Unhomed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unhomed write by Pamela Robertson Wojcik. This book was released on 2024-04-23. Unhomed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this rich cultural history, Pamela Roberston Wojcik examines America's ambivalent and shifting attitude toward homelessness. She considers film cycles from five distinct historical moments that show characters who are unhomed and placeless, mobile rather than fixed—characters who fail, resist, or opt out of the mandate for a home of one's own. From the tramp films of the silent era to the 2021 Oscar-winning Nomadland, Wojcik reveals a tension in the American imaginary between viewing homelessness as deviant and threatening or emblematic of freedom and independence. Blending social history with insights drawn from a complex array of films, both canonical and fringe, Wojcik effectively "unhomes" dominant narratives that cast aspirations for success and social mobility as the focus of American cinema, reminding us that genres of precarity have been central to American cinema (and the American story) all along.
The Archaeology of the Homed and the Unhomed
The Archaeology of the Homed and the Unhomed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Archaeology of the Homed and the Unhomed write by Daniel O. Sayers. This book was released on 2023-02-28. The Archaeology of the Homed and the Unhomed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first comprehensive discussion of the historical archaeology of homelessness In a time when the idea of home has become central to living the American dream, The Archaeology of the Homed and the Unhomed brings to the forefront the concept of homelessness. The book points out that homelessness remains underexplored in historical archaeology, a fact which may reflect societal biases and marginalization, and it provides the field’s first comprehensive discussion of the subject. Daniel Sayers argues that the unhomed and the home have been inherently interconnected in the real world across the past several centuries. Sayers builds a conceptual model that focuses on this dynamic and uses it to generate new insights into pre‒Civil War communities of Maroons and Indigenous Americans, Great Depression‒era hobo communities, and Midwest farmsteads. In doing so, he highlights the social complexities, ambiguities, and significance of the home and the unhomed in the archaeological record. Using a variety of data sources including documentary records and material culture and drawing on extensive fieldwork, Sayers illuminates how homelessness is created, reproduced, and disparaged by the dominant culture. The book also emphasizes the importance of applied archaeology. Through these studies, Sayers contends that activist archaeologists have a role—and responsibility—to share their knowledge to help policy makers and stakeholders understand the unhomed, homelessness, and the American experience in this area. A volume in the series the American Experience in Archaeological Perspective, edited by Michael S. Nassaney and Krysta Ryzewski
Lord Foul's Bane
Lord Foul's Bane - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lord Foul's Bane write by Stephen R. Donaldson. This book was released on 2012-05-16. Lord Foul's Bane available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Covenant is [Stephen R.] Donaldson's genius!”—The Village Voice He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, because he dared not believe in this strange alternate world on which he suddenly found himself. Yet the Land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah. Now he was regarded as a reincarnation of the Land's greatest hero—Berek Halfhand—armed with the mystic power of White Gold. That power alone could protect the Lords of the Land from the ancient evil of the Despiser, Lord Foul. Except that Covenant had no idea how to use that power. . . .
Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant write by William A. Senior. This book was released on 1995. Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant' examines Donaldson's first three novels in an attempt to define their place in the fantasy canon. The book begins with an extensive introduction to the fantasy genre in which W.A. Senior eloquently defends fantasy against charges of being mere escapism, or simply juvenile, and not warranting serious critical consideration.
Misaligned: The Celtic Connection
Misaligned: The Celtic Connection - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Misaligned: The Celtic Connection write by Armen Pogharian. This book was released on 2012-08-13. Misaligned: The Celtic Connection available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Eighth grader Penny Preston unknowingly creates a trans-dimensional rift, which causes a food fight. Instead of being suspended, she discovers that she exists in more than three dimensions; she is misaligned. In training, she learns that she is the key to preventing higher-dimensional beings from entering our universe with god-like powers. Together with her multi-dimensional cat, Penny struggles to save her relationship with her best friend, protect her universe, and uncover her connection to Celtic legend.
