Barbara Humberstone's Books

Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea

By: Mike Brown,Barbara Humberstone

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Despite the fact that the sea covers 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface, and is integral to the workings of the world, it has been largely neglected or perceived as marginal in modern consciousness. This edited collection disrupts notions of the sea as ’other’, as foreign and featureless, through specific, situated accounts which highlight the centrality of the sea for the individuals concerned. Bringing together academics who combine scholarly expertise with lived experiences on, in and with the sea, it examines humans’ relationships with the sea. Through the use of auto-ethnographic accounting, the contributors reflect on how the sea has shaped their sense of identity, belonging and connection. They examine what it is to be engaged with the sea, and narrate their lived, sentient, corporeal experiences. The sea is a cultural seascape just as it is physical reality. The sea shapes us and we, in turn, attempt to ’shape it’ as we construct various versions of it that reflect our on-going and mutable relationship with it. The use of embodied accounts, as a way of conveying lived-experiences, and the integration of relevant theoretical frames for understanding the broader cultural implications provide new opportunities to understand seascapes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

217

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317058542

ISBN 13

9781317058540

Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 : The Monastic Experience

The Monastic Experience

By: Barbara Harvey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 : The Monastic Experience

The Monastic Experience

By: Barbara Harvey

This fascinating account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's most important monastic communities is also a broad exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages, by one of its most distinguished historians. - ;This is an authoritative account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's greatest monastic communities. It is also a wide-ranging exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages and early sixteenth century, by one of its most distinguished historians. Barbara Harvey exploits the exceptionally rich archives of the Benedictine foundation of Westminster to the full, offering numerous vivid insights into the lives of the Westminster monks, their dependants, and their benefactors. She examines the charitable practices of the monks, their food and drink, their illnesses and their deaths, the number and conditions of employment of their servants, and their controversial practice of granting corrodies (pensions made up in large measure of benefits in kind). All these topics Miss Harvey considers in the context both of religious institutions in general, and of the secular world. Full of colour and interest, Living and Dying in England is an original and highly readable contribution to medieval history, and that of the early sixteenth century. - ;By one of the greatest authorities on the subject -

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

314

Publisher

Clarendon Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0191591734

ISBN 13

9780191591730

Slow Professor

Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy

By: Maggie Berg,Barbara Seeber

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Slow Professor

Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy

By: Maggie Berg,Barbara Seeber

In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter the erosion of humanistic education.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

126

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442645563

ISBN 13

9781442645561

Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea

By: Mike Brown,Barbara Humberstone

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea

By: Mike Brown,Barbara Humberstone

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

241

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317058534

ISBN 13

9781317058533

Seascapes

Ethno-Geographies of the Sea

By: Mike Brown,Barbara Humberstone

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Seascapes

Ethno-Geographies of the Sea

By: Mike Brown,Barbara Humberstone

This edited collection disrupts notions of the sea as 'other', as foreign and featureless, through specific, situated accounts which highlight the centrality of the sea for the individuals concerned. Bringing together academics who combine scholarly expertise with lived experiences on, in and with the sea, it examines humans' relationships with the sea. Through the use of auto-ethnographic accounting, the contributors reflect on how the sea has shaped their sense of identity, belonging and connection. They examine what it is to be engaged with the sea, and narrate their lived, sentient, corporeal experiences.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

216

Publisher

Lund Humphries Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1472424344

ISBN 13

9781472424341

Book's by Barbara Humberstone

Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea

Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea

Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 : The Monastic Experience

Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 : The Monastic Experience

Slow Professor

Slow Professor

Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea

Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea

Seascapes

Seascapes

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email