With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism?and the culture it creates?harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a need among successful people for personal gratification?a need that corrodes the work ethic that led to their success in the first place. With the end of the Cold War and the emerg...(展开全部)

With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism?and the culture it creates?harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a need among successful people for personal gratification?a need that corrodes the work ethic that led to their success in the first place. With the end of the Cold War and the emerg...(展开全部)

"Hays's intellectually incendiary Cultural Contradictions could add needed nuance to feminist thought-and perhaps ignite change in mothersi overburdened lives."-Phyllis Eckhaus, The Nation "A lucid, probing examination of our culture's contradictory and troubled relationship to motherhood-and how it affects mothers...A thoughtful analysis of the paradoxes that surround motherin...(展开全部)

"Hays's intellectually incendiary Cultural Contradictions could add needed nuance to feminist thought-and perhaps ignite change in mothersi overburdened lives."-Phyllis Eckhaus, The Nation "A lucid, probing examination of our culture's contradictory and troubled relationship to motherhood-and how it affects mothers...A thoughtful analysis of the paradoxes that surround motherin...(展开全部)

Working mothers in the late-20th century confront not only conflicting demands on their time and energy but also conflicting ideas about how they are to behave: they must be nurturing and unselfish while engaged in child rearing but competitive and ambitious at work. As more and more women enter the workplace, it would seem reasonable for society to make mothering a simpler and...(展开全部)

Late one winter night, a father and child go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is as silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, they call to the mysterious nighttime bird. But there is no answer. Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go owling, you don't need words. You don't need anything but hope. Sometimes there isn't an owl, but sometimes t...(展开全部)

If you’ve never experienced this unique, cute sci-fi romance about what it means to be human, now’s your chance! One of the biggest hits from CLAMP, creators of xxxHOLiC and Magic Knight Rayearth, returns in a definitive, hardcover premium collector’s edition, featuring a large size, premium paper, color pages, and more. After moving from the countryside into the big city, poor...(展开全部)

To what extent are our most romantic moments determined by the portrayal of love in film and on TV? Is a walk on a moonlit beach a moment of perfect romance or simply a simulation of the familiar ideal seen again and again on billboards and movie screens? In her unique study of American love in the twentieth century, Eva Illouz unravels the mass of images that define our ideas ...(展开全部)