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Cuento folklórico y narrativa oral : versiones, variantes y estudios de génesis
Cuadernos LIRICO, 2013 In this article, I propose an approach to oral narrative from a genetic perspective, linking the versions and variants of folktale with textual variants studied by genetic criticism.
María Inés Palleiro
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The Mysterious Stranger and Modern Enchantment
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sociological accounts of modernity have long emphasized rationalization, alienation, and the attenuation of affective intensity. While these diagnoses capture crucial dynamics of modern social order, they leave underexplored a persistent and generative dimension of social life: enchantment.
Dmitry Kurakin
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Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT ‘Middle Australia’ became a ubiquitous term of social categorisation and political positioning during the latter decades of the 20th century. This article examines how this concept was variously used in the metropolitan print media in the guises of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age of Melbourne, including in their reporting of federal and ...
Chris Beer
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1989 december Revolution. Urban legends [PDF]
Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2018 The urban legends about terrorists that emerged during the revolution of December 1989 represent a special category. They are closely connected to the manipulation and diversion techniques and are typical of the period in which they were launched.
Oana VOICHICI
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UrbanClipAtlas: A Visual Analytics Framework for Event and Scene Retrieval in Urban Videos
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract Extracting actionable insights from long‐duration urban videos is often labor‐intensive: analysts must manually sift through raw footage to pinpoint target events or uncover broader behavioral trends. In this work, we present UrbanClipAtlas, a visual analytics system for exploring long urban videos recorded at street intersections ...
Joel Perca +5 more
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Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016 Urban legends are friend-of-a-friend stories (FOAFS) that are told to describe strange, but supposedly real events, when in fact they are fictional through word of mouth invention or distortion.
Ljubomir Hristić
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POLTERGEIST PHENOMENA IN CONTEMPORARY FOLKLORE [PDF]
Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2017 The article deals with instances of the supernatural in Romanian urban legends, namely what we call the strigoi , or poltergeist. Usually, folklorists tend to exclude the supernatural f rom the category of urban legends, however we have decided to take ...
Oana VOICHICI
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Gender Attitudes Roles Evaluation in Collections‐Based Organizations: Overcoming the Gender Bias
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Collections‐based organizations (CBOs) have historically been institutions that reinforce values and power structures including gender inequalities. However, in recent decades, feminism and critical theory have promoted significant changes in how CBOs address gender issues in their collections, exhibitions, and educational programmes ...
Mar Gaitán
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Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.An integrated framework combining geometric morphometrics and ecological niche modeling was applied to Cydalima perspectalis to assess intergenerational morphological variation, test sexual dimorphism, and predict future distribution under climate scenarios. Wing shape effectively discriminated between generations but not between sexes.
Nurver Altun +2 more
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The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
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