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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"self-portrayal"”.
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Invisible Men: The Risks and Pleasures of Self-Portrayal in the Work of Contemporary American Male Artists
This dissertation examines the rare phenomenon of self-portrayal in the work of contemporary American male artists. The feminist art movement of the 1970s provided the aegis for many women artists to challenge the gendered dichotomy of artist/subject via the strategic deployment of their own bodies …
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The psychology of satire: Epicurean ethics in Horace's Sermones
… This is done through considerations of Horace’s self-portrayal as a qualified moralist who meets Epicurean standards and employs their tools of investigation and correction. A large portion of the study is dedicated to the manner in which he incorporates Epicurean economic and social teachings as …
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Facebook: Where privacy concerns and social needs collide
… concerns, and how these factors influence self-disclosures and privacy management strategies on the site. Also explored are respondents’ perceptions both of what the Facebook corporation ‘knows’ about them and with whom it shares their data. The research is based on the concepts of …
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Personal Essays and Short Stories: With an Introduction Exploring the Difference Between the Two Genres
… the personal essay and discuss the importance of self-portrayal in the genre's tradition. I then evaluate six selections of my own writing, four essays and two stories, supporting the view that while genre boundaries are blurry, there are differences, especially from the writer's perspective. …
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“I Just Had to Feel Grateful for What I’ve Been Given”: A Critical Examination of the Marketing Portrayals and Sponsorship of Professional Women Footballers
… narrative study is to understand the marketing portrayal and sponsorship of professional women athletes. Specifically, it examines the perspectives of professional women footballers and the ways in which the gender ideal is reproduced, negotiated, and resisted, as well as their (re)imagined …
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Abhinavagupta's Portrait of a Guru: Revelation and Religious Authority in Kashmir
… it makes Abhinavagupta’s representation of himself as a guru in his lengthy “autobiographical” excerpts intelligible. Although Kaula notions of religious authority and transmission—focused on the agency and intervention of perfected masters (Siddhas)—inform Abhinavagupta’s representation of …
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The socialist sacred: atheism, religion, and mass culture in Romania, 1948-1989
… and oral histories, I challenge the self-portrayal of socialist civilizations as scientific, secular, and the ""other"" of everything religious. Between 1948 and 1989, the Romanian communist regime sought to disenchant believers with a scientific, materialist worldview. Yet, it …
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Streifzüge durch eine "fremde" Welt : untersuchung ausgewählter schriftlicher Zeugnisse deutscher Reisender im südlichen Afrika im 19. Jahrhundert unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der kulturellen Fremderfahrung : eine literaturwissenschaftliche Untersuchung
… is the reason why the textual product is also a self-portrayal of the author: his prejudices, his view of the world and his valuation of his home country. The collision of the European and with the so-called Other and the effects on the traveller are of main interest in this thesis. The …
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Heroic Self-Fashioning in Statius' Thebaid
… greatness that they claim to have in their self-presentations is therefore called into question by the Thebaid’s narrative and its narrator, who condemns the actions of the heroes throughout the poem. Throughout my project, I will be interested in the gap that forms behind the heroic image, …
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Autobiography: theory and practice
… and expectations of ‘authenticity’ in narrative self-portrayal. It addresses conflicting notions of autonomy and reliability in present, past, perceived and actual subject identities, followed by considerations of narrative continuity, inclusions and omissions, and the insidious nature of the …
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Social collaboration for corporate innovation management
… the mass-scale networking of users of different self-portrayal and interaction platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, or Xing, or the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ effect for large-scale idea platforms or as a marketing tool to reach target groups with dedicated messages.The scientific value of the …