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Ecocriticism and the Idea of Culture

Biology and the Bildungsroman

By: Helena Feder

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Ecocriticism and the Idea of Culture

Biology and the Bildungsroman

By: Helena Feder

Ecocriticism and the Idea of Culture: Biology and the Bildungsroman draws on work by Kinji Imanishi, Frans de Waal, and other biologists to create an interdisciplinary, materialist notion of culture for ecocritical analysis. In this timely intervention, Feder examines the humanist idea of culture by taking a fresh look at the stories it explicitly tells about itself. These stories fall into the genre of the Bildungsroman, the tale of individual acculturation that participates in the myth of its complete separation from and opposition to nature which, Feder argues, is culture’s own origin story. Moving from Voltaire’s Candide to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and from Virginia Woolf’s Orlando to Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy, the book dramatizes humanism’s own awareness of the fallacy of this foundational binary. In the final chapters, Feder examines the discourse of animality at work in this narrative as a humanist fantasy about empathy, one that paradoxically excludes other animals from the ethical community to justify the continued domination of both human and nonhuman others.

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Routledge

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1317146409

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9781317146407

Tracing Technologies

Prisoners' Views in the Era of CSI

By: Helena Machado,Barbara Prainsack

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Tracing Technologies

Prisoners' Views in the Era of CSI

By: Helena Machado,Barbara Prainsack

The real heroes of television crime shows in the twenty-first century are no longer police detectives but forensic technologies. The immense popularity of high-tech crime television shows has changed the way in which crime scene work is viewed. The term 'CSI-effect' was coined to signify a situation where people's views and practices have been influenced by such media representations, e.g. judges and jurors putting more weight on forensic evidence that has been produced with high-tech tools - in particular, DNA evidence - than on other kinds of evidence. While considerable scholarly attention has been paid to examining the CSI effect on publics, jurors, judges, and police investigators, prisoners' views on forensic technologies and policing have been under-explored. Drawing on a research sample of over 50 interviews carried out with prisoners in Portugal and Austria, this groundbreaking book shows how prisoners view crime scene traces, how they understand crime scene technologies, and what effect they attribute to the existence of large police databases on their own lives, careers, and futures. Through critically engaging with STS, sociological and criminological perspectives on the use of DNA technologies within the criminal justice system, this work provides the reader with valuable insights into the effect of different legal, political, discursive, and historical configurations on how crime scene technologies are utilized by the police and related to by convicted offenders.

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Routledge

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1317008650

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9781317008651

Bringing the Food Economy Home

Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness

By: Helena Norberg-Hodge,Todd Merrifield,Steven Gorelick

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Bringing the Food Economy Home

Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness

By: Helena Norberg-Hodge,Todd Merrifield,Steven Gorelick

Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield, and Steven Gorelick of the International Society for Ecology and Culture discuss how a shift towards local food economies would protect and rebuild the agricultural diversity that has been lost in the current specialized, capital intensive, technology-based global environment. Coverage includes the history of this change in emphasis from local to global; the ecology of food marketing and production; food and health, the economy, and the community; food security; and changing direction. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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164

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Zed Books

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1842772333

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9781842772331

Historical Dictionary of the Catalans

By: Helena Buffery,Elisenda Marcer

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Historical Dictionary of the Catalans

By: Helena Buffery,Elisenda Marcer

In this reference, Buffery and Marcer cover all of the areas historically inhabited by the Catalan people. These are, in order of size and population: Catalonia, which accounts for over half of the population of the Catalan-speaking areas; Valencia, with over a third; the Balearic Islands with just under 8 percent; and the Catalunya Nord, the Principality of Andorra, and the Catalan-speaking areas within Aragon, Murcia, and Alghero. The Historical Dictionary of the Catalans deals not only with the people who live in Catalonia, but with the language and culture of the Catalan countries as well. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and aspects of culture, society, economy, and politics.

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455

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Scarecrow Press

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0810875144

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9780810875142

Dynamics: Numerical Explorations

Accompanying Computer Program Dynamics

By: Helena E. Nusse,James A. Yorke

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Dynamics: Numerical Explorations

Accompanying Computer Program Dynamics

By: Helena E. Nusse,James A. Yorke

Co-author J.A. Yorke developed an array of tools to help visualize the properties of dynamical systems, while Yorke found it useful to combine these various basic tools into one single package: Dynamics. The program together with this manual provides an introduction to and an overview of fundamental, sophisticated tools and numerical methods together with many simple examples. All numerical methods described in this handbook are implemented in the program, which is capable of, among others: iterating maps and solving differential equations; plotting trajectories; featuring an array of simple commands; printing a created picture in resolution higher than that of the screen. Requires a UNIX workstation running X11 graphics or a PC.

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Springer

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1468402315

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New chalkenges for the integration of cork oak forests and Products

By: Arantzazu González-Pérez,Helena Pereira,Javier Vázquez-Piqué

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New chalkenges for the integration of cork oak forests and Products

By: Arantzazu González-Pérez,Helena Pereira,Javier Vázquez-Piqué

Este libro actualiza los conocimientos e investigaciones que se realizan en torno al alcornoque a nivel internacional desde un punto de vista integrador desde las perspectivas del árbol, el sistema en el que éste se integra y los productos que de él se generan. El libro está integrado por 42 aportaciones organizadas en 7 capítulos que comprenden la ecofisiología y genética de la especie, los modelos de crecimiento y producción, la regeneración y selvicultura, los aspectos sanitarios, la gestión multiobjetivo y sostenibilidad de los alcornocales, la producción y calidad de madera y corcho, así como aspectos relacionados con la innovación y generación de nuevos productos.

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463

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Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva

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8418628340

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9788418628344

From the Ground Up

Rethinking Industrial Agriculture

By: Helena Norberg-Hodge,Peter Goering,John Page

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From the Ground Up

Rethinking Industrial Agriculture

By: Helena Norberg-Hodge,Peter Goering,John Page

Modern industrial agriculture is in crisis. The dream of global abundance promised by chemical and biological technology is becoming a nightmare of health risks, degraded land and ailing communities. There is mounting public distrust of conventional agricultural practices. From the Ground Up explores the fundamental principles which underlie the growth- at-any-cost thinking of modern society and highlights some of the most promising alternative ways of producing environmentally healthy food.

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1856499944

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Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical Applications

By: Rui L. Reis,Nuno M. Neves,Joao F. Mano,Manuela E. Gomes,Alexandra P. Marques,Helena S. Azevedo

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Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical Applications

By: Rui L. Reis,Nuno M. Neves,Joao F. Mano,Manuela E. Gomes,Alexandra P. Marques,Helena S. Azevedo

Polymers from natural sources are particularly useful as biomaterials and in regenerative medicine, given their similarity to the extracellular matrix and other polymers in the human body. This important book reviews the wealth of research on both tried and promising new natural-based biomedical polymers, together with their applications as implantable biomaterials, controlled-release carriers or scaffolds for tissue engineering.The first part of the book reviews the sources, processing and properties of natural-based polymers for biomedical applications. Part two describes how the surfaces of polymer-based biomaterials can be modified to improve their functionality. The third part of the book discusses the use of natural-based polymers for biodegradable scaffolds and hydrogels in tissue engineering. Building on this foundation, Part four looks at the particular use of natural-gelling polymers for encapsulation, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The penultimate group of chapters reviews the use of natural-based polymers as delivery systems for drugs, hormones, enzymes and growth factors. The final part of the book summarises research on the key issue of biocompatibility.Natural-based polymers for biomedical applications is a standard reference for biomedical engineers, those studying and researching in this important area, and the medical community. - Examines the sources, processing and properties of natural based polymers for biomedical applications - Explains how the surfaces of polymer based biomaterials can be modified to improve their functionality - Discusses the use of natural based polymers for hydrogels in tissue engineering, and in particular natural gelling polymers for encapsulation and regenerative medicine

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Elsevier

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1845694813

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Adalbert Stifter's Late Prose

The Mania for Moderation

By: Helena Ragg-Kirkby

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Adalbert Stifter's Late Prose

The Mania for Moderation

By: Helena Ragg-Kirkby

Provides a view of the late Stifter as a forerunner of twentieth-century modernism.Adalbert Stifter has always been viewed as a natural heir to the Great Classical tradition, even by those critics who detect disturbing subtexts in his fiction. But he should be viewed quite differently: however well disguised, heis in truth a closet modernist, and a major trailblazer for Kafka and the Absurd. This is most evident in his late fiction, which has been almost universally ignored, dismissed or disparaged by his critics. His last novel Witiko in particular has been conspicuously neglected by both nineteenth- and twentieth-century critics. Ragg-Kirkby demonstrates -- largely by way of close reading -- that this is Stifter's extreme masterpiece. Beneath the surface of Biedermeier stuffiness is a vision of fracture, emptiness, meaninglessness, and mania not only more radical than that of any other 19th-century author, but arguably more radical than that of any 20th-century author, precisely because there is such a disjuncture between text and sub-text. In his final novel, Stifter simply leaves the future behind. Helena Ragg-Kirkby is a lecturer in German at the University of Sheffield.uncture between text and sub-text. In his final novel, Stifter simply leaves the future behind. Helena Ragg-Kirkby is a lecturer in German at the University of Sheffield.uncture between text and sub-text. In his final novel, Stifter simply leaves the future behind. Helena Ragg-Kirkby is a lecturer in German at the University of Sheffield.uncture between text and sub-text. In his final novel, Stifter simply leaves the future behind. Helena Ragg-Kirkby is a lecturer in German at the University of Sheffield.

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Camden House

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1571130438

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How to Be Multiple

The Philosophy of Twins

By: Helena de Bres

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How to Be Multiple

The Philosophy of Twins

By: Helena de Bres

Philosopher Helena de Bres uses the curious experience of being a twin as a lens for reconsidering our place in the world, with illustrations by her identical twin Julia. Wait, are you you or the other one? Which is the evil twin? Have you ever switched partners? Can you read each other's mind? Twins get asked the weirdest questions by strangers, loved ones, even themselves. For Helena de Bres, a twin and philosophy professor, these questions are closely tied to some of philosophy's most unnerving unknowns. What makes someone themself rather than someone else? Can one person be housed in two bodies? What does perfect love look like? Can we really act freely? At what point does wonder morph into objectification? Accompanied by her twin Julia's drawings, Helena uses twinhood to rethink the limits of personhood, consciousness, love, freedom, and justice. With her inimitably candid, wry voice, she explores the long tradition of twin representations in art, myth, and popular culture; twins' peculiar social standing; and what it's really like to be one of two. With insight, hope, and humor, she argues that our reactions to twins reveal our broader desires and fears about selfhood, fate, and human connection, and that reflecting on twinhood can help each of us-twins and singletons alike-recognize our own multiplicity, and approach life with greater curiosity, imagination, and courage.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1639730354

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9781639730353

Invitation to Biology

By: Helena Curtis,N. Sue Barnes

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Invitation to Biology

By: Helena Curtis,N. Sue Barnes

This clearly written, accurate, and well-illustrated introduction to biology seamlessly integrates the theme of evolution while offering expanded, up-to-date coverage of genetic engineering, the immune response, embryological development, and ecological concerns.

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Macmillan

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0879016795

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9780879016791

Political Control of America's Courts

Examining the Facts

By: Helena Silverstein

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Political Control of America's Courts

Examining the Facts

By: Helena Silverstein

This volume explores the many ways in which politics shapes the allegedly nonpartisan judicial system in America, ranging from how judges are selected to the bench to how they rule when they get there. Each title in the Contemporary Debates series examines the veracity of controversial claims or beliefs surrounding a major political/cultural issue in the United States. Each book gives readers a clear and unbiased understanding of current high-interest issues by informing them about falsehoods, half-truths, and misconceptions-and confirming the factual validity of other assertions-that have gained traction in America's cultural and political discourse. This volume in the series provides a deeply researched and even-handed account of the relationship between America's judicial branch-which is supposed to view law through a nonpartisan lens-and the sometimes poisonous partisanship that is such a notorious factor in the nation's other two branches of government. Is political combat over judicial nominations worse than ever before? What impact is the politicization of the courts having on public faith in the legitimacy of the courts and our wider political system? Was former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day right when she asserted that "judicial independence is a bedrock principle of our court system, and we are losing it"? This work will provide insights into all these questions and more.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440878064

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Ecocriticism and the Idea of Culture

Ecocriticism and the Idea of Culture

Tracing Technologies

Tracing Technologies

Bringing the Food Economy Home

Bringing the Food Economy Home

Historical Dictionary of the Catalans

Historical Dictionary of the Catalans

Dynamics: Numerical Explorations

Dynamics: Numerical Explorations

SUBERWOOD

SUBERWOOD

From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up

Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Adalbert Stifter's Late Prose

Adalbert Stifter's Late Prose

How to Be Multiple

How to Be Multiple

Invitation to Biology

Invitation to Biology

Political Control of America's Courts

Political Control of America's Courts

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