A Critique of the Book an Introduction to Research in Family Sociology in Iran by Mahsa Larijani, Khadijeh Safiri

“…The purpose of this article is to examine the various dimensions of this book with a critical approach that is based on the conventional pattern of critical essays. The findings of the present article show that the criticisms of the book are in informal, structural and content areas, the most important of which include the lack of objective examples of claims and theories, lack of up-to-date sources, poor demographic analysis and lack of focus on topics such as the Ethics roots of the family and so on. …”
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British-Irish historical memory: the legacy of the Anglo-Irish conflict in the first four volumes of the Lives Entwined project by Slimane Hargas

“…Lives Entwined, set the tone for the four volumes of essays it has hitherto given birth to, and in which the overarching themes are indeed the strong cultural and historical ties linking British and Irish people and the main stumbling blocks to their reconciliation in decades past, namely the exacerbation of the memory of their strife-ridden past by British imperialism and Irish nationalism, as well as the Troubles in Northern Ireland. …”
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Virtual Simulation-Based Training and Person-Centered Care by Christen Page, Morgan Blaydes, Leah Simpkins, Casey Humphrey, Kellie Ellis

“…This mixed methods study used short-term treatment goals, reflective essays, and focus groups to evaluate the difference prior to and after a virtual reality dementia experience in graduate Communication Sciences and Disorders’ students’ perceptions of person-centered care.  …”
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The SweLL Language Learner Corpus by Elena Volodina, Lena Granstedt, Arild Matsson, Beáta Megyesi, Ildikó Pilán, Julia Prentice, Dan Rosén, Lisa Rudebeck, Carl-Johan Schenström, Gunlög Sundberg, Mats Wirén

“…The main aim is to deliver a well-annotated corpus of essays written by second language learners of Swedish and make it available for research through a browsable environment. …”
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Ghostwriting: Simulacra of Academic Performance by S. A. Sheypak

“…Who and how writes customized academic essays in Russia” by A. Davydov and P. Abramov (Moscow: Khamovniki Foundation for Social Research: Common Place, 2021, 176 p.). …”
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Between Destructiveness and Vitalism: Simmel’s Sociology of Crowds by Christian Borch

“…Finally, the fourth part of the article examines the crowd in the light of Simmel’s essays on the metropolis and sociability. It is argued that this part of Simmel’s work allows for a vitalist interpretation of crowds, which differs greatly from what Le Bon, Sighele, and Tarde suggested, and which anticipates Elias Canetti’s theory of crowds.…”
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The Global Classroom in Action: Thirty Years of International Studies at the University of Technology Sydney by Paul Allatson

“…To commemorate this anniversary in this issue of Portal: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, a selection of academic staff, past and present, who have contributed to the program, share their memories and insights through short essays and reflective pieces. This initiative seeks to honour the diverse experiences and pedagogical innovations that have shaped the program’s success over the decades. …”
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Writing Errors: The Case of English Learners of Arabic by Asmaa Shehata, Amaya Martin

“…It examined the types of errors that learners of Arabic who were first language (L1) English speakers made in writing and investigated the influence of language proficiency on learners’ writing errors. To this end, 30 essays were collected from learners of Arabic at three different class levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced. …”
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The Evolution of Woman. George Eliot’s“Woman in France: Madame de Sablé” by Barbara Pauk

“…For Shirley Foster, who compares her to the notorious antifeminist Sarah Ellis, the essay documents her antifeminism. Other critics, who mention this rarely-analysed essay, use it to illustrate Eliot’s feminist credo or, like Frederick R. …”
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Les études de Sergio Cigada, jalons incontournables de la critique flaubertienne by Liana Nissim

“…Sergio Cigada’s dazzling insight, the clarity of his expression and the critical accuracy of his thought, all make of his essays crucial milestones for all those interested in Gustave Flaubert.…”
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Preliminary Note by Henrieke Stahl

“… This volume brings together contributions addressing the intersections of political poetry, performativity, and the internet. The essays are based on presentations given at workshops and conferences organized by the DFG Centre for Advanced Studies “Russian-Language Poetry in Transition: Poetic Forms of Dealing with Boundaries of Genre, Language, Culture and Society between Europe, Asia and America” (2017-2023). …”
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Los prolegómenos del comunismo indo-afroamericano en Haití y Jacques Roumain: 1927-1933 by Vicente Romero

“…It follows too the steps made by the militants of Communism even without party in Haiti. Then it essays to appraise the grade of singularity or synthesis attained by the Haitians from the Black-indigenous ideology and the Communism, it means, the degree reached to propose an Indo–Afro-American Communist politics ad-hoc for Haiti, underpinning since this years on the Ethnology and Linguistic sciences about the socio-cultural Creole and rural word of the Cultivateurs (ex-Bozals).…”
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Preliminary Note by Henrieke Stahl

“… This volume brings together contributions addressing the intersections of political poetry, performativity, and the internet. The essays are based on presentations given at workshops and conferences organized by the DFG Centre for Advanced Studies “Russian-Language Poetry in Transition: Poetic Forms of Dealing with Boundaries of Genre, Language, Culture and Society between Europe, Asia and America” (2017-2023). …”
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Oscar Wilde and la critique impressionniste by Richard Hibbitt

“…It shows how Wilde’s views of criticism in the essays collected in Intentions are prefigured by Anatole France and Jules Lemaître, and how the dialogic discussion of art in ‘The Critic as Artist’ itself prefigures a real-life debate between France and the conservative critic Ferdinand Brunetière, who rejected the ‘subjective’ approach as ‘impressionist criticism’. …”
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Cabo Verde: dilemas étnico-identitários num território fluido by Cláudio Alves Furtado

“…It could be said that they are structural to the ambiguities, ambivalences and contradictions which pervade the multiple narratives (re)produced, appropriated and re-appropriated in the most disparate moments in Cape Verde's history, as well as to the practices that embody social interactions among Cape Verdeans and between themselves and others, particularly Europeans and continental Africans. A profusion of essays, theses and books has been recently produced to deal with the matter of identity. …”
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J.H. Van Wyk, Teologie van die Koninkryk: Studies in Dogmatiek en Etiek by Rian Venter

“…Mens dink hier aan die vyf-volume Collected Essays/Versamelde Opstelle van D.J. Smit;1 A Theological Odyssey: My life in writing en die outobiografie I have come a long way van J.W. de Gruchy,2 en Pathways in theology: Ecumenical, African and Reformed van P. …”
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“[T]hat pincushion made of crimson satin:” Embroidery, Discourse and Memory in Victorian Literature and Culture by Róisín QUINN-LAUTREFIN

“…This article explores the significance of mid-Victorian domestic embroidery, relying on resources from literature, essays, women’s magazines, paintings, and embroidered objects. …”
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Soma-esthétique, art et libération by Richard Shusterman

“…This essay situates somaesthetics as an extension of my work in pragmatist aesthetics and then explores the political dimensions of somaesthetics and some of its practical applications. …”
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The Phenomenon of Emmanuel Macron. Book review of ‘Qu’est-ce que le macronisme?’ edited by E. Fottorino by P. G. Loginova

“…The book under review is a collection of essays ‘Qu’est-ce que le macronisme?’ (‘What is Macronism’?)…”
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Es lebe die Landeshauptfrau – Österreichische Fachsprachen im DaF-Unterricht by Reinhold Utri

“…., Muhr) having described and explained the phenomenon of Austrian German in numerous essays, emphasizing that it is neither superior nor inferior, but should be regarded as equal. …”
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