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Being Alone in Antiquity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 548

Being Alone in Antiquity

This volume aims to provide an interdisciplinary examination of various facets of being alone in Greco-Roman antiquity. Its focus is on solitude, social isolation and misanthropy, and the differing perceptions and experiences of and varying meanings and connotations attributed to them in the ancient world. Individual chapters examine a range of ancient contexts in which problems of solitude, loneliness, isolation and seclusion arose and were discussed, and in doing so shed light on some of humankind’s fundamental needs, fears and values.

SOCIOSSEMIÓTICA II
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 320

SOCIOSSEMIÓTICA II

Sociossemiótica II: sentido, estesia e gosto expõe caminhos tomados pelos pesquisadores em vários anos de trabalho nos quais põem à prova as teorizações de uma sintaxe da visibilidade, os chamados jogos ópticos, elaborados por Eric Landowski, como situações e posições de comunicação (1989). O volume apresenta modos como os sujeitos empregam a moda, o consumo, os lugares da cidade com as especificidades das práticas de vida que aí se desenrolam, as escolhas do que fazer, de como sociabilizar-se, entreter-se, entre outras seleções, que são adotadas para edificar a sua imagem-simulacro. Por vários percursos narrativos, figurativos, que formam as axiologias estudadas, esse vo...

Semiotics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 550

Semiotics

This series of HANDBOOKS OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCE is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction. For "classic" linguistics there appears to be a need for a review of the state of the art which will provide a reference base for the rapid advances in research undertaken from a variety of theoretical standpoints, while in the more recent branches of communication science the handbooks will give researchers both an verview and ...

Fala gestual
  • Language: pt-BR

Fala gestual

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1992
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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A look at development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2850

A look at development

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Experimental and Clinical Metastasis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 468

Experimental and Clinical Metastasis

Metastatic disease is the most lethal aspect of human malignancies, making the understanding and continued research of the process of metastasis a crucial step in treating cancer. The proposed book, entitled “Experimental and Clinical Metastasis: A Comprehensive Review” aims to provide a clear and extensive review of the clinical and experimental implications of metastatic disease. This work focuses on recent contributions to the field of metastasis, and will highlight crucial findings in the molecular understanding of disseminated disease as well as standard and personalized medicine currently being investigated in the clinic. Topics will include, among many, gene properties of metastat...

Innocent Enemies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 138

Innocent Enemies

Innocent Enemies By: Margret S. de Oliveira Castro "After having been kept for several months in quite filthy quarters at the local police station in San Salvador, we were transported one day suddenly to the port of La Union, where the U.S. Marines gave us a hearty welcome. Oept. James J. Foley -it's more than 80 years ago now, but I'll never forget his name- bellowed to his men, 'Herd 'em up, those sons of bitches, and if anybody moves, give 'em the works!' We had to strip down and stand naked for hours at the pier where a U.S. cruiser had anchored. Then we were allowed to put our clothes on again and after everything was carefully examined, all pencils, fountain pens, etc., broken -they could contain hidden explosives! , The Marines Move us up the gangway with their bayonets. " This is how her father described being jailed and extradited to an unknown destination. During World War II, German civilians living in Latin America were rounded up and imprisoned, taken to internment camps in the US, and later exchanged against American prisoners in Germany, They were innocent enemies, useful pawns.

Made in Brasil
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 456

Made in Brasil

  • Categories: Art

Made in Brasil - três décadas do vídeo brasileiro reúne reflexões e depoimentos de artistas, realizadores e autores. O livro se destaca pela produção de conhecimento sobre o vídeo e suas relações com o cinema, a televisão, a literatura e as artes visuais, referentes aos principais momentos do vídeo no Brasil.

Modernity in Black and White
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 285

Modernity in Black and White

  • Categories: ART

In his first single-authored English-language work, Rafael Cardoso offers a re-evaluation of modern art and modernism in Brazil.