Three Masquerades

Three Masquerades

Author: Rachel Ingalls

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2017-02-01

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 1619027798

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The fiction of Rachel Ingalls has haunted me for years. The plots are dramatic, even exaggerated, but the books are quiet and short. The language is plain but curious. I’ve gathered here three works of hers. Two of these are frightening and one less so, although I sometimes change my mind about which one that is. —from the Introduction by Daniel Handler Daniel Handler assembled this collection from Rachel Ingalls’ wide selection of novellas as a perfect introduction to her beguiling talent. I See a Long Journey and On Ice, novellas Mr. Handler considers basically perfect, originally appeared with a third, Blessed Art Thou, a story he considers to be in an entirely different tone. He felt that Friends in the Country from Ms. Ingalls’ later collection, The End of Tragedy, was a more natural companion to the two earlier works. The author happily agreed.


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Download or read book Three Masquerades written by Rachel Ingalls and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fiction of Rachel Ingalls has haunted me for years. The plots are dramatic, even exaggerated, but the books are quiet and short. The language is plain but curious. I’ve gathered here three works of hers. Two of these are frightening and one less so, although I sometimes change my mind about which one that is. —from the Introduction by Daniel Handler Daniel Handler assembled this collection from Rachel Ingalls’ wide selection of novellas as a perfect introduction to her beguiling talent. I See a Long Journey and On Ice, novellas Mr. Handler considers basically perfect, originally appeared with a third, Blessed Art Thou, a story he considers to be in an entirely different tone. He felt that Friends in the Country from Ms. Ingalls’ later collection, The End of Tragedy, was a more natural companion to the two earlier works. The author happily agreed.

Three Masquerades

Three Masquerades

Author: Marilyn Waring

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780802080769

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Marilyn Waring probes the 'world behind the mask' in these three remarkable essays on women in politics, economics and work, and human rights. First, she pulls away the masks that women who are elected to parliamentary office are forced to wear. How do we women find ourselves trapped in the institution's games? How does that affect our ability to make progress on issues of primary importance to us? What does that do to our self-image? Can we even afford to be aware of this? The second essay continues Waring's powerful writing on economics and the concept of work. She updates the international situation described in her bestseller Counting for Nothing. Based on her project experience with the United Nations, she exposes the gap between rhetoric and consequence: you wash your pig: this is work; you wash your child: this is welfare... it has no value. The last essay unmasks the rhetoric of human rights. Waring shows how nation states exploit United Nations conventions, while also explaining the opportunities the conventions provide for political action.


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Download or read book Three Masquerades written by Marilyn Waring and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marilyn Waring probes the 'world behind the mask' in these three remarkable essays on women in politics, economics and work, and human rights. First, she pulls away the masks that women who are elected to parliamentary office are forced to wear. How do we women find ourselves trapped in the institution's games? How does that affect our ability to make progress on issues of primary importance to us? What does that do to our self-image? Can we even afford to be aware of this? The second essay continues Waring's powerful writing on economics and the concept of work. She updates the international situation described in her bestseller Counting for Nothing. Based on her project experience with the United Nations, she exposes the gap between rhetoric and consequence: you wash your pig: this is work; you wash your child: this is welfare... it has no value. The last essay unmasks the rhetoric of human rights. Waring shows how nation states exploit United Nations conventions, while also explaining the opportunities the conventions provide for political action.

The Occasional Paper. Vol. III. Numb. IX. Of Plays and Masquerades

The Occasional Paper. Vol. III. Numb. IX. Of Plays and Masquerades

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1719

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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Ghostroots: Stories

Ghostroots: Stories

Author: 'Pemi Aguda

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2024-05-07

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1324065869

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A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties. In this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos, Nigeria, ’Pemi Aguda dramatizes the tension between our yearning to be individuals and the ways we are haunted by what came before. In “Manifest,” a woman sees the ghost of her abusive mother in her daughter’s face. Shortly after, the daughter is overtaken by wicked and destructive impulses. In “Breastmilk,” a wife forgives her husband for his infidelity. Months later, when she is unable to produce milk for her newborn, she blames herself for failing to uphold her mother’s feminist values and doubts her fitness for motherhood. In “Things Boys Do,” a trio of fathers finds something unnatural and unnerving about their infant sons. As their lives rapidly fall to pieces, they begin to fear that their sons are the cause of their troubles. And in “24, Alhaji Williams Street,” a teenage boy lives in the shadow of a mysterious disease that’s killing the boys on his street. These and other stories in Ghostroots map emotional and physical worlds that lay bare the forces of family, myth, tradition, gender, and modernity in Nigerian society. Powered by a deep empathy and glinting with humor, they announce a major new literary talent.


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Download or read book Ghostroots: Stories written by 'Pemi Aguda and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties. In this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos, Nigeria, ’Pemi Aguda dramatizes the tension between our yearning to be individuals and the ways we are haunted by what came before. In “Manifest,” a woman sees the ghost of her abusive mother in her daughter’s face. Shortly after, the daughter is overtaken by wicked and destructive impulses. In “Breastmilk,” a wife forgives her husband for his infidelity. Months later, when she is unable to produce milk for her newborn, she blames herself for failing to uphold her mother’s feminist values and doubts her fitness for motherhood. In “Things Boys Do,” a trio of fathers finds something unnatural and unnerving about their infant sons. As their lives rapidly fall to pieces, they begin to fear that their sons are the cause of their troubles. And in “24, Alhaji Williams Street,” a teenage boy lives in the shadow of a mysterious disease that’s killing the boys on his street. These and other stories in Ghostroots map emotional and physical worlds that lay bare the forces of family, myth, tradition, gender, and modernity in Nigerian society. Powered by a deep empathy and glinting with humor, they announce a major new literary talent.

Doing Justice without the State

Doing Justice without the State

Author: Ogbonnaya Oko Elechi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-07-25

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1135512523

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This study examines the principles and practices of the Afikpo (Eugbo) Nigeria indigenous justice system in contemporary times. Like most African societies, the Afikpo indigenous justice system employs restorative, transformative and communitarian principles in conflict resolution. This book describes the processes of community empowerment, participatory justice system and how regular institutions of society that provide education, social and economic support are also effective in early intervention in disputes and prevention of conflicts.


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Download or read book Doing Justice without the State written by Ogbonnaya Oko Elechi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the principles and practices of the Afikpo (Eugbo) Nigeria indigenous justice system in contemporary times. Like most African societies, the Afikpo indigenous justice system employs restorative, transformative and communitarian principles in conflict resolution. This book describes the processes of community empowerment, participatory justice system and how regular institutions of society that provide education, social and economic support are also effective in early intervention in disputes and prevention of conflicts.

Postcolonial Masquerades

Postcolonial Masquerades

Author: Niti Sampat Patel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-28

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1136537155

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First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


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Download or read book Postcolonial Masquerades written by Niti Sampat Patel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A companion to the theatres; and manual of the British Drama ... Second edition

A companion to the theatres; and manual of the British Drama ... Second edition

Author: Horace FOOTE (pseud. [i.e. John Timbs])

Publisher:

Published: 1829

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book A companion to the theatres; and manual of the British Drama ... Second edition written by Horace FOOTE (pseud. [i.e. John Timbs]) and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shadows of the Ancestors

Shadows of the Ancestors

Author: Onyechi Mbamali

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2011-12-27

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1467880469

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This three-act play exploits youth radicalism in exploring the course and outcome of a brand of idealism which disregards the settled order in the pursuit of a social change objective. The great ruler of Umudimkpa, a land of warriors, has just passed away. He leaves behind a great legacy, but his cabinet of high chiefs is riven with differences in commitment to his reform programme which abolished slave killing all through the kingdom. His son, Ifediba, a very young man, receives the coded call to return post-haste from his hunting fields, a royal reserve where as crown prince he reigns in wait. To everyones consternation, the young prince tarries beyond reason. When he finally shows up, it is with a handful of trouble as he has put a slave girl from the neighbouring kingdom of Umuachala in the family way and insists on marrying her. The bruising slight to the slave girls mistress (the princess of Umuachala whom he is expected to marry) is aggravated by the ill-advised decision to abduct (liberate) her parents and siblings. There is unprecedented tension and threat of war between the two powerful kingdoms which had shared a history of unbroken peace for ages. Umudimkpa is never late to battle but Umuachala does not spare. Ifediba proclaims total emancipation of slaves and needs the support of the elders represented by the high chiefs to move against Umuachala and possibly unite both kingdoms. The dramatic clash of vision is followed by a total breakdown in communication. Ifediba, feeling let down, turns hostile and resolves to shake up the revered cabinet of high chiefs, right after his coronation. But the elders move overnight to bury their own feuds and close ranks their mantra: kingdom is people. An important meeting is scheduled to move the kingdom out of the empasse. On the eve of the meeting, Ifedibas mother, one of the three wives of the demised monarch, cracks under severe emotional stress and her demented effusions raise serious paternity questions about all her children including the crown prince himself.


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Download or read book Shadows of the Ancestors written by Onyechi Mbamali and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-act play exploits youth radicalism in exploring the course and outcome of a brand of idealism which disregards the settled order in the pursuit of a social change objective. The great ruler of Umudimkpa, a land of warriors, has just passed away. He leaves behind a great legacy, but his cabinet of high chiefs is riven with differences in commitment to his reform programme which abolished slave killing all through the kingdom. His son, Ifediba, a very young man, receives the coded call to return post-haste from his hunting fields, a royal reserve where as crown prince he reigns in wait. To everyones consternation, the young prince tarries beyond reason. When he finally shows up, it is with a handful of trouble as he has put a slave girl from the neighbouring kingdom of Umuachala in the family way and insists on marrying her. The bruising slight to the slave girls mistress (the princess of Umuachala whom he is expected to marry) is aggravated by the ill-advised decision to abduct (liberate) her parents and siblings. There is unprecedented tension and threat of war between the two powerful kingdoms which had shared a history of unbroken peace for ages. Umudimkpa is never late to battle but Umuachala does not spare. Ifediba proclaims total emancipation of slaves and needs the support of the elders represented by the high chiefs to move against Umuachala and possibly unite both kingdoms. The dramatic clash of vision is followed by a total breakdown in communication. Ifediba, feeling let down, turns hostile and resolves to shake up the revered cabinet of high chiefs, right after his coronation. But the elders move overnight to bury their own feuds and close ranks their mantra: kingdom is people. An important meeting is scheduled to move the kingdom out of the empasse. On the eve of the meeting, Ifedibas mother, one of the three wives of the demised monarch, cracks under severe emotional stress and her demented effusions raise serious paternity questions about all her children including the crown prince himself.

The bata dancer

The bata dancer

Author: Rotimi Ogunjobi

Publisher: Tektime

Published: 2021-01-04

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 8835416302

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A theatre scriptwriter loses his job, his marriage and his only child. He travels to a rural town in search of a quiet place to reorganize his confused life. Here he again meets with a legendary Bata dancer and the reunion rekindles his ambition to write a new play. But his success will depend on how much he is able to understand the mysterious language of the Bata drums and dance His bitter past has left him with the fear of another relationship and when the charming and compassionate daughter of his aged mentor comes into his life, he finds himself in a desperate battle against his resolve. But his new companion is a healing angel who mends his heartbreak and disabilities and teaches him the way of a master Bata dancer. Yomi Bello is a scriptwriter for the Heritage Theater. He has temporarily lost his job and his estranged wife has gone away with his only child. Yomi travels to a small rural town to take up a temporary teaching appointment in a private school, and to find a quiet place to rearrange his life. Yomi again meets with Baba Lamidi, a legendary Bata dancer. The reunion rekindles Yomi’s intention to write a new play, but his success will depend on how much he is able to learn of the mysterious language of the Bata drums and dance There are great challenges along his way forward nevertheless. The native craftsmen and artists are hostile and contemptuous. Baba Lamidi is also old, frail, and very often ill, which makes him an unreliable teacher. Nevertheless, Yomi Bello is determined that his new play, The Bata Dancer will be the greatest dance drama to be played at the Heritage Theater when it eventually reopens. Bitter experiences have left Yomi with the fear of another relationship, and when Ajoke, the delightful and very helpful daughter of Baba Lamidi comes into his life, he finds himself in a desperate battle against his resolve. Ajoke becomes to him a healing angel for his innermost miseries and for a severe limp. She also teaches Yomi enough about the Bata culture to make him perform like a master. Translator: Rotimi Ogunjobi PUBLISHER: TEKTIME


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Download or read book The bata dancer written by Rotimi Ogunjobi and published by Tektime. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A theatre scriptwriter loses his job, his marriage and his only child. He travels to a rural town in search of a quiet place to reorganize his confused life. Here he again meets with a legendary Bata dancer and the reunion rekindles his ambition to write a new play. But his success will depend on how much he is able to understand the mysterious language of the Bata drums and dance His bitter past has left him with the fear of another relationship and when the charming and compassionate daughter of his aged mentor comes into his life, he finds himself in a desperate battle against his resolve. But his new companion is a healing angel who mends his heartbreak and disabilities and teaches him the way of a master Bata dancer. Yomi Bello is a scriptwriter for the Heritage Theater. He has temporarily lost his job and his estranged wife has gone away with his only child. Yomi travels to a small rural town to take up a temporary teaching appointment in a private school, and to find a quiet place to rearrange his life. Yomi again meets with Baba Lamidi, a legendary Bata dancer. The reunion rekindles Yomi’s intention to write a new play, but his success will depend on how much he is able to learn of the mysterious language of the Bata drums and dance There are great challenges along his way forward nevertheless. The native craftsmen and artists are hostile and contemptuous. Baba Lamidi is also old, frail, and very often ill, which makes him an unreliable teacher. Nevertheless, Yomi Bello is determined that his new play, The Bata Dancer will be the greatest dance drama to be played at the Heritage Theater when it eventually reopens. Bitter experiences have left Yomi with the fear of another relationship, and when Ajoke, the delightful and very helpful daughter of Baba Lamidi comes into his life, he finds himself in a desperate battle against his resolve. Ajoke becomes to him a healing angel for his innermost miseries and for a severe limp. She also teaches Yomi enough about the Bata culture to make him perform like a master. Translator: Rotimi Ogunjobi PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Masquerade Season

Masquerade Season

Author: 'Pemi Aguda

Publisher: Tor Books

Published: 2021-03-24

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 1250830141

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From Nigerian author Pemi Aguda comes "Masquerade Season," a Tor.com Original short story Pauly is a good son. When he brings home three beautiful Masquerades, he's expecting that his mother will be proud of him. But when his mother begins asking favors of his Masquerades, he realizes that being a good son sometimes means disobeying. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


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Download or read book Masquerade Season written by 'Pemi Aguda and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Nigerian author Pemi Aguda comes "Masquerade Season," a Tor.com Original short story Pauly is a good son. When he brings home three beautiful Masquerades, he's expecting that his mother will be proud of him. But when his mother begins asking favors of his Masquerades, he realizes that being a good son sometimes means disobeying. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.