Автор: Medie Peace Adzo Название: His Only Wife ISBN: 1616209151 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781616209155 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 23870.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: "Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding." Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time in her uncle Pious's house with his many wives and children. Then one day she is offered a life-changing opportunity--a proposal of marriage from the wealthy family of Elikem Ganyo, a man she doesn't truly know. She acquiesces, but soon realizes that Elikem is not quite the catch he seemed. He sends a stand-in to his own wedding, and only weeks after Afi is married and installed in a plush apartment in the capital city of Accra does she meet her new husband. It turns out that he is in love with another woman, whom his family disapproves of; Afi is supposed to win him back on their behalf. But it is Accra that eventually wins Afi's heart and gives her a life of independence that she never could have imagined for herself. A brilliant scholar and a fierce advocate for women's rights, author Peace Adzo Medie infuses her debut novel with intelligence and humor. For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Candice Carty-Williams, His Only Wife is the story of an indomitable and relatable heroine that illuminates what it means to be a woman in a rapidly changing world.
Автор: Medie, Peace Adzo Название: His only wife ISBN: 0861540727 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780861540723 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 17150.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Afi Tekple is a young seamstress in Ghana. She is smart; she is pretty;
Автор: Medie Peace Adzo Название: His Only Wife ISBN: 1643751468 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643751467 Издательство: Workman Цена: 17150.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020 One of BuzzFeed's "29 Books We Couldn't Put Down This Year"
A Must-Read Novel: The New York Times Book Review * BuzzFeed * Marie Claire * Parade * Travel + Leisure * Ms. Magazine * Bustle * The Millions * Book Riot * Christian Science Monitor * HelloGiggles " A] mesmerizing debut novel." --The New York Times Book Review "A story that kept me tied to the page, told in masterful, seamless prose." --BuzzFeed "I love this book so much I turned the pages so fast . . . It's all about the search for independence and being true to yourself and who you really are." --Reese Witherspoon Afi Tekple is a young seamstress in Ghana. She is smart; she is pretty; and she has been convinced by her mother to marry a man she does not know. Afi knows who he is, of course--Elikem is a wealthy businessman whose mother has chosen Afi in the hopes that she will distract him from his relationship with a woman his family claims is inappropriate. But Afi is not prepared for the shift her life takes when she is moved from her small hometown of Ho to live in Accra, Ghana's gleaming capital, a place of wealth and sophistication where she has days of nothing to do but cook meals for a man who may or may not show up to eat them. She has agreed to this marriage in order to give her mother the financial security she desperately needs, and so she must see it through. Or maybe not? His Only Wife is a witty, smart, and moving debut novel about a brave young woman traversing the minefield of modern life with its taboos and injustices, living in a world of men who want their wives to be beautiful, to be good cooks and mothers, to be women who respect their husbands and grant them forbearance. And in Afi, Peace Medie has created a delightfully spunky and relatable heroine who just may break all the rules.
Автор: Adzo Medie, P Название: His Only Wife ISBN: 0861540697 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780861540693 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 19790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A captivating debut about defying expectations, hilarious and hopeful in equal measure
Автор: Simmons, Clare A. Название: Medievalist traditions in nineteenth-century bri - celebrating the calendar year ISBN: 1843845733 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843845737 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 84480.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: A survey of the rituals of the year in Victorian England, showing the influence of the Middle Ages.
This study investigates the influence of medieval liturgy on the literary work of Occitan poets during the 12th and 13th centuries. It focuses on the diverse effects emanating from metrical hymn structure, sacraments, prayers, and the veneration of the saints, and additionally explores the specific impact of liturgical metaphors on the language of the troubadours.
Автор: Gianluca Valenti Название: La liturgia del «trobar»: Assimilazione e riuso di elementi del rito cristiano nelle canzoni occitane medievali ISBN: 3110346230 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110346237 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Цена: 223090.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This study investigates the influence of medieval liturgy on the literary work of Occitan poets during the 12th and 13th centuries. It focuses on the diverse effects emanating from metrical hymn structure, sacraments, prayers, and the veneration of the saints, and additionally explores the specific impact of liturgical metaphors on the language of the troubadours.
Автор: Thomas B?hm, Thomas J?rgasch, Andreas Kirchner Название: Boethius as a Paradigm of Late Ancient Thought ISBN: 3110310589 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110310580 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Цена: 123910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Boethius gehort zu den herausragenden Denkern der spatantiken Geistesgeschichte. Anders, als man vielleicht meinen wurde, ist diese Sicht auf Boethius in der Forschung allerdings nicht unumstritten und verhaltnisma?ig neu. Sie lasst eine Tendenz zur Neubewertung erkennen, die nicht nur Boethius, sondern auch das Denken seiner Zeit immer mehr in seiner Eigenstandigkeit zu wurdigen beginnt. So werden Boethius wie auch die Spatantike immer weniger nur als Instanzen der Vermittlung klassisch antiken Wissens in das christliche Mittelalter angesehen. Worin aber besteht die Originalitat des Boethius und des durch ihn wesentlich gepragten spatantiken Denkens? Kann die Spatantike als eine eigene geistesgeschichtliche Epoche betrachtet werden? Wie ist sie dann zu charakterisieren? Inwiefern ist Boethius als eine oder vielleicht sogar die paradigmatische Gestalt der Spatantike zu beschreiben? Diesen und weiteren Fragen gehen die Autorinnen und Autoren des vorliegenden Sammelbandes nach.
Автор: Morgan Powell Название: Gender, Reading, and Truth in the Twelfth Century: The Woman in the Mirror ISBN: 164189377X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781641893770 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 199930.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The twelfth century witnessed the birth of modern Western European literary tradition: major narrative works appeared in both French and in German, founding a literary culture independent of the Latin tradition of the Church and Roman Antiquity. But what gave rise to the sudden interest in and legitimization of literature in these "vulgar tongues"? Until now, the answer has centred on the somewhat nebulous role of new female vernacular readers. Powell argues that a different appraisal of the same evidence offers a window onto something more momentous: not "women readers" but instead a reading act conceived of as female lies behind the polysemic identification of women as the audience of new media in the twelfth century. This woman is at the centre of a re-conception of Christian knowing, a veritable revolution in the mediation of knowledge and truth. By following this figure through detailed readings of key early works, Powell unveils a surprise, a new poetics of the body meant to embrace the capacities of new audiences and viewers of medieval literature and visual art.
Автор: David Matthews, Michael Sanders Название: Subaltern Medievalisms: Medievalism `from below` in Nineteenth-Century Britain ISBN: 1843845784 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843845782 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 84480.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A fresh new approach to Victorian medievalism, showing it to be far from the preserve of the elite.
Автор: Medie, Peace Название: His Only Wife (Faber Signed) ISBN: 0861541480 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780861541485 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 19790.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Medie Peace A. Название: Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence Against Women in Africa ISBN: 0190922966 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190922962 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 160170.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Violence against women has been a focus of transnational advocacy networks since the early 1980s, and the United Nations has, in intervening years, passed a series of resolutions to condemn, prevent, investigate, and punish this violence. Member states have committed to implementing this agenda. Yet, despite this buy-in at the global level, implementation at the domestic level remains uneven. Scholars have found that states are more likely to translate global standards into national laws when pressured by women's movements and international organizations. However, a dearth of research on the implementation -- at the national and street-levels -- of these international women's rights norms hampers an understanding of what happens after states pass laws. In Africa, where most states have not prioritized the prevention of violence against women, and the majority of perpetrators act with impunity, there is a major implementation gap. This gap is acute in some post-conflict countries on the continent. Thus, despite the presence of laws on various forms of violence against women in most African countries, justice remains inaccessible to most victims. In Global Norms and Local Action, Peace A. Medie studies the domestic implementation of international norms by examining how and why two post-conflict states in Africa, Liberia and Cфte d'Ivoire, have differed in their responses to rape and domestic violence. Specifically, she looks at the roles of the United Nations and women's movements in the establishment of specialized criminal justice sector agencies, and the referral of cases for prosecution. She argues that variation in implementation in Liberia and Cфte d'Ivoire can be explained by the levels of international and domestic pressures that states face and by the favorability of domestic political and institutional conditions. Medie's study is based on interviews with over 300 policymakers, bureaucrats, staff at the UN and NGOs, police officers, and survivors of domestic violence and rape -- an unprecedented depth of research into women's rights and gender violence norm implementation in post-conflict countries. Furthermore, through her interviews with survivors of violence, Medie explains not only how states implement anti-rape and anti-domestic violence norms, but also how women experience and are affected by these norms. She draws on this research to recommend that states adopt a holistic approach to addressing violence against women.
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