From Our Mothers' Hearths

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Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis From Our Mothers' Hearths by : Namulundah Florence

Download or read book From Our Mothers' Hearths written by Namulundah Florence and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Bukusu folktales and proverbs provides a cultural heritage. The prologue includes a brief history and gender politics within the community. Earlier historical accounts draw heavily on oral narratives and legends. "Bukusu" is both a eulogist and descriptive term. The label of the Bukusu as the lirango liejofu [thigh of the elephant] establishes the cultural link between Basilikwa, Banabayi, Bamalaba, Baneala and Bakikaki sub-ethnic groups in Kenya. It also demonstrates the evolution of a plurality of cultural elements to a more homogenous heritage. Overall, Bukusu folktales portray male protagonists as rational, courageous, visionary, protective, etc and possessing inordinate power, even over death. Tales centered on women regardless of merit typically omit (adult) male presence. When females excel it is in persona viri, failing to undermine the patriarchal structure. The discussion also recognizes the complicity of women as primary storytellers and socializing agents in reinforcing sexism. As the "language of the culturally wise," proverbs function as cautionary injunctions with children and diplomatic chastisement or demonstration of eloquence among adults. The command of cultural mores and lores as well as articulation is an indispensable skill at public forums that feature tact and language sophistication. That proverbs reflect daily experience, speculation and regular common sense augments the legitimacy. They are concise, simple, and easy to recall, utilizing familiar terms and phrases-about dances, rain, drinking, grazing, cooking pots, birds, beauty, parents, bulls, and kinship among others.

More Work For Mother

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Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465047321
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book More Work For Mother written by Ruth Schwartz Cowan and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1985-03-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic work of women's history (winner of the 1984 Dexter Prize from the Society for the History of Technology), Ruth Schwartz Cowan shows how and why modern women devote as much time to housework as did their colonial sisters. In lively and provocative prose, Cowan explains how the modern conveniences—washing machines, white flour, vacuums, commercial cotton—seemed at first to offer working-class women middle-class standards of comfort. Over time, however, it became clear that these gadgets and gizmos mainly replaced work previously conducted by men, children, and servants. Instead of living lives of leisure, middle-class women found themselves struggling to keep up with ever higher standards of cleanliness.

Keeper of the Hearth

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Publisher : Schilt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789053309377
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis Keeper of the Hearth by : Odette England

Download or read book Keeper of the Hearth written by Odette England and published by Schilt Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavish book marks the 40th anniversary of Barthes' renowned work Camera Lucida in 2020. Artist Odette England invited 199 of the world's best-known contemporary photographers, writers, critics, curators and art historians to contribute an image or text that reflects on Barthes' unpublished snapshot of his mother, aged five. This snapshot is known as the winter garden photograph. Barthes discusses it at length in Camera Lucida, but never reproduces it. It is one of the most famous unseen photographs in the world.

Writing from the Hearth

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Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739119075
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Writing from the Hearth by : Mildred P. Mortimer

Download or read book Writing from the Hearth written by Mildred P. Mortimer and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing from the Hearth probes the relationship of gender to space in close readings of texts of Francophone women writers of Africa: Aoua Kéita, Mariama Bâ, Calixthe Beyala, and Aminata Sow Fall, and the Caribbean: Marie Chauvet, Simon Schwarz-Bart, Maryse Condé, and Edwidge Danticat. It explores the hypothesis that the female protagonist moves toward empowerment by appropriating public space and transforming domestic space into alternative space.

Having Our Say

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Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
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Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (121 download)

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Book Synopsis Having Our Say by : Sarah L. Delany

Download or read book Having Our Say written by Sarah L. Delany and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side. Their sharp memories tell us about the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington, Harlem’s Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson. Bessie Delany breaks barriers to become a dentist; Sadie Delany quietly integrates the New York City system as a high school teacher. Their extraordinary story makes an important contribution to our nation’s heritage—and an indelible impression on our lives.

The Watchers of the Hearth

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Total Pages : 94 pages
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Cottage Hearth

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Total Pages : 594 pages
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The Hearth-stone

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
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The Hearth Witch's Year

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Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738765171
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Book Synopsis The Hearth Witch's Year by : Anna Franklin

Download or read book The Hearth Witch's Year written by Anna Franklin and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Season-by-Season Guide to an Enchanted Natural Life The world is filled with magic, reflected back to us through the cycles of nature, if we can just slow down and learn how to channel it. This book is a journey through the year, exploring its tides, seasons, and festivals. It provides practical advice for celebrating the whole cycle—not just the eight sabbats—with rituals, meditations, projects, and invocations to help you discover the magical rhythms of the natural world. Join Anna Franklin, bestselling author of The Hearth Witch's Compendium, as she shares more than one hundred spells, recipes, remedies, and crafts designed to bring enchantment, healing, and joy into your life. Within these pages you will also discover natural cleaners and time-honored projects for the hearth and home to help you celebrate the cycles of the seasons, honor the Gods, and manifest your deepest spirituality.

THE HEARTH-STONE THOUGHTS UPON HOME-LIFE IN OUR CITIES

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Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
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Total Pages : 156 pages
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Download or read book THE HEARTH-STONE THOUGHTS UPON HOME-LIFE IN OUR CITIES written by SAMUEL OSGOOD and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 1854-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These thoughts are published for the same reason that led the author from time to time to put them upon paper,—a wish to meet a want in the sphere of the affections rather than to claim any honor in the kingdom of ideas. Wherever important questions have been at issue he has not avoided them, however conspicuous or controverted; but the volume aims to breathe a kindly spirit above the reach of sect and party. He is not ashamed to have his style show something of the habit of his profession, and to use, in part, ideas that he has expressed in the lyceum and the pulpit in a different form. It will be seen that the several subjects connect themselves more or less closely with a year’s life in the household, and that the light which cheers the whole twelvemonth is kindled on the hearth-stone at Christmas and New Year.

From Hearth to Horizons

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557939801
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (579 download)

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Book Synopsis From Hearth to Horizons by : Marie Baroni Allen

Download or read book From Hearth to Horizons written by Marie Baroni Allen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newton Social Science Club was formed in 1886 by six women who wanted meaningful discussion on political, educational, philanthropic, and reform movements of the day. The first meeting was on Jan. 22, 1886. The Club members also enjoyed occasional social affairs. In the spring of 1888 the Club taught sewing to 12 girls in Thompsonville. This was the first step toward the Vacation Industrial School in Nonantum. Regular meetings are still held today.

The Cloister and the Hearth

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Total Pages : 428 pages
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Download or read book The Cloister and the Hearth written by Charles Reade and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beleaguered Hearth

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Total Pages : 342 pages
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Download or read book The Beleaguered Hearth written by Beleaguered hearth and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hearth-stone: Thoughts Upon Home-life in Our Cities. ... Fifth Edition, Enlarged

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
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Download or read book The Hearth-stone: Thoughts Upon Home-life in Our Cities. ... Fifth Edition, Enlarged written by Samuel OSGOOD (Unitarian Minister, Nashua.) and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hearth-stone Thoughts Upon Home-life in Our Cities by Samuel Osgood

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Total Pages : 302 pages
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Book Synopsis The Hearth-stone Thoughts Upon Home-life in Our Cities by Samuel Osgood by : Samuel Osgood

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Maoists at the Hearth

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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812207890
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Book Synopsis Maoists at the Hearth by : Judith Pettigrew

Download or read book Maoists at the Hearth written by Judith Pettigrew and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maoist insurgency in Nepal lasted from 1996 to 2006, and at the pinnacle of their armed success the Maoists controlled much of the countryside. Maoists at the Hearth, which is based on ethnographic research that commenced more than a decade before the escalation of the civil war in 2001, explores the daily life in a hill village in central Nepal, during the "People's War." From the everyday routines before the arrival of the Maoists in the late 1990s through the insurgency and its aftermath, this book examines the changing social relationships among fellow villagers and parties to the conflict. War is not an interruption that suspends social processes. Life in the village focused as usual on social challenges, interpersonal relationships, and essential duties such as managing agricultural work, running households, and organizing development projects. But as Judith Pettigrew shows, social life, cultural practices, and routine activities are reshaped in uncertain and dangerous circumstances. The book considers how these activities were conducted under dramatically transformed conditions and discusses the challenges (and, sometimes, opportunities) that the villagers confronted. By considering local spatial arrangements and their adaptation, Pettigrew explores people's reactions when they lost control of the personal, public, and sacred spaces of the village. A central consideration of Maoists at the Hearth is an exploration of how local social tensions were realized and renegotiated as people supported (and sometimes betrayed) each other and of how villager-Maoist relationships (and to a lesser extent villager-army relationships), which drew on a range of culturally patterned preexisting relationships, were reforged, transformed, or renegotiated in the context of the conflict and its aftermath.

Hearth

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Publisher : Milkweed Editions
ISBN 13 : 1571319891
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Hearth written by Annick Smith and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multicultural anthology, edited by Susan O’Connor and Annick Smith, about the enduring importance and shifting associations of the hearth in our world. A hearth is many things: a place for solitude; a source of identity; something we make and share with others; a history of ourselves and our homes. It is the fixed center we return to. It is just as intrinsically portable. It is, in short, the perfect metaphor for what we seek in these complex and contradictory times—set in flux by climate change, mass immigration, the refugee crisis, and the dislocating effects of technology. Featuring original contributions from some of our most cherished voices—including Terry Tempest Williams, Bill McKibben, Pico Iyer, Natasha Trethewey, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Chigozie Obioma—Hearth suggests that empathy and storytelling hold the power to unite us when we have wandered alone for too long. This is an essential anthology that challenges us to redefine home and hearth: as a place to welcome strangers, to be generous, to care for the world beyond one’s own experience.