American Studies in Sweden: Navigating an Archipelagic Field by Jenny Bonnevier, Adam Hjorthén, Christin Mays

“… This essay sets out to map the teaching of American studies in Sweden. …”
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Writing (at) the End: Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge by Brian Chappell

“…In doing so he has done more than any American author to reveal to readers the posthuman future. This essay seeks Pynchon’s human(e) response to these eschatological forces. …”
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There and Back Again by Owen Hopkins

“… This essay explores the defining role that council housing has played in populist politics in Britain from the post-war era to the present. …”
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A «new society will come»: C.L.R. James in American Civilisation by Matteo Battistini

“…While historiography has taken the manuscript into account for its contribution to cultural studies, the essay considers it as his “political manifesto” for the United States. …”
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"Christ transforming culture"? Nagedink oor die aard van die gereformeerde geloof by D. Smit

“… The essay pays tribute to the honoree by reflecting on the nature of the Reformed faith and tradition, in which he was called to play a leading role during challenging times. …”
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The Critical Survey of Evolution in Common Persian Slang Lexicography “By Emphasizing on Twelve Common Persian Slang Lexicons” by Ghodsie Rezvanian, Siyavash Haghjoo, Leila Darvish Ali Pour Astaneh

“…The territory of this essay is describing and criticizing twelve main lexicon in Persian slang from 60 lexicons by the usage of practical linguistics science. …”
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Corridoi di connessioni. Rinselvatichire l'ambiente, ripristinare relazioni by Lia Zola

“…My essay deals with the attempts acted by beekeepers, who engage in a process of introduction of spontaneous herbs and plants in order to feed their bees, of “rewildening” and “repopulating” landscapes suffering from monocropping and excessive use of pesticides. …”
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"Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse by Markus Vogt

“… The essay formulates four criteria for identifying the topos "signs of the times" and applies them for a specific Christian understanding of the ecological crisis. …”
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La teoria dell’Arco Riflesso e l’educazione. L’esperienza come questione didattica nel pensiero di John Dewey by Teodora Pezzano

“…EXPERIENCE AS DIDACTIC ISSUE IN JOHN DEWEY’S THOUGHT Abstract In this paper I will try to focus in the John Dewey’s thought on the relationship between the centrality of the Reflex Arc theory, developed in the essay «The Reflex Arc concept» of 1896, which derives from the essay Soul and Body of 1886, fundamental to understand Deweyan thought and some aspects of Classical Pragmatism, and the didactic issues as developed in the texts: «My pedagogic creed» of 1897 and «The school and society» of 1899.…”
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Vanishing Point: Joan Didion and the Horizons of Historical Knowledge by Kenneth Millard

“…This critical study situates Joan Didion’s memoir Where I Was From in the context of debates about the textuality of history in contemporary culture. In particular the essay is a critical examination of Didion’s interest in the concept of origins. …”
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Food for thought: Family Entrepreneurship in four questions by Kathleen Randerson

“…The essay is structured around four thought provoking questions: who is family?…”
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American Schools of Interdisciplinarity: History and Literature Programs and Their Early Twentieth-Century Traditions by Hélène Cottet

“…Taking on the special case of the study of American literature, this essay argues that its belated recognition as a discipline, in the 1920s, framed it in the meantime as the one remaining province of the generalist amidst the rise of expertise that had come to characterize academic culture as of the end of the nineteenth century. …”
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The Role of Artisans in the Circumcision Festival of 1675 During the Reign of Sultan Mehmed IV by M. Fatih Torun, Nalan Turna

“…Drawing from seventeenth- century official and non-official sources concerning the festival, this essay focuses mainly on the role of the artisans. …”
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The Death of American Studies by Simon J. Bronner

“…Dorson’s landmark address “The Birth of American Studies” in Warsaw on the occasion of forty years since the start of the groundbreaking Harvard program in American Studies, this essay questions whether American Studies in the forty years afterwards suffered a fatal malaise. …”
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The Existentialist Contradiction in David Foster Wallace: How Wallace’s Sociology Illuminates the Contradiction in Wallace’s Ethics by Paolo Pitari

“…This essay argues that Wallace’s non-fiction presents a sociology that constitutes the foundation of Wallace’s literary project. …”
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The Empty Child: Dystopian Innocence and Samuel Delany’s Hogg by Jonathan Mitchell

“…This essay examines Samuel Delany’s novel, Hogg to interrogate the figure of the innocent child and the role of the family in America, especially in mid-century America. …”
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Ontological Sovereignty: Black Justifications for Violent Resistance to Slavery, 1500-1900 by Dalitso Ruwe

“…This essay focuses on claims to justify self-defense for African liberty.…”
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Introduction: Touching the Wounds by M. Therese Lysaught

“…The paradigm shift toward the wounds of the world as a privileged _locus theologicus_ reverberates throughout this issue of the _Journal of Moral Theology_. Each essay takes as its starting point for analysis and theological development the particularities of different wounds that are simultaneously social, bodily, and ecclesial. …”
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Analisis Metode Cosine Similarity Pada Aplikasi Ujian Online Otomatis (Studi Kasus JTI POLINEMA) by Eka Larasati Amalia, Angelita Justien Jumadi, Irsyad Arif Mashudi, Dimas Wahyu Wibowo

“…However, in this online essay exam, it takes a long time to correct answers if done manually. …”
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Comment of Maria Teresa Pozzoli's book by Ricardo Salas Astrain

“… The obedience of Abraham. An essay on institutional learning and pathological obedience. …”
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