On This Modern Highway Lost In The Jungle
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On This Modern Highway Lost In The Jungle
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Author : Jan Mrázek
language : en
Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
Release Date : 2022-02-01
On This Modern Highway Lost In The Jungle written by Jan Mrázek and has been published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
“I love Christmas, that Muslim holiday.” (K. Biebl) In 1926, the communist avant-garde poet Konstantin Biebl (1898–1951) travelled from Czechoslovakia to the Dutch East Indies. In his texts, poetic and often comic, both landlocked Bohemia and the colonized tropical islands are seen disorientingly anew, like “mirrors looking at themselves in each other.” On This Modern Highway, Lost in the Jungle takes the reader on a journey crisscrossing the poet’s life and work, with particular attention to his travel writing and his dreams and memories of travel, as they mirror the book author’s own life experience as a Czech scholar of Indonesia living in island Southeast Asia. Biebl’s poetry and travels are also the book’s point of departure for a broader exploration of the intersections of travel and poetry, the attitudes to colonial/social injustice, and the representation of otherness in Czech literary and visual imagination, beyond Biebl’s times. In its attention to how poetic travel reflects the Czech historical experience in the shadow of imperial nations, the book moves scholarly reflection on literary travel, modernity, and colonialism to a new ground. Jan Mrázek grew up in Czechoslovakia and lives on an island in the Malay Archipelago. He is Associate Professor in Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore and has published widely on Indonesia, seafaring, and Czech travel writing.
On This Modern Highway Lost In The Jungle
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Author : Jan Azek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
On This Modern Highway Lost In The Jungle written by Jan Azek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Czech poetry categories.
Escaping Kakania
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Author : Jan Mrázek
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2024-04-30
Escaping Kakania written by Jan Mrázek and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-30 with History categories.
Escaping Kakania is about fascinating characters—soldiers, doctors, scientists, writers, painters—who traveled from their eastern European homelands to colonial Southeast Asia. Their stories are told by experts on different countries in the two regions, who bring diverse approaches into a conversation that crosses disciplinary and national borders. The 14 chapters deal with the diverse encounters of eastern Europeans with the many faces of colonial southeast Asia. Some essays directly engage with post-colonial studies, contributing to an ongoing critical re-evaluation of eastern European “semi-peripheral” (non-)involvement in colonialism. Other chapters disclose a range of perspectives and narratives that illuminate the plurality of the travelers’ positions while reflecting on the specificity of the eastern European experience. The travellers moved—as do the chapter authors—between two regions that are off-centre, in-between, shiftingly “Eastern,” and disorientingly heterogeneous, thus complicating colonial and postcolonial notions of “Europe,” “East,” and East-West distinctions. Both at home and overseas, they navigated among a multiplicity of peoples, “races,” and empires, Occidents and Orients, fantasies of the Self and the Other, adopting/adapting/mimicking/rejecting colonialist identities and ideologies. They saw both eastern Europe and southeast Asia in a distinctive light, as if through each other—and so will the readers of Escaping Kakania.
Cannibalizing The Canon
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-02-06
Cannibalizing The Canon written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-06 with Art categories.
This rich, in-depth exploration of Dada’s roots in East-Central Europe is a vital addition to existing research on Dada and the avant-garde. Through deeply researched case studies and employing novel theoretical approaches, the volume rewrites the history of Dada as a story of cultural and political hybridity, border-crossings, transitions, and transgressions, across political, class and gender lines. Dismantling prevailing notions of Dada as a “Western” movement, the contributors to this volume present East-Central Europe as the locus of Dada activity and techniques. The articles explore how artists from the region pre-figured Dada as well as actively “cannibalized”, that is, reabsorbed and further hybridized, a range of avant-garde techniques, thus challenging “Western” cultural hegemony.
The Mysterious Arab
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Author : Percy Keese Fitzhugh
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-08-30
The Mysterious Arab written by Percy Keese Fitzhugh and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-30 with Fiction categories.
Embark on an exhilarating adventure alongside Hal Keen, the charismatic hero of a thrilling series that captivated young readers in the early 1930s. In this book, Hal finds himself in Africa, entangled in a web of enigma and danger. A chance encounter with a mysterious stranger aboard a train sets the stage for an expedition like no other. As Hal navigates the treacherous landscapes of Africa, his quick thinking and daring actions are put to the test, as he must unravel secrets and restore order in the face of looming perils.
Lost Knowledge Of The Mayan Empire
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Author : HENRICK PEREZ
language : en
Publisher: DTTV PUBLICATIONS
Release Date :
Lost Knowledge Of The Mayan Empire written by HENRICK PEREZ and has been published by DTTV PUBLICATIONS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
The two main kinds of roads were "sacbe" and "highways." Sacbes were the smaller, more local roads which connected cities to each other. They didn't have any pavement on them, but they're still considered roads by many Mayan scholars. highways are bigger and connect cities with each other. The highways were built using a combination of natural materials and man-made structures such as bridges, ditches, rivers etc.. These structures helped make sure that people could cross waterways without getting their feet wet in the process. The sacbes were made with small stones placed side by side along their entire length; however there are some cases where larger stones used for paving stone can be found at regular intervals within this type of infrastructure – even though these do not seem necessary for walking across since you would fall through them anyway! Some of the roads were made by cutting down trees to make canals for them to cross over. The canals were built to drain water from the fields. The roads were built to carry people and goods, as well as help with trade, military campaigns and religious ceremonies. On top of all that, they also helped with agriculture by transporting food from one place to another. The Mayans also built bridges across canals for people to cross over, made artificial hills so that the canals could be channeled more easily, and even built aqueducts to bring water into their cities. The canals of the Mayans were an engineering marvel in their day, and they still stand today as a testament to the ingenuity of ancient civilizations. However, one thing is often overlooked: these canal systems were not just built out of dirt and stone; they also had many artificial hills that helped channel the water more efficiently. These hills weren't just for decoration—they were actually critical to how water flowed through the city. It is interesting but there are different theories about how their ancient engineering and technology was used. We can only speculate. Some scientists believe that the Mayans had mastered a complex understanding of astronomy and mathematics. They also believed that they had a detailed knowledge of where the sun, moon, planets and stars would be at any time throughout history. The Mayans were able to predict eclipses thousands of years ago with great accuracy using only simple tools like shadows on stones or trees as indicators of when an eclipse would happen. Some scientists believe that the Mayans used their engineering skills to build massive pyramids which still stand today as testaments to their greatness as an ancient civilization. There have been suggestions in recent times that some kind of unknown energy lies within these structures; some say it's electromagnetic energy while others say it's gravitational forces coming from deep within our planet Earth itself!
Congressional Record
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Author : United States. Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Law categories.
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Lost In The Jungle
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Author : Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Lost In The Jungle written by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Africa, West categories.
The adventures and experiences of an expedition lost in equatorial Africa in the late 1800's.
Liberia Rediscovered
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Author : James Capers Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
Liberia Rediscovered written by James Capers Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with Corporations, American categories.
Maps on lining-papers."First edition.""Liberia, documents relating to the plan of assistance proposed by the League of Nations": pages [131]-212.
Lost In The Jungle
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Author : Yossi Ghinsberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Lost In The Jungle written by Yossi Ghinsberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Bolivia categories.
Four backpackers meet in Bolivia and set off into the rain forest on a dream expedition. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime quickly becomes a struggle for survival when they get lost in the wilds of the Amazonian jungle. The group splits up after disagreements, and Yossi and Kevin try to find their own way without a guide. When a rafting accident separates the two men, Yossi is forced to survive for weeks alone in one of the most unpredictable environments on Earth. Stranded without a knife, map or survival training, he must improvise shelter and forage for wild fruit to survive. As his skin begins to rot from his feet during raging storms, he wonders if any of them will make it back alive...