Around 1981

Around 1981
Author: Jane Gallop
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2012
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0415522838

A clear-eyed and comprehensive history of feminist literary criticism. In a novel approach, the inquiry is structured around anthologies of feminist criticism: twelve important texts that have had a wide impact on more than a decade of scholarship. In reading an anthology as a whole, the author identifies a central, hegemonic voice which would organise all the voices into a unity, and then explores the resistance within that volume to such a unity. Weight is placed behind these internal differences as a wedge against the centrist drive. This book brilliantly illuminates the dilemma of the feminist critic, divided by her allegiance to both feminism and literary studies.

Militant Around the Clock?

Militant Around the Clock?
Author: Nikolaos Papadogiannis
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1782386459

During the 1970s, left-wing youth militancy in Greece intensified, especially after the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974. This is the first study of the impact of that political activism on the leisure pursuits and sexual behavior of Greek youth, analyzing the cultural politics of left-wing organizations alongside the actual practices of their members. Through an examination of Maoists, Socialists, Euro-Communists, and pro-Soviet groups, it demonstrates that left-wing youth in Greece collaborated closely with comrades from both Western and Eastern European countries in developing their political stances. Moreover, young left-wingers in Greece appropriated American cultural products while simultaneously modeling some of their leisure and sexual practices on Soviet society. Still, despite being heavily influenced by cultures outside Greece, left-wing youth played a major role in the reinvention of a Greek “popular tradition.” This book critically interrogates the notion of “sexual revolution” by shedding light on the contradictory sexual transformations in Greece to which young left-wingers contributed.

Rosalie Gascoigne

Rosalie Gascoigne
Author: Martin Gascoigne
Publisher: ANU Press
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2019-09-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1760462357

Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) was a highly regarded Australian artist whose assemblages of found materials embraced landscape, still life, minimalism, arte povera and installations. She was 57 when she had her first exhibition. Behind this late coming-out lay a long and unusual preparation in looking at nature for its aesthetic qualities, collecting found objects, making flower arrangements and practising ikebana. Her art found an appreciative audience from the start. She was a people person, and it pleased her that through her exhibiting career of 25 years, her works were acquired by people of all ages, interests and backgrounds, as well as by the major public institutions on both sides of the Tasman Sea.

Lesbian Configurations

Lesbian Configurations
Author: Renée C. Hoogland
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1997
Genre: Lesbian heroines in literature
ISBN: 9780231109079

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Narrating China

Narrating China
Author: Yiyan Wang
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780415326759

Jia Pingwa's novels have caused both fame and controversy throughout the Chinese speaking world. This pioneering study examines the corpus of Pingwa's writings, emphasizing his importance, prominence and relevance to modern Chinese society.

Cereal Production

Cereal Production
Author: E. J. Gallagher
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483164292

Cereal Production documents the proceedings of the Second International Summer School in Agriculture held by the Royal Dublin Society in July 1982. This book relates individual disciplines to the central concept in cereal production, which is the optimization of yield and quality and maximization of net return. This compilation also emphasizes the ultimate aim of cereal enterprises—the economic production of grain of acceptable quality that can be traded internationally to the benefit of the people of all nations. The topics include the breeding approaches for increasing cereal crop yields, assessment of barley quality, and functional aspects of cereal structure. The soil categorization for cereal production and wheat production systems in arid and semi-arid regions are likewise deliberated. This publication is intended for cereal scientists and researchers aiming to acquire knowledge of cereal production.