29.2501 Book Review: Rebirth of the Goddess by Carol P. Christ.
This book examines the many ways in which women today, use, and can use, 'Goddess' imagery. One of her primary concerns is the way in which female spirituality has been ignored by a patriarchal system, and how it can be rediscovered in people's spiritual understanding. She also emphasizes the fact that women's experience of religion usually involves a more holistic approach to the world, which corresponds to an emphasis on ecological matters. 5 pgs. 2 f/c. 1b.
Pages: 5
Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed
Filename: 2501 Rebirth Of Goddess.doc
Price: US$44.75
30.2556 Technologies of Gender: Film as Identity.
This paper reviews the book "Technologies of Gender: Essays of Theory, Film, and Fiction" by Teresa de Lauretis (1987). de Lauretis analyses the ways that film produces gender identities. For de Lauretis, this is achieved through the technologies of cinema, so that identity is produced in the contexts of visual tools. 4 pgs. 6 f/c. 3b.
Pages: 4
Bibliography: 3 source(s) listed
Filename: 2556 Technologies of Gender.doc
Price: US$35.80
31.2581 Book Review: Ten Days that Shook the World.
This book is John Reed's classic account of the events in November 1917 when the Bolsheviks grabbed power from Alexander Kerensky's ineffectual government. 3 pgs. 0 f/c. 0b.
Pages: 3
Bibliography: 0 source(s) listed
Filename: 2581 Russian Revolution.doc
Price: US$26.85
32.2593 Book Report: World Hunger, Twelve Lives.
This book discusses the myth that world hunger is the unavoidable result of the forces of nature. The thesis of the book is that the popular reasons that are used to explain world hunger are simply false. This book also shows that the way that people think about hunger is the greatest obstacle to ending it. 4 pgs. 3 f/c. 1b.
Pages: 4
Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed
Filename: 2593 World Hunger Lives.doc
Price: US$35.80
33.2642 Book Review: Flaubert's Parrot.
The book in question is about the life and works of Flaubert. The novel examines the details of Flaubert's life and intellect. This book review looks at the themes and significant points discussed in the book. 10 pgs. 0 f/c. 3b.
Pages: 10
Bibliography: 3 source(s) listed
Filename: 2642 Flaubert's Parrot.doc
Price: US$89.50
34.2651 Assessing Friedrich Engles' Slums in Manchester.
This paper is an analysis of Engles' article Slums in Manchester, which is taken from his larger work entitled The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. 4 pgs. 3 f/c. 2b.
Pages: 4
Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed
Filename: 2651 Slums in Manchester.doc
Price: US$35.80
35.8183 Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, And Steel: The Fate Of The Human Society".
This essay discusses Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fate of the Human Society," Diamond discusses what he found upon his visit to the tropical island of New Guinea several years ago. He argues that environmental factors shape civilization. 6pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source.
