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Topscholar™ And Selectedworks™: Forging New Paths Of Information Access And Research, Connie Foster
Topscholar™ And Selectedworks™: Forging New Paths Of Information Access And Research, Connie Foster
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Presentation made before the WKU Academic Deans regarding the use of TopSCHOLAR and SelectedWorks in promoting scholarly publication among faculty.
A New Way To Look At Culture And Its Influence On Advertising Around The World, Pamela K. Morris
A New Way To Look At Culture And Its Influence On Advertising Around The World, Pamela K. Morris
Pamela K. Morris
Research investigates culture and its influencing role. With anthropological theories, a model is created to show how cultural dimensions influence media and advertising content. Encompassing 108 countries, a factor analysis of 71 country characteristics finds four dimensions: Holistic, Nationalistic, Feminine and Masculine. A content analysis of magazine advertisements provides data of images that are tested for correlations with cultural dimensions. The study updates cultural literature with new social phenomena data, like cell phone and Internet users.
Inconvenient Questions: Televisual Representations And The Building Of Kyrgyz National Identity, Greta Uehling
Inconvenient Questions: Televisual Representations And The Building Of Kyrgyz National Identity, Greta Uehling
Greta Uehling
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Altered States Of Embodiment: Spirit Possession In Ethnographic And Feature Films, Kevin Taylor Anderson
Altered States Of Embodiment: Spirit Possession In Ethnographic And Feature Films, Kevin Taylor Anderson
Kevin Taylor Anderson
Possession and other forms of altered states of embodiment are represented in both feature and ethnographic films, yet result in divergent illustrations. Ethnographic films dealing with possession (a la Rouch, Deren, Adair, Asch) suggest that it is a therapeutic phenomenon, often framed as a means of resistance to dominant socio-political forces. Yet, in feature films the possessed body is rendered as a passive recipient of diabolical forces. In the former case, possession signals empowerment, in the latter disempowerment. In addition to its portrayal as a form of resistance, religious supplicants in such ethnographic films as Rouch’s Les Maitre Fous and …
Altered States Of Embodiment: Spirit Possession In Ethnographic And Feature Films, Kevin Taylor Anderson
Altered States Of Embodiment: Spirit Possession In Ethnographic And Feature Films, Kevin Taylor Anderson
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Possession and other forms of altered states of embodiment are represented in both feature and ethnographic films, yet result in divergent illustrations. Ethnographic films dealing with possession (a la Rouch, Deren, Adair, Asch) suggest that it is a therapeutic phenomenon, often framed as a means of resistance to dominant socio-political forces. Yet, in feature films the possessed body is rendered as a passive recipient of diabolical forces. In the former case, possession signals empowerment, in the latter disempowerment. In addition to its portrayal as a form of resistance, religious supplicants in such ethnographic films as Rouch’s Les Maitre Fous and …