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About Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood's dystopian literary masterpiece tells the story of Offred, a Handmaid living in the near future in what was once the United States. A new theocratic regime called the Republic of Gilead has come to power and changed life as she knew it.
Once Offred had a her own name and a loving family--a husband and daughter--both of which were taken from her; now she belongs to the Commander and his hostile wife, and her only value lies in her ability to bear a child for them. She used to read books and learn; now such things are forbidden to all women.
Gripping, disturbing, and so relevant today, The Handmaid's Tale is a brilliant novel and a chilling warning about what can happen when extreme ideas are taken to their logical conclusions.
The summary and analysis in this book are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of fiction.
Автор: Stanton Elizabeth Cady Название: The Woman`s Bible ISBN: 1513270974 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781513270975 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The Woman's Bible (1895-1898) is a work of religious and political nonfiction by American women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Despite its popular success, The Woman's Bible caused a rift in the movement between Stanton and her supporters and those who believed that to wade into religious waters would hurt the suffragist cause. Reactions from the press, political establishment, and much of the reading public were overwhelmingly negative, accusing Stanton of blasphemy and sacrilege while refusing to engage with the book's message: to reconsider the historical reception of the Bible in order to make room for women to be afforded equality in their private and public lives.
Working with a Revising Committee of 26 members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Stanton sought to provide an updated commentary on the Bible that would highlight passages allowing for an interpretation of scripture harmonious with the cause of the women's rights movement. Inspired by activist and Quaker Lucretia Mott's use of Bible verses to dispel the arguments of bigots opposed to women's rights and abolition, Stanton hoped to establish a new way of framing the history and religious representation of women that could resist similar arguments that held up the Bible as precedent for the continued oppression of women. Starting with an interpretation of the Genesis story of Adam and Eve, Stanton attempts to show where men and women are treated as equals in the Bible, eventually working through both the Old and New Testaments. In its day, The Woman's Bible was a radically important revisioning of women's place in scripture that Stanton and her collaborators hoped would open the door for women to obtain the rights they had long been systematically denied.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Автор: Greven David Название: Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema ISBN: 1137354992 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137354990 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 3292.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A sweeping study of Hollywood from Now, Voyager, The Heiress, and Flamingo Road to Carrie, the Alien films, The Brave One, and the slasher horror genre, this book boldly unsettles commonplace understandings of genre film, female sexuality, and Freudian theory as it makes a strong new case for the queer relevance of female representation.
Автор: Melissa Ames; Sarah Burcon Название: How Pop Culture Shapes the Stages of a Woman`s Life ISBN: 1137566175 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137566171 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9756.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book traces how popular culture products and media portrayals of women and girls impact their development through various ages and pre-scripted `stages` of life: as a young girl, an adolescent, a dating woman, a bride, a wife, a pregnant woman, a mother, a middle-aged woman, and a maturing woman.
Автор: Kessler-Harris Alice Название: A Woman`s Wage: Historical Meanings and Social Consequences ISBN: 0813145139 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813145136 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3135.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this updated edition of a pathbreaking classic, Alice Kessler-Harris explores the meanings of women's wages in the United States in the twentieth and twenty first centuries, focusing on three issues that capture the transformation of women's roles: the battle over minimum wage for women, which exposes the relationship between family ideology and workplace demands; the argument concerning equal pay for equal work, which challenges gendered patterns of self-esteem and social organization; and the debate over comparable worth, which seeks to incorporate traditionally female values into new work and family trajectories. Together, these topics and social organization; and the debate over comparable worth, which seeks to incorporate traditionally female values into new work and family trajectories. Together, these topics illuminate the many ways in which gendered social roles have been produced, transmitted, and challenged.
Описание: Contemporary popular culture has created a slew of stereotypical roles for girls and women to (willingly or not) play throughout their lives: The Princess, the Nymphette, the Diva, the Single Girl, the Bridezilla, the Tiger Mother, the M.I.L.F, the Cougar, and more. In this book Ames and Burcon investigate the role of cultural texts in gender socialization at specific pre-scripted stages of a woman's life (from girls to the "golden girls") and how that instruction compounds over time. By studying various texts (toys, magazines, blogs, tweets, television shows, Hollywood films, novels, and self-help books) they argue that popular culture exists as a type of funhouse mirror constantly distorting the real world conditions that exist for women, magnifying the gendered expectations they face. Despite the many problematic, conflicting messages women receive throughout their lives, this book also showcases the ways such messages are resisted, allowing women to move past the blurry reality they broadcast and toward, hopefully, gender equality.
Автор: Mallorie Leeann Название: Guts and Grace: A Woman`s Guide to Full-Bodied Leadership ISBN: 1950466094 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781950466092 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5332.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: ITIL(R) 4 Managing Professional CoursewareITIL 4 Managing Professional (ITIL MP) consists of four modules and is the next level of ITIL 4 to be released after ITIL 4 Foundation. ITIL MP targets IT practitioners working within technology and digital teams across businesses. The Managing Professional (MP) stream provides practical and technical knowledge about how to run successful IT-enabled services, teams and workflows. The Managing Professional Transition module is designed to allow ITIL v3 candidates to easily transition to ITIL 4. They can get the ITIL 4 Managing Professional designation through one course and one exam. The material includes;¢ Updated glossaries with highlighted changes for `Create, Deliver & Support`, `Drive Stakeholder Value` and `Direct, Plan & Improve`¢ New diagram packs with annotations for `Create, Deliver & Support`, `Drive Stakeholder Value` and `Direct, Plan & Improve`¢ Updated syllabi with highlighted changes for `Create, Deliver & Support`, `Drive Stakeholder Value` and `Direct, Plan & Improve`¢ The `High Velocity IT` manuscript, syllabus, glossary and diagram pack remain unchanged¢ Practices Overviews and the product brochure remain unchanged¢ An up-to-date Quick Reference Guide with all the information you need¢ Updated Core Manuscripts, for `Create, Deliver & Support`, `Drive Stakeholder Value` and `Direct, Plan & Improve`¢ While the changes are quite large, they have been made for streamlining or refinement only¢ There have been no changes to the examinable content or the key concepts
Автор: Nosiri Chizoma C Название: Global Woman`s Impact on E-Commerce ISBN: 0761870962 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780761870968 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 18622.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: As part of the group that leads the consumer world, the global female consumer`s perspective and complaints to Western corporations through computer-mediated communication tools is inefficient. This elevation of online communication conflict brings with it multiple intimidations and tests the global female`s confidence.
Автор: Stanton Elizabeth Cady Название: The Woman`s Bible ISBN: 1618956205 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781618956200 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6541.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The Woman's Bible is a two-part book, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of 26 women, and published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy that woman should be subservient to man. By producing the book, Stanton wished to promote a radical liberating theology, one that stressed self-development. The book attracted a great deal of controversy and antagonism at its introduction. Many women's rights activists who worked with Stanton were opposed to the publication of The Woman's Bible; they felt it would harm the drive for women's suffrage. Although it was never accepted by Bible scholars as a major work, it became a popular best-seller, much to the dismay of suffragists who worked alongside Stanton within the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Susan B. Anthony tried to calm the younger suffragists, but they issued a formal denunciation of the book, and worked to distance the suffrage movement from Stanton's broader scope which included attacks on traditional religion. Because of the widespread negative reaction, including suffragists who had been close to her, publication of the book effectively ended Stanton's influence in the suffrage movement.
Автор: Raincock Cat Название: Born to Shine: The Modern Woman`s Guide to a Happier Life ISBN: 1912779587 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912779581 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3711.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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My mission is to globally empower women. To show them and you there is another way. To give you tools to change your life for the better. You deserve to have the life you dreamt of as a kid and to fulfil your potential, to rid yourself of self-limiting beliefs, to be happy, free, living your passion and your purpose. I was an ordinary girl who learnt some key things and now I live an extraordinary life and I share them with you in this book. This is for every woman who has experienced events (big or small) during her childhood that may have taken a toll on her esteem. We all need a boost, we have all had our confidence knocked at some stage in our life but we can change that as of today. My story is here to show women that there is hope, you do matter and there is more to life than what you are experiencing. This book has been created for the women ready to upgrade their self-worth, transform their self-esteem and rebuild their confidence.
It is your birthright to shine bright, be free and feel entirely at home in your own skin but somewhere along the way your light got dimmer and your self-esteem started to hide away. This isn't your fault and, in fact, it happens to almost everybody just by being alive in this modern, busy and crazy world; however, today you have the choice to turn your light back on. Born to Shine will be your complete companion in rediscovering your worth and living your life from a place of healthy self-esteem and inner confidence. As your typical girl-next-door Londoner, Cat Raincock brings a smile to your face with her heart-warming stories and down-to-earth advice. Through her courage and vulnerability, Cat ensures no stone is left unturned in this guide, leaving you yearning for more self-love and healing than you've ever felt before. Shining bright never looked so good. - Sean Patrick, That Guy's House
Cat Raincock is your typical girl-next-door Londoner, women's mentor, clinical hypnotherapist, mum of two, and author. Obsessed with: celery juice, her dog, and yoga pants. It's her passion helping women everywhere live life as their true selves. She didn't always have this life: the amazing family, beautiful home, fulfilling career... in fact, just 5 years ago her life looked and felt very different. She was newly married and had two kids but she felt empty. Despite ticking the boxes that society told her would equal happiness, she felt lost, stuck, overwhelmed, underwhelmed and desperately wanted more from life. Was this it? She made a commitment to herself to change her life and has dedicated the last few years to her. She should have known that the girl who grew up dreaming of being an actress wouldn't settle for a mediocre life. She changed her story, so can you.
Автор: Choi, Byung-il (ewha Womans University, South Korea) Oh, Jennifer S. (ewha Womans University, South Korea) Название: Politics of east asian free trade agreements ISBN: 0367278928 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367278922 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A textbook which explains the evolution of free trade agreements in Japan and South Korea.
Описание: From the poems of Anne Bradstreet, America`s first published poet, The FemPoetiks of American Poetry and Americana Music presents a powerful discourse that developed in the poetry of writers like Phillis Wheatley, Emily Dickinson and in Americana song lyrics of writers like Brandi Carlile, Rhiannon Giddens, and Lucinda Williams.
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