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Theme (narrative)
About: Theme (narrative) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13050 publications have been published within this topic receiving 159511 citations. The topic is also known as: narrative theme.
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01 Jan 1999
TL;DR: The Apologetic Tradition and the Theme of the Two Cities of Two Cities as discussed by the authors is a well-known part of the work of the Church of the City of God in Augustine's writings.
Abstract: 1. Cities Real and Desired 2. The Making of the Book 3. The Apologetic Tradition 4. The Theme of the Two Cities 5. The Structure of the Work 6. 'Where Were the Gods?': Books 1-5 7. Varro, Platonists, and Demons: Books 6-10 8. Creation, the Fall, and the Regime of the Passions: Books 11-14 9. The History of the Two Cities: Books 15-18 10. Final Destinations: Books 19-22 11. Influences and Sources 12. The Place of the City of God in Augustine's Writings
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TL;DR: When, with the honor of this award, I also accepted the burden of delivering the oration that goes with it, and when I read in the biography of Rabbi Leopold Lucas, in whose memory the prize is named, that he died in Theresienstadt, but that his wife Dorothea, mother of the donor, was then shipped on to Auschwitz, there to suffer the fate that my mother suffered there, too, there was no resisting the force with which the theme of this lecture urged itself on my choice as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: When, with the honor of this award, I also accepted the burden of delivering the oration that goes with it, and when I read in the biography of Rabbi Leopold Lucas, in whose memory the prize is named, that he died in Theresienstadt, but that his wife Dorothea, mother of the donor, was then shipped on to Auschwitz, there to suffer the fate that my mother suffered there, too, there was no resisting the force with which the theme of this lecture urged itself on my choice. I chose it with fear and trembling. But I believed I owed it to those shadows that something like an answer to their long-gone cry to a silent God be not denied to them.
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01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: A detailed case study of the island of Bali in Indonesia is presented in this paper, which traces the development of tourism there during the colonial period, and the ways in which "Balinese traditional culture" was developed first by western artists and scholars in the colonial periods, and more recently by Balinese government officials in the guise of "cultural tourism".
Abstract: ..".a succinct and thoughtful description and analysis of the development and haracter of Bali's 'touristic culture'...this is an excellent book for a student readerhip. It renders in straightforward language some quite difficult concepts." . Anthropos "This well-written, readable, and concise book forms an excellent introduction to the relationship between culture and tourism." . Focaal ..".there is much to enjoy in this book; the writing is uncomplicated, lively and engaging: the conclusions are both daring and thought-provoking. Above all, thee is the author's readiness to engage with cross-cultural comparison in a theoretically driven and explicit way." . Social Anthropology Based on field research carried out over two decades, the author surveys the development of the anthropology of tourism and its significance, using case studies drawn from Indonesia, New Guinea and Japan. He argues that tourism, once seen as rather peripheral by anthropologists, has to be treated as a phenomenon of major importance, both because the size of the flows of people and capital involved, and because it is one of the major sites in which the meeting and hybridization of culture takes place. Tourism, he suggests, leads not to the destruction of local cultures, as many critics have implied, but rather to the emergence of new cultural forms. The central part of the book presents a detailed case-study of the island of Bali in Indonesia. It traces the development of tourism there during the colonial period, and the ways in which "Balinese traditional culture" was developed first by western artists and scholars in the colonial period, and more recently by Balinese government officials in the guise of "cultural tourism." The general theme of the "presentation of tradition" is also discussed in relation to Toraja funerals in the Indonesian province of Sulawesi, western visitors to the Sepik River in Papua-New-Guinea, and the small city of Tono in northern Japan which has become a center for the study of folk-lore."
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01 Jan 1985
TL;DR: Perinbanayagam as discussed by the authors brings together the writings of G. H. Mead and his followers, who label their efforts symbolic interactionism, and the recent developments in the philosophical and anthropological studies of mind and meaning.
Abstract: The theme of "Signifying Acts "is that social acts are created by human agents engaging in signifying gestures and eliciting determined responses from which flow a number of consequences. This theme is developed by a critical synthesis of various strands of early and contemporary thought in symbolism, meaning, language, and grammar. These strands have been classified as pragmatism and interactionism, structuralism and grammatical theoryPerinbanayagam brings together for the first time the writings of G. H. Mead and his followers, who label their efforts symbolic interactionism, and the recent developments in the philosophical and anthropological studies of mind and meaning. Through his wide-ranging analysis, he demonstrates the sociological relevance of Chomsky, Derrida, and Searle and particularizes their contributions to a more comprehensive theoretical framework. The interdisciplinary scope of his thesis recalls Ernest Becker s "Birth and Death of Meaning, "and his stylistic flair will stimulate readers at all levels of sophistication."
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