Middlemarsh: The Hopkins River, Kindred Wetlands and Remarkable People

Middlemarsh: The Hopkins River, Kindred Wetlands and Remarkable People PDF Author: Rod Giblett
Publisher: Transnational Press London
ISBN: 1801352003
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221

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“One book leads to another; one book grows out of another; one book flows out of others. Flowing is a fitting figure for a book about a river, creeks, wetlands and water. The present volume grew out of a brief discussion of two paintings of wetlands in mid-western Victoria by the nineteenth-century colonial landscape painter Eugene von Guérard. This discussion was part of a chapter on wetlands in Australian painting and photography (Giblett 2020a). It was included in John Ryan’s and Li Chen’s edited collection Australian Wetland Cultures (Ryan and Chen, eds 2020). I also contributed a chapter to this volume on Aboriginal wetland cultures, their sacral water beings and their refraction in Rainbow Serpent anthropology and Rainbow Spirit theology (Giblett 2020e). I take up and develop this discussion in the present volume in relation to particular Aboriginal peoples and places in mid-western Victoria, their practices of wetland cultures and their stories about and images of them, including the Rainbow Serpent." Contents Introduction to the Hopkins River, Its Basin, People and Places 13 Chapter 1. The Cast of Characters and A Companion of A Captain of Conservation. 35 Chapter 2. Where The River Rises: The Upper Hopkins, Its Creeks and Lake Bolac. 57 Chapter 3. Wetlands of ‘Australia Felix’: Between ‘The Grampians’ and The Upper Hopkins 77 Chapter 4. A Ramble Along The River: Through Colonial Places On The Middle Hopkins 103 Chapter 5. People and Place of Hissing Swan: Wetlands On The Middle Hopkins 125 Chapter 6. Framlingham and Hopkins Falls: Aboriginal Places and People On The Lower Hopkins 147 Chapter 7. Where The River Meets The Sea: The Hopkins Estuary 167

Middlemarsh: The Hopkins River, Kindred Wetlands and Remarkable People

Middlemarsh: The Hopkins River, Kindred Wetlands and Remarkable People PDF Author: Rod Giblett
Publisher: Transnational Press London
ISBN: 1801352003
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221

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“One book leads to another; one book grows out of another; one book flows out of others. Flowing is a fitting figure for a book about a river, creeks, wetlands and water. The present volume grew out of a brief discussion of two paintings of wetlands in mid-western Victoria by the nineteenth-century colonial landscape painter Eugene von Guérard. This discussion was part of a chapter on wetlands in Australian painting and photography (Giblett 2020a). It was included in John Ryan’s and Li Chen’s edited collection Australian Wetland Cultures (Ryan and Chen, eds 2020). I also contributed a chapter to this volume on Aboriginal wetland cultures, their sacral water beings and their refraction in Rainbow Serpent anthropology and Rainbow Spirit theology (Giblett 2020e). I take up and develop this discussion in the present volume in relation to particular Aboriginal peoples and places in mid-western Victoria, their practices of wetland cultures and their stories about and images of them, including the Rainbow Serpent." Contents Introduction to the Hopkins River, Its Basin, People and Places 13 Chapter 1. The Cast of Characters and A Companion of A Captain of Conservation. 35 Chapter 2. Where The River Rises: The Upper Hopkins, Its Creeks and Lake Bolac. 57 Chapter 3. Wetlands of ‘Australia Felix’: Between ‘The Grampians’ and The Upper Hopkins 77 Chapter 4. A Ramble Along The River: Through Colonial Places On The Middle Hopkins 103 Chapter 5. People and Place of Hissing Swan: Wetlands On The Middle Hopkins 125 Chapter 6. Framlingham and Hopkins Falls: Aboriginal Places and People On The Lower Hopkins 147 Chapter 7. Where The River Meets The Sea: The Hopkins Estuary 167

Rethinking Subalternity in Central and Eastern Europe

Rethinking Subalternity in Central and Eastern Europe PDF Author: Francesco Trupia
Publisher: Transnational Press London
ISBN: 1912997452
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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At a time when the region of Central and Eastern Europe is considered a dominant example of democratic backsliding with authoritarian tendencies, this monograph aims to provide a critical approach to minority issues. By carving out the philosophical implications of the notion of subalternity, Trupia draws particularly on Antonio Gramsci’s philosophy of praxis and his scholarly legacy in order to debunk societal models of liberal multiculturalism and their hegemonic discourse. This monograph is not only an attempt to unravel power-centred fabrication of subordination resulting from hierarchic methods of doing politics and imposing cultural ascriptions upon certain segments of society. It also deals with subalternity as a “perspective of opportunity” through the lens of complex identity positions of minority groups and their changes through time. Contents PREFACE INTRODUCTION: Philosophy and Minority Studies. What is at Stake? Part I: GENESIS, MATERIALISATION, BOUNDARIES, AND MEANINGS OF “MINORITY” AS SUBALTERN OTHERNESS CHAPTER ONE. Setting the Scene CHAPTER TWO. Minority Identities in Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Overview CHAPTER THREE. Post-Communism and Post-Colonialism: Do They Mirror Each Other? Part II: THE MAKING AND THE RE-MAKING OF SUBALTERNS: A GRAMSCIAN PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER FOUR. Antonio Gramsci and Subaltern Cultures: Fundamental Remarks CHAPTER FIVE. 1989 “Organic Crisis” and Post-Communist Positionality of Minority Groups CHAPTER SIX. “(Re-)thinking Subalternity and the Necessity of Hegemony CHAPTER SEVEN. Gramsci’s Way Out: Subaltern Mobilisation and the Role of Intellectuals CHAPTER EIGHT. The Paradox of Hegemonic (In-)Tolerance CHAPTER NINE. Gramscianism: Marxism Otherwise? OPEN CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER TEN. In Search of a New Praxis

From Villány to Tokyo

From Villány to Tokyo PDF Author: Gábor Rekettye
Publisher: Transnational Press London
ISBN: 1801350531
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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“I was born at the end of World War II, and so I was young in the ’60s. This means that I belong to the so-called (at least in Hungary) ‘great generation’. Young people of this generation, especially in America and Western Europe, rebelled against the existing system, showing their dissatisfaction by protests, new types of music and by outrageous clothes and behaviour. We – here and in the other socialist countries – experienced this, only because of the limitations of the repressive system, in a much gentler way. I have never been a rebel myself, and yet what tied me to this great generation was my desire to know the world much better, to be more informed than the average, to be a real cosmopolitan. That is why I studied languages and travelled much more than most.” “The evolution of people’s lives can be very diverse. Many people ask what makes someone successful or less successful. Genetics, education, its narrower and broader environment, circumstances, luck, etc. can all influence the evolution of an individual’s life. Success itself is subjective. Success can be material and not material, and the measurement of success always contains a kind of comparison to someone else. The concept of happiness further complicates this already very complex issue.I would say that success comes hand-in-hand with satisfaction. If people are satisfied with what they have achieved, they can claim to be successful and vice versa. Full satisfaction, of course, can be very misleading. People’s ways of life are very similar to a product’s life-cycle curve, as taught in marketing. Birth is followed by youth, then early adulthood, mature adulthood and ends with ageing.”

Leaving One's Comfort Zone - The Story of a Move to Italy

Leaving One's Comfort Zone - The Story of a Move to Italy PDF Author: Gökhan Kutluer
Publisher: Transnational Press London
ISBN: 1801350582
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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“Any settlers in the family?” “You don’t look Turkish at all, are you an émigré?” “Where are you originally from?” From an early age, I started hearing these questions. Either in school, during a cab ride, in the office or in my new social circles. I face these questions right after we start chatting... and this happens often. I always expect it. “Gökhan, where are you from?” I evolved: my height, my features, my voice, my gestures, the way I think, and many more but the answer to this question has never changed: “My ancestors used to live in Greece. They were there for a few generations. With the convention concerning population exchange between Turkey and Greece, my ancestors moved here permanently.” What I kept hearing on the grapevine eventually became a solid truth. I came to grasp the fact that my ancestors lived in Drama, Ptolemaida and Eleftheroupoli in Greece. All this longing to flee from my homeland and desire to get to know other places would clearly relate to a genetic interpretation. However, I still couldn’t say it all fit. "Kutluer compares and contrasts his Turkish roots, his old social surroundings to his new encounters in Bergamo and Montenegro. Starting from the relief of “getting out,” he dwells with the deep sense of nostalgia, the inevitable feeling of exile and loneliness; yet knowing that going back is not always an option and it is not the same land that one goes back to. Echoing some Turkish-German literature like Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Güney Dal, Feridun Zaimoğlu he battles the layers of integration to a new environment in reflection to his feelings of what once was a home to its aftertaste." – Elif Naz, Editor

Untold Stories from the Wild East

Untold Stories from the Wild East PDF Author: András G. Kelemen
Publisher: Transnational Press London
ISBN: 1910781525
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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András G. Kelemen shares his stories from a long transnational professional career. Kelemen worked in various roles in transnational organisations. He has four children and three grandchildren. When it comes to daily politics, while being a diehart patriot and simoultaneously a cosmopolitan, Kelemen says “I am a diehard democrat. However, to confuse anyone” he admits during his professional years as a top manager he had to skip some democratic processes as the pressures of time specific critical decisions dictated. Kelemen, as clearly seen from his satirical story telling in this book, says he would listen eagerly to the opinions of his colleagues if there was enough time, “but this happened rather scarcely”.

Reinventing Eastern Europe: Imaginaries, Identities and Transformations

Reinventing Eastern Europe: Imaginaries, Identities and Transformations PDF Author: Evinç Doğan
Publisher: Transnational Press London
ISBN: 1910781878
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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This edited collection brings together a wide range of topics that shed light on the social, cultural, economic, political and spatio-temporal changes influencing post-socialist cities of Eastern Europe. Different case studies are presented through papers that were presented at the Euroacademia International Conference series. Imaginaries, identities and transformations represent three blocks for understanding the ways in which visual narratives, memory and identity, and processes of alterity shape the symbolic meanings articulated and inscribed upon post-socialist cities. As such, this book stimulates a debate in order to provide alternative views on the dynamics, persistence and change broadly shaping mental mappings of Eastern Europe. The volume offers an opportunity for scholars, activists and practitioners to identify, discuss, and debate the multiple dimensions in which specific narratives of alterity making towards Eastern Europe preserve their salience today in re-furbished and re-fashioned manners.

Literary Theory

Literary Theory PDF Author: Johannes Willem Bertens
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415186641
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269

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This accessible guide provides the ideal first step in understanding literary theory.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens PDF Author: Joseph Hillis Miller
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674110007
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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George Orwell once said of Dickensâe(tm) work: âeoeIt is not so much a series of books, it is more like a world.âe In this book, J. Hillis Miller attempts to identify this âeoeworld,âe to show how a single view of life pervades every novel that Dickens wrote, and to trace the development of this view throughout the chronological span of Dickensâe(tm) career. There are full critical analyses of six of the novelsâe"Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Martin Chuzzlewit, Bleak House, Great Expectations, and Our Mutual Friendâe"and shorter discussions of many of the others. Each novel has been viewed as the transformation of the real world of Dickensâe(tm) experience into an imaginary world with certain special qualities of its own. Certain elements persist through all the novels, the most important of which are the general situation of the hero at the beginning of the story and the general nature of the world in which he lives. Each of Dickensâe(tm) heroes begins his life cut off from other people, in a world which seems menacing and unfriendly and, on the social side, composed of inexplicable rituals and mysterious conventions; each lives, like Paul Dombey, âeoewith an aching void in his young heart, and all outside so cold, and bare, and strange.âe The heroes then move through successive adventures in an attempt to understand the world, to integrate themselves into it, and thus to find their true identity. Initially creatures of poverty and indigence, those characters reach out for something which transcends the material world and the self, something other than human, which will support and maintain the self without engulfing it. Within the totality of Dickens' novels this problemâe"the search for selfhoodâe"is stated and restated, until, in the later novels, the answer is found to line in a rejections of the past, the given, and the exterior, and a reorientation toward the future and the free human spirit itself as the only true sources of value. With a real understating and sympathy for his subject, Miller manages to transport us into the midst of Dickensâe(tm) âeoeworldâe and to bring alive for us the whole strange and wonderful tribe that people his novels. This is an enlightening, well-written, enjoyable book for anyone who has ever had an interest in Dickens and his work.

Canada, the Spellbinder

Canada, the Spellbinder PDF Author: Lilian Whiting
Publisher: London ; Toronto : J.M. Dent
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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The Maids' Tragedy

The Maids' Tragedy PDF Author: Francis Beaumont
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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"The Maids' Tragedy" by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont is a captivating Jacobean tragedy that delves into themes of love, loyalty, and betrayal. Set in the court of a fictional Greek king, the play follows the story of Evadne, a noblewoman forced into a marriage of convenience with the king, despite her love for another man, Melantius. As the plot unfolds, Evadne's conflicted feelings and the machinations of those around her lead to a series of tragic events, including secret alliances, political intrigue, and ultimately, a devastating act of revenge. Through its intricate plot and complex characters, "The Maids' Tragedy" explores the consequences of passion, ambition, and the pursuit of power. Fletcher and Beaumont's masterful storytelling and poetic language bring the world of ancient Greece to vivid life, immersing audiences in a world of courtly intrigue and forbidden love. As the characters grapple with their desires and loyalties, they are forced to confront the darker aspects of human nature, including jealousy, greed, and the thirst for vengeance. At its heart, "The Maids' Tragedy" is a timeless exploration of the human condition, offering insights into the complexities of love, honor, and morality. With its compelling narrative and memorable characters, the play continues to captivate audiences with its blend of romance, tragedy, and political drama.