Anna Suvorova

Eta vdokhnovljajuschaja kniga Iriny Zartajskoj znakomit chitatelej s istorijami vydajuschikhsja zhenschin, chi dostizhenija perevernuli predstavlenija o vozmozhnostjakh "slabogo pola" i izmenili khod istorii. Ot drevnikh vremjon do nashikh dnej geroini knigi - uchjonye, politiki, khudozhnitsy, pisatelnitsy - dokazyvali, chto uporstvo, talant i vera v sebja sposobny preodolet ljubye pregrady. V knige predstavleny:- Gipatija - antichnyj filosof i matematik, stavshaja simvolom borby za znanija v epokhu, kogda nauka byla privilegiej muzhchin; - Ekaterina II Velikaja - imperatritsa, prevrativshaja Rossiju v moschnuju derzhavu, nesmotrja na soprotivlenie okruzhenija i gendernye stereotipy;- Marija Kjuri - pervaja zhenschina-laureat Nobelevskoj premii, otkryvshaja radij i polonij, chi issledovanija spasli milliony zhiznej; - Roza Ljuksemburg - revoljutsionerka, borovshajasja za sotsialnuju spravedlivost i prava rabochikh v uslovijakh politicheskikh repressij;- Frida Kalo - khudozhnitsa, preodolevshaja fizicheskie stradanija i sozdavshaja unikalnye proizvedenija, stavshie manifestom zhenskoj silyi mnogie drugie." Devochki, kotorye izmanili mir" - eto sbornik istorij, kotoryj napominaet, chto dazhe malenkie shagi mogut izmenit mir.

The book is a reconstruction of the historical and cultural images of Lahore, one of the oldest cities in the Indian Subcontinent. The author has chosen an interdisciplinary approach that combines the studies in cultural anthropology, literary and historical sources, art history and humanistic geography. The central point of the analysis is topophilia (lit. love of place), the term used to describe the strong sense of place or identity among certain peoples and groups. In the present book, the topophilia of Lahore is represented through interrelations of different types of urban locations, landscapes, architecture and artefacts on the one hand and human attitudes, rituals and manners and customs on the other. The author's aim is to show how the historical and cultural developments of people build up the cultural landscape of the city and how the geographical place and space, in their turn, influence the behaviour and identity of Lahore's citizens.

Izdanie posvjascheno rossijskomu autsajderskomu iskusstvu. Termin "autsajderskoe iskusstvo" pojavilsja v 1972 godu v odnoimennoj knige Rodzhera Kardinala. Eto ponjatie sluzhit nekotorym anglojazychnym ekvivalentom ar brjuta - "grubogo", "syrogo" iskusstva, "izobretennogo", legitimirovannogo frantsuzskim khudozhnikom i kollektsionerom Zhanom Djubjuffe. Khudozhniki autsajderskogo iskusstva i ar brjuta nevospriimchivy k kulturnomu vlijaniju, ikh iskusstvo nakhoditsja v antikulturnoj pozitsii. Autsajderskoe iskusstvo ignoriruet traditsii i akademicheskie kriterii, vmesto etogo ono otrazhaet silnyj vnutrennij tvorcheskij impuls, svobodnyj ot konventsij art-mira, k kotorym my privykli. V poslednie desjatiletija v issledovanijakh i muzejnoj praktike ponjatie autsajderskogo iskusstva smykaetsja s fenomenami vizionerskogo, naivnogo, ili samodejatelnogo iskusstva. Khudozhniki-autsajdery - eto ljudi s biografijami, otklonjajuschimisja ot prinjatykh norm: ekstsentriki, nonkonformisty, otshelniki i izoljanty. Spetsifichnost biografii i obraza zhizni khudozhnikov autsajderov mozhet stat pochvoj dlja obraznosti ikh iskusstva. Jazyki i smysly tvorchestva khudozhnikov-autsajderov chasto daleki ne tolko ot prinjatykh khudozhestvennykh norm, no i ot povsednevnogo opyta obychnogo cheloveka. V knige rasskazyvaetsja ob istorii autsajderskogo iskusstva v Sovetskom Sojuze i Rossii, a takzhe vyjavljajutsja tendentsii rossijskogo autsajderskogo iskusstva. V kachestve naibolee jarkikh i simptomatichnykh strategij v knige proanalizirovany tvorcheskie istorii neskolkikh khudozhnikov-autsajderov: Vladimira Zoroastrova, Aleksandra Likhanova, Ksenii Beljaevoj, Valerija Schekalova, Aleksandra Lobanova, Ivana Koretnikova, Evgenija Gabrichevskogo, Leonida Lugovykh. Kniga soderzhit okolo 50 reproduktsij proizvedenij iz kollektsij Muzeja organicheskoj kultury (Kolomna), fonda "Novaja kollektsija", Tsentra gorodskoj kultury i Muzeja sovetskogo naiva (Perm), rjada chastnykh sobranij Rossii. Redaktor: Marjashina M.

This book outlines the so called 'contemporary Asian matriarchate'. In the twentieth century, six women have held the office of prime minister in South Asia. The pioneers were Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka-the world's first female prime minister-and Indira Gandhi, who headed the government of India. They were followed by Benazir Bhutto, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Sheikh Hasina Wajed and Begum Khaleda Zia, who held same position in Bangladesh, and Chandrika Kumaratunga, the Sri Lankan President. Why should countries so long associated with patriarchy and the subordination of women be the focus for so many politically prominent females? The analysts attribute it simply to inheritance as each of these women was a widow or daughter of a slain male national leader. Women have tended to move into top position of power under the most dramatic circumstances-as a result of military coups, attempted murder, and assassination. This book will try to unravel the question of how these six women have managed to take power and how they have been able to exploit to their benefit the traditions of sexuality, motherhood, and kinship in South Asia.

Kniga posvjaschena fenomenu "novejshego aziatskogo matriarkhata", kak nazyvajut "massovyj" prikhod zhenschin k vlasti v stranakh Juzhnoj Azii v seredine XX - nachale XXI v. V sudbakh zhenschin, stavshikh prezidentami ili premer-ministrami, proslezhivaetsja skhodstvo: vse oni (Indira Gandi v Indii, Sirimavo Bandaranaike i Chandrika Kumaratunga v Shri-Lanke, Khasina Vazed i Khaleda Zija v Bangladesh, Benazir Bkhutto v Pakistane) javljalis vdovami ili dochermi "ottsov natsii", osnovatelej novykh gosudarstv, kharizmaticheskikh liderov v borbe za natsionalnuju nezavisimost. Khotja vse zhenschiny-lidery zanjali svoi posty v rezultate pobedy na vyborakh, ikh kritiki v Juzhnoj Azii i na Zapade schitali etu pobedu prodiktovannoj "dinasticheskim" faktorom. Pri etom zhenschiny-lidery ne stremilis podrazhat lideram-muzhchinam, a umelo ispolzovali preimuschestva svoego pola, predstavlennye v sisteme traditsionnykh tsennostej kak kontsepty "Mat natsii", "Doch natsii", "Vdovstvujuschaja mat", "Boginja-voitelnitsa" i dr. V monografii podrobno analiziruetsja kak istorija zhenskogo pravlenija v Juzhnoj Azii, ukhodjaschaja kornjami v srednie veka, tak i kharakternaja dlja stran regiona politika "materializma", ee svjaz s osobennostjami juzhnoaziatskogo natsionalizma i postkolonialnym feminizmom.

This book studies the veneration practices and rituals of the Muslim saints. It outlines principal trends of the main Sufi orders in India, the profiles and teachings of the famous and less known saints, and the development of pilgrimage to their tombs in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. A detailed discussion of the interaction of the Hindu mystic tradition and Sufism shows the polarity between the rigidity of the orthodox and the flexibility of the popular Islam in South Asia.

This book studies the veneration practices and rituals of the Muslim saints. It outlines principal trends of the main Sufi orders in India, the profiles and teachings of the famous and less known saints, and the development of pilgrimage to their tombs in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. A detailed discussion of the interaction of the Hindu mystic tradition and Sufism shows the polarity between the rigidity of the orthodox and the flexibility of the popular Islam in South Asia.