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Investigating The Relationship Between Noun Classes And Plant Folk Taxonomy In Chasu Language Of Kilimanjaro Region In Tanzania, Peter Rabson Mziray
Investigating The Relationship Between Noun Classes And Plant Folk Taxonomy In Chasu Language Of Kilimanjaro Region In Tanzania, Peter Rabson Mziray
Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
The current study investigates the relationship between noun classes and plant folk taxonomy in Chasu (G 22). The study focuses on two objectives: the first objective is to describe the plant folk taxonomy in Chasu and the second objective is to determine the relationship between noun classes and plant folk taxonomy in Chasu. Data were collected from rural villages in Same and Mwanga districts by using free listing, field interviews (jungle-walk-and-identify), and written texts containing Chasu plant names. The findings reveal that Chasu folk taxonomy reflects different ethnobotanical categories; including a unique beginner which is mmea/mimea ‘plant(s)’, and three life …
Orpheus And The Harrowing Of Hell In The Tale Of Beren And Lúthien, Giovanni Carmine Costabile
Orpheus And The Harrowing Of Hell In The Tale Of Beren And Lúthien, Giovanni Carmine Costabile
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Critics have observed that Beren and Lúthien’s tale is a Christian retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The “Harrowing of Hell” tradition is widespread in Italy as attested by the mosaic of San Marco among others, but it is in France that the Ovid Moralized reconnects it to Orpheus who descended into the Underworld to save Eurydice (an already late antique parallel) and therefore attests a happy ending version of the story that can be found in medieval England and also in various classical sources, perhaps even in the original legend of Orpheus. The apocryphal Harrowing is also …
Death, Dreaming, And Diaspora: Achieving Orientation Through Afro-Spirituality, Liz Johnston, Jaime Elizabeth Johnston
Death, Dreaming, And Diaspora: Achieving Orientation Through Afro-Spirituality, Liz Johnston, Jaime Elizabeth Johnston
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Enslavement, colonization, and the systems that uphold racial injustice were and still are a series of new, unfathomable, and challenging experiences that prompt individuals within the diaspora to seek orientation. How does a human cope with centuries of attempts at the systematic destruction of their humanity, culture, and identity? How can they reclaim that identity, especially when so much of it seems lost? I address these questions by utilizing texts from the expansive body of work regarding ethnographic-historical-religious studies on Afro-spiritual practices to better analyze instances in literature in the ongoing practice of diasporic orientation. In this project, I argue …
The Others (2001) By Alejandro Amenábar In The Light Of Valentinian Thought, Fryderyk Kwiatkowski
The Others (2001) By Alejandro Amenábar In The Light Of Valentinian Thought, Fryderyk Kwiatkowski
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
The article offers a Valentinian interpretation of the Hollywood film The Others (2001). A particular attention is paid to the ways in which cinematic motifs and narrative elements of the film draw on myths, ideas and symbolic imagery present in Valentinian works, especially in the Gospel of Truth (NHC I, 3) and the Gospel of Philip (NHC II, 3). In the course of the heuristic analysis, the paper argues that although the film employs Valentinian ideas, it depicts different understanding of the world. This issue is addressed in the last part of the article by situating the film within broader …
French Women In Art: Reclaiming The Body Through Creation/Les Femmes Artistes Françaises : La Réclamation Du Corps À Travers La Création, Liatris Hethcoat
French Women In Art: Reclaiming The Body Through Creation/Les Femmes Artistes Françaises : La Réclamation Du Corps À Travers La Création, Liatris Hethcoat
Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
The research I have conducted for my French Major Senior Thesis is a culmination of my passion for and studies of both French language and culture and the history and practice of Visual Arts. I have examined, across the history of art, the representation of women, and concluded that until the 20th century, these representations have been tools employed by the makers of history and those at the top of the patriarchal system, used to control women’s images and thus women themselves. I survey these representations, which are largely created by men—until the 20th century. I discuss pre-historical …
About The Concept Of "Gnosticism" In Fiction Studies, Fryderyk Kwiatkowski
About The Concept Of "Gnosticism" In Fiction Studies, Fryderyk Kwiatkowski
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
I In his article "About the Concept of 'Gnosticism' in Fiction Studies" Fryderyk Kwiatkowski notices that in the twentieth-century humanities the concept of Gnosticism has become a popular term for labelling tendencies in modernity and postmodernity. Kwiatkowski argues that the majority of scholars in fiction studies base their research on outdated methodologies. In consequence, Kwiatkowski presents an overview of contemporary approaches in Gnostic studies and discusses how they can be adapted in studies of literature, film, video games, comic books, etc. By outlining advantages and disadvantages of methodological approaches, Kwiatkowski posits that in studies of fiction with Gnostic components it …
Notes On Contributors, Providence College
Notes On Contributors, Providence College
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Resilience And Courage: Women, Men, And The Holocaust, Jane Lunin Perel
Resilience And Courage: Women, Men, And The Holocaust, Jane Lunin Perel
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Frontmatter, Providence College
Frontmatter, Providence College
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Paul Ricoeur: A Philosophical Journey, William C. Dowling
Paul Ricoeur: A Philosophical Journey, William C. Dowling
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Providence: Studies In Western Civilization Fall/Winter 2004, Providence College
Providence: Studies In Western Civilization Fall/Winter 2004, Providence College
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Imperial Catholicism In Late Antiquity? A North African Illustration, Daniel Van Slyke
Imperial Catholicism In Late Antiquity? A North African Illustration, Daniel Van Slyke
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
The Margaret Chapel At Maria Medingen As A Theatrum Sacrum: The Baroque Concept Of Medieval Holiness, Leonard P. Hindsley
The Margaret Chapel At Maria Medingen As A Theatrum Sacrum: The Baroque Concept Of Medieval Holiness, Leonard P. Hindsley
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Hands Respectful And Clean: Cajetan And The Reformation, Wlliam P. Haas
Hands Respectful And Clean: Cajetan And The Reformation, Wlliam P. Haas
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Calling Back The Gods: Recovering Spiritual And Religious Experience Through Folklore And Ritual Studies, Michael J. Tori
Calling Back The Gods: Recovering Spiritual And Religious Experience Through Folklore And Ritual Studies, Michael J. Tori
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Three Poems, Leonard Cochran, O.P.
Three Poems, Leonard Cochran, O.P.
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Metaphysics Through The Side Door: A Review Of Susan Neiman, Roberta Bayer
Metaphysics Through The Side Door: A Review Of Susan Neiman, Roberta Bayer
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Scenes From An Afterlife: The Legacy Of George Orwell, Margaret Reid
Scenes From An Afterlife: The Legacy Of George Orwell, Margaret Reid
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Working Space: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, 1983-84, Paul Bruno
Working Space: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, 1983-84, Paul Bruno
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
The History Of The Jews In The Greco-Roman World, Jacob Neusner
The History Of The Jews In The Greco-Roman World, Jacob Neusner
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
From Certainty To Uncertainty, Francis P. Mac Kay
From Certainty To Uncertainty, Francis P. Mac Kay
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
The Very Rich Hours Of Jacques Maritain: A Spiritual Life, Paul Gondreau
The Very Rich Hours Of Jacques Maritain: A Spiritual Life, Paul Gondreau
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Empire: The Rise And Demise Of The British World Order And The Lessons For Global Power, Donald Rohr
Empire: The Rise And Demise Of The British World Order And The Lessons For Global Power, Donald Rohr
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy 1917-1963, Richard J. Grace
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy 1917-1963, Richard J. Grace
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Islam At War: A History, Sandra Toenies Keating
Islam At War: A History, Sandra Toenies Keating
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Redcoats And Rebels, Thomas W. Jodziewicz
Redcoats And Rebels, Thomas W. Jodziewicz
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
The Coming Catholic Church: How The Faithful Are Shaping A New American Catholicism, Aurelie A. Hagstrom
The Coming Catholic Church: How The Faithful Are Shaping A New American Catholicism, Aurelie A. Hagstrom
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Frontmatter, Providence College
Frontmatter, Providence College
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
Introduction To The Study Of Analogy, Borghild Gundersen
Introduction To The Study Of Analogy, Borghild Gundersen
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.
The Myth Of Heaven: Religion And The American Landscape, Chard Deniord
The Myth Of Heaven: Religion And The American Landscape, Chard Deniord
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization
No abstract provided.