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| Author | : Athalya Brenner-Idan |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 2003-11-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0826426271 |
Biblical humor about women and gender remains elusive for many readers, for its recognition may imply the realization that it's a cruel and disrespectful humor, ridicule rather than good-natured fun. But viewing humor as social critique, as is largely done in the essays in this volume, with respect to both the texts read and their actual or implied author, may be fun as well as significant for understanding the biblical worlds. As most of the essays show, writing about women is writing about men as well. In other words, it is writing about gender roles. The critique of women, womanhood and femaleness implied by biblical and related texts serves, in equal measure, as a critique of men, manhood and maleness in the texts, of the texts authors, and of the texts' commentators and readers. Contributors include Scott Spencer, Mary Shields, Kathleen O'Connor, Toni Craven, Kathy Williams, Athalya Brenner, Gale Yee, Amy-Jill Levine, and Esther Fuchs.
| Author | : Athalya Brenner |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2003-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0567083306 |
Essays on women, men, gender roles and humor as social critique.
| Author | : David Crystal |
| Publisher | : Bodleian Library |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 9781851244782 |
Pronunciation governs our regional and social identity more powerfully than any other aspect of spoken language. No wonder, then, that it has attracted most attention from satirists. In this intriguing book, David Crystal shows how our feelings about pronunciation today have their origins in the way our Victorian predecessors thought about the subject, as revealed in the pages of the satirical magazine, Punch.In the sixty years between its first issue in 1841 and the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, jokes about the fashions affecting English usage provide one of Punch's most fruitful veins of humour, from the dropped aitches of the Cockney accent to the upper-class habit of dropping the final 'g' (huntin' and fishin'). For 'We Are Not Amused', David Crystal has examined all the issues during the reign of Queen Victoria and brought together the cartoons and articles that poked fun at the subject of pronunciation, adding a commentary on the context of the times, explaining why people felt so strongly about accents, and identifying which accents were the main source of jokes. The collection brings to light a society where class distinction ruled, and where the way you pronounced a word was seen as a sometimes damning index of who you were and how you should be treated. It is a fascinating, provocative and highly entertaining insight into our on-going amusement at the subject of how we speak.
| Author | : Nancy Bell |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 157 |
| Release | : 2015-04-24 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 150150164X |
Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the strategies used by both speakers and hearers to avoid and manage failure, and highlights the crucial role humor plays in social identity and relationship management.
| Author | : Brian Hoey |
| Publisher | : Jr Books Limited |
| Total Pages | : 245 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781906779856 |
Does the Queen hold a drivers license and did she pass a test? What happens to the hundreds of boxes of chocolate people send Her Majesty on her birthday? These questions and more are answered in a practical miscellany of the royal family. Interest in the royal family is inexhaustible—people are curious about what they wear, drink, and do. This perfect companion to the royals' never-ending soap opera reveals all, from where the best places are to go to see the royal family to such details of tradition as the correct days and hours when it is permitted to fly a flag above Buckingham Palace. Including fascinating facts on abdication, birthdays, Christmas, dining, equerries, fashion, garden parties, hairdressers, insignia, the Jewel House, Kensington Palace, liveries, maids of honor, nannies, orbs, protection squads, the Queen’s piper, racing, Snowdon, tartans, the Union Jack, Queen Victoria, weddings, the x-ray machine at Buckingham Palace, yachts, and Zara Phillips, this is an unstoppable, unbeatable little guide to the British monarchy.
| Author | : Neil Postman |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : |
Examines the effects of television culture on how we conduct our public affairs and how "entertainment values" corrupt the way we think.
| Author | : Neil Postman |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2005-12-27 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780143036531 |
What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals. “A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World
| Author | : Amusement |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 1840 |
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| Author | : Joe Gacoscos |
| Publisher | : Difference Press |
| Total Pages | : 131 |
| Release | : 2018-06-05 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 1718088477 |
SEARCHING FOR A WAY TO CONTROL YOUR PSYCHIC GIFTS? Are you looking to make sense of your "out-there" experiences? Do you feel like your gifts are more of a curse than a blessing? Searching for ways to awaken your third eye? Many highly sensitive people are searching for ways to control their psychic abilities. For many, it's either take control or be controlled. While desperate for answers, many get stuck on their search. One of the biggest obstacles awakening psychics face is the fear of being “crazy”. Even the word “psychic” is not fully accepted. Thus, it's easy for the highly sensitive to live in fear. They feel like they’re alone with their experiences. To help these awakening intuitives, Psychic Development Teacher Joe Gacoscos provides a 10 Step Guide For Awakening Your Psychic Gifts. In this book, he uses a spiritual approach to help intuitives, empaths, Starseeds and other light warriors with easy to follow, and step-by-step psychic training to awaken their true psychic potential. He helps readers learn to hone their natural gifts. He guides students on a journey to making peace with their psychic gifts. Readers learn to: * Control overwhelm when encountering different spiritual energies * Use powerful energy tools to create psychic boundaries and protection with beings and entities looking to make contact from the other side * Create a grounded space to not take on energy from others * Make sense of their unexplained and extraordinary psychic experiences * Unblock their third eye to fulfill their highest spiritual potential Joe Gacoscos has helped thousands of students with their psychic development. He shares his many years helping students shortcut their way to unlocking their third eye. Beginners to advanced healing practitioners have benefitted from his wisdom. This book is infused with the heart of "The Surrender Experiment" to the cosmic clarity of "Becoming Supernatural". Readers journey with purpose and clarity through each step. If you are ready to take control your psychic abilities—and access higher spiritual Truths that only developing your third eye can give you—then now is the time to read this book.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 468 |
| Release | : 1831 |
| Genre | : English periodicals |
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Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc.
