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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"heroic narratives"”.
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Modern Myth and Masculine Character: Revealing the fit 'self' in MTV's I Used to Be Fat
… of fast transformation by overcoming the body, heroic narratives depict subjects renouncing their fat bodies in order to produce themselves anew. Drawing on Michel Foucault's late work on Christian technologies of the self, this paper asserts the continuity of ascetic ethical practices in the …
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Mediating War in Early Modern German Prose
… upon which war stories had long been based: heroics. While modern historians still debate the quantitative impact of gunpowder technology on society, early modern authors and eyewitnesses were in unanimous agreement: Gunpowder changed the way they thought about war. At the same time, an …
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Spectacular physicalities: female athleticism in contemporary cinema
… and the musical). I explore the kinds of (heroic) narratives constructed around athletic female protagonists as well as the significance of the display of athletic female bodies ‘in action’. This allows me to provide insights as to the identities and subject positions (re-)constituted and …
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Volunteer Women: Militarized Femininity in the 1916 Easter Rising
… other women. Historians and scholars favor these narratives because they are empowering and act as clear foils to the heroic narratives of the male leaders in the Easter Rising. In reality, however, most of the women who joined Cumann na mBan or worked for the leaders of the Easter Rising chose to …
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Mediating influences in intracommunity brand engagement: The performance of brand faces and brand heroes on the brand stage
… this situation, a brand face is only considered heroic when they demonstrate their contribution to the brand and their willingness to uphold the same brand values that are important to the community. The second conclusion lies in the nature of brand hero authenticity, where consumers are active …
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Mediating influences in intracommunity brand engagement: The performance of brand faces and brand heroes on the brand stage
… this situation, a brand face is only considered heroic when they demonstrate their contribution to the brand and their willingness to uphold the same brand values that are important to the community. The second conclusion lies in the nature of brand hero authenticity, where consumers are active …