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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
Music and displacement: Diasporas, mobilities and dislocations in Europe and beyond
No full textThe grand narratives of European music history are informed by the dichotomy of placements and displacements. Yet musicology has thus far largely ignored the phenomenon of displacement and underestimated its significance for musical landscapes and music history. Music and Displacement: Diasporas, Mobilities, and Dislocations in Europe and Beyond constitutes a pioneering volume that aims to fill this gap as it explores the interactions between music and displacement in theoretical and practical terms. Contributions by distinguished international scholars address the theme through a wide range of case studies, incorporating art, popular, folk, and jazz music and interacting with areas, such as gender and post-colonial studies, critical theory, migration, and diaspora.The book is structured in three stages—silence, acculturation, and theory—that move from silence to sound and from displacement to placement. The range of subject matter within these sections is deliberately hybrid and mirrors the eclectic nature of displacement itself, with case studies exploring Nazi Anti-Semitism in musical displacement; musical life in the Jewish community of Palestine; Mahler, Jewishness, and Jazz; the Irish Diaspora in England; and German Exile studies, among others. Featuring articles from such scholars as Ruth F. Davis, Sean Campbell, Jim Samson, Sydney Hutchinson, and Europea series co-editor Philip V. Bohlman, the volume exerts an appeal reaching beyond music and musicology to embrace all areas in the humanities concerned with notions of displacement, migration, and diaspora
Bibliography and brief literary biography of author Ruth Moore, born 1903. Her f
No full textBibliography and brief literary biography of author Ruth Moore, born 1903. Her first novel, The Weir, was published in 1943
Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Ruth Marvelle Green
No full textFuneral program for Mrs. Ruth Marvelle Green, born May 20, 1926 and died August 1, 1999. The funeral was held August 5, 1999 at Bethel A. M. E. Church, officiated by Rev. Dr. Sarah F. Davis. The funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Sunset Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas
Elson R. Davis
No full textPhotograph of Elson R. Davis standing outside of a house. [Verso caption] December, 1952 Dover, New Hampshire.
Obituary from The Portsmouth Herald, 29 October 1956, as follows:
Rollinsford - Elson R. Davis, 80, of Dover Rd. a resident here for the past 75 years, died yesterday at Wentworth Hospital, Dover, after a long illness.
Mr. Davis was one of the oldest remaining former employes [sic] of the now defunct Atlantic Shore Line Railway. He later worked as baggage master for the Boston and Maine Railroad in Rollinsford before his retirement.
A native of South Bolton, Que., Canada, Mr. Davis was born March 26, 1876, the son of Eleazer and Sarah (Holland) Davis.
He was a 49-year member of St. John's Lodge F & AM of South Berwick and a former member of the Salmon Falls Odd Fellows.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Henrietta (Johnson) Davis, survivors include a son, Leslie Davis, and a daughter, Mrs. [Ruth] Frederick Tebbetts, both of Dover, and a grandson [Charles Tebbetts].7 x 9 c
Métricas de autor Ruth Alejandra Patiño Jacinto
No full textInforme de las métricas de autor de la Dra. Ruth Alejandra Patiño Jacinto de las publicaciones indexadas en Google Académico cuyo objetivo es entregar un insumo para el fortalecimiento de las capacidades y potencialidades de los autores de la Universidad Santo Tomás en el posicionamiento y visibilidad de sus publicacionesReport of the author metrics of Ruth Alejandra Patiño Jacinto of the publications indexed in Google Scholar whose objective is to provide an input for the strengthening of the capacities and potentialities of the authors of the Santo Tomás University in the positioning and visibility of their publicationshttp://unidadinvestigacion.usta.edu.c
The Miller F. Whittaker Library\u27s Renovation Project
No full textThe author describes the renovation project undertaken by the Miller F. Whittaker Library at South Carolina State University
[Photograph 2012.201.B0119.0630]
No full textPhotograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Bobbie Ruth Davis, attractive blonde, and Myron F. Buttram, city oilman and developer, were married June 28 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Ruth S. Olsen v. Morris F. Swapp : Brief of Appellant
No full textAppeal from the Judgment and Decree of the Second District Court for Davis Count
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