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Summary of the Thesis or Main Ideas in this Book

Thesis statement
Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes use dramatic and compelling narratives to highlight the plight of homosexuals as well as give an insight of transgenderism and biological sex as part of the gendered notion itself.
Travestis are a group of males who adopt feminine lifestyles, names, and clothing as well as linguistic pronouns and depend mainly on prostitution for survival. The author gives a deep analysis of transgendered approaches used by society to understand homosexuals and LGBT prostitutes. Kulick examines the causative effects of Travesti prostitution and gives a positive and affirmative explanation to ...

J.M. Coetzee is the author of the book “Disgrace”. Coetzee develops the book through developing the personality of his main character David Lurie. However, close reading of the last pages of the book shows that although the main character, Lurie, goes a complete metamorphosis in terms of falling from grace to grass, his personality remains intact.
There are some interesting developments especially with regard to the Lurie’s interaction with some people whom he had problems with during the course of the narrative. For instance, Lurie’s relationship with his daughter Lucy is considerably repaired. He is somewhat depicted ...

The Alienist by Caleb Carr is one of the most imperative works, not only of the author, but also in American History. It portrays the initial rough days of America. The novel basically presents the take of the author on the violence and grotesqueness which was then a common part of New York streets. A series of murders take place in the novel, description of which is heart wrenching. Moore along with Roosevelt and other young police officers try to find the serial killer without involving other government officials because they are aware of their lack of interest.
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This book review examines the book Criminals in the Bible by Professor Mark Jones. It examines the bases and features of criminal justice and the criminalizing process across different timelines and eras. The review examines the constitutional elements of different criminal justice systems and generations and how it relates to specific aspects of society.
The book review assesses and evaluates some of the elements of society including chapter analysis and how serious crimes occur. The main discovery of this book review is that crime and criminalizing is done within the context and framework of dominant constitutional processes and generally ...

Introduction

Japan encountered both good and bad experiences after the war between the year 1945 and 1952. This was the period when occupation officially ended and later, followed by chaos and destruction in Japan. The emperor Hirohito gave his surrender speech, and most people felt betrayed and displaced. During the early days of occupation, Japans had to deal with hunger due to food shortage. There was excavating black market and Japans traditions were forgotten. Decisions made by USA resulted to change in societal conscious instead of focusing to change everyday life of the Japans. USA government did not punish the ...

Book Review: “Women, Warfare and Armies in Early Modern Europe”

John Lynn in his book explores the participation of military women in the early modern Europe over a time span of roughly three centuries, from 1500 to 1815. The books highlights on the crucial roles that women played. The book targeted exploring the women’s lives and spotlight on their contributions as campaign militant. Lynn presents the fundamental assertion that the number of women in the campaign community of the military was large and at times even outnumbered that of the military soldiers. A number of different theses echo throughout the book. Lynn affirms that the camp women in the early ...

Steven Deyle. Carry Me Back: The Domestic Slave Trade in American Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

What is the book's thesis?
The book’s main thesis is the Slave Trade in American life and its impact. The book takes as through the slave trade in America from 18th century and its impact on various families, the U.S economy among others. For instance, one of the effects of slave trade is that it led to buying and selling of human beings which in turn led to increased human trafficking. Slave trade also led to the separation of ...

Superfreakonomics is a book written by Steven Levitt- an economist at University of Chicago and Stephen Dubner, a journalist with the New York Times. The book was released in 2009 and it is a sequel to a mega-selling book by the same authors named freakonomics. The two books are based on through research and are about the application of economic reasoning to a wide range of day-to-day questions. Though the first book was hugely popular, the sequel Superfreakonomics extraordinarily challenges the way we think by questioning popular theories and myths (Levitt & Dubner). The authors examine how people react to incentives and present the good, ...

Classic English Literature

Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee is a gripping tale of apartheid and in South Africa. The story mainly deals by subtly hinting the various thoughts and opinions of the main protagonist, David Lurie, in the beginning of the novel and certain gripping incidences which finally bring about a transformation in David Lurie. He is a professor in a university in Cape Town. Twice divorced, Lurie is well aware that he does not get along with women and yet he craves to be in intimate relationship with women.
The story begins by David meeting Soraya, a prostitute in a restaurant and follows with his torrid affair ...