Crisis on Earth-Chaos in Heaven-Cursing from Hell: Will God Save Humanity from Utter Disaster, Jos C. J.

Автор: Jos Smith
Название: The New Nature Writing: Rethinking the Literature of Place
ISBN: 147427501X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474275019
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: In the last decade there has been a proliferation of landscape writing in Britain and Ireland, often referred to as ‘The New Nature Writing’. Rooted in the work of an older generation of environment-focused authors and activists, this new form is both stylistically innovative and mindful of ecology and conservation practice. The New Nature Writing: Rethinking the Literature of Place connects these two generations to show that the contemporary energy around the cultures of landscape and place is the outcome of a long-standing relationship between environmentalism and the arts. Drawing on original interviews with authors, archival research, and scholarly work in the fields of literary geographies, ecocriticism and archipelagic criticism, the book covers the work of such writers as Robert Macfarlane, Richard Mabey, Tim Robinson and Alice Oswald. Examining the ways in which these authors have engaged with a wide range of different environments, from the edgelands to island spaces, Jos Smith reveals how they recreate a resourceful and dynamic sense of localism in rebellion against the homogenising growth of “clone town Britain.”

Автор: Marcia C. Inhorn, Wendy Chavkin, Jos?-Alberto Nava
Название: Globalized Fatherhood
ISBN: 1785333402 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785333408
Издательство: Berghahn
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Using an entirely new conceptual vocabulary through which to understand men’s experiences and expectations at the dawn of the twenty-first century, this path-breaking volume focuses on fatherhood around the globe, including transformations in fathering, fatherhood, and family life. It includes new work by anthropologists, sociologists, and cultural geographers, working in settings from Peru to India to Vietnam. Each chapter suggests that men are responding to globalization as fathers in creative and unprecedented ways, not only in the West, but also in numerous global locations.

Автор: Diaz De Leon F. Jos, Diaz De Leon Frank Joseph
Название: Sky Dancer
ISBN: 0615662773 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615662770
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 18330.00 T
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Описание: James Fink is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times-Tribune, he has been sent on assignment to cover William Mulholland on his journey into the Owens Valley. A number of bombings have plagued the area causing significant damage to the aqueduct, and threatening the water supply to Los Angeles. The reporter soon finds himself at odds with the Water Department; their methods in acquiring water rights have forced the citizens of the valley to petition the governor. A plan had to be devised to protect the locals and keep order as hundreds of 'City Agents' scoured the valley, looking for collaborators, bombers and dynomite. After a series of unfortunate mishaps, Fink turns to a Shoshoni elder to try forging out a story of the early days, before the water war. Nikani provides a vivid portrayal of the past: "...before all the trouble started, there was enough water for all the farms, there was no need to fight..." When Fink realizes the conflict has spilled over and into an already harsh existence of the Owens Valley Indians, he joins their struggle against prejudice, poverty and agency control. In the end, the catastrophic failure of the St. Francis Dam in 1928 created an infamous legacy reaped by the Los Angeles Water Department and its water acquisition out of the Owens Valley.