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The Insidious Poison of Degeneration: Vampires in Czech Decadence [PDF]

open access: yesSlovo a Smysl, 2015
The article examines vampires in Czech Decadent literature as polyvalent symbols that stand simultaneously for culture as a vampiric force and for decadence as a poisonous and infectious phenomenon.
Kirsten Lodge
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Krvoločni osvajalci in hudičevi vojaki: »Turki« kot »barbari« v ideoloških diskurzih in slovenski folklori
The Bloodthirsty Conquerors and the Devil’s Soldiers: “the Turks” as “Barbarians” in Ideological Discourses and Slovene Folklore

open access: yesStudia Mythologica Slavica, 2014
This paper presents and compares the image of “the barbaric Turk” in the politicalideological discourses and the perception of “the Turk” as a dangerous, cosmos-disturbing Foreigner in Slovene folklore.
Anja Mlakar
doaj   +1 more source

Intensified Manufactured Non‐Belonging: Working Holiday Makers in Australia During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nations manufacture non‐belonging of temporary migrants through policy frameworks that produce exclusion. This precarity maximises the economic benefit of temporary migrant labour by minimising their political, social and legal rights. In this paper, we examine how non‐belonging targeting Working Holiday Makers (WHMs) is manufactured in ...
Donna James, Alanna Kamp
wiley   +1 more source

جسم ريزومي در مواجهه با نظام امپرياليستي؛ خوانش دلوزی رمان در انتظار بربرها اثر جی. ام. کوئتزی

open access: yesNaqd-i Zabān va Adabīyyāt-i Khārijī, 2014
J. M. Coetzee in his Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) pays much attention to the body and its functions in the imperialistic and totalitarian regimes. The conflict between the barbarians as a group of uncivilized people and the central government, which
سميّه كاظمي
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Scaling and ecomorphology of lagomorph body shape and appendicular skeleton

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Body shape is one of the most prominent features of phenotypic variation. Yet, mammalian body shapes are poorly quantified and the underlying components contributing to its diversity and its relationship to other skeletal components are rarely tested.
Nia Brice, Coby Huizenga, Chris J. Law
wiley   +1 more source

Female figures in the political relations between Greeks and Barbarians during the Archaic Age

open access: yesStudia Historica: Historia Antigua, 2013
Study of the importance of some women for the politics relations between Greeks and Barbarians during the Archaic Age, with special reference to the phoceaean colonization (Marseille) and its interpretation in the greek images and topics relating the ...
Manuel SALINAS DE FRÍAS
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Return of the Barbarians

open access: yesGlobal Rheumatology, 2022
I once wrote that “all chronic condition entails an intimacy with death”. In this sense and as a guiding thread to my story, we are obliged to understand that any sick person who comes to us with joint pain, vascular lesions or organic involvement is ...
Alberto Palacios
doaj   +1 more source

Technique for Lateral Opening Wedge Distal Femoral Osteotomy Using Patient‐Specific Instrumentation for Genu Valgum and Patellar Instability

open access: yesArthroscopy Techniques, EarlyView.
Abstract Recurrent lateral patellar instability poses a technical challenge to orthopaedic surgeons. Isolated soft‐tissue procedures through medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction or lateral release show unacceptably high failure rates. Lateral opening wedge distal femoral osteotomy addresses underlying bony malalignment and reinforces the soft ...
Alexander P. Decilveo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

Powerful transformations: The experiences of higher education teaching staff who were first‐generation university students

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, a university education has been seen primarily as a route for the middle classes to achieve professional qualifications while structural barriers have served to restrict entry to individuals from particular demographics. First‐generation students (FGS), often with low socio‐economic backgrounds, face multiple barriers to Higher ...
Helen Williams, Ellen‐Alyssa Gambles
wiley   +1 more source

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