“Midsummer” by Derek Walcott “Most of the poems in this sequence of fifty where written in close succession during one summer in Trinidad. Their principle themes are the relationship of poetry to painting, the stasis of midsummer in the tropics, and the pull of the sea, family and friendship. Walcott records the experience of middle
“Imperial eyes: travel writing and transculturation” by Mary Louise Pratt “This second edition of a highly acclaimed and interdisciplinary book which quickly established itself as a seminal text in its field investigates the way in which travel writing has constructed an image of the world beyond Europe for European readerships. Focus on writing about South
“The color purple” by Alice Walker “Tells the story of Celie, a Black woman in the South. Celie writes letters to God in which she tells about her life as her daughter, wife, sister, and mother. Retrieved from library.csi.cuny.edu. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Purple http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/purple/context.html http://www.bookrags.com/notes/tcp/ Selected titles are a sample of the materials of the
“From head to toe” by Eric Carle “I can do it! is the encouraging message conveyed to children in this fun interactive picture book. A variety of well-known animals, represented through collages full of color, invites the little ones to imitate their antics by moving their heads and hips, clapping and hitting on
“Theories about culture in the postmodern era” by Marvin Harris “The famous anthropologist Marvin Harris, who has published such famous works as Cannibals and Kings or Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches, summarizes in this book everything that has been said in the last thirty years on the concept of culture, on objectivity,
“El camino” by Miguel Delibes “”As exceptional as a novel surviving half a century in Spain without diminishing its diffusion, it is that the author has preserved the manuscript of it through various ups and downs…” “Analyzing in detail the old pages I note one thing: the typographical edition of El camino does not exactly match
“Fantastic female filmmakers” by Suzanne Simon “Women have been writing, producing and directing movies since filmmaking began in the early 1900s. From taming wild dogs to filming from the open door of a plane to being nominated for an academy award, women directors have done amazing things in the world of film. Fantastic Female Filmmakers