Playing the Canterbury Tales: The Continuations and Additions
Author: Andrew Higl File Type: pdf Playing the Canterbury Tales addresses the additions, continuations, and reordering of the Canterbury Tales found in the manuscripts and early printed editions of the Tales. Many modern editions present a specific set of tales in a specific order, and often leave out an entire corpus of continuations and additions. Andrew Higl makes a case for understanding the additions and changes to Chaucers original open and fragmented work by thinking of them as distinct interactive moves in a game similar to the storytelling game the pilgrims play. Using examples and theories from new media studies, Higl demonstrates that the Tales are best viewed as an interactive fiction, reshaped by active readers. Readers participated in the ongoing creation and production of the tales by adding new text and rearranging existing text, and through this textual transmission, they introduced new social and literary meaning to the work. This theoretical model and the boundaries between the canonical and apocryphal texts are explored in six case studies the spurious prologues of the Wife of Baths Tale, John Lydgates influence on the Tales, the Northumberland manuscript, the ploughman character, and the Cooks Tale. The Canterbury Tales are a more dynamic and unstable literary work than usually encountered in a modern critical edition. **Review ... I was constantly educated by the insightfulness and theoretical audacity of [Higls] chapters. This is a smart book and deserves a wide readership among scholars and teachers of Chaucer. The Medieval Review This is an intelligently written book... [the] reader will find astute comment and engrossing readings in the later chapters, and above all, a welcome reminder that writing and reading were as complicated and variable activities in the centuries following Chaucers death as in the production and consumption of new-media games and books available online today. Times Literary Supplement About the Author Andrew Higl is an assistant professor of English at Winona State University, USA.
Author: Simon Beames
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This book provides a broad overview of the ways in which adventurous practices influence, and are influenced by, the world around them. The concept of adventure is one that is too often tackled within subject silos of philosophy, education, tourism, or leisure. While much of the analysis is strong, there is little cross-pollination between disciplines. Adventure & Society pulls together the threads of these discourses into one coherent treatment of the term adventure and the role that it plays in human social life of the 21st century. It explores how these practices can be considered more deeply through theoretical discourses of capitalism, identity construction, technology and social media, risk-taking, personal development, equalities, and sustainability. As such, the book speaks to a broad audience of undergraduate and postgraduate students across diverse subject areas, and aims to be an accessible starting point for deeper inquiry. **
Author: Patricia O'Neill
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The lives of urban Chinese daughters have changed. Education and employment have propelled them from dependency to self-sufficiency, resulting in new attitudes and lifestyles. However, traditional filial obligation has remained. This book asks why it continues and how it is currently discharged, focusing on the emotion work daughters do to sustain the parent relationship, deal with conflict and maintain their self-esteem. Based on interviews with women living in Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China, the book further explores whether the structural or relational motivations underpinning support and care may be less important than the standards daughters impose on themselves why care may be discontinued or not undertaken in the first place why care provided to parents may be different from in-laws, and the importance of domestic helpers to the modern caregiving paradigm. To undertake this exploration, a typology of support and care was created, allowing for the first time to distinguish between what daughters do for healthy parents and in-laws versus parents who require temporary or full time care, specifically addressing how providing support and care affects the daughters well-being. **Review Juxtaposing the Confucian norm of filial piety against the modern Chinese culture, this book provides an in-depth examination of Chinese daughters lives, the kinds and frequency of care they provide, the conflict they experience and the impact of caregiving on them. Dr. ONeills scholarly work is a major contribution to the fields of aging and rapidly changing Asian cultures. (Cheryl M. Svensson, Ph.D., Director of Birren Center for Autobiographical Studies, USA) From the Back Cover The lives of urban Chinese daughters have changed. Education and employment have propelled them from dependency to self-sufficiency, resulting in new attitudes and lifestyles. However, traditional filial obligation has remained. This book asks why it continues and how it is currently discharged, focusing on the emotion work daughters do to sustain the parent relationship, deal with conflict and maintain their self-esteem. Based on interviews with women living in Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China, the book further explores whether the structural or relational motivations underpinning support and care may be less important than the standards daughters impose on themselves why care may be discontinued or not undertaken in the first place why care provided to parents may be different from in-laws, and the importance of domestic helpers to the modern caregiving paradigm. To undertake this exploration, a typology of support and care was created, allowing for the first time to distinguish between what daughters do for healthy parents and in-laws versus parents who require temporary or full time care, specifically addressing how providing support and care affects the daughters well-being.
Author: David Gauntlett
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Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on peoples identities?The new edition of Media, Gender and Identity is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. Fully revised and updated, including new case studies and a new chapter, it considers a wide range of research and provides new ways for thinking about the medias influence on gender and sexuality.David Gauntlett discusses movies such as Knocked Up and Spiderman 3, mens and womens magazines, TV shows, self-help books, YouTube videos, and more, to show how the media play a role in the shaping of individual self-identities.The book includesa comparison of gender representations in the past and today, from James Bond to Ugly Bettyan introduction to key theorists such as Judith Butler, Anthony Giddens and Michel Foucault an outline of creative approaches, where identities are explored with video, drawing, or Lego bricksa Companion Website with extra articles, interviews and selected links, at www.theoryhead.com.
Author: Alexander Rehding
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Hugo Riemann (1849-1919) is generally acknowledged as the most important musicologist of his age. By analyzing his musical thought within the turn-of-the-century context of interest in the natural sciences, German nationhood and modern technology, this book reconstructs how Riemanns ideas not only made sense but advanced a belief of the tonal tradition as both natural and German. Riemann influenced the ideas of generations of music scholars because his work coincided with the institutionalization of academic musicology around the turn of the last century.**
Author: Joon B. Park
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Biomaterials Principles and Applications offers a comprehensive review of all the major biomaterials in this rapidly growing field. In recent years, the role of biomaterials has been influenced considerably by advances in many areas of biotechnology and science, as well as advances in surgical techniques and instruments. Comprising chapters contributed by a panel of international experts, this text provides a familiarity with the uses of materials in medicine and dentistry and the rational basis for these applications. It covers such subjects as biodegradable polymeric materials and their relation to tissue engineering, biologic materials, and biomaterials applications in soft and hard tissues. Nearly one hundred figures and tables further add to the value of this book. Concise, topical, and not overly technical no other book covers the entire field of biomaterials so succinctly in one volume.**
Author: Michael Liu
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This text reinterprets a misunderstood and overlooked epoch of the Asian American experience, the Asian American Movement (AAM). The authors argue that, contrary to the common view of the movement as a passing phase limited to college youth, the Asian American Movement spanned diverse political viewpoints and became increasingly sophisticated and effective. Asian Americans were active participants and played unique roles in the social movements that convulsed the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in protests against the Vietnam War. The book traces the history of the AAM from its roots in the 1930s to the present day and its impact on diverse areas of the Asian American community. Most importantly, it looks at the societal and community dynamics that led to the movements trajectory. Using the lens of social movement theory, it analyzes the AAMs rise and ebb and possible resurgence. The authors argue that the AAM constituted a distinct, identifiable, and relatively stable social movement that dramatically impacted the direction of Asian American political and social activity.ReviewThe Snake Dance of Asian American Activism illuminates the historical significance of the social movement for equality and political inclusion of Asian Americans during the late 20th century. Drawing from extensive primary sources and interviews, the authors show how Asian American identity politics were integrally connected to radical demands for structural change in society. As recounted by participants and eye witnesses, the American movement brought about progressive change in ethnic neighborhoods and on college campuses, creating new forms of contentious politics and participatory democracy, while infusing progressive themes into an awakening Asian American culture and arts movement. More than previously published accounts of this movement, this work shows the movements deep connections to ordinary working people and their day to day concerns. This book will do much to advance needed inter-generational dialogue about how the goals of social justice popularized by the Asian American movement can be effectively pursued in our time. (Carolyn Wong, Carleton College )Chronicling something as broad and complex as the Asian American Movement is a daunting task. In this important book, Liu, Geron, and Lai take on this challenge and deliver a thorough, insightful, and engaging account. They navigate the twists and turns, successes and failures of the Movement while never losing sight of its soul that inspired and inspires activists past and present. (Paul Y. Watanabe, University of Massachusetts Boston )By analyzing the history of the Asian American movement from the 1930s through the 1990s, this book makes a significant contribution to the field of Asian American studies. By documenting the longevity of the Asian American movement, the authors are alsoable to show that it was not simply an imitation of the black Civil Rights Movement. Written by three scholars with immense personal experience as community activists and deep knowledge of primary sources and oral histories, this uniquely interdisciplinary book will appeal to an extremely wide audience. Highly recommended... (CHOICE, August 2009 )This is a timely book, rich with insight and containing a range of proposals for improving U.S. intelligence performance....this is a book that will promote new thinking and provoke debate among students, teachers and professionals wherever they are based. (Political Science Quarterly The Journal Of Public and Intern, Summer 2010 )Preoccupation with the Asian American success story has over-shadowed the long and vibrant history of social activism among Asian Americans. The Snake Dance of Asian American Activism, by three scholaractivists, is a welcomed corrective. Lively and well-informed, this account presents material and perspectives found nowhere else. (Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University )By analyzing the history of the Asian American movement from the 1930s through the 1990s, this book makes a significant contribution to the field of Asian American studies. By documenting the longevity of the Asian American movement, the authors are also able to show that it was not simply an imitation of the black Civil Rights Movement. Written by three scholars with immense personal experience as community activists and deep knowledge of primary sources and oral histories, this uniquely interdisciplinary book will appeal to an extremely wide audience. Highly recommended. (CHOICE, August 2009 ) About the AuthorMichael Liu is senior research associate and community programs coordinator at the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Kim Geron is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University, East Bay. Tracy Lai teaches in the Department of History at Seattle Central Community College.
Author: Kathrin Levitan
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The book explores the hotly disputed process by which the census was created and developed and examines how a wide cast of characters, including statisticians, novelists, national and local officials, political and social reformers, and journalists responded to and used the idea of a census.**ReviewKathrin Levitans A Cultural History of the British Census is a useful and engaging study about the meaning of the census in British society. In addition to shining new light on an old source and convincingly asserting its importance to British conceptions of themselves, it is also a well-crafted intellectual history that traces ideas about belonging identity in Britain through the transformations of nineteenth-century politics. CerclesIf for Lord Macaulay, figures are like mercenaries they may be enlisted on both sides, in Levitan the census has found a historian who is even-handed and wide-ranging in her survey of these battlefields. - Robert Mayhew, TLSProvides an original approach, and the result will need to be engaged with by all historians working on modern Britain ... The book is well researched and clearly written, and scholars of literature as well as history will find important material here. - The American Historical ReviewAbout the Author KATHRIN LEVITAN Assistant Professor of History at the College of William and Mary inVirginia, USA.