Author: Barbara Boswell
Publisher: Wits University Press
ISBN: 1776146220
Size: 41.91 MB
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Critically examines influential novels in English by eminent black female writers Studying these writers' key engagements with nationalism, race and gender during apartheid and the transition to democracy, Barbara Boswell traces the ways in which black women's fiction criticality interrogates narrow ideas of nationalism. She examines who is included and excluded, while producing alternative visions for a more just South African society. This is an erudite analysis of ten well-known South African writers, spanning the apartheid and post-apartheid era: Miriam Tlali, Lauretta Ngcobo, Farida Karodia, Agnes Sam, Sindiwe Magona, Zoë Wicomb, Rayda Jacobs, Yvette Christiansë, Kagiso Lesego Molope, and Zukiswa Wanner. Boswell argues that black women's fiction could and should be read as a subversive site of knowledge production in a setting, which, for centuries, denied black women's voices and intellects. Reading their fiction as theory, for the first time these writers' works are placed in sustained conversation with each other, producing an arc of feminist criticism that speaks forcefully back to the abuse of a racist, white-dominated, patriarchal power.

Author: Liz Sparg
Publisher: Bookdash
ISBN:
Size: 37.68 MB
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Languages : en
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As a young girl Zanele Situ was told that she would never walk again. Being in a wheelchair did not stop her. She worked and trained hard and became a winning athlete on the world stage. This is her story…

Author: Ebony Rentas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952684050
Size: 67.11 MB
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Elizabeth Smart
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466835400
Size: 24.30 MB
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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The harrowing true story of abduction and survival from the courageous young woman who lived it—now the subject of a Lifetime original movie, I Am Elizabeth Smart. In this memoir, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime. On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, was taken from her home in the middle of the night by religious fanatic Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee. Elizabeth was kept chained, dressed in disguise, repeatedly raped, and told she and her family would be killed if she tried to escape. After her rescue on March 12, 2003, she rejoined her family and worked to pick up the pieces of her life. With My Story, Elizabeth tells of the constant fear she endured every hour, her courageous determination to maintain hope, and how she devised a plan to manipulate her captors and convinced them to return to Utah, where she was rescued minutes after arriving. Smart explains how her faith helped her stay sane in the midst of a nightmare and how she found the strength to confront her captors at their trial and see that justice was served. In the years after her rescue, Smart transformed from victim to advocate, traveling the country and working to educate, inspire and foster change. She has created a foundation to help prevent crimes against children and is a frequent public speaker. She and her husband, Matthew Gilmour, now have two children.

Author: Geraldine Ferraro
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810122111
Size: 20.39 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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The first woman to be nominated by a major party as a candidate for vice-president of the United States recounts how she made her way in a man's world of politics and discusses the campaign trail, her husband John Zaccaro, and other key issues.

Author: Marilyn Monroe
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1589793161
Size: 29.85 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 185
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Written at the height of her fame, but not published until over a decade after her death, this autobiography of actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) poignantly recounts her childhood as an unwanted orphan, her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity, her marriage to Joe DiMaggio, and more. The Marilyn in these pages is a revelation: a gifted, intelligent, vulnerable woman who was far more complex than the unwitting sex siren she portrayed on screen. Lavishly illustrated with photos of Marilyn taken by renowned photographer Milton H. Greene, this special book celebrates the life and career of an American icon- from the unique perspective of the icon herself. -- Publisher description.

Author: Corina Bomann
Publisher: cbj Verlag
ISBN: 3641031117
Size: 79.80 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : de
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Mitten aus dem Leben und ganz nah dran Großstadtmädchen Luna setzt Himmel und Hölle in Bewegung, um den Jungen wiederzufinden, der ihrem Mangaheld zum Verwechseln ähnlich sieht. So ein Mist! Luna hat ihre Tasche samt Inhalt in der U-Bahn vergessen. Am nächsten Tag steht ein Junge vor der Tür, der ihre Tasche zurückbringt – und der sieht original so aus wie Lunas heimlicher Traumtyp: der Vampir aus dem Manga, das sie gezeichnet hat! Leider haut der Junge wieder ab, bevor Luna ihn nach seiner Adresse fragen kann. Nun hat Luna nur ein Ziel: den Unbekannten wiederzufinden ...

Author: Beatrix Mannel
Publisher: cbj Verlag
ISBN: 364103115X
Size: 54.61 MB
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Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : de
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Mitten aus dem Leben und ganz nah dran Die romantische Nele wandelt sich von der schüchternen grauen Maus zum strahlenden Musical-Nachwuchs-Star – und erobert dabei auch noch das Herz von Felix. Nele tanzt für ihr Leben gern – aber nicht als Ballerina, wie ihre Mutter das gerne sehen würde, sondern in modernen Musicals. Mit Hilfe ihres besten Kumpels Felix, genannt ix, trainiert sie heimlich, bis sie sich sogar eines Tages traut, für ein Stipendium an einer Musical-Schule vorzutanzen. Doch dann bekommt die fiese Isa, die schon lange hinter Felix her ist, Wind von der Sache. Aus Eifersucht stellt sie Nele eine Falle. Aber dadurch läuft Nele erst recht zu Höchstform auf.

Author: Anson Mills
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 20.47 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Businessmen
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Author: Brigitte Melzer
Publisher: cbj Verlag
ISBN: 3641031168
Size: 43.30 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : de
Pages : 208
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Mitten aus dem Leben und ganz nah dran Gothic Girl Charlie macht mit allen Mitteln den Streber Finn zum Gespött der Schule. Als sie sich in ihn verliebt, sieht sie statt dunkelschwarz endlich wieder rosarot. Blöder Umzug! Grässliche neue Schule! Aus Protest gegen ihre Eltern investiert Charlie ihr ganzes Geld in schwarze Klamotten und färbt sich die Haare grün. Doch damit macht sie sich erst recht zur Außenseiterin. Und es kommt noch schlimmer. Lukas, Schulstar und größter Angeber aller Zeiten, erpresst sie: Charlie soll seinen Konkurrenten Finn vor allen lächerlich machen. Doch das ist schwieriger, als es zunächst klingt, denn „Streber“ Finn ist unheimlich nett ...