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Download or read book Idol Talk written by Elizabeth Searle and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of acne, social anxiety and training bras are the teen idols that make adolescent life a little more bearable. Whether their cutouts are plastered on bedroom walls or hidden behind locker doors, there is no denying the impact of these stars on young women. This collection of new essays explores with tenderness and humor the teen crushes of the past 60 years--from Elvis to John Lennon to Whitney Houston--who have influenced the choices of women, romantically or otherwise, well into adulthood.
Download or read book Idle Talk written by Jack W. Chen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-09-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gossip and anecdote may be “idle talk,” but they also serve to knit together individuals in society and to provide the materials through which literary culture and historical memory are constructed. This groundbreaking book provides a cultural history of gossip and anecdote in traditional China, beginning with the Han dynasty and ending with the Qing. The ten essays, along with the introduction and postface, address the verification, transmission, and interpretation of gossip and anecdote across literary and historical genres. Contributors: Sarah M. Allen, Beverly J. Bossler, Jack W. Chen, Ronald Egan, Dore J. Levy, Stephen Owen, Graham Sanders, David Schaberg, Anna M. Shields, Richard E. Strassberg, Xiaofei Tian
Book Synopsis Idle Talk, Deadly Talk by : Ana Rodríguez Navas
Download or read book Idle Talk, Deadly Talk written by Ana Rodríguez Navas and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaucer called it "spiritual manslaughter"; Barthes and Benjamin deemed it dangerous linguistic nihilism. But gossip-long derided and dismissed by writers and intellectuals-is far from frivolous. In Idle Talk, Deadly Talk, Ana Rodríguez Navas reveals gossip to be an urgent, utilitarian, and deeply political practice-a means of staging the narrative tensions, and waging the narrative battles, that mark Caribbean politics and culture. From the calypso singer's superficially innocent rhymes to the vicious slanders published in Trujillo-era gossip columns, words have been weapons, elevating one person or group at the expense of another. Revising the overly gendered existing critical frame, Rodríguez Navas argues that gossip is a fundamentally adversarial practice. Just as whispers and hearsay corrosively define and surveil identities, they also empower writers to skirt sanitized, monolithic historical accounts by weaving alternative versions of their nations' histories from this self-governing discursive material. Reading recent fiction from the Hispanic, Anglophone, and Francophone Caribbean and their diasporas, alongside poetry, song lyrics, journalism, memoirs, and political essays, Idle Talk, Deadly Talk maps gossip's place in the Caribbean and reveals its rich possibilities as both literary theme and narrative device. As a means for mediating contested narratives, both public and private, gossip emerges as a vital resource for scholars and writers grappling with the region's troubled history.
Book Synopsis Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor by : Aina the Layman
Download or read book Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor written by Aina the Layman and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written around 1660, the unique Chinese short story collection Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (Doupeng xianhua), by the author known only as Aina the Layman, uses the seemingly innocuous setting of neighbors swapping yarns on hot summer days under a shady arbor to create a series of stories that embody deep disillusionment with traditional values. The tales, ostensibly told by different narrators, parody heroic legends and explore issues that contributed to the fall of the Ming dynasty a couple of decades before this collection was written, including self-centeredness and social violence. These stories speak to all troubled times, demanding that readers confront the pretense that may lurk behind moralistic stances. Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor presents all twelve stories in English translation along with notes from the original commentator, as well as a helpful introduction and analysis of individual stories.
Download or read book Swami Vivekananda written by Sirshree and published by WOW PUBLISHINGS PVT LTD. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been an unmatched master-disciple pair in India that is illustrated world over today. This pair is that of Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda. If Swami Vivekananda is the crown of the temple of Indian spirituality, his master Ramakrishna Paramhansa is its foundation stone. Therefore, whenever Swami Vivekananda is remembered, memories of Ramakrishna Paramhansa naturally come alive. Their relationship is an epitome of the master-disciple tradition. Swami Vivekananda’s quest for truth culminated at the feet of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, and after that, he propagated the teachings of his master to the worldwide. Besides some inspiring incidents from the lives of the master-disciple duo, this book also narrates their ideals and mutual affection for each other. On reading this book, you will come to know how a master grooms his disciple through teaching, training, and testing. This book will provide you with an opportunity to witness how a master and his disciple can symbolize the term “two bodies and one soul.”
Book Synopsis Fight of the Century by : Michael Chabon
Download or read book Fight of the Century written by Michael Chabon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning writers contribute to a “moving . . . entertaining . . . enlightening” collection of essays, each inspired by a historic ACLU case (New York Times). On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman, founded the American Civil Liberties Union. A century after its creation, the ACLU remains the nation’s premier defender of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. In collaboration with the ACLU, authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman have curated an anthology of essays “full of struggle, emotion, fear, resilience, hope, and triumph” (Los Angeles Review of Books) about landmark cases in the organization’s one-hundred-year history. Fight of the Century takes you inside the trials and the stories that have shaped modern life. Some of the most prominent cases that the ACLU has been involved in—Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona—need little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now. Including essays from Neil Gaiman, Meg Wolitzer, Salman Rushdie, Ann Patchett, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Hector Tobar, Louise Erdrich, George Saunders and many more, Fight of the Century reminds us that the issues the ACLU has engaged over the past one hundred years remain as vital as ever today. “Vigorous, informative, and well-organized, this outstanding collection befits the ACLU’s substantial impact on American law and society.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “A stunning collection of original and topical essays.” —Booklist, starred review “Lively, contextually grounded stories that read like the greatest hits of freedom. . . . riveting and refreshingly diverse.” —Kirkus Reviews
Book Synopsis The Shakespeare Phrase Book by : John Bartlett
Download or read book The Shakespeare Phrase Book written by John Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Analytical Concordance to the Bible on an Entirely New Plan by : Robert Young
Download or read book Analytical Concordance to the Bible on an Entirely New Plan written by Robert Young and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Stories of American Life and Adventure by : Edward Eggleston
Download or read book Stories of American Life and Adventure written by Edward Eggleston and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1895 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1895. American novelist and historian, Eggleston's novels depicting early life in southern Indiana have been widely read. The design of this volume is laid out in the Preface: This book is intended to serve three main purposes. One of these is to make school reading pleasant by supplying matter simple and direct in style, and sufficiently interesting and exciting to hold the reader's attention in a state of constant wakefulness; that is, to keep the mind in the condition in which instruction can be received with the greatest advantage. A second object is to cultivate an interest in narratives of fact by selecting chiefly incidents full of action, such as are attractive to the minds of boys and girls whose pulses are yet quick with youthful life. The early establishment of a preference for stories of this sort is the most effective antidote to the prevalent vice of reading inferior fiction for mere stimulation. But the principal aim of this book is to make the reader acquainted with American life and manners in other times. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
Book Synopsis An Universal Etymological English Dictionary by : Nathan BAILEY
Download or read book An Universal Etymological English Dictionary written by Nathan BAILEY and published by . This book was released on 1742 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Student's Concordance to the Revised Version, 1881, of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by :
Download or read book The Student's Concordance to the Revised Version, 1881, of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pantologia written by John Mason Good and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country by :
Download or read book Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Idle Talk by : Herman Charles Bosman
Download or read book Idle Talk written by Herman Charles Bosman and published by Human & Rosseau. This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Cabinet dictionary of the English language by : English language
Download or read book The Cabinet dictionary of the English language written by English language and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis March's Thesaurus Dictionary by : Francis Andrew March
Download or read book March's Thesaurus Dictionary written by Francis Andrew March and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Analytical Concordance to the Bible by : Robert Young
Download or read book Analytical Concordance to the Bible written by Robert Young and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
