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Jane Addams: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)
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| Added by: huelgas | Karma: 1208.98 | Non-Fiction | 2 February 2009 |
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 Jane Addams is best known as the founder of Hull-House, one of this country's first settlement houses, in the immigrant heart of late Victorian Chicago. This biography chronicles her privileged childhood in rural Illinois, her thirst for a first-class education, and her search for purpose and self-fulfillment, although constrained by notions of the proper role for females. It chronicles Addams' tireless work to better the lives of urban immigrants and her growing national and international role in social reform. |
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| Tags: Addams, chronicles, females, tireless, better |
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Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
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| Added by: huelgas | Karma: 1208.98 | Non-Fiction | 13 January 2009 |
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 The book uses literary criticism to discuss themes and ideas present in select anime titles and attempts to categorise anime into three types - apocalyptic, festival, and elegaic. The book is split into five sections. In the first, Napier asks why anime is important as a topic of study. In the second, Napier looks at the representation of the human body in anime, looking at "monstrous adolescents", pornographic anime and cyborgs. In the third, Napier looks at representations of females, the girl, the magical girl and magical girlfriends. In the fourth section, Napier examines historical-themed anime. |
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| Tags: anime, Napier, magical, looks, females |
