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Barriers, Borders and Crossings in British Postcolonial Fiction
“Dr Cecilia Acquarone’s perceptive analysis of liminality in British postcolonial fiction from a gender perspective constitutes an innovative, thought-provoking and crystal-clear study of female ‘versus’ male responses to the challenges of postmodernity as exemplified by significant British postcolonial writers. The book can be justly praised for the lucid use of theoretical language and the exploration of modern and postmodern ideology in an unobstrusive form, pinpointing the most significant phenomena related to the topic in question. Dr Acquarone locates the relevance of barriers, borders and crossings with gender on the agenda within the realm of tragedy and comedy, providing a s...
Idea of the Middle Class
Examines the origins, lifestyles, and influence of the middle class in Peru during the first half of the 20th century. In their pursuit of protective legislation, higher pay, and better working conditions, white-collar workers, or empleados, recast long-standing cultural notions of rank and respectability. Their ideas inspired a series of legal reforms reinforcing the distinction between manual and nonmanual workers that became a permanent feature of Peruvian labor law and practice. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Humanities
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
Full Count
In his comprehensive and vibrant picture of baseball in Cuba, Milton H. Jamail explores the sport's relationship to U.S. baseball. Jamail, whose personal love of the game matches that of the Cubans, examines the roots and traditions of baseball on the island and explains why Cubans play such excellent baseball. His analysis of the development of Cuban baseball after the 1959 takeover by Fidel Castro includes a detailed description of the formation of the Cuban amateur baseball system that has dominated international competitions for more than three decades. Before 1961, when the U.S. government severed diplomatic relations with Cuba and Castro abolished professional baseball, Cuba provided t...
ATIVIDADE FÍSICA, ESPORTE E SAÚDE: TEMAS EMERGENTES
ISBN: 978-65-5889-098-0 DOI: 10.46898/rfb.9786558890980 PDF; 408 p. Ano: 2021 Idioma: Português Palavras-chave: 1. Atividade física. 2. Esporte. 3. Pessoas com deficiências.
União Estável na Previdência Social e no Direito Civil
O livro "União Estável na Previdência Social e no Direito Civil" aborda profundamente o conceito e as ramificações jurídicas da união estável, tanto no âmbito previdenciário quanto no civil. Os autores mergulham na realidade da união estável e sua influência no mundo jurídico, destacando a facilidade em compreendê-la. O foco principal é o direito aos benefícios previdenciários, para o qual o ensaio se propõe a oferecer uma análise formal, respaldada pela legislação, doutrina e jurisprudência. É feito um esforço para comparar a união estável com o casamento, ressaltando suas semelhanças e diferenças específicas. Além disso, são explorados assuntos periféricos,...
