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Introduction: Fairy Tales and Other Horrors

open access: yesLiterature, 2023
In a Christmas 2017 interview with the British magazine Fortean Times, the celebrated Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro described ‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘the original Cinderella’, and ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ as ‘a horror story’, before affirming that ...
Laura Tosi, Alessandro Cabiati
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A Russian Story in the USA: On the Identity of Post-Socialist Immigration

open access: yesOpen Cultural Studies, 2023
This article presents the problem of identity construction among Eastern European immigrants to the USA after so-called “democratic changes.” It is based on the intercultural rather than multicultural approach which considers both the immigrants ...
Anastasova Ekaterina
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Mutual Relationship of Man and Yazatas in Middle Persian Gnomic Treatises [PDF]

open access: yesمجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2023
In Zoroastrian religion Yazatas and Amēša-spantas are the greatest agents of Ohrmazd. They are assigned to carry out responsibilities in all three stages of creation, protection, and finalization of the world.
Ava Vahedi Navaei   +2 more
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Directions for the Reconstruction of the Tax System in Poland – a Growth‑Enhancing Proposal

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2021
The paper aims to present directions for the growth‑enhancing reconstruction of the tax system in Poland. It presents a diagnosis of the main strengths and weaknesses of that system.
Jakub Karnowski, Andrzej Rzońca
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On the Temporal and Aspectual Value of Modern Eastern Armenian Aorist: A Comparative Perspective

open access: yesArmenian Folia Anglistika, 2014
In this research we study some syntactic and semantic properties of the Modern Eastern Armenian aorist by comparing it to similar verbal forms in English and Italian.
Alessandra Giorgi, Sona Haroutyunian
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Does Fiscal Devaluation Work for Everyone? Diversified Impact of Fiscal Devaluation on Employment Rates

open access: yesGospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics
The study analyses the effects of fiscal devaluation on employment rates and finds that the significance and magnitude of this impact vary considerably by gender and age. The effect is substantially stronger for men than for women.
Piotr Cizkowicz   +2 more
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Self-Efficacy in Multimodal Narrative Educational Activities: Explorative Study in a Multicultural and Multilingual Italian Primary School

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2019
The international migration changed the situation in the Italian school system: it is asked to update educational practices with new pedagogical models of narration and expression (multiliteracies and multimodality) and to promote digital skills from ...
Monica Banzato, Francesca Coin
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On divination: an exercise in comparative method

open access: yesScripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1999
Some comparative methods aim at establishing universals, others seek human causes that will account for cross-cultural or transhistorical resemblance. The sole aim of the comparative method presented here is to improve our questionnaire.
Jørgen Podemann Sørensen
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Dip Your Finger into the Book about Max Ernst’s Books

open access: yesActa Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 2021
By paying close attention to the material body of the book, Max Ernst’s (1891–1976) oeuvre extends beyond literature and represents a significant contribution to the artist’s book in the 20th century.
Gabriele Wix
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Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media

open access: yesScientific Reports
Online intergroup hostility is a pervasive and troubling issue, yet experimental evidence on how to curb it remains scarce. This study examines counterspeech as a user-driven strategy to reduce hate speech.
Gloria Gennaro   +18 more
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