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Mothers and Masters in Contemporary Utopian and Dystopian Literature
Because advances made by science and technology far outstripped improvements in human nature, utopian dreams of perfect societies in the twentieth century quickly metamorphosed into dystopian nightmares, which undermined individual identity and threatened the integrity of the family. Armed with technological and scientific tools, totalizing social systems found in literature abolish the distinction between public and private life and thus penetrate and corrupt the very core of all utopian blueprints and visions: the education of future generations. At the heart of the family, mothers as parents transmit their diverse cultural traditions while socializing their children and thus compete with ...
Researching and Writing Differently
In a neoliberal academia dominated by masculine ideals of measurement and performance, it is becoming more important than ever to develop alternative ways of researching and writing. This powerful new book gives voice to non-conforming narratives, suggesting innovative, messy and nuanced ways of organizing the reading and writing of scholarship in management and organization studies. In doing so it spotlights how different methods and approaches can represent voices of inequality and reveal previously silenced topics. Informed by feminist and critical perspectives, this will be an invaluable resource for current and future scholars in management and organization studies and other social sciences.
Participatory Practice in Space, Place, and Service Design
'Participatory Practice in Space, Place, and Service Design' is premised on a belief in the importance of participatory practices in finding creative solutions to the plethora of problems we face today. It argues that engaging professions with the public in mutual exploration, analysis, and creative thinking is essential. It not only ensures better quality products, places, services, and a greater sense of civic agency but also facilitates fuller access to them and the life opportunities they can unleash. This book offers a uniquely varied perspective of the myriad ways in which participatory practices operate across disciplines and how they impact the worlds and communities we create and in...
A Research Agenda for Organization Studies, Feminisms and New Materialisms
Explaining why contemporary problematic phenomena require a more expansive understanding than what is allowed in conventional organizational studies scholarship, this forward-looking Research Agenda brings insights from recent feminist new materialisms and critical posthumanist theorizing into the field of organization studies.
How to Write Differently
Responding to the trend of formulaic writing in the academic community, How To Write Differently offers a refreshing approach to academic writing in a practical format.
Red Wolf
The inspiration for the hit film series, Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter, now available on Netflix. Beneath a dark winter sky. . .death waits patiently. A journalist is murdered in the frozen white landscape of a northern Swedish town. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter at a Stockholm-based tabloid, was planning to interview him about a long-ago attack against an isolated air base nearby, and now she suspects that his death is linked to that attack. Against the explicit orders of her boss, she begins to investigate the event, which is soon followed by a series of shocking murders. Annika knows the murders are connected. At the same time, she begins to suspect that her husband is hiding something, and nothing can counteract the loneliness that has crept into her life. Behind everything lurks the figure of the Red Wolf, a cold-blooded killer with the soul of a lover. In the end, she must discover the truth not only about the murders but also about the lies that are destroying her own family.
The Liza Marklund Reader's Companion
A collection of excerpts from the chilling and suspenseful Annika Bengtzon thrillers by “the queen of Scandinavian crime fiction,” including: Red Wolf, Last Will, and Lifetime.
Labyrintens upplösning
En politisk thriller. En fortsättning på romanen Labyrint från år 2002 där en journalist undersökning om en direktörs död eller mord resulterar i hans tragisk död. Mordet på jouralisten Erik i ett sprängsattentat stoppar tillfälligt utredningen av en direktörs död. Den utreds istället av polisen och resulterar i en härva av både ekonomiska- och narkotika brott i internationell skala. Polisens försök att hitta de ansvariga blir ett nationellt och internationellt projekt där flera länder som Sverige, USA, Afghanistan, Turkiet och Polen bli inblandade! Det är del två till romanen Labyrint från år 2002, en avslutande del. Romanen Labyrint fick recension i Dagens Nyheter år 2003 av Lars Olof Fransèn.
Der Teufel von Wacken
Lyn Harms ermittelt in Wacken - Teil 2. Ein Überfall auf einen Itzehoer Juwelier endet blutig. Die Spur führt Ermittlerin Lyn Harms zum gerade stattfindenden Heavy-Metal-Festival in Wacken. Dort feiern 75.000 Fans eine riesige Party und haben das Dorf fest im Griff. Niemand ahnt, dass die Täter weitere Verbrechen planen. Als sich die Schlinge um die Bande immer enger zuzieht, eskaliert die Situation. Und es bleibt nicht bei einem Toten ... Heike Denzau, Jahrgang 1963, ist verheiratet, hat zwei Töchter und lebt in dem kleinen Störort Wewelsfleth in Schleswig-Holstein. Ihr Kriminalroman 'Die Tote am Deich' war für den Friedrich-Glauser-Preis 2012 in der Sparte 'Debüt' nominiert.
A loba vermelha
Um thriller nórdico alucinante. A loba vermelha é a estreia de Liza Marklund no Brasil. Um jornalista é atropelado no cenário congelante de uma cidadezinha ao norte da Suécia. Enquanto isso, Annika Bengtzon, repórter de um tabloide de Estocolmo, planeja escrever uma série de artigos sobre um ataque terrorista ocorrido há mais de trinta anos contra uma base aérea próxima daquele lugar remoto. Ela pretendia entrevistar o repórter, e agora desconfia de que sua morte tenha alguma relação com o atentado. Indo contra ordens explícitas de seu chefe, Annika começa a investigar o caso, que logo é sucedido por uma série de assassinatos chocantes. Marklund desenvolveu em A loba vermelha uma trama política com similaridades às obras de John Lé Carre, utilizando uma linguagem mais direta e cenas com mais ação. Ela utiliza sua experiência como jornalista investigativa para conduzir o leitor por uma jornada emocionante e convincente, cheia de reviravoltas e surpresas até a revelação final.
