Embodying Modernity And Postmodernity
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Embodying Modernity And Postmodernity
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Author : Sandra C. Bamford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Embodying Modernity And Postmodernity written by Sandra C. Bamford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.
This collection of original essays critically examines the relationship between ritual, embodiment, and social change in the South Pacific. Over the past few decades, the societies of Melanesia have undergone profound and revolutionary social change. Encounters with colonialism, postcolonialism, and the forces of globalization have put indigenous peoples in touch with processes of state formation, late capitalist culture, and the emergence of a complex network of transnational identities. In addition to shaping the contours of the nation state, these developments are having a profound impact on the nature of embodied experience. In recent years, many Melanesian societies have witnessed the rise of charismatic Christianity, changing gender configurations, and the growing use of consumerism as a means of defining new social and political hierarchies. Embodying Modernity and Post-Modernity provides detailed analyses of those social changes that are becoming part of contemporary Melanesia. Written by experts with first-hand fieldwork experience, this volume furnishes novel insights concerning the social implications of modernity and postmodernity. More specifically, it addresses two interrelated themes: how the rise of new social and economic forms has influenced the ways in which Melanesians think about, experience and act upon their bodies, and the ways in which these new forms of bodily experience contribute to the emergence of new social and cultural identities. This book is part of the Ritual Studies Monograph Series, edited by Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. "While this volume will be of particular interest for regional specialists and theorists of the body, it also makes important contributions to historical analysis of colonial and post-colonial interpretations of modernity and ritual studies. The editor also deserves credit for bringing together a cohesive text, one in which the articles usefully speak to and complement one another." -- Anthropological Forum "This book is a must read for scholars of Melanesia and all scholars of the Anthropology of the Body. There is much to be gleaned theoretically from these ethnographically rich essays." -- Oceania
Race Modernity Postmodernity
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Author : W. Lawrence Hogue
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Race Modernity Postmodernity written by W. Lawrence Hogue and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reads and interprets eight works of literature by people of color, foregrounding the philosophical debate about modernity vs. postmodernity rather than solely issues of race.
Northrop Frye And American Fiction
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Author : Claude Le Fustec
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Northrop Frye And American Fiction written by Claude Le Fustec and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Northrop Frye and American Fiction challenges recent interpretations of American fiction as a secular pursuit that long ago abandoned religious faith and the idea of transcendent experiences. Inspired by recent philosophical thinking on post-secularism and by Northrop Frye's theorizing on the connections between the Bible and the development of Western literature, Claude Le Fustec presents insightful readings of the presence of transcendence and biblical imagination in canonical novels by American writers ranging from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Toni Morrison. Examining these novels through the lens of Frye's ambitious account of literature's transcendent, or kerygmatic power, Le Fustec argues that American fiction has always contained the seeds of a rejection of radical skepticism and a return to spiritual experience. Beyond an insightful analysis of Frye's ideas, Northrop Frye and American Fiction is powerful testimony of their continued interpretive potential.
Modernity And Postmodernity In A Franco Irish Context
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Author : Eamon Maher
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Release Date : 2008
Modernity And Postmodernity In A Franco Irish Context written by Eamon Maher and has been published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
French writers and intellectuals were to the forefront when it came to theorizing the concepts of modernity and postmodernity, and thus such a theme was considered appropriate for this, the second volume in the Studies in Franco-Irish Relations series. The postmodern Irish socio-cultural paradigm is interrogated through the lens of French thought. What is equally interesting is that Irish contexts can also help shed light on the French situation as the processes of secularisation and multicultural diversity, part of the French experience since the 1950s, begin to take root in a society that has become one of the most globalised in the Western world. The interchange and dialogue between the two cultures throws up a panoply of insights that have the capacity to be enriching for both societies.
The Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Institute
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Institute written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Anthropology categories.
Articles on all aspects of anthropology.
Critical Discourses Of Old Age And Telecare Technologies
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Author : Gizdem Akdur
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-04-19
Critical Discourses Of Old Age And Telecare Technologies written by Gizdem Akdur and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-19 with Social Science categories.
This book makes an enquiry into policies surrounding old age and telecare. It contextualises telecare within the wider history of health and social care in England to build the case that there are grand narratives of old age embedded in policies. Divided into four sections, the book covers: • Connecting old age with telecare • A general review of old age and telecare • A critical enquiry into discourses and the identity of old age • Conclusions and future directions. The author highlights the manifestation of old age discourses in care policies, how they have been perpetuated yet also transformed in the context of telecare, and what this means about older people. The book will be of interest to students and academics in the fields of gerontology, sociology, old age studies, philosophy, social policy, health and social care policy, information systems, and critical theoreticians
Contributions To Law Philosophy And Ecology
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Author : Ruth Thomas-Pellicer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-26
Contributions To Law Philosophy And Ecology written by Ruth Thomas-Pellicer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-26 with Law categories.
Contributions to Law, Philosophy and Ecology: Exploring Re-Embodiments is a preliminary contribution to the establishment of re-embodiments as a theoretical strand within legal and ecological theory, and philosophy. Re-embodiments are all those contemporary practices and processes that exceed the epistemic horizon of modernity. As such, they offer a plurality of alternative modes of theory and practice that seek to counteract the ecocidal tendencies of the Anthropocene. The collection comprises eleven contributions approaching re-embodiments from a multiplicity of fields, including legal theory, eco-philosophy, eco-feminism and anthropology. The contributions are organized into three parts: ‘Beyond Modernity’, ‘The Sacred Dimension’ and ‘The Legal Dimension’. The collection is opened by a comprehensive introduction that situates re-embodiments in theoretical context. Whilst closely bound with embodiment and new materialist theory, this book contributes a unique voice that echoes diverse political processes contemporaneous to our times. Written in an elegant and accessible language, the book will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates and established scholars alike seeking to understand and take re-embodiments further, both politically and theoretically.
Postmodernity And European Education Systems
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Author : David Coulby
language : en
Publisher: Trentham Books Limited
Release Date : 1995
Postmodernity And European Education Systems written by David Coulby and has been published by Trentham Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Education categories.
Post modernity clarifies this book by defining its base in personal values and perceptions of the future, and in political shifts like the breakdown of the nation-state and the vast growth in numbers of refugees. This allows for an analysis of education provision in the UK and Europe and gives recommendations for change.
The Black Female Body In American Literature And Art
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Author : Caroline Brown
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-02-28
The Black Female Body In American Literature And Art written by Caroline Brown and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book examines how African-American writers and visual artists interweave icon and inscription in order to re-present the black female body, traditionally rendered alien and inarticulate within Western discursive and visual systems. Brown considers how the writings of Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones, Paule Marshall, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid, Andrea Lee, Gloria Naylor, and Martha Southgate are bound to such contemporary, postmodern visual artists as Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, Kara Walker, Betye Saar, and Faith Ringgold. While the artists and authors rely on radically different media—photos, collage, video, and assembled objects, as opposed to words and rhythm—both sets of intellectual activists insist on the primacy of the black aesthetic. Both assert artistic agency and cultural continuity in the face of the oppression, social transformation, and cultural multiplicity of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This book examines how African-American performative practices mediate the tension between the ostensibly de-racialized body politic and the hyper-racialized black, female body, reimagining the cultural and political ground that guides various articulations of American national belonging. Brown shows how and why black women writers and artists matter as agents of change, how and why the form and content of their works must be recognized and reconsidered in the increasingly frenzied arena of cultural production and political debate.
Gender Song And Sensibility
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Author : Pamela J. Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2002-08-30
Gender Song And Sensibility written by Pamela J. Stewart and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-30 with Family & Relationships categories.
Annotation Contains texts and/or translations of courting songs, ballads, folktales, and mythology of the people of Highlands New Guinea, and presents an historical picture of gender relations as portrayed through the material.