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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
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Flap Anatomies and Victorian Veils: Penetrating the Female Reproductive Interior

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the reappearance in the early nineteenth century of anatomical flapbooks in the context of obstetrical education in Britain, America and France. It asks why liftable paper flaps were reintroduced at this time after their disappearance from medical atlases in the eighteenth century.
Margaret Carlyle, Marcia D. Nichols
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“I saw Othello’s visage in his mind”, or “White Mask, Black Handkerchif”: Satoshi Miyagi’s Mugen-Noh Othello and Translation Theory [PDF]

, 2016
This paper tries to detect key elements in the translated performance of Shakespeare by focusing on Satoshi Miyagi’s “Mugen-Noh Othello” (literally meaning “Dreamy Illusion Noh play Othello”), first performed in Tokyo by Ku=Nauka Theatre Company in 2005,
Motohashi, Ted
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Generative dramaturgy : a strategy for refocusing directorial intent in the translation phase of play development [PDF]

, 2008
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-40).This explication focuses on the director working collaboratively in the ensemble towards generating new material inspired by the play text in the staging of the play.
Kirch, Michael A
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Churchill and Spain: More Sancho than Quixote?

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a detailed analysis of Winston Churchill's relationship with Spain over the course of his long and eventful political and personal life. The article focuses on three key episodes: Churchill's ambivalent stance during the Spanish Civil War; his leadership and policy towards Spain during the crucial years of the Second World ...
EMILIO SÁENZ‐FRANCÉS
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"The Medium" Fringe Festival 2002, November 1-3, 2002 [PDF]

, 2002
This is the concert program of the Boston University Opera Institute performance of "The Medium" with music and libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, running Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2, 2002 at 6:30 p.m.
School of Music, Boston University
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REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR URBAN COMMONING: The Making of the Liberated Spaces in Naples

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Commoning requires repair. Where capitalist logics of accumulation, enclosure and exclusion produce abandoned space through the city, urban commoners remake that space to serve the needs of inhabitants. Without hiding the paradoxes and risks of repair, based on years‐long ethnography in the Liberated Spaces in Naples, Italy, we demonstrate how
Martina Locorotondo, Adam Fishwick
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Communications [PDF]

, 1991
Various letters to the editor editorials combatting and defending previous articles and claims published in ...

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South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
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The Fall Fringe Festival: Bluebeard's Castle [PDF]

, 1999
This is the concert program of the Fall Fringe Festival performance of Bluebeard's Castle by Bela Bartok, with libretto by Bela Balazs, running Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23, 1999 at 6:45 p.m. and Sunday, October 24 at 3:00 p.m.
School of Music, Boston University
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