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'Bad' Women of Bombay Films: Studies in Desire and Anxiety
by Saswati Sengupta Shampa Roy Sharmila PurkayasthaThis book presents a feminist mapping of the articulation and suppression of female desire in Hindi films, which comprise one of modern India’s most popular cultural narratives. It explores the lineament of evil and the corresponding closure of chastisement or domesticity that appear as necessary conditions for the representation of subversive female desire. The term ‘bad’ is used heuristically, and not as a moral or essential category, to examine some of the iconic disruptive women of Hindi cinema and to uncover the nexus between patriarchy and other hierarchies, such as class, caste and religion in these representations. The twenty-one essays examine the politics of female desire/s from the 1930s to the present day - both through in-depth analyses of single films and by tracing the typologies in multiple films. The essays are divided into five sections indicating the various gendered desires and rebellions that patriarchal society seeks to police, silence and domesticate.
Bad Words: And What They Say About Us
by Philip GoodenOnce upon a time, the worst words you could utter were short, simple and tended to be four letters in length. Now things are more complicated. To be insulted as a 'snowflake' or an 'expert' is arguably worse than being called a **** or a **** or even a ****.So what are today's 'bad words' and how are they different from yesterday's taboo expressions? This entertaining guide to the shifting sands of bad language is indispensable in an increasingly divided world in which abuse becomes ever more widespread and vituperative.Philip Gooden shows how and why taboo words and contentious expressions, including those four-letter ones, were first used in English. He discusses the ways such words have changed over the years and explores how a single syllable or two may possess an almost magical power to offend, distress or infuriate. Bad Words investigates the most controversial and provocative words in the English language in a way that is both anecdotal and analytical. Combining intrigue and scandal, the book delves into expressions connected to religion, ethnicity, nationality, politics, swearing and oaths, and includes contemporary issues like political correctness and elitism.
Badass: Spine-crushing Tales Of The Most Merciless Gods, Monsters, Heroes, Villains, And Mythical Creatures Ever Envisioned (Badass Series)
by Ben ThompsonBen Thompson—author of Badass, creator of the epic website badassoftheweek.com, and the Internet’s foremost expert on badassitude—is back to enthrall lovers of skull-smashing, bone-crushing bad behavior with his latest compendium, Badass: The Birth of a Legend. Like its macho predecessor, Badass: The Birth of a Legend celebrates fearless berserkers of every stripe, male and female, but this time pulls them from the hoary pages of mythology, fantasy fiction, and the silver screen—from Zeus to Beowulf to Dirty Harry Callahan, the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned. Forget your whiny Twilight vampires and werewolves, these badasses kick butt!
Badass Feminist Politics: Exploring Radical Edges of Feminist Theory, Communication, and Activism
by Sarah Jane Blithe Janell C. Bauer Angela N. Gist-Mackey Ashley R. Hall Shardé M. Davis Anita Mixon Andrea Ewing Prisca S. Ngondo Cerise L. Glenn Melanie Duckworth Kelly J. Cross Idrissa Snider Rebecca Mercado Jones Jayna Marie Jones Siobhan Smith-Jones Johnny L. Jones Savaughn Williams Robin M. Boylorn Tina Harris Cassidy D. Ellis Sarah Gonzalez Noveiri Ruth J. Beerman Michael S. Martin Lydia Huerta Moreno Ana Gomez Parga Maureen Ebben Cheris Kramarae Kathleen Rushforth James McDonald Sara DeTurk Danette M. Pugh-Patton Antonio L. Spikes Jenna N. HancheyIn the late 2010s, the United States experienced a period of widespread silencing. Protests of unsafe drinking water have been met with tear gas; national park employees, environmentalists, and scientists have been ordered to stop communicating publicly. Advocates for gun control are silenced even as mass shootings continue. Expressed dissent to political power is labeled as “fake news.” DREAMers, Muslims, Trans military members, women, black bodies, the LGBTQI+ community, Latina/o/x communities, rape survivors, sex workers, and immigrants have all been systematically silenced. During this difficult time and despite such restrictions, advocates and allies persist and resist, forming dialogues that call to repel inequality in its many forms. Addressing the oppression of women of color, white women, women with (dis)abilities, and LBTQI+ individuals across cultures and contexts remains a central posit of feminist struggle and requires “a distinctly feminist politics of recognition.” However, as second wave debates about feminism have revealed, there is no single way to express a feminist politic. Rather, living feminist politics requires individual interpretation and struggle, collective discussion and disagreement, and recognizing difference among women as well as points of convergence in feminist struggle. Badass Feminist Politics includes a diverse range of engaging feminist political projects to not only analyze the work being done on the ground but provide an overview for action that can be taken on by those seeking to engage in feminist activism in their own communities. Contributors included here are working for equality and equity and resisting violent, racist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, and sexist language and action during this tension-filled political moment. Collectively, the book explores what it means to live and communicate feminist politics in everyday choices and actions, and how we can facilitate learning by analyzing these examples. Taking up current issues and new theoretical perspectives, the authors offer novel perspectives into what it means to live feminist politics. This book is a testament to resilience, resistance, communication, and forward thinking about what these themes all mean for new feminist agendas. Learning how to resist oppressive structures through words and actions is particularly important for students. Badass Feminist Politics features scholars from non-dominant groups taking up issues of marginalization and oppression, which can help people accomplish their social justice goals of inclusivity on the ground and in the classroom.
Badass Prepper's Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Prepare Yourself for the Worst
by James HenryDisaster can strike at any time with no warning. Most people aren't forward thinking enough to prepare for the worst, others simply don't have the skills needed to successfully prepare. That's where the Badass Prepper's Handbook comes in. Covering a wide variety of disaster scenarios with detailed instructions for what you need to do in each one, you'll be ready for anything in no time at all. You'll learn how to build shelters, how to store water and food, how to cook off the grid, how to evacuate safely and efficiently, and much, much more. With this ultimate guide in disaster survival, you'll be ready to protect yourself, you family, your neighbors, and your pets, in all of the worst case scenarios.
Badass Women Give the Best Advice: Everything You Need to Know About Life and Love
by Becca Anderson“I, for one, will be taking to heart all the advice from these very wise and wild women—silver screen queens, comediennes and brilliant writers.” —Nina Lesowitz, author of The Grateful LifeThis delightfully dishy gathering of gal pals is like having a heart-to-heart with 200 of your closest friends. Garrulous girls and loquacious ladies from every walk of life unleash their wicked wit in this humorous and enlightening compilation and tell it like it is. Topics include What the World Needs Now, Love Hurts, Lost Love, and Are Men Really Necessary.Learn and laugh at the real stories of the amazing women you love:true tales about wild women of yore that entertain as much as they enlighten. From Anais Nin, Lily Tomlin, Amy Bloom, Dorothy Allison, Drew Barrymore, Chrissy Teigen and beyond, there’s no shortage of sass, sarcasm, or sizzle and a few shocks along the way!In Badass Women Give the Best Advice, readers will find:Wisdom about sex, dating, break ups, weddings, the prerequisites for the perfect kiss, and more!Quotes and true stories from famous women and girl bossesQuizzes, love and sex bucket lists, and topics like “Size Really Does Matter,” and “Cry Me a River, The Weepiest Romantic Movies Ever” that will spice up your sex and love life“Ah, love, luv, l’amour! Buy this for your honey and read it in bed together. That’s amore!” —Trina Robbins, author of Last Girl Standing“Meet your 200 new bffs and listen up. Everything you need to know is in this book.” —Reeda Joseph, author of Girlfriends Forever
Badfellas: Crime, Tradition and New Masculinities
by Simon WinlowFights, fraud and drugs racketeering regularly hit the headlines, but they are just news stories for most of us. For others, they constitute a way of life. This book uncovers a world where male identity is expressed each day through physical strength and power. Focusing on professional criminals and violent men, the author shows how workshop camaraderie, hard physical work and criminal reputations allow for changing masculinities. It is all too easy to stereotype criminals, when, in fact, their world is complex and creative. Criminal men adapt and modify their forms of gender expression to fit in with their changing economic, social and cultural circumstance, as do men in all walks of life. Why is violence attractive to these men? What motivates their crimes, both planned and impulsive? How do criminals themselves view their activities and their reputations, and how do these reputations affect their perception of masculinity? This book is the first sustained analysis of organized crime and violence to use covert research methods. Far from the sensationalized memoirs of retired gangsters, or the abstract discussions of scholars, this book builds on first-hand experiences and relationships made while working amongst bouncers and criminals. The social world of professional criminals and the working environments of criminal bouncers are demystified and laid bare. The author sets individual criminal careers and experiences in the wider context of de-industrialization and globalization, and provides a thoughtful and stimulating addition to the fields of anthropology, sociology and criminology.
A Badger Boy in Blue: The Civil War Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke
by William Mulligan Jr.The Civil War letters of a young Wisconsin soldier, previously published in the Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1920-1922, are made available for the first time to a wide audience.
The Badlands Sleuth: Reader (Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts, Grade 5 #Unit 9)
by Amplify EducationNIMAC-sourced textbook
Baetica Felix: People and Prosperity in Southern Spain from Caesar to Septimius Severus
by Haley Evan W.Baetica, the present-day region of Andalusia in southern Spain, was the wealthiest province of the Roman Empire. Its society was dynamic and marked by upward social and economic mobility, as the imperial peace allowed the emergence of a substantial middle social and economic stratum. Indeed, so mutually beneficial was the imposition of Roman rule on the local population of Baetica that it demands a new understanding of the relationship between Imperial Rome and its provinces. Baetica Felix builds a new model of Roman-provincial relations through a socio-economic history of the province from Julius Caesar to the end of the second century A.D. Describing and analyzing the impact of Roman rule on a core province, Evan Haley addresses two broad questions: what effect did Roman rule have on patterns of settlement and production in Baetica, and how did it contribute to wealth generation and social mobility? His findings conclusively demonstrate that meeting the multiple demands of the Roman state created a substantial freeborn and ex-slave "middle stratum" of the population that outnumbered both the super-rich elite and the destitute poor.
A Bag of Marbles
by Joseph Joffo Martin SokolinskyWhen Joseph Joffo was ten years old, his father gave him and his brother fifty francs and instructions to flee Nazi-occupied Paris and, somehow, get to the south where France was free.
Bagels and Grits
by Jennifer Anne MosesWhen Jennifer Anne Moses moved from a comfortable life in East Coast Jewish society to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she volunteered at an AIDS hospice and rediscovered a profound commitment to her Jewish faith. Outstanding Book, selected by the American Association of School LibrariansBest Books for Regional Special Interests, selected by the Public Library Association
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq
by RiverbendIn August 2003, the world gained access to a remarkable new voice: a blog written by a 25-year-old Iraqi woman living in Baghdad, whose identity remained concealed for her own protection. Calling herself Riverbend, she offered searing eyewitness accounts of the everyday realities on the ground, punctuated by astute analysis on the politics behind these events. In a voice in turn eloquent, angry, reflective and darkly comic, Riverbend recounts stories of life in an occupied city--of neighbors whose homes are raided by US troops, whose relatives disappear into prisons and whose children are kidnapped by money-hungry militias. At times, the tragic blends into the absurd, as she tells of her family jumping out of bed to wash clothes and send e-mails in the middle of the night when the electricity is briefly restored, or of their quest to bury an elderly aunt when the mosques are all overbooked for wakes and the cemeteries are all full. The only Iraqi blogger writing from a woman's perspective, she also describes a once-secular city where women are now afraid to leave their homes without head covering and a male escort. Interspersed with these vivid snapshots from daily life are Riverbend's analyses of everything from the elusive workings of the Iraqi Governing Council to the torture in Abu Ghraib, from the coverage provided by American media and by Al-Jazeera to Bush's State of the Union speech. Here again, she focuses especially on the fate of women, whose rights and freedoms have fallen victim to rising fundamentalisms in a chaotic postwar society. With thousands of loyal readers worldwide, the Riverbend blog is widely recognized around the world as a crucial source of information not available through the mainstream media. The book version of this blog will have "value-added" features: an introduction and timeline of events by veteran journalist James Ridgeway, excerpts from Riverbend's links and an epilogue by Riverbend herself.
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq (Women Writing The Middle East Ser.)
by RiverbendSince the fall of Bagdad, women&’s voices have been largely erased, but four months after Saddam Hussein&’s statue fell, a 24 year-old woman from Baghdad began blogging. In 2003, a twenty-four-year-old woman from Baghdad began blogging about life in the city under the pseudonym Riverbend. Her passion, honesty, and wry idiomatic English made her work a vital contribution to our understanding of post-war Iraq—and won her a large following. Baghdad Burning is a quotidian chronicle of Riverbend&’s life with her family between April 2003 and September of 2004. She describes rolling blackouts, intermittent water access, daily explosions, gas shortages and travel restrictions. She also expresses a strong stance against the interim government, the Bush administration, and Islamic fundamentalists like Al Sadr and his followers. Her book &“offers quick takes on events as they occur, from a perspective too often overlooked, ignored or suppressed&” (Publishers Weekly). &“Riverbend is bright and opinionated, true, but like all voices of dissent worth remembering, she provides an urgent reminder that, whichever governments we struggle under, we are all the same.&” —Booklist &“Feisty and learned: first-rate reading for any American who suspects that Fox News may not be telling the whole story.&” —Kirkus
Baghdad Burning II: More Girl Blog from Iraq (Women Writing The Middle East Ser.)
by RiverbendRiverbend, the young Iraqi woman whose &“articulate, even poetic prose packs an emotional punch,&” continues her blog from her hometown of Baghdad (The New York Times). Riverbend, the pseudonymous recipient of a Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Literary Reportage, continues her chronicle of daily life in occupied Baghdad. Drawn from her popular blog, this volume spans from October 2004 through March 2006. In her distinctively wry yet urgent prose Riverbend, now 27, tells of life in a middle-class, secular, mixed Shia-Sunni family. She describes the attacks she sees on TV, raids in her neighborhood, fuel shortages, rolling blackouts, and water shortages, all while offering insightful critiques of the Iraqi draft constitution and American Media. Riverbend reveals how, for the first time in her life, she feels lesser due to her gender. Dispelling reductive, media-driven stereotypes, she explains that most Iraqis are tolerant people, prefer secular to religious government, oppose a civil war, and desperately want the occupation to end.
Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate: From Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources (Routledge Library Editions: Persia #2)
by G. Le StrangeThe history of Baghdad as a metropolis coincides with the history of the rise and fall of the Abbasid Caliphs. In this volume, first published in 1900 and written by a recognized authority in the field, the history of the city and of the Abbasid dynasty are closely interwoven so that, from a scholarly blending of contemporary records and discursive narrative, an accurate picture emerges of the state and society within the capital of the Muslim world during the period from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries.
The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity (Routledge South Asian Religion Series)
by Shalva WeilThis book explores the extraordinary differentiation of the Baghdadi Jewish community over time during their sojourn in India from the end of the eighteenth century until their dispersion to Indian diasporas in Israel and English-speaking countries throughout the world after India gained independence in 1947. Chapters on schools, institutions and culture present how Baghdadis in India managed to maintain their communities by negotiating multiple identities in a stratified and complex society. Several disciplinary perspectives are utilized to explore the super-diversity of the Baghdadis and the ways in which they successfully adapted to new situations during the Raj, while retaining particular traditions and modifying and incorporating others. Providing a comprehensive overview of this community, the contributions to the book show that the legacy of the Baghdadi Jews lives on for Indians today through landmarks and monuments in Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata, and for Jews, through memories woven by members of the community residing in diverse diasporas. Offering refreshing historical perspectives on the colonial period in India, this book will be of interest to those studying South Asian Studies, Diaspora and Ethnic Studies, Sociology, History, Jewish Studies and Asian Religion.
The Baha'is of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies (Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies)
by Dominic Parviz Brookshaw Seena B. FazelThe Baha’i community of Iran is the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority. This collection of essays presents a comprehensive study of the social and historical development of the Baha’i community, and its role in shaping modern Iran. Central to this study is the pioneering character of the Baha’i community in the late 19th and early 20th century, with chapters examining the role of women in the Baha’i community; the impact of Baha’i-run schools on Iranian society, Baha’i contributions to public health initiatives; and the influence of Baha’i thought and the actions of individual Baha’is on the Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1911. Conversion to the Baha’i Faith is another important theme, as contributors investigate the phenomenon of large scale conversion to the Baha’i Faith from the Jewish and Zoroastrian communities. Finally, although persecution of the Baha’is has drawn the attention of the Western media, until now few scholars working in the field of Iranian studies have chosen to write on the history or details of this persecution. Here, five prominent figures in the field redress this balance and look at different aspects of this persecution, including its historical background, the attitude of secular Iranians, persecution before and after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and human rights perspectives. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Iranian studies, Middle Eastern studies and comparative religion, and with many chapters authored by leading academics in Iranian studies, The Baha’is of Iran addresses both a gap in academic literature on the Baha’i Faith, and in the study of modern Iran in general.
Bahamas Primary Social Studies Grade 4
by Lisa Greenstein Karen MorrisonWritten and evaluated by experienced teachers and teacher educators, this third edition of the popular series brings an entirely fresh approach, updating the design and illustrations and matching the content perfectly to the latest curriculum documentation.What's new?* A thorough review from the ground up, ensuring full curriculum coverage and a contemporary, up-to-date approach* 'Word power' feature introduces new vocabulary and concepts* 'Think about it' feature makes cross-curricular links and encourages critical-thinking and problem-solving* Teaching information clearly explained, and followed by step-by-step, graded activities
Bahamas Primary Social Studies Grade 4
by Lisa Greenstein Karen MorrisonWritten and evaluated by experienced teachers and teacher educators, this third edition of the popular series brings an entirely fresh approach, updating the design and illustrations and matching the content perfectly to the latest curriculum documentation.What's new?* A thorough review from the ground up, ensuring full curriculum coverage and a contemporary, up-to-date approach* 'Word power' feature introduces new vocabulary and concepts* 'Think about it' feature makes cross-curricular links and encourages critical-thinking and problem-solving* Teaching information clearly explained, and followed by step-by-step, graded activities
Bahamas Primary Social Studies Grade 5
by Lisa Greenstein Karen MorrisonWritten and evaluated by experienced teachers and teacher educators, this third edition of the popular series brings an entirely fresh approach, updating the design and illustrations and matching the content perfectly to the latest curriculum documentation.What's new?* A thorough review from the ground up, ensuring full curriculum coverage and a contemporary, up-to-date approach* 'Word power' feature introduces new vocabulary and concepts* 'Think about it' feature makes cross-curricular links and encourages critical-thinking and problem-solving* Teaching information clearly explained, and followed by step-by-step, graded activities
Bahamas Primary Social Studies Grade 5
by Lisa Greenstein Karen MorrisonWritten and evaluated by experienced teachers and teacher educators, this third edition of the popular series brings an entirely fresh approach, updating the design and illustrations and matching the content perfectly to the latest curriculum documentation.What's new?* A thorough review from the ground up, ensuring full curriculum coverage and a contemporary, up-to-date approach* 'Word power' feature introduces new vocabulary and concepts* 'Think about it' feature makes cross-curricular links and encourages critical-thinking and problem-solving* Teaching information clearly explained, and followed by step-by-step, graded activities
Bahamas Primary Social Studies Grade 6
by Lisa Greenstein Karen MorrisonWritten and evaluated by experienced teachers and teacher educators, this third edition of the popular series brings an entirely fresh approach, updating the design and illustrations and matching the content perfectly to the latest curriculum documentation.What's new?* A thorough review from the ground up, ensuring full curriculum coverage and a contemporary, up-to-date approach* 'Word power' feature introduces new vocabulary and concepts* 'Think about it' feature makes cross-curricular links and encourages critical-thinking and problem-solving* Teaching information clearly explained, and followed by step-by-step, graded activities
Bahamas Primary Social Studies Grade 6
by Lisa Greenstein Karen MorrisonWritten and evaluated by experienced teachers and teacher educators, this third edition of the popular series brings an entirely fresh approach, updating the design and illustrations and matching the content perfectly to the latest curriculum documentation.What's new?* A thorough review from the ground up, ensuring full curriculum coverage and a contemporary, up-to-date approach* 'Word power' feature introduces new vocabulary and concepts* 'Think about it' feature makes cross-curricular links and encourages critical-thinking and problem-solving* Teaching information clearly explained, and followed by step-by-step, graded activities
Bahlabelelelani – Why Do They Sing?: Gender and Power in Contemporary Women’s Songs
by Nompumelelo ZondiIndigenous societies, steeped in patriarchy, have various channels through which they deal with abusive characteristics of relations in some of these communities. One such route is through songs, which sanction women to voice that which, bound by societal expectations, they would not commonly be able to say. This book focuses on the nature of women’s contemporary songs in the rural community of Zwelibomvu, near Pinetown in KwaZulu-Natal. It aims to answer the question ‘Bahlabelelelani – Why do they sing?’, drawing on several discourses of gender and power to examine the content and purposes of the songs. Restricted by custom, women resort to allusive languages, such as found in ukushoza, a song genre that includes poetic elements and solo dance songs. The songs, when read in conjunction with the interviews and focus group discussions, present a complex picture of women’s lives in contemporary rural KwaZulu-Natal, and they offer their commentary on what it means to be a woman in this society. Print edition not for sale in Sub Saharan Africa.