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Cultural ecology and Chinese Hamlets [PDF]

, 2011
This essay examines the critical potential of cultural ecology and cultural mobility studies for modeling the relations between literature and culture. It investigates the mobility and portability of literary effects across different media, periods, and ...
Berensmeyer, Ingo
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In search of the authentic nation: landscape and national identity in Canada and Switzerland [PDF]

, 1998
While the study of nationalism and national identity has flourished in the last decade, little attention has been devoted to the conditions under which natural environments acquire significance in definitions of nationhood.
Alter Peter, Anderson Benedict, Anderson Perry, Armstrong John, Barnard F. M., Berger Carl, Berger Carl, Berger Carl, Berlin Isaiah, Berlin Isaiah, Bernard Paul P., Bluntchli Johann Caspar, Bovet Ernest, Bovet Ernest, Braudel Fernand, Braun Rudolf, Brubaker Rogers, Brubaker Rogers, Capitani FranGois, Claval Paul, Colley Llinda, Cook Ramsay, Creighton Donald Grant, Daniels Stephen, Douglas Mary, Droz Numa, Duffy Dennis, Foster William Alexander, Francis R. Douglas, Frei Daniel, Giddens Anthony, Glacken Clarence J, Greenfeld Liah, Grosby Steven, Hale John, Hardy John, Harris Cole, Helbling Barbara, Hilty Carl, Hobsbawm Eric J, Hooson David, Hope-Nicolson Marjorie, Huber Max, Huber Max, Im Hof Ulrich, Innis Harold Adams, Jost Hans-Ulrich, Kaufmann Eric, Kennedy P. M., Kohn Hans, Kreis Georg, Kreis Georg, Lassere Andre, Lowenthal David, Lowenthal David, Lowenthal David, Marchal Guy P., Marchal Guy P., Marchal Guy P., Merki Christoph, Mitcham Alison, Morton William L., Mosse George L., Nasgaard Roald, New W. H., Peyer Hans-Conrad, Porter Roy, Potts A., Rosen Charles, Rutschmann Verena, Santschi Catherine, Schama Simon, Scheider Theodor, Smith Allan, Smith Anthony D., Smith Anthony D., Smith Anthony D., Smith Anthony D., Smith Anthony D., Spitteler Carl, Stacey Robert, Staines David, Taylor Martin Brook, Tooby Michael, Vipond Mary, Vipond Mary, Wachter Daniel, Walter FranCois, Walter FranCois, Watt Frank, Widmer Thomas, Wigger Erich, Winkler Heinrich August, Woodcock George, Woodcock George, Woolf Stuart, Wozniakowski Jacek, Zimmer Oliver   +97 more
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
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Interrupting tradition : now-time (Jeztzeit) in and out of the theatre [PDF]

, 2015
‘Progress has its seat not in the continuity of elapsing time but in its interruptions—where the truly new makes itself felt for the first time’. Interruption, as articulated by Walter Benjamin in The Arcades Project, presupposes both the potential ...
White, Joel
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Perceptions of English as a Foreign Language Students on Exposure to Literary Theories

Revista Educación
The present exploratory study examined the perception of third and fourth-year English literature students on exposure to literary theories. A total of 26 students from the B.A. in English taking the literature electives participated in this study.
Jafet Gamboa Zúñiga, Marisela Bonilla López   +1 more
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Book review: Stephen Greenblatt, Skretanje. Kako je svijet postao moderan, Zagreb, 2014.

Miscellanea Hadriatica et Mediterranea, 2015
In 2003 the Algoritam publishing company launched Facta edition in which over 120 titles have been published. Pulitzer-winning work by Stephen Greenblatt from 2012 was published in Croatia at the end of 2014.
Jure Šućur
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The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais, Andre Chiaradia, Richard D. Reina   +2 more
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The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Robert J. Whittaker   +2 more
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The foundations of a nation : framing Pakistan from 1940-1971 through international relations theory and postcolonialism [PDF]

, 2018
This paper explores the emerging integration of international relations theory with postcolonial scholarship and uses Pakistan’s state formation and history as a case study. It is argued that international relations theory privileges European experiences
Orme, Joshua Charles
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