Speculum of the Other Woman
Title | Speculum of the Other Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Luce Irigaray |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780801493300 |
A radically subversive critique brings to the fore the masculine ideology implicit in psychoanalytic theory and in Western discourse in general: woman is defined as a disadvantaged man, a male construct with no status of her own.
Speculum
Title | Speculum PDF eBook |
Author | Hannah Copley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2021-10-31 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781913642556 |
In Speculum, Hannah Copley considers the difficult history of the female body. Mirroring the title object used for centuries by gynaecologists, the poems uncover the hidden lives behind scientific progress. From the enslaved women exploited in the name of invention to the anonymous residents of mother and baby homes, Copley navigates personal, historical and forgotten legacies with equal exactitude and tenderness. Speculum is not only important as a feminist text, but its poetry is immaculate; a virtuosic first collection.
Public Privates
Title | Public Privates PDF eBook |
Author | Terri Kapsalis |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 9780822319214 |
The quintessential examination of women, gynecology is not simply the study of women's bodies, but also serves to define and constitute them. From J. Marion Sims's surgical experiments on unanesthetized slave women in the mid-19th century to the use of cadavers and prostitutes to teach medical students gynecological techniques, Kapsalis focuses on the ways in which women and their bodies have been treated by the medical establishment. 34 photos.
Through a Speculum that Shines
Title | Through a Speculum that Shines PDF eBook |
Author | Elliot R. Wolfson |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780691017228 |
Judaic scholar Elliot Wolfson's triple award-winning study examines Jewish mystical texts from late antiquity, pre-kabbalistic sources from the 10th to the 12th centuries, and 12th- and 13th-century kabbalistic literature, describing Jewish mysticism and the overwhelmingly visual nature of religious experience in Jewish spirituality from antiquity through the late Middle Ages.
Approaches to Early-medieval Art
Title | Approaches to Early-medieval Art PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Nees |
Publisher | |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Contains seven contributions rejecting essentialist constructions in traditional art-historical analysis. Topics include iconoclasm and identity in early-medieval art, magic and money in the early Middle Ages, and the construction of sanctity in early medieval saints' shrines. First published as a special issue of Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies (October 1997). Includes bandw maps, illustrations. Lacks an index. Distributed by the U. Press of Kansas. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Speculum Astronomiae and Its Enigma
Title | The Speculum Astronomiae and Its Enigma PDF eBook |
Author | P. Zambelli |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2013-12-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9401734674 |
The attribution of the Speculum Astronomiae to Albertus Magnus became a controversial issue only recently, when the great neo-Thomist historian Pierre Mandonnet suggested -- without any antecedents -- that the author was Roger Bacon rather than Albert. Mandonnet's theses were refuted by Lynn Thorndike and have since then been the subject of widespread discussion. The present historiographical case-study considers this debate in the light of an analysis of texts by Albert himself, as well as other important authors, such as Bacon, Bonaventura, Thomas Aquinas, Witelo, Campanus of Novara, and others, which shows how widespread the general concept of the influence of the stars and other astrological ideas to be found in the Speculum were. Most of the scientific ideas of the Middle Ages were based on principles derived from the notion of celestial influence and its consequences. The Speculum drew the fundamental outlines of this discipline into a theoretical and bibliographical introduction -- no small achievement -- and was consequently greeted with great interest and used as a standard reference book for many centuries. Set against the background of discussions taking place in the 1260s, within the Dominican Order as well as in the Faculties of Arts, Zambelli removes all doubt that the Speculum was written by Albert, possibly with some collaboration.
Speculum Mentis
Title | Speculum Mentis PDF eBook |
Author | Robin George Collingwood |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Proposes a philosophy of culture stressing the unity of the mind. Structured around five forms of experience--art, religion, science, history, and philosophy--the work seeks a synthesis of levels of knowledge. -- Britannica.com.