Shameful Victory
Title | Shameful Victory PDF eBook |
Author | John H. M. Laslett |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2015-10-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 081650086X |
On May 8, 1959, the evening news shocked Los Angeles residents, who saw LA County sheriffs carrying a Mexican American woman from her home in Chavez Ravine not far from downtown. Immediately afterward, the house was bulldozed to the ground. This violent act was the last step in the forced eviction of 3,500 families from the unique hilltop barrio that in 1962 became the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers. John H. M. Laslett offers a new interpretation of the Chavez Ravine tragedy, paying special attention to the early history of the barrio, the reform of Los Angeles's destructive urban renewal policies, and the influence of the evictions on the collective memory of the Mexican American community. In addition to examining the political decisions made by power brokers at city hall, Shameful Victory argues that the tragedy exerted a much greater influence on the history of the Los Angeles civil rights movement than has hitherto been appreciated. The author also sheds fresh light on how the community grew, on the experience of individual home owners who were evicted from the barrio, and on the influence that the event had on the development of recent Chicano/a popular music, drama, and literature.
Shameful Bodies
Title | Shameful Bodies PDF eBook |
Author | Michelle Mary Lelwica |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2017-01-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1472594967 |
What happens when your body doesn't look how it's supposed to look, or feel how it's supposed to feel, or do what it's supposed to do? Who or what defines the ideals behind these expectations? How can we challenge them and live more peacefully in our bodies? Shameful Bodies: Religion and the Culture of Physical Improvement explores these questions by examining how traditional religious narratives and modern philosophical assumptions come together in the construction and pursuit of a better body in contemporary western societies. Drawing on examples from popular culture such as self-help books, magazines, and advertisements, Michelle Mary Lelwica shows how these narratives and assumptions encourage us to go to war against our bodies-to fight fat, triumph over disability, conquer chronic pain and illness, and defy aging. Through an ethic of conquest and conformity, the culture of physical improvement trains us not only to believe that all bodily processes are under our control, but to feel ashamed about those parts of our flesh that refuse to comply with the cultural ideal. Lelwica argues that such shame is not a natural response to being fat, physically impaired, chronically sick, or old. Rather, body shame is a religiously and culturally conditioned reaction to a commercially-fabricated fantasy of physical perfection. While Shameful Bodies critiques the religious and cultural norms and narratives that perpetuate external and internalized judgment and aggression toward “shameful” bodies, it also engages the resources of religions, especially feminist theologies and Buddhist thought/practice, to construct a more affirming approach to health and healing-an approach that affirms the diversity, fragility, interdependence, and impermanence of embodied life.
Rid of My Disgrace
Title | Rid of My Disgrace PDF eBook |
Author | Justin S. Holcomb |
Publisher | Crossway |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1433515989 |
Helps adult victims of sexual assault move from brokenness to healing. This book outlines a theology or redemption and includes an application of how the disgrace of the cross can lead victims toward grace.
Hansard's Parliamentary Debates
Title | Hansard's Parliamentary Debates PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Parliament |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1136 |
Release | 1867 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
The Westminster Review
Title | The Westminster Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 596 |
Release | 1873 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Introduction to the English Historians
Title | Introduction to the English Historians PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 686 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | |
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A History of Modern England
Title | A History of Modern England PDF eBook |
Author | Herbert Woodfield Paul |
Publisher | |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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