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Transgender and the literary imagination changing gender in twentieth-century…
Transgender and the Literary Imagination is the first full length study to revisit twentieth century narratives and their afterlives, examining the extent to which they have reflected, shaped or transformed changing understandings of gender.
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- edition 19
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781474414678
- Collation
- 257. p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 809.9335267. TRA r
Who saved the parthenon? : a new history of the acropolis before, during and …
In this magisterial book, William St Clair unfolds the history of the Parthenon throughout the modern era to the present day, with special emphasis on the period before, during, and after the Greek War of Independence of 1821–32. Focusing particularly on the question of who saved the Parthenon from destruction during this conflict, with the help of documents that shed a new light on this endu…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781783744633
- Collation
- xviii, 876p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 938.5 WIL w
Auld Lang Syne : A Song and its Culture
In Auld Lang Syne: A Song and its Culture, M. J. Grant explores the history of this iconic song, demonstrating how its association with ideas of fellowship, friendship and sociality has enabled it to become so significant for such a wide range of individuals and communities around the world. This engaging study traces different stages in the journey of Auld Lang Syne, from the precursors to the…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781800640672
- Collation
- xvii, 325p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 784.49411 MOR a
Recasting commodity and spectacle in the indigenous Americas
Indigenous artists frequently voice concerns over the commodification of their cultures, a process acutely felt by those living with the consequences of colonialism. This timely book, which features colour illustrations throughout, examines the ways in which contemporary indigenous peoples in different parts of the Americas have harnessed performance practices to resist imposed stereotypes and …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781908857088
- Collation
- ix, 273p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 700.98 REC g
Compliance and resistance within neoliberal academia : biographical stories, …
This open access book reflects on academic life under a neoliberal regime. Through collaborative autoethnographies, the authors share stories about the everyday experiences, dilemmas and conflicts of three academics: the struggle for promotion, teaching’s challenges, the race to publish, confronting bureaucracy and institutional politics, as well as the resulting emotional stress. These stori…
- Edition
- 8
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030663186
- Collation
- 134 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 306.43 GAI c
Established and outsiders at the same time : self-images and we-images of Pal…
Palestinians frequently present a harmonizing and homogenizing we-image of their own national we-group, as a way of counteracting Israeli attempts to sow divisions among them, whether through Israeli politics or through the dominant public discourse in Israel. However, a closer look reveals the fragility of this homogenizing we-image which masks a variety of internal tensions and conflicts. By …
- Edition
- 11
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783863952860
- Collation
- 232 p, ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 305.8927405694 ROS e
Community and identity in contemporary technosciences
This open access edited book provides new thinking on scientific identity formation. It thoroughly interrogates the concepts of community and identity, including both historical and contemporaneous analyses of several scientific fields. Chapters examine whether, and how, today’s scientific identities and communities are subject to fundamental changes, reacting to tangible shifts in research f…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030617288
- Collation
- xii, 315p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 305.96 COM c
The cultural identity and education of University Students in selected East-C…
In Polish and Czech pedagogy, there have not been many studies on the social, cultural and educational functioning of academic youth in a culturally diversified environment. The analysis of identity behaviours presented by university students from the Polish-Czech borderland and of their learning potentialities will provide a chance for mutual recognition, understanding and the enrichment of bo…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783737012546
- Collation
- 238 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 374 THE t
Feeling gender : a generational and psychosocial approach
This book explores how feelings about gender have changed over three interrelated generations of women and men of different social classes during the twentieth century. The author explores the ways in which generational experiences are connected, what is continued, what triggers gradual or abrupt changes between generations - and between women and men within these generations. The book explores…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781349950829
- Collation
- xiii, 336p. : ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- -
Tradition through modernity: postmodernism and the nation-state in folklore s…
"In their study of social practices deemed traditional, scholars tend to use the concept and idea of tradition as an element of meaning in the practices under investigation. But just whose meaning is it? Is it a meaning generated by those who study tradition or those whose traditions are being studied? In both cases, particular criteria for traditionality are employed, whether these are explica…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789522228147
- Collation
- 215p.: ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 398 ANT t
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