How British authorities and Indian intellectuals developed ideas about deviant female sexuality to control and organize modern society in IndiaDuring the colonial period in India, European scholars, British officials, and elite Indian intellectualsphilologists, administrators, doctors, ethnologists, sociologists, and social criticsdeployed ideas about sexuality to understand modern Indian society.
1976 erschien ein zweibändiges Werk mit Rembrandt Grafiken, dessen Volumen so umfangreich ist, dass auch jetzt nur exemplarisch aufgezeigt werden kann, wie stark Kunst einerseits Begehrlichkeiten weckt, zum anderen manipuliert wird und als Kommunikationsmittel für Kreise dient, die sich normalerweise mit anderen Recherchen wie zu militärischen und politischen Strategien beschäftigen.
Winner of the 2024 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western BiographiesJohn William Dear was born in 1845 into a close-knit farming family in Northern Virginia.
Winner of the 2024 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western BiographiesJohn William Dear was born in 1845 into a close-knit farming family in Northern Virginia.
In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland recounts her personal journey to dismantle the cultural whitemalegod and uncover the Sacred Black Feminine, introducing a Black Female God who imbues us with hope, healing, and liberating presence.
'This is the kind of book I wish I had access to as a young mum' Nadiya Hussain___________What does it mean to be a parent in a space where you are the minority?
Un ensayo perspicaz y convincente que acerca tanto a gamers como a analógicos al medio cultural que más impacto económico y social tiene en el mundo: los videojuegos.
A rich history of underwater filmmaking and how it has profoundly influenced the aesthetics of movies and public perception of the oceansIn The Underwater Eye, Margaret Cohen tells the fascinating story of how the development of modern diving equipment and movie camera technology has allowed documentary and narrative filmmakers to take human vision into the depths, creating new imagery of the seas and the underwater realm, and expanding the scope of popular imagination.
An intellectual history of the late Roman Republicand the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil warIn The Roman Republic of Letters, Katharina Volk explores a fascinating chapter of intellectual history, focusing on the literary senators of the mid-first century BCE who came to blows over the future of Rome even as they debated philosophy, history, political theory, linguistics, science, and religion.
"e;Ask imis her ne meyve varsa su kainat baginda,Her dem baska bir alemin baska bir dalinda,Yaratir mi hic su Alemi luzumsuz bos yere,Her nereye baksan gosterir sana bir mucize.
The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II.
Antisemitismus ist ein vielschichtiges Phänomen, das sich in der Vergangenheit stets an neue gesellschaftliche Verhältnisse anpassen konnte, ohne seinen Wesenskern als (Pseudo-)Rebellions-Ideologie gegen die kapitalistische Moderne zu verlieren.
Wahrheit, Lüge & Vernunft - Über die Macht der ManipulationWir alle sind Fakten und Emotionen ausgesetzt und nicht immer sind die Grenze zwischen Wahrheit und Täuschung klartrennbar.
Este libro destaca el contorno de la politizacion de la identidad indigena y su proceso de organizacion politica, al reconstruir los varios campos de discusion y coyunturas de donde emergieron las luchas indigenas, aquellas que se volvieron significativas y promovieron cambios.
New perspectives on early globalisms from objects and imagesTales Things Tell offers new perspectives on histories of connectivity between Africa, Asia, and Europe in the period before the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth century.
"e;Native American Studies"e; is an interdisciplinary collection which examines the history, culture, religion and language of indigenous people in North America.
"e;Secrets of Strict Observance"e; delves into the veiled world of Freemasonry, offering a rare glimpse into the rituals and historical significance of this enigmatic fraternity.
How computational methods can expand how we see, read, and listen to Holocaust testimonyThe Holocaust is one of the most documentedand now digitizedevents in human history.
How computational methods can expand how we see, read, and listen to Holocaust testimonyThe Holocaust is one of the most documentedand now digitizedevents in human history.
A paradigm-shifting book from therapist and founder of @browngirltherapy, offering powerful insights and guidance for multi-cultural readers to better understand, accept and nurture their mental wellbeingSahaj grew up as a south-asian girl in a white American community, constantly trying to reconcile her two identities, always feeling like she wasn t enough of either.
A hypnotic, suspenseful novel about the simmering obsessions, passions and rivalries between two young women and an enigmatic lecturer - unfolding on a university campus with the darkest history.
'A rich history Harding writes with energy and insight, wearing a tremendous amount of learning lightly' - Rana Mitter, Financial Times This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away.
Explores the origins and practices of early alchemy*; Examines the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the ';Royal Art,' and the first alchemists, showing how women dominated early alchemy*; Looks at the historical setting for the first alchemists, with detailed accounts of their apparatus, recipes, chemical processes, and the ingredients they used*; Reveals how changing the color of materials was more important in early alchemy than transmuting base metals into goldInvestigating the origins of alchemy and the legend of the Philosopher's Stone, Tobias Churton explores the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the ';Royal Art,' and the first alchemists themselves.
In 1884, twenty-three-year-old Corabelle Fellows left her family in Washington, DC, and journeyed out West to teach Native children in Nebraska and Dakota Territory.
Los cierres que tuvo la administración de justicia estatal como consecuencia de las medidas de aislamiento derivadas del COVID-19 generaron múltiples retos para la resolución de conflictos o necesidades jurídicas a nivel global.
