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Format: 1 online resource (xix, 255 pages)

ISBN: 9789401200561

Series Statement: Cross/cultures ; 134

Content: Striding Both Worlds illuminates European influences in the fiction of Witi Ihimaera, Aotearoa New Zealand's foremost Māori writer, in order to question the common interpretation of Māori writing as displaying a distinctive Māori world-view and literary style. Far from being discrete endogenous units, all cultures and literatures arise out of constant interaction, engagement, and even friction. Thus, Māori culture since the 1970s has been shaped by a long history of interaction with colonial British, Pakeha, and other postcolonial and indigenous cultures. Māori sovereignty and renaissance movements have harnessed the structures of European modernity, nation-building, and, more recently, Western global capitalism, transculturation, and diaspora - contexts which contest New Zealand bicultural identity, encouraging Māori to express their difference and self-sufficiency. Ihimaera's fiction has been largely viewed as embodying the specific values of Māori renaissance and biculturalism. However, Ihimaera, in his techniques, modes, and themes, is indebted to a wider range of literary influences than national literary critique accounts for. In taking an international literary perspective, this book draws critical attention to little-known or disregarded aspects such as Ihimaera's love of opera, the extravagance of his baroque lyricism, his exploration of fantasy, and his increasing interest in taking Māori into the global arena. In revealing a broad range of cultural and aesthetic influences and inter-references commonly seen as irrelevant to contemporary Māori literature, Striding Both Worlds argues for a hitherto frequently overlooked and undervalued depth and complexity to Ihimaera's imaginary. The present study argues that an emphasis on difference tends to lose sight of fiction's capacity to appreciate originality and individuality in the polyphony of its very form and function. In effect, literary negotiation of Māori sovereign space takes place in its forms rather than in its content: the uniqueness of Māori literature is found in the way it uses the common tools of literary fiction, including language, imagery, the text's relationship to reality, and the function of characterization. By interpeting aspects of Ihimaera's oeuvre for what they share with other literatures in English, Striding Both Worlds aims to present an additional, complementary approach to Māori, New Zealand, and postcolonial literary analysis.

Note: Preliminary Material -- Māori Nationalism -- International Aesthetics -- The Local and the Global -- Ambivalent Indigeneity -- Composite Identity and Literature -- Works Cited -- Index.

Additional Edition: Print version: Kennedy, Melissa. Striding Both Worlds : Witi Ihimaera and New Zealand's Literary Traditions. Amsterdam : Rodopi, ©2011 ISBN 9789042033573

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (184 pages) : , illustrations.

ISBN: 9789004688889

Series Statement: Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2023 2

Content: Queering the Vampire Narrative offers classroom-ready original essays that continue our explorations of vampires as representations of the cultural Other, which builds on the work of our previous texts. The editors argue, ultimately, the vampire is a queer icon, infinitely blurring the boundaries of identity and cultural norms and queering even the most seemingly stable notions, such as life, death, humanity, and monstrosity. The Vampire is the undead monarch of subtextual articulations of Otherness, especially queer behaviors and desires, offering explorations of the AIDS epidemic, the destabilization of ideas of fixed and stable sexuality, the search for community and chosen family, and the issues of individual and generational trauma. In current fictions, vampires are coming out of the coffin and the closet, identifying as openly queer and often created by queer writers, artists, and directors and bringing the subtext to the surface of the narrative. This volume seeks to create a dialogue about the impact and importance of the vampire on queer identity and queer theory and to answer the questions of why the vampire is such a compelling queer icon and what visions of vampires articulate about our ideas surrounding issues of sexuality, sexual orientation, sexual behaviors, and desires.

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Additional Edition: Print version: Queering the Vampire Narrative. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024. ISBN 9789004688872

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Format: 1 online resource (xxi, 384 pages)

ISBN: 9789004230699

Series Statement: Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287488.

Content: Time Distortions in Mind brings together current research on aspects of temporal processing in clinical populations, in the ultimate hope of elucidating the interdependence between perturbations in timing and disturbances in the mind and brain. Such research may inform not only typical psychological functioning, but may also elucidate the psychological consequences of any pathophysiological differences in temporal processing. This collection of current knowledge on temporal processing in clinical populations is an excellent reference for the student and scientist interested in the topic, but it also serves as the stepping-stone to share ideas and push forward the advancement in understanding how distorted timing can lead to a disturbed brain and mind or vice versa. Contributors to this volume: Ryan D. Ward, Billur Avlar, Peter D Balsam, Deana B. Davalos, Jamie Opper, Yvonne Delevoye-Turrell, Hélène Wilquin, Mariama Dione, Anne Giersch, Laurence Lalanne, Mitsouko van Assche, Patrick E. Poncelet, Mark A. Elliott, Deborah L. Harrington, Stephen M. Rao, Catherine R.G. Jones, Marjan Jahanshahi, Bon-Mi Gu, Anita J. Jurkowski, Jessica I. Lake, Chara Malapani, Warren H. Meck, Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Dawn Wimpory, Brad Nicholas, Elzbieta Szelag, Aneta Szymaszek, Anna Oron, Melissa J. Allman, Christine M. Falter, Argiro Vatakis, Alexandra Elissavet Bakou

Note: Preliminary Material / , Distorted Multisensory Experiences of Order and Simultaneity / , Abnormal Timing and Time Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Review of the Evidence / , A Social Timing Model of Autism, Informed by Typical Development / , Time Processing in Schizophrenia / , Sense of Time Continuity: Possible Mechanisms of Disruption in Schizophrenia / , Predictive Timing for Rhythmic Motor Actions in Schizophrenia / , Interactions of Timing and Motivational Impairments in Schizophrenia / , Timing in Neurogenerative Disorders of the Basal Ganglia / , Timing in the Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders / , Striatal and Frontal Pathology: Parkinson's Disease and Patients with Lesions of the Basal Ganglia and Frontal Cortex / , Bayesian Models of Interval Timing and Distortions in Temporal Memory as a Function of Parkinson's Disease and Dopamine-Related Error Processing / , Aphasia as a Temporal Information Processing Disorder / , How Could Circadian Clock Genes influence Short Duration Timing? / , Index /

Additional Edition: Print version: Time Distortions in Mind: Temporal Processing in Clinical Populations Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2015, ISBN 9789004230644

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ISBN: 90-04-41373-1

Series Statement: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; volume131

Content: The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran have attracted increasing interest in recent years. These texts predate the “sectarian” Dead Sea scrolls, and they are contemporary with the youngest parts of the Hebrew Bible. They offer a unique glimpse into the situation before the biblical canons were closed. Their highly creative Jewish authors reshaped and rewrote biblical traditions to cope with the concerns of their own time. The essays in this volume examine this fascinating ancient literature from a variety of different perspectives. The book grew out of an international symposium held at the University of Copenhagen in August 2017.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 90-04-41370-7

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Format: 1 online resource (VIII-266 p.).

ISBN: 8490962863

Content: L’ironie et l’humour, ces frères ennemis si familiers mais si insaisissables, sont depuis trop longtemps associés à des clichés consacrés par la littérature et par la critique littéraire. Afin de dépasser la taxinomie et le confort intellectuel des étiquettes, il est nécessaire de délier les deux notions de leur immédiateté référentielle ainsi que de leurs implications morales. Partant de l’intuition qu’il existe entre elles une dynamique esthétique, le présent ouvrage analyse leur fonctionnement stylistique. Il étudie la question des relations esthétiques entre l’ironie et l’humour en les envisageant à partir du regard du créateur sur l’œuvre d’art et sur le langage comme manifestation de sa subjectivité - et en considérant le rôle actif du lecteur. Esta obra aborda de manera conjunta las nociones de ironía y de humor en el ámbito de la cultura española, considerándolas a partir de la mirada del creador sobre la obra de arte y sobre el lenguaje. La mayoría de los trabajos desarrollados hasta ahora han privilegiado sus implicaciones satíricas, moralizadoras e ideológicas. El objetivo aquí es tratar de superar las clasificaciones tradicionales de estos dos conceptos, tan familiares como inasibles.

Note: Chiefly in French, some text in Spanish.

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Format: 1 online resource (vi, 96 pages)

ISBN: 9789004331211

Series Statement: Brill research perspectives

Content: If a key aspect of diplomacy is how countries are seen abroad, official diplomats are not the only actors. In contexts as diverse as Syria, Myanmar and the South China Sea, think tanks are influential actors whose impact deserves greater study. As organisations producing independent intellectual outputs to influence public policy, think tanks engage in at least four diplomatic functions: negotiation, communication, information-gathering and promoting friendly relations in international affairs. Detailed case studies show that think tanks both directly perform and indirectly support diplomatic functions: as metaphorical hired guns, charm offensive, witnesses and safe space; as a school for diplomats, personal trainers, chief knowledge officer and wise counsel. To reach their full potential, think tanks need to overcome obstacles including resource constraints and relationships with policymakers.

Note: Preliminary Material -- Think Tank Diplomacy.

Additional Edition: Print version: Think Tank Diplomacy Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2017, ISBN 9789004331204

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Format: 1 online resource (300 pages) : , illustrations.

ISBN: 9789086868643

Content: This volume presents recent research on food and nutrition in Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Nepal. The overall theme is food wellbeing, which is seen as having two key components: food and nutrition security, and food sovereignty. The cases cover a diversity of contexts, ranging from indigenous communities and rural villages to the urban environment. The studies highlight the subjective dimensions of food wellbeing, such as values attached to certain foods and emic meanings of food security and nutrition, and show how these may divert from objective assessments of food and nutrition security. Another pervasive theme is the relational dimension of food wellbeing, visible in the importance of social capital for access to food and the role of gender relations in intra-household food distribution. While change is an integral factor in all studies, three deal specifically with the outcomes of interventions aimed at improving food and nutrition security at the local level. It shows how outcomes may be different than expected and how an intervention may have a positive spill-over effect on others than the targeted beneficiaries, in this way contributing to food sovereignty. Together the studies reveal the meanings and feelings behind food data in various contexts.

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Additional Edition: Print version: Diversity and change in food wellbeing : Cases from Southeast Asia and Nepal. Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Wageningen Academic, 2018. ISBN 9789086863167

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ISBN: 9789463007146

Series Statement: Teaching Gender; v. 8

Content: Gender in the Vampire Narrative addresses issues of masculinity and femininity, unpacking cultural norms of gender. This collection demonstrates the way that representations of gender in the vampire narrative traverse a large scope of expectations and tropes. The text offers classroom ready original essays that outline contemporary debates about sexual objectification and gender norms using the lens of the vampire in order to examine the ways those roles are undone and reinforced through popular culture through a specific emphasis on cultural fears and anxieties about gender roles. The essays explore the presentations of gendered identities in a wide variety of sources including novels, films, graphic novels and more, focusing on wildly popular examples, such as The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, and Twilight , and also lesser known works, for instance, Byzantium and The Blood of the Vampire . The authors work to unravel the ties that bind gender to the body and the sociocultural institutions that shape our views of gendered norms and invite students of all levels to engage in interdisciplinary conversations about both theoretical and embodied constructions of gender.

Note: Preliminary Material / , Introduction / , Dark Seductress / , Hybrid Heroines and the Naturalization of Women's Violence in Urban Fantasy Fiction / , Men That Suck / , "There Will Never Be More Than Two of Us" / , Sex, Blood, and Death / , Beautifully Broken / , A Feminist Bloodletting / , Vampiras and Vampiresas / , "You Were Such a Good Girl When You Were Human" / , Performative Femininity and Female Invalidism in John Keats's "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" and S.T. Coleridge's Christabel / , The Female Vampire in Popular Culture / , About the Contributors /

Additional Edition: Print version: Gender in the Vampire Narrative Leiden, Boston : Brill | Sense, 2016, ISBN 9789463007139

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ISBN: 9789463001632

Series Statement: Advances in Creativity and Giftedness; v. 9

Content: Creativity is what separates good scientists from truly great scientists who can open up new avenues of investigation. Although the interaction of creativity with giftedness in the scientific arena is often overlooked, it is well established that successful scientists are intellectually gifted, and the idea that creativity is important to the successful scientist was eloquently described by Albert Einstein (1931). "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." Thus, gifted learners must be taught how to create new postulates, to think logically, and to reason rather than to be taught strategies to memorize a set of potentially irrelevant facts. This work by a diverse field of international authors focuses discussion on the interplay of giftedness and creativity within the scientific enterprise and provides evidence and theoretical constructs which can be used to adjust learning environments to be conducive to the development of superior scientists. The book also explores the interplay of creativity and giftedness for scientists in a historical context, describes the importance of creativity in scientific advances, and examines the impact of the current educational system and various cultural expectations on diverse gifted and creative science students including those with special needs. Furthermore, the Interplay of Creativity and Giftedness in Science provides a mechanism for communicating exemplary examples of programs, which have successfully combined creativity, giftedness and science, across linguistic, cultural, racial, geographic, socioeconomic, and situational educational settings.

Note: Preliminary Material / , Historical Contribution of Creativity to Development of Gifted Science Education in Formal and Informal Learning Environments / , Importance of Creative Thinking for Paradigm Shifts that Foster Scientific Advances / , Twentieth Century Scientists Who Exemplify the Interplay of Creativity and Giftedness / , Implications of Gifted Student Selection Techniques for Scientific Creativity / , Efficacy of Creative Training for Gifted Science Students / , A Belief System at the Core of Learning Science / , Mind Your P's and E's / , Sciencing / , Quantifying the Effects of Personalized Assessment Tasks in Secondary Science Teaching / , Fostering Creativity in Science Classrooms / , Affordances in School Science Research / , The Geography of Giftedness / , Identifying Gifted and Creative Future Scientists Who Are Linguistically and Culturally Diverse / , Science, Creativity and the Real World / , Scientific Creativity within the Rules / , Creatures, Costumes, Cryptic Creations / , Use of Analogy and Comparative Thinking in Scientific Creativity and Gifted Education / , 'Chemical Reactions Are Like Hell because...' / , Fostering Creativity Using Robotics among Students in STEM Fields to Reverse the Creativity Crisis / , Attracting Dynamos / , Developing a Rebel with a Cause through Creative Risk-Taking in Gifted Students /

Additional Edition: Print version: Interplay of Creativity and Giftedness in Science Leiden, Boston : Brill | Sense, 2016, ISBN 9789463001625

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ISBN: 9789004513204 , 9789004513198

Series Statement: Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies ; 43

Content: This volume explores issues and themes related to violence against women. It is distinctive in two ways. First, the editors have convened an international cohort of contributing scholars, whose assessment of the pervasiveness and urgency of the problems and their proposals for solutions derives from their pneumatology: their theology of the Holy Spirit. Second, this book represents quite simply the first sustained effort to bring together in one volume Pentecostal voices from a variety of academic disciplines, ecclesial traditions, and cultural situations to address the urgent issues associated with violence toward women.

Note: This volume explores issues and themes related to violence against women. The contributing authors approach the topic from a Pentecostal perspective both in the way they assess the pervasiveness and urgency of the problem and in the solutions they propose. , Preface / , Acknowledgements -- , Notes on Contributors -- , Notes on the Cover Image -- , Introduction / , 1 Pneumatology in the Time of #MeToo An Exploration of the Spirit's Role in Suffering 13 / , 2 Toxic Spirituality Reexamining the Ways in Which Spiritual Virtues Can Reinforce Violence Against Women 33 / , 3 Nevertheless, She Persisted Freeing Women's Bodies from Silent Theological Sacrifice Zones 49 / , 4 Shaming the Men into Keeping Up with the Ladies Constructing Pentecostal Masculinities 69 / , 5 Speak to the Heart Orthopathic Hermeneutics and Telling the Whole Story of the Woman Cut into Pieces 86 / , 6 Trouble in Paradise Exploring Gender Roles and Violence against Women in Song of Songs 5:2-8 104 / , 7 Miriam Toews' Women Talking A Call for Artistic Prophethood 121 / , 8 Shanghai Brothels, Spirit Baptisms The Door of Hope Women as a Source for Pentecostal Ressourcement 135 / , 9 From Medical Kits to Fighting Rape as a Weapon of War The Development of Scandinavian Pentecostal Medical Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 154 / , 10 A Jesus Follower Responds To Sexualized Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 185 / , 11 Toward A Pentecostal Ecclesiology Making Room for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence 207 / , 12 Toward a Rhetoric of the Spirit Assault, Abuse, and a Theology of Women's Empowerment 223 / , 13 The Shifting Face of Violence among Taiwanese Women in Confucian Society A Charismatic Perspective with a Womanist Slant / , Afterword / , Appendix Pentecostal Sisters Too: A Call to Redeem our Bodies -- , Index.

Additional Edition: Print version: Sisters, Mothers, Daughters: Pentecostal Perspectives on Violence against Women. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022 ISBN 9789004513198

Language: English

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