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This work is a study of the nature and origin of nationality and modern social ideals in the Middle East, particularly Egypt, in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
Challenges the notion of how early modern women may or may not have spoken for (or even with) nature. By focusing on various forms of 'dialogue,' these essays... Læs mere
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The documentation of practice is one of the principle concerns of performance studies. Focusing on contemporary performance... Læs mere
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Explores the transformative power of ekphrasis in high and late medieval dream visions and mystical visions. Demonstrates that medieval... Læs mere
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Beginning with the view that human consciousness is essentially embodied and that the way we consciously experience the world is structured by our bodily dynamics and... Læs mere
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The tales of the virgin martyrs inevitably emphasize the torture and mutilation of beautiful young women. This book explores the ability of the virgin body to generate contradictory meanings, both repressive and liberating, depending on who told the tale and how it was told.
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How is it that the modest pace of change which typified the French economy a century ago gave way after 1945 to a new, revived capitalism and a superior economic performance?
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Medical ethics in Imperial Germany were entangled with professional, legal and social issues. This book shows how doctors' ethical... Læs mere
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This study considers parallel issues in revenge tragedies of the early seventeenth-century and violent cinema of the last thirty years.
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This book looks at two aspects of Islamic activity in the Middle East and North Africa, the development of social capital and the... Læs mere
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The north African roots of Jacques Derrida - he was born in Algeria, and lived there until he was nearly twenty - have yet to receive due consideration.