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Cyrk jako parodia komunizmu. Powieść "Kloktat dehet" Jáchyma Topola
Slavia Meridionalis, 2014 Circus as parody of communism. Gargling with Tar by Jáchym Topol This article deals with humanism in Jáchym Topol’s novel Gargling with Tar (Kloktat dehet, Prague, 2005).
Sylwia Siedlecka
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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
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, 2021 NICA 2021 Circus Variety Showcase live-stream event performed in September 2021. As a culmination of three years of elite training, NICA's graduating students will take centre stage and showcase their circus specialties. With acts including Maxx Parson's
National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA)
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SOCIAL INJUSTICE PRINCIPLES IN JENNY BICKS'S MOVIE SCRIPT THE GREATEST SHOWMAN ON EARTH 2015
Saksama, 2022 This research aims to analyze the representation of social injustice in the film script of The Greatest Showman on Earth. The film, released in 2017, is a musical drama that tells the story of P.T.
Nabila Fitria Fazrin, Ruminda Ruminda
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Low overall haemosporidian occurrence (3.4%; 13/383). Unexpected high lineage diversity (10 new host–parasite interactions). Novel Leucocytozoon lineage (GYPBAR01) in all European vultures except the griffon vulture. Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in adult red kites.
Pilar Oliva‐Vidal +5 more
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Breeding Dispersal of Baltic Dunlins Is Not an Adaptive Response to Unpredictable Nest Flooding
Animal Conservation, EarlyView.Flood‐related nest losses of the Baltic dunlin (Calidris alpina schinzii) have drastically increased over the past two decades. Using 20 years of reproductive data from 184 individuals, we found that between‐year and within‐site dispersal tended to increase following nest failure in males.
Jelena Belojević +6 more
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'The body does matter': Women as embodied social subjects in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus [PDF]
Зборник радова Филозофског факултета у Приштини, 2017 Postmodernism posed a crucial ontological challenge to reality, questioning what constitutes the real world, simultaneously interrogating the horizon of representation of this unstable reality in fiction. Feminism on the other hand equipped us with critical tools for interpreting the reality of being in the world in a gendered body, as well as with a ...
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Defiant pride: Origins and consequences of ethnic voting
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why do voters often remain loyal to ethnic parties despite receiving little in terms of material welfare? I develop a theory focused on the role of dignity concerns in explaining within‐group variation in ethnic party loyalty. Group members who face discrimination from state agencies dominated by outgroups respond with defiant pride, which ...
Mashail Malik
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Publicising the Private: Dressing Room Performances in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus
Forum, 2015 As liminal spaces between the public and private, women’s dressing rooms are often represented in literary texts as sites within which gender constructs are contested.
Jessica Farrugia
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The cat's out of the bag: Examining US wildlife trade of felids from 2000 to 2020
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Felids feature heavily in the wildlife trade, and an investigation into LEMIS data from 2000 to 2020 showed felid imports were dominated by bobcats and Canada lynx for fur, while tigers and leopards were the most commonly traded cats in the illegal market, primarily as medicinal products.
Alessandra M. Bresnan +3 more
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