Wondrous Transformations

Author : Alison Li
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469674865

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Wondrous Transformations by Alison Li Pdf

Harry Benjamin (1885–1986), a German-born endocrinologist, was a pivotal figure in the development of transgender medicine. He was physician to transgender pioneers such as Christine Jorgensen, the 1950s "Ex-GI" turned "Blonde Beauty" media sensation, and in turn, she and other collaborators helped to shape Benjamin's influential 1966 book, The Transsexual Phenomenon. Alison Li's much-needed biography of Benjamin chronicles his passion for hormones and his lifelong interest in sexology. Drawing from extensive research in archival documents, secondary sources, and interviews, Li tells the story of Benjamin's early ventures in gerontology and his later work with over a thousand transgender patients. Benjamin's contributions to treatment, education, research, and networking helped to create the institutional foundations of transgender medicine. Moreover, they set the stage for a radical reconsideration of gender identity, challenging us to reflect upon what it is to be male or female and to envision moving beyond these long-held categories.

Author : Christine A. Jones,Jennifer Schacker
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781554810437

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Marvelous Transformations by Christine A. Jones,Jennifer Schacker Pdf

Marvelous Transformations is an anthology of tales and original critical essays that moves beyond canonized “classics” and old paradigms, documenting the points of historical connection between literary tales and field-based collections. This innovative anthology reflects current interdisciplinary scholarship on oral traditions and the cultural history of the print fairy tale. In addition to the tales, original critical essays, newly written for this volume, introduce readers to differing perspectives on key ideas in the field.

Author : David J. Mozina
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824886707

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Knotting the Banner by David J. Mozina Pdf

In the hills of China’s central Hunan province, an anxious young apprentice officiates over a Daoist ritual known as the Banner Rite to Summon Sire Yin. Before a crowd of masters, relatives, and villagers—and the entire pantheon of gods and deceased masters ritually invited to witness the event—he seeks to summon Celestial Lord Yin Jiao, the ferocious deity who supplies the exorcistic power to protect and heal bodies and spaces from illness and misfortune. If the apprentice cannot bring forth the deity, the rite is considered a failure and the ordination suspended: His entire professional career hangs in the balance before it even begins. This richly textured study asks how the Banner Rite works or fails to work in its own terms. How do the cosmological, theological, and anthropological assumptions ensconced in the ritual itself account for its own efficacy or inefficacy? Weaving together ethnography, textual analysis, photography, and film, David J. Mozina invites readers into the religious world of ritual masters in today’s south China. He shows that the efficacy of rituals like the Banner Rite is driven by the ability of a ritual master to form an intimate relationship with exorcistic deities like Yin Jiao, which is far from guaranteed. Mozina reveals the ways in which such ritual claims are rooted in the great liturgical movements of the Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368) and how they are performed these days amid the social and economic pressures of rural life in the post-Mao era. Written for students and scholars of Daoism and Chinese religion, Knotting the Banner will also appeal to anthropologists and comparative religionists, especially those working on ritual.

Author : Oscar Fitzalan Safford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89069656429

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Hosea Ballou: a Marvellous Life-story by Oscar Fitzalan Safford Pdf

Author : Kai Zheng
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429825620

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The Metaphysics of Philosophical Daoism by Kai Zheng Pdf

Drawing on evidence from a wide range of classical Chinese texts, this book argues that xingershangxue, the study of "beyond form", constitutes the core argument and intellectual foundation of Daoist philosophy. The author presents Daoist xingershangxue as a typical concept of metaphysics distinct from that of the natural philosophy and metaphysics of ancient Greece since it focusses on understanding the world beyond perceivable objects and phenomena as well as names that are definable in their social, political, or moral structures. In comparison with other philosophical traditions in the East and West, the book discusses the ideas of dao, de, and "spontaneously self-so", which shows Daoist xingershangxue’s theoretical tendency to transcendence. The author explains the differences between Daoist philosophy and ancient Greek philosophy and proposes that Daoist philosophy is the study of xingershangxue in nature, providing a valuable resource for scholars interested in Chinese philosophy, Daoism, and comparative philosophy.

Author : Gabriella Oldham
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780809385942

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Keaton's Silent Shorts by Gabriella Oldham Pdf

Filling a major gap in the critical canon, Keaton’s Classic Shorts: Beyond the Laughter chronicles the rapid growth in the filmmaker’s understanding of what makes both comedy and film successful. Keaton developed his major themes in these nineteen silent short films shot between 1920 and 1923, creating his persona “Buster” with his trademark stone face. These short films clearly indicate Keaton’s love of the camera and his concern for composition, symmetry, and images that delight the eye and startle the mind. Oldham reconstructs each of these rarely seen films to enable the reader to “watch” Keaton’s performance, devoting a separate chapter to each. She analyzes each film’s strengths, weaknesses, and prevalent themes and threads. She also enables readers to plumb the depths of what seems to be surface comedy through philosophical, biographical, historical, and critical commentary, thus linking the shorts together into a cohesive study of Buster Keaton’s growth through his three-year independent venture as a filmmaker. Beyond the laughter and beyond the great stone face, Oldham presents a treasure of cinema comedy and a unique philosophy of life as captured by a great filmmaker.

Author : Kansas State Horticultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Fruit-culture
ISBN : OSU:32435026637892

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Kansas Horticultural Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society Pdf

Author : Kansas State Horticultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Fruit-culture
ISBN : UOM:39015067049562

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Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society Pdf

Author : Livia Kohn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 955 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004391840

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Daoism Handbook by Livia Kohn Pdf

Thirty major scholars in the field wrote this new, authoritative guide to the main features and development of Daoism. The chapters are devoted to either specific periods, or topics such as Women in Daoism, Daoism in Korea and Daoist Ritual Music. Each chapter rigidly deals with a fixed set of aspects, such as history, texts, worldview and practices. Clear markings in the chapters themselves and a detailed index make this volume the most accessible key resource on Daoism past and present.

Author : Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
Publisher : IUR Press
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789491898280

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The Words by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Pdf

The Words is the first volume of the Risale-i Nur and consists of thirty-three independent parts or Words, which explain and prove aspects of the fundamental matters of belief. These consist of such matters as God s existence and unity, the manifestation of the Divine Names and attributes in creation, the resurrection of the dead and the hereafter, prophethood, the miraculousness of the Qur’an, the angels, the immortality of man s spirit, Divine Determining (fate or destiny), together with such questions as the true nature of man and the universe, and man s need to worship God. Each subject is explained with comparisons and allegories, and demonstrated with reasoned arguments and logical proofs. The most profound aspects of the truths of belief, which were formerly studied only by advanced scholars, are explained in such a way that everyone, even those to whom the subject is new, may understand without difficulty. This work answers brilliantly the attacks made on the Qur’an in the name of science and philosophy, and demonstrates the rationality of belief in God and logical absurdity of denial. It shows too that man s happiness and salvation both in this world and the next lie only in belief in God and knowledge of God.

Author : Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780299317102

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That Third Guy by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Pdf

Part I. Krzhizhanovsky on theater -- Part II. That third guy -- Part III. Krzhizhanovsky on Shaw and Shakespeare -- Part IV. Krzhizhanovsky on Pushkin.

Author : Richard Walsh,Jeffrey L. Staley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567693853

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Jesus, the Gospels, and Cinematic Imagination by Richard Walsh,Jeffrey L. Staley Pdf

Jesus films arose with cinema itself. Richard Walsh and Jeffrey L. Staley introduce students to these films with a general overview of the Jesus film tradition and with specific analyses of 22 of its most influential exemplars, stretching from La vie du Christ (1906) to Mary Magdalene (2018). The introduction to each film includes discussion of plot, characters, visuals, appeal to authority, and cultural location as well as consideration of the director's (and/or other filmmakers') achievements and style. Several film chapters end with reflections on problematic issues bedeviling the tradition, such as cultural imperialism and patriarchy. To assist teachers and researchers, each chapter includes a listing of DVD chapters and the approximate “time” (for both DVDs and streaming platforms) at which key film moments occur. The book also includes a Gospels Harmony cataloging the time at which key gospel incidents appear in these films. Extensive endnotes point readers to other important work on the tradition and specific films. While the authors strive to set the Jesus film tradition within cinema and its interpretation, the DVD/streaming listing and the Gospels Harmony facilitate the comparison of these films to gospel interpretation and the Jesus tradition.

Author : Neil Tarrant
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226819426

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Defining Nature's Limits by Neil Tarrant Pdf

A look at the history of censorship, science, and magic from the Middle Ages to the post-Reformation era. Neil Tarrant challenges conventional thinking by looking at the longer history of censorship, considering a five-hundred-year continuity of goals and methods stretching from the late eleventh century to well into the sixteenth. Unlike earlier studies, Defining Nature’s Limits engages the history of both learned and popular magic. Tarrant explains how the church developed a program that sought to codify what was proper belief through confession, inquisition, and punishment and prosecuted what they considered superstition or heresy that stretched beyond the boundaries of religion. These efforts were continued by the Roman Inquisition, established in 1542. Although it was designed primarily to combat Protestantism, from the outset the new institution investigated both practitioners of “illicit” magic and inquiries into natural philosophy, delegitimizing certain practices and thus shaping the development of early modern science. Describing the dynamics of censorship that continued well into the post-Reformation era, Defining Nature's Limits is revisionist history that will interest scholars of the history science, the history of magic, and the history of the church alike.

Author : Elsbeth A. Heaman,Alison Li,Shelley McKellar
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442691162

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Essays in Honour of Michael Bliss by Elsbeth A. Heaman,Alison Li,Shelley McKellar Pdf

A leading public intellectual, Michael Bliss has written prolifically for academic and popular audiences and taught at the University of Toronto from 1968 to 2006. Among his publications are a comprehensive history of the discovery of insulin, and major biographies of Frederick Banting, William Osler, and Harvey Cushing. The essays in this volume, each written by former doctoral students of Bliss, with a foreword by John Fraser and Elizabeth McCallum, do honour to his influence, and, at the same time, reflect upon the writing of history in Canada at the end of the twentieth century. The opening essays discuss Bliss's career, his impact on the study of history, and his academic record. Bliss himself contributes an autobiographical essay that strengthens our understanding of the business of scholarship, teaching, and writing. In the second section, the contributors interrogate public mythmaking in the relationship between politics and business in eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century Canada. Further sections investigate the relationship between fatherhood, religion, and historiography, as well as topics in health and public policy. A final section on 'Medical Science and Practice' deals with subjects ranging from early endocrinology, lobotomy, the mechanical heart, and medical biography as a genre. Going beyond a collection of dedicatory essays, this volume explores the wider subject of writing social and medical history in Canada in the late twentieth century.

Author : James A. Parr,Lisa Vollendorf
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603291897

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Approaches to Teaching Cervantes's Don Quixote by James A. Parr,Lisa Vollendorf Pdf

This second edition of Approaches to Teaching Cervantes's Don Quixote highlights dramatic changes in pedagogy and scholarship in the last thirty years: today, critics and teachers acknowledge that subject position, cultural identity, and political motivations afford multiple perspectives on the novel, and they examine both literary and sociohistorical contextualization with fresh eyes. Part 1, "Materials," contains information about editions of Don Quixote, a history and review of the English translations, and a survey of critical studies and Internet resources. In part 2, "Approaches," essays cover such topics as the Moors of Spain in Cervantes's time; using film and fine art to teach his novel; and how to incorporate psychoanalytic theory, satire, science and technology, gender, role-playing, and other topics and techniques in a range of twenty-first-century classroom settings.