Generating Bodies and Gendered Selves
Автор: Eve Keller
Год издания: 0000
Generating Bodies and Gendered Selves examines the textured interrelations between medical writing about generation and childbirth – what we now call reproduction – and emerging notions of selfhood in early modern England. At a time when medical texts first appeared in English in large numbers and the first signs of modern medicine were emerging both in theory and in practice, medical discourse of the body was richly interwoven with cultural concerns.Through close readings of a wide range of English-language medical texts from the mid-sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries, from learned anatomies and works of observational embryology to popular books of physic and commercial midwifery manuals, Keller looks at the particular assumptions about bodies and selves that medical language inevitably enfolds. When wombs are described as «free» but nonetheless «bridled» to the bone; when sperm, first seen in the seventeenth century by the aid of the microscope, are imagined as minute «adventurers» seeking a safe spot to be «nursed»: and when for the first time embryos are described as «freeborn,» fully «independent» from the females who bear them, the rhetorical formulations of generating bodies seem clearly to implicate ideas about the gendered self.Keller shows how, in an age marked by social, intellectual, and political upheaval, early modern English medicine inscribes in the flesh and functioning of its generating bodies the manifold questions about gender, politics, and philosophy that together give rise to the modern Western liberal self – a historically constrained (and, Keller argues, a historically aberrant) notion of the self as individuated and autonomous, fully rational and thoroughly male.An engagingly written and interdisciplinary work that forges a critical nexus among medical history, cultural studies, and literary analysis, Generating Bodies and Gendered Selves will interest scholars in early modern literary studies, feminist and cultural studies of the body and subjectivity, and the history of women's healthcare and reproductive rights.
Guide to self-repairing car bodies, in eBook
Автор: Монолит
Год издания:
Content
Introduction
- Body / frame and body structure
- General information about replacing body panels
- Safety first
Maintenance
- Caring for paint
- Recovery
- Antirust treatment and priming
Overview of damage types and their recovery
- Determination of severity of damage
- The choice between repair and replacement
Tools and equipment
- Tools and equipment
- Equipment
Elimination of minor body damage
- Eliminating scratches from paintwork
- Elimination of minor dents
- Restoration of areas exposed to minor corrosion
- Repair of plastic body parts
Restoring a body that has serious damage
- Types of tin work
- Putties
- Correction of significant corrosion damage
- Glass fiber recovery methods
- Correcting the stiffness of the bearing body by stretching
Replacement of body panels
- Introduction
- Body parts fastened on bolts
- Welded panels
- Adhesive body elements
- Coupling of body panels
Preparing for painting
- Preparation of old paint
- Removing paintwork preparing for painting
- Application of primer
- Masking panels
Body painting
- Painting equipment
- Maintenance of the spray gun
- Types of paint
- Staining procedure
- Prophylaxis and a technique of elimination of the defects arising at painting and drying
Doors and glasses
- Replacement and adjustment of doors
- Repair, replacement and installation of glasses
Facing and body accessories
- General information
- Removing and installing body linings and accessories
- Removing and installing outdoor lighting
- Removing and installing emblems and moldings
Welding
- General information
- Types of welding
- Welding with a consumable electrode in shielding gas
- Oxygen-acetylene welding
- Soldering
A dictionary of terms used in the performance of body repair
The Accidental Marketer. Power Tools for People Who Find Themselves in Marketing Roles
Автор: Tom Spitale
Год издания:
A practical guide for inexperienced marketers who have to develop a marketing strategy With technology being built into products of all kinds, many businesses are hiring scientists, engineers, and designers to fulfill strategic marketing and product management roles. The Accidental Marketer is a practical guide for employees who are now responsible for developing strategy. These marketers will be able to immediately and successfully apply the ten tools featured in the book to create powerful strategies that increase sales and profits for any product in any industry. Explains how great marketers uncover insights about customers that competitors miss and use new insights to create a range of strategic options for their marketing plans Shows how the best marketers execute their strategies through developing innovative branding and communication plans and value propositions The Accidental Marketer allows any inexperienced marketer to step into a new role and develop an effective strategy.
The Options Edge. An Intuitive Approach to Generating Consistent Profits for the Novice to the Experienced Practitioner
Автор: Michael Khouw C.
Год издания:
Capture the fortune you're losing with every trade by learning to exploit options The Options Edge + Free Trial shows you how to capture the fortune you lose out on every day. Buying and selling traditional investments often entails instruments with optionality. Sometimes this optionality is explicit, while other times it is hidden. If you're not leveraging these embedded options to their fullest advantage, you're losing money. Most retail investors don't truly understand the nuances involved in successful options trading and instead rely on more comfortable instruments with fewer complex mechanics. If you're interested in optimizing your portfolio, it's time to step out of your comfort zone and learn what you've been missing. This book gives you the background you need to take full advantage of options in this booming market. The companion website features easy to use analytical tools that help investors find the best opportunities so you can start applying these methods right away. Whether or not you ultimately decide to start actively trading options, the concepts discussed will make you a better all-around trader with greater security in your financial affairs. Most investors buy and sell options every day without ever knowing it. This book relates stories of those who have leveraged options to make fortunes and those who have lost by not understanding the optionality of their financial endeavors. You must know the fundamentals of options, and then learn to recognize hidden options, in order to improve success in all of your investment activities. After taking these steps, you can go on to: Create hidden options at little or no cost Structure your finances to reduce risk and increase wealth Utilize a practical pricing model for smarter investing The listed options are currently the only growing exchange traded financial product in the developed markets, with a current average volume of 20 million contracts—equivalent to 2 billion shares—per day. Now is the perfect opportunity to fortify your finances, and The Options Edge + Free Trial gives you the understanding and practical tools you need to optimize your portfolio today.