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Troubling Images

Author : Federico Freschi,Brenda Schmahmann,Lize van Robbroeck
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781776144730

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Troubling Images by Federico Freschi,Brenda Schmahmann,Lize van Robbroeck Pdf

Troubling Images explores how art and visual culture helped to secure hegemonic claims to the nation-state via the construction of a unified Afrikaner imaginary Emerging in the late nineteenth century and gaining currency in the 1930s and 1940s, Afrikaner nationalist fervour underpinned the establishment of white Afrikaner political and cultural domination during South Africa’s apartheid years. Focusing on manifestations of Afrikaner nationalism in paintings, sculptures, monuments, buildings, cartoons, photographs, illustrations and exhibitions, Troubling Images offers a critical account of the role of art and visual culture in the construction of a unified Afrikaner imaginary, which helped secure hegemonic claims to the nation-state. This insightful volume examines the implications of metaphors and styles deployed in visual culture, and considers how the design, production, collecting and commissioning of objects, images and architecture were informed by Afrikaner nationalist imperatives and ideals. While some chapters focus only on instances of adherence to Afrikaner nationalism, others consider articulations of dissent and criticism. By ‘troubling’ these images: looking at them, teasing out their meanings, and connecting them to a political and social project that still has a major impact on the present moment, the authors engage with the ways in which an Afrikaner nationalist inheritance is understood and negotiated in contemporary South Africa. They examine the management of its material effects in contemporary art, in archives, the commemorative landscape and the built environment. Troubling Images adds to current debates about the histories and ideological underpinnings of nationalism and is particularly relevant in the current context of globalism and diaspora, resurgent nationalisms and calls for decolonisation.

Contesting Childhood

Author : Kate Douglas
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813549159

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The late 1990s and early 2000s witnessed a surge in the publication and popularity of autobiographical writings about childhood. Linking literary and cultural studies, Contesting Childhood draws on a varied selection of works from a diverse range of authorsùfrom first-time to experienced writers. Kate Douglas explores Australian accounts of the Stolen Generation, contemporary American and British narratives of abuse, the bestselling memoirs of Andrea Ashworth, Augusten Burroughs, Robert Drewe, Mary Karr, Frank McCourt, Dave Pelzer, and Lorna Sage, among many others. Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, Contesting Childhood offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre. Douglas examines the content of the narratives and the limits of their representations, as well as some of the ways in which autobiographies of youth have become politically important and influential. This study enables readers to discover how stories configure childhood within cultural memory and the public sphere.

The Change Process in Psychotherapy During Troubling Times

Author : Sue Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000450439

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The Change Process in Psychotherapy During Troubling Times invites readers to consider what it is psychotherapists do that leads to change. The book highlights different theoretical approaches, questions old paradigms, and illustrates the change process when working with people facing a range of life challenges such as the survivors of childhood trauma, refugees, and people dealing with traumatic loss. Moving between consideration of micro-moments when working with individual clients and bigger questions about how to promote change in the face of current world problems, it addresses issues that touch us all. At the same time, the book acknowledges the unprecedented challenges in today’s world such as the pace of change, the thousands of displaced people who seek refuge in other countries, the illness and loss caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the impact of climate change on lifestyles and the environment. The book presents a topical consideration of the relevance of therapeutic assumptions, theories, and practices to current global crises. With the breadth of presenting issues considered and the examples of a variety of creative approaches supporting change, the book will be useful to psychotherapists in practice and in training working in a range of settings with different populations. It will also be of interest to others working in the helping professions.

Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels

Author : Carolene Ayaka,Ian Hague
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317687153

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Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels by Carolene Ayaka,Ian Hague Pdf

Multiculturalism, and its representation, has long presented challenges for the medium of comics. This book presents a wide ranging survey of the ways in which comics have dealt with the diversity of creators and characters and the (lack of) visibility for characters who don’t conform to particular cultural stereotypes. Contributors engage with ethnicity and other cultural forms from Israel, Romania, North America, South Africa, Germany, Spain, U.S. Latino and Canada and consider the ways in which comics are able to represent multiculturalism through a focus on the formal elements of the medium. Discussion themes include education, countercultures, monstrosity, the quotidian, the notion of the ‘other," anthropomorphism, and colonialism. Taking a truly international perspective, the book brings into dialogue a broad range of comics traditions.

The Male Image

Author : Ian Gregson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999-11-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349276592

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This book discusses how masculinity is represented by women poets and gay poets - but, most of all, how it is represented by straight male poets. It shows how Robert Lowell and John Berryman both identify a gender malaise in themselves which they struggle with throughout their careers, and how Derek Walcott displays a profound gender insecurity in relation to the colonial experience. It discusses the impact on Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney of their belief in a transcendent feminine principle, and how C.K. Williams and Paul Muldoon display the impact of feminism on male poets who are young enough to have encountered it at a formative period.

Sound Sleep, Sound Mind

Author : Barry Krakow
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781620459867

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Sound Sleep, Sound Mind by Barry Krakow Pdf

Sound Sleep, Sound Mind is the first book of its kind to focus on all the causes--mental, emotional, and physical--that contribute to insomnia and poor sleep. Based on cutting-edge knowledge and research, this book explains why sleep problems are almost always a mind and body issue. It then guides you through the seven steps of Sleep Dynamic Therapy to identify and treat the specific problems that are at the root of your sleeplessness. You'll discover that the Sleep Dynamic Therapy program not only improves your sleep quality, but also enhances many other aspects of your mental and physical well-being. Whether you currently take over-the-counter or prescription sleeping pills, suffer from chronic or occasional insomnia, or awaken without feeling refreshed and energized, Sound Sleep, Sound Mind will help you get the sleep you deserve.

Inquiry as Stance

Author : Marilyn Cochran-Smith,Susan L. Lytle
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807749708

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Inquiry as Stance by Marilyn Cochran-Smith,Susan L. Lytle Pdf

In this long-awaited sequel to Inside/Outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge, two leaders in the field of practitioner research offer a radically different view of the relationship of knowledge and practice and of the role of practitioners in educational change. In their new book, the authors put forward the notion of inquiry as stance as a challenge to the current arrangements and outcomes of schools and other educational contexts. They call for practitioner researchers in local settings across the United States and across the world to ally their work with others, as part of larger social and intellectual movements for social change and social justice.

Films of Nicholas Roeg

Author : John Izod
Publisher : Springer
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992-06-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781349114689

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Films of Nicholas Roeg by John Izod Pdf

Audiences respond to three things in the films of Nicolas Roeg, their power, their style and the fact that they puzzle them. The author argues that all three elements are tied together, with the power of the films springing from their source in ancient mysteries.

Mothering and Ambivalence

Author : Brid Featherstone,Wendy Hollway
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134771714

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Mothering and Ambivalence by Brid Featherstone,Wendy Hollway Pdf

Children's rights, lone motherhood and the breakdown of families are all issues at the forefront of current social debate in the West, with little agreement on what constitutes good parenting, or how the needs of both mother and child are best met. The feminist contribution to this debate is particularly important in keeping in view the diverse identities of all those who provide mothering. The psychoanalytic contribution is often undervalued and misunderstood. Mothering and Ambivalence brings together authors from therapeutic, academic and social work backgrounds to discuss dependency, anxiety and gender relations within families. Drawing on extensive professional experience the contributors combine a psychoanalytic and feminist approach to mothering which transcends the polarized and simplistic political debate about women's and children's needs. They also show how such an approach can inform and improve professional practice.

Living Attention

Author : Alice A. Jardine,Shannon Lundeen,Kelly Oliver
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0791470806

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Living Attention by Alice A. Jardine,Shannon Lundeen,Kelly Oliver Pdf

Interdisciplinary exploration of the scope and impact of Teresa Brennan’s lifework.

Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?

Author : James Elkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135963576

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Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? by James Elkins Pdf

With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had been in any previous century. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? uses three models to understand the kinds of complex meaning that pictures are thought to possess: the affinity between the meanings of paintings and jigsaw-puzzles; the contemporary interest in ambiguity and 'levels of meaning'; and the penchant many have to interpret pictures by finding images hidden within them. Elkins explores a wide variety of examples, from the figures hidden in Renaissance paintings to Salvador Dali's paranoiac meditations on Millet's Angelus, from Persian miniature paintings to jigsaw-puzzles. He also examines some of the most vexed works in history, including Watteau's "meaningless" paintings, Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling, and Leonardo's Last Supper.

Rooting Memory, Rooting Place

Author : C. Lloyd
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137499882

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Rooting Memory, Rooting Place by C. Lloyd Pdf

This timely and incisive study reads contemporary literature and visual culture from the American South through the lens of cultural memory. Rooting texts in their regional locations, the book interrupts and questions the dominant trends in Southern Studies, providing a fresh and nuanced view of twenty-first-century texts.

Divine Healing Transforming Pain into Personal Power

Author : Vonne Solis
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781642371970

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Divine Healing Transforming Pain into Personal Power by Vonne Solis Pdf

Realizing the potential you have to awaken to your power as an enlightened being is central to authentic healing. There is a significant distinction between superficially healing wounds and authentically healing. If you feel ready to surrender all pain and struggle, Divine Healing is a must read. Delivered as both a story and a practice, the author compassionately shares her journey to become whole after the suicide of her daughter in 2005. Though written in the context of the parental grief experience, Divine Healing is intended for anyone who desires authentic healing. Each chapter, a journey in itself, reminds us of the eternal truths that teach that all healing is possible, despite the origin of any pain. The lessons, while not confined to only one experience in pain, reach into the core root of all suffering and will guide anyone through any difficulty to find peace and joy. Not only will you develop a richer understanding of suffering and healing, including viewing loss and grief differently, but by learning to work with the angels, you will reclaim your power as the authentic being you already are. You will learn to honor all of your hurtful experiences and trust in your ability to become whole on your own terms. Realizing you are the catalyst for your own powerful transformation, Divine Healing inspires you to courageously want more for your life, and teaches you how to continually manifest the life you were meant to find and enjoy through a realistic, heartfelt practice.

Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images

Author : Hillel Goelman,Sally Ross,Sheila Marshall
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802089313

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Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images by Hillel Goelman,Sally Ross,Sheila Marshall Pdf

Drawing from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, the essays in Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images are oriented around the idea that images of childhood can be understood within three dimensions: time, space, and discipline. Time refers to both the chronological ages of the children under consideration and the historical timeframe in which that particular essay is suited. Space is a dimension that includes familial, community, institutional, and cultural spaces within which children live. The third dimension, discipline, names the specific and distinct areas of scholarship and research that define the ontology, epistemology, and methodology within which the contributors write. Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images is intended to deepen and expand the collaborative, interdisciplinary discourse on children and childhood through reflections not just on what is known about children, but on how it has been learned.

Daring to Challenge OCD

Author : Joan Davidson
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781608828616

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Daring to Challenge OCD by Joan Davidson Pdf

If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you may suffer from obsessive thoughts and anxiety, and use compulsions to alleviate your distress. You know, more than anyone, how debilitating this condition can be. But you may also be reluctant to start treatment due to fears and misconceptions regarding therapy—particularly exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy. You may even think of a number of reasons not to go, or to drop out, but if you are committed to getting better, you need to take that important step toward healing. ERP is a proven-effective treatment that can help people with OCD break free from the constraints of their disorder; however, starting treatment can feel frightening. Many people wonder what treatment will be like and how they will ever face some of their worst fears. They want to hear from others who have successfully completed therapy. In Daring to Challenge OCD, anxiety specialist Joan Davidson, PhD, gives a thorough overview of ERP, what to expect during treatment, and offers gentle guidance to help you finally overcome the common fears and obstacles that can stand in the way of getting the help you need. Three clients with different OCD symptoms share their personal stories and insights about OCD and treatment. If you are considering treatment, you may ask yourself, What will my therapist expect me to do? Will treatment be too difficult for me to handle? Will I be asked to do things that put me at risk?What are realistic expectations for recovery? This book will demystify treatment for OCD so that you can face your fears and start changing your life. And if you are a therapist helping clients build motivation to engage in ERP, this book offers real treatment stories and exercises for clients, making it an invaluable resource for therapists and wonderful suggested reading for clients building motivation to commit to treatment.