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Experiencing Accents: A Knight-Thompson Speechwork® Guide for
Acting in Accent presents a comprehensive and systematic approach
to accent acquisition for actors. It lays out an accessible and
effective set of tools, exercises, and theoretical frameworks
grounded in current linguistic science, as well as more than two
decades of teaching, actor training, and coaching developed by
Knight-Thompson Speechwork®. This book dismantles the notions that
accents exist on a spectrum of good and bad or that "neutral,"
"general," or "standard" can serve as ideals for speech. By
de-centering elitist and authoritarian worldviews, it gives actors
a path to mobilize their innate language abilities to acquire any
accent, relying on descriptive and experiential knowledge. The
innovative approach of the Four Ps – People, Prosody, Posture,
and Pronunciation – builds cultural competence that honors
accents as they exist in the world, increases the physical and
perceptive skills of the actor, and provides a rich variety of
applications to encourage fluid and embodied accent performance.
Each of the Four Ps are investigated and practiced separately and
then synthesized in the art of the performer, allowing actors to
address the complexity of acting in accent through a deliberate and
sequential layering of skills, rendering the final expression of
their technique meticulously accurate and deeply authentic.
Organized into 16 modules to correspond with a typical semester,
Experiencing Accents is perfect for Theatre students in Voice,
Speech, and Accents courses, along with working actors interested
in improving their accent work.
Experiencing Accents: A Knight-Thompson Speechwork® Guide for
Acting in Accent presents a comprehensive and systematic approach
to accent acquisition for actors. It lays out an accessible and
effective set of tools, exercises, and theoretical frameworks
grounded in current linguistic science, as well as more than two
decades of teaching, actor training, and coaching developed by
Knight-Thompson Speechwork®. This book dismantles the notions that
accents exist on a spectrum of good and bad or that "neutral,"
"general," or "standard" can serve as ideals for speech. By
de-centering elitist and authoritarian worldviews, it gives actors
a path to mobilize their innate language abilities to acquire any
accent, relying on descriptive and experiential knowledge. The
innovative approach of the Four Ps – People, Prosody, Posture,
and Pronunciation – builds cultural competence that honors
accents as they exist in the world, increases the physical and
perceptive skills of the actor, and provides a rich variety of
applications to encourage fluid and embodied accent performance.
Each of the Four Ps are investigated and practiced separately and
then synthesized in the art of the performer, allowing actors to
address the complexity of acting in accent through a deliberate and
sequential layering of skills, rendering the final expression of
their technique meticulously accurate and deeply authentic.
Organized into 16 modules to correspond with a typical semester,
Experiencing Accents is perfect for Theatre students in Voice,
Speech, and Accents courses, along with working actors interested
in improving their accent work.
Provides a rigorous yet broadly accessible introduction to a
relatively new and fast-emerging field that can be used in both
teaching/training and professional preparation/discourse. Solid mix
of scholars and practitioners. Emphasis on newer, perhaps less
known, voices, who have lived the ideas and practices of covenantal
pluralism and cross-cultural religious literacy (especially within
a minority community). Chris Seiple himself coined the terms
“covenantal pluralism” and “cross-cultural religious
literacy” – no other book on the market that combines the
practical perspectives that this approach does, particularly the
cross-cultural and leadership dimensions.
Provides a rigorous yet broadly accessible introduction to a
relatively new and fast-emerging field that can be used in both
teaching/training and professional preparation/discourse. Solid mix
of scholars and practitioners. Emphasis on newer, perhaps less
known, voices, who have lived the ideas and practices of covenantal
pluralism and cross-cultural religious literacy (especially within
a minority community). Chris Seiple himself coined the terms
"covenantal pluralism" and "cross-cultural religious literacy" - no
other book on the market that combines the practical perspectives
that this approach does, particularly the cross-cultural and
leadership dimensions.
This Handbook breaks new ground by addressing global security
through the lens of religion and examining the role religion plays
in both war and peace.
In recent years there has been a considerable upsurge of public
concern about the role of religion in contemporary violence.
However, other than historical materials, there has been a relative
neglect of the subject of religion and security. The Routledge
Handbook of Religion and Security fills this gap in the literature
by providing an interdisciplinary, comprehensive volume that helps
non-specialists and experts alike understand how religion is both
part of the problem and part of the solution to security
challenges. Featuring contributions from many of the key thinkers
in the field, the Handbook is organized into thematic sections,
reflective of three basic questions:
- What does religion think of security?;
- What does security think of religion?; and,
- What happens when the two are mixed in specific real-world
cases of religious conflict?
This Handbook offers analyses of how nine different world
religions have related to issues of war and peace, theologically
and practically; overviews of how scholars and practitioners in
nine different topical areas of security studies have (or have not)
dealt with the relationship between religion and security; and five
case studies of particular countries in which the
religion--security nexus is vividly illustrated: Nigeria, India,
Israel, the former Yugoslavia and Iraq.
This Handbook will be of great interest to students of religion,
security studies, war and conflict studies and IR in general.
Delicious, easy recipes backed by the latest science on lowering
cholesterol Low-Cholesterol Cookbook For Dummies gives you the
tools you need to make simple, healthy meals for managing
cholesterol. More than 120 recipes--including 40 that are brand new
in this edition--are here to fill your plate with delicious food
that your taste buds and your heart will thank you for. There's a
ton of new science out there on cholesterol, and this book brings
you right up to speed with the latest studies and medical wisdom
for managing your cholesterol with diet. Relying on heart-healthy
foods--on their own or in conjunction with a statin medication or
as an alternative--a low-cholesterol diet can protect your ticker
and, thanks to these recipes, can even impress family and friends.
Learn the basic principles of how diet affects your blood
cholesterol Discover foods that give you important nutrients and
special compounds for lowering cholesterol and preventing heart
disease Find the right ingredients when shopping, planning menus,
and adapting recipes to support your health and please family and
friends Enjoy more than 120 easy-to-prepare recipes, including
breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and desserts Anyone who wants to
control cholesterol while eating well has a friend in
Low-Cholesterol Cookbook For Dummies.
Make menopause a change for the better! Are you entering menopause? Would you like to be prepared for it when it arrives? Whether the change of life is upon you or years away, now is the best time to find out all you can about this natural life process. The more you know, the better you can take care of yourself. And the healthier you are, the easier your menopause is likely to be. Written by two authorities in complementary medicine and womens health issues, Menopause the Natural Way is a compassionate guide that combines mainstream and alternative medical approaches into a simple, six-step program that helps you create a healthy and empowering passage through menopause. Youll learn about: - Using a journal as a valuable tool for managing your menopause
- Nutrition and menopausefoods and vitamins for your bodys changing needs
- Using herbs to balance your body and to treat and reverse symptoms
- Pleasurable exercises proven to reduce menopause symptoms and promote healthfrom yoga and tai chi to aerobic and weight-bearing routines
- Managing stress known to trigger menopause symptoms
- Rebalancing your hormones through natural and medical hormone therapy
Uniquely created from a womans perspective, Menopause the Natural Way offers you a supportive, natural, noninvasive way to manage your menopause while feeling great.
Make menopause a change for the better
Are you entering menopause? Would you like to be prepared for it
when it arrives? Whether the change of life is upon you or years
away, now is the best time to find out all you can about this
natural life process. The more you know, the better you can take
care of yourself. And the healthier you are, the easier your
menopause is likely to be.
Written by two authorities in complementary medicine and women's
health issues, Menopause the Natural Way is a compassionate guide
that combines mainstream and alternative medical approaches into a
simple, six-step program that helps you create a healthy and
empowering passage through menopause. You'll learn about:
* Using a journal as a valuable tool for managing your
menopause
* Nutrition and menopause-foods and vitamins for your body's
changing needs
* Using herbs to balance your body and to treat and reverse
symptoms
* Pleasurable exercises proven to reduce menopause symptoms and
promote health-from yoga and tai chi to aerobic and weight-bearing
routines
* Managing stress known to trigger menopause symptoms
* Rebalancing your hormones through natural and medical hormone
therapy
Uniquely created from a woman's perspective, Menopause the
Natural Way offers you a supportive, natural, noninvasive way to
manage your menopause while feeling great.
This Handbook breaks new ground by addressing global security
through the lens of religion and examining the role religion plays
in both war and peace. In recent years there has been a
considerable upsurge of public concern about the role of religion
in contemporary violence. However, other than historical materials,
there has been a relative neglect of the subject of religion and
security. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security fills
this gap in the literature by providing an interdisciplinary,
comprehensive volume that helps non-specialists and experts alike
understand how religion is both part of the problem and part of the
solution to security challenges. Featuring contributions from many
of the key thinkers in the field, the Handbook is organized into
thematic sections, reflective of three basic questions: What does
religion think of security?; What does security think of religion?;
and, What happens when the two are mixed in specific real-world
cases of religious conflict? This Handbook offers analyses of how
nine different world religions have related to issues of war and
peace, theologically and practically; overviews of how scholars and
practitioners in nine different topical areas of security studies
have (or have not) dealt with the relationship between religion and
security; and five case studies of particular countries in which
the religion--security nexus is vividly illustrated: Nigeria,
India, Israel, the former Yugoslavia and Iraq. This Handbook will
be of great interest to students of religion, security studies, war
and conflict studies and IR in general.
This volume showcases 200 works by California Art Club artists who
have focused on the evocative seascapes, charming seaside towns,
and beach communities from San Diego to San Francisco,
demonstrating a breathtaking range of natural settings suffused
with atmosphere, drama, and light. Since the dawn of the twentieth
century, California has been home to artists from all over America
and Europe who aspired to depict the state s compelling natural
landscapes on canvas. In 1909, these artists founded the California
Art Club, which stands today as one of the most esteemed painting
societies in the United States. This volume, which follows Skira
Rizzoli s luminous California Light: A Century of Landscapes,
presents more of the club s distinctive and lush plein air
painting, an impressionistic style in which painters work outdoors
in order to capture the ephemeral moment when the natural lighting
of a landscape elevates an already beautiful scene into something
sublime. As observed by W.H. Auden, Thousands have lived without
love, not one without water. We as a species are drawn to the sea
artists perhaps even more so than others, as beautifully evidenced
in this book.
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