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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Heathenism"”.
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‘Heathenism’ in the Protestant Atlantic World, c. 1558 - c. 1700
This dissertation argues that the concept of the 'heathen' expressed the exclusionary and expansionist precepts of English Protestantism in the Atlantic world between c. 1558 and c. 1700. Building upon recent scholarly developments in the cultural history of unbelief and the global history of …
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Across Lands: Double Consciousness and Negotiating Identities in Early Chinese American Literature, 1847-1910s
… to 'the intelligent class of China' vis-à-vis 'heathenism.' In this chapter, I argue that Wong's periodical writing, translation, and political activities contribute to the project of constructing the new identity—Chinese American. My last chapter examines Edith and Winnifred Eaton's writings in …
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Exploring Transient Identities: Deconstructing Depictions Of Gender And Imperial Ideology In The Oriental Travel Narratives Of Englishwomen, 1831-1915
… and Christian in its intolerance of Oriental heathenism. Studying Victorian female travel narratives that described journeys to the Orient provides an excellent opportunity to reexamine the diaphanous nature of the boundaries of the public/private sphere dichotomy; the relationship between …
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Traditional Intellectual Property Protection in Tanzania: The Case of Traditional Medicinal Knowledge
… knowledge as being primitive, barbaric, heathenism and in some occasions associated directly with witchcraft. The study after assessing the various forms of biopiracy in Tanzania and the attempts to protect traditional medicine, it proceeds to conclude that the nub of the arguments for …
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Multiple Allegiances, Conflicting Attributions of Honor, and the Resulting Moral Dilemmas In the Nibelungenlied
<p>The Nibelungenlied has offered German Studies a unique example of medieval literature that is highly valuable for teaching Middle High German as well as German literary history. The Nibelungenlied has many interesting literary qualities that over the centuries have generated an abundance of …