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The Homesteaders
The Homesteaders covers the whole settler experience, beginning in what is now Saskatchewan during the year Canada was founded and continuing through the immigration boom preceding the First World War. Based on a remarkable collection of interviews conducted in the 1950s, settlers recount in their own words how they built a society on land ethnically cleansed of Indigenous people, something mos…
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- 9780889775169
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Women Who DigFarming, Feminism and the Fight to Feed the World
"[Women Who Dig] belongs in the canon of food studies. I'll be thinking about the testimonies in this book for a very long time to come." Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved and The Value of Nothing "Trina Moyles reveals the determination, imagination, and resilience of women from around the world who are engaged in persistent struggles to produce food. Their stories tell a lot about socia…
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- 9780889775282
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Images and Objects of Russia's War against Ukraine
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has destroyed lives, communities, and cities. From the start, images of this war spread across various media platforms. Paintings, photographs, drone footage, TikToks, and Instagram posts shaped how the war is experienced, represented, and archived. In this multidisciplinary volume, artists, scholars, and writers explore how art, media, i…
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- 9783839400869
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Ensaio sobre a cozinha afetiva
A Cozinha ou Culinária Afetiva vai além do compartilhamento de receitas ou lembranças distantes. Tratase de uma reflexão sobre a dinâmica que a cozinha instaura e a maneira como nossas relações pessoais e nossas escolhas cotidianas nos impactam emocionalmente, moldando a forma como vemos a vida e criamos registros. Em outras palavras, promove um profundo pensar sobre si, seus caminhos, s…
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Bordeaux e seus Grands Crus ClassésA história dos melhores vinhos do mundo …
A região de Bordeaux concentra muitas das melhores e mais famosas vinícolas do mundo. Após visitar os 61 Châteaux do Médoc classificados em 1855, Leonardo Liporone Baruki conta a história e traça um panorama atual dessas vinícolas. O autor compartilha algumas experiências das visitas, comenta as principais safras de cada vinho e indica os cinco melhores Châteaux para se visitar em Bor…
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Comida é memória23 histórias de cozinha para aquecer o coração
Uma queijadinha pode ser o sabor de uma história de amor? O arroz com frango da cantina do colégio estadual faz refletir sobre a amizade e a impermanência da vida? A fé pode ser fortalecida ao dividir o prato? Um sanduíche de pão amanhecido com linguiça pode dissolver o sabor amargo de um luto? Se você concorda que memória e construção pessoal podem ter gosto, cheiro e textura, é si…
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Ausgleichsleistungen für Kulturgüterverluste während der Zeit des National…
In 1998, France was one of the 44 signatory states of the Washington Declaration. This study examines to what extent the Republic has fulfilled its obligations under this declaration by evaluating the extensive case practice. In contrast to other states, France has several legal instruments and procedures for the restitution of Nazi looted art: in addition to laws from the immediate post-war pe…
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Das französische Thesenblatt im 17. JahrhundertDrei Studien zur allegorische…
This publication is dedicated to 17th-century illustrated French thesis prints from a historical and theoretical perspective. Important artists such as Charles LeBrun, Claude Vignon, and Claude Mellan are among the designers of the elaborate copperplate engravings commissioned for public defense ceremonies. Artistic practices of copying, variation, and reuse of prints and representation through…
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'Arbeit Macht Frei'Representations and Meanings in Art
Arbeit Macht Frei befasst sich mit den verschiedenen Darstellungen, Bedeutungen und Interpretationen des berüchtigten Satzes in der Kunst. Dessen Ursprung liegt in dem Roman des deutschen Philologen Lorenz Diefenbach (1806-1883) aus dem Jahr 1873 und geht auf die Zeit der Weimarer Republik zurück. 'Arbeit macht frei' wird aber vor allem mit den Nationalsozialisten in Verbindung gebracht, die …
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Die Neuerfindung des MalerischenZur Rezeption Tizians und der venezianischen …
Lisanne Heitel shows how a re-evaluation of coloration by Goethe and other renowned art theorists paved the way for a rediscovery of colours in the early 19th century. Her study examines the conflict between the painterly and the linear, and its manifold effects on art, theory and discourse in the first half of the 19th century. One focus is on the influence of American and English artists on G…
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