The Four Continents

Author : Lisa Lowe
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822375647

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The Intimacies of Four Continents by Lisa Lowe Pdf

In this uniquely interdisciplinary work, Lisa Lowe examines the relationships between Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth- centuries, exploring the links between colonialism, slavery, imperial trades and Western liberalism. Reading across archives, canons, and continents, Lowe connects the liberal narrative of freedom overcoming slavery to the expansion of Anglo-American empire, observing that abstract promises of freedom often obscure their embeddedness within colonial conditions. Race and social difference, Lowe contends, are enduring remainders of colonial processes through which “the human” is universalized and “freed” by liberal forms, while the peoples who create the conditions of possibility for that freedom are assimilated or forgotten. Analyzing the archive of liberalism alongside the colonial state archives from which it has been separated, Lowe offers new methods for interpreting the past, examining events well documented in archives, and those matters absent, whether actively suppressed or merely deemed insignificant. Lowe invents a mode of reading intimately, which defies accepted national boundaries and disrupts given chronologies, complicating our conceptions of history, politics, economics, and culture, and ultimately, knowledge itself.

Author : Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of D,James H (James Hazen) 1876-1959 Hyde
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013869133

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The Four Continents, From the Collection of James Hazen Hyde; by Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of D,James H (James Hazen) 1876-1959 Hyde Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : R. A. Henderson,Collective
Publisher : Uitgeverij De Boeck Secundair onderwijs
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8877543280

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Four Continents by R. A. Henderson,Collective Pdf

Henry Lawson, V. S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and Chinua Achebe are respectively Australian, Caribbean, South African and Nigerian, yet they all write in English. The 'English' literature of the ex-colonies is proving to be the most interesting and innovative of our times: this volume offers a significant example of its vitality and originality. As Salman Rushdi said, 'the Empire writes back'.

Author : Prakash Vinod Joshi
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781469709444

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Life in Four Continents by Prakash Vinod Joshi Pdf

The highest accolade I can give Prakash is to say he is a humanitarian. He has great empathy for all kinds of people he encountered in east Africa where he grew up, in the United Kingdom where he studied Industrial Chemistry, and in Canada where he makes his home today and works with Metro Testing and Engineering Services Limited as a Senior Materials Engineering Technologist. He is also an internationalist who seeks to understand the richness of the human spirit through great spiritual leaders past and present like Mahatma Gandhi of India, Dalai Lama of Tibet, the Reverend Desmond Tutu of South Africa, and Spiritual Chiefs of our Native North American Indians. He has given back to his community in Canada and is a respected member of his profession. - Virgil Dias (From the New River Free Press International) I have just finished your book while sitting by the pool. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. I like the way you presented the story and the honesty of the message. I can totally see you welcoming a stranger to your home as you did on several occasions to provide them with comforts at the expense of you and your family. In fact, the message you leave the reader with you is became richer for having the experience to assist one less fortunate than you. Well done my friend! Undoubtably you have taught your children and those close to you what it means to be a special person who demonstrates a real love for life. All the best, Rob Deverall

Author : John Ralston Saul,Keith Goulet,Eugene Richard Atleo
Publisher : Black Dog Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 1911164082

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The Four Continents by John Ralston Saul,Keith Goulet,Eugene Richard Atleo Pdf

The Four Continents is comprised of a series of paintings made between 2012 and 2016. In this series, Monkman takes as his point of departure Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's epic frescoes commissioned for a private residence in Würzburg, Germany. The centrepiece of the Tiepolo series represented a day in the life of the Greek god, Apollo, with the four continents allegorized in peripheral scenes. In Monkman's reinterpretation, each continent is personified by a Two-Spirit sovereign with Miss Chief playing the roles of Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Tiepolo's allegory is updated to include architectural wonders and notable figures from history amidst chaotic crowds.

Author : Osbert Sitwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:220789470

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The Four Continents by Osbert Sitwell Pdf

Author : Maryanne Cline Horowitz,Louise Arizzoli
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004438033

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Bodies and Maps by Maryanne Cline Horowitz,Louise Arizzoli Pdf

An exploration of the ways early modern European artists have visualized continents through the female (sometimes male) body to express their perceptions of newly encountered peoples. Often stereotypical, these personifications are however more complex than what they seem.

Author : Ursula Van Beek,Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781920338701

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Democracy Under Stress by Ursula Van Beek,Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski Pdf

DEMOCRACY UNDER STRESS focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are global democratic rules a possibility? These are some of the key questions addressed in the volume.

Author : Jennifer Baggett,Holly C. Corbett,Amanda Pressner
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061993473

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The Lost Girls by Jennifer Baggett,Holly C. Corbett,Amanda Pressner Pdf

Three friends, each on the brink of a quarter-life crisis, embark on a year-long backpacking adventure around the world in The Lost Girls. “A triumphant journey about losing yourself, finding yourself and coming home again. Hitch yourself to their ride: you’ll embark on a transformative journey of your own.” —New York Times bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch With their thirtieth birthdays looming, Jennifer Baggett, Holly C. Corbett, and Amanda Pressner are feeling the pressure to hit certain milestones—score the big promotion, find a soul mate, have 2.2 kids. Instead, they make a pact to quit their high-pressure New York City media jobs and leave behind their friends, boyfriends, and everything familiar to set out on a journey in search of inspiration and direction. Traveling 60,000 miles across four continents, Jen, Holly, and Amanda push themselves far outside their comfort zones to embrace every adventure. Ultimately, theirs is a story of true friendship—a bond forged by sharing beds and backpacks, enduring exotic illnesses, trekking across mountains, and standing by one another through heartaches, whirlwind romances, and everything in the world in between. “A real-life fairy tale for anyone who’s ever wanted to chuck it all and see the world with a best friend on each arm.” —Cathy Alter, author of Up for Renewal “Three cheers to The Lost Girls for showing us, with good humor and graceful prose, the beauty and importance of leading life astray.” —New York Times bestselling author Franz Wisner

Author : Osbert Sitwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1336493715

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The Four Continents by Osbert Sitwell Pdf

Author : Alejandro Portes,Patricia Fernández-Kelly
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782387350

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The State and the Grassroots by Alejandro Portes,Patricia Fernández-Kelly Pdf

Whereas most of the literature on migration focuses on individuals and their families, this book studies the organizations created by immigrants to protect themselves in their receiving states. Comparing eighteen of these grassroots organizations formed across the world, from India to Colombia to Vietnam to the Congo, researchers from the United States, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Spain focus their studies on the internal structure and activities of these organizations as they relate to developmental initiatives. The book outlines the principal positions in the migration and development debate and discusses the concept of transnationalism as a means of resolving these controversies.

Author : Lisa Lowe,David Lloyd
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822382317

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The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital by Lisa Lowe,David Lloyd Pdf

Global in scope, but refusing a familiar totalizing theoretical framework, the essays in The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital demonstrate how localized and resistant social practices—including anticolonial and feminist struggles, peasant revolts, labor organizing, and various cultural movements—challenge contemporary capitalism as a highly differentiated mode of production. Reworking Marxist critique, these essays on Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe advance a new understanding of "cultural politics" within the context of transnational neocolonial capitalism. This perspective contributes to an overall critique of traditional approaches to modernity, development, and linear liberal narratives of culture, history, and democratic institutions. It also frames a set of alternative social practices that allows for connections to be made between feminist politics among immigrant women in Britain, women of color in the United States, and Muslim women in Iran, Egypt, Pakistan, and Canada; the work of subaltern studies in India, the Philippines, and Mexico; and antiracist social movements in North and South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. These connections displace modes of opposition traditionally defined in relation to the modern state and enable a rethinking of political practice in the era of global capitalism. Contributors. Tani E. Barlow, Nandi Bhatia, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Chungmoo Choi, Clara Connolly, Angela Davis, Arturo Escobar, Grant Farred, Homa Hoodfar, Reynaldo C. Ileto, George Lipsitz, David Lloyd, Lisa Lowe, Martin F. Manalansan IV, Aihwa Ong, Pragna Patel, José Rabasa, Maria Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, Jaqueline Urla

Author : Janine Pommy Vega
Publisher : City Lights Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0872863271

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Tracking the Serpent by Janine Pommy Vega Pdf

These are the true-life adventures of a woman who ranges over four continents, endeavoring to go beyond the limits of ordinary life. Recovering from an accident, she goes to Glastonbury, where she finds energy portrayed in ancient earthworks as a snake coiled in concentric circles around a hill. To walk this spiral is called threading the maze, which means both to ascend and to go deep within. This becomes a guiding emblem of her pilgrimages to sites of female spiritual and temporal power, from the Irish countryside to the Amazon jungle to the high mountain cultures of Nepal. Janine Pommy Vega, Beat Generation writer, performer, and musician, is the author of twelve books. For many years she has worked with Poets in the Schools, and she is a member of PEN's Prison Writing Committee.

Author : Elisabetta Nadalutti,Otto Kallscheuer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367886642

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Region-Making and Cross-Border Cooperation by Elisabetta Nadalutti,Otto Kallscheuer Pdf

This book explores the nature of regions and how they function, particularly at the local and micro-level. Whilst recent years have seen a resurgence in debates around the roles which regions can play in development, the focus has tended to be on 'macro' regional institutions such as the EU, ASEAN, ECOWAS or MERCOSUR. In contrast, this book offers a nuanced analysis of the important field of sub-regionalism and sub-national cross-border cooperation. Region-Making and Cross-Border Cooperation takes a fresh look at both theoretical and empirical approaches to 'region-making' through cooperation activities at the micro-level across national borders in Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. The book aims to explore the role that institutional dynamics play at the micro-level in shaping local and global ties, investigate what the formal and informal integration factors are that bolster regionalism and regionalization processes, and to clarify to what extent, and under what conditions, cooperation at the micro-level can be instrumental to solving common problems. Scholars and students within politics, sociology, geography, and economics would find this book an important guide to regionalism at a micro-local level perspective.

Author : Osbert 1892-1969 Sitwell
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015317359

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The Four Continents by Osbert 1892-1969 Sitwell Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.