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Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Ancient Maya texts are informationally dominated by hieroglyphic inscriptions and visually dominated by figural art with distinctly formed hands. The hands suggest iconographically embedded hand signs, which would constitute a unique modality of semantic expression and a discourse complement to hieroglyphic writing.
Rich A. Sandoval
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Heródoto, 2018 This text consists of an interpretive essay about the meaning(s) of the “mirror” as an object in Mainland and Aegean Greece (in contrast to Western/Colonial Greece), based on iconography.
Fábio Vergara Cerqueira
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Pop stars and idolatry: an investigation of the worship of popular music icons, and the music and cult of Prince. [PDF]
, 2010 Prince is an artist who integrates elements from the sacred into his work. He uses popular iconography to present himself as an icon of consumer culture, as a deified ‘rock god’ worshipped by his fans, and as a preacher leading his audience like a ...
Baty S. Paige +23 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the marmalade machine, a mechanical device designed to slice orange peel. These niche objects were manufactured between roughly 1870 and 1938 in Britain. As a so‐called ‘labour‐saving’ gadget, the marmalade machine sliced orange peel quickly and effectively, removing the tedious process of slicing orange peel by hand ...
Katie Carpenter
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The Clinical Respiratory JournalIntroduction Regulator of G protein signalling 1 (RGS1) closely regulates malignant phenotypes and tumour immunity in several cancers, while its clinical value in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is by far rarely reported. Consequently, this study aimed
Liping Wang +3 more
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New Developments in Aniconic Jaina Iconography [PDF]
, 2010 The article analyses for the first time the phenomenon of burial ad sanctos and of the necropolis in the aniconic Jaina traditions, which in certain respects serves as a functional equivalent of the temple city as the principla pilgrimage site, tīrtha ...
Flügel, Peter
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Visions Of Odalisques: Orientalism And Conspicuous Consumption In Leila Sebbar\u27s Le Peintre Et Son Modele (2007) [PDF]
, 2011 Many Algerian writers (Alloula, Djebar, Boudjedra) have revisited the representational politics of colonial iconography despite awareness that this endeavor is at risk of renewing exoticism.
Gueydan-Turek, Alexandra
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Geographical imaginaries of escape: Discourses of escapism in the Tasmanian archive
Geographical Research, EarlyView.Tasmania is imagined as a place of escape. From bunkers and black boxes to lifestyle change, escape in Tasmania is interrelated through shared British colonial conceptions of the island state. These conceptions help form the archive of discourses that describe Tasmania, but there are still opportunities to reinterpret these discourses in more positive ...
Alexander Luke Burton
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Linguistik Online, 2006 Three key concepts in the research of idioms are discussed: iconography, iconicity, and iconicism. These concepts all have a role to play in phraseology (and beyond), although in quite different ways: Iconography is the mental picture that may be created
Ken Farø
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