Dreadful Desires
Dreadful Desires

Author: Charlie Yi Zhang

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2022-02-07

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1478022612

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In Dreadful Desires Charlie Yi Zhang examines how the Chinese state deploys affective notions of love to regulate the population and secure China’s place in the global economy. Zhang shows how the state frames love as a set of desires that encompass heteronormative intimacy, familial and communal attachment, upward mobility, and private property ownership. These desires—as circulated in performance in the nationalistic ceremony, same-sex romantic fan fiction, the wildly popular reality television dating show If You Are the One, and the cult of patriarchal personality around Xi Jinping—are explicitly based in oppressive systems of gender, class, and sexuality. Zhang contends that such desires connect love to economic survival and gender normativity in ways that underwrite Chinese neoliberalism at the expense of individual flourishing. By outlining how state-framed forms of love create desires that cannot be fulfilled, Zhang places China at the forefront of using affective attachments to nation, leader, and family in the global shifts toward exploitation and authoritarianism.

Caricature and National Character
Caricature and National Character

Author: Christopher J. Gilbert

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2021-05-27

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 027108992X

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According to the popular maxim, a nation at war reveals its true character. In this incisive work, Chris Gilbert examines the long history of US war politics through the lens of political cartoons to provide new, unique insights into American cultural identity. Tracing the comic representation of American values from the First World War to the War on Terror, Gilbert explores the power of humor in caricature to expose both the folly in jingoistic virtues and the sometimes-strange fortune in nationalistic vices. He examines the artwork of four exemplary American cartoonists—James Montgomery Flagg, Dr. Seuss, Ollie Harrington, and Ann Telnaes—to craft a trenchant image of Americanism. These examinations animate the rhetorical, and indeed comic, force of icons like Uncle Sam, national symbols like the American Eagle, political stooges like President Donald J. Trump, and more, as well as the power of political cartoons to comment on issues of race, class, and gender on the home front. Throughout, Gilbert portrays a US culture rooted in and riven by ideas of manifest destiny, patriotism, and democracy for all, yet plagued by ugly forms of nationalism, misogyny, racism, and violence. Rich with examples of hilarious and masterfully drawn caricatures from a diverse range of creators, this unflinching look at the evolution of our conflicted national character illustrates how American cartoonists use farce, mockery, and wit to put national character in the comic looking glass.

The Goddess Who Earned Her Stripes
The Goddess Who Earned Her Stripes

Author: Vaishnavi S Kabadi

Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing

Published: 2023-02-07

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 9357705341

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The Goddess Who Earned Her Stripes” is an enchanting collection of immensely potent, heart- rending poems that are written for men and women from all sections of society. The young poetess has attempted to shatter and stir the complex flaws in our current societal construct with a tinge of magical realism in her words. “The Goddess Who Earned Her Stripes” is not just a collection of poems but an expression of fleeting, heart-touching emotion. These poems will make you smile, reflect and even move you to tears while invoking the rich memories of your childhood. These are poems with the potential to reignite lost dreams and most importantly, plant in the reader, the seed of unshakeable conviction and belief - That our deep rooted societal flaws and ills have got to change.

Wild Existence
Wild Existence

Author: Jacob Smith

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2020-12-02

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1664145389

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Hi there! I know you know my name because it’s on the cover or I begged you to read my book, but it’s weird to talk about myself while introducing myself. So yeah, my name is Jake, and I wrote a poetry book. Now for stuff you might not know, I’m a twenty-four-year old guy who decided writing and publishing a poetry book was way cheaper than regular therapy. Although this is definitely no alternative for professional help, I do enjoy it a little more and hope this either can find you in good spirits or will help you get there. Although the main reason for this book was to help me deal with the beautifully messed up world I live in, it would help my ego to know if you liked it or if it helped you! Anyway, these poems mainly center on events and feelings that I’ve had, witnessed, or fantasized. Besides the first and last poem, they are written in order so you should be able to see how impulsive I am and see me come into certain writing styles.

The Complete Novels of R. M. Ballantyne
The Complete Novels of R. M. Ballantyne

Author: R. M. Ballantyne

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2019-11-22

Total Pages: 13147

ISBN-13:

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Novels of R. M. Ballantyne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Coral Island Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders) Ungava Martin Rattler The Dog Crusoe and his Master The World of Ice The Gorilla Hunters The Golden Dream The Red Eric Away in the Wilderness Fighting the Whales The Wild Man of the West Fast in the Ice Gascoyne The Lifeboat Chasing the Sun Freaks on the Fells The Lighthouse Fighting The Flames Silver Lake Deep Down Shifting Winds Hunting the Lions Over the Rocky Mountains Saved by the Lifeboat Erling the Bold The Battle and the Breeze The Cannibal Islands Lost in the Forest Digging for Gold Sunk at Sea The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The Iron Horse The Norsemen in the West The Pioneers Black Ivory Life in the Red Brigade Fort Desolation The Pirate City The Story of the Rock Rivers of Ice Under the Waves The Settler and the Savage In the Track of the Troops Jarwin and Cuffy Philosopher Jack Post Haste The Lonely Island The Red Man's Revenge My Doggie and I The Giant of the North The Madman and the Pirate The Battery and the Boiler The Thorogood Family The Young Trawler Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished Twice Bought The Island Queen The Rover of the Andes The Prairie Chief The Lively Poll Red Rooney The Big Otter The Fugitives Blue Lights The Middy and the Moors The Eagle Cliff The Crew of the Water Wagtail Blown to Bits The Garret and the Garden Jeff Benson Charlie to the Rescue The Coxswain's Bride The Buffalo Runners The Hot Swamp Hunted and Harried The Walrus Hunters Wrecked but not Ruined Six Months at the Cape Memoirs: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making