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Book Synopsis Free Amazons of Darkover by : Marion Zimmer Bradley
Download or read book Free Amazons of Darkover written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and published by New York : Daw Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Heroines of Popular Culture by : Pat Browne
Download or read book Heroines of Popular Culture written by Pat Browne and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From life and literature come the heroines of this volume. The essays demonstrate that women can fit the role of hero as defined by Joseph Campbell: "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder, fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won, the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man." Contributors to this volume cover a wide range of heroic women.
Book Synopsis Exile's Song by : Marion Zimmer Bradley
Download or read book Exile's Song written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunted by fleeting, nightmarish memories of her childhood on Darkover, Margaret Alton flees her home with her uncommunicative, brooding father to take a job as assistant to musicologist Ivor Davidson, a career that takes her back to Darkover and a terrifying confrontation with the past.
Book Synopsis Marion Zimmer Bradley by : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Download or read book Marion Zimmer Bradley written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This literary companion surveys the young adult works of American author Marion Zimmer Bradley, primarily known for her work in the fantasy genre. An A to Z arrangement includes coverage of novels (The Catch Trap, Survey Ship, The Fall of Atlantis, The Firebrand, The Forest House and The Mists of Avalon), the graphic narrative Warrior Woman, the Lythande novella The Gratitude of Kings, and, from the Darkover series, The Shattered Chain, The Sword of Aldones and Traitor's Sun. Separate entries on dominant themes--rape, divination, religion, violence, womanhood, adaptation and dreams--comb stories and longer works for the author's insights about the motivation of institutions that oppress marginalized groups, especially women.
Book Synopsis The Saga of the Renunciates by : Marion Zimmer Bradley
Download or read book The Saga of the Renunciates written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2002-08-01 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the genre-bending world of Darkover, to a trilogy that follows the thrilling story of two Free Amazon women In the three novels which comprise THE SAGA OF THE RENUNCIATES, Marion Zimmer Bradley tells the masterful tale of two valiant women who face and try to break the invisible chains of custom, convention, habit and expectation with which society binds women, and women bind themselves. Magdalen Lorne is a Terran woman born and reared on Darkover. She thinks herself the perfect Terran undercover Intelligence agent, and disguises herself as a Free Amazon to enable her to fulfill a mission to free a Terran man from kidnappers. But when she herself is captured by a band of real Renunciates, she discovers they have a harsh punishment for any pretenders: she must swear the Oath of the Free Amazons, relinquish her former life, and become a Renunciate in reality. Jaelle has been raised in the harsh patriarchal environment of the Dry Towns. Her mother Mellora is a Comyn woman who has been kidnapped in order to breed laran-gifted offspring for her barbarian "husband." But when a desperate, pregnant Mellora dies in childbirth following a daring escape aided by a band of Renunciates, the still young Jaelle is adopted into the Guild, and becomes the Free Amazon Jaelle n'ha Mellora, a woman who has never known kindness from a man. Together Magda, now known as Margali n'ha Tsabet, and her Guild-sister Jaelle will follow a twisting course neither could have predicted. A course which will lead them to question every aspect of themselves and of their two so-different societies. And one which will eventually set them on a life-threatening journey not only to the frozen ends of the physical world, but to the perilous limits of the spiritual overworld as well.
Download or read book Herlands written by Keridwen N. Luis and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How women-only communities provide spaces for new forms of culture, sociality, gender, and sexuality Women’s lands are intentional, collective communities composed entirely of women. Rooted in 1970s feminist politics, they continue to thrive in a range of ways, from urban households to isolated rural communes, providing spaces where ideas about gender, sexuality, and sociality are challenged in both deliberate and accidental ways. Herlands, a compelling ethnography of women’s land networks in the United States, highlights the ongoing relevance of these communities as vibrant cultural enclaves that also have an impact on broader ideas about gender, women’s bodies, lesbian identity, and right ways of living. As a participant-observer, Keridwen N. Luis brings unique insights to the lives and stories of the women living in these communities. While documenting the experiences of specific spaces in Massachusetts, Tennessee, New Mexico, and Ohio, Herlands also explores the history of women’s lands and breaks new ground exploring culture theory, gender theory, and how lesbian identity is conceived and constructed in North America. Luis also discusses how issues of race and class are addressed, the ways in which nudity and public hygiene challenge dominant constructions of the healthy or aging body, and the pervasive influence of hegemonic thinking on debates about transgender women. Luis finds that although changing dominant thinking can be difficult and incremental, women’s lands provide exciting possibilities for revolutionary transformation in society.
Download or read book The Picara written by Anne K. Kaler and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Courtesan and criminal, thief and trollop, warrior and wanderer--the picara embodies the continuing archetypal pattern of a woman's autonomy. She is the sly sharpster in Defoe's heroines such as Roxana and Moll Flanders. With an ancestress like Becky Sharp, the picara evolves into Scarlett O'Hara before finding a comfortable niche as the female hero in fantasy written by women. The Picara traces the development of this character, from an autonomous woman in a harsh patriarchal society to the female hero of the modern fantasy novel.
Book Synopsis Routledge Library Editions: Utopias by : Various
Download or read book Routledge Library Editions: Utopias written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 1789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge Library Editions: Utopias (6 volume set) contains titles, originally published between 1923 and 1982. It includes volumes focusing on Utopian fiction, both as a genre in its own right and also from a feminist perspective. In addition, there are sociological texts that examine the history of Utopian thought, from the writings of Plato and beyond, as well as specific examples of people who have tried to create Utopian communities.
Book Synopsis The Shadow Matrix by : Marion Zimmer Bradley
Download or read book The Shadow Matrix written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After spending her youth in the Terran Empire, Margaret Alton returns to Darkover, the planet of her birth. There she discovers she has the Alton Gift--forced rapport and compulsion--one of the strongest and most dangerous of the inherited Laran gifts of the telepathic Comyn--the ruling families of Darkover. And even as she struggles to control her newfound powers, Margaret finds herself falling in love with the Regent to the royal Elhalyn Domain, a man she has been forbidden to marry, for their alliance would irrevocably alter the power balance of their planet!
Download or read book Queer Pulp written by Susan Stryker and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From homicidal homos to locked-up lesbians, and almost every sexually dangerous combination in between, Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback is the first complete expose of queer sexuality in mid-twentieth century paperbacks. Compellingly written by historian Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp gives a complete overview of the cultural, political, and economic factors involved in the boom of queer paperbacks. With chapters covering gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexually oriented books, a lively overview of the genres, and loads of scorching paperback covers, Queer Pulp reveals the complicated and fascinating history of alternative sexual literature and book publishing. Featuring the work of well-known authors such as W. Somerset Maugham and Truman Capote to the low-brow and no-brow scribes who worked under several names, Queer Pulp is the entertaining and informative introduction to these lost, salacious literary genres.
Book Synopsis The Cherryh Odyssey by : Edward Carmien
Download or read book The Cherryh Odyssey written by Edward Carmien and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cherryh Odyssey brings together a dozen essays about respected science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. Fellow author and academic Edward Carmien has gathered top voices in the field to discuss the literary life and career of Cherryh, including Burton Raffel, Jane Fancher, Janice Bogstad, Betsy Wollheim, and many others. A substantial bibliography rounds out this collection. The Cherryh Odyssey is a text fans of the author will find invaluable, as will writers new to the field, as it presents a readable yet in-depth examination of many issues relevant to this award-winning author's literary life and career. Scholars will find this blend of academic and professional voices a compelling resource for further research.
Book Synopsis New Occasional Papers in Women's Studies by :
Download or read book New Occasional Papers in Women's Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Forbidden Circle by : Marion Zimmer Bradley
Download or read book The Forbidden Circle written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2002-11-05 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two classic Darkover novels tell the epic tale of four people who challenged the ancient laws of the matrix towers.
Book Synopsis Popular Contemporary Writers by : Michael D. Sharp
Download or read book Popular Contemporary Writers written by Michael D. Sharp and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ninety-six alphabetically arranged author profiles include biographical information, critical commentary, and illustrations.
Book Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by : John Clute
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Fantasy written by John Clute and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.
Book Synopsis Elise Boulding: Writings on Feminism, the Family and Quakerism by : J. Russell Boulding
Download or read book Elise Boulding: Writings on Feminism, the Family and Quakerism written by J. Russell Boulding and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume honors the lifetime achievements of the distinguished activist and scholar Elise Boulding (1920–2010) on the occasion of her 95th birthday. Known as the “matriarch” of the twentieth century peace research movement, she made significant contributions in the fields of peace education, future studies, feminism, and sociology of the family, and as a prominent leader in the peace movement and the Society of Friends. She taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder from 1967 to 1978 and at Dartmouth College from 1978 to 1985, and was instrumental in the development of peace studies programs at both institutions. She was a co-founder of the International Peace Research Association (1964), the Consortium on Peace Research Education and Development (1970), and various peace and women’s issues-related committees and working groups of the American Sociological Association and International Sociological Association.
Book Synopsis Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults by : Ruth Nadelman Lynn
Download or read book Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults written by Ruth Nadelman Lynn and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 1995-01-30 with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on distinguished review sources, this updated and expanded guide recommends more than 4,800 American and British fantasy novels and anthologies, including nearly 1,500 new to this edition. Ten topical chapters embrace the entire range of fantasy literature, from allegory to witchcraft. Detailed annotations note major awards won, review citations, suggested reading level, other related titles by the author, and more. - Back cover.