This edited volume examines mass media portrayals of women leaders and other powerful women in popular culture. Contributors argue that increased media visibility and representation can lead to more widespread acceptance of women as societal leaders.The book employs an interdisciplinary, intersectional, and international approach to its coverage of these portrayals and their meanings for society and gender norms. Through a feminist lens, contributors examine these ...

Katzen haben sieben Leben – und die brauchen sie auch, wenn Rotraut Schöberl sie in die spannendsten Kriminalfälle verwickelt. Katzenliebhaber*innen wissen nur zu gut, welche finsteren Pläne sich hinter dem harmlosen Schnurren ihres Kuschelkätzchens verbergen können – und dass sich vor den schlauen Fellnasen nichts verbergen lässt. Ob als clevere Schnüffler oder als rabenschwarze Übeltäter, als samtpfötige Jägerinnen oder als schlaue Detektivinnen – wo gemordet wird, sind Katzen nicht weit...

Tre sorelle. Un regno. Ventuno avventure.Bella si lancia verso il pericolo prima ancora di avere il tempo di aver paura. Meli vede la soluzione dove gli altri vedono solo un problema. Emily lo sa: anche il palcoscenico più spaventoso diventa casa, se hai il coraggio di salirci.Insieme faranno amicizia con un drago dal mal di denti, salveranno un paese a cui hanno rubato tutte le voci e scopriranno che la vera corona non spetta al più forte — ma a chi sa tenersi per mano.

Dragons, peintures magiques, voleur de rêves et couronne qui choisit elle-même.Bella plonge dans l'aventure à pieds joints. Mélie remarque ce que personne d'autre ne voit. Émilie transforme n'importe quelle peur en spectacle.À trois, elles viendront à bout de tout… à condition de se tenir la main.À lire à voix haute dès 5 ans. À lire seul dès 7 ans.

In 1787, British philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham conceived of the panopticon, a ring of cells observed by a central watchtower, as a labor-saving device for those in authority. While Bentham's design was ostensibly for a prison, he believed that any number of places that require supervision—factories, poorhouses, hospitals, and schools—would benefit from such a design. The French philosopher Michel Foucault took Bentham at his word. In his groundbreaking 1975 study, Disc...

Tres hermanas. Un reino. Veintiuna aventuras.Bella se lanza al peligro antes siquiera de tener tiempo de asustarse. Meli ve la solución donde los demás solo ven un problema. Emilie sabe: incluso el público más aterrador se convierte en hogar si sales al escenario.Juntas se harán amigas de un dragón con dolor de muelas, salvarán un país donde robaron todas las voces y descubrirán que la verdadera corona no se la lleva el más fuerte… sino quienes saben darse ...

Três irmãs. Um reino. Vinte e uma aventuras.Bella corre ao encontro do perigo antes mesmo de ter tempo de sentir medo. Méli vê a solução onde os outros só enxergam um problema. Emilie sabe: até o auditório mais assustador se transforma em lar quando se sobe no palco.Juntas, elas farão amizade com um dragão que sente dor de dente, salvarão um país onde roubaram todas as vozes e descobrirão que a verdadeira coroa não pertence ao mais forte… mas àqueles que sa...

Three sisters. One kingdom. Twenty-one adventures. Bella rushes toward danger before she has time to be afraid. Mali sees the solution where others see only the problem. Emily knows: even the scariest stage becomes home the moment you walk out onto it. Together they will befriend a dragon with a toothache, rescue a land where all the voices were stolen, and discover that the true crown belongs not to the strongest — but to those who know how to hold each other's hands. For reading aloud fr...

Drei Schwestern. Ein Königreich. Einundzwanzig Abenteuer.Bellastürzt sich der Gefahr entgegen, noch bevor sie Angst bekommen kann. Meli siehtdie Lösung dort, wo andere nur ein Problem erkennen. Emily weiß: Selbst derfurchterregendste Zuschauerraum wird zum Zuhause, sobald man die Bühne betritt.Gemeinsamfreundenschaften sie sich mit einem Drachen an, der Zahnschmerzen hat, rettenein Land, in dem alle Stimmen gestohlen wurden, und entdecken, dass die echteKro...

States of Marriage shows how throughout the colonial period in French Sudan (present-day Mali) the institution of marriage played a central role in how the empire defined its colonial subjects as gendered persons with certain attendant rights and privileges. The book is a modern history of the ideological debates surrounding the meaning of marriage, as well as the associated legal and sociopolitical practices in colonial and postcolonial Mali. It is also the first to use declassif...

This book of poems is compiled by "Akshay Sonthalia". Different writers from around the globe have sent their entities based on global pandemic CORONA, exploring the emotions and politics of locking down, fearing & dancing with death, the choices left before us, and the emerging revelations, and many more things. They write out their dread, their fear, their boredom, their adventure, their confusion, and their contentment.The quality of these poems and the absolute originality of t...