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Two Regimes of Waste and Value: ‘Post‐Disaster’ Landscapes in a New India

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this age of ‘disaster capitalism’, catastrophes are neither ‘natural’ nor ‘external’. They are political events mediating and vitally shaping the unequal and exploitative use of environmental resources. India's ‘post‐disaster’ landscapes at the turn of the new millennium powerfully demonstrate how visions of the new‐normal can be imposed in
Vasudha Chhotray, David Singh
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of Digital Linguistic Landscapes on Students’ motivation, and Self‐Perceived Achievement in Second Language Writing

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the importance of the linguistic landscape in language learning, the digital linguistic landscape (DLL) has emerged as an important multimodal input resource. However, few studies have been conducted to explore the antecedent and predictive effect of the DDL on L2 writing. To address this gap, the study attempted to conceptualize the DLL
Zi Yang, Lawrence Jun Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

ICONOGRAPHIES OF GLOBALISATION

European Journal of Geography, 2017
In this paper we assume that there are two ways towards globalisation: one through a regional clustering of states projecting their integration process so as to gradually absorb the neighbouring ones, and another through a multi-centered development acting at the same time on the global arena.
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Carolingian Crucifixion Iconography: An Elaboration of a Byzantine Theme [PDF]

, 2020
Elizabeth Leesti
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Public Theology as Mediation: Navigating the Dutch Protestant Church's Public Calling in a Hypermediated World☆

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article explores Christianity's role in society through public theology, particularly in relation to the public calling of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN). It advocates for reflecting on the dichotomy of church/world through the lens of divine mediation, challenging traditional dualisms and emphasizing a ‘soft difference ...
Rachèl Blokhuis‐Koopman
wiley   +1 more source

Mysterious Image of Shiva from Parel: The Iconography of the Hindu Deity of the ‘Seven Notes

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
At the conclusion of the Ancient Age in India (5th–6th AD), the period of active formation of Hindu iconography was characterised by the emergence of complexly composed sculptural images.
Darya Nikolaevna Vorobyeva
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Wrestling Voices: Amplifying Patriotism and Ethnic Stereotypes in 1980s American Professional Wrestling

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
wiley   +1 more source

Gods on small things: Egyptian monumental iconography on late antique magical gems and the Greek and Demotic magical papyri

Pallas, 2011
Ancient Egyptian religious imagery—ranging from Horus and Seth contending for the throne of the kingdom to Anubis in the act of embalming the deceased—is well known from Egyptian temples, tomb walls, and ubiquitous cippi.
Nick West
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Twins in Mesoamerica as a Symbol of Contrasting Duality [PDF]

, 2015
In cultures across the Mesoamerican subcontinent, there are examples in the archaeological and ethnographic record of myths concerned with twins and sibling pairs (Minneci, 1999).
Rideout, Benjamin
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Tim Burton's Christmas Chaos: Abject Transgression in Batman Returns, the Nightmare Before Christmas, and Edward Scissorhands

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tim Burton's Christmas trilogy, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands are all characterized by his trademark features. These include characters with ambiguous identities, apparently “normal” worlds adjacent to spaces associated with difference and exclusion, and the inevitable intrusion of the latter into the ...
Fran Pheasant‐Kelly
wiley   +1 more source