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ЖАНР «MEMOIR OF A MAP» В ЛИНГВОГЕОГРАФИИ XVIII ВЕКА

Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2017
Рассматривается редкий жанр «memoir of a map» – «записки к карте», распространенный в Великобритании в XVIII в. Анализируется малоизвестная книга Г. Эллиса «Memoir of a Map of the Countries Comprehended Between the Black Sea and the Caspian; with an ...
Денис Иванович Петренко, Клара Эрновна Штайн   +1 more
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A Bond Stronger Than Marriage: Discipleship in the Works of Christopher Isherwood

Prague Journal of English Studies, 2019
This paper is concerned with Christopher Isherwood’s portrayal of his guru-disciple relationship with Swami Prabhavananda, situating it in the tradition of discipleship, which dates back to antiquity.
Latała Kinga
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Disability and masculinity in South African autosomatography

African Journal of Disability, 2014
This article examines the representation of disability by disabled black South African men as portrayed in two texts from the autosomatography genre, which encompasses first-person narratives of illness and disability.
Ken J. Lipenga
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Sexing the history of Indian anti‐colonial internationalism: White women, Indian men and the politics of the personal

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract In contrast to the wealth of literature on the gendered and sexual politics of Indian nationalism, studies on the internationalisation of Indian anti‐colonial nationalism are rarely informed by the twin themes of gender and sexuality. As Indian activists traversed international political spaces in the early twentieth century, they frequently ...
Joanna Simonow
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The Self Lost, the Self Adjusted: Forming a New Identity in Bereavement Memoirs by American Women

Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 2015
Most Western cultures place a great value on autonomy. American society in particular has always stressed the need to succeed via self-reliance, a characteristic which, in recent decades, has additionally manifested itself in an increasing inclination ...
Małecka Katarzyna
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Black Feminism Reflected through The Narrator’s Responses of Women Oppression In Maya Angelou’s Memoir: A Letter To My Daughter

Journal of Language and Literature, 2022
Any unjust situation where one group denies another group is considered as oppression. This condition is possibly initiated by groups that assume their internal attribute as superior to another group.
Elly Santi Pertiwi, Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani   +1 more
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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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Hemmed In? Considering the Complexities of Amish Womanhood

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2020
How have conceptions of Amish womanhood changed over time? In this article, I show that while early scholars offered only a rudimentary look at Amish women’s lives, current research is expanding and expounding upon this question. To begin, I survey early
Natalie Jolly
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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