International Exposure: Perspectives On Modern European Pornography, 1800-2000

International Exposure: Perspectives On Modern European Pornography, 1800-2000
Lisa Z. Sigel | 2005-01-01 00:00:00 | Rutgers University Press | 283 | Popular
"This sophisticated, even witty collection goes beyond tired old debates to provide compelling and surprising insights into national cultures of pornography."???Anna Clark, author of Scandal: The Sexual Politics of the British Constitution

"This collection makes an important and pioneering contribution toward demonstrating the historically and culturally specific nature of pornography and erotica."???Lesley Hall, founding editor of H-Histsex Discussion Network for the History of Sexuality "In this courageous, timely, and genuinely groundbreaking work, Lisa Z. Sigel and her coauthors examine the history of pornography in its national and international dimensions. Highly recommended."???Kevin White, author of Sexual Liberation or Sexual License?: The American Revolt against Victorianism

International Exposure demonstrates the wealth of desires woven into the fabric of European history: desires about empire and nation, about self and other, about plenty and dearth. By documenting the diverse meanings of pornography, senior scholars from across the disciplines show the ways in which sexuality became central to the individual, to the nation, and to the transnational character of modern society.

The ten essays in the volume engage a rich array of topics, including obscenity in the German states, censorship in France???s Third Republic, "she-male" internet porn, the rise of incestuous longings in England, the place of the Hungarian video revolution in the global market, and the politics of pornography in Russia. Taken together, the essays illustrate the latest approaches to content, readership, form, and delivery in modern European pornography.

A substantial discussion of the broad history and state of the field complements the in-depth case studies that examine a wide range of sources from literature to magazines, video to the Internet. By tackling the highbrow and lowdown of the pornographic form, this volume lays the groundwork for the next surge of studies in the field.
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Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction

Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction
George E Slusser | 1987-01-01 00:00:00 | | 272 | Popular
Our title, the “anthropology of the alien,” sounds like a contradiction in terms. Anthropos is man, anthropology the study of man. The alien, however, is something else: alius, other than. But other than what? Obviously man. The alien is the creation of a need—man’s need to designate something that is genuinely outside himself, something that is truly nonman, that has no initial relation to man except for the fact that it has no relation. Why man needs the alien is the subject of these essays. For it is through learning to relate to the alien that man has learned to study himself.
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Essential Primary Science

Essential Primary Science
Alan Cross, Adrian Bowden | 2009-01-01 00:00:00 | Open University Press | 328 | Popular
Contains over 200 activities ready for you to try out in your classroom!

If you are teaching or learning to teach primary science, this is the toolkit to support you! Not only does it cover the essential knowledge and understanding that you need to know, it also offers over 200 great ideas for teaching primary science - so no more late nights thinking up creative new ways to teach key concepts!

In addition, this book offers you practical guiding principles which you can apply to every lesson. There are tips on how to ensure each lesson includes both practical and investigative elements and suggestions on how to make your lessons engaging, memorable and inclusive.

Each chapter is organized around the following structure:

* What science do you need to know and understand?
* What science do your pupils need to learn?
* What is the best way to teach these topics in the primary classroom at KS1 and KS2?

Sample pupil activities are also included and there is coverage of how to deal with common misconceptions within every chapter.

Written in a friendly style, the authors draw on their own teaching experience and understanding of the National Curriculum and QTS standards to provide an essential guide to teaching primary science.
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Elektor Spanish 1990 - 04

Elektor Spanish 1990 - 04
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Elektor Spanish 1990 - 04
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Elektor Spanish 1990 - 01
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Organic Farming, Pest Control and Remediation of Soil Pollutants (Sustainable Agriculture Reviews)

Organic Farming, Pest Control and Remediation of Soil Pollutants (Sustainable Agriculture Reviews)
Eric Lichtfouse | 2009-01-01 00:00:00 | Springer | 418 | Popular
Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control, and biodiversity depletion. Novel, environmentally-friendly solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from sciences as diverse as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, and social sciences. Indeed,sustainable agriculture decipher mechanisms of processes that occur from the molecular level to the farming system to the global level at time scales ranging from seconds to centuries. For that, scientists use the system approach that involves studying components and interactions of a whole system to address scientific, economic and social issues. In that respect,sustainable agriculture is not a classical, narrow science. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach that treats only negative impacts,sustainable agriculture treats problem sources. Because most actual society issues are now intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.
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Elektor Spanish 1990 - 09

Elektor Spanish 1990 - 09
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Complexity: A Guided Tour

Complexity: A Guided Tour
Melanie Mitchell | 2009-01-01 00:00:00 | Oxford University Press | 368 | Popular
This book really lives up to its title, "Complexity: A Guided Tour." Dr. Mitchell has turned her Santa Fe Institute lectures on the foundations of Complexity into a very interesting, readable book suitable for academics, professionals, students, and interested laypeople. She explains how complexity fits into the history of scientific knowledge. She relates it to the rapidly expanding field of information science, as influenced by biological rather than mechanical models. She even explains how computer models relate to living systems as information processors.

Having read many scholarly papers on these topics, I can vouch for the clarity and accuracy of her work. She certainly doesn't need any endorsement, though; as a successful doctoral student under the renowned Doug Hofstadter and now a professor at Santa Fe, she is in the inner circle of complexity scientists today. If only her book had come out a year or two ago! It puts in one place many ideas we used to have to search out and integrate on our own!

One note: the mathematics of complexity science can be daunting. Dr. Mitchell has done a terrific job expressing & explaining those concepts. Unlike many of the complexity books in print, hers is both intelligent and accessible. Highly recommend it!
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Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction

Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction
Wendy Olmsted | 2006-01-01 00:00:00 | | 184 | Popular
This introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry through a series of classic rhetorical texts.

An introduction to the art of rhetoric for those who are unacquainted with it and an argument about invention and tradition suitable for specialists

Texts range from Cicero's De oratore and Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine to Jane Austen’s Persuasion and Stephen Greenblatt’s Marvellous Possessions

Texts serve simultaneously as works of persuasion and considerations of how rhetoric works

Engages readers in using rhetoric to deliberate about challenging issues.


Summary: A straightforward introduction to the art, skill, and history of rhetoric
Rating: 5

Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction is a straightforward introduction to the art, skill, and history of rhetoric. Author Wendy Olmsted (Associate Professor, University of Chicago) discusses classical traditions of rhetoric, classical rhetoric and literary interpretation, and the role rhetoric has to play in contemporary disciplines. The place rhetoric has in specific great works of literature, such as Machiavelli's "The Prince", Augustine's "On Christian Doctrine", and much more is discussed at especial length. A scholarly resource especially for college students seeking to acclimate themselves to principles of persuasiveness.
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