Elspeth Probyn is professor and chair of gender and cultural studies at the University of Sydney. Her previous books include Sexing the Self, Outside Belongings, Carnal Appetites, and Sexy Bodies. She has also coedited a collection on the ethics of new forms of media and is a columnist for the Australian.

With the rise of pride—national pride, gay pride, black pride, fat pride—shame, the “sickness of the soul,” has acquired a bad reputation. While the repudiation of some forms and consequences of societal shame are undoubtedly necessary, Elspeth Probyn contends that this emotion is a powerful resource in rethinking who we are and who we want to be. When we blush, we are driven t...(展开全部)

Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared the symptoms of pregnancy, as they did everything else, inseparably. At their six breasts, Omar was warned against all feelings and nuances of shame. It was training which would prove useful when he left his mothers' fortress (via the dumb-waiter) to face his shameless future. . . . As captivating fairy-tale, devastating politica...(展开全部)

萨尔曼·拉什迪（Salman Rushdie），1947年生于印度孟买一个中产阶级家庭。祖父是一位乌尔都语诗人，父亲则是剑桥大学商业系的毕业生。14岁时，他被送到英国的格拉比学校读书。1964年他的父亲搬到巴基斯坦的卡拉奇居住，那时候正值印巴战争。拉什迪继续在剑桥大学三一学院求学，攻读历史。 复杂的宗教、文化和社会背景，注定了他对“历史”、“政治”、“流亡”、“移民”、“混杂”、“文化翻译”、“边缘写作”等问题的热切关注。 1981年，文学天赋出众的拉什迪凭借第二部小说《午夜之子》获得了当年英国文坛最高奖项“布克奖”，却因作品触怒了印度前总理英迪拉·甘地而被印度当局禁止在国内发行。此后，其小说《羞耻》又因中伤巴基斯坦前总统齐亚·哈克以及著名的布托家族，而导致该书不仅在巴基斯坦遭禁，他本人也被指控犯有诽谤罪。 1988年，拉什迪的小说《撒旦诗篇》出版，...(展开全部)

"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon," begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the diamond-sharp analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides...(展开全部)

"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon," begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the diamond-sharp analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides...(展开全部)

‘My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon.’ Thus begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides a powerful refl...(展开全部)

Rosie the hen leaves the chicken coop and sets out for a little walk. Right behind her is the fox, slyly trying to catch up with her. Rosie's walk is quiet, uneventful and eventually leads her back to the coop, blissfully unaware of the fox's travails as he tries -- unsuccessfully -- to navigate the obstacle course that Rosie has led him through.

The Fox is after Rosie, but Rosie doesn't know it. Unwittingly, she leads him into one disaster after the other, each funnier than the last. To enjoy Rosie's walk as much as Rosie does, just look inside!

Is shame social? Is it superficial? Is it a morally problematic emotion? Researchers in disciplines as different as psychology, philosophy, and anthropology have thought so. But what is the nature of shame and why are claims regarding its social nature and moral standing interesting and important? Do they tell us anything worthwhile about the value of shame and its potential le...(展开全部)