1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000076900203316

Autore

MERNISSI, Fatima

Titolo

La terrazza proibita : vita nell'harem / Fatima Mernissi ; traduzione:Rosa Rita D'Acquarica ; introduzione e cura:Claudia Tresso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : Giunti, [1996]

ISBN

88-09-20855-2

Descrizione fisica

XVIII, 233 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Astrea ; 54.

Disciplina

920.72

Collocazione

V A COLL 228 54 BIS

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910495231703321

Titolo

Aging Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Fiction / / edited by Josep M. Armengol

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030715960

3030715965

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 pages)

Collana

Global Masculinities, , 2946-3866

Disciplina

813.540935246

Soggetti

America - Literatures

Literature, Modern - 20th century

Literature, Modern - 21st century

Ethnology - America

Culture

Sex

North American Literature

Contemporary Literature

American Culture

Gender Studies



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Josep M. Armengol: No Country for Old Men? An Introduction -- Part I. GENDERING AGE -- Chapter 2. Juan González-Echeverría: Harvest Time for John Updike's Rabbit: Sex Dies Harder than Gender -- Chapter 3. Sarah Hardy: Geographies of Aging in Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Third and Final Continent" and Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex -- Chapter 4. Teresa Requena: Literary Representations of Aging Masculinities: Bodies and Privilege -- Part II. MEN'S AGING IN POPULAR FICTION -- Chapter 5. M. Isabel Santaulària I Capdevila: "You are all too old to do anything but get yourselves killed:" Age and Masculinity in Stephen King's It, Dreamcatcher and Doctor Sleep -- Chapter 6. Ángel Mateos-Aparicio: ''To Oldie Go": From James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard to Samuel Lord and the Reconstruction of the Aging Male Body in the Final Frontier -- Part III. OLDER MEN IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR -- Chapter 7. Esther Zaplana: Self-Representation 'Between Two': Ageing Males, and the 'Otherness within' in Philip Roth's Patrimony -- Chapter 8. Leonor Acosta-Bustamante: Reconstructing the (Masculine) Self from Old Age: Memories of the Aching Male Body in Paul Auster's Winter Journal -- Part IV. AGING BEYOND WHITENESS -- Chapter 9. Mar Gallego: Black Masculinities and Aging in Toni Morrison's Novels -- Chapter 10. Marta Bosch-Vilarrubias: Aging Men in Contemporary Arab American Literature Written by Women -- Part V. QUEERING AGE -- Chapter 11. Josep M. Armengol: Sex and Text: Queering Older Men's Sexuality in Contemporary U.S. Fiction -- Chapter 12. Ignacio Ramos-Gay & Claudia Alonso-Recarte: On Long-lasting 'Humanimal' Companionships: Gayness, Aging and Disease in Steven Rowley's Lily and the Octopus.

Sommario/riassunto

'Are older men interesting? This volume insists, and demonstrates, that they have been central figures for many intriguing writers of fiction.' -Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, USA 'Revisiting contemporary US fiction by focusing on cultural representations of aging masculinities not only encourages a reassessment of such texts in terms of dominant cultural beliefs that challenges prevailing perspectives on gender and age, but more importantly offers insights into how the form influences our perceptions by either supporting or subverting preconceived notions of masculinity.' -Roberta Maierhofer, Center for Inter-American Studies, University of Graz, Austria 'A much-needed and impressive contribution to the fields of age studies and gender studies, both of which have overlooked the study of men and masculinity. Focusing on representations of aging and old men in U.S. fiction, contributors produce a rich array of images and interpretations that challenge the dominant masculinity script and redress the cultural invisibility of older men.' -Thomas R. Cole, McGovern Chair in Medical Humanities and Director of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, University of Texas, USA This book focuses on representations of aging masculinities in contemporary U.S. fiction, including shifting perceptions of physical and sexual prowess, depression, and loss, but also greater wisdom and confidence, legacy, as well as new affective patterns. The collection also incorporates factors such as race, sexuality and religion. The volume includes studies, amongst others, on Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Toni Morrison, Ernest Gaines, and Edmund



White. Ultimately, this study proves that men's aging experiences as described in contemporary U.S. literature and culture are as complex and varied as those of their female counterparts. JosepM. Armengol is Professor of U.S. Literature and Gender Studies at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He is the author of Masculinities in Black and White: Manliness and Whiteness in (African) American Literature (2014), among others, and is Director of the project 'No Country for Old Men? Representations of Masculinity and Aging in Contemporary U.S. Fiction'.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910165134603321

Autore

Wilder Laura Ingalls

Titolo

By the shores of silver lake / / Laura Ingalls Wilder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

HarperCollins

ISBN

0-06-265700-3

Edizione

[Unabridged.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (6 audio files) : digital

Collana

Little House, ; 5.

Classificazione

JUV007000JUV016140JUV025000

Disciplina

813.52

Soggetti

Juvenile Fiction

Classic Literature

Historical Fiction

Juvenile Literature

South Dakota Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Audiolibro

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Immerse yourself in Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved Little House series!  The Ingalls family has seen both joy and hardship since the end of On the Banks of Plum Creek. Mary has been left blind from a battle with scarlet fever, and a new sister, Grace, has been born. Pa decides to move to a railroad camp in the unsettled Dakota Territory to work as a bookkeeper to earn money. Eventually, Laura, her sisters, and Ma travel by train to join Pa at the spot he's claimed for their new home. They spend a long winter in the surveyor's house, and in the spring, Pa begins to build a store. It's the first building in what will become the



town of De Smet. Finally, the Ingalls family's travels by covered wagon are over.  The nine books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Laura's real childhood as an American pioneer, and are cherished by readers of all generations. They offer a unique glimpse into life on the American frontier and tell the heartwarming, unforgettable story of a loving family.