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The Emergence of Male Heterosexuality in Modern America
This work draws on a wide range of sources (movies, advertisements, sex confession magazines, letters, diaries, social hygienists, sex manuals and Freudian popularisers) to examine the ideology that has defined modern American manhood in sexual terms.
Failure of 20th Century Revolutions to Develop a Feminist Agenda
Combining anecdotes with analysis, Margaret Randall describes how, in 20th century revolutionary societies, women's issues were gradually pushed aside. Randall shows how distorted visions of liberation as well as shortcomings in practice left a legacy that not only shortchanged women but undermined the revolutionary project itself.
Concurring with the decision of the G-5 countries to appreciate the yen during the Plaza accord was of momentous significance for Japan because this was the sharpest appreciation among the leading currencies in the recent past. Doubling the value of the currency in such a short time-span could have led to a stifling of the economy. Instead of ......
Though personal in tone, these meditative poems reach insistently outward to the natural and social worlds, moving beyond today's confessionalism. This title explores the tenuousness of each individual moment while affirming a necessary - if difficult - existence of the free spirit.
Though personal in tone, these meditative poems reach insistently outward to the natural and social worlds, moving beyond today's confessionalism. This title explores the tenuousness of each individual moment while affirming a necessary - if difficult - existence of the free spirit.
Three out of four Broadway-bound musicals fail to get there, and many of those that do, ultimately fail. This title looks at the industry's successes and failures in an effort to understand the phenomenon of mass collaboration that is Broadway.
How can one experience the trauma of the concentration camps - being reduced to a helpless witness of the brutality of torture, medical experiments, and execution of those around you - how can one survive this and remain the same? This title explores the complex results of this dehumanizing experience.
Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1885) published nothing in her lifetime, save short extracts from her journals and letters which her brother, William, included in his Guide to the Lakes. She spent most of her life caring for her brother and his family, working, traveling and studying with him and his friends who include de Quincey and Coleridge. This ......
Utilizing both Freudian and non-Freudian psychoanalysis as well as feminist criticism, this title examines literary works by women and men from medieval and Romantic periods as well as cultural observations on the twentieth century and how they have influenced attitudes toward love.
