First book in English to offer a thorough introduction to key concepts and figures in Spanish feminist thought.Major Concepts in Spanish Feminist Theory is the first book in English to offer a substantial overview of Spanish feminist thought. It focuses on six concepts-solitude, personality, social class, work, difference, and equality-and distinguishes Spanish feminist theory from that of other countries. Roberta Johnson employs a chronological format to ...

The marriage of philosophy and fiction in the first third of Spain's twentieth century was a fertile one. It produced some truly notable offspring—novels that cross genre boundaries to find innovative forms, and treatises that fuse literature and philosophy in new ways. In her illuminating interdisciplinary study of Spanish fiction of the "Silver Age," Roberta Johnson places this important body of Spanish literature in context through a synthesis of social, literary, and philosophical hist...

This volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change, and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder’s invaluable scholarly contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their consideration of lesser-known women writers, focus on women as political activists, and use of post-colonialism, queer theory, and spatial theory to examine the period from the Enlightenment until World War II. The contributors study...

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) pitted conservative forces including the army, the Church, the Falange (fascist party), landowners, and industrial capitalists against the Republic, installed in 1931 and supported by intellectuals, the petite bourgeoisie, many campesinos (farm laborers), and the urban proletariat. Provoking heated passions on both sides, the Civil War soon became an international phenomenon that inspired a number of literary works reflecting the impact of the war on forei...

Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre is an anthology of the best upcoming writers exploring the dark side of stoners, zombies, killer clowns, Disneyland, werewolves in night clubs, the Golden Age of Hollywood, and Scottish hermit crabs. Includes new work by Roberta Rogow, Brian Rosenberger, Tim Johnson, C.C. Parker and Jenifer Jourdanne among others. Table of Contents Formaldehyde by C.C. Parker Doof Doof Doof by Paul Haines Peppercorn Rent by Roberta Rogaw Rats, Wrong Alley by Tim Johnson Brillia...

A New History of Iberian Feminisms is both a chronological history and an analytical discussion of feminist thought in the Iberian Peninsula, including Portugal, and the territories of Spain – the Basque Provinces, Catalonia, and Galicia – from the eighteenth century to the present day.The Iberian Peninsula encompasses a dynamic and fraught history of feminism that had to contend with entrenched tradition and a dominant Catholic Church. Editors Silvia Bermúdez and Roberta ...

This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed-from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and collective identity. Top social scientists combine insiders' insights with critical analyses to examine a wide variety of social movements active in the most recent U.S. cycle of protest....

Spirits of the west are often found in unexpected places. They can be found on a in a saloon in Colorado territory, on a wagon train in the plains of South Africa, or on a distant planet in another galaxy They can be the bringers of revenge or the protectors of the weak. Indulge yourself in eight unique paranormal stories with western spirit in Spirits of the West.Includes the winning story in the 2020 WordCrafter Paranormal Short Fiction Contest, "Desert Rose*"*, by Enid ...

Let these six authors from around the globe narrate the paranormal with eight thought provoking stories as you read these tingling tales and listen for... Whispers of the Past.Includes the winning story in the 2019 WordCrafter Paranormal Short Fiction Contest, "A Peaceful Life I've Never Known", by Jeff Bowles. Other contributing authors include Kaye Lynne Booth, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, Stevie Turner, Julie Goodswen, and Laurel McHargue.

Six authors from around the globe narrate the paranormal with thought provoking stories as you read these tingling tales from a place Where Spirits Linger.Includes the winning story in the 2021 WordCrafter Paranormal Short Fiction Contest, "Olde-Tyme Village*"*, by Christa Planko. Other contributing authors include Kaye Lynne Booth, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, Stevie Turner, Sharon Kretschmer, and Enid Holden.

Three great WordCrafter paranormal anthologies bundled into one great paranormal anthology set: Whispers of the Past, Spirits of the West, and Where Spirits Linger. Thought provoking short fiction for every lover of ghost stories and paranormal tales.Contributing authors Kaye Lynne Booth, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, Stevie Turner, Enid Holden, Laurel McHargue, Jeff Bowles, Julie Goodswen, Tom Johnson, Arthur Rosch, S.L. Kretschmer and Christa Planko n...

"The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips. The Mexican, in contrast, is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it, it is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love." Thus Octavio Paz describes a cultural phenomenon that has for centuries fascinated scholars and aficionados of virtually every field of Mexican studies, "el culto a la muerte," the cult of death, a term that readily calls to the...