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The Modern Amazons

Author : James Ursini
Publisher : Limelight Editions
ISBN 13 : 0879106905
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Amazons written by James Ursini and published by Limelight Editions. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on television. The book examines the cautious beginnings of new roles for women in the late fifties, the rapid development of female action leads during the burgeoning second-wave feminist movement in the late sixties and seventies, and the present-day onslaught of female action characters now leaping from page to screen. The book itself is organized into chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres, e.g., classic Amazons like Xena Warrior Princess and the women of the Conan films; superheroes and their archenemies such as Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Catwoman; revenge films such as the Kill Bill movies; Sexploitation and Blaxploitation films such as Coffy and the Ilsa trilogy; Hong Kong cinema and warriors like Angela Mao, Cynthia Rothrock, and Zhang Ziyi; sci-fi warriors from Star Trek , Blade Runner , and Star Wars ; supersleuths and spies like the Avengers and Charlie's Angels; and gothic warriors such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Van Helsing . In addition, the book is lavishly illustrated with over 400 photos of these popular-culture icons in action, interesting articles and sidebars about themes, trends, weapons, style, and trivia, as well as a complete filmography of more than 150 titles.

The Modern Amazons

Author : James Ursini
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0879106913
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Amazons written by James Ursini and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on television. The book examines the cautious beginnings of new roles for women in the late fifties, the rapid development of female action leads during the burgeoning second-wave feminist movement in the late sixties and seventies, and the present-day onslaught of female action characters now leaping from page to screen. The book itself is organized into chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres, e.g., classic Amazons like Xena Warrior Princess and the women of the Conan films; superheroes and their archenemies such as Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Catwoman; revenge films such as the Kill Bill movies; Sexploitation and Blaxploitation films such as Coffy and the Ilsa trilogy; Hong Kong cinema and warriors like Angela Mao, Cynthia Rothrock, and Zhang Ziyi; sci-fi warriors from Star Trek, Blade Runner, and Star Wars; supersleuths and spies like the Avengers and Charlie's Angels; and gothic warriors such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Van Helsing. In addition, the book is lavishly illustrated with over 400 photos of these popular-culture icons in action, interesting articles and sidebars about themes, trends, weapons, style, and trivia, as well as a complete filmography of more than 150 titles.

Picturing the Modern Amazon

Author : New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Picturing the Modern Amazon written by New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictured in two centuries of images, the hypermuscular and physically strong woman is studied here for the first time as a major player in popular culture and contemporary art. Using the bodybuilder as prototype, a rich variety of authors engage with her particular physicality, and how it resonates with social issues such as female pleasure and gender stereotypes. From the sublime to the gritty, this volume presents modern amazons as a culture with a history, a dazzling and transgressive current phenomenon, and avatars of the future. Packed with illustrations, "Picturing the Modern Amazon" investigates the representation of hypermuscular women in a range of visual sources. Historical images and archival materials dating from the late 1700s through the present century illustrate older notions of female strength, providing a solid base of comparison for the modern materials. Contemporary art explores a diversity of issues surrounding the physically strong woman; artists represented include Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois, Nicole Eisenman, Annie Leibovitz, Alison Saar, Andre Serrano, Cindy Sherman, and Nancy Spero. Comic artists address the amazon through comic strips, comic books, and unique art works that focus on muscular female characters and superheros; artists include Robert Crumb, Diane DiMassa, Roberta Gregory, John Howard, and Turtel Onli. Photographs of some of today's top bodybuilding competitors capture the stunning strength and definition of the hypermuscular woman. Co-edited by Joanna Frueh, Laurie Fierstein, and Judith Stein, the volume's contributors are Michael Cunningham, Nathalie Gassel, Leslie Heywood, Irving Lavin, Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, Al Thomas, Jan Todd, Steve Wennerstrom, and Carla Williams. Interviews with noted bodybuilders-both the sport's pioneers and today's top competitors-provide a personal perspective.

thersites 17

Author : Amanda Potter
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Potsdam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book thersites 17 written by Amanda Potter and published by Universitätsverlag Potsdam. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: thersites is an international open access journal for innovative transdisciplinary classical studies edited by Annemarie Ambühl, Filippo Carlà-Uhink, Christian Rollinger and Christine Walde. thersites expands classical reception studies by publishing original scholarship free of charge and by reflecting on Greco-Roman antiquity as present phenomenon and diachronic culture that is part of today’s transcultural and highly diverse world. Antiquity, in our understanding, does not merely belong to the past, but is always experienced and engaged in the present. thersites contributes to the critical review on methods, theories, approaches and subjects in classical scholarship, which currently seems to be awkwardly divided between traditional perspectives and cultural turns. thersites brings together scholars, writers, essayists, artists and all kinds of agents in the culture industry to get a better understanding of how antiquity constitutes a part of today’s culture and (trans-)forms our present. thersites appears twice yearly and publishes regular issues as well as specially-themed and guest-edited issues focused on individual subjects and questions. Call for papers are released regularly and long in advance on our homepage (https://thersites-journal.de/) and on other pages that feature announcements for classical studies (APA, Mommsen-Gesellschaft etc.).

The Modern World Dictionary of the English Language ...

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1380 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Modern World Dictionary of the English Language ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New American Cyclopædia

Author : George Ripley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The New American Cyclopædia written by George Ripley and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Amazons in Antiquity and Modern Times

Author : Guy Cadogan Rothery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazons in Antiquity and Modern Times written by Guy Cadogan Rothery and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New American Cyclopaedia

Author : George Ripley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The New American Cyclopaedia written by George Ripley and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New American Encyclopaedia

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New American Encyclopaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Amazons

Author : Emanuel Kanter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Amazons written by Emanuel Kanter and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Amazon Culture: Exploring the Jungle of Narcissism

Author : LK Cook PhD
Publisher : AuthorLoyalty
ISBN 13 : 1632695715
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Amazon Culture: Exploring the Jungle of Narcissism written by LK Cook PhD and published by AuthorLoyalty. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the best lessons in life spring forth out of the clutches of defeat and despair. What defines a person is not the significance of their suffering, or the depth of the despair associated throughout their failures. But rather, the distinguishing legacy of an individual's life is graphically displayed through the response to adversities encountered. The true definition of human triumph is based entirely on learning from mistakes! Accomplishment requires us to somehow garner the determination to move forward, leaving the fear, pain, scars, and insecurities in the past. Amazon Culture: Exploring the Jungle of Narcissism is part memoir―exploring how author and Bible scholar L. K. Cook, PhD struggled through firsthand exposure to narcissistic abuse and eventually triumphed over it. It is also part self-help guide―illuminating a path to hope through the jungle for those who may still be struggling with narcissistic abuse themselves. Pastors, lay ministers, friends, and family seeking to help those in the jungle could also benefit from exploring L. K. Cook's story, observations, and lessons learned the hard way.

The Amazon

Author : Carel Vosmaer
Publisher : New York : W. S. Gottsberger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Amazon written by Carel Vosmaer and published by New York : W. S. Gottsberger. This book was released on 1884 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brazil, the Amazons and the Coast

Author : Herbert Huntington Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Brazil, the Amazons and the Coast written by Herbert Huntington Smith and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heroes Masked and Mythic

Author : Christopher Wood
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476683158
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Heroes Masked and Mythic written by Christopher Wood and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. Heroes like Herakles, Achilles and Perseus have influenced Western art and literature for centuries, and today are reinvented in the modern superhero. What does Iron Man have to do with the Homeric hero Odysseus? How does the African warrior Memnon compare with Marvel's Black Panther? Do DC's Wonder Woman and Xena the Warrior Princess reflect the tradition of Amazon women such as Penthesileia? How does the modern superhero's journey echo that of the epic warrior? With fresh insight into ancient Greek texts and historical art, this book examines modern superhero archetypes and iconography in comics and film as the crystallization of the hero's journey in the modern imagination.

The Reluctant Amazon

Author : Sandy James
Publisher : James Gang Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1940295270
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Reluctant Amazon written by Sandy James and published by James Gang Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A USA Today Recommended Read The last thing Rebecca Massee expects on her wedding day is to go from jilted kindergarten teacher to Amazonian Earth warrior. But when she causes an earthquake after her groom says "I don't," she discovers that not only does she possess incredible powers, she is one of four lost chosen sisters who must fight to keep humanity safe from rogue gods and demons. Luckily she has help: ruggedly handsome Scottish warrior Artair MacKay, her protector and teacher. An immortal, Artair has trained countless warriors for more than four hundred years. He understands Rebecca's confusion at the new world she's been thrust into and worries she is too emotionally vulnerable, but that doesn't stop his growing feelings for the beautiful and fearless woman. When an evil force threatens to destroy the Amazons, Rebecca must claim her full powers—but they come at a cost. Can she sacrifice the man she loves if it means saving the world?

Monsieur D'Eon Is a Woman

Author : Gary Kates
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801867312
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Monsieur D'Eon Is a Woman written by Gary Kates and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-09-21 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating book. Monsieur d'Eon Is a Woman is instructive and a delight to read all at the same time."—Quentin Crisp Born in 1728, French aristocrat Charles d'Eon de Beaumont had served his country as a diplomat, soldier, and spy for fifteen years when rumors that he was a woman began to circulate in the courts of Europe. D'Eon denied nothing and was finally compelled by Louis XVI to give up male attire and live as a woman, something d'Eon did without complaint for the next three decades. Although celebrated as one of the century's most remarkable women, d'Eon was revealed, after his death in 1810, to have been unambiguously male. Gary Kates's acclaimed biography of d'Eon recreates eighteenth-century European society in brilliant detail and offers a compelling portrait of an individual who challenged its conventions about gender and identity.

Igapó (Black-water flooded forests) of the Amazon Basin

Author : Randall W. Myster
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319901222
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Igapó (Black-water flooded forests) of the Amazon Basin written by Randall W. Myster and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Igapó forests are a common part of the Amazon whose ecosystems are critical to our shared human future. The introduction addresses the structure, function and dynamics of igapó forests in the Amazon basin, focusing on their uniqueness due to their high level of complexity defined as the many ways that different components of igapó forests in the Amazon basin ecosystem interact and also on how those interactions are on a higher-order compared to other tropical forests. The text then breaks down the igapó ecosystem using these sections: (1) Igapó forests over space and time, (2) Water, light and soils, (3) The carbon cycle, (4) Litter, fungi and invertebrates, (5) Vertebrates, (6) Plant population studies, (7) Plant community studies, and (8) Human impacts and management. Experts from around the world serve as chapter authors that review what is known about their specific part of the igapó ecosystem, what research they have done, and also what needs to be done in the future.