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The question of an erotic readership has always vexed scholars. With little evidence of anyone's actually reading erotic material, scholars have had to make do with variations of an "ideal reader" approach. Insofar as it presupposes authorial intention and a stable meaning, this theoretical model proves unsatisfactory. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Carnal Reading: Early Modern Language and Bodies proposes a new theory of erotic reading that refigures bodily responses as constitutive of cognitive understanding. In its content and style, erotic writing was perceived to interact physically with the reader's body-or more specifically, the sensitive soul via the imagination. "Lively" descr...
This work drawn from sociology, law, history, cultural studies, and literature, presents an analysis of the emerging field of whiteness studies, as the next step of critical race theory. It investigates what it means to be white from both a nonwhite and a white perspective.
Deadly Intrigues Meet the Midmoor family and take part in all the intrigues, inside and around the castle walls, before and after the First World War. This book is about deadly intrigues and about the power at Midmoor Castle. It is also about getting more money, collateral, jewelry, and everything else, which can make life easier in the corridors of power where corruption is rampant. A found glass jar with Cyanide will also have meaning in the course of events within this story. This book is also about standing up in the world and taking part in the circle of politics and power that reigns at Midmoor Castle.
Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)
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