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Reading Ruth : towards a postmodernist, literary and womanist analysis
No full textBibliography: leaves 132-140.This dissertation examines the book of Ruth from a postmodemist, literary and womanist perspective. The main methodology is postmodemist literary criticism, but it employs intertextual and autobiographical approaches as well. Chapter 1 is an exploration of the plot of Ruth and reveals that in order for the end goal of the plot to be achieved "emptiness has to return to fullness." It is shown that Ruth's action (her decision to return with Naomi) is the catalyst that begins the process that ultimately leads to the denouement of the plot. The fact that it is the two women, Ruth and Naomi, who drive the plot forward, indicates that the Book of Ruth is a woman's story. Chapter 2 demonstrates that the significance of narrative time for any literary analysis lies in the fact that the amount of time allowed for the retelling of the events rarely corresponds to the time it took for the events to happen. Since Ruth is a short story, the choice of what to tell, what to omit as well as how long to dwell on details are indeed significant. In other words it is shown that literary time is only spent on those aspects which are crucial for the advancement of the narrative. Since the reader's main goal is to see how the conflicts are resolved, the literary time spent on the resolution of the conflicts is an indication of where the weight of the story needs to lie. In this case, it is certainly with Ruth and Naomi judging from the amount of time spent on dialogues between the two women. They are therefore the ones that contribute to the resolution of the conflicts of the plot. Chapter 3 reveals that in the book of Ruth the narrative voice or the perspective of attitudes, conceptions and worldview are those of a woman. The fact that the book of Ruth is named after a woman; the fact that at the very outset all the males in the story die and it is the women that take over the narrative; the fact that in the end the women of Bethlehem declare that Ruth is better to Naomi than seven sons are just some of the reasons that substantiate the argument that the narrative voice in the book of Ruth was that of a woman. It is also shown that this narrative voice (whether overt or covert) subverts gender and ethnic expectations. Chapter 4 outlines the way in which biblical characters are portrayed. The subsections of chapter 4 deal with the characterisation of each major character: Naomi, Boaz, and Ruth. Chapter 4 is the longest chapter since it is difficult to evaluate characterisation without engaging the other facets of literary criticism as well, such as plot and dialogue
Ruth Rasmussen holding a dog at Bush Lake.
No full textPhoto of a young woman, identified as "Ruth Rasmussen," holding a dog; location: camp at Bush Lake, Minnesot
Ruth Haines Posing with a Bush
No full textA black and white photograph of Ruth Haines posing next to a bush. This photograph is part of the Nettie Shipley Haines photograph album
Grace and Ruth Haines with Friends behind a Bush
No full textA black and white photograph of Grace and Ruth Haines with three friends. Ruth is pictured second from left, and Grace is pictured second from right. The group of friends are posing behind a bush. This photograph is part of the Nettie Shipley Haines photograph album
Ruth A. Reck Letter to Andrew H. Card
No full textLetter from Ruth A. Reck to Assistant to the President Andrew H. Card, following a phone call discussion about Reck's interest in the Science Advisor position. Reck attaches a document in which she discusses aspects of the scientific concerns that the Bush Administration may face and possible stances toward them
Preventing Rendition and Torture by Mapping the Global System of Rendition and Proxy Detention
No full textThis paper seeks to explain the development and operation of a now global system of rendition and secret detention. Rendition involves the kidnap of suspects and their illicit transfer to another state and frequently involves torture. It is generally assumed that rendition was very much a phenomenon of the Bush administration. In fact, it has continued since Obama took office, despite his early executive orders which ruled out some of the other nefarious practices of the Bush administration, such as torture. Situating rendition within the wider framework of US neo-imperial practices, particularly the quest for US hegemony within the global military-industrial complex, the paper provides a detailed account of the development and evolution of the global system of rendition. It analyses the ways in which key moments in US and international politics have impacted on rendition practices, and also shows how rendition constitutes the latest iteration of international state terrorism
Dr. Ruth Westheimer: Sexually Speaking
No full textRuth Westheimer (born June 4, 1928), better known as Dr. Ruth, is a globally recognized psychosexual therapist, media personality, author, radio, television talk show host, and Holocaust survivor. Her media career began in 1980 with the radio show Sexually Speaking, which continued until 1990. She has hosted several series on the Lifetime Channel and other cable television networks from 1984 to 1993 and is the author of 45 books on sex and sexuality
Human rights, state wrongs, and social change: the theory and practice of emancipation
No full textThis article demonstrates the significance of human rights for challenging state violence
and terrorism. It is intended to enhance understanding of the concept of emancipation.
Critical Security Studies has tended to focus on the individual as the agent of her/his own
liberation. Yet many victims of oppression are not able to free themselves. Drawing on historical
materialism, it is argued that collective agency on behalf of the oppressed has a necessary role
to play in emancipatory politics. Emancipation is contingent on the capacity of specific agents,
located socially and historically, to identify practices that might bring about change, structures
that might be transformed, and appropriate agents that are in the best position to facilitate
such change. This article shows how such collective social action has forced a reversal of
some of the Bush administration’s repressive policies, and has partially succeeded in curtailing
the arbitrary use of US state power. This has been achieved through the national and international
human rights architecture. Therefore, Marxian claims that human rights should be
eschewed are mistaken, since they fail to acknowledge the emancipatory potential of human
rights, the opportunities they provide for collective social action, and the role they can play in
transformative social change
Ruth Stone, 12th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textRuth Stone is the author of six books or chapbooks of poetry: In an Iridescent Time, 1960; Topography and Other Poems, 1971; Unknown Messages, 1973; Cheap, 1975; American Milk, 1986; Second-Hand Coat: New and Selected Poems, 1987. Three new books will be published this year: Who is the Widow\u27s Muse?; The Yasha Poems, and The Solitary. We were very fortunate that Ruth Stone taught creative writing as a visiting faculty member at Old Dominion University during 1989-90
Teaching cultural economics
No full textThe author lays out her journey to specialization in cultural economics from her school days to the present. Along the way, she was involved in setting up the Master’s degree in Cultural Economics and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), where she taught courses in cultural economics and economics creative industries for a number of years. Within cultural economics, she specializes in the economics of copyright and was involved in the development of the Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI). The main focus of her work has been on artists’ labour markets and the role of copyright in paying creators and performers. In her long career, Ruth Towse has taught economics on a variety of courses, always in the belief that its application, both theoretical and empirical, illuminates policy issues even in the cultural arena, which is often regarded in some sense above economics. Her work and that of other cultural economists has repeatedly shown how it does so
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