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Visions of the Future
Almanacs, Time, and Cultural Change 1775-1870
Inbunden, 1996
664 kr
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Historians have long puzzled over the `death' of astrology at the end of the seventeenth century. Visions of the Future demonstrates that astrology was alive and well for much of the nineteenth century, finding expression in one of the best-selling items of popular literature, the almanac. It …
Visibly Different
Face, Place and Race in Australia
Häftad, 2007
920 kr
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What does an Australian look like? Many Australians assume that there is such a thing as an ‘ethnic’ face, and that it indicates recent arrival or refugee status. This volume contains nine life narratives by Australians who reflect on the experience of being categorised on the basis of their facial …
Locating Life Stories
Beyond East-West Binaries in (Auto)Biographical
Inbunden, 2012
334 kr
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The thirteen essays in this volume come from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, South Africa, and Hawai‘i. With a shared focus on the specific local conditions that influence the ways in which life narratives are told, the authors engage with a variety of academic disciplines, …
