Pretending The Bed Is A Raft

Author : Nanci Kincaid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0385332939

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Pretending the Bed is a Raft by Nanci Kincaid Pdf

"Women always know more about the facts of life because most of the facts happen to women," writes a mother to her daughter in the title story of this breathtaking collection, which goes on to prove just that. Nanci Kincaid's eight exquisite stories deftly capture the kind of moments a woman never forgets. Watching the mysterious transformation of your mother as she dolls herself up for a night on the town--with a man other than your father. Watching your best friend fall for the bad boy in town. Wondering if the man at work you're secretly in love with means something by the hand he lets linger on your arm. Kissing a man named Gable on a moonlit night when you've just found out you have only a few months left to live. With an irresistible narrative voice that captures both the humor and heartbreak of love, Nanci Kincaid paints a portrait of women's lifelong courtship with men that will make you laugh and cry in recognition.

Author : Pietsie Feenstra,Hub Hermans
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789042024731

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Miradas Sobre Pasado Y Presente en El Cine Espanol (1990-2005) by Pietsie Feenstra,Hub Hermans Pdf

El cine español contemporáneo (1990-2005) dedica mucha atención a la rememoración del pasado (Segunda República, la Guerra Civil, el período franquista,¿) y la realidad social (el paro, la violencia doméstica, inmigración, eutanasia,¿). Directores renombrados como Pedro Almodóvar, Alejandro Amenábar, Fernando León de Aranoa, Icíar Bollaín, o Isabel Coixet, muestran este interés dentro de sus miradas cinematográficas. La gran popularidad de este cine ha estimulado su migración en pantallas ajenas y dentro de contextos universitarios nacionales e internacionales. Este libro reúne unos veinte artículos, de investigadores americanos y europeos, que ilustran las múltiples tradiciones culturales en vigor dentro de los estudios cinematográficos, y que se enfocan al mismo tiempo en el tema central del libro: ¿Cómo se puede leer, la mirada de los autores españoles, sobre el pasado y el presente, dentro del contexto de su cine nacional?

Author : Laurie Champion,Rhonda Austin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313076435

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Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers by Laurie Champion,Rhonda Austin Pdf

American women writers have long been creating an extraordinarily diverse and vital body of fiction, particularly in the decades since World War II. Recent authors have benefited from the struggles of their predecessors, who broke through barriers that denied women opportunities for self-expression. This reference highlights American women writers who continue to build upon the formerly male-dominated canon. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for more than 60 American women writers of diverse ethnicity who wrote or published their most significant fiction after World War II. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes:^L^DBLA brief biography^L^DBLA discussion of major works and themes^^DBLA survey of the writer's critical reception^L^DBLA bibliography of primary and secondary sources

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Short stories
ISBN : UOM:49015003032829

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Short Story Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : BettyAnn Martin,Michelann Parr
Publisher : Demeter Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772584745

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Mothering Outside the Lines: by BettyAnn Martin,Michelann Parr Pdf

In this collection, authors transgress and uphold their maternal integrity as they dance at the edge of comfort and take up the challenge of exploring the boundaries of maternal practice– their own, their mothers, and those found in literature, media, or popular culture. These mothers assume a hopeful stance; actively choose courage over comfort; push through what is fun, fast, or easy, and show how they come to mother outside the lines in all its simplicity and complexity. As they bust outdated, tired, and ambiguous boundaries, they find and (re)set new boundaries that restore dignity and self-respect for themselves, their children, their families, and for the matricentric feminist collective, particularly those whose voices may continue to be silenced and marginalized by structures and limits beyond their control. Thirteen stories are threaded together to form a compelling tale showing how and why some mothers, when faced with ambiguous and untenable boundaries, resist the urge to accept the assumed, the unpredictable, even the demanded– whether they be internal or external, visible or invisible, real or imaginary.

Author : Sabine Haenni,Sarah Barrow,John White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317682608

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films by Sabine Haenni,Sarah Barrow,John White Pdf

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films comprises 200 essays by leading film scholars analysing the most important, influential, innovative and interesting films of all time. Arranged alphabetically, each entry explores why each film is significant for those who study film and explores the social, historical and political contexts in which the film was produced. Ranging from Hollywood classics to international bestsellers to lesser-known representations of national cinema, this collection is deliberately broad in scope crossing decades, boundaries and genres. The encyclopedia thus provides an introduction to the historical range and scope of cinema produced throughout the world.

Author : Tim Parrish
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Baton Rouge (La.)
ISBN : 1617034673

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Red Stick Men by Tim Parrish Pdf

The characters in these stories "are always on the verge of disasters that emanate from the hard living they endure in the city they call 'Red Stick, '" i.e., Baton Rouge, Louisiana.--Jacket

Author : Nanci Kincaid
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781565127067

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Balls by Nanci Kincaid Pdf

BALLS is the story of a college football coach, his rise, his fall, and his fallback position. You could say BALLS is the story of a coach's kick-off, his first, second, and third downs . . . and his punt. But BALLS is a coach's story that belongs to the coach's wife. To her, and to his mother, his mother-in-law, his daughter, his assistants' wives, his players' mothers and girlfriends, and even his players' grandmothers. It's the women standing behind this handsome football hero who tell the story behind the headlines of Mac Gibbs, Birmingham University coach Catfish Bomar's star quarterback, who married Dixie Carraway, the beautiful homecoming queen. Set in Alabama, home state of the legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant, BALLS is told by fifteen women and one little girl touched by Mac Gibbs's fall from fame as a college quarterback to infamy as head coach of the Birmingham University Black Bears. It's told in those women's voices, from their seats in the stands. They watch the other women, worry when players are slow to get up off the ground, pray when players are carried off on stretchers. They don't care much for the "science" of the game--or its brutality. They see football as it really is--sexy, dirty, sweaty, painful, empowering, corrupt. The story they tell is often funny and not always pretty, as the view from deep inside rarely is. This is a novel that moves with the force of a fourth down charge, and shimmers with the tears of the women waiting outside the locker-room door when the game is lost. The author, twice a head coach's wife, knows whereof she writes so brilliantly. She also knows a lot about love. And BALLS is, above all, a love story.

Author : Salvador Jiménez Murguía,Alex Pinar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442271333

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The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films by Salvador Jiménez Murguía,Alex Pinar Pdf

Under the Franco regime (1939-1976), films produced in Spain were of poor quality, promoted the regime’s agenda, or were heavily censored. After the dictator’s death, the Spanish film industry transitioned into a new era, one in which artists were able to more freely express themselves and tackle subjects that had been previously stifled. Today, films produced in Spain are among the most highly regarded in world cinema. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films features nearly 300 entries on the written by a host of international scholars and film critics. Beginning with movies released after Franco’s death, this volume documents four decades of films, directors, actresses and actors of Spanish cinema. Offering a comprehensive survey of films, the entries address such topics as art, culture, society and politics. Each includes comprehensive production details and provides brief suggestions for further reading. Through its examination of the films of the post-Franco period, this volume offers readers valuable insights into Spanish history, politics, and culture. An indispensable guide to one of the great world cinemas, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films will be of interest to students, academics, and the general public alike.

Author : Ann Birstein
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497697348

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The Sweet Birds of Gorham by Ann Birstein Pdf

Romance and high comedy in the heat of the summer.

Author : Jane McCafferty
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780822978879

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Director Of The World And Other Stories by Jane McCafferty Pdf

The characters in Jane McCafferty’s Director of the World and Other Stories are often distanced, lonely, or displaced from others and the events around them, yet they are almost always ready to act, to become involved with others, and to change. In “Eyes of Others,” a woman, stopping with her family at a Howard Johnson’s during a trip, becomes fascinated by the meeting of two strangers and attempts to connect with them as she has been unable to connect with her own family. Implicit in these stories is a rootlessness that gives way to yearning and a passion for remembering. In the title story, a disturbed child, whose father has recently abandoned the family, attempts, in language reflecting her shattered sense of the world, to recapture some of their last experiences together. These characters, and others in the collection, attempt to make sense of their broken lives and shattered thoughts. As John Wideman writes of the stories, there is “a sense of commitment to the struggle of making silent worlds speak, of forcing what is threatening or evil or destructive into some form we can see and conjure with.”

Author : Alison Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 021692474X

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The Raft by Alison Morgan Pdf

Author : Nanci Kincaid
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316055567

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As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me by Nanci Kincaid Pdf

From a place where you don't have to run away to find yourself, this novel's young heroine, Berry, joins the ranks of other memorable and spirited girl narrators such as Bone in "Bastard Out of Carolina," Kaye Gibbon's Ellen Foster, Lily Owens in The Secret Life of Bees, and Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1222 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015079622752

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American Book Publishing Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charlene R. McCord,Judy H. Tucker
Publisher : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015060122887

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Christmas in the South by Charlene R. McCord,Judy H. Tucker Pdf

A holiday anthology features short fiction by Doris Betts, Larry Brown, Jill McCorkle, Carolyn Haines and other contemporary Southern fiction writers.