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On ‘Not Being Nothing’: Post-ironic Melodrama in James Gray’s “The Immigrant”
Iperstoria, 2021 This essay analyzes James Gray’s The Immigrant (2013) discussing it as an instance of post-ironic melodrama (Włodek 2017) aimed at recovering the purity shown by this genre in the early phases of cinematic history.
Simone Francescato
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‘These reforms have teeth’: The affective dimensions of teacher education policy enactment
British Educational Research Journal, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 1919-1939, June 2026.Abstract The affective dimensions of education policy enactment have often received less attention in the research literature, especially regarding teacher education policy. This article reports on a study of the affective responses of university‐based teacher educators in England to the significant initial teacher education reforms of 2019–2022: the ...
Ian Cushing, Viv Ellis
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Creative Nonfiction: The Christian Dior woman
Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract This work of creative nonfiction emerges from ethnographic research on Arab women's testimonies of their cancer experience conducted in 2016–2018. It focuses on the account of one Lebanese woman diagnosed with breast cancer and highlights her feelings, thoughts, and perceptions from the time of the initial medical examination through to final ...
Abir Hamdar
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The Life of Events: Exception and Everyday Life in Acapulco, Mexico
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT The paper focuses on the event of ‘Ingrid‐and‐Manuel’—a Hurricane and Tropical Storm that hit Acapulco, Mexico in 2013. It traces what this event was and how it remains for people in and beyond Acapulco. It does so in the context of a place where the lines between events and everyday life are often blurred, and yet the event was still named ...
Hector Becerril +2 more
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International Journal of Consumer Studies, Volume 50, Issue 3, May 2026.ABSTRACT Nonprofit humanitarian imagery has long sparked ethical concerns, yet these critiques often overlook how such images are received by potential donors—even though donor support is essential to nonprofit success. Most work seeking to understand ethical imagery has been largely conceptual or focused on single image attributes.
Aimee E. Smith +5 more
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Gold and tears of Maria Moura: a contemporary heroine in the hinterland of the nineteenth century
Gragoatá, 2005 Which should be the main traces of a heroin that really belongs to the XXIst century? The feuilleton of the XIXth century brings to paper many of the the strategies of theatrical melodrama, which appeared in France after French Revolution.
Patrícia Coelho Moretzsohn
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Flesh and code: The cinematic lineage of AI replacing humans from Maria to Cassandra
AI Magazine, Volume 47, Issue 1, Spring 2026.Abstract This study explores the evolving representation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) characters in media and its intersection with contemporary technological issues, focusing on the paradoxical human desire for emotional and creative replacement.
Jiyoung Kim, Ki Han Kwon
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The ThinkerThis article focuses on two post-apartheid melodramatic films that engage with the experiences of queer characters. While melodrama is often dismissed as a less serious and less sophisticated cinematic genre, I argue that it can be powerfully used to ...
Andy Carolin
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Melodrama and the Production of Empathy in Manuel Puig’s El Beso de la mujer araña
Latin American Literary Review, 2020 Manuel Puig’s 1974 novel, El Beso de la mujer araña, investigates how empathy can be incrementally learned through a melodramatic storytelling pratice and, eventually, mobilized to effect political and social change.
Irina Popescu
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‘Three Circles’: Winston Churchill's Approach to International Relations
History, Volume 111, Issue 395, Page 155-167, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article introduces a special issue that explores Winston Churchill's relationship with different countries. As its starting point, this piece takes Churchill's world view that Britain derived her status from its position at the focal point of three intersecting circles: Europe, the British Empire and the wider English‐speaking world ...
ALLEN PACKWOOD +2 more
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