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This book argues that the state in Cabo Verde is illegible since its operations, procedures, and processes are carried out through Portuguese, a language that most of the people do not understand. Consequently, the illegible state produces grave political consequences in overall political participation and the quality of democracy.
A groundbreaking look at marriage, one of the most basic and universal of all human institutions, which reveals the emotional, physical, economic, and sexual benefits that marriage brings to individuals and society as a whole. The Case for Marriage is a critically important intervention in the national debate about the future of family. Based on the authoritative research of family sociologist Linda J. Waite, journalist Maggie Gallagher, and a number of other scholars, this book’s findings dramatically contradict the anti-marriage myths that have become the common sense of most Americans. Today a broad consensus holds that marriage is a bad deal for women, that divorce is better for childr...
'NDiaye is a hypnotic storyteller with an unflinching understanding of the rock-bottom reality of most people's life.' New York Times ' One of France's most exciting prose stylists.' The Guardian. Obsessed by her encounters with the mysterious green women, and haunted by the Garonne River, a nameless narrator seeks them out in La Roele, Paris, Marseille, and Ouagadougou. Each encounter reveals different aspects of the women; real or imagined, dead or alive, seductive or suicidal, driving the narrator deeper into her obsession, in this unsettling exploration of identity, memory and paranoia. Self Portrait in Green is the multi-prize winning, Marie NDiaye's brilliant subversion of the memoir. Written in diary entries, with lyrical prose and dreamlike imagery, we start with and return to the river, which mirrors the narrative by posing more questions than it answers.
Mulheres do Brasil – A história não contada resgata a história de mais de 200 mulheres das mais variadas épocas que tiveram suas biografias alteradas, deturpadas ou que simplesmente sequer apareceram nos registros convencionais. Depois de desmistificar as figuras dos imperadores D. Pedro I e d. Leopoldina, o escritor e pesquisador Paulo Rezzutti se dedica a mulheres conhecidas ou ignoradas pela história do Brasil: das guerreiras às vilãs, das mulheres do poder a artistas. Também ilumina trajetórias pouco conhecidas de indígenas e negras escravizadas e avança até os dias atuais, com mulheres como Marielle Franco, a vereadora carioca assassinada em março de 2018 por “ousar” não ser invisível. O livro chega num momento em que a discussão sobre o papel das mulheres na sociedade se intensifica, surpreendendo o leitor ao reapresentar acontecimentos da história do Brasil com as personagens femininas finalmente reinseridas nos papeis de destaque que lhes foram negados pela narrativa oficial.
Roving vigilantes, fear-mongering politicians, hysterical pundits, and the looming shadow of a seven hundred-mile-long fence: the US–Mexican border is one of the most complex and dynamic areas on the planet today. Hyperborder provides the most nuanced portrait yet of this dynamic region. Author Fernando Romero presents a multidisciplinary perspective informed by interviews with numerous academics, researchers, and organizations. Provocatively designed in the style of other kinetic large-scale studies like Rem Koolhaas's Content and Bruce Mau’s Massive Change, Hyperborder is an exhaustively researched report from the front lines of the border debate.
Laws, decrees, and administrative acts of government.
Prefeitura do distrito.