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Dedicated perhaps to the most outstanding figure in the tradition of Argentine tango, this biography of Carlos Gardel not only responds to what is minimally expected of the genre: to account for the milestones and situations that articulated the most significant of the vital journey of a character -that S. Collier fulfills, revealing the enormous intellectual talent that presided over his extensive historiographical work- but also, it involves a kind of very interesting narrative model, provoking an intense and even passionate reading of the text. And the secret of this is very simple: to unite the analytical attribute around the facts, an outstanding exhibition quality that traps the reader in a traína that allows him to approach, through a singular life, both the broad stage of an era ( first decades of the 20th century), as well as the development of a mass musical culture: that of tango. Dedicada quizá si a la figura más señera en la tradición del tango argentino, esta biografía de Carlos Gardel no sólo responde a lo que mínimamente se espera del género: dar cuenta de los hitos y situaciones que articularon lo más significativo del trayecto vital de un personaje -tarea que S. Collier cumple con creces, revelando el enorme talento intelectual que presidió su amplia labor historiográfica- sino también, comporta una suerte de modelo narrativo muy interesante, suscitando una lectura intensa y hasta apasionada del texto.

Singers --- Gardel, Carlos, --- Gardes, Charles Romuald, --- Gardés, Carlos Romualdo, --- Gardel, Carlitos, --- International Writing Program participants --- Gardini, Carlos, 1948-2017. --- cultura musical --- tango argentino --- tango --- argentina --- popular culture --- songs

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This book draws on a wide range of methods-including approaches from literary studies, cultural studies, and urban sociology-to analyse the transformation of Shanghai through rapid growth and widespread urban renewal. Lena Scheen explores the literary imaginings of the city, its past, present, and future, in order to understand the effects of that urban transformation on both the psychological state of Shanghai's citizens and their perception of the spaces they inhabit.

Chinese literature --- History and criticism. --- International Writing Program participants --- Chen, Danyan, 1958 --- -Chinese literature --- Popular culture --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture

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This compelling book tells the inspirational stories of men and women who fought for peace, freedom, equality, and human rights throughout the twentieth century. Often at great personal risk, they did what they could to alleviate the suffering caused by Hitler, Stalin, and Mao; by racists in America and South Africa; and those who would oppress women everywhere. Tracing the lives of the unsung and the famous, Cohen retraces the lives of such figures as Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Pope John XXIII, Aung San Suu Kyi, Margaret Sanger, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Togethe

Political activists --- Civil rights workers --- Human rights workers --- Pacifists --- Religious leaders --- History, Modern --- World history --- Spiritual leaders --- Persons --- Activists, Human rights --- Advocates, Human rights --- Defenders of human rights --- Human rights activists --- Human rights advocates --- Human rights defenders --- Workers, Human rights --- Reformers --- Civil rights activists --- Race relations reformers --- Social reformers --- Activists, Political --- Political participation --- International Writing Program participants --- Liu, Binyan, 1925-2005. --- 841.4 Politieke figuren --- 850 Vrede- en conflictstudies --- 863 Pacifisme

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Unfolding in the tense years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), Trees Without Wind takes place in a remote Shanxi village in which a rare affliction has left the residents physically stunted. Director Liu, an older revolutionary and local commune head, becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Zhang Weiguo, a young ideologue who believes he is the model of a true revolutionary. Complicating matters is a woman named Nuanyu, who, like Zhang Weiguo and Director Liu, is an outsider untouched by the village's disease. "Wedded" to all of the male villagers, Nuanyu lives a polyandrous lifestyle based on necessity and at odds with the puritanical idealism of the Cultural Revolution. The deformed villagers, representing the manipulated masses of China, become pawns in the Party representatives' factional infighting. Director Liu and Zhang Weiguo's explosive tug-of-war is part of a larger battle among politics, self-interest, and passion gripping a world undone by ideological extremism. A collectively told narrative powered by distinctive subjectivities, Trees Without Wind is a milestone in the fictional treatment of a horrific event.

Abnormalities, Human --- Electronic books. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / General. --- Books in machine-readable form --- Digital books --- E-books --- Ebooks --- Online books --- Books --- Electronic publications --- Abnormalities --- Anomalies, Congenital --- Birth defects --- Congenital abnormalities --- Congenital anomalies --- Defects, Birth --- Deformities --- Developmental abnormalities --- Human abnormalities --- Malformations, Congenital --- Morphology --- Pathology --- Teratogenesis --- Teratology --- International Writing Program participants --- Li, Rui, 1950 --- -China --- History --- China --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- )