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Crossing classical thresholds: Gods, monsters and Hell dimensions in the Whedon universe

open access: yes, 2009
This essay shows that Classics provides an enriching context for the hugely popular youth-oriented fantasies on US television. Taking two Joss Whedon created series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, I examine what additional nuances might be revealed ...
James, Paula
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A Glitch in the Script: Fantasy, Realism and the Australian Imagination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Glitch is a six-part television series first aired on the Australian public broadcast network, the ABC, in July 2015. My interest is in ways that the series reflects certain aspects of Australian culture and history and, in particular, how inclusive ...
Conway-Herron, Janie
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Resisting Marriage and Renouncing Womanhood: The Choice of Taiwanese Buddhist Nuns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The traditional Chinese perception of Buddhist monastics is that they choose to renounce the world out of desperation — after failing in the world such that their only options are suicide or the monastery.
Crane, Hillary
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Freedom of Religion and Belief in India and Australia: An Introductory Comparative Assessment of Two Federal Constitutional Democracies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article considers the freedom of religion and belief (“free exercise”) in two secular federal constitutional democracies: India and Australia. Both constitutional systems emerged from the former British Empire and both continue in membership of the ...
Babie, Paul T., Bhanu, Arvind P.
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Entertaining illusions: how Indonesian élites imagine reality TV affects the masses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Andrejevic M.   +21 more
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Two plays by Ghelderode: The Blind Men and The Women at the Tomb [PDF]

open access: yes, 1962
Thesis (M.F.A.)--Boston ...
Draper, Samuel, Knaub, Donald
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Eden Inverted: On the Wild Self and the Contraction of Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The conditions of hunting and gathering through which one line of primates evolved into humans form the basis of what I term the wild self, a self marked by developmental needs of prolonged human neoteny and by deep attunement to the profusion of ...
Halton, Eugene
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Fighting a War You\u27ve Already Lost: Zombies and Zombis in \u3cem\u3eFirefly/Serenity\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3eDollhouse\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This article explores the use of zombie imagery in two sf narratives created by Joss Whedon: Firefly (US 2002–3), Serenity (US 2005) and Dollhouse (US 2009–10).
Canavan, Gerry
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