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‘The Good Couscous That Pleases Us!’: The Meanings of Enduring Imperialist Imagery in Postcolonial French Food Advertising, 1970–2000

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
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INSTRUMENTAL DIALOG UE IN THE COMPOSITION INCANTATION FOR TENOR-SAXOPHONE (OR BASS-CLARINET) AND PIANO BY S. PÂSLARI [PDF]

Studiul Artelor şi Culturologie: Istorie, Teorie, Practică, 2017
In the article the authors analyze the means of musical expression and the form of composition «Incantation» by Snejana Pâslari for tenor-saxophone (or clarinet bas) and piano.
ŢIRCUNOVA SVETLANA, CABACOV DMITRI
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Terapie veterinarie e pratiche magiche nei Cesti di Giulio Africano

Pallas, 2016
We have analysed the ancient veterinary practices described in Julius Africanus’ Cesti, a technical treatise of 3rd century AD. In particular, in addition to the strictly veterinary therapies present in the work, we have taken into account also those ...
Maria Rosaria Petringa
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School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
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The Relationship between Daoist Rituals and Theatrical Performance: The Case of Xianggong Tapeng in Puxian Theater

Religions, 2014
Daoism is a traditional Chinese religion. Daoism has had a deep and pervasive impact on the lives of China’s peoples. Chinese theatrical performances were often integrated with religious activities, thereby gradually giving rise to many forms of popular ...
Lijuan Zhang
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AUGURAL TERRITORIES: On the Prophetic Organizing of the Mid‐range

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I introduce the concept of augural territories to theorize the urbanism that emerged during pandemic lockdowns. I draw on ethnographic research in Madrid to examine how community‐based responses—including mutual aid networks, food pantries and neighbourhood associations—disrupted the spatial and temporal logics of territorial ...
Alberto Corsín Jiménez
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Incantation and Oracle in the First Written Documents of Anatolia

Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
There are only eight incantation texts among 23500 Kültepe tablets. Some researches assert that these incantation texts were exercising documents belong to people who were trying to learn literacy, and should be accepted as school texts. This opinion can
Hakan EROL
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
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NAMES OF THE "DIFFERENT" PEOPLE IN THE BANAT DIALECT [PDF]

Езиков свят
The vocabulary of the Banat speech has not been subject to ethnolinguistic analysis. This article makes a first attempt to lay the linguistic material within the framework of the language - culture relationship.
Kalina Micheva-Peycheva
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FROM NY‐LON TO SILK? Shifting Centres of Attention in the World's Urban Fabric

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This Interventions essay explores Silk Road urbanism's emergence as a rival to New York and London (NY‐LON) for global centre stage in Anglophone urban and regional studies. Through China's Belt and Road Initiative, more attention is being given to urban formations and associated new centralities beyond North Atlantic global/world cities ...
Tim Bunnell, Han Cheng, Wenn Er Tan
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