Author: Sheila Rowbotham File Type: epub Amid the growth of globalized trade, mass production, immigration and urban slums that dominated the period from the 1880s to the onset of the First World War, an awakening was taking place among American and British women. Across the Atlantic and across political boundariesanarchists to liberals, feminists and non-feministsfemale pioneers shared a sense that social change was possible, and acted upon that belief. Dreamers of a New Day explores a period, from the belle epoque to the roaring twenties, when women overturned social norms and assumptions as they struggled to define themselves as individuals. Forming broad coalitions and movements, they transformed the conditions of their own lives, decades before the intellectuals of the 1960s conceptualized everyday life as an arena for radical activity. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Sheila Rowbotham has written a groundbreaking new history examining how women came to be modern. Challenging existing conceptions of citizenship and culture, from ethical living to consumerism, sexuality to democracy, these dreamers shaped many of the issues that remain at the forefront of twenty-first-century life. **

Author: Maria Edgeworth File Type: pdf Set in Ireland prior to its achieving legislative independence from Britain in 1782, Castle Rackrent tells the story of three generations of an estate--owning family as seen through the eyesand as told in the voiceof their longtime servant, Thady Quirk, recorded and commented on by an anonymous Editor. This edition of Maria Edgeworths first novel is based on the 1832 edition, the last revised by her, and includes Susan Kubica Howards foot-of-the-page notes on the text of the memoir as well as on the notes and glosses the Editor offers for the information of the ignorant English reader. Howards Introduction situates the novel in its political and historical context and suggests a reading of the novel as Edgeworths contribution to the discussion of the controversial Act of Union between Ireland and Britain that went into effect immediately after the novels publication in London in 1800. **

Author: Matthew Gallaway File Type: epub From Publishers WeeklyIn his ambitious debut, Gallaway jumps backward and forward in time between two cities, spiraling in on four characters connected by music Lucien, an opera singer coming-of-age in mid-19th-century Paris Anna, an opera singer reaching the height of her career in 1960s New York Maria, an extraordinarily promising young singer but a difficult student and Martin, an aging lawyer whose love of music might save his life. The ties between them are at first so tenuous that readers may wonder when, how, or if their narratives will converge. But Wagners Tristan and Isolde touches each in some way, as does, eventually, eternal life, a device that allows Gallaway to chronicle 1860s Paris and 1960s New York through the eyes of one character. Gallaway, a former musician, gives music a literary presence, intertwining opera and punk by illuminating their shared passion and chaos. But ambition sometimes gives way to pretension (particularly with chapter titles such as Fashion Is a Canon for this Dialect Also) and purple prose, but the story remains grounded by characters grappling with love, in some cases for eternity. (Jan.) (c) PWxyz, LLC. ReviewAuthor Matthew Gallaway has taken a great risk with his first novel by creating an intricate, multilayered tale that slides from past to present, from Europe to New York, from opera to pop. But despite the complexity, The Metropolis Case engages the reader emotionally on every page.--The Washington PostIts to the credit of Matthew Gallaways enchanting, often funny first novel that it doesnt require a corresponding degree of obsession from readers, but may leave them similarly transported the book is so well written theres hardly a lazy sentence here and filled with such memorable lead and supporting players that it quickly absorbs you into its worlds.*The New York TimesAn absorbing and intricately plotted first novel. Gallaway excels at the long form, producing a dense, well-structured puzzle. Like the opera that ultimately binds his characters together, CASE lingers beyond the final note.--Out Magazine* (Critics Pick)Matthew Gallaways epic debut novel, intimately intertwined with Wagners Tristan and isolde, is itself an operatic masterpiece. Gallaways wonderful prose leaves you hungry for more.--AM New YorkGallaway is a perceptive and graceful author in his own right whose moving story will appeal to Wagnerian experts and neophytes alike.--LosAngelesTimesGallaways novel, is not just an intricate, complex, and multilayered novel, but also a rewarding read, that leaves the audience looking forward to Gallaways next work.The Manhattan Times**Mr. Gallaway writes epically, with multiple points of view, multiple stories. Historical and profound, he handles everything beautifully. He is a rich storyteller, and an evocative writer the complexity of his characters, the rich scenes and the lyrical prose all make it hard t...

Author: Rebecca Janzen File Type: pdf Uses cultural representations to investigate how two religious minority communities came to be incorporated into the Mexican nation.Liminal Sovereigntyexamines the lives of two religious minority communities in Mexico, Mennonites and Mormons, as seen through Mexican culture. Mennonites emigrated from Canada to Mexico from the 1920s to the 1940s, and Mormons emigrated from the United States in the 1880s, left in 1912, and returned in the 1920s. Rebecca Janzen focuses on representations of these groups in film, television, online comics, photography, and legal documents. Janzen argues that perceptions of Mennonites and Mormonsgroups on the margins and borders of Mexican societyillustrate broader trends in Mexican history. The government granted both communities significant exceptions to national laws to encourage them to immigrate she argues that these foreshadow what is today called the Mexican state of exception. The groups inclusion into the Mexican nation shows that post-Revolutionary Mexico was flexible with its central tenets of land reform and building a mestizo race. Janzen uses minority communities at the periphery to give us a new understanding of the Mexican nation.This subject matter has never been studied in this fashion before, nor with such theoretical sophistication. Not only is the book compelling, but its also illuminating. Pedro A. Palou, Tufts University