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A Tour of Fabletown

Patterns and Plots in Bill Willingham's Fables

By: Neta Gordon

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A Tour of Fabletown

Patterns and Plots in Bill Willingham's Fables

By: Neta Gordon

In 2002, Vertigo/DC Comics published the first issue of Bill Willingham's Fables. The series imagined the lives of fairy tale figures--Snow White, the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella and the ubiquitous Prince Charming, among many others--as they made new lives for themselves in modern-day New York City, having fled their storied homeworlds following an invasion. After 150 issues and many awards, Fables concluded its run in July 2015. This study, the first about the sprawling, complex series, discusses such topics as Fables' status as a contemporary adaptation of folk and fairy tales; its use of conventional genres like sword-and-sorcery, crime and romance; its portrayal of social and political relationships; and its self-referential moments. Providing a detailed introduction to the themes and ideas in the series, the author explores how Fables portrays redemption, the function of community, and how our hopes and fears influence our ideal of "happily ever after.

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McFarland

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0786499850

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Catching the Torch

Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses to World War I

By: Neta Gordon

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Catching the Torch

Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses to World War I

By: Neta Gordon

Catching the Torch examines contemporary novels and plays written about Canada's participation in World War I. Exploring such works as Jane Urquhart's The Underpainter and The Stone Carvers, Jack Hodgins's Broken Ground, Kevin Kerr's Unity (1918), Stephen Massicotte's Mary's Wedding, and Frances Itani's Deafening, the book considers how writers have dealt with the compelling myth that the Canadian nation was born in the trenches of the Great War. In contrast to British and European remembrances of WWI, which tend to regard it as a cataclysmic destroyer of innocence, or Australian myths that promote an ideal of outsize masculinity, physical bravery, and white superiority, contemporary Canadian texts conjure up notions of distinctively Canadian values: tolerance of ethnic difference, the ability to do one's duty without complaint or arrogance, and the inclination to show moral as well as physical courage. Paradoxically, Canadians are shown to decry the horrors of war while making use of its productive cultural effects. Through a close analysis of the way sacrifice, service, and the commemoration of war are represented in these literary works, Catching the Torch argues that iterations of a secure mythic notion of national identity, one that is articulated via the representation of straightforward civic and military participation, work to counter current anxieties about the stability of the nation-state, in particular anxieties about the failure of the ideal of a national "character.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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155458986X

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Women Negotiating Feminism and Science Fiction Fandom

The Case of the "Good" Fan

By: Neta Yodovich

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Women Negotiating Feminism and Science Fiction Fandom

The Case of the "Good" Fan

By: Neta Yodovich

This book follows the ways in which women negotiate and navigate between their feminist identities and their belonging to science fiction fandoms that at times disregard or dismiss them. It explores frictions and discords, including those between feminist women fans and other members in their communities, and between the fan and the object of her fandom. This book examines the intersection of fandom and feminism through the lenses of gender, ethnicity and age, and provides an in-depth and intersectional perspective on fan communities and the layered discrimination and marginalization enfolded in them. Based on 40 in-depth interviews with women fans of Star Wars and Doctor Who, this book highlights the different aspects of a feminist woman fan’s identity: becoming, being, belonging, representing, and reconciling. Each chapter in this book unravels the complexity, ambivalence, and contradictions between feminism and fandom, and reveals the tactics women develop to overcome and harmonize them.

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Springer Nature

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3031040791

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9783031040795

The Divine in Modern Hebrew Literature

By: Neta Stahl

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The Divine in Modern Hebrew Literature

By: Neta Stahl

Demonstrating the pervasive presence of God in modern Hebrew literature, this book explores the qualities that twentieth-century Hebrew writers attributed to the divine, and examines their functions against the simplistic dichotomy between religious and secular literature. The volume follows both chronological and thematic paths, offering a panoramic and multilayered analysis of the various strategies in which modern Hebrew writers, from the turn of the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century pursued in their attempt to represent the divine in the face of metaphysical, theological, and representational challenges. Modern Hebrew literature emerged during the nineteenth century as part of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) movement, which attempted to break from the traditional modes of Jewish intellectual and social life. The Hebrew literature that arose in this period embraced the rebellious nature of the Haskalah and is commonly characterized as secular in nature, defying Orthodoxy and rejecting God. Nevertheless, this volume shows that modern Hebrew literature relied on traditional narratological and poetic norms in its attempt to represent God. Despite its self-declared secularity, it engaged deeply with traditional problems such as the nature of God, divine presence, and theodicy. Examining these radical changes, this volume is a key text for scholars and students of modern Hebrew literature, Jewish studies and the intersection of religion and literature.

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Routledge

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1317420888

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Accountability for Killing

Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage in America's Post-9/11 Wars

By: Neta C. Crawford

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Accountability for Killing

Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage in America's Post-9/11 Wars

By: Neta C. Crawford

The unintended deaths of civilians in war are too often dismissed as unavoidable, inevitable, and accidental. And despite the best efforts of the U.S. to avoid them, civilian casualties in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan have been a regular feature of the United States' wars after 9/11. In Accountability for Killing, Neta C. Crawford focuses on the causes of these many episodes of foreseeable collateral damage and the moral responsibility for them. The dominant paradigm of legal and moral responsibility in war today stresses both intention and individual accountability. Deliberate killing of civilians is outlawed and international law blames individual soldiers and commanders for such killing. An individual soldier may be sentenced life in prison or death for deliberately killing even a small number of civilians, but the large scale killing of dozens or even hundreds of civilians may be forgiven if it was unintentional--"incidental"--to a military operation. The very law that protects noncombatants from deliberate killing may allow many episodes of unintended killing. Under international law, civilian killing may be forgiven if it was unintended and incidental to a militarily necessary operation. Given the nature of contemporary war, where military organizations-training, and the choice of weapons, doctrine, and tactics-create the conditions for systemic collateral damage, Crawford contends that placing moral responsibility for systemic collateral damage on individuals is misplaced. She develops a new theory of organizational moral agency and responsibility, and shows how the US military exercised moral agency and moral responsibility to reduce the incidence of collateral damage in America's most recent wars. Indeed, when the U.S. military and its allies saw that the perception of collateral damage killing was causing it to lose support in the war zones, it moved to a "population centric" doctrine, putting civilian protection at the heart of its strategy. Trenchant, original, and ranging across security studies, international law, ethics, and international relations, Accountability for Killing will reshape our understanding of the ethics of contemporary war.

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Oxford University Press

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0199981744

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Other and Brother

Jesus in the 20th-Century Jewish Literary Landscape

By: Neta Stahl

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Other and Brother

Jesus in the 20th-Century Jewish Literary Landscape

By: Neta Stahl

In a groundbreaking exploration of modern Jewish literature, Neta Stahl examines the attitudes adopted by modern Jewish writers toward the figure of Jesus, the ultimate ''Other'' in medieval Jewish literature. Stahl argues that twentieth-century Jewish writers relocated Jesus from his traditional status as the Christian Other to a position as a fellow Jew, a ''brother,'' and even as a means of reconstructing themselves. Other and Brother analyzes the work of a wide array of modern Jewish writers, beginning in the early twentieth century and ending with contemporary Israeli literature. Stahl takes the reader through dramatic changes in Jewish life beginning with the Haskalah (or Jewish Enlightenment) and Emancipation, and subsequently Zionism and the Holocaust. The Holocaust and the formation of the state of Israel caused a major transformation in the Jewish attitude toward Jesus. The emergence of quasi-messianic Zionist ideas of returning to the land of Israel, where the actual Jesus was born, helped other features of the image of Jesus to become a source of attraction and identification for Hebrew poets and Hebrew and Yiddish prose writers in the first half of the twentieth century. Stahl's nuanced and insightful historiography of modern Hebrew and Jewish literature will be a valuable resource to anyone interested in the role of Jesus in Jewish culture.

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Oxford University Press

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0199760004

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9780199760008

By Any Media Necessary

The New Youth Activism

By: Henry Jenkins,Sangita Shresthova,Liana Gamber-Thompson,Neta Kligler-Vilenchik,Arely Zimmerman

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By Any Media Necessary

The New Youth Activism

By: Henry Jenkins,Sangita Shresthova,Liana Gamber-Thompson,Neta Kligler-Vilenchik,Arely Zimmerman

The participatory politics and civic engagement of youth in the digital age There is a widespread perception that the foundations of American democracy are dysfunctional, public trust in core institutions is eroding, and little is likely to emerge from traditional politics that will shift those conditions. Youth are often seen as emblematic of this crisis—frequently represented as uninterested in political life, ill-informed about current-affairs, and unwilling to register and vote. By Any Media Necessary offers a profoundly different picture of contemporary American youth. Young men and women are tapping into the potential of new forms of communication such as social media platforms, spreadable videos and memes, remixing the language of popular culture, and seeking to bring about political change—by any media necessary. In a series of case studies covering a diverse range of organizations, networks, and movements involving young people in the political process—from the Harry Potter Alliance which fights for human rights in the name of the popular fantasy franchise to immigration rights advocates using superheroes to dramatize their struggles—By Any Media Necessary examines the civic imagination at work. Before the world can change, people need the ability to imagine what alternatives might look like and identify paths by which change can be achieved. Exploring new forms of political activities and identities emerging from the practice of participatory culture, By Any Media Necessary reveals how these shifts in communication have unleashed a new political dynamism in American youth. Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.org

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NYU Press

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147985171X

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9781479851713

Argument and Change in World Politics

Ethics, Decolonization, and Humanitarian Intervention

By: Neta Crawford

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Argument and Change in World Politics

Ethics, Decolonization, and Humanitarian Intervention

By: Neta Crawford

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Cambridge University Press

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0521002796

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9780521002790

Christian Heroes

Over 200 Stories of Courageous People Who Suffered for Jesus

By: Dave Jackson,Neta Jackson

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Christian Heroes

Over 200 Stories of Courageous People Who Suffered for Jesus

By: Dave Jackson,Neta Jackson

Readers will discover the remarkable stories of those who have suffered for the cause of Christ throughout the course of history. This volume reveals what inspired the great heroes of faith and drove them to give their all.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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0842334858

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9780842334853

Numerical Solutions of Three Classes of Nonlinear Parabolic Integro-Differential Equations

By: T Jangveladze,Z Kiguradze,Beny Neta

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Numerical Solutions of Three Classes of Nonlinear Parabolic Integro-Differential Equations

By: T Jangveladze,Z Kiguradze,Beny Neta

This book describes three classes of nonlinear partial integro-differential equations. These models arise in electromagnetic diffusion processes and heat flow in materials with memory. Mathematical modeling of these processes is briefly described in the first chapter of the book. Investigations of the described equations include theoretical as well as approximation properties. Qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions of initial-boundary value problems are performed therafter. All statements are given with easy understandable proofs. For approximate solution of problems different varieties of numerical methods are investigated. Comparison analyses of those methods are carried out. For theoretical results the corresponding graphical illustrations are included in the book. At the end of each chapter topical bibliographies are provided. - Investigations of the described equations include theoretical as well as approximation properties - Detailed references enable further independent study - Easily understandable proofs describe real-world processes with mathematical rigor

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256

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Academic Press

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0128046694

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9780128046692

Cities of Lonesome Fear

God Among the Gangs

By: Gordon R. McLean,Dave Jackson,Neta Jackson

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Cities of Lonesome Fear

God Among the Gangs

By: Gordon R. McLean,Dave Jackson,Neta Jackson

Godon McLean tells how gang members have been changed through the truths of Jesus Christ and the impact of Christ's love. From the rough barrios of L.A. to the war zone of Chicago's West Side, McLean carried God's message to whoever would listen.

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Moody Publishers

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0802411363

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9780802411365

Bearers of Risk

Writing Masculinity in Contemporary English-Canadian Short Story Cycles

By: Neta Gordon

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Bearers of Risk

Writing Masculinity in Contemporary English-Canadian Short Story Cycles

By: Neta Gordon

The short story and the short story cycle have long been considered a marginal genre, free to make room for fresh or risk-taking voices. But in thematizing masculinity in crisis, the genre uses the premise of the marginal to elevate recuperative masculinity politics and nostalgia for traditional patriarchy. Despite the scholarly tendency to link marginal genres and marginalized voices, features of the CanLit infrastructure – including genre criticism and literary prize culture – are complicit in normalizing hegemonic masculinity and the Settler colonial project. Bearers of Risk examines how male Canadian writers mobilize the early twenty-first-century short story cycle as an illustration of post-9/11 recuperative masculinity politics, exposing the tendency to position White, heteronormative men’s viewpoints as objective. Neta Gordon introduces the civil bearer of risk, a figure who comprehends the position of men as being marked by or for failure, and who reasserts masculine authority as civil duty towards community. This book looks at contemporary experimental short story cycles, debut cycles by ethnically minoritized and immigrant writers, and cycles unified by setting, whether suburban, urban, or rural. Bearers of Risk unsettles popular notions of the inherent outsider status of the short story cycle while also scrutinizing expressions of recuperative masculinity politics through which men assert their right to reclaim the centre.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0228012244

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9780228012245

No Random Act

Behind the Murder of Ricky Byrdsong

By: Dave Jackson,Neta Jackson

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No Random Act

Behind the Murder of Ricky Byrdsong

By: Dave Jackson,Neta Jackson

This astonishing book tells the true story of two lives, two paths and two spiritual forces that crossed one fateful day. No Random Act is a tribute to one honorable man who died a martyr's death, an expos of hate groups, and a compelling wake-up call to the spiritual realities behind the headlines.

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WaterBrook Press

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1578565081

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Too Young to Die

By: Gordon R. McLean

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Too Young to Die

By: Gordon R. McLean

Through the stories of several former Chicago gang members, this book shows how teens can be won to Christ and transformed into productive members of society.

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Focus on the Family Publishing

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1561796298

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A Tour of Fabletown

Patterns and Plots in Bill Willingham's Fables

By: Neta Gordon

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A Tour of Fabletown

Patterns and Plots in Bill Willingham's Fables

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Catching the Torch

Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses to World War I

By: Neta Gordon

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Catching the Torch

Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses to World War I

By: Neta Gordon

Catching the Torch examines contemporary novels and plays written about Canada’s participation in World War I. Exploring such works as Jane Urquhart’s The Underpainter and The Stone Carvers, Jack Hodgins’s Broken Ground, Kevin Kerr’s Unity (1918), Stephen Massicotte’s Mary’s Wedding, and Frances Itani’s Deafening, the book considers how writers have dealt with the compelling myth that the Canadian nation was born in the trenches of the Great War. In contrast to British and European remembrances of WWI, which tend to regard it as a cataclysmic destroyer of innocence, or Australian myths that promote an ideal of outsize masculinity, physical bravery, and white superiority, contemporary Canadian texts conjure up notions of distinctively Canadian values: tolerance of ethnic difference, the ability to do one’s duty without complaint or arrogance, and the inclination to show moral as well as physical courage. Paradoxically, Canadians are shown to decry the horrors of war while making use of its productive cultural effects. Through a close analysis of the way sacrifice, service, and the commemoration of war are represented in these literary works, Catching the Torch argues that iterations of a secure mythic notion of national identity, one that is articulated via the representation of straightforward civic and military participation, work to counter current anxieties about the stability of the nation-state, in particular anxieties about the failure of the ideal of a national “character.”

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A Tour of Fabletown

A Tour of Fabletown

Catching the Torch

Catching the Torch

Women Negotiating Feminism and Science Fiction Fandom

Women Negotiating Feminism and Science Fiction Fandom

The Divine in Modern Hebrew Literature

The Divine in Modern Hebrew Literature

Accountability for Killing

Accountability for Killing

Other and Brother

Other and Brother

By Any Media Necessary

By Any Media Necessary

Argument and Change in World Politics

Argument and Change in World Politics

Christian Heroes

Christian Heroes

Numerical Solutions of Three Classes of Nonlinear Parabolic Integro-Differential Equations

Numerical Solutions of Three Classes of Nonlinear Parabolic Integro-Differential Equations

Cities of Lonesome Fear

Cities of Lonesome Fear

Bearers of Risk

Bearers of Risk

No Random Act

No Random Act

Too Young to Die

Too Young to Die

A Tour of Fabletown

A Tour of Fabletown

Catching the Torch

Catching the Torch

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