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Author : David I. Kertzer
Release : 1993
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Synopsis Sacrificed for Honor by : David I. Kertzer
Download or read book Sacrificed for Honor written by David I. Kertzer. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Il volume descrive il fenomeno dell’abbandono dei figli da parte delle madri nubili in Italia nel XIX secolo.
Author : Nam Le
Release : 2012-04-23
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 798/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice:Penguin Specials by : Nam Le
Download or read book Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice:Penguin Specials written by Nam Le. This book was released on 2012-04-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Vietnamese-Australian named Nam, in his final year at the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, is trying to find his voice on the page. When his father, a man with a painful past, comes to visit, Nam's writing and sense of self are both deeply changed. Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice is a deeply moving story of identity, family and the wellsprings of creativity, from Nam Le's multi-award-winning collection The Boat. 'A tight and densely emotional journey that sucked me in and contained as much power as the lengthy title.' Killings, the Kill Your Darlings blog
Author : James W. Hunnicutt
Release : 1863
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Conspiracy Unveiled. The South Sacrificed; Or, The Horrors of Secession by : James W. Hunnicutt
Download or read book The Conspiracy Unveiled. The South Sacrificed; Or, The Horrors of Secession written by James W. Hunnicutt. This book was released on 1863. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heath D. Dewrell
Release : 2017-05-23
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 017/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel by : Heath D. Dewrell
Download or read book Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel written by Heath D. Dewrell. This book was released on 2017-05-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many religious acts condemned in the Hebrew Bible, child sacrifice stands out as particularly horrifying. The idea that any group of people would willingly sacrifice their own children to their god(s) is so contrary to modern moral sensibilities that it is difficult to imagine that such a practice could have ever existed. Nonetheless, the existence of biblical condemnation of these rites attests to the fact that some ancient Israelites in fact did sacrifice their children. Indeed, a close reading of the evidence—biblical, archaeological, epigraphic, etc.—indicates that there are at least three different types of Israelite child sacrifice, each with its own history, purpose, and function. In addition to examining the historical reality of Israelite child sacrifice, Dewrell’s study also explores the biblical rhetoric condemning the practice. While nearly every tradition preserved in the Hebrew Bible rejects child sacrifice as abominable to Yahweh, the rhetorical strategies employed by the biblical writers vary to a surprising degree. Thus, even in arguing against the practice of child sacrifice, the biblical writers themselves often disagreed concerning why Yahweh condemned the rites and why they came to exist in the first place.
Author : Tatjana Aleksic
Release : 2013-10-28
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 136/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Sacrificed Body by : Tatjana Aleksic
Download or read book The Sacrificed Body written by Tatjana Aleksic. This book was released on 2013-10-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in one of the world's most volatile regions, the people of the Balkans have witnessed unrelenting political, economic, and social upheaval. In response, many have looked to building communities, both psychologically and materially, as a means of survival in the wake of crumbling governments and states. The foundational structures of these communities often center on the concept of individual sacrifice for the good of the whole. Many communities, however, are hijacked by restrictive ideologies, turning them into a model of intolerance and exclusion. In The Sacrificed Body, Tatjana Aleksic examines the widespread use of the sacrificial metaphor in cultural texts and its importance to sustaining communal ideologies in the Balkan region. Aleksic further relates the theme to the sanctioning of ethnic cleansing, rape, and murder in the name of homogeneity and collective identity. Aleksic begins her study with the theme of the immurement of a live female body in the foundation of an important architectural structure, a trope she finds in texts from all over the Balkans. The male builders performing the sacrificial act have been called by a higher power who will ensure the durability of the structure and hence the patriarchal community as a whole. In numerous examples ranging from literature to film and performance art, Aleksic views the theme of sacrifice and its relation to exclusion based on gender, race, class, sexuality, religion, or politics for the sake of community building. According to Aleksic, the sacrifice narrative becomes most prevalent during times of crisis brought on by wars, weak governments, foreign threats, or even globalizing tendencies. Because crisis justifies the very existence of restrictive communities, communalist ideology thrives on its perpetuation. They exist in a symbiotic relationship. Aleksic also acknowledges the emancipatory potential of a genuine community, after it has shaken off its ideological character. Aleksic employs cultural theory, sociological analysis, and human rights studies to expose a historical narrative that is predominant regionally, if not globally. As she determines, in an era of both Western and non-Western neoliberalism, elitist hegemony will continue to both threaten and bolster communities along with their segregationist tactics.
