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September 2017Darling Days
Mein Leben zwischen den Geschlechtern
by iO Tillett Wright, Clara Drechsler, Harald Hellmann
Mit sechs will iO kein Mädchen mehr sein. Im New Yorker East Village Ende der 80er sind unorthodoxe Entscheidungen Trumpf: Also gibt sich iO als Junge aus. Und wächst auf in einem rauen, grenzenlosen Wunderland, zwischen Drag Queens, Performancekünstlern und den Freunden seiner [sic!] Patentante Nan Goldin … Darling Days erzählt von der Suche nach Authentizität an einem verlorenen Ort – ein unwiderstehliches, ein heftiges Buch. Als eine Gruppe Jungs im Central Park die sechsjährige iO ausgrenzen, ist die Entscheidung gefallen: iO ist jetzt ein Junge. Die Mutter unterstützt den Schritt, schließlich leben die beiden in einem Brownstone, in dem Anderssein gelebt wird, in dem ungarische Filmemacher, alt gewordene Pornostars und Künstler zusammen mit all den anderen Freaks die Gegenkultur feiern. Für iO beginnt ein Leben zwischen den Geschlechtern, befreit von starren Kategorien, am Rande des Chaos und an der Seite einer Mutter, deren Fürsorge außer Kontrolle gerät …
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The ArtsSeptember 2019Queer Objects
by Chris Brickell, Judith Collard
Queer lives give rise to a vast array of objects: the things we fill our houses with, the gifts we share with our friends, the commodities we consume at work and at play, the clothes and accessories we wear, and the analogue and digital technologies we use to communicate with one another. But what makes an object queer? The sixty-three chapters in Queer Objects consider this question in relation to lesbian, gay and transgender communities across time, cultures and space. In this unique international collaboration, well-known and newer writers traverse world history to write about items ranging from ancient Egyptian tomb paintings and Roman artefacts to political placards, snapshots, sex toys and the smartphone. Fabulous, captivating, transgressive.
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The ArtsJuly 2025The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson
Keeping the best place by the fire
by Andrea Wright
The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson: The best place by the fire is the first book to specifically consider Henson, best known for the immensely popular The Muppet Show, as an important creator of screen fairy tales. In a chronological overview of Henson's career from the late 1950s to his death in 1990, it explores key themes, artistic practices and innovations that make his contribution to the genre unique. Drawing upon a range of fairy tale scholarship, it also situates Henson's work within the wider context of the genre, specifically its conventions, themes and inherent intertextuality.
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The ArtsOctober 2024Queer cinema in contemporary France
Five directors
by Todd Reeser
Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel, Alain Guiraudie, Sébastien Lifshitz and Céline Sciamma. The films of these five major French directors exemplify queer cinema in the twenty-first century. Comprehensive in scope, Queer cinema in contemporary France traces the development of the meaning of queer across these directors' careers, from their earliest, often unknown films to their later, major films with wide international release. Whether having sex on the beach or kissing in the high school swimming pool, these cinematic characters create or embody forward-looking, open-ended and optimistic forms of queerness and modes of living, loving and desiring. Whether they are white, beur or black, whether they are lesbian, gay, trans* or queer, they open up hetero- and cisnormativity to new ways of being a gendered subject.
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Biography & True StoriesNovember 2024Walking in the dark
James Baldwin, my father and I
by Douglas Field
A moving exploration of the life and work of the celebrated American writer, blending biography and memoir with literary criticism. Since James Baldwin's death in 1987, his writing - including The Fire Next Time, one of the manifestoes of the Civil Rights Movement, and Giovanni's Room, a pioneering work of gay fiction - has only grown in relevance. Douglas Field was introduced to Baldwin's essays and novels by his father, who witnessed the writer's debate with William F. Buckley at Cambridge University in 1965. In Walking in the dark, he embarks on a journey to unravel his life-long fascination and to understand why Baldwin continues to enthral us decades after his death. Tracing Baldwin's footsteps in France, the US and Switzerland, and digging into archives, Field paints an intimate portrait of the writer's life and influence. At the same time, he offers a poignant account of coming to terms with his father's Alzheimer's disease. Interweaving Baldwin's writings on family, illness, memory and place, Walking in the dark is an eloquent testament to the enduring power of great literature to illuminate our paths.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2026A queer scrapbook
Britain and Ireland since 1945
by Justin Bengry, Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, E-J Scott
A beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTIQ+ life. A queer scrapbook offers a treasure trove of LGBTIQ+ histories from across Britain and Ireland. Packed with materials, from interviews and newspaper articles to photographs and flyers, the book explores urban, rural and regional queer life since 1945. Commentaries and short essays introduce a changing queer landscape, spotlighting four broad themes: home and family, sex and socialising, arts and culture and politics and activism. The book delves into the meaning and experiences of domesticity and parenting and explores the sometimes unexpected places LGBTIQ+ people met to have fun. It examines the importance of creative work in forming community and identity and shows how people fought injustice and advocated for equal rights. Collecting has been a way for the marginalised to explore and assert identity and community. A queer scrapbook vividly illustrates the diversity of queer and trans lives across the British and Irish isles since the Second World War.
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Children's & YAThe Sparkling Ponies (4). Jana in Search of Happiness
by Emily Palmer/Josephine Llobet
Fiona simply doesn’t know what she should do first: Leo, the owner of the farm, is very depressed, and even the funny tricks of Sunny, the sparkling pony, can’t cheer her up. What’s more, the mysterious island on Lake Sparkle is to be sold, and that would be a disaster! There are so many sparkling tasks to be performed that Fiona almost overlooks a vital clue. But fortunately, her sparkling pony Sunny is still there. Just like the black horse Opal and his friend Jana, who together show that with the right amount of sparkling magic, all problems finally disappear…
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Biography & True StoriesFebruary 2024Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic since 1917
by David Featherstone, Christian Høgsbjerg, Alan Rice
Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic brings to light the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of October 1917. The volume introduces new perspectives on the intellectual trajectories of well-known figures and critical activists including C. L. R. James, Paul Robeson, Walter Rodney and Grace P. Campbell. This biographical approach brings a vivid and distinctive lens to bear on how racialised social and political worlds were negotiated and experienced by these revolutionary figures, and on historic black radical engagements with left political movements, in the wake of the Russian Revolution.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2026Black socialities
Urban resistance and the struggle beyond recognition in Paris
by Vanessa Eileen Thompson
From author: This is a cutting-edge exploration of black urban politics in Parisian racialized working class and working poor districts, the formation of abolition geography, and the possibilities of new forms of political blackness. In Black Socialities. Urban resistance and the struggle beyond recognition in Paris, Vanessa E. Thompson argues that black urban politics in the French banlieues are multi-racial and spatially grounded towards abolition. Based on a close engagement with urban black activist practices against racial imagery in the city, policing and state racism, and housing insecurity, she shows how radical anti-racism goes beyond struggles for recognition and unfolds alongside new formations of political blackness that is based on urban conviviality. This form of black politics has much to teach us in this current conjuncture of liberal anti-racism and state recognition politics.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2025Queer as folklore
The hidden queer history of myths and monsters
by Sacha Coward
A celebration of queer history like you've never seen it before. Queer as folklore travels across centuries and continents to reveal the unsung heroes and villains of storytelling, magic and fantasy. Featuring images from archives, galleries and museums around the world, each chapter investigates the queer history of different mythic and folkloric characters, both old and new. Leaving no headstone unturned, Sacha Coward takes you on a wild ride through the night from ancient Greece to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race, visiting cross-dressing pirates, radical fairies and the graves of the 'queerly departed' along the way. Queer communities have often sought refuge in the shadows and created safe spaces in underworlds. But these forgotten narratives tell stories of resilience that deserve to be heard. Join any Pride march and you will see a glorious display of papier-mâché unicorn heads, drag queens in mermaid tails and more fairy wings than you can shake a trident at. These are not just accessories: they are queer symbols with historic roots. To truly understand who queer people are today, we must confront the twisted tales of the past.
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June 2021Lustige Punktebilder von 1 bis 50. Im Feenland
Von-Punkt-zu-Punkt-Rätselblock für Kinder ab 6 Jahren
by Silke Reimers, Silke Reimers
Im Feenland ist jede Menge los! Wer sitzt da auf dem Stein im Wasser?Und wer sind die Freunde der kleinen Fee?Finde es heraus! Zähle mit und verbinde dabei die Punkte! Der neue Punkt-zu-Punkt-Rätselspaß Die zauberhaften Rätsel zum Punkte-verbinden von 1 bis 50 bieten jede Menge Überraschungen. Aber Achtung: Von Seite zu Seite müssen immer mehr Punkte verbunden werden. Was wohl zum Vorschein kommt, wenn man die Rätsel richtig löst? Mit den Lösungen auf der Rückseite können sich kleine Rätselprofis kinderleicht selbst kontrollieren. So macht Zählen lernen Spaß!
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April 202250 Naturgeheimnisse und Outdoorabenteuer
Lass uns forschen, spielen und entdecken!
by Peter Wohlleben, Uticha Marmon, Alexander Rieß, Hans Löw, Uticha Marmon, Stefanie Reich, Dagmar Herrmann
So aufregend war draußen spielen noch nie! 50 Mitmachideen, Entdeckungen, Mikroabenteuer, Survivaltipps, Spiele und Rätsel für Outdoor-Kinder! Ob im Wald, im Garten oder auf der Straße vor deiner Haustür: Peter Wohlleben hat jede Menge Ideen, was du draußen erleben kannst und welche Geheimnisse es zu entdecken gibt. Hast du Lust, draußen zu übernachten, Steine über den See zu flitschen oder nach besonderen Käfern zu suchen? Nimm deine Freunde oder deine Familie mit und ab geht’s ins Abenteuer unter freiem Himmel. Und auch wenn es kalt ist oder regnet, ist das kein Grund, zu Hause zu bleiben: Nach dem Schneckenkönig suchst du am besten bei Regenwetter! Peter Wohlleben zeigt Kindern, wie viel Spaß die Natur machen kann. Nachmachen empfohlen: 50 Abenteuer für Kinder ab 6 Jahren. Im Mikroabenteuer erleben mutige Kids Spannung und Nervenkitzel vor der eigenen Haustür. Draußen spielen wird mit Peter Wohlleben wieder zum Highlight, auch wenn es regnet. Für alle Outdoorkinder, die die Welt, die Natur und deren Magie und Schönheit neu entdecken wollen.
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April 202250 Naturgeheimnisse und Outdoorabenteuer
Lass uns forschen, spielen und entdecken!
by Peter Wohlleben, Hans Löw, Stefanie Reich, Alexander Rieß, Uticha Marmon, Uticha Marmon
So aufregend war draußen spielen noch nie! 50 Mitmachideen, Entdeckungen, Mikroabenteuer, Survivaltipps, Spiele und Rätsel für Outdoor-Kinder! Ob im Wald, im Garten oder auf der Straße vor deiner Haustür: Peter Wohlleben hat jede Menge Ideen, was du draußen erleben kannst und welche Geheimnisse es zu entdecken gibt. Hast du Lust, draußen zu übernachten, Steine über den See zu flitschen oder nach besonderen Käfern zu suchen? Nimm deine Freunde oder deine Familie mit, pack das Hörbuch ein und ab geht's ins Abenteuer unter freiem Himmel. Und auch wenn es kalt ist oder regnet, ist das kein Grund, zu Hause zu bleiben: Nach dem Schneckenkönig suchst du am besten bei Regenwetter! Peter Wohlleben zeigt Kindern, wie viel Spaß die Natur machen kann. - Nachmachen empfohlen: 50 Abenteuer für Kinder ab 6 Jahren. - Im Mikroabenteuer erleben mutige Kids Spannung und Nervenkitzel vor der eigenen Haustür. - Draußen spielen wird mit Peter Wohlleben wieder zum Highlight, auch wenn es regnet. - Für alle Outdoorkinder, die die Welt, die Natur und deren Magie und Schönheit neu entdecken wollen.
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April 202250 Naturgeheimnisse und Outdoorabenteuer
Lass uns forschen, spielen und entdecken!
by Peter Wohlleben, Stefanie Reich
So aufregend war draußen spielen noch nie! 50 Mitmachideen, Entdeckungen, Mikroabenteuer, Survivaltipps, Spiele und Rätsel für Outdoor-Kinder! Ob im Wald, im Garten oder auf der Straße vor deiner Haustür: Peter Wohlleben hat jede Menge Ideen, was du draußen erleben kannst und welche Geheimnisse es zu entdecken gibt. Hast du Lust, draußen zu übernachten, Steine über den See zu flitschen oder nach besonderen Käfern zu suchen? Nimm deine Freunde oder deine Familie mit und ab geht’s ins Abenteuer unter freiem Himmel. Und auch wenn es kalt ist oder regnet, ist das kein Grund, zu Hause zu bleiben: Nach dem Schneckenkönig suchst du am besten bei Regenwetter! Was hast du schon alles erlebt? Wenn du gleich ein Kreuzchen machst, behältst du den Überblick über deine Abenteuer! Peter Wohlleben zeigt Kindern, wie viel Spaß die Natur machen kann. Nachmachen empfohlen: 50 Abenteuer für Kinder ab 6 Jahren. Im Mikroabenteuer erleben mutige Kids Spannung und Nervenkitzel vor der eigenen Haustür. Draußen spielen wird mit Peter Wohlleben wieder zum Highlight, auch wenn es regnet. Für alle Outdoorkinder, die die Welt, die Natur und deren Magie und Schönheit neu entdecken wollen. Auf einer Übersichtsseite können Kinder ihre erlebten Abenteuer abhaken.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2016Robespierre and the Festival of the Supreme Being
by Jonathan Smyth, Maire Cross
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The ArtsJune 2021The new pornographies
Explicit sex in recent French fiction and film
by Victoria Best, Martin Crowley
The turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed the striking advance of pornography into the Western cultural mainstream. Symptomatic of this development has been the use by writers, artists, and film-makers of the imagery and aesthetics of pornography, in works which have, often on this basis, achieved considerable international success. Amongst these artists are a number of French authors and directors - such as Michel Houellebecq, Catherine Breillat, Virginie Despentes, or Catherine Millet - whose work has often been dismissed as trashy or exploitative, but whose use of pornographic material may in fact be indicative of important contemporary concerns. In this study of a very significant trend, the authors explore how the reference to pornography encodes diverse political, cultural, and existential questions, including relations between the sexes, the collapse of avant-garde politics, gay sexualities in the time of AIDS, the anti-feminist backlash, the relation to the body and illness, the place of fantasy, and the sexualisation of children. It will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and researchers in the fields of French culture, gender, film and media studies.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019The new pornographies
Explicit sex in recent French fiction and film
by Victoria Best, Martin Crowley
The turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed the striking advance of pornography into the Western cultural mainstream. Symptomatic of this development has been the use by writers, artists, and film-makers of the imagery and aesthetics of pornography, in works which have, often on this basis, achieved considerable international success. Amongst these artists are a number of French authors and directors - such as Michel Houellebecq, Catherine Breillat, Virginie Despentes, or Catherine Millet - whose work has often been dismissed as trashy or exploitative, but whose use of pornographic material may in fact be indicative of important contemporary concerns. In this, the first study of this significant trend, the authors explore how the reference to pornography encodes diverse political, cultural, and existential questions, including relations between the sexes, the collapse of avant-garde politics, gay sexualities in the time of AIDS, the anti-feminist backlash, the relation to the body and illness, the place of fantasy, and the sexualisation of children. It will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and researchers in the fields of French culture, gender, film and media studies.
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2021The Red and the Black
The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic
by David Featherstone, Christian Høgsbjerg
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was not just a world-historical event in its own right, but also struck powerful blows against racism and imperialism, and so inspired many black radicals internationally. This edited collection explores the implications of the creation of the Soviet Union and the Communist International for black and colonial liberation struggles across the African diaspora. It examines the critical intellectual influence of Marxism and Bolshevism on the current of revolutionary 'black internationalism' and analyses how 'Red October' was viewed within the contested articulations of different struggles against racism and colonialism. Challenging European-centred understandings of the Russian Revolution and the global left, The Red and the Black offers new insights on the relations between Communism, various lefts and anti-colonialisms across the Black Atlantic - including Garveyism and various other strands of Pan-Africanism. The volume makes a major and original intellectual contribution by making the relations between the Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic central to debates on questions relating to racism, resistance and social change.
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The ArtsMarch 2021Queer exceptions
Solo performance in neoliberal times
by Stephen Greer
Queer exceptions is a study of contemporary solo performance in the UK and Western Europe that explores the contentious relationship between identity, individuality and neoliberalism. With diverse case studies featuring the work of La Ribot, David Hoyle, Oreet Ashery, Bridget Christie, Tanja Ostojic, Adrian Howells and Nassim Soleimanpour, the book examines the role of singular or 'exceptional' subjects in constructing and challenging assumed notions of communal sociability and togetherness, while drawing fresh insight from the fields of sociology, gender studies and political philosophy to reconsider theatre's attachment to singular lives and experiences. Framed by a detailed exploration of arts festivals as encapsulating the material, entrepreneurial circumstances of contemporary performance-making, this is the first major critical study of solo work since the millennium.
