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Game of Thrones: imagined world combines romantic and grotesque visions of Middle Ages [PDF]
, 2018 OU historian Richard Marsden examines how longstanding assumptions about the Middle Ages have shaped the world presented in HBO's Gamer of ...
Marsden, Richard
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Grey, gonzo and the grotesque: the legacy of porn star Sasha Grey
Porn Studies, 2018 This article offers a retrospective analysis of the career of Sasha Grey, one of the most significant porn stars of the twenty-first century. The article focuses in particular on the malleability of the increasingly dominant pornographic style of gonzo ...
R. Saunders
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
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The Macabre on the Margins: A Study of the Fantastic Terrors of the Fin de Siècle [PDF]
, 2012 It demonstrates that in spite of the dominant associations of fantastic literature with horror, terror, as the marginal and marginalized fear of the unknown, with its uncanny, sublime and suspenseful qualities, holds a definitive presence in fin de ...
Beville Maria
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha +4 more
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Grotesque maternity: reading "happiness" and its eugenics in Doris Lessing's The Fifth Child (1988) [PDF]
, 2014 This paper contexualises and reads Doris Lessing’s The Fifth Child (1988) as a criticism towards the Family Acts conducted by Thatcher’s government in 1980s Britain. The article principally draws attention to the main and minor protagonist’s “annomalous”
Uematsu, Nozomi
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Acromegaly, Mr Punch and caricature. [PDF]
, 1996 The origin of Mr Punch from the Italian Pulcinella of the Commedia dell'arte is well known but his feature, large hooked nose, protruding chin, kyphosis and sternal protrusion all in an exaggerated form also suggest the caricature of an acromegalic. This
Armstrong R +20 more
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AI voice journaling for future language teachers: A path to well‐being through reflective practices
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study aimed to explore the perceived impact of using an AI‐powered voice journaling app in overcoming the challenges and stressors encountered by senior students enrolled in teaching practicum at an English Language Teaching Bachelor's programme.
Bora Demir, Duygu Özdemir
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IET Networks, EarlyView., 2023 We utilise a metaheuristic optimisation method, inspired by nature, called the Lévy‐flight firefly algorithm (LFA), to tackle the power regulation and user grouping in the NOMA systems. Abstract The non‐orthogonal multiple access strategies have shown promise to boost fifth generation and sixth generation wireless networks' spectral efficiency and ...
Zaid Albataineh +4 more
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Reading the Visual Aspects of the Grotesque Body in the Iranian Cinema and Theater Posters (1390s) [PDF]
هنرهای زیبا. هنرهای تجسمیGrotesque is an artistic and literary form that has appeared in contemporary art, having a history as long as the 16th century. According to Mikhail Bakhtin, a 20th-century literary theorist, a critical approach is formed in the official space of society,
Amir Hossein Pormehr Yabandeh +1 more
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