Social Salvage
Title | Social Salvage PDF eBook |
Author | Porter Raymond Lee |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 136 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Social service |
ISBN |
Social Salvage
Title | Social Salvage PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory John |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Assertiveness (Psychology) |
ISBN | 9780959140903 |
The Political Theory of Aristophanes
Title | The Political Theory of Aristophanes PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy J. Mhire |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | 372 |
Release | 2014-04-09 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1438450052 |
This original and wide-ranging collection of essays offers, for the first time, a comprehensive examination of the political dimensions of that madcap comic poet Aristophanes. Rejecting the claim that Aristophanes is little more than a mere comedian, the contributors to this fascinating volume demonstrate that Aristophanes deserves to be placed in the ranks of the greatest Greek political thinkers. As these essays reveal, all of Aristophanes' plays treat issues of fundamental political importance, from war and peace, poverty and wealth, the relation between the sexes, demagoguery and democracy to the role of philosophy and poetry in political society. Accessible to students as well as scholars, The Political Theory of Aristophanes can be utilized easily in the classroom, but at the same time serve as a valuable source for those conducting more advanced research. Whether the field is political philosophy, classical studies, history, or literary criticism, this work will make it necessary to reconceptualize how we understand this great Athenian poet and force us to recognize the political ramifications and underpinnings of his uproarious comedies.
Salvage
Title | Salvage PDF eBook |
Author | Krisna Uk |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | 263 |
Release | 2016-10-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1501706861 |
In Salvage, Krisna Uk draws on extensive research in a Cambodian village she calls Leu to provide a unique ethnography of the Jorai, an ethnic minority group that lives in Vietnam and in the most heavily bombed region of northeast Cambodia. The Jorai inhabit a remote region largely beyond the reach of the nation-state but have suffered the devastating effects of battles between and within states. Uk focuses on the experience of a Jorai community that experienced violent and protracted international and domestic conflicts—the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge regime. These conflicts had enduring effects on the community's moral fabric, the villagers’ activities, and the physical and spiritual environments with which they engage daily.Uk’s ethnography is an exploration of a resilient communal life that refuses to surrender its integrity to the blind, destructive forces of modern aerial warfare and that struggles to come to terms with the unintelligible violence unleashed by Cambodia’s revolutionary movement. It examines the destructive power and enduring harm that explosive remnants of war inflict on the human body and the social relations. But it also reveals how the local Jorai villagers turn these treacherous and fatal products of foreign technology into precious subsistence items as well as aesthetic and ritualistic objects that will take the souls of the dead on their journey to a better life. Uk demonstrates how the Jorai of Leu can, through their creative and traditional labor, revive the legend of the formidable Jorai warriors by transforming deadly modern weapons into their own war trophies.
Welfare Bulletin
Title | Welfare Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | Illinois. Dept. of Public Welfare |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 666 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Family
Title | The Family PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 624 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Social case work |
ISBN |
Salvage the Bones
Title | Salvage the Bones PDF eBook |
Author | Jesmyn Ward |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Total Pages | 273 |
Release | 2012-04-12 |
Genre | African American children |
ISBN | 140882700X |
A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. He's a hard drinker, largely absent, and it isn't often he worries about the family. Esch and her three brothers are stocking up on food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; at fifteen, she has just realized that she's pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pit bull's new litter, dying one by one. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting. As the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to a dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family - motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce - pulls itself up to face another day.