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"Diva Nation explores the constructed nature of female iconicity in Japan. From ancient goddesses and queens to modern singers and writers, this edited volume critically reconsiders the female icon, tracing how she has been offered up for emulation, debate or censure. The research in this book culminates from curiosity over the insistent presence of Japanese female figures who have refused to sit quietly on the sidelines of history. The contributors move beyond archival portraits to consider historically and culturally informed diva imagery and diva lore. The diva is ripe for expansion, fantasy, eroticization, and playful reinvention, while simultaneously presenting a challenge to patriarchal culture. Diva Nation asks how the diva disrupts or bolsters ideas about nationhood, morality, and aesthetics"--Provided by publisher

This article examines the construction of female subjectivity in emulation campaign materials of early Maoist China. Through critical examination of 'nüjie diyi' (the first female) model workers, I argue that Maoist proletarian subjectivity reflects a situated agency produced through empowerment and salvationist impulses. As the first women to engage in traditionally male professions like tractor driving, 'nüjie diyi' models can be read as objects of CCP policies and ideology. At the same time, however, their public presence challenged gendered conceptualisations of workplace, technological competence and proletarian identity. Moreover, their close ties to Soviet experts located these women within a geopolitical structure that occasioned alternative sites of female agency. As icons of socialist China and representatives of state‐sponsored feminism, 'diyi' women embodied historical progress and social change. Through these women multiple contending subjectivities emerged which simultaneously promised and delimited national feminist rhetoric and agency.

Sheds new light on the history and culture of Argentina by examining the performances and reception of the country's most iconic female figures, in particular, Eva Perón, who rose from poverty to become a powerful international figure. The book links the Evita legend to a broader pattern of female iconicity from the mid-nineteenth century onward ... --Provided by publisher

This is a biography of Queen Berenice, the daughter of King Agrippa I, sister of King Agrippa II, wife of two kings and lover of the emperor designate Flavius Titus. A Jew of the 1st century, she witnessed some of the foundational events of her time like the emergence of Christianity and the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, is. She met and socialized with the most important people of her day - Philo the Philosopher (who was at one time her brother-in-law), Paul the Apostle (whose trial she witnessed) and Josephus the Historian who told part of her story

Part I Mad and divine female saint-poets of India and beyond -- Institutionalizing identity through divinity : female saint poets of Maharashtra Madhavi Narsalay -- Āṇṭāḷ of a thousand names : Viṣṇu's beloved mediator Archana Venkatesan-- Translating the autobiography of a goddess Priya Sarukkai Chabria -- From melody queen to Muslim madonna : Pakistani female singers transcending the secular/sacred divide Fawzia Afzal-Khan -- Meerabai and St. Teresa of Avila : lives in parallel worlds Nirupama Vaidyanathan -- Part II Performing artists' process/choreographic notes : mad and divine mystic saint-poets of India -- Darshan : seeing Malavika Sarukkai -- Aditi Mangaldas interviewed by Nirupama Vaidyanathan -- Like camphor on fire Madhu Nataraj -- Aikya : in the voice of Akka Mahadevi Mythili Prakash -- Soulful Abhangs and thoughtful Vaakhs Rama Vaidyanathan -- Part III Epic women of India and beyond -- A Female icons of India's ancient epics re-visited -- The living heroines of Indian myths and legends Prema Nandakumar -- Womanity : a psychic continuum of selfhood and tenacity, keynotes of Sañgam women Swarnamalya Ganesh -- The places and spaces inhabited by Sita : freedom and captivity Veenapani Chawla -- On Sita parityagam : the abandonment of Sita Kapila Venu -- B Epic women of Indian dance : T. Balasaraswati, Rukmini Devi, Chandralekha, Indrani Rahman and Mrinalini Saraghai -- Remembering my teacher : T. Balasaraswati Nandini Ramani -- Remembering Rukmini Devi Katherine Siebel Kunhiraman -- The honest body : remembering Chandralekha Padmini Chettur -- My mother Indrani Rahman Sukanya Rahman -- Mrinalini Sarabhai : cosmopolitan patriot and epic woman Andree Grau -- C Dark women of epics and dramatic literature -- Magical connections among women with passions of epic proportions : Medea, Lady Macbeth, Surpanakha Ketu H. Katrak -- D Epic women in politics -- Epic women in politics Ammu Joseph -- E Feminist evaluations of epic women -- The power of performance and human agency : re-assessing feminist evaluations of epic women Kalpana Ram -- Part IV Performing artists' process/choreographic notes : epic women of India and beyond -- Eleni of Sparta : an Indo-Greek re-telling Rajika Puri -- The good wife : Arnaea & Arundhati from Sthreedom : Notices on an immaculate conception Chitra Sundaram -- Golden peacock : on Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Anusha Subramanyam -- On Kaanhopatra & Mata Hidimba Rajashree Shirke -- Pulambal : anguished voice Lakshmi Vishwanthan -- In the spirit of Frida Kalpana Raghuraman

Hind Al Ansari profiles the first female teacher in Qatar, Amna Al-Jaydah, who established the first official school for girls, profoundly altering the course of Qatar's national development.

Hind Al Ansari profiles the first female teacher in Qatar, Amna Al-Jaydah, who established the first official school for girls, profoundly altering the course of Qatar's national development.