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This book traces the construct of female monsters as an embodiment of sociocultural fears of female sexuality and reproductive power. It examines the female maturation cycle and the archetypes of female monsters associated with each stage of development in literature, art, film, and television with a particular focus on Latin American work.
The narrative style of both Clarice Lispector and Carmen Boullosa is characterized by a postmodern tendency toward an increased reader participation. This is accomplished by a process of liberalizing a pre-established socio-cultural repertoire with respect to female identity. The female protagonists, created by Lispector and Boullosa and examined in this book, struggle to find their true voices and their real life experiences. The resulting literary style of both these authors parallels this struggle, subverting traditional narrative structure and utilizing a dialogue that is particularly suited to describe this feminine process of conscientization.
Bei Carlos' Geburtstagsfeier lernt der gerade geschiedene Tó Zé eine Frau kennen, die ihn mit ihren Erlebnissen der dreißig Jahre zurückliegenden Nelkenrevolution fasziniert. Die beiden verbringen die Nacht zusammen. Doch der Morgen danach bringt eine böse Überraschung.
This is an interdisciplinary examination of depictions of girlhoods through a comparative study of foundational fairy tales revised and reimagined in popular narrative, film, and television adaptations. The success of franchises such as The Hunger Games, Twilight and Divergence have re-presented the young heroine as an empowered female, and often a warrior hero in her own right. Through a selection of popular culture touchstones this empowerment is questioned as a manipulation of feminist ideals of equality and a continuation of the traditional vision of female awakening centering on issues of personal choice, agency, physical violence, purity, and beauty. By investigating re-occurring story...
The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm explores the ongoing strength and insidious grip of couple-normativity across changing landscapes of law, policy and everyday life in four contrasting national contexts: the UK, Bulgaria, Norway and Portugal. By investigating how the couple-norm is lived and experienced, how it has changed over time, and how it varies between places and social groups, this book provides a detailed analysis of changing intimate citizenship regimes in Europe, and makes a major intervention in understandings of the contemporary condition of personal life. The authors develop the feminist concept of ‘intimate citizenship’ and propose the new concept of ‘intimate citizenship regime’, offering a study of intimate citizenship regimes as normative systems that have been undergoing profound change in recent decades. Against the backdrop of processes of de-patriarchalization, liberalization, pluralization and homonormalization, the ongoing potency of the couple-norm becomes ever clearer.
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Juan, still unable to return home, continues to search for information at his office. He is motivated and intrigued and needs to set up a meeting with his Human Resources Director and the Director of the Tax and Legal Department as soon as possible. Juan is the CEO of an industrial waste cleaning services company, which has consolidated its position in the Valencian market thanks to its innovative integrated waste management service that includes physical and administrative management, as well as personalised waste minimisation plans. After 10 years of steady growth at the local level, the plan to expand in the region began in 2010. A visit from Vicente, a former master’s degree classmate,...
This book explores the relationship between social movements, sexual citizenship and change in Southern Europe. Providing a comparative analysis about LGBT issues in Italy, Spain and Portugal, it discusses how activism can generate legal, political and cultural impact in post-dictatorial, Catholic and EU-focused countries.
Can they navigate their past traumas and learn to trust each other, to turn this relationship into something real and lasting? Elaina Losing her first love at eighteen, the pain and heartbreak prevent Elaina from letting any man get too close. A decade later, fate throws her a curveball in a chance encounter with Hollywood star, Adam. Despite the intense pull between them, Elaina tries to keep her distance, determined not to let anyone shatter her heart again. Adam Battling his own demons, Hollywood star, Adam, is reluctant to let anyone get too close. When his publicist suggests a fake girlfriend to silence rumors about his personal life, Elaina readily volunteers. As the couple navigates their fake romance, they realize it is more real than they thought. In Lost Love Found, readers will be swept away by the poignant story of two wounded souls who find love and healing in each other's arms.
USA im Jahre 2112. Ein auf Klonen ausgestorbener Tiere spezialisierter Wissenschaftler wird von Nazis gekidnapped. Er soll Hitler aus einem verkohlten Klumpen klonen. Mit ihm wollen dann die aus aller Herren Länder stammenden Nazis die Welt beherrschen.