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Hearing the Mermaid's Song

Author : Lindsay Hale
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826347347
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Hearing the Mermaid's Song written by Lindsay Hale and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Umbanda religion summons the spirits of old slaves and Brazilian Indians to speak through the mouths of mediums in trance. Its practitioners worship African gods, often calling them by the names of Catholic saints; simultaneously embrace the concepts of karma, reincarnation, and Christian charity; and believe in the capacities of both modern science and ancient magic. A relatively new religion dating to the beginning of the twentieth century, Umbanda has its origins in Rio de Janeiro and its surrounding urban areas where Afro-Brazilians, many ex-slaves or the descendants of slaves, practiced versions of the religion handed down to them by their ancestors. Umbanda's popularity has grown tremendously over the past century, attracting not only those who seek the assistance of spirits in solving problems in their lives, but those in pursuit of a path to a rich spiritual life and a fellowship of faith and service. Over the course of nearly a decade, Lindsay Hale spent countless hours attending rituals and festivals and interviewing participants of Umbanda, immersing himself in this fascinating religious world. In describing its many aspects and exploring its unique place within the lives of a wide variety of practitioners, Hale places Umbanda spiritual beliefs and practices within the broader context of Brazilian history and culture.

Mermaids

Author : Skye Alexander
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1507206666
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Mermaids written by Skye Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the myths, legends, and lore behind everyone’s favorite sea creature—mermaids. The allure and mystery of mermaids has taken hold of our psyche for ages. From the Irish merrows who come on land to search for human husbands to the fake Fiji Mermaid made popular by P.T Barnum, these sea maidens (and sometimes men) can be found in folklore and mythology from every tradition in the world. Inside this captivating collection, complete with beautiful illustrations throughout, you'll discover the myths surrounding these enigmatic beings, explore the common symbols associated with them, and learn tales of merfolk from around the world. Dive into Mermaids and get swept away!

I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing

Author : Christopher Bollas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing written by Christopher Bollas and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dark comic novella follows the life of "the psychoanalyst" in an urban village engaging a cast of characters with whom he shares his life and his ideas. A vulnerable yet thoughtful person shadowed by what he refers to as life after the Catastrophe, he finds himself celebrating "depression", discovering how it is an essential emotion housing insight into the self, society, and world affairs. Amusing, disturbing and thought provoking, the novella reveals in remarkable depth the many faces of depression. The psychoanalyst agonizes over the increasingly fascist dimensions of his profession and provides an excoriating critique of the psychotropic movement. He challenges the world of modern psychology that by stereotyping souls as sufferers of one or another of the newly coined diagnoses, such as Attention Deficit Disorder, ordains a world that reduces humanity. Where thoughtfulness once was, now one discovers a pill, a fashionable new illness, and a twelve-step program that define a life. The arrival of a terrorist in his consulting room seeking treatment in order to carry out a suicide bombing serves as a pivot for other crises that involve the analyst in an increasingly anarchic and surreal era, one that suggests a new world order. Readers will find in this work new perspectives that challenge many assumptions, ironically suggesting that in these difficult times understanding our complex mental lives - as in depression - holds invaluable keys to a better future for the individual and for modern society.

Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing

Author : May Sarton
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497646251
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing written by May Sarton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarton’s most important novel tells the story of a poet in her seventies, whose life is retold episodically during an interview with two writers from a literary magazine Hilary Stevens’s prolific career includes a provocative novel that shot her into the public consciousness years ago, and an oeuvre of poetry that more recently has consigned her to near-obscurity. Now in the twilight of her life, Hilary, who is both a feminist and a lesbian, is receiving renewed attention for an upcoming collection of poems, one that has brought two young reporters to her Cape Cod home. As Hilary prepares for the conversation, she recalls formative moments both large and small. She then embarks on the interview itself—a witty and intelligent discussion of her life, work, and romantic relationships with men and women. After the journalists have left, Hilary helps a visiting male friend with his anxiety over being gay and imparts wisdom about channeling his own creative passions. This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.

Reading Irish-American Fiction

Author : M. Hallissy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403983275
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Reading Irish-American Fiction written by M. Hallissy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes five novels, all published between 1989 and 1999, in which the main characters are 'hyphenated people': Americans who are ancestrally joined to, yet realistically separated from, the Irish. Hallissy explores why these characters think of themselves as Irish, though they have know little of Ireland or its people.

Making a Splash

Author : Philip Hayward
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0861969251
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Making a Splash written by Philip Hayward and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The representation of aquatic people in contemporary film and television—from their on-screen sexuality to the mockumentaries they’ve inspired. Mermaids have been a feature of western cinema since its inception and the number of films, television series, and videos representing them has expanded exponentially since the 1980s. Making a Splash analyses texts produced within a variety of audiovisual genres. Following an overview of mermaids in western culture that draws on a range of disciplines including media studies, psychoanalysis, and post-structuralism, individual chapters provide case studies of particular engagements with the folkloric figure. From Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” to the creation of Ursula, Ariel’s tentacled antagonist in Disney’s 1989 film, to aspects of mermaid vocality, physicality, agency, and sexuality in films and even representations of mermen, this work provides a definitive overview of the significance of these ancient mythical figures in 110 years of western audio-visual media.

Merpeople

Author : Vaughn Scribner
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789143136
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Merpeople written by Vaughn Scribner and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated history of mermaids and mermen from the classics to cosplay. People have been fascinated by merpeople and merfolk since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer’s Odyssey to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid and the film Splash, myths, stories, and legends of half-human, half-fish creatures abound. In modern times “mermaiding” has gained popularity among cosplayers throughout the world. In Merpeople: A Human History, Vaughn Scribner traces the long history of mermaids and mermen, taking in a wide variety of sources and using 117 striking images. From film to philosophy, church halls to coffee houses, ancient myth to modern science, Scribner shows that mermaids and tritons are—and always have been—everywhere.

Atlantis the End of a Continent

Author : Roselis von Sass
Publisher : Ordem do Graal na Terra
ISBN 13 : 8572790934
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book Atlantis the End of a Continent written by Roselis von Sass and published by Ordem do Graal na Terra. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlantis, the land that once disappeared into the sea, rises and takes shape again. The people who dwelled there also become alive one more time. They were highly developed human beings, a chosen people, whose destiny is told in this account as accurately as possible. The description in these pages covers a period starting about fifty years before the country submerged beneath the sea. This book was written because of the persistent requests of spirits who want the truth about what happened in the past to be revealed. They request insistently in order to redeem their own threads of guilt, and to help others in the upcoming suffering of humanity. Here on Earth, we are surrounded by a great invisible world, where forces and spirits who influence us for good or for evil operate. Each one of us is linked to this invisible world through thoughts and intuitive feelings...

The Curious Cove

Author : Amy Marie Stadelmann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534451676
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Curious Cove written by Amy Marie Stadelmann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fact-loving Paige sets out to prove imaginative Penn wrong about mermaids in this third book in the mystery graphic novel chapter book series Paige Proves It! Paige loves facts! She is constantly spouting information about everything and anything to anyone who will listen. Hot dogs were first sold at baseball games in the 1800s! Termites are insects with strong jaws made for eating and burrowing into wood. And the boy named Penn who lives next door to her is her friend. On a visit to their local seaside park, Penn is convinced there has been a mermaid sighting, and Paige is determined—once again—to prove him wrong, one fact at a time.

Northern Mythology, comprising the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands, etc

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Author : Benjamin THORPE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Northern Mythology, comprising the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands, etc written by Benjamin THORPE and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Northern Mythology

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Northern Mythology written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scandinavian popular traditions and supersititions

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scandinavian popular traditions and supersititions written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reforming The Universe

Author : Ruo XueWuHen
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1648977774
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (489 download)

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Download or read book Reforming The Universe written by Ruo XueWuHen and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Young Master of the Lu Family, Lu Chen, had no talent in cultivation since he was a child. He was attacked while he was out and Lu Yu died to save Lu Chen. Lu Chen was charged with deliberately killing Lu Yu and was kicked out of the Lu Family. Lu Chen, who wanted to find out the truth, was hunted down after he left the Lu family. Lu Chen, who was forced into a dead forest, ate an immortal fruit to improve his body, but was possessed by his nascent soul ... Three years later, Lu Chen returned to the Lu Family and set off a huge commotion on Sky Dragon Continent. He had also officially embarked on the road of cultivation. "You asked me why I'm cultivating. At first, I wasn't clear about it, but now, I am clear that the heavens and the earth are unfair. Since the heavens and the earth are unfair, I am going to destroy the heavens and destroy the earth to create a new world for the world." [Close]

A Lure of Knowledge

Author : Judith Roof
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231074865
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book A Lure of Knowledge written by Judith Roof and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lesbianism in literature has been dealt with rather indirectly in the past. Editors have led readers to the "artistry" of a work containing lesbianism, emphasizing instead the literary history and historical context of the work rather than the representations of lesbianism. The editor for Colette's The Pure and the Impure, for instance, affirms that Colette has a knowledge of a "strange sisterhood," but assures readers she has never strayed from the "normal." In the groundbreaking A Lure of Knowledge, Judith Roof demonstrates that representations of lesbian sexuality occupy specific locations or positions in the arguments, subject matter, and rhetoric of Western European and American literary criticism. She examines the political context of representations: how lesbian sexuality is used as a signifier an why it appears when and where it does. Roof argues that attempts to depict or explain lesbian sexuality spur anxieties about knowledge and identity. In reaction to and denial of these anxieties, lesbian sexuality is represented in film, literature, theory, and criticism as foreplay, as simulated heterosexuality, as erotic excess, as joking inauthenticity, as artful compromise, or as masculine mask in a specific repertoire of neutralization and evasion. Challenging the heterosexism of film theory and feminist theory, this book analyzes the rhetorical use of lesbian sexuality. Roof explores a range of discourses, from the woks of such authors as Anais Nin, Olga Broumas, Julia Kristeva, Jane Rule, Luce Iriguray, and Sigmund Freud, to films such as Emmanuelle, Desert Hearts, Entre Nous, and I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, to professional tennis.

T. S. Eliot

Author : Marion Montgomery
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820331953
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book T. S. Eliot written by Marion Montgomery and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brilliantly allusive and gracefully written study is focused on T. S. Eliot's developing commitment to Christianity, but the essay is by no means procrustean or reductive in its strategies, nor is it theological. Montgomery shows how Eliot's intellectual and emotional uneasiness in the early poems is reflected in such technical devices as point of view and imagery. The questions of the poem's voice and the poet's mask (which are often ironic in nature) become less pressing as time goes on, and finally Eliot comes to a dynamic stillness--a frozen point in the sea of change that is variously called nature, history, and society. This stillness embodies the poet's rendering of Christian incarnation--the Word within the word. The author finds too that Eliot's imagery grows richer during the progress of his spiritual journey. As the imagery becomes more religious it also grows more complex and more concrete. Eliot in the end decides the poet's personal struggle to know his world is more important than the poetry which "does not matter," as he says in East Coker. Paradoxically the poetry of T. S. Eliot takes on an increasingly classical quality as it steadily becomes more personal and Christian. Montgomery accordingly shows how Eliot ultimately arrives "where he started and sees the place for the first time."

Mary Barton

Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Mary Barton written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids

Author : Sarah Laskow
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524792764
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids written by Sarah Laskow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ariel to the current craze for Sirens, mermaids have captivated our imaginations. But what's true and what's fairy tale? For centuries, mermaids have appeared in the folklore of cultures from around the world, including the Near East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. And Disney made everyone want to dive under the sea with Ariel when the movie The Little Mermaid hit theaters in 1989. But what are mermaid stories based on? Many myths say these creatures are half human and half fish, while others claim they are simply manatees mistaken for something more magical. Some grant wishes and fall in love, yet others have lured sailors to their doom. Although we can't say for sure where the tales of these elusive figures first originated, author Sarah Laskow separates the fact from the fiction. This full-color, fully illustrated book tells you all you need to know about the myths, science, and history that surround mermaids.