Art & Queer Culture
- 304pages
- 11 heures de lecture
A revised, updated edition of the acclaimed historical overview of Queer art - available for the first time in paperback
Catherine Lord Livres
Catherine la Grande s'impose comme la dirigeante féminine la plus renommée et la plus longue à régner de Russie, présidant une ère considérée comme son âge d'or. Sous son règne, la Russie connut une période de revitalisation, étendant son territoire et consolidant son statut de puissance européenne majeure. Despote éclairée et mécène des arts et des sciences, elle correspondit avec des penseurs éminents et favorisa un climat de croissance intellectuelle. Son règne fut marqué par d'importantes réformes administratives et la création d'institutions éducatives pionnières, signalant l'avancée de la Russie vers les Lumières européennes.
Catherine Lord's journey through breast cancer treatment transforms into a bold exploration of identity and societal stigma. Adopting the persona of Her Baldness, she engages with her audience through humor and candidness, addressing the shame and fear associated with her diagnosis. As she navigates the challenges of chemotherapy and the resulting isolation, her alter ego confronts the prejudices faced by bald women and middle-aged lesbians with life-threatening illnesses, creating a powerful commentary on resilience and self-acceptance.
Memoirs Of Catherine The Great
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762-1796). She fostered the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the empire created by Tsar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power and for her dozen lovers, Catherine was also a prolific and gifted writer. She published political theory, journalism, comedies, operas, and history, while writing thousands of letters as she corresponded with Voltaire and other public figures. Her memoirs provide an unparalleled window into eighteenth-century Russia and the mind of an absolute ruler. This new translation from the French is scrupulously faithful to her words and is the first for which translators have consulted original manuscripts written in Catherine's own hand.--From publisher description