Showing papers on "Theme (narrative) published in 2000"

The Concept of Theme as Used in Qualitative Nursing Research

Abstract: The concept of theme is critical to the accurate interpretation of qualitative data. A literature review of qualitative research methodology and nursing research studies reveals considerable diversity in the identification of themes, the interpretation of the concept, and its function in data analysis. Part of the problem is the transfer of research methods from other disciplines to the study of nursing phenomena. The transfer often results in a blending of distinct research methods that compromises methodological rigor in data analysis and theory generation. A definition of theme is developed from the literature review and interdisciplinary definitions and descriptions. Five aspects of a theme and criteria foundational to the definition and concept of theme are identified. Implications of the concept of theme are presented for the conduct and application of research findings to the practice and development of nursing science.

Work and family in the 1990s

Abstract: This review highlights four themes emerging from the work and family literature of the 1990s. The first theme evolves from the historical legacy of the maternal employment literature with its focus on children's well-being. The second theme, work socialization, is based on the premise that occupational conditions, such as autonomy and complexity, shape the values of workers who in turn generalize these lessons off the job. Research on work stress, the third theme, explores how experiences of short- and long-term stress at work make their mark on workers' behavior and well-being off the job. Finally, the multiple roles literature focuses on how individuals balance roles, such as parent, spouse, and worker, and the consequences for health and family relationships. In addition to these four major themes, advances in work and family policy initiatives over the past decade are discussed. Suggestions for future research focus on addressing issues of causality, attending to the complexity of social contexts, linking research to policy, and developing interdisciplinary theories and research designs.

The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation.

Abstract: "Simulation," writes Gary Flake in his preface, "becomes a form of experimentation in a universe of theories. The primary purpose of this book is to celebrate this fact."In this book, Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors. Distinguishing "agents" (e.g., molecules, cells, animals, and species) from their interactions (e.g., chemical reactions, immune system responses, sexual reproduction, and evolution), Flake argues that it is the computational properties of interactions that account for much of what we think of as "beautiful" and "interesting." From this basic thesis, Flake explores what he considers to be today's four most interesting computational topics: fractals, chaos, complex systems, and adaptation. Each of the book's parts can be read independently, enabling even the casual reader to understand and work with the basic equations and programs. Yet the parts are bound together by the theme of the computer as a laboratory and a metaphor for understanding the universe. The inspired reader will experiment further with the ideas presented to create fractal landscapes, chaotic systems, artificial life forms, genetic algorithms, and artificial neural networks.

The Power of Ideas

Abstract: The essays collected in this new volume reveal Isaiah Berlin at his most lucid and accessible. He was constitutionally incapable of writing with the opacity of the specialist, but these shorter, more introductory pieces provide the perfect starting-point for the reader new to his work. Those who are already familiar with his writing will also be grateful for this further addition to his collected essays. The connecting theme of these essays, as in the case of earlier volumes, is the crucial social and political role--past, present and future--of ideas, and of their progenitors. A rich variety of subject-matters is represented--from philosophy to education, from Russia to Israel, from Marxism to romanticism--so that the truth of Heine's warning is exemplified on a broad front. It is a warning that Berlin often referred to, and provides an answer to those who ask, as from time to time they do, why intellectual history matters. Among the contributions are "My Intellectual Path," Berlin's last essay, a retrospective autobiographical survey of his main preoccupations; and "Jewish Slavery and Emancipation," the classic statement of his Zionist views, long unavailable in print. His other subjects include the Enlightenment, Giambattista Vico, Vissarion Belinsky, Alexander Herzen, G.V. Plekhanov, the Russian intelligentsia, the idea of liberty, political realism, nationalism, and historicism. The book exhibits the full range of his enormously wide expertise and demonstrates the striking and enormously engaging individuality, as well as the power, of his own ideas. "Over a hundred years ago, the German poet Heine warned the French not to underestimate the power of ideas: philosophical concepts nurtured in the stillness of a professor's study could destroy a civilization."--Isaiah Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty, 1958

What is scientific and technological culture and how is it measured? A multidimensional model

Abstract: In the last decade, scientific culture has become a theme much discussed at all levels of public discourse. All scientific and technological policies developed in the last few years in OECD countries have included scientific culture as one of their aims, principles, or objectives. Despite the ubiquity of the term “scientific culture,

An Examination of Factors Related to Sex Differences in Enjoyment of Sad Films

Abstract: Three studies were conducted to examine possible explanations for sex differences in enjoyment of sad films. The first two studies examined enjoyment of prototypical "female" and "male" sad films (Beaches and Brian's Song); the third study utilized film descriptions to examine the impact of gender identity (i.e., gender role self-perceptions) and film characteristics (theme and characters' sex) on anticipated enjoyment. Overall, females and communal (feminine) viewers reported greater enjoyment, particularly of films featuring relational themes.

L. Keita's Request for Further Documentation in His Review of Afrotopia: The Roots of African-American Popular History

Abstract: * Keita's book review appeared in WJBS Volume 24 #1, pgs. 58-60 Most authors would rather be attacked than ignored, so perhaps I should not protest too much the reactions of the scholars who have taken my ideas seriously enough to respond to them. Stephen Howe and Eugene Genovese apparently view me as an apologist for historical romanticism and accuse me of unfairly attacking the work of Mary Lefkowitz, while L. Keita and Molefi Asante see me as a Eurocentrist, who replicates Professor Lefkowitz' worst mischief.(1) None of the above would call me an Afrocentric extremist, but none of them are comfortable with my attempt to take a moderate position. I can readily accept Afrocentrism in the tradition of David Walker (1785-1830), who recognized a spiritual and political tie to Africa, but expressed his dedication to America, believing that black and white Americans should become "a united and happy people."(2) Like Martin Delany (1812-1885), I see no contradiction between commitment to Africa and the struggle for democracy and integration as a citizen of the United States.(3) The Unanswered Challenge of Martin Delany Martin Delany, one of the "fathers of Pan-Africanism," argued that many of the problems of Africans and black Americans must be solved internally. He considered it fruitless to shift the focus of every discussion to some sort of racial sentimentalism or romantic glorification of the past. Delany devoted several paragraphs of his work The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States Politically Considered (1852) to describing Africa's past glories. He made the customary genuflection before the shrine of Africa's eternal greatness, alluding to the glories of Ethiopia and Egypt. He recited the litany of "Their massive piles of masonry, their deep and mysterious wells, their extensive artificial channels, their mighty sculptured solid rocks, and provinces of stone quarries." These formalities were quickly dispatched, however, for the principal focus of Delany's work was on the more dismal present. The world is looking upon us with feelings of commiseration, sorrow and contempt.... White men ... are the contibuters to authors and teachers of literature, science, religion, law, medicine, and all other useful attainments that the world now makes use of We have no reference to ancient times--we speak of modern Things....(4) I take essentially the same view as that taken by Delany 150 years ago in my recent study Afrotopia: The Roots of African American Popular History. I have made only a few unavoidable references to that limited angle on Afrocentrism that I refer to as "Egyptocentrism," and I do not focus unduly on that phenomenon at all. Professor L. Keita's review in the Western Journal of Black Studies would give the impression that my work offers an extended treatment of a topic that is neither my major theme nor my dominant concern. Nonetheless, although Egyptocentrism is a continuous current in African American thought since the early 19th century, Keita makes the startling claim that there is no "real Egyptocentrism" and questions my commonplace, almost innocuous, and purely incidental observation that "Egyptocentrism is the sometimes sentimental, at other times cynical attempt to claim Egyptian ancestry for black Americans. It involves the attempt to reconstruct the peoples of ancient Egypt in terms of traditional American racial perceptions (p. 6)." Moses should have referenced this claim since this writer is not aware of any scholar who makes such a claim.... Moses falls into the same trap [as Lefkowitz] when he accuses nameless researchers of Egyptocentrism.(5) My sources, which I attribute to sentimentalists and cynics, and not to "scholars" or to "researchers," are not nameless. But if scholars and researchers--however Keita defines those terms--are required, a one-line reference to the writings of Dr. …

Engendering Rome: Women in Latin Epic

Abstract: Heroism has long been recognised by readers and critics of Roman epic as a central theme of the genre from Virgil and Ovid to Lucan and Statius. However the crucial role female characters play in the constitution and negotiation of the heroism on display in epic has received scant attention in the critical literature. This study represents an attempt to restore female characters to visibility in Roman epic and to examine the discursive operations that effect their marginalisation within both the genre and the critical tradition it has given rise to. The five chapters can be read either as self-contained essays or as a cumulative exploration of the gender dynamics of the Roman epic tradition. The issues addressed are of interest not just to classicists but also to students of gender studies.

The gender and consumer culture reader

Abstract: Jennifer Scanlon, edNew York and London: New York University Press, 2001; 397ppReviewed by Cynthia WrightToronto, Ontario In an excellent review essay in The Nation, American historian Lawrence Glickman observes that, in the past decade and a half, the study of consumer society has taken its place at "the center of historical inquiry" in the US: "Where once consumption was deemed relevant only to the history of popular culture,it is now seen as intertwined with the central themes of American history, touching as it does on economics, politics, race relations, gender, the environment and other important topics" There is ample evidence for Glickman's thesis, judging from the array of fascinating and innovative historical work produced in this field of late, not to speak of the number of edited anthologies, including Glickman's own Consumer Society in American History: A Reader and Victoria de Grazia's The Sex of Things, to name only twoA recent addition to this literature is Jennifer Scanlon's The Gender and Consumer Culture Reader Scanlon, who teaches Women's Studies at SUNY-Plattsburgh and whose own Inarticulate Longings: The Ladies' Home Journal, Gender and the Promises of Consumer Culture is excerpted, has pulled together nineteen texts (plus some archival materials) in a fine anthology geared primarily to the undergraduate classroom The book is organized into four sections, each introduced by Scanlon, and each developing a central theme in the scholarship on consumption: the home and the boundaries of the domestic; consumption and the construction of sexual, gender and "racial" identities; the "message makers" (advertisers, magazines, retailers); and the articulation of power, pleasure and resistance through consumption The book explores consumption through commercial sites (from department stores to dancehalls), objects of desire (from zoot suits to pin-ups) as well as through processes of consumer work as diverse as shoplifting and lesbian readings of fashion magazinesWhile billed as an anthology within cultural studies, the overwhelming majority of contributions are from the social history of consumption and/or sexuality -- two fields that have overlapped, partly because of the role of consumption in the constitution of sexual identities and communities in the twentieth century All of the readings have been published elsewhere Readers familiar with American social history will recognize the work of key pioneers in the history of sexuality such as George Chauncey (Gay New York), Lillian Faderman (Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers), and Kathy Peiss (Cheap Amusements) -- all of whom are represented in this anthology through excerpts from these books Similarly, some well-known scholarship in the history of consumption is represented, including an excerpt from Elaine S Abelson's book on the construction of middle-class theft as kleptomania, When Ladies Go A-Thieving; a contribution from Andrew Heinze's work on Jewish immigrants and American commercial culture, Adapting to Abundance; and an article by Lizabeth Cohen on post-WWII shopping centres in the American northeast Scholars working in media studies, including Susan Douglas (Where the Girls Are) and Danae Clark, whose work on "Commodity Lesbianism" is reprinted in this reader, are among those contributing analyses of contemporary commercial cultureIn recent years, American historians have produced some terrific work on race, ethnicity and consumption in the United States, uncovering what Glickman refers to as "the ways popular culture served to reinforce both the whiteness of the 'new immigrants' from Eastern and Southern Europeand the otherness of Asian and Latino immigrants" Robert Weems, Jr, whose book Desegregating the Dollar is among the few full-length treatments of African-Americans and consumption, is represented in this collection by an article on Black women in/and the beauty industry Stuart Cosgrove probes the meanings of zoot-suit "style warfare" for African American and Latino men in the US during the 40s, a period in which they acutely felt their exclusion from a nation at war for "freedom" and "democracy …

Towards ethical guidelines for e-health: JMIR Theme Issue on eHealth Ethics

Abstract: Publishing students' and researchers' papers on the World Wide Web (WWW) facilitates the sharing of information within and between academic communities. However, the ease of copying and transporting digital information leaves these authors' ideas open to plagiarism. Using tools such as the Plagiarism.org database, which compares submissions to reports and papers available on the Internet, could discover instances of plagiarism, revolutionize the peer review process, and raise the quality of published research everywhere. (J Med Internet Res 2000;2(1):e6) doi:10.2196/jmir.2.1.e6

The hospitality of god : a reading of luke's gospel

Abstract: Luke portrays the life and ministry of Jesus as a divine visitation" to the world, seeking hospitality The One who comes as visitor and guest becomes host and offers a hospitality in which the entire world can become truly human, be at home, and know salvation in the depths of their hearts In The Hospitality of God Brendan Byrne, SJ, provides to-the-point commentary on those parts of Luke's Gospel that bring home to people a sense of the extravagance of God's love for them The Hospitality of God approaches Luke's Gospel through the interpretive key of "hospitality" It looks at the Gospel as a whole, yet lingers upon scenes where the theme of "hospitality" is particularly prominent, such as the infancy stories, Jesus at Nazareth, Jesus in the house of Simon, the Good Samaritan, Martha and Mary, the banquet in 14:1-35, the Prodigal Son, Jesus' visit to the tax collector Zacchaeus, the institution of the Eucharist, and the Emmaus event Byrne stresses that those in Luke's Gospel who readily offer hospitality - chiefly the marginalized and the poor - find themselves drawn into a much deeper sphere of hospitality, the hospitality of God Those who have difficulty sharing are challenged by Jesus to conversion so that they, too, may not be left out of the banquet of life to which God calls all human beings Luke's Gospel, ever interested in the process of human transformation, explores this resistance to God's gift and the ways in which individuals need to be converted if they are to come to "knowledge of salvation" Luke's Gospel is written out of faith in the risen Lord Its primary intent is to bring people of al subsequent Christian generations into saving encounter with the Lord who was raised from the dead and lives among us in the power of the Spirit Reading and hearing the Gospel in faith allows individuals and communities to access the hospitality of God brought by Jesus In this work, Byrne offers an invitation for all to join in the life-giving "hospitality of God" Chapters are "The Prologue: 1:1-4 and the Lukan Time Frame of Salvation," "The Infancy Stories I: Before the Birth of Jesus: 1:5-80," "The Infancy Stories II: The Birth and Childhood of Jesus: 2:1-52," "Prelude to the Ministry of Jesus: 3:1-4:13," "Hospitality and Inhospitality at Nazareth: Jesus Inaugurates His Mission: 4:16-30," "The Early Galilean Ministry: 4:31-6:11," "The Community of the Kingdom: 6:12-49," "Response to the Ministry of Jesus: 7:1-8:3," "Later Galilean Ministry: 8:4-9:17," "Climax of the Galilean Ministry: 9:18-50," "The Journey to Jerusalem Begins: 9:51-10:24," "The Way to Eternal Life: 10:25-11:13," "The Prophet Continues His Way I: 11:14-12:53," "The Prophet Continues His Way II: 12:54-14:35," "Celebrating God's Acceptance: 15:1-32," "The Hospitality of the Poor: Two Responses to Wealth: 16:1-31," "Towards the End of the Journey: 17:1-18:30," "Hospitality in Jericho: 18:31-19:27," "Jesus in Jerusalem: 19:28-21:4," "Hope and Endurance: Discourse on the Future: 21:5-38," "Jesus' Journey to God: The Passion Narrative I: 22:1-53," "Jesus' Journey to God: The Passion Narrative II: 22:54-23:56,"Hospitality Continues: The Community of the Risen Lord: 24:1-53" Brendan Byrne, SJ, is professor of New Testament at Jesuit Theological College, within the United Faculty of Theology, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia He is the author of the commentary Romans from the Sacra Pagina series, and Pal and the Christian Woman and is a contributor to the New Jerome Bible Handbook, published by The Liturgical Press He was Catholic Biblical Association Visiting Professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, and has also taught in Africa and East Asia Pope John Paul II named him a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission in 1990 "

Knick-Knack Paddy-Whack, Give a Pub a Theme

Abstract: Few cities in the UK lack an ‘authentic’ Irish bar, be it O’Neill’s, Scruffy Murphy’s or Shifty O’Shea’s. Theme pubs, like theme parks, theme hotels and theme restaurants, are very big business. Yet the marketing academy seems somewhat reluctant to investigate such establishments, professionally at least. This essay examines the theme pub phenomenon and offers some reflexive reflections on the recent, rapid rise of themed environments. It concludes with some lessons for marketing scholars, contending that excess is the essence of our field. As William Blake observed, the road of excess may lead to the palace of wisdom.

The Ill Effects of the Five Paragraph Theme

Abstract: school composition, she might have drawn parallels between the bonsai tree and the student writer, the gardener and the English teacher, the pot and the lock-step five paragraph theme (FPT). It is my contention that teachers of the five paragraph theme, like the representatives of patriarchal society, have become complacent in their acceptance of a tool that purports to nurture but, in fact, stunts the growth of human minds.

Prédication seconde et structure informationnelle: la relative de perception comme construction présentative

Abstract: Knud Lambrecht, Predication seconde et structure informationnelle : la relative de perception comme construction presentative ; This paper proposes an analysis of the sentence type « Je vois le facteur qui arrive » ("I see the mailman coming") and « Voila le facteur qui arrive » ("There's the mailman coming") within the information-structure framework of Lambrecht 1994. It is argued that this sentence type belongs to a general presentational construction which is also instantiated by sentences like « J'ai mon beau-frere qui fume » ("My brother-in-law smokes") or « Y a le telephone qui sonne » ("The phone is ringing"). In this construction, the main clause introduces a new discourse entity (semantic role "theme", pragmatic role "focus") by situating it in relation to an explicit or implicit reference point (semantic role "locative", pragmatic role "topic"), while the relative clause expresses some hitherto unknown property of this new entity via secondary predication. The possible coding of the theme argument in pronominal form, as in « Je le vois qui arrive » ("I see him coming") or « Le voila qui arrive » ("There he is coming") is explained in terms of the possible passage of a given discourse entity from an internal to an external discourse world. clause expresses some hitherto unknown property of this new entity via secondary predication. The possible coding of the theme argument in pronominal form, as in « Je le vois qui arrive » ("I see him coming") or « Le voila qui arrive » ("There he is coming") is explained in terms of the possible passage of a given discourse entity from an internal to an external discourse world.

The Classroom Impact of High-Stress Testing

Abstract: Introduction Since the early 1980s, much of the conversation about reform in American education has been driven by a conservative political agenda, a major part of which has been to frame the debate in terms of how to safeguard the nation's economic power (e.g., A Nation at Risk, 1983). To this end, a number of eloquent spokespersons have misstated or misinterpreted statistics and even suppressed government-sponsored research which demonstrated that the premise of poor achievement in public schools is at least arguable (Berliner & Biddle, 1995). Nevertheless, the presentation of this ideology has been very successful, and most of the 50 states have moved toward implementation of high-stakes testing. It is not uncommon these days for individual schools within a district to be publicly labeled as "exemplary" or "low-performing", and there are rewards and sanctions that follow such designations. In some states, the "best" schools are given cash awards that may be distributed to teachers as bonus pay. The "poorest" schools face not only public approbation, in some cases the local administration may be replaced by agents of the state. Thus, the concept of "educational bankruptcy" which was once associated with a few urban districts in New Jersey is now becoming a routine policy for school reform throughout the United States. Part of the Ideology Triumphant is the notion that teachers are ill-prepared for their jobs, that they are deficient in quality and need more rigorous preparation. On the job, teachers should be held strictly accountable for student achievement, which is almost universally described as functional proficiency in basic skill areas. The result has been a dramatic increase in what Wise (1979) called "legislated learning," an attempt to teacherproof curriculum by establishing tight links between instruction and testing. Such an approach contradicts research on effective school reform which, as Kirst notes, shows that real improvement takes place "when those responsible for each school are given more responsibility rather than less" (Sunday Express News, 1984). Darling-Hammond and Wise (1983) maintain that highly standardized prescriptions lead to dissatisfied professionals, those who would feel, in DeCharms' (1968) terminology, more like "pawns" than "origins." On the other hand, Foucault (1988) would argue that the state has an inherent interest in leading its citizens to define their interests as coterminous with those of the state, i.e., to raise the level of the state's prosperity along with the prosperity of individual members of the state. It has been unclear to what extent teachers see themselves and their principals as being controlled by the state's authority or to what extent they themselves have embraced the ideology of authority. Methodology The purpose of this study was to interview teachers specifically about the felt impact of state testing upon their classroom, as well as the legitimacy of the state's purpose in imposing such a program. Focus groups were selected from volunteers at two kinds of schools in the same state - those highly successful on mandated tests, and those quite unsuccessful. Each of the eight groups consisted of seven to nine members; as is typical of the teaching force in American public schools, the majority of the members were white and female. Teachers were assured of anonymity, and the discussions were taped, transcribed, and analyzed for emergent themes. Findings The first theme that emerged was that the pressure of the state testing program, whether direct or indirect, was always present. "The first thing they told us this year was when the testing would be done. We were told to put those dates in our plan books and work back from there," said one veteran teacher. Another added that she had thought about changing schools to work at one where a friend had become principal, but all she could talk about was test scores and how they had to do better this year. …

United States of Africa

Abstract: Speaking at the official opening of this year's Annual Summit of the OAU, Togolese president, Gnassingbe Eyadema, stated that 'today, more than ever, our success depends on the long and difficult walk towards economic, social and cultural integration'. The president's words captured the theme of the summit, which was to enhance the measures for greater African unity and cooperation.

On the psychology of meaning of life 1

Abstract: ing of life? How can meaning of life be defined? How can meaning of life be empirically measured? Which results do studies about meaning of life provide? Which perspectives does the concept of meaning of life provide for psychology? The text is divided into five sections. The first section focuses briefly on important positions concerning the meaning of life theme. The second looks into the definition of meaning of life. The third section reviews empirical approaches to measuring meaning of life. Meaning of life and well-being are addressed in the fourth section. The fifth, and final, section presents a summary and perspectives.

Education and Psychology in Interaction: Working With Uncertainty in Interconnected Fields

Abstract: This book takes an in-depth look at how education and psychology relate to each other, and at the current state of this relationship. Through comprehensive analysis of the ideological, historical, social and professional contexts of this interaction, the author develops the theme that, despite basic differences in aims, the fields are interconnected.

Expression in pop-rock music : a collection of critical and analytical essays

Abstract: Contents Introduction The Imagination of Pop-Rock Criticism. Nadine Hubbs Politics and Musical Expression Music, Contexts, and Meaning in U2. Susan Fast From L'Etranger to "Killing an Arab": Representing the Other in a Cure Song. Ellie Hisama Style Studies in Progressive Rock and Jazz-Rock Fusion Large-Scale Strategy and Compositional Design in the Early Music of Genesis. Mark S. Spicer Jazz-Rock? Rock-Jazz? Stylistic Crossover in Late 1970's American Progressive Rock. John Covach Frank Zappa's Recompositions Frank Zappa's "The Black Page": A Case of Musical "Conceptual Continuity". James Borders The Musical World(s?) of Frank Zappa: Some Observations of His "Crossover" Pieces. Jonathon W. Bernard Rock Music and Linear Analysis Analytical Methodologies for Rock Music: Harmonic and Voice-Leading Strategies in Tori Amos's "Crucify". Lori Burns Fumbling Towards Ecstacy: Voice-Leading, Tonal Structure and the Theme of Self-Realisation in the Music of Sarah McLachlan. Timothy Koozin Conclusion Confessions from Blueberry Hill, or, Pitch Can Be A Sticky Substance. Walter Everett

God's Holy People: A Theme in Biblical Theology

Abstract: God calls his people to be holy. What does this mean? Holiness means belonging to God and being stamped with his character. This belonging is expressed for ancient Israel in the story of the foundational events on Mount Sinai. The idea is then developed, refined and transformed through the establishment of the priesthood, the gift of the Law, the challenge of the prophets and, in the New Testament, through the life of Christ. This book sets out these perspectives alongside each other, and considers their interplay within the canon of scripture as a whole. The result is both a biblical theology of holiness and a promising model for reinterpreting one text in the light on another.

Imagining the Law of the father : Loss, dread, and mourning in The Sweet Hereafter

Abstract: This essay takes the theme of the 1999 annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, "The Legal Imagination: Taking on Cultural Studies," as an occasion for trying to promote an engagement between sociological studies and cultural studies. It argues that mass mediated images are as powerful and pervasive as other social forces with which sociological studies is already engaged and that the time has come to move from the study of law on the books and in action to law in the image. This argument is developed by analyzing the significance of the ubiquitous presence of tropes of fatherhood in popular cultural iconography about law. Drawing on psychoanalysis, gender theory, and film studies, this essay presents a close reading of a single film, "The Sweet Hereafter". This film exemplifies the ways in which fatherhood becomes one of the key terms through which law is mythologized and through which fantasies and anxieties about law are expressed. Exploring the imagination of law in and through mass medicated images, like those contained in "The Sweet Hereafter", is an important and engaging new frontier for sociolegal studies.

Sexual violence on the Jacobean stage

Abstract: Introduction History, Gender and the Drama The Legends of the Saints Latter-Day Saints The Classical Paradigm: Lucrece and Virginia Variations on the Classical Theme Redeeming the Rapist Conclusion

Knick-knack Paddy-whack, Give a Pub a Theme

Abstract: Few cities in the UK lack an 'authentic' Irish bar, be it O'Neill's, Scruffy Murphy's or Shifty O'Shea's. Theme pubs, like theme parks, theme hotels and theme restaurants, are very big business. Yet the marketing academy seems somewhat reluctant to investigate such establishments, professionally at least. This essay examines the theme pub phenomenon and offers some reflexive reflections on the recent, rapid rise of themed environments. It concludes with some lessons for marketing scholars, contending that excess is the essence of our field. As William Blake observed, the road of excess may lead to the palace of wisdom.

Lyotard : just education

Abstract: Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides an exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work. It brings to a wider audience the significance of a body of thought about education that is subtle, profound and still largely unexplored. This book also makes an important contribution to contemporary debates on postmoderism and education.

Interpretation of Housing Needs ? a Critical Discussion

Abstract: Standards for dwelling size has been and still is a central theme for discussion. In Norway this was a central policy issue in the first decades after the Second World War. In recent years, this topic has arisen again because significant parts of the population today live in dwellings that are larger than many consider "necessary". Does this mean that the occupiers have a higher "consumption of housing" than they "need", and what may be considered the "necessary" size of a dwelling to satisfy housing needs? In order to address these questions in a systematic way, we must take a closer look at the concept of need. This paper presents and critically discusses a "spatial standard tradition" which has manifested itself and continues to make itself felt in housing policy. According to this view, fundamental housing needs are considered universal and can basically be defined in physical and spatial terms. This assumption is discussed and challenged with alternative ways of interpreting needs, in particular a cu...