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A Girl Among the Anarchists / Isabel Meredith

Public ISBD Title : A Girl Among the Anarchists Material Type: printed text Authors: Isabel Meredith, Author Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Publication Date: 1993 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-8032-8190-5 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Anarchism Biography and personal stories Unpopular History Abstract: Isabel Meredith is the narrator of A Girl among the Anarchists and the pseudonym of Helen and Olivia Rossetti, daughters of William Michael Rossetti and nieces of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Their fin-de-siËcle tenure as editors of the renowned British anarchist journal The Torch provided the experience that went into this entertaining and knowing novel. Young Isabelís description of her upbringing echoes the eccentricities of the Rosetti household. Isolated, restless, she feels a strong desire to "free" herself from "all the ideas, customs, and prejudices" of her class and to throw herself "into the life and work of the masses." She becomes immersed in a subversive community that was seldom seen by bourgeois women in late Victorian England. In picaresque fashion she recounts outlandish vignettes of the anarchist life-style. But in growing from a girl to a woman Isabel undergoes more than physical change. A Girl Among the Anarchists [printed text] / Isabel Meredith, Author . - [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press, 1993. ISBN : 978-0-8032-8190-5 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Anarchism Biography and personal stories Unpopular History Abstract: Isabel Meredith is the narrator of A Girl among the Anarchists and the pseudonym of Helen and Olivia Rossetti, daughters of William Michael Rossetti and nieces of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Their fin-de-siËcle tenure as editors of the renowned British anarchist journal The Torch provided the experience that went into this entertaining and knowing novel. Young Isabelís description of her upbringing echoes the eccentricities of the Rosetti household. Isolated, restless, she feels a strong desire to "free" herself from "all the ideas, customs, and prejudices" of her class and to throw herself "into the life and work of the masses." She becomes immersed in a subversive community that was seldom seen by bourgeois women in late Victorian England. In picaresque fashion she recounts outlandish vignettes of the anarchist life-style. But in growing from a girl to a woman Isabel undergoes more than physical change.

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FIC MER 1903	FIC MER 1903	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Fiction - QC	Available

Alanis Obomsawin / Randolph Lewis

Public ISBD Title : Alanis Obomsawin : The Vision of a Native Filmmaker Material Type: printed text Authors: Randolph Lewis, Author Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Publication Date: 2006 ISBN (or other code): 97080803280458 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Media, Art and Culture Abstract: "In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television. In this book, the first devoted to any Native filmmaker, Obomsawin receives her due as the central figure in the development of indigenous media in North America. Incorporating history, politics, and film theory into a compelling narrative, Randolph Lewis explores the life and work of a multifaceted woman whose career was flourishing long before Native films such as Smoke Signals reached the screen. He traces Obomsawin?s path from an impoverished Abenaki reserve in the 1930s to bohemian Montreal in the 1960s, where she first found fame as a traditional storyteller and singer. Lewis follows her career as a celebrated documentary filmmaker, citing her courage in covering, at great personal risk, the 1991 Oka Crisis between Mohawk warriors and Canadian soldiers. We see how, since the late 1960s, Obomsawin has transformed documentary film, reshaping it for the first time into a crucial forum for sharing indigenous perspectives. Through a careful examination of her work, Lewis proposes a new vision for indigenous media around the globe: a ?cinema of sovereignty? based on what Obomsawin has accomplished." Alanis Obomsawin : The Vision of a Native Filmmaker [printed text] / Randolph Lewis, Author . - [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press, 2006. ISSN : 97080803280458 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Media, Art and Culture Abstract: "In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television. In this book, the first devoted to any Native filmmaker, Obomsawin receives her due as the central figure in the development of indigenous media in North America. Incorporating history, politics, and film theory into a compelling narrative, Randolph Lewis explores the life and work of a multifaceted woman whose career was flourishing long before Native films such as Smoke Signals reached the screen. He traces Obomsawin?s path from an impoverished Abenaki reserve in the 1930s to bohemian Montreal in the 1960s, where she first found fame as a traditional storyteller and singer. Lewis follows her career as a celebrated documentary filmmaker, citing her courage in covering, at great personal risk, the 1991 Oka Crisis between Mohawk warriors and Canadian soldiers. We see how, since the late 1960s, Obomsawin has transformed documentary film, reshaping it for the first time into a crucial forum for sharing indigenous perspectives. Through a careful examination of her work, Lewis proposes a new vision for indigenous media around the globe: a ?cinema of sovereignty? based on what Obomsawin has accomplished."

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IND LEW 2006	IND LEW 2006	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Indigenous Peoples & First Peoples	Available

The Book of Promethea / Helene Cixous

Public ISBD Title : The Book of Promethea Original title : Le Livre de Promethea Material Type: printed text Authors: Helene Cixous, Author ; Betsy Wing, Translator Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Publication Date: 1991 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-8032-6343-7 Languages : English (eng) Original Language : French (fre) Descriptors: Feminisms Fiction Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Keywords: Fiction, queer, lesbian, mythology, feminist theory, feminism, french Abstract: In writing Le Livre de Promethea Hélène Cixous set for herself the task of bridging the immeasurable distance between love and language. She describes a love between two women in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. The result is a stunning example of Pecriture feminine that won kudos when published in France in 1983. Its translation into English by Betsy Wing will extend the influence of a writer already famous for her novels and contributions to feminist theory. In her introduction Betsy Wing notes the contemporary emphasis on "fictions of presence." Cixous, in The Book of Promethea, works to "repair the separation between fiction and presence, trying to chronicle a very-present love without destroying it in the writing." The Book of Promethea = Le Livre de Promethea [printed text] / Helene Cixous, Author ; Betsy Wing, Translator . - [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press, 1991. ISBN : 978-0-8032-6343-7 Languages : English (eng) Original Language  : French (fre) Descriptors: Feminisms Fiction Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Keywords: Fiction, queer, lesbian, mythology, feminist theory, feminism, french Abstract: In writing Le Livre de Promethea Hélène Cixous set for herself the task of bridging the immeasurable distance between love and language. She describes a love between two women in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. The result is a stunning example of Pecriture feminine that won kudos when published in France in 1983. Its translation into English by Betsy Wing will extend the influence of a writer already famous for her novels and contributions to feminist theory. In her introduction Betsy Wing notes the contemporary emphasis on "fictions of presence." Cixous, in The Book of Promethea, works to "repair the separation between fiction and presence, trying to chronicle a very-present love without destroying it in the writing."

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FIC CIX 1991	FIC CIX 1991	Livre/Book	QPIRG-McGill	Fiction (QM)	Available