Warrior Marks

Warrior Marks
Author: Alice Walker
Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-09
Genre: Clitoridectomy
ISBN: 9780788155819

Alice Walker and Pratibha Parmar expose the secret of female genital mutilation, a practice that affects one hundred million of the world's women. New Introductions by the Authors.

F U L L

F U L L
Author: NAKED THOUGHT
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2012-04-15
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1105675793

FULL is yet another gem released by poet Naked Thought that provokes, bleeds and inspires. In FULL, Naked Thought, with her trademark brutal honesty and heartwarming vulnerability shares her journey from womb hating victim to empowered pussy lover. Pulling no punches, Naked Thought reveals the steps of her evolution to self love and her reconnection with Goddess energy and her Divine Feminine. Her hope in writing this book is to inspire all women to embrace their wombs, earth mother love and creative sensuality becoming full as the force of nature each woman is destined to be.

Flesh and Blood

Flesh and Blood
Author: George C. Denniston
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780306483332

This book illuminates the vulnerability of human society to medical, economic, and historical pressures. It provides a much needed thoughtful and detailed analysis of the impact of circumcision on human rights and the development of the concept of bodily integrity. In this last sense, the challenge posed by the contemporary cultural disregard for the individual's right to control his own body and sexual destiny serves as a vivid example of how medicine has played a decisive role in shaping and defining cultural attitudes towards male sexuality and the male body.

Warrior Poets of the 21st Century

Warrior Poets of the 21st Century
Author: Robin Mark
Publisher: Ambassador International
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2017-03-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1620206331

This book is about worship. It's about how absolutely important worship is and how, perhaps, it is the highest calling and occupation of the believer. But it's not about excellence of musicianship in played and sung worship. It's not about personalities or individuals, or specially gifted folks, or style, or technique. It's not a 'how to' book, or a work book, or a 'here's a service schedule that's bound to work' type book. It's about how God calls us all to be His worshippers and how, perhaps, every single one of us can, through a deeper understanding of worship, make an impact and a difference in the society in which we live.

A World of Difference

A World of Difference
Author: Philip W. Porter
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 689
Release: 2009-08-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1606232622

Widely regarded as the standard text on development geography, this volume examines the nature and causes of global inequality and critically analyzes contemporary approaches to economic development across the third world. Students gain a deeper understanding of the interacting dynamics of culture, gender, race, and class; biophysical factors, such as climate, population, and natural resources; and economic and political processesa "all of which have led to the present-day disparities between the first and third worlds. Numerous examples, sidebars, and figures illustrate how people in the global South are experiencing and contesting the forces of globalization. New to This Edition Updated to reflect a decade of economic, political, and social changes Extensively revised; more fully integrates postcolonial and feminist perspectives Broadens the prior edition's focus on Africa with examples from around the world A chapter on the promises and pitfalls of sustainable development.

Keyframes: Popular Cinema and Cultural Studies

Keyframes: Popular Cinema and Cultural Studies
Author: Matthew Tinkcom
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2003-08-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113463157X

Keyframes introduces the study of popular cinema of Hollywood and beyond and responds to the transformative effect of cultural studies on film studies. The contributors rethink contemporary film culture using ideas and concerns from feminism, queer theory, 'race' studies, critiques of nationalism, colonialism and post-colonialism, the cultural economies of fandom, spectator theory, and Marxism. Combining a film studies focus on the film industry, production and technology with a cultural studies analysis of consumption and audiences, Keframes demonstrates the breadth of approaches now available for understanding popular cinema. Subjects addressed include: * Studying Ripley and the 'Alien' films * Pedagogy and Political Correctness in Martial Arts cinema * Judy Garland fandom on the net * Stardom and serial fantasies: Thomas Harris's 'Hannibal' * Tom Hanks and the globalization of stars * Queer Bollywood * Jackie Chan and the Black connection * '12 Monkeys', postmodernism and urban space.

Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media

Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media
Author: Ella Shohat
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2003
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780813532356

Reflecting academic interests in nation, race, gender, sexuality and other axes of identity, this text gathers these concerns under the same umbrella, contending that these issues must be discussed in relation to each other because communities, societiesand nations do not exist autonomously.

To Live Fully, Here and Now

To Live Fully, Here and Now
Author: Karla Simcikova
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780739111604

To Live Fully, Here and Now formulates a coherent and comprehensive understanding of Alice Walker's spiritual wisdom in the age of heightened global awareness, natural devastation, and spiritual crisis. Simcikova argues that to fully understand Walker's complex and multi-layered concept of spirituality, we have to move beyond the womanist model to incorporate and/or accommodate all the influences that have had a significant impact on Walker, particularly her interest in Native American spirituality. Simcikova also offers a new paradigm of wholeness, unity, and interconnectedness for critical analysis of her Walker's latest works. This ground-breaking book will find audiences across disciplines as it addresses the fundamental ethical question of what it means to be human.

The Coldest Warrior

The Coldest Warrior
Author: Paul Vidich
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1643134027

The new novel by acclaimed espionage author Paul Vidich explores the dark side of intelligence, when a CIA officer delves into a cold case from the 1950s—with fatal consequences. In 1953, Dr. Charles Wilson, a government scientist, died when he “jumped or fell” from the ninth floor of a Washington hotel. As his wife and children grieve, the details of the incident remain buried for twenty-two years. With the release of the Rockefeller Commission report on illegal CIA activities in 1975, the Wilson case suddenly becomes news again. Wilson’s family and the public are demanding answers, especially as some come to suspect the CIA of foul play, and agents in the CIA, FBI, and White House will do anything to make sure the truth doesn’t get out. Enter agent Jack Gabriel, an old friend of the Wilson family who is instructed by the CIA director to find out what really happened to Wilson. It’s Gabriel’s last mission before he retires from the agency, and his most perilous. Key witnesses connected to the case die from suspicious causes, and Gabriel realizes that the closer he gets to the truth, the more his entire family is at risk. Following in the footsteps of spy fiction greats like Graham Green, John Le Carré, and Alan Furst, Paul Vidich presents a tale—based on the unbelievable true story told in Netflix’s Wormwood—that doesn’t shy away from the true darkness in the shadows of espionage.

Female Circumcision and the Politics of Knowledge

Female Circumcision and the Politics of Knowledge
Author: Obioma Nnaemeka
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2005-07-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313068747

Heated debates about and insurgencies against female circumcision are symptoms of a disease emanating from a mindset that produced hierarchies of humans, conquered colonies, and built empires. The loss of colonies and empires does not in any way mitigate the ideological underpinnings of empire-building and the knowledge construction that subtends it. The mindset finds its articulation at points of coalescence. Female circumcision provided a point of coalescence and impetus for this articulation. Insisting that the hierarchy on which the imperialist project rests is not bipolar but multi-layered and more complex, the contributions in this volume demonstrate how imperialist discourses complicate issues of gender, race, and history. Nnaemeka gives voice to the silenced and marginalized, and creates space for them to participate in knowledge construction and theory making. The authors in this volume trace the travels of imperial and colonial discourses from antecedents in anthropology, travel writings, and missionary discourse, to modern configurations in films, literature, and popular culture. The contributors interrogate foreign, or Western, modus operandi and interventions in the so-called Third World and show how the resistance they generate can impede development work and undermine the true collaboration and partnership necessary to promote a transnational feminist agenda. With great clarity and in simple, accessible language, the contributors present complex ideas and arguments which hold significant implications for transnational feminism and development.