1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990001676350203316

Titolo

Deutsche Sprach- und Kommunikationserfahrungen zehn Jahre nach der "Wende" / Gerd Antos, Ulla Fix, Ingrid Kühn (hrsg.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt am Main : P. Lang, copyr. 2001

ISBN

3-631-37425-9

Descrizione fisica

279 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Wittenberger Beiträge zur deutschen Sprache und Kultur ; 2

Disciplina

306.440943

Soggetti

Sociolinguistica - Germania - Congressi

Lingua tedesca - Aspetti sociali

Collocazione

II.5. 4163(II t D 166)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449831803321

Autore

Lumsden Linda J. <1953->

Titolo

Inez [[electronic resource] ] : the life and times of Inez Milholland / / Linda J. Lumsden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-07143-2

9786612071430

0-253-11096-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

324.6/23/092

B

Soggetti

Feminists - United States

Suffragists - United States

Women social reformers - United States

Electronic books.

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 (p. 239-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "The full, reliant, audacious way in which they go about"; 1. Childhood: "He sings to the wide world, she to her nest"; 2. London: "Hard to find a more interesting family"; 3. Vassar: "Fascinating,-but a trifle dangerous"; 4. Strike: "Our cause is your cause"; 5. Villager: "Simple but magical words new and free"; 6. Lawyer: "To discharge my own individual debt to society"; 7. Spectacle: "One of the high priestesses of the woman suffrage cause"; 8. Riot: "Every inch the herald of a great movement"

9. Love: "The most completely vital force in the world"10. Marriage: "Here's to our work-yours and mine"; 11. Crusader: "I must have a value somewhere"; 12. Italy: "The spirit of war hangs heavy"; 13. Pacifist: "I have worked well"; 14. Execution: "You are your brother's keeper"; 15. Campaign: "Women will stand by women"; 16. Martyr: "Like depriving the desert of some oasis"; 17. Icon: "How long must women wait for liberty?"; Epilogue: "Take up the song"; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Inez Milholland was the most glamorous suffragist of the 1910's and a



fearless crusader for women's rights. Moving in radical circles, she agitated for social change in the prewar years, and she epitomized the independent New Woman of the time. Her death at age 30 while stumping for suffrage in California in 1916 made her the sole martyr of the American suffrage movement. Her death helped inspire two years of militant protests by the National Woman's Party, including the picketing of the White House,

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782405503321

Autore

Kelly Patty

Titolo

Lydia's Open Door : Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel / / Patty Kelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-281-38573-5

0-520-94161-6

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

306.74/2097275

Soggetti

Prostitutes

Tuxtla Gutie ́rrez

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE. Modern Sex in a Modern City -- TWO. Hidden in Plain Sight -- THREE. Inside the Galactic Zone -- FOUR. Convergence -- FIVE. "It Began Innocently" -- SIX. Sellers and Buyers -- SEVEN. The Secrets We Keep -- EIGHT. Final Thoughts -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the lives of the women who work in the Zona Galactica, a state-run brothel in Chiapas' capital city. By delving into lives that would otherwise go unremarked, this book documents the modernization of the sex industry during the neoliberal era in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez.