Kersti bergroth biography of michael jackson
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List of women writers (A–L)
This is a list of notable women writers.
Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc. (Holocaust), mem. (memoirist), non-f. (non-fiction), nv. (novelist), pw. (playwright), wr. (writer), TV (television), YA (young adult)
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[edit]- Karen Aabye (1904–1982, Denmark), nv. & travel wr.
- Uma Aaltonen (1940–2009, Finland), YA wr.
- Jane Aamund (1936–2019, Denmark), col. & nv.
- Jane Aaron (b. 1951, Wales), wr. & scholar
- Madiha Abdalla (fl 2010s), Sudanese newspaper editor
- Masoumeh Abad (b. 1962, Iran/Persia), mem. & academic
- Mercedes Abad (b. 1961, Spain), fiction wr.
- Ines Abassi (b. 1982, Tunisia/UAE), poet & travel wr.
- Florencia Abbate (b. 1976, Argentina), fiction wr., poet & es.
- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, United States), poet & fiction wr.
- Rachel Abbott (b. 1952, England), thriller wr.
- Shaila Abdullah (b. 1971, Pakista
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Introduction
Abstract
The following collection of essays will explore the ways in which Europe has been debated in post-1945 fiction. The emphasis will be on responses to the historical conditions of the continent from the Second World War to the twenty-first century as displayed by a wide range of novelists from Europe and elsewhere. While recognising that many authors still function within the specificities of national cultures, the collection will focus on texts that explore areas of experience, belief, activity and identity which have traversed national borders and circulated through Europe and beyond, highlighting the intellectual relations between heterogeneous literary traditions and emphasising the intercontinental roots of the European imaginary. At the heart of the collection will be an interest in the literary (de)construction of Europe and Europeanness. Influenced by the work of Bo Stråth, Gerard Delanty, Luisa Passerini, Zygmunt Bauman, Étienne Balibar and others, t
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Centre for Gender History
Centre for Gender History annual public engagement workshop, 1 June 2015 at Glasgow Women's Library. Organized by Dr Andrea Hajek.
In the early 1990s, Susan Faludi - in her prize winning Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women (1991) - argued for the existence of a media driven, antifeminist backlash against the 1970s women’s liberation movement. A similar backlash seems to be living a revival, as the recent online social campaign #Women against feminism demonstrates. At the same time, a renewed engagement with feminism has manifested itself in recent years, due in part to the 2008 economic crisis. What does feminism mean in the present day, and to what extent is the current attitude towards feminism different from the way feminism has been seen in the past? What are the legacies of second-wave feminism and what can we still learn from it today? Are younger generations of women aware of the persistence of sexism, sexual vio