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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Mediterranean studies"”.
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The construction of shame in the Hebrew Bible: the prophetic contribution
… in the light of socio-anthropological field studies conducted primarily in the Levant. In the Mediterranean studies shame is usually paired with its binary opposite honour. The honour/shame model is characterised especially by defined gender roles and challenge-ripostes. Shame is associated …
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Understanding Seahorse Distribution and Ecology in Malta through Citizen Science
… waters when compared to data published from Mediterranean studies. Seahorses are sporadically encountered by the public (particularly by scuba divers) in Maltese waters and as Malta is considered a centre for recreational Scuba diving in Europe, it was deemed a good candidate for a …
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An Alternative Mediterranean Space. Narratives of Movement and Resistance Across Italy and North Africa
… and visual narratives that dialogue across the Mediterranean Sea, in this dissertation I apply the category of narrative to the field of Mediterranean Studies. Working across different genres, different media, and different languages, I explore the possible configuration of a Mediterranean …
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Sixteenth Century Morisco Devotional Manuscripts in their Mediterranean Contexts
… communities in the wider early modern Mediterranean. I argue that the Moriscos should be understood as complex and dynamic communities and participants in the spaces in which they lived. The thesis begins with an historical overview of Morisco communities in sixteenth century Spain. I …
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John: A Samaritan Gospel
<p>The Gospel of John is enigmatic; scholars have sought to identify its distinctive features. Is it influenced by Hellenistic culture, Gnosticism, Dositheism, or is it an editorial compilation? These distinct characteristics have led scholars to speculate about the intended recipients of the …
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Paradigms of refuse: waste abjection and rejection in contemporary Italian literature and cinema
“Paradigms of Refuse” explores Italy and the Mediterranean as landscapes of crisis, sites where environmental threats, social inequalities, and geopolitical turmoil converge. These landscapes are increasingly being transformed into dumping sites where the material as well as the human excess of our …