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Excellent book, a must-have for all feminists.Feminism Without Borders is an excellent book, one of the best I have ever read. Mohanty is a strong advocate of a transformative, economically and socially just feminist politics. She defines herself as an anti-racist, anti-capitalist feminist. Her feminist vision is one of a truly free world where every person can enjoy true equality, security, and integrity, where there is "economic stability, ecological sustainability, racial equality, and the redistribution of wealth..." (3).
She is against colonization, with all the varying meanings this word carries, against any repressive ruling regimes. Throughout this book, she stresses three main concepts as frameworks of feminist politics: decolonization, anticapitalist critique, and solidarity. She says: "I firmly believe an antiracist feminist framework, anchored in decolonization and committed to an anticapitalist critique, is necessary at this time" (3).
Mohanty believes that feminist politics should be transformative and inclusive to be able to adequately adjust against the recent backlash and challenges posed against feminism. She adopts Franz Fanon's (1963) decolonization framework to deconstruct Western feminism as a tool of methodological colonization of Third World women. "If processes of sexism, heterosexism, and misogyny are central to the social fabric of the world we live in; if indeed these processes are interwoven with racial, national, and capitalist domination and exploitation such that the lives of women and men, girls and boys, are profoundly affected, then decolonization at all the levels (as described by Fanon) becomes fundamental to a radical feminist transformative project" (8).
Mohanty believes that feminism can be of greatest strength if it can find the balance between working with and across borders of division and separation such as those of race, class, nation, sexuality, religion, and disability. "I want to speak of feminism without silences and exclusions in order to draw attention to the tension between the simultaneous plurality and narrowness of borders and the emancipatory potential of crossing through, with, and over these borders in our everyday lives" (2). This vision of intersectionality has been the bases of many great scholarly works in feminist theory and thought recently.
In Chapter One "Under Western Eyes" of Part One "Decolonizing Feminism" Mohanty uses several examples of hegemonic Western feminist works that are characterized by reductionism. It is not possible to understand women's oppressions in simple terms or using a universal yardstick, nor is it objective to even use universal frameworks and ideologies to study and make generalizations about women's oppressions. "There is, it should be evident, no universal patriarchal framework that [Western feminist] scholarship attempts to counter and resist - unless one posits an international male conspiracy or a monolithic, ahistorical power structure" (20). In fact, the very premise that all women around the world are oppressed and victimized by men is a narrowly defined, ethnocentric assumption that only exacerbates divisions, highlights borders, and reiterates Western imperialism. "The assumption of women as an already constituted, coherent group with identical interests and desires, regardless of class, ethnic, or racial location, or contradictions, implies a notion of gender or sexual difference or even patriarchy that can be applied universally and cross-culturally" (21).
While exploring the logic traps that Western feminists fall into while studying "Third World" women and by showing how the binary analytic of "us vs. them" is thus created, Mohanty deconstructs the notion of Global Sisterhood. "Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be forged in concrete historical and political practice and analysis" (24). I particularly like the philosophy of feminist solidarity as opposed to, and as a replacement for, sisterhood. "Rather than assuming an enforced commonality of oppression, the practice of solidarity foregrounds communities of people who have chosen to work and fight together. Diversity and difference are central values here - to be acknowledged and respected, not erased in the building of alliances" (7).
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Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
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Ten Books in One But Lacks ClarityBruce Clay is one of the gurus of Search Engine Optimization, so I was very eager to read this SEO book. I teach SEO in San Francisco and also online at [...], and am always looking to the SEO leaders like Bruce Clay to learn.
The good - the book does have a lot of useful information. It is especially strong on the technical aspects of SEO, such as how fast your server responds to Google queries. This is a relatively new emphasis in SEO and one that many beginners are not yet aware of. His concept of siloing - putting like items into like directories is also a very good way to conceptualize how you should organize your website.
But, like so many SEO books, the book suffers from esoterica fatigue. Too much information, too many details, and not enough clear "big picture" guidelines into what should be done when. As I have learned from my own SEO students, they often need a simple step-by-step guide to SEO, and need to prioritize their efforts. Yes, your server response speed is important, but getting your home page TITLE tag correct is even more so.
I would recommend this book for experts and advanced SEO people. For beginners, Peter Kent's SEO book is a better bet.
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Please don't waste your time,don't buy the book!!Page after page i was hoping for usefull info. If you read real carefully, you are able to distill some practical info well hidden in between countless repitions of boring experiments that mean nothing to the average person looking for applicable advice. I tried really hard to find any proof that i had spent my 18 dollars and about 6-8 hours wisely but failed miserably. I read about 3/4 of the book and found 4-5 ideas that resonated with me, but the ROI is low, very low.
I've read through the 5 star comments and honestly do not understand them:
- the average experiment is repeated 3-5 times throughout the book
- there's is plenty info that is repeated 10-15 times like 'don't drive when you're sleepy/drowsy' (duh)
- he spents way to much time elaborating on personal experience, all the wonderfull people he met, the experiments he conducted, complimenting himself, complimenting what he did, complementing people he worked with, complementing the organization he's set-up
- it's out of date, especially the way it's written
- the last 6 chapters should be practical but he keeps on repeating the topics in bullet 2
Buy this book when you plan a phd in sleep science or if you're looking for a badly organized encylopedia. Don't buy this book if you're looking for a practical solution to a sleep problem.
I love Powell's books in Portland, OR but the only reason why they could ve made this a 'staff pick' must ve been because M. Dement comes from nearby state Washington.
I realy hope Mr. Dement hires a decent writer that is able to translate 40 years of authorative knowledge into accesible information in stead of an annoying, frustrating data overload. It's a pitty.
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A sensory guide to the branding experienceAuthor Martin Lindstrom deserves credit for this original contribution to the overworked discipline of branding. He makes the case for involving all five senses - as well as emotions of nearly religious depth - in branding. While this may not work for every industry (it would be hard to make financial services tactile, aromatic or beloved, for example), it is a provocative idea that expands the branding discussion. We find that Lindstrom makes a logical case for exploiting the power of the senses and emotions as he weaves in data based on a 24-nation study by research firm Millward Brown. The research explored "to what extent the religious factor - faith, belief and community - could serve as a model for the future of branding." It also examined how taste, touch, hearing, smell and sight can create links between buyers and brands, and paid incisive attention to actual branding stories. Though some repetition crops up, Lindstrom generally keeps the book moving along with new facts that propel each chapter. He makes it clear that greater sensory emphasis could boost many brands - and, perhaps, the careers of many brand managers.
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