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Author: Aurora G. Morcillo
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 0838757537
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book will be essential for scholars and students interested in Ibero-American cultural studies, gender, religion, and totalitarian politics. --Book Jacket.
Author: Xiaolin Duan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2022-02-07
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1793614911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first book-length English-language study focusing on the early modern export of Chinese silk to New Spain from the sixteenth to the seventeenth century, An Object of Seduction compares and contrasts the two regions from perspectives of the sericulture development, the widespread circulation of silk fashion, and the government attempts at regulating the use of silk. Xiaolin Duan argues that the increasing demand for silk on the worldwide market on the one hand contributed to the parallel development of silk fashion and sericulture in China and New Spain, and on the other hand created conflicts on imperial regulations about foreign trade and hierarchical systems. Incorporating evidence from local gazetteers, correspondence, manual books, illustrated treatises, and miscellanies, this book explores how the growing desire for and production of raw silk and silk textiles empowered individuals and societies to claim and redefine their positions in changing time and space, thus breaking away from the traditional state control.
Author: Travis Landry
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2013-01-10
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0295804424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMale-male rivalry and female passive choice, the two principal tenets of Darwinian sexual selection, raise important ethical questions in The Descent of Man--and in the decades since--about the subjugation of women. If female choice is a key component of evolutionary success, what impact does the constraint of women's choices have on society? The elaborate courtship plots of 19th century Spanish novels, with their fixation on suitors and selectors, rivalry, and seduction, were attempts to grapple with the question of female agency in a patriarchal society. By reading Darwin through the lens of the Spanish realist novel and vice versa, Travis Landry brings new insights to our understanding of both: while Darwin's theories have often been seen as biologically deterministic, Landry asserts that Darwin's theory of sexual selection was characterized by an open ended dynamic whose oxymoronic emphasis on "passive" female choice carries the potential for revolutionary change in the status of women.
Author: Sarah Wright
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2007-10-24
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0857717278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDon Juan is one of the most intriguing creations of Western literature, a perpetual source of fascination. In the popular imagination he exists as a legendary seducer of women, a trickster and transgressor of sacred boundaries. Crossing cultures from east to west, he has been the recipient of countless revisions, while the twentieth century has viewed the figure afresh through the prism of its own cultural terms of reference and social concerns. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Tales of Seduction focuses on the fascinating intersections between myth, culture and intellectual inquiry. Sarah Wright takes Don Juan back to Spain and examines the confluences of Spanish culture with aspects of Western intellectual history (such as medicine, psychoanalysis and linguistics), where she finds Don Juan continues to transgress the limits of culture until the present.
Author: Silke Knippschild
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-08-15
Total Pages: 387
ISBN-13: 1441190651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume focuses on the reception of antiquity in the performing and visual arts from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century. It explores the tensions and relations of gender, sexuality, eroticism and power in reception. Such universal themes dictated plots and characters of myth and drama, but also served to portray historical figures, events and places from Classical history. Their changing reception and reinterpretation across time has created stereotypes, models of virtue or immoral conduct, that blend the original features from the ancient world with a diverse range of visual and performing arts of the modern era.The volume deconstructs these traditions and shows how arts of different periods interlink to form and transmit these images to modern audiences and viewers. Drawing on contributions from across Europe and the United States, a trademark of the book is the inclusive treatment of all the arts beyond the traditional limits of academic disciplines.
Author: Betina Wittels
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781933108216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbsinthe is not a relic of the past; there is a vibrant and devoted contemporary scene focused exclusively around the notorious Green Fairy. Indeed, the liquor's lore piques the interest of many: Does the drink drive one to madness? Does it serve as a gateway to boundless creativity? Which is the best method for enjoying the drink-set aflame or chilled with ice and sugar? How can I get my hands on all of the beguiling absinthe antiques? Answering these burning questions, authors Betina Wittels, Robert Hermesch, and T. A. Breaux, all astute absinthe connoisseurs, have updated their wildly successful book with an expanded historical section, new absinthe reviews to tantalize imbibers, sidebars peeking into various absinthe subcultures, stunning new imagery from both past and present, and much more. For those looking to begin their absinthe journey or for those who've been on the path for some time, this book is a must for those who fancy all things absinthe.
Author: Henry Charles Lea
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 592
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ava Strong
Publisher: Ava Strong
Published: 2022-10-25
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 109439310X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn an ancient abbey in Ireland, once thought to be home to the Knights Templar, a murder has occurred—and a priceless artifact has been stolen. As brilliant history professor teams up with the FBI, she fears the worst: the killer has found the one legitimate lead to the Holy Grail—and will stop at nothing until he finds it. THE SEDUCTION CODE (A Remi Laurent FBI Suspense Thriller) is book #6 in a new series by mystery and suspense author Ava Strong, which begins with THE DEATH CODE (Book #1). FBI Special Agent Daniel Walker, 40, known for his ability to hunt killers, his street-smarts, and his disobedience, is singled out from the Behavioral Analysis Unit and assigned to the FBI’s new Antiquities unit. The unit, formed to hunt down priceless relics in the global world of antiquities, has no idea how to enter the mind of a murderer. Remi Laurent, 34, brilliant history professor at Georgetown, is the world’s leading expert in obscure historic artifacts. Shocked when the FBI asks for her help to find a killer, she finds herself reluctantly partnered with this rude American FBI agent. Special Agent Walker and Remi Laurent are an unlikely duo, with his ability to enter killers’ minds and her unparalleled scholarship, the only thing they have in common, their determination to decode the clues and stop a killer. Remi and Daniel’s search leads them into the ancient abbeys and dark cloisters of the UK countryside in a desperate hunt for the killer. Why is he after the Grail—and why does he seem so confident he can find it? Who will he kill next? And will Remi be smart enough to find a relic that has been lost for centuries? An unputdownable crime thriller featuring an unlikely partnership between a jaded FBI agent and a brilliant historian, the REMI LAURENT series is a riveting mystery, grounded in history, and packed with suspense and revelations that will leave you continuously in shock, and flipping pages late into the night. Future books in the series will be available soon.
Author: Ralph Louis Ketcham
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 788
ISBN-13: 9780813912653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUtilizing the vast amount of source material made available in the last 30 years, Professor Ketcham has captured the essential man in his times and in doing so has made him understandable for us in our own day. --Los Angeles Times
Author: Francis Wharton
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Published: 1889
Total Pages: 1016
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