Women on the Verge

Women on the Verge PDF Author: Karen Kelsky
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822328162
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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DIVExplores issues of gender, race and national identity in Japan, by taking up for critical analysis an emergent national trend, in which some urban Japanese women turn to the West--through study abroad, work abroad, and romance with Westerners-- in order/div

Women on the Verge

Women on the Verge PDF Author: Karen Kelsky
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822328162
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Book Description
DIVExplores issues of gender, race and national identity in Japan, by taking up for critical analysis an emergent national trend, in which some urban Japanese women turn to the West--through study abroad, work abroad, and romance with Westerners-- in order/div

Women on the Verge of Home

Women on the Verge of Home PDF Author: Bilinda Straight
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791483770
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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This book explores the idea of "home." Using feminist scholarship and ethnographically grounded readings of historical, literary, and cultural texts, contributors interrogate the comfortable and stable contours of home and ask what it means to women in different social, class, sexual, ethnic, and racial contexts in different times and places. Giving voice to diverse women's understandings of home, the book includes stories of elite white U.S. and Canadian women, rural poor and peasant white women in the United States and France, a British Caribbean freed slave woman, and others.

Girl on the Couch

Girl on the Couch PDF Author: Lorna Martin
Publisher: Villard Books
ISBN: 0345503600
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Martin pens a warm, funny, and intimate diary of her voyage into the world of therapy, which she calls the strangest journey of my life. Martin's fantastic journey of self-awareness is heartbreaking and hilarious--Julie Klam, author of "Please Excuse My Daughter."

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough PDF Author: Ruth Pennebaker
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101478489
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215

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Joanie's ex-husband is having a baby with his new girlfriend. Joanie won't be having more babies, since she's decided never to have sex again. But she still has her teenaged daughter Caroline to care for. And thanks to the recession, her elderly mother Ivy as well. Her daughter can't seem to exist without texting, and her mother brags about "goggling,"-while Joanie, back in the workforce, is still trying to figure out her office computer. And how to fend off the advances of her coworker Bruce. Joanie, Caroline, and Ivy are stuck under the same roof, and it isn't easy. But sometimes they surprise each other-and themselves. And through their differences they learn that it is possible to undo the mistakes of the past.

Women on the Verge

Women on the Verge PDF Author: Rosette C. Lamont
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557831484
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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(Applause Books). This anthology gathers together recent work by the finest and most controversial contemporary American women dramatists. Collectively, this magnificent seven seeks to break the mold of the well-wrought psychological play and its rigid emphasis on realisticsocio-political drama. Includes: Occupational Hazard (Rosalyn Drexler) * Us (Karen Malpede) * What of the Night? (Maria Irene Forne) * Birth and After Birth (Tina Howe) * and more.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown PDF Author: Peter William Evans
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 183902125X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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This text analyses director Pedro Almodovar's insights into gender, sexuality and subjectivity in his film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The author draws on a range of psychoanalytic and critical concepts and sees the film as an account of the often tyrannical spell of sexual desire, of the anxieties of relationships and families, but also of the possibilities of personal liberation. Peter William Evans also discusses the recent history of Spain and ties the film's concerns into the social revolution which occurred after the death of Franco.

Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown PDF Author: Lorna Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780719524219
Category : Dating (Social customs)
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Self Help.

Girls on the Verge

Girls on the Verge PDF Author: Sharon Biggs Waller
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250151694
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Best Books of 2019 —Cosmopolitan Camille couldn't be having a better summer—she kills it as Ophelia in her community theater's production of Hamlet, catches the eye of the cutest boy in the play, and nabs a spot in a prestigious theater program. But on the very night she learns she got into the program, she also finds out she’s pregnant. She definitely can’t tell her parents. And her best friend Bea doesn’t agree with the decision Camille has made. Camille is forced to try to solve her problem alone...and the system is very much working against her. At her most vulnerable, Camille reaches out to Annabelle Ponsonby, a girl she only barely knows from the theater. Happily, Annabelle agrees to drive her wherever she needs to go. And in a last minute change of heart, Bea decides to come with. Over the course of more than a thousand miles, friendships will be tested and dreams will be challenged. But ultimately, the girls will realize that friends are the real heroes in every story. Girls on the Verge is an incredibly timely novel about a woman’s right to choose. Sharon Biggs Waller brings to life a narrative that has to continue to fight for its right to be told, and honored. "[C]ompelling... This title offers realistic viewpoints on teenage pregnancy, along with what it is like to have the right to choose, wanting that right, and living knowing that you will be judged for having exercised it." —School Library Journal, Starred Review

Tales of Power

Tales of Power PDF Author: Carlos Castaneda
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671732528
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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His legend and his power have grown throughout two generations, in five astonishing volumes. In this landmark work, the legendary don Juan concludes the instruction of Castaneda with his most powerful and mysterious lessons in the sorcerer's art. It is a dazzling series of visions that are at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell.

Stealing the Show

Stealing the Show PDF Author: Joy Press
Publisher: Atria Books
ISBN: 1501137727
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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From a leading cultural journalist, the definitive cultural history of female showrunners—including exclusive interviews with such influential figures as Shonda Rhimes, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Mindy Kaling, Amy Schumer, and many more. “An urgent and entertaining history of the transformative powers of women in TV” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). In recent years, women have radically transformed the television industry both behind and in front of the camera. From Murphy Brown to 30 Rock and beyond, these shows and the extraordinary women behind them have shaken up the entertainment landscape, making it look as if equal opportunities abound. But it took decades of determination in the face of outright exclusion to reach this new era. In this “sharp, funny, and gorgeously researched” (Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker) book, veteran journalist Joy Press tells the story of the maverick women who broke through the barricades and the iconic shows that redefined the television landscape starting with Diane English and Roseanne Barr—and even incited controversy that reached as far as the White House. Drawing on a wealth of original interviews with the key players like Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls), Jenji Kohan (Orange is the New Black), and Jill Soloway (Transparent) who created storylines and characters that changed how women are seen and how they see themselves, this is the exhilarating behind-the-scenes story of a cultural revolution.