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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Material Turn"”.
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Fashion Diplomacy at the Court of Henry VIII
… were an intellectually superficial pursuit. The material turn in historical scholarship, however, has resulted in growing scholarly appreciation for the semiotics and application of dress. This has resulted in work that explores fashion’s interaction with, and functions within, culture, religion, …
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OBJECTOS REAPARECIDOS EN EL IMAGINARIOTESTIMONIAL DE LA ÚLTIMA DICTATURA ARGENTINA (1976 - 1983).
… and narrative levels, the dissertation asks how material elements influenced the daily experience of the abductees, thereby affecting collective memory and imagination. The theoretical framework developed in the Introduction draws from the “material turn” in humanities and “object-oriented …
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"Alla Greca"? Matter and Meaning of Greek-style bookbindings in Renaissance Venice
… contact across the Mediterranean, and the use of material culture for self-fashioning purposes. By so doing, it uncovers the social and cultural narratives that led to the imitation and appropriation of the materiality of Greek books in Renaissance Venice and Europe. The thesis is partly based on …
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The Talking of Objects: Migratory Experiences and Subjectivities of British Chinese Women in Contemporary Britain
… “sexualised” or “exotic”, each one in turn distorts the lived experiences of British Chinese women. To productively address the lack of representation of British Chinese women, this study adopted visual ethnography and material culture as a strategy to bring forward their personal, …
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Forme, présence, émotion : éléments pour une approche affective du passé
… tan importante como el sentido: la presencia o materialidad de las huellas del pasado. Aunque reconoce el carácter figurativo y representativo de la historia, Runia sostiene que el pasado también se impone al historiador. Una de las formas en que esas presencias se manifiestan en el presente es, …
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Crafting citizens: material rhetoric, cultural intermediaries, and the Amazwi Abesifazane South African national quilt project
… in craft rhetoric projects in the field’s “material turn,” or rhetoric and composition’s interest in the material processes and economies in which rhetorical meaning is composed and received. I work to provide a robust picture of craft rhetoric projects by analyzing three relatively recent …