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Book Man and His Culture

Download or read book Man and His Culture written by Werner Muensterberger and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Culture Against Man

Download or read book Culture Against Man written by Jules Henry and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1965 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Origin of Man and His Culture

Download or read book The Origin of Man and His Culture written by Stephen Fuchs and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Taking It Like a Man

Download or read book Taking It Like a Man written by David Savran and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1998-03-30 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Beat poets' incarnation of the "white Negro" through Iron John and the Men's Movement to the paranoid masculinity of Timothy McVeigh, white men in this country have increasingly imagined themselves as victims. In Taking It Like a Man, David Savran explores the social and sexual tensions that have helped to produce this phenomenon. Beginning with the 1940s, when many white, middle-class men moved into a rule-bound, corporate culture, Savran sifts through literary, cinematic, and journalistic examples that construct the white man as victimized, feminized, internally divided, and self-destructive. Savran considers how this widely perceived loss of male power has played itself out on both psychoanalytical and political levels as he draws upon various concepts of masochism--the most counterintuitive of the so-called perversions and the one most insistently associated with femininity. Savran begins with the writings and self-mythologization of Beat writers William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac. Although their independent, law-defying lifestyles seemed distinctively and ruggedly masculine, their literary art and personal relations with other men in fact allowed them to take up social and psychic positions associated with women and racial minorities. Arguing that this dissident masculinity has become increasingly central to U.S. culture, Savran analyzes the success of Sam Shepard as both writer and star, as well as the emergence of a new kind of action hero in movies like Rambo and Twister. He contends that with the limited success of the civil rights and women's movements, white masculinity has been reconfigured to reflect the fantasy that the white male has become the victim of the scant progress made by African Americans and women. Taking It Like a Man provocatively applies psychoanalysis to history. The willingness to inflict pain upon the self, for example, serves as a measure of men's attempts to take control of their situations and their ambiguous relationship to women. Discussing S/M and sexual liberation in their historical contexts enables Savran to consider not only the psychological function of masochism but also the broader issues of political and social power as experienced by both men and women.

Book Culture Man

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  • Author : Guy Cook
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-05-29
  • ISBN : 9781545559222
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Culture Man written by Guy Cook and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of action, suspense and romance, set in Winchester, England's ancient capital Rob's "Year of Culture" gave him purpose last year: to perform and blog about a cultural activity each week. This year he's at a loss until a mix-up at his ex-girlfriend Marianne's laboratory leads to limited superpowers. He resolves to win the local tennis tournament, the Hampshire Cup. His best friend, Paul, and his physio, Kate-who can't resist a superhero on the books-help him. Meanwhile, a supervillain stalks Winchester stealing cultural artefacts-all of which, oddly, have featured in Rob's blog. Nicknamed the Velvet Vandal by the local press, the crimes become more ambitious and Rob is drawn in. Soon he, Paul, Kate and Marianne are entangled in a summer of mystery and adventure. Who is the Velvet Vandal? What role does Marianne's sinister professor play? And can Rob's powers lead him to discover his true calling? Amongst the rooftop battles, daring raids on an Oxford laboratory, hopes of romance, an escaped anteater, and the morally dubious attempt to win the Hampshire Cup, a thrilling climax approaches.

Book Theology and Spider Man

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  • Author : George Tsakiridis
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2021-11-11
  • ISBN : 1978710909
  • Pages : 309 pages

Download or read book Theology and Spider Man written by George Tsakiridis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theology and Spider-Man provides a look at the religious themes present in one of the most popular heroes of the past half-century, Spider-Man. In order to create a systematic theology of Spider-Man, the contributors delve into themes of sin, salvation, and creedal theology, while also addressing liberation theology, Black theology, bioethics, and hermeneutics. This volume balances theological depth with discussion of the comics and films, which makes it a perfect collection for those interested in theology, Spider-Man, or both.

Book Turing s Man

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  • Author : J. David Bolter
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 1984
  • ISBN : 9780807841082
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book Turing s Man written by J. David Bolter and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the role of technology in Western civilization and examines the impact of the computer on modern culture

Book What a Man s Gotta Do

Download or read book What a Man s Gotta Do written by Antony Easthope and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although images of women in the mass media have been widely discussed ln recent years, there is no equivalent analysis of men. Once again masculinity seems to have succeeded in passing itself off as universal and invisible. In this book, Antony Easthope argues that, far from being universal, the main tradition of masculinity in the West is both specific and peculiar. What is masculinity? Drawing up psychoanalysis and an understanding of ideology, Easthope shows how the masculine myth forces men to try to be masculine and only masculine, denying their feminine side. In an original contribution to the understanding of gender he analyzes masculinity as it is represented in a wide range of mass media--films, television, newspapers, pop music, and pulp novels. Why are two men in a John Wayne western more concerned with each other than with the women in their lives? Is aggressive male banter a sign that men hate or love each other? Why does a jealous man always have to see his rival? Written in lively, witty, and accessible style, this book is certain to become controversial but essential reading for a wide range of courses in popular culture, mass media, and cultural studies, as well as those in film study, literature, and sociology.--From back cover.

Book The Mind of Primitive Man

Download or read book The Mind of Primitive Man written by Franz Boas and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Science of Culture  a Study of Man and Civilization

Download or read book The Science of Culture a Study of Man and Civilization written by Leslie a White and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico

Download or read book Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico written by Samuel Ramos and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico, originally written in 1934, is addressed to the author’s compatriots, but it speaks to people, wherever they are, who are interested in enriching their own lives and in elevating the cultural level of their countries. And it speaks with a peculiar timeliness to citizens of the United States who would understand their neighbors to the south. Samuel Ramos’s avowed purpose is to assist in the spiritual reform of Mexico by developing a theory that might explain the real character of Mexican culture. His approach is not flattering to his fellow citizens. After an analysis of the historical forces that have molded the national psychology, Ramos concludes that the Mexican sense of inferiority is the basis for most of the Mexican’s spiritual troubles and for the shortcomings of the Mexican culture. Ramos subscribes to neither of the two major opposing schools of thought as to what norms should direct the development of Mexican culture. He agrees neither with the nationalists, who urge a deliberate search for originality and isolation from universal culture, nor with the “Europeanizers,” who advocate abandonment of the life around them and a withdrawal into the modes of foreign cultures. Ramos thinks that Mexico’s hope lies in a respect for the good in native elements and a careful selection of those foreign elements that are appropriate to Mexican life. Such a sensible choice of foreign elements will result not in imitation, but in assimilation. Combined with the nurturing of desirable native elements, it will result in an independent cultural unit, “a new branch grafted onto world culture.” Ramos finds in Mexico no lack of intelligence or vitality: “It needs only to learn.” And he believes that the future is Mexico’s, that favorable destinies await a Mexico striving for the elevation of humanity, for the betterment of life, for the development of all the national capacities.

Book Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico

Download or read book Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico written by Samuel Ramos and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico, originally written in 1934, is addressed to the author’s compatriots, but it speaks to people, wherever they are, who are interested in enriching their own lives and in elevating the cultural level of their countries. And it speaks with a peculiar timeliness to citizens of the United States who would understand their neighbors to the south. Samuel Ramos’s avowed purpose is to assist in the spiritual reform of Mexico by developing a theory that might explain the real character of Mexican culture. His approach is not flattering to his fellow citizens. After an analysis of the historical forces that have molded the national psychology, Ramos concludes that the Mexican sense of inferiority is the basis for most of the Mexican’s spiritual troubles and for the shortcomings of the Mexican culture. Ramos subscribes to neither of the two major opposing schools of thought as to what norms should direct the development of Mexican culture. He agrees neither with the nationalists, who urge a deliberate search for originality and isolation from universal culture, nor with the “Europeanizers,” who advocate abandonment of the life around them and a withdrawal into the modes of foreign cultures. Ramos thinks that Mexico’s hope lies in a respect for the good in native elements and a careful selection of those foreign elements that are appropriate to Mexican life. Such a sensible choice of foreign elements will result not in imitation, but in assimilation. Combined with the nurturing of desirable native elements, it will result in an independent cultural unit, “a new branch grafted onto world culture.” Ramos finds in Mexico no lack of intelligence or vitality: “It needs only to learn.” And he believes that the future is Mexico’s, that favorable destinies await a Mexico striving for the elevation of humanity, for the betterment of life, for the development of all the national capacities.

Book In the Land of God and Man

Download or read book In the Land of God and Man written by Silvana Paternostro and published by Dutton Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993 journalist Silvana Paternostro discovered the startling fact that married, monogamous women in Brazil were at greater risk for AIDS than female prostitutes--because husbands have unprotected sex with other men. A compelling narrative, layered with history, careful research, and blistering social commentary, about a missing chapter in the annals of Latin American culture.

Book Jonathan Swift and Popular Culture Myth  Media and the Man

Download or read book Jonathan Swift and Popular Culture Myth Media and the Man written by A. Kelly and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Kelly's provocative book breaks the mold of Swift studies. Twentieth century Swift scholars have tended to assess Jonathan Swift as a pillar of the eighteenth-century 'republic of letter', a conservative, even reactionary voice upholding classical values against the welling tide of popularization in literature. Kelly looks at Swift instead as a practical exponent of the popular and impressario of the literary image. She argues that Swift turned his back on the elite to write for a popular audience, and that he annexed scandals to his fictionalized print alter ego, creating a continual demand for works by or about this self-mythologized figure. A fascinating look at print culture, the commodification of the author, and the history of popular culture, this book should provoke lots of discussion.

Book Science  Culture and Man

Download or read book Science Culture and Man written by Bepin Behari and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1963 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the present volume eminent scientists, scholars and philanthropists have joined together to discuss the problems relating to the impact of technological progress on the cultural development of manking. The turmoil created by modern scientific inventions has threatened the very existence of our globe. Will the humanity emerge more secure or will it be submerged once more in the Deluge?

Book Man and Culture

Download or read book Man and Culture written by Bronislaw Malinowski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a reassessment of Malinowski's work by a group of his former pupils and colleagues. A frank evaluation, not a eulogy, it examines the real and lasting importance of Malinowski's contribution to a range of subjects.

Book Sangiran  Man  Culture  and Environment in Pleistocene Times

Download or read book Sangiran Man Culture and Environment in Pleistocene Times written by Truman Simanjuntak and published by Yayasan Obor Indonesia. This book was released on 2001 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: