1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453521603321

Autore

Russ Joanna <1937-2011.>

Titolo

The Country You Have Never Seen [[electronic resource] ] : Essays and Reviews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-84631-287-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 31 ; ; v.v. 31

Disciplina

813.0876209

Soggetti

Feminist criticism

Literature

Science fiction, American

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Reviews; Essays; Letters; Index of Books and Authors Reviewed

Sommario/riassunto

In 1959, at the age of 22, Joanna Russ published her first science fiction story, 'Nor Custom Stale', in The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy . In the forty-five years since, Russ has continued to write some of the most popular, creative, and important novels and stories in science fiction. She was a central figure, along with contemporaries Ursula K. Le Guin and James Tiptree, in revolutionizing science fiction in the 1960's and 1970's, and her 1970 novel The Female Man is widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential depictions of a feminist utopia in the entire genre.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816624703321

Autore

Harrison Graham <1968->

Titolo

Neoliberal Africa : the impact of global social engineering / / Graham Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Zed, 2010

ISBN

1-350-22149-X

1-84813-831-8

1-78032-708-0

1-282-57930-4

9786612579301

1-84813-321-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Classificazione

83.46

Disciplina

306.096

Soggetti

Neoliberalism - Africa

Social engineering - Africa

Africa Economic conditions 1960-

Africa Social conditions 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Neoliberalism in Africa, neoliberalism and Africa -- Neoliberalism in Africa : a failed ideology -- Practices of neoliberalism : repertoires, habits and conduct -- Global neoliberal practice : institutions and regulation -- Neoliberal practice in Africa -- Neoliberalism's final frontier? -- Conclusion : neoliberalism's prospects.

Sommario/riassunto

After 30 years of projects, aid disbursement, technical assistance, and conditionality, this book maps out the extent to which African states have cleaved to neoliberal directives. It suggests that neoliberal 'progress' in Africa is notably limited in spite of the resources behind it and the lack of alternatives to it.