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Shape Shifters

Author : Lily Anne Y. Welty Tamai
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496217004
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Shape Shifters written by Lily Anne Y. Welty Tamai and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shape Shifters presents a wide-ranging array of essays that examine peoples of mixed racial identity. Moving beyond the static “either/or” categories of racial identification found within typical insular conversations about mixed-race peoples, Shape Shifters explores these mixed-race identities as fluid, ambiguous, contingent, multiple, and malleable. This volume expands our understandings of how individuals and ethnic groups identify themselves within their own sociohistorical contexts. The essays in Shape Shifters explore different historical eras and reach across the globe, from the Roman and Chinese borderlands of classical antiquity to medieval Eurasian shape shifters, the Native peoples of the missions of Spanish California, and racial shape shifting among African Americans in the post–civil rights era. At different times in their lives or over generations in their families, racial shape shifters have moved from one social context to another. And as new social contexts were imposed on them, identities have even changed from one group to another. This is not racial, ethnic, or religious imposture. It is simply the way that people’s lives unfold in fluid sociohistorical circumstances. With contributions by Ryan Abrecht, George J. Sánchez, Laura Moore, and Margaret Hunter, among others, Shape Shifters explores the forces of migration, borderlands, trade, warfare, occupation, colonial imposition, and the creation and dissolution of states and empires to highlight the historically contingent basis of identification among mixed-race peoples across time and space.

The Shape Shifters

Author : John L. Mariotti
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471292548
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Shape Shifters written by John L. Mariotti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1997-10-10 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Shape Shifters" offers a unique set of new tools keeping readers ahead of fast-moving curves. The simple analytical and "teaching tools" in this book can make any business nimbler and more decisive. The author provides hundreds of examples of how companies have redefined the shapes of their businesses, "shape shifting" faster and more often to match the changing shape of customer demands.

Trees Are Shape Shifters

Author : Andrew S. Mathews
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300260377
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Trees Are Shape Shifters written by Andrew S. Mathews and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the anthropogenic landscapes of Lucca, Italy, and how its people understand social and environmental change through cultivation In Italy and around the Mediterranean, almost every stone, every tree, and every hillside show traces of human activities. Situating climate change within the context of the Anthropocene, Andrew Mathews investigates how people in Lucca, Italy, make sense of social and environmental change by caring for the morphologies of trees and landscapes. He analyzes how people encounter climate change, not by thinking and talking about climate, but by caring for the environments around them. Maintaining landscape stability by caring for the forms of trees, rivers, and hillsides is a way that people link their experiences to the past and to larger scale political questions. The human-transformed landscapes of Italy are a harbinger of the experiences that all of us are likely to face, and addressing these disasters will call upon all of us to think about the human and natural histories of the landscapes we live in.

Amazing Animal Shape-Shifters

Author : Leon Gray
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1491469838
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Amazing Animal Shape-Shifters written by Leon Gray and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the ways in which animals change their appearance to avoid predators or attract mates"--

Werewolves and Other Shape-Shifters

Author : Ruth Owen
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1617726958
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Werewolves and Other Shape-Shifters written by Ruth Owen and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of werewolf lore, famous incidents, and possible explanations.

Werewolves and Other Shape-Shifters

Author : Anita Ganeri
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1448802938
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Werewolves and Other Shape-Shifters written by Anita Ganeri and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, people have believed that certain humans have the ability to turn into animals, particularly wolves. This book describes all kinds of shape-shifters, from the Japanese kitsune to the Irish selkies. The history of these fascinating characters is accompanied by vivid computer-generated illustrations that will capture the imagination and spark the curiosity of young readers.

Shape-Shifting Animals

Author : Natalie Lunis
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1627241329
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Shape-Shifting Animals written by Natalie Lunis and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do some animals really have the power to transform themselves into something else? In fact, such creatures do exist. In this book, young readers will meet eight of these amazing, shape-shifting animals, including a sea creature that can pretend to be a rock, a caterpillar that can rise up like a snake that is about to strike, and a fish that can blow itself up into a big, spiky ball. These animals may take on very different shapes, but they do have one thing in common. They all use their shape-shifting abilities to scare off, escape from, or appear less tasty to their enemies. In other words, their special powers help them survive! Eye-popping photos and clear, simple text bring these one-of-a-kind creatures to vivid life.

BodyGuard

Author : Jennifer Ashley
Publisher : Jennifer Ashley
ISBN 13 : 1941229905
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book BodyGuard written by Jennifer Ashley and published by Jennifer Ashley. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Chapman is saved from an armed robber by a giant Kodiak bear who shifts into a large, well-muscled, and fully naked human male. But when it's revealed that the robber is the brother of a dangerous criminal, Elizabeth finds herself the target of a vendetta. Ronan, the bear Shifter, takes her to Shiftertown for safety, where Elizabeth learns that the mateless Ronan, alone in the world, takes care of Shifters who have also been left on their own. Having grown up in foster care, Elizabeth can only admire how protective Ronan is. But Ronan will only let Elizabeth leave the confines of Shiftertown if he becomes her 24/7 bodyguard. Elizabeth chafes at the restriction, but agrees. The trouble is, the sassy human Elizabeth is triggering Ronan's long-buried need to find himself a mate. Book 2.5 of Shifters Unbound (Austin Shifters)

Shapeshifters

Author : John B. Kachuba
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789140978
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Shapeshifters written by John B. Kachuba and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something about a shapeshifter—a person who can transform into an animal—that captures our imagination; that causes us to want to howl at the moon, or flit through the night like a bat. Werewolves, vampires, demons, and other weird creatures appeal to our animal nature, our “dark side,” our desire to break free of the bonds of society and proper behavior. Real or imaginary, shapeshifters lurk deep in our psyches and remain formidable cultural icons. The myths, magic, and meaning surrounding shapeshifters are brought vividly to life in John B. Kachuba’s compelling and original cultural history. Rituals in early cultures worldwide seemingly allowed shamans, sorcerers, witches, and wizards to transform at will into animals and back again. Today, there are millions of people who believe that shapeshifters walk among us and may even be world leaders. Featuring a fantastic and ghoulish array of examples from history, literature, film, TV, and computer games, Shapeshifters explores our secret desire to become something other than human.

Still Life with Shape-shifter

Author : Sharon Shinn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425256359
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Still Life with Shape-shifter written by Sharon Shinn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National bestselling author Sharon Shinn presents a passionate, heart-wrenching story of secrets and the lengths to which we’ll go to protect those we love... For her entire life, Melanie Landon has hidden the fact that her half sister, Ann, is a shape-shifter, determined to protect her from a world that simply wouldn’t understand. When a man shows up asking about Ann—who has been missing for months—Melanie fears the worst, and with good reason. Freelance writer Brody Westerbrook knows about the existence of shape-shifters and intends to include Ann in the book he’s writing. While Melanie is immediately drawn to the stranger, she knows better than to trust him, and she denies his claim. But when Ann finally reappears, looking thin and sick, Melanie realizes exposure is the least of their worries. Protecting her sister has always been an enormous part of Melanie’s life, but as Ann’s health rapidly deteriorates, Melanie must come to grips with the fact that saving her may mean letting go…

Werewolves and Other Shapeshifters in Popular Culture

Author : Kimberley McMahon-Coleman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786492503
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Werewolves and Other Shapeshifters in Popular Culture written by Kimberley McMahon-Coleman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, shapeshifting characters in literature, film and television have been on the rise. This has followed the increased use of such characters as metaphors, with novelists and critics identifying specific meanings and topics behind them. This book aims to unravel the shapeshifting trope. Rather than pursue a case-based study, the works are grouped around specific themes--adolescence, gender, sexuality, race, disability, addiction, and spirituality--that are explored through the metaphor of shapeshifting. Because of the transformative possibilities of this metaphor and its flexibility, the shapeshifter has the potential to change how we see our world. With coverage of iconic fantasy texts and a focus on current works, the book engages with the shapeshifting figure in popular culture from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Shapeshifters

Author : Aimee Meredith Cox
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822375370
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Shapeshifters written by Aimee Meredith Cox and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Shapeshifters Aimee Meredith Cox explores how young Black women in a Detroit homeless shelter contest stereotypes, critique their status as partial citizens, and negotiate poverty, racism, and gender violence to create and imagine lives for themselves. Based on eight years of fieldwork at the Fresh Start shelter, Cox shows how the shelter's residents—who range in age from fifteen to twenty-two—employ strategic methods she characterizes as choreography to disrupt the social hierarchies and prescriptive narratives that work to marginalize them. Among these are dance and poetry, which residents learn in shelter workshops. These outlets for performance and self-expression, Cox shows, are key to the residents exercising their agency, while their creation of alternative family structures demands a rethinking of notions of care, protection, and love. Cox also uses these young women's experiences to tell larger stories: of Detroit's history, the Great Migration, deindustrialization, the politics of respectability, and the construction of Black girls and women as social problems. With Shapeshifters Cox gives a voice to young Black women who find creative and non-normative solutions to the problems that come with being young, Black, and female in America.

Vampires, Zombies, and Shape-Shifters

Author : Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761426356
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Vampires, Zombies, and Shape-Shifters written by Rebecca Stefoff and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2008 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the folklore and facts connected with vampires, zombies, and shape-shifters such as werewolves.

Shape Shifters

Author : Michele Jamal
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780140190571
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Shape Shifters written by Michele Jamal and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1987 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through profiles of fourteen present-day shaman women who use alternative healing methods in their work, Jamal suggests how a shamanic community can be developed into a creative, empowered society.

Shape Shifters

Author : Querida Lee Pearce
Publisher : Los Angeles : Price Stern Sloan
ISBN 13 : 9780843128291
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Shape Shifters written by Querida Lee Pearce and published by Los Angeles : Price Stern Sloan. This book was released on 1991 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents facts about unusual animals that change shape, including the honey ant, mosquito, and sea cucumber.

Archetypes: Unmasking Your True Self

Author : Brian Dale
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504309871
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Archetypes: Unmasking Your True Self written by Brian Dale and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archetypes ~ unmasking your true self ~ Are you interested in self-discovery, empowerment or changing your circumstances? Who are you? Are you a King, a Queen, a Knight, a Rescuer, a Mother, a Servant, a Healer, a Priestess, a Goddess or a Hero? These are archetypes. Why do you think, speak and act the way you do? The answer lies within your personal archetypes. We all have archetypes. They are aspects of our personality. Archetypes are an amazing tool for understanding, growth and self-development. All archetypes have negative and positive energies or personality traits. They explain why we do the things we do and show us the road to empowerment and the pathway to change. This unique reference book contains a description of 98 archetypes. It gives you a plan which assists you to identify your personal archetypes and the archetypes of the people that surround you. This book also shows you how to initiate change. It identifies the archetypal energy that is the key to empowerment and change. Identifying our archetypes gives us knowledge, understanding, guidance, purpose and power.

The Twilight Mystique

Author : Amy M. Clarke
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786462043
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Twilight Mystique written by Amy M. Clarke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 13 essays in this volume explore Stephenie Meyer's wildly popular Twilight series in the contexts of literature, religion, fairy tales, film, and the gothic. Several examine Meyer's emphasis on abstinence, considering how, why, and if the author's Mormon faith has influenced the series' worldview. Others look at fan involvement in the Twilight world, focusing on how the series' avid following has led to an economic transformation in Forks, Washington, the real town where the fictional series is set. Other topics include Meyer's use of Quileute shape-shifting legends, Twilight's literary heritage and its frequent references to classic works of literature, and the series' controversial depictions of femininity.