Book Review: \u3ci\u3eVernacular Catholicism, Vernacular Saints: Selva J. Raj on “Being Catholic the Tamil Way”\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
Book review of Vernacular Catholicism, Vernacular Saints: Selva J. Raj on “Being Catholic the Tamil Way.” Edited by Reid B. Locklin.
Ponniah, James
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Visual Sociology of the Vernacular Urban Landscape: An Interview with Jerome Krase
Visual sociologist Jerome Krase looks at how cities change with immigration, globalization, and gentrification, with a focus on Brooklyn as well as comparative work in cities around the world.
Jerome Krase +2 more
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Saidpur village through architectural lens: Deciphering urban pattern and architectural heritage [PDF]
Saidpur is one of the oldest villages in Pakistan, its origin dates back five hundred years ago. Along with its scenic landscape, it has centuries-old historic importance as well.
Ramsha Nazir Malik +1 more
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Vernacular museum: communal bonding and ritual memory transfer among displaced communities [PDF]
Eclectically curated and largely ignored by the mainstream museum sector, vernacular museums sit at the interstices between the nostalgic and the future-oriented, the private and the public, the personal and the communal.
Baudrillard Jean +29 more
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Paradoksaalsed igapäevakujut(l)used? Narratiivsed persoonid, pärisustamine ja “Halvale teele” [PDF]
The present article elucidates and elaborates on the key theoretical and analytical positions developed in my doctoral dissertation on character engagement, based on the microanalysis of digital storytelling in the online reception of Breaking Bad ...
Siim Sorokin
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Historical and Ethnographical Publications in the Vernaculars of Colonial Zambia: Missionary Contribution to the 'Creation of Tribalism' [PDF]
This essay examines the chronology and attributes of literate ethno-history in Northern Rhodesia. While the earliest published authors were invariably members of missionary societies whose evangelical policies were predisposed towards the ...
Macola, Giacomo
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Medical humor and its role in the process of social perception of the disease (and of the patient)
According to evolutionary theory, humor is a psychological coping mechanism - a ploy that the human brain uses for conflict resolution. This study aims to investigate, through an autoethnographic approach based on one of the author's (HP's) personal ...
Helio Plapler, Fabiana Buitor Carelli
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Pensar la traducción como un contacto cultural: El potencial conceptual de la "Transculturación"
La noción de "transculturación" ha sido recurrente en el análisis cultural en América Latina, especialmente en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. El término, acuñado por el académico cubano Fernando Ortiz, ha sido retomado por críticos como Ángel Rama y ...
María Constanza Guzmán
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The audience for Old English texts: Ælfric, rhetoric and ‘the edification of the simple’ [PDF]
There is a persistent view that Old English texts were mostly written to be read or heard by people with no knowledge of Latin, or little understanding of it, especially the laity.
Gittos, Helen
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La question du roman en littérature africaine d’expression française. Une lecture de l’œuvre romanesque d’Émile Gankama [PDF]
In this study, we aim not only to place the work of Émile GANKAMA within the African literature of French expression, but also (and above all) to show that it makes a harmonious synthesis of various literary currents in the African Francophone ...
Ferdinand OKOKO-o-ALI
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