Essex Girls

Author : Sarah Perry
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782838210

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Essex Girls by Sarah Perry Pdf

'Not all Essex girls are party girls. They can be sages, martyrs, leaders. In her neat and provocative little book, Sarah Perry celebrates their courage and vivacity.' Hilary Mantel A defence and celebration of the Essex Girl by the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent Essex Girls are disreputable, disrespectful and disobedient. They speak out of turn, too loudly and too often, in an accent irritating to the ruling classes. Their bodies are hyper-sexualised and irredeemably vulgar. They are given to intricate and voluble squabbling. They do not apologise for any of this. And why should they? In this exhilarating feminist defence of the Essex girl, Sarah Perry re-examines her relationship with her much maligned home county. She summons its most unquiet spirits, from Protestant martyr Rose Allin to the indomitable Abolitionist Anne Knight, sitting them alongside Audre Lorde, Kim Kardashian and Harriet Martineau, and showing us that the Essex girl is not bound by geography. She is a type, representing a very particular kind of female agency, and a very particular kind of disdain: she contains a multitude of women, and it is time to celebrate them.

Author : Karen Bowman
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445610429

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Essex Girls by Karen Bowman Pdf

The scandalous history of the women of Essex.

Author : Becci Fox
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781447213024

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Confessions of an Essex Girl by Becci Fox Pdf

'So you think because you've watched TOWIE you've got us Essex Girls figured out? You don't know the half of it. Events in this book are so shameless that I've had to change all the names, but everything that happens is real.' Becci Fox is an Essex girl through and through. She just wants to be comfortable and spoilt, taken out to nice places and showered with presents. And she is. She lives in the grounds of her parents' manor house, drives a Mercedes SLK and had a boob job when she was nineteen. She's ambitious, working hard during the day as a bridal buyer. And at night she plays hard, clubbing at Sugar Hut and Faces, mixing with celebrities and soap stars. She knows how to handle the footballers who buy you Cristal champagne and make you feel like the most special person in the room (only they've got five other girls on speed dial). But when she falls for a sexy racing driver, is she finally out of her league? Becci shares six dramatic months in her life as she and her friends have fun, fall in love, handle heartache and betrayal, and even plan a big fat Essex wedding.

Author : Maria Ferguson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786829863

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Essex Girl by Maria Ferguson Pdf

“Essex Girl: a young working-class woman from the Essex area, typically considered as being unintelligent, materialistic, devoid of taste and sexually promiscuous.” – Collins English Dictionary Kirsty is a sixteen-year-old girl growing up in '00s Brentwood. She likes WKD, Elton John, Pie & Mash and Charlie Red body spray. She's on a quest to win Sexy Ricky's heart and pass her GCSEs. She also has a secret to tell you. One she can't tell anyone else. Follow Kirsty's story through the house parties and Irish pubs of Essex. From West Ham matches to choir practice, pre-drinks to registration, she will tell you what it's really like to be an Essex Girl.

Author : Lauren Goodger
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781444770186

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Secrets of an Essex Girl by Lauren Goodger Pdf

Welcome to the wonderful world of Lauren Goodger! Before The Only Way is Essex Lauren was just an ordinary girl, working as a secretary and trying to build a life with her long-term boyfriend Mark Wright. Now she's constantly followed by the paparazzi; she can't wear a bikini without her weight being scrutinised and her private life is played out on the front pages of the tabloids. Lauren may be a celebrity who goes to red carpet events, dates gorgeous men, and has her own business, but she's also a down-to-earth girl who loves to laugh and treasures her friends and family. In Secrets of an Essex Girl, Lauren lifts the lid on the truth behind the headlines. She shares her beauty regime, the real facts about her relationships and her break-up with Mark, and describes how her friends and family have pulled her through the tough times. So much has been written about Lauren but now it's her turn to set the record straight. In this heartfelt account, she opens up about all the incredible ups and downs of her rollercoaster life. Told with searing honesty, this is Lauren as you've never seen her before.

Author : Laura Ziepe
Publisher : Avon Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Female friendship
ISBN : 0007486464

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Essex Girls by Laura Ziepe Pdf

Jade did everything she could to fit in at university - toned down her tan, gave up on her favourite fake lashes, swapped designer dresses for jeans. And it seemed to make her boyfriend Tom happy. But obviously not quite happy enough. When Jade finds Tom's been cheating she heads home - to Essex.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555044666

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MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION WITH APPENDICES by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elliott Oring
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780252092053

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Engaging Humor by Elliott Oring Pdf

Exploring the structure, motives, and meanings of humor in everyday life In Engaging Humor, Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what its messages might be. This provocative book is filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humor to be a meaningful--even significant--form of expression. Oring scrutinizes classic Jewish jokes, frontier humor, racist cartoons, blonde jokes, and Internet humor. He provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts--not just their contents. He also shows how the incongruity and absurdity essential to the production of laughter can serve serious communicative ends. Engaging Humor examines the thoughts that underlie jokes, the question of racist motivation in ethnic humor, and the use of humor as a commentary on social interaction. The book also explores the relationship between humor and sentimentality and the role of humor in forging national identity. Engaging Humor demonstrates that when analyzed contextually and comparatively, humorous expressions emerge as communications that are startling, intriguing, and profound.

Author : Great Britain. Committee on Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005058222

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Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education: with Appendices by Great Britain. Committee on Education Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Committee on Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B2990755

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Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education Correspondence, Financial Statements, Etc., and Reports by Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools by Great Britain. Committee on Education Pdf

Author : Tim Burrows
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782837886

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The Invention of Essex by Tim Burrows Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARD 2023 'Exceptionally well-written and intelligent ... if you are interested in this remarkable microcosm of England, the book will grip you; if you aren't, it will make you realise that you jolly well should be.' Simon Heffer, Spectator 'A deeply sensitive and engaging portrait of a misunderstood county and its people' Financial Times 'A stellar performance' Jonathan Meades Essex. A county both famous and infamous: the stuff of tabloid headlines and reality television, consumer culture and right-wing politicians. England's dark id. But beyond the sensationalist headlines lies a strange and secret place with a rich history: of smugglers and private islands, artists and radicals, myths and legends. It's where the Peasants' Revolt began and the Empire Windrush docked. And - from political movements like Brexit to cultural events like TOWIE - where Essex leads, the rest of us often follow. Deeply researched and thoroughly engaging, The Invention of Essex shows that there is more to this fabled English county than meets the eye.

Author : A. Biressi,H. Nunn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137314130

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Class and Contemporary British Culture by A. Biressi,H. Nunn Pdf

How does culture articulate, frame, organise and produce stories about social class and class difference? What do these stories tell us about contemporary models of success, failure, struggle and aspiration? How have class-based labels been revived or newly-minted to categorise the insiders and outsiders of the new 'age of austerity'? Drawing on examples from the 1980s to the present day this book investigates the changing landscape of class and reveals how it has become populated by a host of classed figures including Essex Man and Essex Girl, the 'squeezed middle', the 'sharp-elbowed middle class', the 'feral underclass', the 'white working class', the 'undeserving poor', 'selfish baby boomers' and others. Overall, the book argues that social class, although complicated and highly contested, remains a valid and fruitful route into understanding how contemporary British culture articulates social distinction and social difference and the significant costs and investments at stake for all involved.

Author : Cynthia Carter,Linda Steiner,Lisa McLaughlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 837 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135076948

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The Routledge Companion to Media & Gender by Cynthia Carter,Linda Steiner,Lisa McLaughlin Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender offers a comprehensive examination of media and gender studies, charting its histories, investigating ongoing controversies, and assessing future trends. The 59 chapters in this volume, written by leading researchers from around the world, provide scholars and students with an engaging and authoritative survey of current thinking in media and gender research. The Companion includes the following features: With each chapter addressing a distinct, concrete set of issues, the volume includes research from around the world to engage readers in a broad array of global and transnational issues and intersectional perspectives. Authors address a series of important questions that have consequences for current and future thinking in the field, including postfeminism, sexual violence, masculinity, media industries, queer identities, video games, digital policy, media activism, sexualization, docusoaps, teen drama, cosmetic surgery, media Islamophobia, sport, telenovelas, news audiences, pornography, and social and mobile media. A range of academic disciplines inform exploration of key issues around production and policymaking, representation, audience engagement, and the place of gender in media studies. The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender is an essential guide to the central ideas, concepts and debates currently shaping media and gender research.

Author : Great Britain. Council on Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015062795300

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Report of the Committee of Council on Education (England and Wales), with Appendix by Great Britain. Council on Education Pdf

Author : J. A. Simpson,E. S. C. Weiner,Michael Proffitt
Publisher : Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780198600275

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Oxford English Dictionary by J. A. Simpson,E. S. C. Weiner,Michael Proffitt Pdf

This is the third in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (Citizen's Charter), North America (affluential, Clintonomics), Australia (beardie), and the West Indies (zouk). A wide variety of subjects is covered, including the sciences (buckyball, nanotechnology, Tourette syndrome), finance (junk bond, negative equity), literary theory (metafiction), computing (freeware, core dump), and sport (basho, lowball).