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The World System, Regional Systems, And The Limitations Of Historical Urban Population Datasets, Karl E. Ryavec

Comparative Civilizations Review

This study presents a method for mapping and comparing the regional extents of historical city-based economies at the global scale by integrating the World-Systems Theory of Immanuel Wallerstein with the Regional Systems Theory of G. W. Skinner. The approach taken here focuses on mapping urban cores and their rural peripheries based on available disaggregated urban population estimates for 1741 cities according to six main historical periods from ca. 3700 BCE to 1900 CE. As a result, a spatial history of some regional-scale changes wrought by increasing modes of capitalism in the Modern and Industrial periods may be compared with earlier …

One Book—Two Authors—Whose Ideas?, Leland Conley Barrows

Comparative Civilizations Review

This short essay attempts to answer some questions that came to my mind regarding the authorship and the origin of ideas developed in De la Sénégambie française (Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie., 1855) by Frédéric Carrère and Paul Holle, two notables of mid-nineteenth century Saint-Louis, Senegal. I had been commissioned to prepare an analysis of the attitudes towards Islam of the authors for Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History 1500-1900, a multi-volume series of bibliographical studies under preparation by the Department of Theology and Religion of the University of Birmingham in England being published, volume by …

Narratological Functions Through The Female Lens: The Cases Of The All Souls Trilogy And The Winternight Trilogy, Catalina Millán Scheiding

Faculty Works

This paper offers a comparative analysis of two acclaimed fantasy trilogies by women writers, The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness and The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden. By focusing on a qualitative analysis of structural narratological functions through the actions of the main characters (hero / villain), the article argues that the hero displays a personal motivation in both trilogies, which results in a larger impact of their mission. The personal motivation appears to be linked to the protection of family and the underlying construction of a unique perception of affection. This motivation modifies the roles and the impact …

Understanding The Human Condition Through The Depiction Of Protagonists In Crime And Mystery Novels, Kevalin Kaewruean

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Extant criticism of crime and mystery fiction has indicated how protagonists have freedom of choice in dealing with difficult situations in different forms of risky or challenging settings. In this article, previous criticism is evaluated in terms of its reflection of an essential element of the human condition: the Self’s free will to construct the existential and spatial meanings of its phenomenological existence in relation to the Other. The article further indicates that protagonists tend to disregard their freedom and responsibility for their actions, especially when they make existential choices in traumatic or critical situations. Additionally, the dominance of others …

Gender Identification In Language Other Than Mother-Tongue : A Case Of Non-Thai Listeners Deciphering A Thai Male Speaker’S Gender, Savitri Gadavanij

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

This paper explores what factors contribute to distinguishing gay sounding and straight man sounding speech; linguistic cognate or social knowledge and whether the gender of listeners also determines ability in identification. To answer these questions, 286 participants were classified by nationality into 3 groups of participants: Thai listeners as a control group, Zhuang, and Other listeners. They were asked to listen to 12 voice stimuli in Thai from straight and gay men and identify the gender of the speakers. The outcome revealed that the accuracy rate in identifying a speaker’s gender varied among the 3 groups of listeners with Thai …

The Fragmentation Of Religious Authority In Provincial Towns In Indonesia: The Case Of The Mui (Indonesian Muslim Scholar Council) In Pekanbaru And Pontianak, Imron Rosidi, Yasril Yazid, Amril -

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

This article discusses the fragmentation of religious authority in Pekanbaru and Pontianak, Indonesia, focusing on the local mui (Indonesian Muslim Scholar Council). Employing qualitative methods, the mui Pontianak and Pekanbaru experience similar religious authority fragmentation due to the human agency. Members of the mui Pontianak and Pekanbaru represent Islamic organisations in Indonesia’s fight for the religious authority of their Islamic organisations, not for the cohesion of religious authority in the mui. Because religious authority has the desired will, it is no wonder that outside the mui Pontianak and Pekanbaru many Muslim figures struggle to preserve it. Individuals challenge the religious …

Keith Dowding. The Philosophy And Methods Of Political Science. 2016. 296 Pages, Watcharabon Buddharaksa

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

No abstract provided.

Japanese Anime Fandoms In The Uae: An Exploratory Study On Media Accessibility, Habits And Cultural Perceptions, Urwa Mohammed Tariq, Sarah Laura Nesti Willard

CoHSS Faculty Work

The satellite TV revolution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the early 1990s precipitated the proliferation of foreign media broadcasts. Japanese anime dubbed into Arabic became the most-watched content in Emirati households, a trend that continues to date because the Japanese entertainment and digital media industry offers youngsters easy access to and diverse options for anime. This paper provides an overview and analysis of the growing popularity of anime fandoms in the UAE to ascertain the level of commitment, involvement and the moral perceptions of Emirati fans vis-à-vis Japanese pop culture. A focus group discussion was conducted in a …

The Great Upheaval: Women And Nation In Postwar Nigeria, Judith A. Byfield

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

This social and intellectual history of women’s political activism in postwar Nigeria reveals the importance of gender to the study of nationalism and poses new questions about Nigeria’s colonial past and independent future.

In the years following World War II, the women of Abeokuta, Nigeria, staged a successful tax revolt that led to the formation first of the Abeokuta Women’s Union and then of Nigeria’s first national women’s organization, the Nigerian Women’s Union, in 1949. These organizations became central to a new political vision, a way for women across Nigeria to define their interests, desires, and needs while fulfilling the …

A Field Guide To The Poetry Of Theodore Roethke, William Barillas

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

A constellation of essays that reanimates the work of this pivotal twentieth-century American poet for a new century.

This volume is the first to reconsider Roethke’s work in terms of the expanded critical approaches to literature that have emerged since his death in 1963. Editor William Barillas and over forty contributors, including highly respected literary scholars, critics, and writers such as Peter Balakian, Camille Paglia, Jay Parini, and David Wojahn, collectively make a case for Roethke’s poetry as a complete, unified, and evolving body of work. The accessible essays employ a number of approaches, including formalism, ecocriticism, reader-response, and feminist …

Expatriate Middle Eastern Muslim Mothers’ Stories About Sex Education In U.S. Schools: Communication Privacy Challenges And Narrative Typologies, Nada Alfeir

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

This study examines the stories of expatriate Middle Eastern Muslim (EMEM) mothers in the U.S. about how they talked with their children about the sexual education classes offered in U.S. public schools. Three concepts from the Communication Privacy Management theory (CPM; Petronio, 2002) were adapted to an interpretive narrative perspective drawn on Frank's (2013) typology of narrative types. A total of 15 EMEM mothers who had lived for more than one year in the U.S. were recruited in the study. Qualitative data were collected through written stories and interviews, and supplemented by the author's observations. All written stories and interviews …

The Power Of The Panel: How American Comic Book Media Utilizes The Panel To Alter Audience Interaction, Austin Biese

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

This thesis traces the evolution of the panel across decades as well as various mediums. In one form, the panel becomes stretched when characters break the fourth wall to immerse readers in a new perspective on how the panel functions and creates meaning. In another form, comic book film adaptations comic imagery to instill a sense of nostalgia and to wink and nod at the audience, stretching the conventions of what the panel can be to impact the devoted audience. Lastly, in modern comic-reading apps, a ‘Smart Reading’ function remediates panels to provide an easier and unified path to read …

Black Grocers, Black Activism, And The Spaces In Between: Black Grocery Stores During The Mississippi Freedom Struggle Movement, Keon Ahmad Burns

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores the role of Black-owned grocery stores and their owners during the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Movement. The thesis highlights four Black grocery store owners, and the impact they had on the movement. Grocery stores played a vital role and were often sites of contestants. Black-owned grocery stores served as meeting spaces for Black activism, targets of White domestic terrorism, and safe havens for Black Mississippians. These spaces provided a space for political agency, leisure, and safety. Likewise, this thesis centers Black grocery store owners as fundamental to the progress of the movement. It explores an array of ways …

A Natural Fit For The Natural State: The Emergence Of Black Power Organizations In Arkansas From 1968-1975, Maurice D. Gipson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study seeks to explore how Black Arkansans on college campuses in rural towns navigated their local circumstances while embracing tenets of Black Power. By 1968, public PWIs in Arkansas were contending with an influx of Black students due to the gains of the Civil Rights Movement. Even though many of the universities had been integrated years and even decades earlier, they were still ill-equipped for the number of Black students that would enroll and descend upon the towns during this period.

Imagining An Asian American Superhero Of North Korean Origin: A Design Fiction, Seo-Young J. Chu

Publications and Research

My talk, a thought-experimental blend of literary criticism and speculative "design fiction," will introduce you to an Asian American superhero of North Korean origin. In this science-fictional superhero, whom I have tentatively named "구름"/"☁️"/"Ku-reum," Korea's elusive realities coalesce into legible form. More specifically, they become available for narrative experience and relatable to us as an anthropomorphic character, a person with whom we might identify, come face-to-face, sympathize, interact dynamically, and have a conversation. Ku-reum is designed to reflect Korea's complex past and hopes for the future. Existing beyond division systems, Ku-reum uses the non-binary pronouns "one"/"they." Neither "South" nor "North," …

"Quevedo Y La Vita Anacreontis: Retórica Y Dialéctica Al Servicio De La Biografía", Adrian Izquierdo

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

La Traducción De Textos Humanísticos En Los Siglos De Oro, Adrian Izquierdo

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

從《裸命》看陳冠中小説裏的異托邦書寫, Hoi To Kwan

Dissertations from all years

陳冠中本是一名文化人，七十年代在港創辦《號外》雜誌，亦曾任電影編劇。小説作品只有《太陽膏之夢》（1978）、《什麼都沒有發生》（1998）等數部短篇。他直到2000年定居北京，才潛心寫作 。其作品計有《盛世：中國2013年》（2009）、《裸命》（2013）、《建豐二年》（2015）及近作《北京零公里》（2020）。這幾部作品均以不同的表現方式構建出一個「具備異質性的場域」，以此觀照在中國共產黨統治之下的新中國，寫出時代的矛盾，並由此想象新中國的未來進路。

《裸命》在2013年出版，以藏人強巴的第一身敍事角度切入，描寫其在漢藏兩地的所見所聞，並滲入大膽的情慾書寫，以此呈現人在當代中國下的生存困局。本文會以該文本為研究對象，透過分析作品中的藏地書寫、情慾隱喻等不同元素，找出陳冠中作品中異托邦圖像的特徵，並歸結出異托邦在當下時代的意義。論文第一章為緒論，將交代研究緣起及研究方法，概述陳冠中數部政治小説的特色，及《裸命》的獨特之處；第二章界定傅柯（Michel Foucault）提出的異托邦概念；第三章以文本細讀的方式，從小説中的性愛描寫、藏地書寫以及裸命的具體呈現等筆法入手，並借用阿岡本( Giorgio Agamben)的政治哲學觀，找出文中異托邦書寫與現實的關係及意義所在；第四章為結論，總結陳冠中以小説回應時代，洞見現實的寫作特點。

論泰州學派對晚明文學人本思潮的影響 : 以「三言」為例, Junting Jin

Dissertations from all years

自20世紀初梁啟超提出「早期啟蒙說」以後，陸續有侯外廬、蕭萐父等學者致力於從明清時期探求中國自身學術發展的啟蒙思想，並希望以此追溯中國現代化進程的內在動因。

隨著研究的推進，學者們逐步意識到，早在明中後期（約16世紀，近乎與歐洲文藝復興同時），中國本土就已經出現了具有啟蒙色彩的思想學說，也即是王陽明心學門下的泰州學派。這一學派又被稱作王門左派，因為它的創始人王艮雖受學於陽明，但又常常不滿師說而另外提出了許多新的見解（如百姓日用即道、吾身是天下國家之本、天性之體本自活潑等等）。從當時的視角來看，這無異於是對儒家宗旨及封建傳統的頂撞與叛逆。也因此在很長的時間裡，泰州學派都蒙受著 “狂放空疏”、“亡國之學”一類的罵名。

但是，隨著近代學界對於「早期啟蒙說」的提出，人們得以洗刷成見，並重新發掘出泰州學說中追求平等、重視人權及解放個性之類帶有啟蒙性質的閃光點。不過，由於此說提出未久，前人對此的分析著述相對比較有限。而且已有的研究或偏重於論述哲學思想的發展，或偏重於論述文學思想的發展，而能做到兩相並重，並從文學現象出發去反映泰州哲學與文學之間影響關係的著述則尚不多見。故而本文旨在對這一領域做出嘗試，通過對於明代歷史、思想、文學之間發展關係的大致梳理，找尋其中互相影響的動態脈絡。並通過對馮夢龍「三言」中故事人物的言行舉止與思想傾向的細節觀察，去證明並揭示泰州思想對於晚明文壇人本思潮的滲透。

文章大致分為四部分：第一章緒論交待明初至明中晚期的思想與文學之發展概況；第二章具體闡述泰州學派的由來及其三大人本思想主張；第三章論述泰州思想對於文壇個性解放思潮的影響，並以李贄與馮夢龍為切入點，結合馮氏「三言」具體分析其中的人本精神呈現；第四章為全文總結。

人性與藥性, Tik Yin Wong

Dissertations from all years

這是一個瘋狂的年代，位於社會低下階層的鍾家為了徹底根治鍾老爺的病，四處尋找合適的藥物。終於在鍾媽的努力下，得到了羅醫師開的藥方。然而，明明眼前的藥物就能挽救全家的命運，但鍾家卻因為負擔不起昂貴的藥費，迫不得已轉向了康大叔的推薦——人血饅頭。

兩種藥物，兩種不同的藥效，尋覓已久的藥物就擺在眼前，藥的功效與人的險惡偏偏在交纏在一起。在不幸之中，既有貪婪與冷血侵吞著剩餘的人性，也出現過能治愈病痛的藥性，一個錯誤的選擇更逼得兒子鍾新走上革命的道路，故事就在讀者知道真相與結局的情況下拉開序幕。

Understanding Sexual Abuse And Redemption Of Persons With Sexual Abuse History Through The Person And Work Of Jesus Christ, Nag Chi Wong

Seattle Pacific Seminary Theses

“Where can sexual abuse survivors find hope in God?” In order to seek an answer to this question, I turned to the person and work of Christ. My hope and belief are that through looking at the person and work of Jesus, where fullness of God was pleased to dwell, we might be able to find the message that God is speaking to God’s hurting children. What is God telling us about Godself, about sexual abuse survivors, and about all God’s people through Jesus’ incarnation, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection, as well as through the eternal Lamb? Much has been written …

Concert Recording 2021-04-05, James Joseph

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Determination, acoustic ; [03:41]. Determination, room / James Joseph -- [07:28]. Solidão, acoustic ; [10:29]. Solidão, room / Jobim -- [13:28]. Dialog, room ; [17:38]. Blue bossa, electric ; [28:44]. Blue bossa, room / Kenny Dorham -- 39:55]. Bright size life, electric ; [47:06]. Bright size life, room / Pat Metheny -- [54:30]. Eastbound, electric ; [01:00:58]. Eastbound, room / Fourplay Band -- [01:12:27]. Sweet night, electric ; [Track 13]. Sweet night, room / James Joseph.

Concert Recording 2021-04-09, Grant Hollis

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Solace: a lyric concerto / Joel Love -- [21:20]. Energy drink I / Mark Engebretson -- [30:37]. Tantrum / Stacy Garrop -- [46:03]. Star bits / Corey Dundee.

Concert Recording 2021-04-12, Aaron Smelley, Miroslava Panayotova, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Nightsongs / Richard Peaslee -- [11:25]. Cascades / Allen Vizzutti -- [15:22]. Concertino in E-flat / Ernest Sachse -- [22:45]. Rose Variations. Intro, The garden gate ; Theme, Carolina (wild) rose ; Var I, Dorothy Perkins (rambler) rose ; Var II, Frau Karl Druschki (white) rose ; Var III, Cinnamon rose (with humming birds) ; Var IV, American beauty (red) rose / Robert Russell Bennett.

Concert Recording 2021-04-14, Jude Balthazar, Hyun Kim

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Athalia. Gentle airs melodious strains / George Frederic Handel -- [03:11]. Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Gellert, Op. 48. Bitten ; Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur / Ludwig van Beethoven -- [09:46]. Seven melodies, op. 2. Sérénade Italienne ; [11:43]. Le colibri / Ernest Chausson -- [16:05]. Ayiti Peyi salè (Haiti, sunny island) / Emeline Michel -- [20:22]. Italian romanze. A vucchella ; L 'ultimo bacio / Francesco Paulo Tosti -- [25:00 ]. A view from the bridge. New York lights / William Bolcom.

Concert Recording 2021-04-22a, Jenelle Edwards, Sophie Lopez

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sicilienne and rigaudon in the style of Francoeur / Kriesler -- [06:13]. Suite for violin and orchestra in A minor, op. 10. I. Presto ; II. Adadio / Sinding -- [13:41]. Concerto for violin no. 1 in A minor. I. Allegro ; II. Adagio / J.S. Bach -- [24:56]. Violin concerto in B minor opus 35. I. Allegro moderato ; II. Andante ; III. Alegro moderato / Rieding.

Concert Recording 2021-04-22b, Harrison Goertz, Miroslava Panayotova, Lisa Auten

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata for horn and piano. I. Massig bewegt ; II. Ruhig bewegt ; III. Lebhalf / Paul Hindemith -- [18:25]. Sonata no. 3 for horn and piano. I. Moderately fast ; III. With a solid beat and a jazz feeling / Alec Wilder-- [25:49]. Concerto no. 2 in E♭ major for horn and piano. I. Allegro ; II. Andante con moto ; [39:17]. III. Rondo, Allegro molto / Richard Strauss.

Concert Recording 2021-10-17, Er-Gene Kahng, Tim Macduff, Dominic K. Na, Hyun Kim

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Violin sonata no. 1 in D minor, op. 75. I. Alegro agitato, Adagio ; II. Allegretto moderato, Allegro molto / Camille Saint-Saëns -- [10:20]. Suite Hebraique. I. Rapsodie ; II. Processional ; III. Affirmation / Ernst Bloch -- [24:50]. Cello sonata in D minor, op. 40. III. Largo ; IV. Allegro / Dmitri Shostakovich -- [36:29]. Piano quartet no. 2. I. Allegretto ; II. Andante maestoso ma con moto ; III. Poco allegro più tosto moderato ; IV. Allegro / Saint-Saëns.

Concert Recording 2021-10-18, Moon-Sook Park, Hyun Kim, Dominic K. Na, Chris Scherer, Jeffrey A. Murdock

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. lo song pur solo, H. 344, Solo cantata for soprano and basso continuo. I. Recitiative, lo son pur solo ; II. Aria, Sono amante / Alessandro Scarlatti - Szene aus Goethe's Faust. Gretchens Bitte, D. 564 / Franz Schubert -- Deh pietoso, oh addolorata / Giuseppe Verdi -- Song of Almah. I. Rose of Sharon ; III. Cedar Lebanon / Andrew Beall -- [44:48]. Duet.Les chansons des roses. Dirait-on / Morten Lauridsen -- Puisqu'ici bas toute âme, Op. 10, No. 1 / Gabriel Fauré -- Korean art song collection. Ihwau (Pear blossom rain) ; Betle Norae (Loom song) / …

Concert Recording 2021-10-28, Daniel Crawford, Doug Harnish, Ray Lenhart, Ethan Peters, Ethan Thompson, Will Williams, Ethan Coombs, Keven Kraus, Cory Mixdorf, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Razorbones

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. À la manière de Schumann / Jean-Michel Defaye -- [05:25]. Bushes and briars / Ralph Vaughan Williams ; arranged by Richard Myers-- [08:16]. Now is the month of Maying / Thomas Morley-- [09:27]. Concerto in one movement / Alexey Lebedev -- [17:07]. Suite of Lieder. I. Lob der Einsamkeit ; II. Grab und Mond ; III. Widersprich / Franz Schubert ; arranged by Rowell -- [23:58]. The song of King David / Norman Bolter -- [32:31]. Leviathan / Jack Wilds -- [34:50]. -- Ave Maria / Anton Bruckner ; arranged by Donald R. Frederick -- [37:01]. Prelude, op. 34, …