A comprehensive and authoritative work on relationships between the economy and politics in the years from Eisenhower through Reagan. Hibbs identifies which groups "win" and "lose" from inflations ...and recessions and shows how voters' perceptions and reactions to economic events affect the electoral fortunes of political parties and presidents.
Making headlines when it was launched in 2015, Omise’eke Tinsley’s undergraduate course “Beyoncé Feminism, Rihanna Womanism" has inspired students from all walks of life. In Beyoncé in Formation, ...Tinsley now takes her rich observations beyond the classroom, using the blockbuster album and video Lemonade as a soundtrack for vital new-millennium narratives. Woven with candid observations about her life as a feminist scholar of African studies and a cisgender femme married to a trans spouse, Tinsley’s “Femme-onade" mixtape explores myriad facets of black women’s sexuality and gender. Turning to Beyoncé’s “Don’t Hurt Yourself," Tinsley assesses black feminist critiques of marriage and then considers the models of motherhood offered in “Daddy Lessons," interspersing these passages with memories from Tinsley’s multiracial family history. Her chapters on nontraditional bonds culminate in a discussion of contemporary LGBT politics through the lens of the internet-breaking video “Formation," underscoring why Beyoncé’s black femme-inism isn’t only for ciswomen. From pleasure politics and the struggle for black women’s reproductive justice to the subtext of blues and country music traditions, the landscape in this tour is populated by activists and artists (including Loretta Lynn) and infused with vibrant interpretations of Queen Bey’s provocative, peerless imagery and lyrics. In the tradition of Roxanne Gay’s Bad Feminist and Jill Lepore’s best-selling cultural histories, Beyoncé in Formation is the work of a daring intellectual who is poised to spark a new conversation about freedom and identity in America.
In his latest exploration of the Egyptian malaise, Galal Amin first looks at the events of the months preceding the Revolution of 25 January 2011, pointing out the most important factors behind ...popular discontent. He then follows the ups and downs (mainly the downs) of the Revolution: the causes of rising hopes and expectations, mingled with successive disappointments, sometimes verging on despair, not least in the case of the presidential elections, when the Egyptian people were invited to choose between a rock and a hard place. This is followed by an outline of a possible brighter future for Egypt, based on a more balanced and faster growing economy, and a more democratic and equitable society, within a truly independent, modern, and secular state. The story of what happened to the 2011 Revolution may be a sad one, but if viewed within the larger context of Egypt’s economic and social developments of the last century, on which the author’s previous books threw very useful light, it can be regarded as one important step forward toward a much better future.
Heaven’s door Borjas, George J; Borjas, George J
1999., 20111128, 2011, 1999, 1999-00-00, 1999-01-01
eBook, Book
The U.S. took in more than a million immigrants per year in the late 1990s, more than at any other time in history. For humanitarian and many other reasons, this may be good news. But as George ...Borjas shows in Heaven's Door, it's decidedly mixed news for the American economy--and positively bad news for the country's poorest citizens. Widely regarded as the country's leading immigration economist, Borjas presents the most comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date account yet of the economic impact of recent immigration on America. He reveals that the benefits of immigration have been greatly exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities, to the richest.
In the land of pain De Ambrogi, Marco
The Lancet,
01/2024, Letnik:
403, Številka:
10421
Journal Article, Book Review
Recenzirano
Chronic pain is a difficult condition to define that exists in a grey area in medicine where subjectivity and objectivity blend. Infinite Life focuses on the difficulty of sharing the experience of ...chronic pain with others and how this issue can deepen a person's sense of isolation. ...the breast cancer has now returned so Yvette is back to try fasting again before she will agree to undergo a double mastectomy and chemotherapy. ...it is in Sofi's physical touch to ease Eileen's pain in her legs for a moment that the ephemeral bridge between two individuals appears for a moment.
Egypt El-Mahdi, Rabab; Marfleet, Philip
2009., 2009, 2009-10-15, 2013-04-04
eBook
Egypt is at the axis of the Arab world. With the largest population, the largest industrial economy and the longest tradition of modern political activity it has profound influence across the region. ...But there have been few attempts to understand contemporary Egyptian society, in particular growing internal pressures for change and their implications for the Middle East and the wider world. This book is the first for over 20 years to offer and accessible examination of contemporary issues in Egypt. It offers the reader analyses of its politics, culture and society, including contributions by several Egyptian academics and activists. This unique new book addresses the turmoil created by imposition of neo-liberal economic policies, the increasingly fragile nature of an authoritarian regime, the influence of movements for democratic opening and popular participation, and the impacts of Islamism. The authors argue that Egypt has entered a period of instability during which the 'low-intensity democracy' embraced by the Mubarak regime faces multiple challenges, including demands for radical change. This unique new book assesses the ability of the state to resist the new movements and the latters' capacity to fulfill their aims.
A popular fascination with fame and stardom has existed in Western culture since the late eighteenth century; a fascination that, in the twenty‑first century, reaches into almost every facet of ...public life. The pervasive nature of stardom in modern society demands study from the perspectives of a range of distinct but thematically connected disciplines. The exploration of intersections between broader considerations of stardom and the discourses of popular music studies is the genesis for this volume. The chapters collected here demonstrate the variety of work currently being undertaken in stardom studies by scholars in Australia. The contributions range from biographical considerations of the stars of popular music, contributions to critical discourses of stardom in the industry more broadly, and the various ways in which the use of astronomical metaphors, in both cultural commentary and academic discourse, demonstrate notions of stardom firmly embedded in popular music thought. Not only do these chapters represent a range of perspectives on popular music, stars and stardom, they provide eloquent and innovative contributions to the developing discourse on stardom in popular music.
כף-בית אותיות לקללה
Madaʻe ha-Yahadut (World Union of Jewish Studies),
01/2022, Letnik:
57, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
The poet Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896–1981) was known for his thunderous poetry and his turbulent nature. Many of his poems dealt with pressing national issues, offering stances that were extreme and ...uncompromising. From the very outset of his career as an artist in Israel, Greenberg positioned himself as poet who cursed and was cursed. He would engage in verbal sparring with his opponents in the media, and was very conscious of the type of vulgar discourse used by his rivals.
This article deals with the use of swearing and profanity in Greenberg’s poems, from the 1920’s to the 1950’s, in linguistic and rhetorical contexts. I study the manner in which the poet’s position of cursed and curser is expressed in his poems, most elaborately in the “Book of Indictment and Faith” from 1937, in which curses play a central role. In the book, Greenberg aimed his insults and curses towards various groups in the Jewish population in Israel, at the same time creating new linguistic phrases in this type of discourse. The tendency to use such language created a mode of expression that was crude, sometimes downright rude, the goal of which was to reprimand people and affect the political and military reality of the time.
In this study I examine the major semantic fields used by Greenberg in creating his original curses, using cognitive theories for the analysis of semantic fields. I analyze Greenberg’s invective in relation to the seemingly contradictory principle expressed in in his book Streets of the River, according to which there is no point in cursing the gentiles despite their unforgivable deeds. I present the linguistic atrocities in Greenberg’s poetry as comprising a unique and provocative linguistic style and rhetorical tool, which places readers in a complex position of repulsion and opposition simultaneously with profound emotional engagement.
