Hugvísindadeild Postmodernism and The Simpsons Intertextuality‚ Hyperreality and Critique of Metanarratives Ritgerð til B.A.-prófs Björn Erlingur Flóki Björnsson bjornfloki@gmail.com Kt. 110982-5779 Maí 2006 Abstract This essay offers a postmodernist reading of the popular television program The Simpsons‚ with special regard to the postmodern theories of intertexuality‚ hyperreality‚ and metanarratives. Before delving into The Simpsons‚ some major theoretical aspects of postmodernism in aesthetic
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Documenting Research Papers and Reports Using APA Style For: All Undergraduate Students Course Year: 2007 / 2008 K. Moed Academy for European Studies and Communication Management The Hague University - Haagse Hogeschool The Hague‚ September 2007 CONTENTS CONTENTS 1 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Citing Error! Bookmark not defined. 1.2 Quoting‚ Paraphrasing‚ and Summarizing 3 1.3 APA-style
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Postmodern Fiqh : An Analysis On Gender Issues Abstract. The history of Islamic law (hukm) gone through fluctuations of phases. From the time of the Prophet PBUH‚ it continuously to become a dynamic force in fulfilling the contemporary needs of the Ummah. After the period of taqlid‚ Islamic jurisprudence gone through the process of tajdid in order to rejuvenate Muslim society to the practice of Ijtihad. Changes that happened in social circumstances and the developments in the field of science
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CONTENT Part A Introduction 4 Current situation analysis 5 SWOT Analysis 5 Marketing mix 6 Competitor Analysis 9 Targeting segmentation analysis 9 External analysis 10 Part B 12 Introduction of digital market 12 Approaches of digital marketing and the relevant benefits 12 Part C 16 Definition of brand 16 How to create the strong brand value 16 Part D 19 Introduction of ethics 19 The ethical marketing of Mini 20 Conclusion 21 Reference 22
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Festschrift for Hans Joachim Schneider Victimology at the Transition From the 20th to the 21st Century. Essays in Honor of Hans Joachim Schneider Dedicated on the Occasion of the Xth International Symposium on Victimology in Montreal‚ Canada 6-11 August 2000 By the Executive Committee of World Society of Victimology to the Founding President of WSV Edited by Paul C. Friday and Gerd Ferdinand Kirchhoff 2000 Shaker Verlag in cooperation with WSVP World Society of Victimology Publishing
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Cultural Studies and the Academy 1. Cultural studies in the academies of the advanced capitalist countries has transformed the object of studies in the humanities. In particular‚ in English departments‚ cultural studies has challenged the predominance of the governing categories of literary studies (the "canon‚" the homogeneous "period‚" the formal properties of genre‚ the literary object as autonomous and self-contained) in the interest of producing "readings" of all texts of culture and
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The Author: Angela Carter English short story writer‚ novelist‚ journalist‚ dramatist and critic. Angela Carter was a notable exponent of magic realism‚ adding into it Gothic themes‚ postmodernist eclecticism‚ violence‚ and eroticism. Throughout her career‚ Carter utilized the language and characteristic motifs of the fantasy genre. "A good writer can make you believe time stands still‚" she once said. Carter completed nine novels. Carter’s novels and stories stand almost without parallel in British
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“The Conflicts of Globalization and Restructuring of Education” Douglas Kellner The September 11 terrorist attacks have generated a wealth of theoretical reflection as well as regressive political responses by the Bush administration and other governments (Kellner‚ 2003b). The 9/11 attacks and subsequent Bush administration military response have dramatized once again the centrality of globalization in contemporary experience and the need for adequate conceptualizations and responses to it for
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This article was downloaded by: [Hong Kong Institute of Education] On: 19 November 2013‚ At: 08:40 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 37-41 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK Critical Inquiry in Language Studies Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hcil20 Debating English ’s Hegemony: American‚ Australian and
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References: Ackerman‚ Susan E. 2005. ‘Falun Dafa and the New Age Movement in Malaysia: Signs of Ahmed‚ Akbar S. 1994. Islam‚ Globalization and Postmodernity Barber‚ Benjamin R. 1996. Jihad vs. McWorld. Barchunova‚ Tatyana V. 2002. ‘Faith-Based Communities of Practice in Novosibirsk’ Beckford‚ James A. 2003. Social Theory and Religion. Bellah‚ Robert N. 1970. ‘Religious Evolution’. In Beyond Belief:
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