Transvestism, Masculinity, and Latin American Literature

Transvestism, Masculinity, and Latin American Literature
Author: B. Sifuentes-Jáuregui
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2002-02-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230107281

This book is about transvestism and the performance of gender in Latin American literature and culture. Ben. Sifuentes-Jáuregui explores the figure of the transvestite and his/her relation to the body through a series of canonical Latin American texts. By analyzing works by Alejo Carpentier, José Donoso, Severo Sarduy and Manuel Puig (author of Kiss of the Spiderwoma n), alongside critical works in gender studies and queer theory, Sifuentes-Jáuregui shows how transvestism operates not only to destabilize, but often to affirm sexual, gender, national and political identities.

Phonetics, Theory and Application

Phonetics, Theory and Application
Author: William R. Tiffany
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1977
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

I Will Survive

I Will Survive
Author: Gloria Gaynor
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1466865954

I Will Survive is the story of Gloria Gaynor, America's "Queen of Disco." It is the story of riches and fame, despair, and finally salvation. Her meteoric rise to stardom in the mid-1970s was nothing short of phenomenal, and hits poured forth that pushed her to the top of the charts, including "Honey Bee," "I Got You Under My Skin," "Never Can Say Goodbye," and the song that has immortalized her, "I Will Survive," which became a #1 international gold seller. With that song, Gloria heralded the international rise of disco that became synonymous with a way of life in the fast lane - the sweaty bodies at Studio 54, the lines of cocaine, the indescribable feeling that you could always be at the top of your game and never come down. But down she came after her early stardom, and problems followed in the wake, including the death of her mother, whose love had anchored the young singer, as well as constant battles with weight, drugs, and alcohol. While her fans always imagined her to be rich, her personal finances collapsed due to poor management; and while many envied her, she felt completely empty inside. In the early 1980s, sustained by her marriage to music publisher Linwood Simon, Gloria took three years off and reflected upon her life. She visited churches and revisited her mother's old Bible. Discovering the world of gospel, she made a commitment to Christ that sustains her to this day.

Nature and History in Modern Italy

Nature and History in Modern Italy
Author: Marco Armiero
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2010-08-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 0821419161

Marco Armiero is Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council and Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Universitat Aut(noma de Barcelona. He has published extensively on-Italian environmental history and edited Views from the South: Environmental Stories from the Mediterranean World. --

Hispanisms and Homosexualities

Hispanisms and Homosexualities
Author: Sylvia Molloy
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780822321989

A collection of essays addressing gay/lesbian identities and practices in relation to Spanish/Latin American literatures and cultures.

Long Live the Free Pericardium !

Long Live the Free Pericardium !
Author: Montserrat Gascon Segundo
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand France
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2012
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 2810622434

This book explains in a clear and simple way what life is and how it flows within our cells, between people and through people. It is a practical manual that will help us to "feel" life, to vibrate and breathe the life inside of our bodies and of all living beings. A key focus of this work is how emotional impact affects our pericardium, which is the membrane that envelops, maintains and protects the heart.

The Complete History of America. Abridged

The Complete History of America. Abridged
Author: Adam Long
Publisher: Broadway Play Pub
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2007
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780881453331

This play interprets the past as a breathlessly-paced sequence of silly vaudeville sketches ... puns and crude parodies of movie and television genres."

Script Girls

Script Girls
Author: Lizzie Francke
Publisher: British Film Inst
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1994
Genre: Femmes dans l'industrie cinématographique - Californie - Los Angeles
ISBN: 9780851704784

Tracing the history of women in the screenwriting profession-from Gene Gauntier's 1911 version of Ben Hur to Callie Khouri's Thelma and Louise-Francke look sat the lives and fortunes of the women who put pen to screen.

1-2 Punch: Four Arms and Wildvine

1-2 Punch: Four Arms and Wildvine
Author: Wrigley Stuart
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524789356

Two times the action, ten times the mayhem, and a billion chances for alien madness! Wildvine and Four Arms lead the charge in two intergalactic stories from Cartoon Network's Ben 10. Which alien's skills pass the ultimate test: tropical Wildvine or brawny Four Arms? Follow along in two super-special adventures as ten-year-old Ben takes each alien out for a spin. Worlds are threatened, villains are vanquished, and Ben only bungles up a handful of times!

Let's Play the Opposites Game

Let's Play the Opposites Game
Author: Tone Thyne
Publisher: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-02-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781416985075

Statement of responsibility from p. [2] of cover.