Literature: history and criticism
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How and Why Books Matter
Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two, or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teaching, preaching, and scholarly commentary. This dimension receives almost all the attention of academic scholars. Communities also ritualize a...
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Reframing Authority
Laura Feldt, Christian Hogel, Lars Boje Mortensen, Jane Hjarl Petersen, Martin Rheinheimer, Olav Hammer, Anne Magnussen, Maja G. Zuckerman, Dietrich Jung, Mikael Aktor
Questions of authority are perennial. Authority has been and still is a key topic in many studies of history, society, literature, and religion, just as it is a key issue in contemporary societies. In spite of the scholarly attention, authority continues to have an elusive quality. Reframing Authori...
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The Wise Wound
This is a book of many questions and some answers. What is this menstruation that half the world undergoes? Has it any use, or any purpose? Which is it, blessing or curse? This groundbreaking study of the facts, fantasies, and taboos surrounding menstruation has helped bring about a profound shift...