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Arising from the philosophical conviction that our sense of space
plays a direct role in our apprehension and construction of reality
(both factual and fictional), this book investigates how
conceptions of postmodern space have transformed the history of the
impossible in literature. Deeply influenced by the work of Jorge
Luis Borges and Julio Cortazar, there has been an unprecedented
rise in the number of fantastic texts in which the impossible is
bound to space - space not as scene of action but as impossible
element performing a fantastic transgression within the storyworld.
This book conceptualizes and contextualizes this postmodern,
fantastic use of space that disrupts the reader's comfortable
notion of space as objective reality in favor of the concept of
space as socially mediated, constructed, and conventional. In an
illustration of the transnational nature of this phenomenon, Garcia
analyzes a varied corpus of the Fantastic in the past four decades
from different cultures and languages, merging literary analysis
with classical questions of space related to the fields of
philosophy, urban studies, and anthropology. Texts include authors
such as Julio Cortazar (Argentina), John Barth (USA), J.G. Ballard
(UK), Jacques Sternberg (Belgium), Fernando Iwasaki (Peru), Juan
Jose Millas (Spain,) and Eric Faye (France). This book contributes
to Literary Theory and Comparative Literature in the areas of the
Fantastic, narratology, and Geocriticism and informs the continuing
interdisciplinary debate on how human beings make sense of space.
The Urban Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century European Literature
explores transnational perspectives of modern city life in Europe
by engaging with the fantastic tropes and metaphors used by writers
of short fiction. Focusing on the literary city and literary
representations of urban experience throughout the nineteenth
century, the works discussed incorporate supernatural occurrences
in a European city and the supernatural of these stories stems from
and belongs to the city. The argument is structured around three
primary themes. "Architectures", "Encounters" and "Rhythms" make
reference to three axes of city life: material space, human
encounters, and movement. This thematic approach highlights
cultural continuities and thus supports the use of the label of
"urban fantastic" within and across the European traditions studied
here.
Arising from the philosophical conviction that our sense of space
plays a direct role in our apprehension and construction of reality
(both factual and fictional), this book investigates how
conceptions of postmodern space have transformed the history of the
impossible in literature. Deeply influenced by the work of Jorge
Luis Borges and Julio Cortazar, there has been an unprecedented
rise in the number of fantastic texts in which the impossible is
bound to space - space not as scene of action but as impossible
element performing a fantastic transgression within the storyworld.
This book conceptualizes and contextualizes this postmodern,
fantastic use of space that disrupts the reader's comfortable
notion of space as objective reality in favor of the concept of
space as socially mediated, constructed, and conventional. In an
illustration of the transnational nature of this phenomenon, Garcia
analyzes a varied corpus of the Fantastic in the past four decades
from different cultures and languages, merging literary analysis
with classical questions of space related to the fields of
philosophy, urban studies, and anthropology. Texts include authors
such as Julio Cortazar (Argentina), John Barth (USA), J.G. Ballard
(UK), Jacques Sternberg (Belgium), Fernando Iwasaki (Peru), Juan
Jose Millas (Spain,) and Eric Faye (France). This book contributes
to Literary Theory and Comparative Literature in the areas of the
Fantastic, narratology, and Geocriticism and informs the continuing
interdisciplinary debate on how human beings make sense of space.
The fantastic has been and is particularly prolific in Hispanic
countries during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, largely
due to the legacy of short story writers as well as the
Latin-American boom that presented alternatives to the model of
literary realism. While these writers' works have done much to
establish the Hispanic fantastic in the international literary
canon, women authors from Spain and Latin America are not always
acknowledged, and their work is less well known to readers. The aim
of this critical anthology is to render Hispanic female writers of
the fantastic visible, to publish a representative selection of
their work, and to make it accessible to English-speaking readers.
Five short stories are presented by five key authors. They attest
to the richness and diversity of fantastic fiction in the Spanish
language, and extend from the early twentieth to the twenty-first
century, covering a range of nationalities, cultural references and
language specificities from Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico and
Argentina.
The Urban Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century European Literature
explores transnational perspectives of modern city life in Europe
by engaging with the fantastic tropes and metaphors used by writers
of short fiction. Focusing on the literary city and literary
representations of urban experience throughout the nineteenth
century, the works discussed incorporate supernatural occurrences
in a European city and the supernatural of these stories stems from
and belongs to the city. The argument is structured around three
primary themes. "Architectures", "Encounters" and "Rhythms" make
reference to three axes of city life: material space, human
encounters, and movement. This thematic approach highlights
cultural continuities and thus supports the use of the label of
"urban fantastic" within and across the European traditions studied
here.
One hundred years ago a series of seminal documents, starting
with the Flexner Report of 1910, sparked an enormous burst of
energy to harness the power of science to transform higher
education in health. Professional education, however, has not been
able to keep pace with the challenges of the 21st century. A new
generation of reforms is needed to meet the demands of health
systems in an interdependent world.
The report of the Commission on the Education of Health
Professionals for the 21st Century, a global independent initiative
consisting of 20 leaders from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and
institutional affiliations, articulates a fresh vision and
recommends renewed actions. Building on a rich legacy of
educational reforms during the past century, the Commission's
findings and recommendations adopt a global and multi-professional
perspective using a systems approach to analyze education and
health, with a focus on institutional and instructional
reforms.
This book investigates the politics of transatlantic trade,
specifically the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
negotiations. Using a novel approach, the authors analyze the
rhetorical choices made by opponents and supporters of an
agreement, and the logical behind their arguments. Opponents used
emotive frames and strategically chosen issues to increase public
opposition to the negotiations; supporters countered, but also
accommodated, parts of opponents' rhetoric in hopes of quelling
discontent. The study also highlights the resulting changes to EU
trade policy, thus contributing to the literatures on trade policy,
politicization, and rhetorical analysis.
This work is intended for ages 10+. Cristina Ortega is the
granddaughter of Juan Melquiades Ortega, a master weaver of
northern New Mexico's Chimayo Valley. Chimayo's roots are in early
Spanish Colonial times and has long been famous for its unique
weavings. Juan M Ortega was taught to weave by his father in the
early days when weavers sheared their own sheep and spun and dyed
the wool for their blankets. El Tejedor (The Weaver) continued
weaving until he was one hundred years old, when his eyesight
failed him. In ""The Eyes of the Weaver"", Cristina shares her
memories of visits when she was ten years old with Grandpa in the
village of Chimayo, where he taught her how to weave. She also
recalls how Grandma helped her husband choose colour combinations
for his Chimayo blankets. It was during these visits that Cristina
learned how important it is for a child to listen to and learn from
his or her relatives. Some of Juan M Ortega's weavings and tools of
the trade have been included in the exhibit, ""American
Encounters"", at the National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC.
Diabetes is major health problem with high morbidity and mortality.
Currently affects more than 285 million people worldwide according
to the Mexican Diabetes Federation. Candidiasis is a common
disorder, especially in patients with diabetes. It is caused by an
overgrowth of Candida in the mouth, digestive tract, vagina and
other tissues. People with diabetes have high levels of glucose in
the blood are more susceptible to oral candidiasis. A dental
prosthesis is an artificial element that is used to restore the
anatomy of a tooth or teeth, also the restoration of the
relationship between the jaws, while correcting the vertical
dimension and improve both the natural dentition and periodontal
structures. The study aims to determine the incidence of Candida
albicans in patients diabetes with total or partial prosthesis.
Two World Wars, the rise of dictatorships and totalitarianism, the
Holocaust, Hiroshima and the Cold War profoundly affected the
notion of identity in the second half of the twentieth century.
This book takes Agota Kristov's trilogy and Thomas Bernhard's
'Correction' as paradigmatic cases to investigate the literary
representations of physical and existential displacement. A closer
look at the biographies of these two authors sheds light on their
different experiences as displaced beings. Their protagonists, lost
in a fictional world in which no spatial or temporal references are
respected, also write to reassert themselves. However, language
reveals its inability to capture any true version of the self. Both
works merge autobiography and fiction to challenge the notion of
truth. This analysis should be especially of use to scholars
seeking to explore the link between these two authors, which so far
has been largely ignored by scholars, or generally to anyone
interested in the theme of exile and its literary representation.
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Peaces (Paperback)
Patricia Garcia
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R358
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This collection features songs, poetry, and prose written in three
countries. Sing along to No Love Lost; reflect on the poem, A Brick
to the Head; and meditate with our young heroine Bee, in the
novella of the same name. Peace.
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