Body Modification

Die klassischen Formen der Ko?rpermodifikationen, wie Piercings, Tattoos oder Bodybuilding, sind inzwischen allgegenwa?rtig. Mittlerweile werden medizinisch-a?sthetische Eingriffe von (minimalinvasiven) scho?nheitschirurgischen oder gewichtsreduzierenden Maßnahmen bis hin zu Penisverla?ngerungen oder Amputationen immer popula?rer. Dieses Werk setzt sich erstmals aus dem Blickwinkel der Psyc…

Body Matters

Body Matters approaches the material world directly; it seeks to remind people that they are the matter of their bodies. This volume offers an assortment of contributions from anthropology, archaeology and medieval studies, with case studies from northern Europe, the Near East, East Africa and Amazonia, which variously draw attention to the multiple shifting materials that comprise, impact upon…

Chapter 4 Levinas, hospitality and the feminine other

We could start this chapter by dishing up a vast array of interpretations and denitions, and refer to a number of debates in which the term hospitality takes centre stage. This would be done with the intention of illustrating the meaning and academic, societal or managerial relevance of hospitality. We will resist this temptation. We nd that a philosophical understanding of hospitality is often…

Chapter 4 Language Policies and Ideologies in Qatar : Is Resistance to Englis…

Neoliberalism, globalisation, and English language hegemony have contributed to the adoption of Western “travelling policies” in the Arab Gulf states, such as building knowledge-based economies and the implementation of English-medium instruction in schools and universities. In Qatar, as well as in other Arab Gulf states like the United Arab Emirates, this has led to ideologies of English-m…

Chapter 4 Japanese risk perceptions and anxiety over governance : The interna…

This book is an integrated examination of Japanese politics in the first two decades of the 21st century, as viewed from the perspective of ""anxiety over governance."" By empirically highlighting the social-environmental, political environmental, and sociocultural changes that have underlined the long-term political participation and voting behavior of Japanese citizens, the book provides deep…

Chapter 4 Introduction to Section 1 : Vulnerable communities, resilience, and…

This handbook addresses a growing list of challenges faced by regions and cities in the Pacific;Rim, drawing connections around the what, why, and how questions that are fundamental;to sustainable development policies and planning practices. These include the connection;between cities and surrounding landscapes, across different boundaries and scales; the persistence;of environmental and develo…

Chapter 4 Innovation in Early Music Festivals : Domains, Strategies and Outcomes

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Chapter 4 Improving the estate

Women like Jane Ashley, Amabel Hume-Campbell, Anna Maria Agar, Sarah Dawes and Mary Cotterel were all involved in pushing through parliamentary enclosure awards, while Elizabeth Prowse introduced wide-ranging agricultural improvements after the informal enclosure of the open fields at Wicken. The contributions of these women and others like them to a bundle of related practices – including pa…

Chapter 4 How Memory Comes to Matter : From Social Media to the Internet of T…

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Chapter 4 How a Behavioral Economic Framework Can Support Scaling of Early Ch…

Combining the theories of conventional economics with social psychology and cognitive decision making, behavioral economics (BE) offers an interdisciplinary framework to support the transition and translation of programs to scale, addressing the dimensions of feasibility, cost, and fidelity while meeting the objectives of providing safe, nurturing, and stimulating environments for children. One…