Amazons In America

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Amazons In America

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Author : Keira V. Williams
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2019-03-06

Amazons In America written by Keira V. Williams and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-06 with Social Science categories.

With this remarkable study, historian Keira V. Williams shows how fictional matriarchies—produced for specific audiences in successive eras and across multiple media—constitute prescriptive, solution-oriented thought experiments directed at contemporary social issues. In the process, Amazons in America uncovers a rich tradition of matriarchal popular culture in the United States. Beginning with late-nineteenth-century anthropological studies, which theorized a universal prehistoric matriarchy, Williams explores how representations of women-centered societies reveal changing ideas of gender and power over the course of the twentieth century and into the present day. She examines a deep archive of cultural artifacts, both familiar and obscure, including L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz series, Progressive-era fiction like Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s utopian novel Herland, the original 1940s Wonder Woman comics, midcentury films featuring nuclear families, and feminist science fiction novels from the 1970s that invented prehistoric and futuristic matriarchal societies. While such texts have, at times, served as sites of feminist theory, Williams unpacks their cyclical nature and, in doing so, pinpoints some of the premises that have historically hindered gender equality in the United States. Williams also delves into popular works from the twenty-first century, such as Tyler Perry’s Madea franchise and DC Comics/Warner Bros.’ globally successful film Wonder Woman, which attest to the ongoing presence of matriarchal ideas and their capacity for combating patriarchy and white nationalism with visions of rebellion and liberation. Amazons in America provides an indispensable critique of how anxieties and fantasies about women in power are culturally expressed, ultimately informing a broader discussion about how to nurture a stable, equitable society.

The Andes And The Amazon

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Author : James Orton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875

The Andes And The Amazon written by James Orton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Amazon River categories.

The Andes And The Amazon

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Author : James Orton
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-10-16

The Andes And The Amazon written by James Orton and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-16 with Fiction categories.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

The Andes And The Amazon

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Author : James Orton
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-12-28

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The Andes and the Amazon

Amazons

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Author : John Man
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-06-15

Amazons written by John Man and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-15 with History categories.

Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks. For centuries people believed in their existence and attempted to trace their origins. Artists and poets celebrated their battles and wrote of Amazonia. Spanish explorers, carrying these tales to South America, thought they lived in the forests of the world’s greatest river, and named it after them. In the absence of evidence, we eventually reasoned away their existence, concluding that these powerful, sexually liberated female soldiers must have been the fantastical invention of Greek myth and storytelling. Until now. Following decades of new research and a series of groundbreaking archeological discoveries, we now know these powerful warrior queens did indeed exist. In Amazons, John Man travels to the grasslands of Central Asia, from the edge of the ancient Greek world to the borderlands of China, to discover the truth about the warrior women mythologized as Amazons. In this deeply researched, sweeping historical epic, Man redefines our understanding of the Amazons and their culture, tracking the ancient legend into the modern world and examining its significance today.

The Amazon And The Atlantic Slopes Of South America

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Author : Matthew Fontaine Maury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858

The Amazon And The Atlantic Slopes Of South America written by Matthew Fontaine Maury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with Amazon River categories.

The Land Of The Amazons

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Author : Frederico José de Santa-Anna Nery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1901

The Land Of The Amazons written by Frederico José de Santa-Anna Nery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901 with Amazon River categories.

The Andes And The Amazon Or Across The Continent Of South America

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Author : Orton James
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-23

The Andes And The Amazon Or Across The Continent Of South America written by Orton James and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-23 with categories.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

The War Against The Amazons

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Author : Abby Wettan Kleinbaum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983

The War Against The Amazons written by Abby Wettan Kleinbaum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Social Science categories.

Angels And Amazons

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Author : Inez Haynes Irwin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974

Angels And Amazons written by Inez Haynes Irwin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.