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The Forbidden Body

Author : Douglas E. Cowan
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147980312X
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Body written by Douglas E. Cowan and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From creature features to indie horror flicks, find out what happens when sex, horror, and the religious imagination come together Throughout history, religion has attempted to control nothing so much as our bodies: what they are and what they mean; what we do with them, with whom, and under what circumstances; how they may be displayed—or, more commonly, how they must be hidden. Yet, we remain fascinated, obsessed even, by bodies that have left, or been forced out of, their “proper” place. The Forbidden Body examines how horror culture treats these bodies, exploring the dark spaces where sex and the sexual body come together with religious belief and tales of terror. Taking a broad approach not limited to horror cinema or popular fiction, but embracing also literary horror, weird fiction, graphic storytelling, visual arts, and participative culture, Douglas E. Cowan explores how fears of bodies that are tainted, impure, or sexually deviant are made visible and reinforced through popular horror tropes. The volume challenges the reader to move beyond preconceived notions of religion in order to decipher the “religious imagination” at play in the scary stories we tell over and over again. Cowan argues that stories of religious bodies “out of place” are so compelling because they force us to consider questions that religious belief cannot comfortably answer: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why do we suffer? And above all, do we matter? As illuminating as it is unsettling, The Forbidden Body offers a fascinating look at how and why we imagine bodies in all the wrong places.

The Forbidden Body

Author : Douglas E. Cowan
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479803111
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Body written by Douglas E. Cowan and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Throughout history, the religious imagination has attempted to control nothing so much as our bodies: what they are and what they mean; what we do with them, with whom, and under what circumstances; how they may be displayed-or, more commonly, how they must be hidden. Religious belief and mandate affect how our bodies are used in ritual practice, as well as how we use them to identify and marginalize threatening religious Others. This book examines how horror culture treats religious bodies that have stepped (or been pushed) out of their 'proper' place. Unlike most books on religion and horror, This book explores the dark spaces where sex, sexual representation, and the sexual body come together with religious belief and scary stories. Because these intersections of sex, horror, and the religious imagination force us to question the nature of consensus reality, supernatural horror, especially as it concerns the body, often shows us the religious imagination at work in real time. It is important to note that the discussion in this book is not limited either to horror cinema or to popular fiction, but considers a wide range of material, including literary horror, weird fiction, graphic storytelling, visual arts, participative culture, and aspects of real-world religious fear. It is less concerned with horror as a genre (which is mainly a function of marketing) and more with the horror mode, a way of storytelling that finds expression across a number of genres, a variety of media, and even blurs the boundary between fiction and non-fiction. This expanded focus not only deepens the pool of potential examples, but invites a much broader readership in for a swim"--

Being Fat is Not a Sin

Author : Shelley Bovey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780044403630
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Being Fat is Not a Sin written by Shelley Bovey and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Forbidden Religion

Author : Jose M. Herrou Aragon
Publisher : José M. Herrou Aragón
ISBN 13 : 1471725693
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Religion written by Jose M. Herrou Aragon and published by José M. Herrou Aragón. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gnosis means knowledge. But we are not referring to just any knowledge. Gnosis is knowledge which produces a great transformation in those who receive it. Knowledge capable of nothing less than waking up man and helping him to escape from the prison in which he finds himself. That is why Gnosis has been so persecuted throughout the course of history, because it is knowledge considered dangerous for the religious and political authorities who govern mankind from the shadows. Every time this religion, absolutely different from the rest, appears before man, the other religions unite to try to destroy or hide it again. Primordial Gnosis is the original Gnosis, true Gnosis, eternal Gnosis, Gnostic knowledge in its pure form. Due to multiple persecutions, Primordial Gnosis has been fragmented, distorted and hidden.

Forbidden Towers

Author : Carol Gaskin
Publisher : Troll Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780816775972
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Towers written by Carol Gaskin and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Lifin, a young elf, the reader makes decisions controlling his search through the five Forbidden Towers for the herb that will cure his people of the eleven plague.

The Forbidden Touch of Sanguardo

Author : Julia James
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0373132441
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (731 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Touch of Sanguardo written by Julia James and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her heart rate was raised rapidly. And she knew exactly what had caused it. Rafael Sanguardo... Celeste Philips's night was meant to be about raising money for charity. Not trying to douse the flames of attraction between herself and self-made millionaire Rafael Sanguardo, a man who always gets what he wants. Celeste knows she shouldn't fall for Rafael's practiced charm, yet the more her head tells her to walk away and protect her fragile heart...the more she craves his forbidden touch!

The Forbidden God

Author : Venu G. Joshi
Publisher : White Falcon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9389085829
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden God written by Venu G. Joshi and published by White Falcon Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first of its kind high fantasy of an EPIC scale “DieTerra needs its Wolf. The Wolf who bears suns in his eyes.” Once, the world of DieTerra brimmed with magic. Pioneered by magical races and fantastical beings, sorcery and alchemy were the way of life for most. At the head of this world, stood an order of seven individuals known as the Seven Pillars. The Pillars wielded seven magical stones, called the Vivi stones, which enabled them to manipulate and create the elemental forces. The world is not the same anymore. For over a thousand years, the Council has ruled DieTerra. Sorcery is forbidden and magic has been driven out of the lands. The Peacekeepers maintain total control. The governments and monarchs of the world bow to the council and operate at their behest. When Aermes Dakians, an eighteen-year-old lord in hiding, receives a Vivi stone and a ten year old letter from his father, his mission is simple- join the Seven Pillars at the Fiachori Shrine; where others like him have gathered to learn about their respective Vivi stones and hone their abilities. Unaware of the meticulous plot set in motion by the Council, the Pillars find themselves cornered into an unavoidable conflict- aimed at exterminating their ancient order. The young trainees must collide with the all-powerful Peacekeepers to defend their legacies and in turn, the future of DieTerra.

The Forbidden Seed

Author : James Leichner
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595322026
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Seed written by James Leichner and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern France becomes a pressure cooker ready to exploded as the conflict between the two most powerful lords escalates. Stéphane LaForte and Jacqueline York, passionately in love with one another, are caught between their rivalry that shatters their world. The Forbidden Seed is a love story about power and control that leads to murder. As the world collapses around Stéphane and Jacqueline, they fight to be together, conceiving a child between them, a forbidden seed. The birth of this child deepens the hatred between Lords, causing the social order to erupt into chaos. Great feudal manors are weakened and become targets of destruction. Stéphane fights to keep his world together, but the power of injustice entangles his body, mind and soul, pitching him into a dark depression. He knows that war must be the only solution before he can be with Jacqueline, his only love. There are many twists and turns in this historical fiction novel, but the ending will capture your inner spirt for a long time to come.

Revenge of the Forbidden City

Author : James W. Tong
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199703685
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Revenge of the Forbidden City written by James W. Tong and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Falungong movement originated in 1992 as a system of breathing exercises designed to promote health and well-being. Riding on the coattails of the qigong fever that swept through China, it attracted an extensive following until 1994, when the Chinese government suppressed the qigong movement. A series of protest rallies by Falungong organizations against local government repression set in motion an upward conflict spiral that culminated in the siege of the Party headquarters in Beijing on April 25, 1999, by more than 20,000 Falungong practitioners. Revenge of the Forbidden City begins with the shock of the Politburo against such insolent defiance, resolving to retaliate against the Falungong, a retaliation that represented "the most serious political incident" since the Tiananmen upheaval in 1989. James W. Tong reveals how the Chinese government's relentless, sustained repression of the Falungong movement typifies its response towards perceived internal threats. Though many claim that the Democratic reforms in China have eroded the government's ability to monitor and control its citizens, the success of the campaign to eradicate Falungong indicates otherwise: the government effectively implemented a multifaceted offensive involving unsparing suppression, pervasive propaganda, and coercive conversion. The successful execution of this complex campaign reveals the resilience of China's authoritarian institutions. Using empirical evidence and thorough analysis, Tong reveals the Chinese state's formidable ability to crush dissent and provides a cogent rebuttal to those who claim that the Communist government is on the verge of collapse. The definitive account of China's response to Falungong, Revenge of the Forbidden City is essential for any scholar interested in how the Chinese state actually operates.

The Forbidden Subject

Author : Peter Quigley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912186099
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Subject written by Peter Quigley and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forbidden Subject launches from Ed Abbey's affirmation in Desert Solitaire: 'This is the most beautiful place on earth'. How could such a sentiment become construed as problematic, elitist, or worse? How did beauty become, and why does it largely remain, what Emory Elliot dubbed 'the forbidden subject'?

The Forbidden Zone

Author : Michael Hetzer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684867893
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Zone written by Michael Hetzer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-07-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1984. The place, the Soviet Union. A struggling country awaiting the cure of "perestroika." For too many Russians, this land has become the Forbidden Zone. In the waning days of the Cold War, Victor Perov, a brilliant Soviet scientist, agrees to a joint Soviet-American astrophysics project. Victor's faith in Communism and the Party is unwavering, but his impassioned scientific alliance with Katherine Sears, an American astrophysicist, quickly becomes romantic. When Katherine learns that Victor's twin brother, Anton, a dissident believed killed in action in Afghanistan, is actually imprisoned somewhere in the Soviet psychiatric gulag, she risks her life to inform Victor. With the KGB hot on her trail and the American Embassy in Moscow powerless, Katherine must flee into the Soviet countryside, and Victor is left to grapple with a truth that pits him against his own mother, a high-ranking Soviet minister known as the Iron Perova. Everywhere Victor turns, he is met with icy communist silence -- and anyone willing to talk seems to be turning up dead. The further he searches, the deeper he must dig into a painful period of Mother Russia's history. His career, his family and his life at risk, Victor must learn whom to trust in this deadly game of Party politics in order to save the woman he loves and his twin brother.

The Forbidden

Author : Eva Fischer-Dixon
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1425742580
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden written by Eva Fischer-Dixon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chantal Rousseau, a brilliant student at Sorbonne, Paris and self denied beauty felt devastated after receiving the tragic and unexpected news of the brutal murder of her parents who were on their vacation during the last years of France's occupation of Algeria. Determined to bring her parents murderer to justice, or take revenge on the killers by herself, Chantal develops a plan to find and revenge her parent's murders with the help of a former Foreign Legion officer. Chantal's clever plan of seduction was working only too well. Using her beauty as bait, she travels to Algeria where she unexpectedly finds herself to be drawn not only to the French Army officer, but to her parent's murderer as well. Chantal must find courage to complete her plan of revenge, and with her deep love for one man, to reignite the light of a once tranquil life.

The Forbidden Instruction Book

Author : Neil Riding
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466945060
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Instruction Book written by Neil Riding and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am writing from a place that is a long way from the halls of fame. Working through two video clips, "the god delusion" and "the virus of faith." Eminent scientist Richard Dawkins produced the clips several years ago. There has been some reviews done on these videos in the past. Each time a comment has been made--it is from either side of the 'fence.' What makes this book so different; is that I am neither a religious-fundamentalist nor a scientist. One day, we may see a follow-up video. The purpose of this book is to chip away at your worldview. Many believe that the religions of this world actually read and follow an instruction book; however, that is definitely not the case. I invite you to challenge your worldview. Come along for the ride and take a fresh look at the world's "number one bestseller."

The Forbidden Trilogy

Author : Danielle Violette
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479732982
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Trilogy written by Danielle Violette and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first part of The Forbidden Trilogy, Gabriella and Jonathan Love had life made. After losing their parents to an accident, their uncle Eddie took them under his wing, teaching them everything they needed to know about surviving in this cruel world. Neither one of them ever expected that they d have to do things a little differently after Gabby s childhood best friend and boyfriend is killed right before her eyes in an unexpected home invasion in their home in Tampa, ripping their lives apart. Now feeling hopeless and alone, the family desperately tries to mend itself back together. Except for Gabby, that s a little easier than done. After months of dysfunction, Eddie has no choice but to go through drastic measures to ensure his niece s well-being. Gabby s best friend, Sara, steps up, moving across the country with her and Jon to a small town in Northern California, far away from the unbearable memories of the life that she so desperately wanted to have back. What nobody could have anticipated was that right there in that small town was a coven of vampires who had been waiting years to save her. Now being faced by the sexy mysterious red-eyed man Benjamin Row, Gabby is forced to make a forever life-changing decision that would alter the lives of all of them. Besides giving up her mortality, Gabby is also faced with the everyday bumps in the road that only make her decision easier. But will becoming a powerful vampire with her new love really change what happened to her? Will Gabby grow stronger and finally accept her losses, or will she be stuck with the haunting memories of her human life for all of eternity?

Our Lady of Everyday Life

Author : María Del Socorro Castañeda-Liles
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190280395
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Our Lady of Everyday Life written by María Del Socorro Castañeda-Liles and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our Lady of Everyday Life is an ethnographic study of three generations of Mexican origin women (college students, mothers, and older women) and their experiences growing up Catholic. The book focuses on their relationship with Our Lady of Guadalupe as central to what Castañeda-Liles calls their "Mexican Catholic imagination."

The Forbidden: Three Novels of French Love

Author : David Rehak
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1847992641
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden: Three Novels of French Love written by David Rehak and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even an angel can sin: a man unknowingly falls in love with a girl who he later learns is a prostitute. Will she give up her profession for him, or will it destroy their relationship? -- From the peasant life to Paris: a peasant girl from the country comes to live the exciting life in Paris, where she redefines herself, befriends the celebrities of the day, and has her share of interesting Parisian adventures -- Sisters in love: an orphan girl brought up in the alternatingly chaste and sexually charged atmosphere of a convent is shocked to discover the true identity of the man she has married.

The Forbidden Relations and the Early Tannaim

Author : John McGinley
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595428436
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Relations and the Early Tannaim written by John McGinley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there an idiosyncratically Jewish hermeneutic? Did such ever obtain in Jewish history? Is there an idiosyncratically Jewish theology? Did such ever obtain in Jewish history? Did the two ever obtain at once and together in Jewish history? The answer to all of these questions is: Yes. Come and explore -- with an idiosyncratically odd interpreter of things Jewish -- a special brief moment in the history of Jewish letters. One is speaking of roughly 75 CE to roughly 95 CE. Come and explore what was birthed in that time period. Come and explore how what was birthed in that time period came to be rejected and suppressed on the day of the coiled snake. Come and explore how, miraculously, what was rejected and suppressed ended up being re-inscribed in the final redaction of the Bavli, rendering that written production as the quintessential expression of what is idiosyncratically Jewish.