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  The Traffic in Women's Work -...

  Anca Parvulescu

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  “Welcome to the European family!” When East European countries joined the European Union under this banner after 1989, they agreed to the free movement of goods, services, capital, and persons. In this book, Anca Parvulescu analyzes an important niche in this imagined European kinship: the traffic in women, or the circulation of East European women in West Europe in marriage and as domestic servants, nannies, personal attendants, and entertainers. Analyzing film, national policies, and an impressive range of work by theorists from Giorgio Agamben to Judith Butler, she develops a critical lens through which to think about the transnational continuum of “women’s work.”  Parvulescu revisits Claude Lévi-Strauss’s concept of kinship and its rearticulation by second-wave feminists, particularly Gayle Rubin, to show that kinship has traditionally been anchored in the traffic in women. Reading recent cinematic texts that help frame this, she reveals that in contemporary Europe, East European migrant women are exchanged to engage in labor customarily performed by wives within the institution of marriage. Tracing a pattern of what she calls Americanization, Parvulescu argues that these women thereby become responsible for the labor of reproduction. A fascinating cultural study as much about the consequences of the enlargement of the European Union as women’s mobility, The Traffic in Women’s Work questions the foundations of the notion of Europe today.

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  Rewrite Man - The Life and...

  Alison Macor

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  This story of a talented screenwriter and the struggle over credits in Hollywood is “an insightful behind-the-scenes look at a behind-the-scenes man” (Stephen Harrigan, screenwriter and bestselling author of The Gates of the Alamo).   Whether writing love scenes for Tom Cruise on the set of Top Gun, running lines with Michael Keaton on Beetlejuice, or crafting Nietzschean dialogue for Jack Nicholson on Batman, Warren Skaaren collaborated with many powerful stars, producers, and directors. By the time of his premature death in 1990, Skaaren was one of Hollywood’s highest-paid writers, though he rarely left Austin, Texas, where he lived and worked.   Yet he had to battle for shared screenwriting credit on these films, and his struggles yield a new understanding of the secretive screen credit arbitration process—a process that has only become more intense, more litigious, and more public for screenwriters and their union, the Writers Guild of America, since Skaaren’s time. His story, told through a wealth of archival material, illuminates crucial issues of film authorship that have seldom been explored. In Rewrite Man, Alison Macor tells an engrossing story about the challenges faced by a top screenwriter at the crossroads of mixed and conflicting agendas in Hollywood.   “A careful, thoughtful account of the career of somebody essential to the creation of films many watch and enjoy, but not accorded the same adulation by fans or journalists as brand-name celebrities.” —Publishers Weekly

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  The Beat Goes On - A Music...

  Steve Riggs

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  Let's not beat around the bush, Covid made a total mess for musicians, producers, bands, DJs, road crew, venue owners, lighting engineers, and anyone else involved in the industry. 
  The main lesson that I learnt from it all… Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. 
  Now, during the aftermath of it all, we see the cost-of-living crisis, and now a recession… so, we need to find new ways to protect ourselves from anything that could endanger our livelihoods again in the future. 
  I know the struggle and have sacrificed a lot over the last 3 years, working tirelessly to find ways to build myself back up to continue to thrive in this madness that we call a post-covid world. 
  So, I wrote a book about it, giving you all the strategies and tools to help you easily build multiple streams of income from the skills that you already have as a producer/musician. 
  Use my knowledge and experience to skip the struggle, evolve, and move up in the game... all while looking after your wellbeing and personal life at the same time. 
  There are two types of people in this world: Those who go after what they want, and everybody else. 
  Which one are you?

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  A Rare Recording of Martha Graham

  Martha Graham

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  Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 - April 1, 1991) was an influential American modern dancer and choreographer. In 1926, the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance was established. In the following decades, it would help develop many of her famous proteges.  
  In 1938, Graham became the first dancer to perform at the White House. In 1976, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Gerald Ford. Graham's influence on dance has been compared with the influence of Picasso on modern visual arts, Stravinsky on music, and Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture.  
  This recording is from a lecture Graham gave on the requirements for being an exceptional dancer. 
  ©2016 Listen & Live Audio (P)2016 Listen & Live Audio

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  Christmas Dinner

  Kim Mitzo Thompson

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  All ages will love these beautifully-arranged instrumental Christmas songs. Featuring the saxophone, piano, pennywhistle, flute and other instruments, this collection will soon become a family favorite to play during holiday gatherings, Christmas Eve dinner, and while decorating the Christmas tree.From the gorgeous “Sing We Now Of Christmas,” to the popular “Away In A Manger,” these instrumental masterpieces are perfect to play during the Christmas season.

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  The Business of Stories Is...

  Ph.D. Martin Shaw

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  Shaw helps us get acquainted with the kinds of folktales and myths that can be helpful in navigating these turbulent times. He says, “They are always trying to dig into the mud of the encounter with the notion that possibly there's a little bit of gold in there. There's some information that, over time, could turn into wisdom."

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