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Author : Richard Kearney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Myth and Motherland written by Richard Kearney and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Romola Hollywood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)
Download or read book The Motherland written by Romola Hollywood and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Evelyne Hanquart-Turner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mythologies of the (M)otherland written by Evelyne Hanquart-Turner and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joanna Hubbs
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253115782
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (157 download)
Download or read book Mother Russia written by Joanna Hubbs and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Joanna Hubbs has found the trace of Baba Yaga and the rusalki and Moist Mother Earth and other fascinating feminine myths in Russian culture, and has added richly to the growing interest in popular culture." -- New York Times Book Review "... brave... fascinating... immensely enjoyable... " -- Times Higher Education Supplement "... a stimulating and original study... vivid and readable." -- Russian Review "An immensely stimulating, beautifully written work of scholarship." -- Francine du Plessix Gray "Joanna Hubbs has provided scholars... with a wealth of significant interpretive material to inform if not reform views of both Russian and women's cultures." -- Journal of American Folklore A ground-breaking interpretation of Russian culture from prehistory to the present, dealing with the feminine myth as a central cultural force.
Author : Richard Kearney
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815631262
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Navigations written by Richard Kearney and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-13 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection contains writings on Irish politics, literature, drama, and visual arts, along with a series of dialogues with important cultural and intellectual figures. Previously unpublished pieces include essays on Joyce and on the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City and a dialogue with Georges Dumézil on myth.
Author : David J. Whittaker
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415301015
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Terrorism Reader written by David J. Whittaker and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Terrorism Readerexplores all aspects of terrorism from its definition, its psychological and sociological effects, and the surrounding legal and ethical issues, to counter-terrorism. It illustrates the growth and variety of terrorism with a series of twelve case studies from four continents including: * ETA and Spain * the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia * the Liberation Tigers in Sri Lanka * the IRA and UFF in Northern Ireland * the Shining Path in Peru * the Quaddafi Regime in Libya. This updated second edition contains a chapter on the Taliban and the al-Qaida terror network, as well as material on George W. Bush's war against terrorism. This key book draws together material from a variety of experts and makes their opinions on terrorism easily accessible, allowing understanding, conjecture and debate.
Author : Verna A. Foster
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476600139
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Dramatic Revisions of Myths, Fairy Tales and Legends written by Verna A. Foster and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-10-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These new essays explore the ways in which contemporary dramatists have retold or otherwise made use of myths, fairy tales and legends from a variety of cultures, including Greek, West African, North American, Japanese, and various parts of Europe. The dramatists discussed range from well-established playwrights such as Tony Kushner, Caryl Churchill, and Timberlake Wertenbaker to new theatrical stars such as Sarah Ruhl and Tarell Alvin McCraney. The book contributes to the current discussion of adaptation theory by examining the different ways, and for what purposes, plays revise mythic stories and characters. The essays contribute to studies of literary uses of myth by focusing on how recent dramatists have used myths, fairy tales and legends to address contemporary concerns, especially changing representations of women and the politics of gender relations but also topics such as damage to the environment and political violence.
Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : New Africa Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Relations Between Africans and African Americans: Misconceptions, Myths and Realities written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by New Africa Press. This book was released on with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author looks at relations between Africans and African Americans and how they see each other. There are a lot of misconceptions which have an impact on how Africans and African Americans interact, with the media playing a major role in perpetuating myths about both.
Author : Richard Kearney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134821700
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Postnationalist Ireland written by Richard Kearney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides a recasting of contemporary Irish politics, culture, literature and philosophy by examining the concept of absolute national sovereignty and asking if it is a luxury we can afford in the new emerging Europe.
Author : PeterH. Solomon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351551833
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Reforming Justice in Russia, 1864-1994 written by PeterH. Solomon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring Russian legal reform in relation to the rule-of-law ideal, this study also examines the legal institutions, culture and reform goals that have actually prevailed in Russia. Judgements about future prospects are measured, adding new dimensions to our understanding of the Soviet legacy.
Author : Elena Hellberg-Hirn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429640412
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Soil and Soul written by Elena Hellberg-Hirn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1998, in this book, a number of stereotypes, symbols and signs of Russia, such as the double-headed eagle, the star, bread-and-salt, troika, the Orthodox cross, etc., are presented as a consistent set of metaphors, revealing a symbolic world made by and for the Russians in order to sustain and reinforce their group identity. The Russian language, culture and history form the basic core of the symbolic archive, or thesaurus, of Russianness, from which the necessary images, symbols and signs of identification are provided to manifest connection with the sphere of Russian identity. Such symbolism may directly or obliquely refer either to the territory (soil) of Russia, or to the ethnically specific traits of the Russian people (soul). Both soil and soul are emphatically personified in the symbolic image of Holy Russia - Mother Russia.
Author : Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739148672
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Myth, Identity, and Conflict written by Anamaria Dutceac Segesten and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myth, Identity, and Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Romanian and Serbian Textbooks, by Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, is an examination of how history and politics became entangled in Romania and Serbia. Segesten's findings confirm the presence of mythologized versions of the past in the history textbooks of both countries over the entire fifteen-year period studied (1992-2007), despite claims for professionalization of textbook-making. Ultimately, Myth, Identity, and Conflict, by Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, questions the alleged power of history textbooks to make a difference in ethnically divided societies prone to conflicts.
Author : Debbie Felton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192650459
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth written by Debbie Felton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures from myths of the long-ago Near East and Mediterranean world, featuring authoritative contributions by many of the top international experts on ancient monsters and the monstrous. The first part provides original studies of individual monsters such as the Chimaera, Cerberus, the Hydra, and the Minotaur, and of monster groups such as dragons, centaurs, sirens, and Cyclopes. This section also explores their encounters with the major heroes of classical myth, including Perseus, Jason, Heracles, and Odysseus. The second part examines monsters of ancient folklore and ethnography, encompassing the restless dead, blood-drinking lamiae, exotic hybrid animals, the so-called dog-headed men, and many other unexpected creatures and peoples. The third part covers various interpretations of these creatures from multiple perspectives, including psychoanalysis, colonialism, and disability studies, with monster theory itself evident across the entire volume. The final part discusses reception of these ancient monsters across time and space--from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to modern times, from Persia to Scandinavia, the Caribbean, and Latin America-and concludes with chapters considering the use and adaptation of ancient monsters in children's literature, science fiction, fantasy, and modern scientific disciplines. This Handbook is the first large-scale, inclusive guide to monsters in antiquity, their places in literature and art across the millennia, and their influence on later literature and thought.
Author : Peter H. Solomon
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9781563248627
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Reforming Justice in Russia, 1864-1996 written by Peter H. Solomon and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1997 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a set of papers prepared for a spring 1995 conference held at Massey College, University of Toronto, reflecting collaboration and discussion among specialists in law and justice in tsarist Russia and their counterparts working on the subject in the USSR and post-Soviet Russia. Organized in sections on varieties of justice in imperial Russia, courts and Soviet power, and justice and the Russian transition, papers examine areas such as rural arson in European Russia in the late imperial era, sexual harassment claims of the 1920s, criminal justice under Stalin, and trials in modern Russia. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Ben Pestell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134862563
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Translating Myth written by Ben Pestell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Odysseus heard tales of his own exploits being retold among strangers, audiences and readers have been alive to the complications and questions arising from the translation of myth. How are myths taken and carried over into new languages, new civilizations, or new media? An international group of scholars is gathered in this volume to present diverse but connected case studies which address the artistic and political implications of the changing condition of myth – this most primal and malleable of forms. ‘Translation’ is treated broadly to encompass not only literary translation, but also the transfer of myth across cultures and epochs. In an age when the spiritual world is in crisis, Translating Myth constitutes a timely exploration of myth’s endurance, and represents a consolidation of the status of myth studies as a discipline in its own right.
Author : Lowell Edmunds
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1421414201
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Approaches to Greek Myth written by Lowell Edmunds and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A handy introduction to some of the more useful methodological approaches to and the previous scholarship on the subject of Greek myths.” —Phoenix Since the first edition of Approaches to Greek Myth was published in 1990, interest in Greek mythology has surged. There was no simple agreement on the subject of “myth” in classical antiquity, and there remains none today. Is myth a narrative or a performance? Can myth be separated from its context? What did myths mean to ancient Greeks and what do they mean today? Here, Lowell Edmunds brings together practitioners of eight of the most important contemporary approaches to the subject. Whether exploring myth from a historical, comparative, or theoretical perspective, each contributor lucidly describes a particular approach, applies it to one or more myths, and reflects on what the approach yields that others do not. Edmunds’s new general and chapter-level introductions recontextualize these essays and also touch on recent developments in scholarship in the interpretation of Greek myth. Contributors are Jordi Pàmias, on the reception of Greek myth through history; H. S. Versnel, on the intersections of myth and ritual; Carolina López-Ruiz, on the near Eastern contexts; Joseph Falaky Nagy, on Indo-European structure in Greek myth; William Hansen, on myth and folklore; Claude Calame, on the application of semiotic theory of narrative; Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, on reading visual sources such as vase paintings; and Robert A. Segal, on psychoanalytic interpretations. “A valuable collection of eight essays . . . Edmunds’s book provides a convenient opportunity to grapple with the current methodologies used in the analysis of literature and myth.” —New England Classical Newsletter and Journal
Author : Bruce Kapferer
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857455176
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)
Download or read book Legends of People, Myths of State written by Bruce Kapferer and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The civil war in Sri Lanka and the part that nationalism seemed to play in it inspired the writing of this book some twenty-three years ago. The argument was developed through a comparative analysis of nationalism in Sri Lanka with the author’s native Australia. At the time this constituted an innovative approach to comparison in anthropology, as well as to nationalism and its possibilities. It was not based on differences but on the way in which perspectives from within the two nationalisms, when seen side-by-side, could present an understanding of their implication in producing the violence of war, racism, and social exclusion. The book has lost none of its importance and urgency as proven by the chapters in the Appendix, written by top scholars working in Sri Lanka and in Australia. These contributions bring together new material and critically explore the book’s themes and their continued relevance to the various trajectories in nationalist processes since the first publication of the book.
