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This study punctures the stereotyped portrayals of Marlowe, first
created by his rival Robert Greene, and, yet, which still colour
our view. In doing so, Ide reveals the social and cultural
discourses out of which such myths emerged. We know next to nothing
about the life of the playwright Christopher Marlowe (b.1564 - d.
1593). Few documents survive other than his birth record in the
parish register, a handful of legal cases in court records, Privy
Council mandates and reports to the Council, the coroner's
examination of his death, and a few hearsay accounts of his
atheism. With such a limited collection of biographical documents
available, it is impossible to retrieve from history a complete
sense of Marlowe. However, this does not mean that biography cannot
play a significant role in Marlowe studies. By observing the
details of the specific places and communities to which Marlowe
belonged, this book highlights the collective experiences and
concerns of the social groups and communities with which we know he
was personally and financially involved. Specifically, Localizing
Christopher Marlowe reveals the political and cultural dynamics in
the community of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, into which
Marlowe was deeply integrated and through which he became
affiliated with the circle of Sir Francis Walsingham, mapping these
influences in both his life and works.
Coastal Acoustic Tomography begins with the specifics required for
designing a Coastal Acoustic Tomography (CAT) experiment and
operating the CAT system in coastal seas. Following sections
discuss the procedure for data analyses and various application
examples of CAT to coastal/shallow seas (obtained in various
locations). These sections are broken down into four kinds of
methods: horizontal-slice inversion, vertical-slice inversion,
modal expansion method and data assimilation. This book emphasizes
how dynamic phenomena occurring in coastal/shallow seas can be
analyzed using the standard method of inversion and data
assimilation. The book is relevant for physical oceanographers,
ocean environmentalists and ocean dynamists, focusing on the event
being observed rather than the intrinsic details of observational
processes. Application examples of successful dynamic phenomena
measured by coastal acoustic tomography are also included.
Mitsuha is a young girl living in a rural town named Itomori and is
fed up with her life. One day, her family and friends notice she's
suddenly acting strange. Little do they know, a high school boy
from Tokyo named Taki Tachibana found himself randomly switching
places with her when he fell asleep. But he has no clue how to act
as a high school girl in an unfamiliar place! This is the story of
the hit novel your name. from the perspective of Mitsuha's friends
and family as they deal with her strange new quirks--and avoid
disaster.
Draping is the art of manipulating fabric directly on the dress
form. It is the most creative way for a designer to turn design
ideas into reality. Start by learning the basics, including how to
use a dress form and how to prepare the muslin for draping. You
will then move on to learn how to drape basic bodices, including a
range of darts and necklines, and also basic skirts, and finally
dresses. Each lesson in the book is illustrated in meticulous
detail in a series of step-by-step photographs accompanied by
photos from the catwalk.
When Toushirou is hired as a servant for beastman diplomat Alex, he
fears the very worst. As an omega, he's gotten used to being
treated as a mere plaything, and he prepares to once again "serve"
his feline master. But to his surprise, Alex is appalled by the
treatment of omegas in Japan and treats him with a kindness he's
never experienced before. Little by little, Toushirou's feelings
begin to change...
This brief offers an overview of the prevailing debates in police
oversight and accountability through an analysis of policing in
Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan. It places emphasis on three major
controversies of oversight: professionalism, representation, and
empowerment. Arguing that traditional models do not accurately
depict variations in police systems in Asia, the volume aims to
bring attention to the implementation of these three concepts and
clearly articulate the power relationship within these Asian police
oversight mechanisms. This brief will be a useful resource for
researchers in policing as well as criminologists, political
scientists, and sociologists, particularly those specializing in
East Asia.
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Air Doll (DVD)
Doona Bae, Arata, Itsuji Itao, Jô Odagiri, Sumiko Fuji; Contributions by …
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Surreal Japanese drama about a latex doll which becomes human.
Hideo (Itsuji Itao) lavishes affection upon his doll, Nozomi (Doona
Bae), and seems to appreciate her silently passive nature.
Unbeknownst to him, however, one day Nozomi comes to life and sets
out in search of human experience. On her wanderings she happens
upon a video rental store, where she meets Junichi (Arata). As an
emotional bond forms between the pair, Nozomi is gradually
introduced to the more complex nature of human emotion.
British culture in the 1880s and 1890s was marked by a strong sense of decline. Fictions of Loss in the Victorian Fin de Siècle examines the ways in which perceptions of loss were cast into archetypal stories that sought to account for the culture's troubles and assuage its anxieties. By examining the work of a wide range of writers--from Kipling to Wilde, from Stevenson to Stoker--Stephen Arata shows how the nation's twin obsessions with decadence and imperialism became intertwined in the thought of the period.
In a school meant for alphas, one young man goes through a change that
could get him expelled—or worse. See how two honor students do whatever
it takes to protect each other in this Boys’ Love omegaverse manga!
Shunya and Ryota are honor students attending a prestigious high school
exclusively for male alphas. And while their alpha nature places them
at the top of the social hierarchy, these two friends hope to one day
create new medicines that help omegas instead and put an end to the
discrimination they face. But everything changes in an instant when
Shunya suddenly manifests as an omega himself and goes into heat! With
his best friend now vulnerable to attack by their alpha classmates,
will Ryota be able to protect him and realize their dream?
During the events of your name., Mitsuha and Taki's miraculous
encounter forever changed their lives. But they weren't the only
ones affected by their body swapping -- Mitsuha's friends and
family have their own sides of the story to tell!
Three essays by leading scholars in the field of Japanese art
explore Sesson's unique existence and unconventional painting
style, as well as how scholarly perceptions of the artist have
changed over time. Fifty-three entries highlight major works by
Sesson as well as those by other artists before, during, and after
his time. Sesson Shukei stands out as an anomaly in the history of
Japanese art. Among the vast canon of Japanese ink painting, Sesson
departed from convention. Inspired by the untamed landscape of the
eastern regions of Japan, Sesson led a peripatetic existence caused
by a lifetime of experiencing warfare and upheaval-yet he created
some of the most visually striking images in the history of
Japanese ink painting. This publication explores new ways of
understanding and interpreting one of Japan's greatest painters and
the world that shaped him.
It has been widely recognised that British culture in the 1880s and
1890s was marked by a sense of irretrievable decline. Fictions of
Loss in the Victorian Fin de Siecle explores the ways in which that
perception of loss was cast into narrative, into archetypal stories
which sought to account for the culture's troubles and perhaps
assuage its anxieties. Stephen Arata pays close attention to fin de
siecle representation of three forms of decline - national,
biological and aesthetic - and reveals how late Victorian
degeneration theory was used to 'explain' such decline. By
examining a wide range of writers - from Kipling to Wilde, from
Symonds to Conan Doyle and Stoker - Arata shows how the nation's
twin obsessions with decadence and imperialism became intertwined
in the thought of the period. His account offers new insights for
students and scholars of the fin de siecle.
Born a slave in eastern Tennessee, Sarah Blair Bickford (1852-1931)
made her way while still a teenager to Montana Territory, where she
settled in the mining boomtown of Virginia City. Race and the Wild
West is the first full-length biography of this remarkable woman,
whose life story affords new insight into race and belonging in the
American West around the turn of the twentieth century. For many
years, Sarah Bickford's known biography fit into a single
paragraph. By examining her life in all its complexity, Arata fills
in what were long believed to be unrecoverable 'silent spaces' in
her story. Before establishing herself as a successful business
owner, we learn, she was twice married, both times to white men.
Her first husband, an Irish immigrant, physically abused her until
she divorced him in 1881. Their three children all died before the
age of ten. In 1883, she married Stephen Bickford and gave birth to
four more children. Upon his death, she inherited his shares of the
Virginia City Water Company, acquiring sole ownership in 1917. For
the final decade of her life, Bickford actively preserved and
promoted a historic Virginia City building best known as the site
of the brutal lynching in 1864 of five men. Her conspicuous role in
developing an early form of heritage tourism challenges
long-standing narratives that place white men at the center of the
'Wild West' myth and its promotion. Bickford's story offers a
window into the dynamics of race in the rural West. Although her
experiences defy easy categorization, what is clear is that her
navigation of social norms and racial barriers did not hinge on
exceptionalism or tokenism. Instead, she built a life that deserves
to be understood on its own terms. Through exhaustive research and
nuanced analysis, Laura J. Arata advances our understanding of a
woman whose life embodied the contradictory intersections of hope
and disappointment that characterized life in the
early-twentieth-century American West for brave pioneers of many
races.
Kit the pirate needs to pay her crew, but she has spent all of
their gold on a holiday! How will Kit and her parrot Polly come up
with a way to pay the crew?
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