Technology and the Cinematographic Writing of Trauma in Kipling’s Motoring Short Stories by Élodie Raimbault

“…In many short stories, Rudyard Kipling celebrates technology by foregrounding the excitement generated by its peculiar romance, but his specific tribute to motoring goes beyond his fascination for the technical. …”
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Arrows of Desire: Dance and Power in Transnational Cinema by May Telmissany

“…This article focuses on the complexity of oriental belly dancing as it has become in recent years an expression of female joy and “will to power” celebrated by Arab and North African diaspora filmmakers. …”
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Des livres pour « faire joli » ? by Marine Le Bail

“…Contrary to the temptation of opposing reading and non-reading as to celebrate the first one and condamn the latest, this paper aims at showing that decorative uses of books can be seen as a prolongation of our relation towards texts by making them immediately visible in our day-to-day environment.…”
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Les revenants et leurs liens avec les êtres et les objets « transitionnels » by María Dolores Muñoz Jiménez

“…In this article I’m going to limit my presentation to expose the case of the one personage, El Jeremías, in the context of a ritual celebration. He presents himself as a transitional entity who, in this particular model, will allow the renewal of the contract between the living and the dead, and the redefinition of the nocturnal reality of the village. …”
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Ritual, teatro y performance en un culto al niño dios y al diablo. Las pastorelas de la región purépecha, Michoacán (México) by Elizabeth Araiza

“…The Christmas pageant (pastorela) is, in principle, a living and dialogical representation that evokes the birth of Jesus, the zeal of the shepherds to celebrate that event, and the attempts by the Devil to impede them. …”
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Governmentality, Democracy, and Liberalism: Desire in Samrat Upadhyay’s ‘The Guru of Love’ by Pushpa Acharya

“…Upadhyay’s novel is a testament to the celebration of individualism and shows the workings of capitalist and liberal deregulation as a mechanism for managing and channelling desires. …”
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AN INTERROGATION OF SPINSTER’S NIGHT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN WUKARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF TARABA STATE by SAMUEL ALEGWU OMANCHI

“…The study demonstrates that spinster’s night is an important component of Wukari socio-economic sphere as it provides employment to many people in the area and doubled as a veritable tool for social interaction, cross-fertilization of ideas, celebration, and commemoration.In conclusion, the data synthesize from our sources support the claims that spinster’s night, for all intents and purposes, is an important component of Wukari socio-economic sphere. …”
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Continuité des rituels et “Rituels manqués” lors d'une Mascarade d'hiver dans les Alpes italiennes by Lia Zola

“…In some cases bringing a winter masquerade to new life has proved to be successful; in others, after a first, “reborn” performance, some celebrations abruptly stopped. My paper aims to explore issues of ritual continuity and ritual failure through a specific case-study, that of the carnival masquerade in Salbertrand, an alpine settlement of 485 inhabitants in the upper part of the Val di Susa, in the Italian western alpine chain.…”
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Shall we dance? Choreographing hospitality as key to interpersonal transformation by G.W. Marchinkowski

“… The icon of the Holy Trinity by Andrei Rublev (1425) is a celebration of hospitality. This article contemplates the icon through Henri Nouwen’s eyes, using his methodology, and shows how the spiritual practice of hospitality is key to interpersonal transformation. …”
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A paisagem na ruralidade brasileira: considerações teórico-metodológicas para uma pesquisa multidisciplinar aplicada by Claudia Ribeiro, Marlise Amália Reinehr Dal Forno, Lovois de Andrade Miguel

“…Fieldwork was done at celebrations cycle of the Holy Spirit, with attention categories defined by study of agrarian systems, in addition to empirical criteria used for detection of the landscape notion.…”
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Humanity, Nature, and the Supernatural in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Sabri Mnassar

“…It suggests that this worldview is articulated in various ways in the tale such as the emphasis on the intrinsic value of nature, the celebration of biodiversity, and the condemnation of the anthropocentric outlook on the natural world. …”
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Gender and Generic Clashes in The Years Between (Compton Bennett, 1946) by Nicole Cloarec

“…While the play ends up celebrating the Allies’ forthcoming victory, five months before VE Day, what is striking is its very bitter tone as it dramatises the upheaval that society is about to face. …”
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Indianisation et dépolitisation des victimes de la guerre au Pérou. L’exemple du mémorial L’Œil-qui-pleure by Dorothée Delacroix

“…The anniversary of the final report of this commission is also celebrated on this site every August 28th. Based on several observations of this ceremony, supplemented by interviews with the artist and human rights activists, this article aims to interrogate the process of ethnicization of victims and the way in which it has guided an essential component of symbolic reparation programs: commemorations of the war. …”
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Familiarisation et dé-familiarisation : la figure de l’« étranger » dans la comédie indo-britannique by Amandine Ducray

“…By giving an ethnic dimension to he notions of “familiarisation” and “de-familiarisation” – essential to comedy at large– the three directors thus seem to have encouraged the emergence of mainstream BritishAsian cinema in Britain, whilst celebrating, through comedy, some fusion of identitiesbetween the “Other” and the “Self”.…”
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Mujeres y liturgia parroquial by Raquel Torres Jiménez

“…We have selected six points of attention regarding the feminine experience of the parish liturgy: women's very attendance at liturgical ceremonies, their participation in the configuration of the sacred space of the temples, women as objects of segregation and at the same time subjects of socialisation during religious celebrations, women's initiative in the funerary setting, certain signs of Eucharistic devotion and a peculiar form of charity for certain orphan girls exercised by a comendador mayor (major commander) of the Order of Calatrava. …”
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Inter-American Memories: Frances Toor, Alma Reed and the Mexican Cultural Renaissance by Michael K. Schuessler

“…As for Frances Toor, she founded and edited the groundbreaking bilingual magazine Mexican Folkways, which explored and celebrated the artistic traditions of the country’s myriad indigenous groups and, due to its bilingual nature, also served as a vehicle to spread knowledge about Mexico and its rich cultural heritage in the United States and beyond.…”
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Personas y cuerpos by Efraín Lazos

“…Revisa algunas de las posiciones marcadas en la filosofía de lengua inglesa desde la aparición del célebre Individuals, de P.F. Strawson. En particular, el escrito busca al menos marcar un espacio lógico propio para una posición no reductivista y relacionista de la persona. …”
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Honeymoon Tourism as Romantic Consumption in China by Weiqi Yan, Junmin Liu, Yujie Zhu

“…This article explores the rise of honeymoon tourism in China, a modern phenomenon inspired by Western influences that amalgamates wedding celebrations and tourism. By examining the sociocultural changes associated with honeymoon tourism across the past four decades, this study explores the motivations behind this tourism and its implications for Chinese society. …”
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De la « Great Exhibition » à l’Esthétisme : entre production et poïétique by Charlotte Ribeyrol

“…In spite of its official aim to celebrate British industrial power, the Exhibition also brought together many works of art, including objects from Antiquity which were apparently remote from the preoccupations of modern Victorian Britain. …”
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El mal en las palabras: “El hombre tempestad” by Ángela Uribe Botero

“…El ejemplo está contenido en uno de los discursos más célebres del expresidente colombiano Laureano Gómez Castro. …”
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