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Legitimacy and Persuasion in the Anglo‐Scottish Wars of the 1540s

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract The considerable efforts of the invading English to justify their activities and garner support during the Anglo‐Scottish wars of the 1540s are well known. Recent welcome attention to Scottish texts produced during the conflict has begun to correct a previous historiographical imbalance towards English materials.
Amy Blakeway
wiley   +1 more source

The transnational-uncanny: strange territories in contemporary novels

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis seeks to develop a new conceptual territory in literature—the “transnational-uncanny”—based on the convergence of two border-crossing realms: transnationalism and the uncanny. To contextualize the convergent space of the transnational-uncanny,
Tara Goedjen (20162016)
core   +1 more source

BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological Challenges in Studying Wealthy Families

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying the wealthy is not easy. This piece provides suggestions for recruitment, interview strategies, and design to gain high‐quality data on wealthy people. It is based on an interview study of 81 US racially‐diverse families with a median net worth of $25 million. First, to gain access to the wealthy, it is key for the researcher to use a
Annette Lareau
wiley   +1 more source

Le chronotope dans la forme littéraire brève : (le cas du conte insolite français du XXe siècle)

open access: yesÉtudes romanes de Brno, 2013
Limited by the principles of brevity and conciseness, all short fictions pay attention to the choice of the time and the space. The uncanny tale, transgressing fantastic and marvelous poetics, appropriates some places and moments reserved to these two ...
Aleksandra Komandera
doaj  

The Moral Consequences of the Arendtian Space of Freedom

open access: yes
Constellations, EarlyView.
Seung‐Hwan Hong
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within ...
Bryan Boyle
wiley   +1 more source

The uncanny trumpster

open access: yes, 2018
The uncanny ...
Rod Giblett (14180669)
core  

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