Feminism, Censorship and Other Essays
Author: Kaushal Kishore Sharma
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9788176253734
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kaushal Kishore Sharma
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9788176253734
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J.M. Coetzee
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2018-07-16
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 0226111776
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. J. M. Coetzee presents a coherent, unorthodox analysis of censorship from the perspective of one who has lived and worked under its shadow. The essays collected here attempt to understand the passion that plays itself out in acts of silencing and censoring. He argues that a destructive dynamic of belligerence and escalation tends to overtake the rivals in any field ruled by censorship. From Osip Mandelstam commanded to compose an ode in praise of Stalin, to Breyten Breytenbach writing poems under and for the eyes of his prison guards, to Aleksander Solzhenitsyn engaging in a trial of wits with the organs of the Soviet state, Giving Offense focuses on the ways authors have historically responded to censorship. It also analyzes the arguments of Catharine MacKinnon for the suppression of pornography and traces the operations of the old South African censorship system. "The most impressive feature of Coetzee's essays, besides his ear for language, is his coolheadedness. He can dissect repugnant notions and analyze volatile emotions with enviable poise."—Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Those looking for simple, ringing denunciations of censorship's evils will be disappointed. Coetzee explicitly rejects such noble tritenesses. Instead . . . he pursues censorship's deeper, more fickle meanings and unmeanings."—Kirkus Reviews "These erudite essays form a powerful, bracing criticism of censorship in its many guises."—Publishers Weekly "Giving Offense gets its incisive message across clearly, even when Coetzee is dealing with such murky theorists as Bakhtin, Lacan, Foucault, and René; Girard. Coetzee has a light, wry sense of humor."—Bill Marx, Hungry Mind Review "An extraordinary collection of essays."—Martha Bayles, New York Times Book Review "A disturbing and illuminating moral expedition."—Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Author: Brinda Bose
Publisher: Women Unlimited
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The debate on censorship in India has hinged primarily on two issues - the depiction of sex in the various media, and the representation of events that could, potentially, lead to violent communal clashes. This title traces the trajectory of debates by Indian feminists over the years around the issue of gender and censorship.
Author: Holly Lawford-Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0198863888
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-287) and index.
Author: Christina Hoff Sommers
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1995-05
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0684801566
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reviewers of this book have praised Christina Hoff Sommer's well-reasoned argument against many feminists' reliance on misleading, politically motivated 'facts' about how women are victimised.
Author: Roxane Gay
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2014-08-05
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 0062282727
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always careful, always right there.” — Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be? A New York Times Bestseller Best Book of the Year: NPR • Boston Globe • Newsweek • Time Out New York • Oprah.com • Miami Herald • Book Riot • Buzz Feed • Globe and Mail (Toronto) • The Root • Shelf Awareness A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched cultural observers of her generation In these funny and insightful essays, Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of color (The Help) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (Girls, Django in Chains) and commenting on the state of feminism today (abortion, Chris Brown). The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture. Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better, coming from one of our most interesting and important cultural critics.
Author: Toril Moi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780198186755
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Is the sex/gender distinction really always fundamental to feminist thought? Arguing for a feminism of freedom inspired by Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, Toril Moi challenges dominant trends in feminist and cultural theory.