автор: Kraenzle Название: The Changing Place of Europe in Global Memory Cultures ISBN: 3319391518 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319391519 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15372.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This book investigates the transnational dimensions of European cultural memory and how it contributes to the construction of new non-, supra, and post-national, but also national, memory narratives. The volume considers how these narratives circulate not only within Europe, but also through global interactions with other locations.
The Changing Place of Europe in Global Memory Cultures responds to recent academic calls to break with methodological nationalism in memory studies. Taking European memory as a case study, the book offers new empirical and theoretical insights into the transnational dimensions of cultural memory, without losing sight of the continued relevance of the nation. The articles critically examine the ways in which various individuals, organizations, institutions, and works of art are mobilizing future-oriented memories of Europe to construct new memory narratives. Taking into account the heterogeneity and transnational locations of commemorative groups, the multidirectionality of acts of remembrance, and a variety of commemorative media such as museums, film, photography, and literature, the volume not only investigates how memory discourses circulate within Europe, but also how they are being transferred, translated, or transformed through global interactions beyond the European continent.
Описание: The Lebanese civil war, which spanned the years of 1975 to 1990,caused the migration of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens, many of whom are still writing of their experiences. Jumana Bayeh presents an important and major study of the literature of the Lebanese diaspora. Focusing on novels and writings produced in the aftermath of Lebanon's protracted civil war, Bayeh explores the complex relationships between place, displacement and belonging, and illuminates the ways in which these writings have shaped a global Lebanese identity. Combining history with sociology, Bayeh examines how the literature borne out of this expatriate community reflects a Lebanese diasporic imaginary that is sensitive to the entangled associations of place and identity. Paving the way for new approaches to understanding diasporic literature and identity, this book will be vital for researchers of migration studies and Middle Eastern literature, as well as those interested in the cultures, history and politics of the Middle East.
Автор: Coren Victoria Название: For Richer, For Poorer ISBN: 1847672930 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847672933 Издательство: Canongate Рейтинг: Цена: 1632.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The confessions of a player...
Автор: Terry, Jennifer, Название: An American obsession : ISBN: 0226793672 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226793672 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Описание: Drawing on original research from medical texts, psychiatric case histories, pioneering statistical surveys, first-person accounts, legal cases, sensationalist journalism, and legislative debates, Jennifer Terry has written a nuanced and textured history of how the century-old obsession with homosexuality is deeply tied to changing American anxieties about social and sexual order in the modern age. Terry's overarching argument is compelling: that homosexuality served as a marker of the abnormal against which malleable, tenuous, and often contradictory concepts of the normal were defined. One of the few histories to take into consideration homosexuality in both women and men, Terry's work also stands out in its refusal to erase the agency of people classified as abnormal. She documents the myriad ways that gays, lesbians, and other sexual minorities have coauthored, resisted, and transformed the most powerful and authoritative modern truths about sex. Proposing this history as a useable past, An American Obsession is an indispensable contribution to the study of American cultural history.
Автор: Sarah De Nardi, Hilary Orange, Steven High, Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto Название: The Routledge Handbook of Memory and Place ISBN: 0815386303 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815386308 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 33686.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This Handbook explores the latest cross-disciplinary research on the inter-relationship between memory studies, place and identity.
Автор: Andrew Spicer, Jane L. Stevens Crawshaw Название: The Place of the Social Margins, 1350-1750 ISBN: 0367264021 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367264024 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7195.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume crosses geographical as well as chronological divides in order to emphasise the mutability of the social margins, making an important contribution to research on social and urban history by considering a variety of groups identified as "marginal."
Автор: Silver, Erin Название: Taking Place ISBN: 1526162385 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526162380 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 28393.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents examination of queer and feminist alternative art spaces in Canada and the United States from the late-1960s to the present. It explores how queer and feminist artists have responded to the institutions and histories they have inherited. -- .
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