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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Memory and identity."”.
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Video, memory and identity : my body, my history
… is an inquiry into familial images of the past and the relationship of these images to history, memory and the present. Because some of these relationships are problematic, alternative ways of looking at memory and familial images through the medium of video are discussed. Particular attention …
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Photography, memory and identity: the émigré photographer Lisel Haas (1898-1989)
… situates her within the fields of photography and exile studies by focusing on the significance of memory and identity. This approach places Haas within émigré photography rather than exile photography. The latter places emphasis on political persecution; this study rather concentrates on the …
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Uncivil War: Memory and Identity in the Reconstruction of the Civil Rights Movement.
<p>Memory is constructed to solidify a certain version of the past in the collective identity. History and memory occupy a controversial role in the New South, with battles over the legacy of the Civil War and the reassertion of Confederate symbols in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement's …
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Of Manses and Convents: Violence, Memory, and Identity in Casablanca la bella by Fernando Vallejo and En el lejero by Evelio Rosero Diago
… ways in which the diegetic spaces of the manses and convents as portrayed in two Colombian novels, Casablanca la bella (2013) by Fernando Vallejo and En el lejero (2007) by Evelio Rosero Diago serve as scenarios for the representation of the violences that pervade contemporary Colombian society. …
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Fordsburg's urban memory - cultural significance and its embodiment in the ordinary landscape
… long been associated with the Indian community and more recently a new immigrant population from the Indian subcontinent. Transitory communities have left their mark on the suburb and have resulted in changing significances and heritage resources. The study's main aim was to identify what …
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Sacred Ground, Divided Histories: Conflicts Over Religious Sites and Their Impact on Cultural Memory
… of contested sacred spaces on the cultural memory and identity of the communities involved. Contested sacred spaces involve one or more religions claiming ownership of the site. Conflicts that arise from these disputes can affect the cultural memory of the groups involved. The shared …
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The Southwest: A Study of Regional Identity in Material Culture and Textual Sources during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 - 220 C.E.)
This dissertation studies examples of social and cultural memory and identity manifested in the art of the southwest, present-day Sichuan province, during the Eastern Han dynasty. Through the study of the southwest’s material culture, considered special for its distinct artistic style and content …
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TOUCHING THE CENTER THAT BURNS: AN EXORCISM
… the relationship between language, traumatic memory, and identity. Through a cross-genre creative style of writing and scholarship, the writer engages with trauma theory, performative language theory, psychoanalysis, and literature in order to illuminate how language, in its various forms, is …
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The Field: A Contraepic
… its investigations of transgenerational trauma and the effect of time and place on memory and identity. The narrative of <em>The Field</em> focuses on a family of three women, a mother and two daughters, the house they share, and the land that surrounds them. <em>The Field</em> is about my …
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Cliffhanger
… is deeply rooted in my personal experiences and serves as a memorial and monument to counteract the enduring effects of grief and loss. What sets my work apart is the transformative impact of my everyday encounters, inspired by my 14 years of experience working at Trader Joe's. These …
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A Spatial Analysis of Bounded Cemeteries at the Town Creek Site (AD 1150-1400) in the Southern Piedmont of North Carolina
… links between the presence of bounded cemeteries and the existence of corporate groups within ancient communities. This thesis examines two cemeteries at Town Creek, a Mississippian civic-ceremonial center located in the southern Piedmont of North Carolina that was occupied from approximately AD …
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Politics and prosthesis : representing disability in South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… dissertation aims to put two seemingly stable and unchanging categories, namely the 'nation' and the 'body', into conversation with each other in order to interrogate how the disabled body, in particular, became a site for nation building in South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy …
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The story of Anna P. : as told by herself
This is a book about the fragility of memory and identity, and the nature of time. It has three parts reflecting the past, present and future of a woman, Anna P, who lives on an island off the coast of Italy but can no longer remember how she got there. She comes from South Africa but has almost no …
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Construindo caminhos para vidas futuras de comunidades pretas através do teatro em pojuca-ba
… involved only observation, while the second and third were immersive, carried out in formal and non-formal environments, respectively, in the city of Pojuca-BA. The theater workshops aimed to foster artistic creation in the city and provide opportunities for the youth of Pojuca, expanding …
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Mourning at Mount Vernon: Memory, Commemoration, and Thanatourism in the Creation of Nineteenth-Century American Identity
… during the Sectional Crisis, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age which resulted in building national identity focused on sacrifice to the nation. As the plantation is also the site of George Washington’s Tomb, I contend that travel to this location falls within the definitions of thanatourism …
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Lithuanian literary history: a theoretical study of writings /
… narrative episodes in the 19th century and the first amateur and professional literary history attempts in the first half of the 20th century. The research covers all forms of Lithuanian literary histories writing and rewritings, and reflects Lithuanian cultural consciousness and …
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Lietuvių literatūros istorija: teorinis rašymų tyrimas /
… narrative episodes in the 19th century and the first amateur and professional literary history attempts in the first half of the 20th century. The research covers all forms of Lithuanian literary histories writing and rewritings, and reflects Lithuanian cultural consciousness and …
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Envisioning Antiquity: Yi Bingshou and the Politics of Memory in the Qing Dynasty
… became a vital source for Confucian scholarship and artistic practice in China. Scholars used these inscriptions to establish meanings of Confucian classics, verify recorded historical events, and reconstruct lost sites of cultural legacy. This methodological trend, known as kaozheng, or …
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Negotiating the memory of the dead in the community of Yehud.
Research in the material culture and texts of the Persian period Levant has provided greater understanding of the early second temple communities and identity formation. However, studies regarding mortuary practices and the role of the dead among these communities are limited. Through the lens of …
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