Capturing Christmas

Author : Martin Johnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474255394

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Christmas and the British: A Modern History by Martin Johnes Pdf

The modern Christmas was made by the Victorians and rooted in their belief in commerce, family and religion. Their rituals and traditions persist to the present day but the festival has also been changed by growing affluence, shifting family structures, greater expectations of happiness and material comfort, technological developments and falling religious belief. Christmas became a battleground for arguments over consumerism, holiday entitlements, social obligations, communal behaviour and the influence of church, state and media. Even in private, it encouraged reflection on social change and the march of time. Amongst those unhappy at the state of the world or their own lives, Christmas could induce much cynicism and even loathing but for a quieter majority it was a happy time, a moment of a joy in a sometimes difficult world that made the festival more than just an integral feature of the calendar: Christmas was one of British culture's emotional high points. Moreover, it was also a testimony to the enduring importance of family, shared values and a common culture in the UK. Martin Johnes shows how Christmas and its traditions have been lived, adapted and thought about in Britain since 1914. Christmas and the British is about the festival's social, cultural and economic functions, and its often forgotten status as both the most unusual and important day of the year

Author : Nicola Slee,Fran Porter,Anne Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351734127

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Researching Female Faith by Nicola Slee,Fran Porter,Anne Phillips Pdf

Religious and spiritual engagement has undergone multiple significant changes in recent decades. Researching Female Faith is a collection of essays based on recent and original field research conducted by the contributors, and informed by a variety of theoretical perspectives, into the faith lives of women and girls – broadly from within a Christian context. Essays describe and recount original qualitative research that identifies, illuminates and enhances our understanding of key aspects of women’s and girls’ faith lives. Offered as a contribution to feminist practical and pastoral theology, the essays arise out of and feed back into a range of mainly UK pastoral and practical contexts. While the essays in this volume will contribute to an enhanced appreciation and analysis of female faith, the core focus is on feminist qualitative research methods and methodology. Thus, they demystify and illuminate the process of research, including features of research which are frequently under-examined. The book is a first in bringing together a specific focus on feminist qualitative research methodology with the study of female faith lives. It will therefore be of great interest to students, academics and practitioners with interests in faith and gender in theology, religious studies and sociology.

Author : Kay Arthur
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307499585

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Lord, I Give You This Day by Kay Arthur Pdf

Do you long for intimate communion with God? Are you tired of struggling through life? Are you eager to experience the abundant life offered by Jesus? Discover the Joy of Taking God at His Word! In this power-packed daily devotional, Kay Arthur beckons you to a deeper relationship with God, helping you discover for yourself the life-changing power of His unshakeable love. As each brief reading draws you into the Bible and leads you into purposeful prayer, you’ll be equipped to greet each day with bold faith, confident in God’s faithfulness, strength, and transforming grace. Discover the joy and peace that come with daily surrender, with joyfully declaring each morning: Lord, I Give You This Day!

Author : Mike Cliffe-Jones
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781291920086

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Still Living in Lanzarote by Mike Cliffe-Jones Pdf

The following up to Living in Lanzarote, this book charts the Cliffe-Jones family's ups and downs from 2006 until 2014, when they battled a recession, the worst of the Spanish bureaucracy and coped with almost losing everything.

Author : Hugh Ruppersburg
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1604736585

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Reading Faulkner by Hugh Ruppersburg Pdf

A glossary that will lead readers through the complexities of one of William Faulkner's major works

Author : Rosaline Barbour
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781446296226

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Introducing Qualitative Research by Rosaline Barbour Pdf

Rosaline Barbour draws on her extensive teaching experience to provide a clear, user-friendly introduction to the craft of doing qualitative research. Each chapter includes examples of real-life qualitative data and a range of exercises to help students get a feel for the process of generating and analysing qualitative data. The second edition includes: New examples from a range of social science disciplines, making this the perfect book no matter what course you're studying More on unobtrusive methods of data collection, such as documentary analysis More on internet research methods, mixed methods and visual methods A new section on using software in qualitative research A brand new companion website full of additional lecturer and student resources.

Author : Richard C. Moreland
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119045403

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A Companion to William Faulkner by Richard C. Moreland Pdf

This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies. Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist Comprises newly-commissioned essays written by an international contributor team of leading scholars Guides readers through the plethora of critical approaches to Faulkner over the past few decades Draws upon current Faulkner scholarship, as well as critically reflecting on previous interpretations

Author : William Pittenger
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547026303

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Capturing a Locomotive by William Pittenger Pdf

In spite of focusing on the famous battles like other books from this time period dealing with historical aspects of the Civil War, Capturing a Locomotive gives the reader personal accounts of the Union soldiers who carried out the mission. The story details the capture of a railway train inside Confederate territory. Survivors of this mission were the first soldiers with the rank of Private awarded with the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Author : William Pittenger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862
ISBN : HARVARD:HX26X4

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Capturing a Locomotive by William Pittenger Pdf

Author : Rachel Thomson,Liam Berriman,Sara Bragg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350011755

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Researching Everyday Childhoods by Rachel Thomson,Liam Berriman,Sara Bragg Pdf

How can we know about children's everyday lives in a digitally saturated world? What is it like to grow up in and through new media? What happens between the ages of 7 and 15 and does it make sense to think of maturation as mediated? These questions are explored in this innovative book, which synthesizes empirical documentation of children's everyday lives with discussions of key theoretical and methodological concepts to provide a unique guide to researching childhood and youth. Researching Everyday Childhoods begins by asking what recent 'post-empirical' and 'post-digital' frameworks can offer researchers of children and young people's lives, particularly in researching and theorising how the digital remakes childhood and youth. The key ideas of time, technology and documentation are then introduced and are woven throughout the book's chapters. Research-led, the book is informed by two state of the art empirical studies – 'Face 2 Face' and 'Curating Childhoods' – and links to a dynamic multimedia archive generated by the studies.

Author : Peter Jackson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781472588159

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Anxious Appetites by Peter Jackson Pdf

Despite government claims that food is safer and more readily available today than ever before, recent survey evidence demonstrates high levels of food-related anxiety among Western consumers. While chronic hunger and malnutrition are relatively rare in the West, food scares relating to individual products, concerns about global food security and other expressions of consumer anxiety about food remain widespread. Anxious Appetites explores the causes of these present-day anxieties. Looking at fears over provenance and regulation in a world of lengthening supply chains and greater concentration of corporate power, Peter Jackson investigates how anxieties about food circulate and how they act as a channel for broader social issues. Drawing on case studies such as the 2013 horsemeat scandal and fears about the contamination of infant formula in China in 2008, he examines how and why these concerns emerge. Comparing survey results with ethnographic observation of consumer practice, he explores the gap between official advice about food safety and people's everyday experience of food, including a critique of ideological notions of 'consumer choice'. A captivating, timely book which presents a new theory of social anxiety.

Author : Dermott, Esther,Gatrell, Caroline
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447331506

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Fathers, Families and Relationships by Dermott, Esther,Gatrell, Caroline Pdf

In this exciting book, leading fatherhood scholars from Europe and Scandinavia offer unique insights into how to research fathers and fatherhood in contemporary society. Outlining research methods in detail, including examples of large scale studies, online research, surveys and visual and aural methods, they explore how each approach worked in practice, what the benefits and pitfalls were, and what the wider and future application of the chosen research methods might be. Covering a wide range of subjects from non-resident fathers to father engagement in child protection, this major contribution to the field also critiques and addresses the notion that fathers, especially young fathers, can be ‘hard to reach’. Essential reading for both students and policy makers in a fast-growing area of interest.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1582 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015023069175

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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : Maria Mellins,Sarah Moore
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030837587

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Critiquing Violent Crime in the Media by Maria Mellins,Sarah Moore Pdf

This book explores the recent surge in true crime by critically exploring how murder and violence are represented in documentaries, films, podcasts, museums, novels and in the press, and the effects. From a range of contributors, it touches on a wide variety of topics overall and illustrates how examining true crime across the changing popular media landscape can contribute to important debates in contemporary culture and society. It encourages a critical eye towards understanding the harmful stereotypes, myths and misinformation that popular media can bring. Arranged into four sections, including: true crime trials, representations of victims, the consumption of serial killer narratives, and true crime spaces, each chapter explores different themes and topics across traditional and newer media. These topics include: emotion and appeals for justice in Making a Murderer, #MeToo and misogyny in crime narratives, true crime journalism being exploitative, the ethics of consuming dark tourism and the appetite for true crime, live streamed murder, and the ways in which true murder accounts might lend insight into other types of crime such as domestic violence and stalking. This book stimulates discussion on undergraduate courses in crime, media and culture as well as in film and media studies, and it also speaks to those with a general interest in true crime.

Author : Jennifer Mason
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781526422019

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Qualitative Researching by Jennifer Mason Pdf

The third edition of this best-selling text guides students and researchers through the process of doing qualitative research, clearly explaining how different theoretical approaches inform what you do in practice. The text bridges the gap between ‘cookbook’ and more abstract approaches to qualitative research, by posing ‘difficult questions′ that researchers should be asking themselves . The book invites researchers to engage in a creative and critical practice in how they draw insights, interpret a range of types of data and craft knowledge from qualitative research. Fully revised and updated, with three new chapters, this edition: · Covers the full research process, with new material on analysing and interpreting data and research ethics · Engages with exciting new developments in the field through challenging qualitative researchers to be creative with how they research and with what they find. · Examines the potential of qualitatively-led approaches to mixed methods, and their implications for research design, research practice and the production of convincing arguments. A theoretically engaged, grounded approach to qualitative researching, this remains the ideal text to guide students to become thoughtful, creative and effective qualitative researchers.