Gendered Resistance Sam Firman and techniques of problem-solving in

and techniques of problem-solving in the writings of European physicians and surgeons from the mid-sixteenth through the mid-seventeenth centuries

and alternative medicine provide unique approaches to managing itch

clear and actionable strategies—with new tools

including questions for reflection and group exercises

Ben Glaser revisits early twentieth-century poetics to uncover a wide range of metrical practice and theory

Gendered Resistance Sam Firman and techniques of problem-solving inInspired by the searing story of Margaret Garner, the escaped slave who in 1856 slit her daughter's throat rather than have her forced back into slavery, the essays in this collection focus on historical and contemporary examples of slavery and women's resistance to oppression from the nineteenth century to the twenty first. Each chapter uses Garner's example the real life narrative behind Toni Morrison's Beloved and the opera Margaret Garner as a