More than things

More than things / Margaret Randall.

This is a collection of essays on a variety of political, cultural, and literary issues, all linked by the author's attention to power: its use, misuse, and impact on how we live our lives. There are texts on sex, fashion, food, LGBT rights, automobiles, forgiving, women's self-image, writ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Randall, Margaret, 1936-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Subjects:
1900-2099
Essays > 20th century.
Essays > 21st century.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Essays
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The magical seam
  • Shaping my words
  • Things
  • Roque Dalton : myth, man, martyr, and poet who defined an era
  • Closing the gap
  • What's in a name?
  • New map of wonder to explore
  • Horizon
  • Sex
  • Wheels
  • Our table
  • What am I going to wear?
  • Do you really believe all that?
  • The courage it takes
  • Mirror, mirror on the wall
  • Lord power
  • There's plenty of time for that later
  • What are they afraid of?
  • Too late because
  • Keeping us safe
  • Passports and me
  • Forgiver's dilemma
  • Going places
  • Cuban postcards
  • Tunisian postcards
  • Goose quill to thought-capture, stopping at books
  • Coyote grin
  • "Star built memory," last words of Meridel LeSueur
  • Not for myself.

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