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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2023Forensic cultures in modern Europe
by Willemijn Ruberg, Lara Bergers, Pauline Dirven, Sara Serrano Martínez
This edited volume examines the performance and role of scientific experts in modern European courts of law and police investigations. It discusses cases from criminal, civil and international law to parse the impact of forensic evidence and expertise in different European countries. The contributors show how modern forensic science and technology are inextricably entangled with political ideology, gender norms and changes in the law and legal systems. Discussing fascinating case studies, they highlight how the ideology of authoritarian and liberal regimes has affected the practical enactment of forensic expertise. They also emphasise the influence of images of masculinity and femininity on the performance of experts and on their assessment of evidence, victims and perpetrators. This book is an important contribution to our knowledge of modern European forensic practices.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2021Sara Paretsky
Detective fiction as trauma literature
by Cynthia Hamilton
Sara Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula into a vehicle for feminist values. But Paretsky does more than this. Her novels also illustrate the extent to which detective fiction acts as a literature of trauma, allowing Paretsky to address the politics of agency in ways that go beyond the personal, for trauma always has a social and a political dimension. Paretsky's work also exploits the way detective fiction mirrors the writing of history. Here, Paretsky uses the form to expose the partiality of historical accounts - whether they be personal, institutional, or national - that authorise 'forgetting' of a particularly insidious kind. Significantly, all these issues are explored within the framework of the traditional hard-boiled detective novel. As a result, Paretsky's achievement forces us to acknowledge the deeply subversive potential of detective fiction.
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August 2001Lara Croft - Modell, Medium, Cyberheldin
Das virtuelle Geschlecht und seine metaphysischen Tücken
by Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky, EIDOS Interactive Germany, Agentur TBWA Frankfurt
Lara Croft, die Heldin des Computerspiels »Tomb Raider«, ist in kurzer Zeit zu einem »Cultural icon« geworden. Sie ist Traum-Frau und weibliche Heldin, Pin-up-Girl und »Grrl« in einem. Damit bedient sie männliche ebenso wie weibliche Ermächtigungsphantasien. Doch statt die hierarchische Geschlechterordnung zu unterlaufen, befördert der Kult um Lara Croft einen Prozeß, der als »Medialisierung« der Körper beschrieben werden kann und der die dualistische Geschlechtermetaphysik auf einem höheren Level auferstehen läßt. Welche Bedeutungsverschiebung durchläuft der Begriff des Geschlechtlichen im Zuge seiner Virtualisierung? Die Autorin nähert sich dieser Frage entlang einer Analyse der Entstehungs- und der Wirkungsgeschichte des Phänomens Lara Croft.
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Children's & YA2018What on Earth am I?
by Lara Salomon
What on Earth am I? is Lara Salomon's and Megan Bird's first children's book together, investigating complex topics, like identity, diversity, and existentialism, for kids. It is a wonderful picture book for children with more questions than answers about the world. The book follows a young child’s over-active imagination, which often leaves them confused as to what kind of creature they are. They try their very best to discover the answer by recalling the many creatures that they've read about in their storybooks and fairytales. "I've been reading all these stories, and they've got me quite confused. Because they feature all these creatures, and I'm really not amused."
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March 2006Von der Schönheit der Ethik
by Klaus Berger
Schönheit«, so heißt es bei Thomas von Aquin, »ist der Glanz der Ordnung.« Ordnung hat immer auch eine ästhetische Qualität, wie umgekehrt die Schönheit von geordneten Strukturen, von Gesetzmäßigkeiten bestimmt ist. Davon ausgehend stellt Klaus Berger die Frage, ob nicht auch die höchste Kunst, die Kunst, glücklich, und gerecht zu leben, insgesamt etwas zu tun hat mit der ästhetischen Gestaltung und Wahrnehmung der Welt. Nach einer Skizze der verschiedenen Ethik-Modelle in Geschichte und Gegenwart entwickelt Berger seine eigene Perspektive. Dabei geht es ihm weniger um die Probleme der Alltagsmoral als um grundsätzliche Fragen, deren Beantwortung jeder Ethik vorausgeht: Wie kann man notwendige Normen verankern in dem, was ein Mensch tatsächlich erlebt, denkt und tut? Kann es überhaupt allgemeingültige Regeln geben, die den ganzen Menschen in seiner Widersprüchlichkeit erfassen? Klaus Bergers Versuch einer Grundlegung der Ethik erfolgt aus dem Geist der Religion. Bergers Position ist radikal, und in diesem Sinne deutet er auch die Gebote der Bibel, die in ihrer Schärfe für die europäische Kultur noch immer wirksamer sind, als Philosophie und Theologie gelegentlich erklärt haben. Ohne Begehren und Leidenschaft ist das Gute nicht zu verwirklichen, so wie die Wahrheit der Schönheit bedarf. Klaus Berger entwirft eine nicht-normative Ethik für unsere Zeit.
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The ArtsOctober 2015Film light
Meaning and emotion
by Lara Thompson
In one of the first monographs of its kind to focus on the aesthetic and emotional impact of lighting in cinema, Lara Thompson looks at the way light informs the cinematic experience, from constructing star identities, sculpting natural light and creating imaginary worlds, to the seductive power of darkness, fading representations of the past and arresting twilight encounters. This groundbreaking and accessible introductory study offers a unique insight into the way illumination has transcended its diffuse functional boundaries and been elevated to a position of narrative and emotional importance, transforming it from an unobtrusive element of film style to an expressive and essential component. It includes analyses of over fifty renowned international films, discussed in inventive and illuminating combinations, from cinema's earliest moments to its most recent digital manifestations, and is essential reading for all those who want to understand what film light means and how it makes us feel. ;
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October 2011Blankow oder Das Verlangen nach Heimat
by Pauline Bok, Waltraud Hüsmert
Pauline de Bok nimmt sich eine Auszeit vom Großstadtleben und zieht sich zurück aufs Land. Mit ihrem Hund läßt sie sich auf einem Gehöft nördlich von Berlin nieder. In den verfallenen Gebäuden stößt die Journalistin auf Reste des Lebens voriger Bewohner, sie stöbert auf Dachböden, in Kellern und Archiven, befragt Einheimische. Sie folgt den Spuren, die Menschen und Zeiten hinterlassen haben, und setzt die vergessenen Geschichten von Land und Leuten zusammen: »Das Land, das scheinbar stumm und stoisch Wetter und Weltgeschehen über sich ergehen lässt, es beginnt zu sprechen.« Welt am Sonntag
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February 2019Tourism Information Technology
by Pierre J Benckendorff, Zheng Xiang, Pauline J Sheldon
This third edition of 'Tourism Information Technology' provides a contemporary update on the complexities of using information technology in the tourism industry. It examines IT applications in all sectors including airlines, travel intermediaries, accommodation, foodservice, destinations, attractions, events and entertainment. Fully updated throughout and organised around the stages of the visitor journey, the book reviews how tourists are using technologies to support decision making before their trip, during their travels and at the destination. It: · Provides comprehensive and up to date coverage of all key topics in tourism information technologies · Covers new areas such as (among others) augmented and virtual reality, robotics, smart destinations, disruptive innovation and the collaborative economy, crowdsourcing for sustainability, online reputation management and big data · Incorporates a wealth of pedagogic features to aid student learning, including key models and concepts, research and industry insights, case studies, key terms, discussion questions, and links to useful websites. Accompanied online by instructor PowerPoint slides, multiple choice questions and further case studies, this book provides a comprehensive and learning-focused text for students of tourism and related subjects.
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1982Die Bergers
Beispiel einer erfolgreichen Familientherapie
by Napier, Augustus Y; Whitaker, Carl A
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2015Sara Paretsky
by Cynthia Hamilton, Sharon Monteith, Nahem Yousaf, Rebecca Mortimer
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2015
Sara Paretsky
by Cynthia Hamilton, Sharon Monteith, Nahem Yousaf
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June 2008Lara träumt vom Tanzen
Ballettgeschichten
by Grimm, Sandra / Illustriert von Schmiedeskamp, Katja
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May 1997Alec und Sara
Über Freundschaft, Liebe und Zärtlichkeit - Sexulaerziehung konkret
by Fiederle, Xaver
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