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The Affective Afterlife of the “Smelly Immigrant” Trope: Contested Scents, “Race,” and Olfactory Contact Zones in Berlin

open access: yesCity &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper proposes the notion of “olfactory contact zones” to investigate the role of odors and scents and the affects they give rise to in Berlin's urban publics. Drawing on the notion of the “afterlife” of racialised violence, it shows how tropes of the “smelly immigrant,” anchored in European antisemitism and colonial history, live on ...
Claudia Liebelt
wiley   +1 more source

Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures

open access: yesLanguages
This article analyses the communicative power of eyebrows in ancient Rome within the framework of broader research into gestures from the same period. Our research uses the corpus of Latin literature to describe evidence of gestures in said texts.
M. Antonia Fornés Pallicer   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hip Hop as Linguistic and Sensory Contact Zones: Sounds and Rhythms of Vietnamese Rap and Dance in Munich and Hanoi

open access: yesCity &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, I draw on multi‐sited and remote ethnography in the cities of Munich in Germany and Hanoi in Vietnam to analyze how young hip hop artists transform cities as sensory contact zones through rap and dance. I show how young Vietnamese‐Germans amplify sensory contact zones in the diasporic city of Munich through the sounds, visuals,
Sandra Kurfürst
wiley   +1 more source

Aaron Michael Butts, ed., Semitic Languages in Contact

open access: yesAethiopica, 2017
Review
Alessandro Bausi
doaj   +1 more source

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

open access: yesWeather, Volume 81, Issue 9, Page 306-311, September 2026.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Die aanvang en omvang van anti-Semitisme in die antieke heidenwêreld in en rondom die Nuwe-Testamentiese tydvak

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 1999
The term “anti-Semitism” is in fact a misnomer, since it implies antipathy towards all people of Semitic origin. Not all conflicts between Jews and non-Jews should be seen as due to anti-Semitism.
A. du Toit
doaj   +1 more source

Two Faces of the Anti‐Inclusion Neoconservative Coin in Brazil: Neoliberalism and Far‐Right

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 1778-1790, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Brazil has recently experienced the resurgence of the far‐right, a movement that has also occurred in other countries around the world. Given this context, this article seeks to understand the factors that enabled the union among neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and the far‐right in Brazil, demonstrating that in times of economic crisis the ...
Eloisio Moulin de Souza
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond imagery: new approaches to the analysis of literary antisemitism and a casestudy of Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks

open access: yesNordisk Judaistik, 2000
The most common approach when analyzing literary antisemitism is to explore the “image of the Jew” in literary texts. At a closer look, this focus entails several problems, ranging from a neglect of other anti-Semitic elements in the text, to the risk ...
Franka Marquardt
doaj   +1 more source

Israel's Netanyahu Trap

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract On February 28, 2026, a major regional war broke out involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. While the theory of structural realism considers this conflict the product of shifting power dynamics, this article argues that it is better explained by what we term diversionary rhetorical entrapment.
Bulent Aras
wiley   +1 more source

Between typology and diachrony : some formal parallels in Hebrew and Maltese [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Hebrew and Maltese are obliquely related members of the Semitic language family. Past comparative research inspired by Bible translation highlighted in atomistic fashion a number of common traits in these two languages.
Borg, Alexander
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