The Masks of Time
Author | : Robert Silverberg |
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Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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Author | : Robert Silverberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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Author | : Mary Hoffman |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2005-04-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1582349827 |
When she purchases a tiny figurine of a winged horse, Georgia's life is greatly altered as this talisman has the power to take her back to different periods in time and away from the chaos in which she lives, such as the land of Remora where the excitement of the Stellata, the annual horse race, has brought the city to life. Reprint.
Author | : Natalie Shaw |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 2017-08-29 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1534404236 |
"What time is it? Bedtime! Help the PJ Masks go into the night to save the day - and find the right time to fight crime - by turning the sturdy clock hands that make ticking sounds like a real clock!"--
Author | : Claude Lévi-Strauss |
Publisher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Indian masks |
ISBN | : 9780774807616 |
Originally published under the title La Voie des masques, Sylvia Modelski has translated Claude Levi-Strauss' explanation of the tribal masks of coastal British Columbia with reference to kinship ties, incest prohibition and myths.
Author | : Robert Silverberg |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Science fiction |
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Author | : Andre Norton |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 2015-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1504025466 |
In the aftermath of interplanetary war, a disfigured loner is given a chance at a new life—but at a steep cost, in this novel from “a superb storyteller” (The New York Times). Disfigured in the wars that destroyed his planet, Nik Kolherne lives a shadow existence in the sprawling refugee ghetto of the Dipple. He wears a mask to cover his scars and dreams about another country under an unfettered blue sky and a warm sun. But a chance encounter gives him the opportunity for a new face—and a new life. All he has to do is impersonate a young boy’s fantasy hero. So what if Nik is now allied with the Thieves’ Guild, a subversive outlaw group that seeks their prey on loosely held frontier worlds? A kid all alone in the world could use an ally. His mission is to lure Vandy Naudhin i’Akrama, the young son of a powerful warlord, from his high-security villa and deliver him to the Guild so they can access critical information locked in his brain. But when Nik and Vandy are shipped off to Dis, a burned-out wasteland of a planet, Nik realizes he’s a pawn in a spiraling web of political intrigue and intergalactic evil that threatens both their lives.
Author | : Kathleen O'Neal Gear |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0312858574 |
The archaeologists/authors continue to entertain an avid international audience with their rousing historical epic of adventure, triumph, and heartbreak of the pre-Columbian peoples who struggled to make this great continent their home.
Author | : E. C. Blake |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0756407591 |
Explores "a world in which cataclysmic events have left the Autarchy of Aygrima--the one land blessed with magical resources--cut off from its former trading partners across the waters, not knowing if any of those distant peoples still live. Yet under the rule of the Autarch, Aygrima survives. And thanks to the creation of the Masks and the vigilance of the Autarch's Watchers, no one can threaten the security of the empire"--Dust jacket flap.
Author | : Deborah Lupton |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2021-04-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3110723794 |
The simple fabric face mask is a key agent in the fight against the global spread of COVID-19. However, beyond its role as a protective covering against coronavirus infection, the face mask is the bearer of powerful symbolic and political power and arouses intense emotions. Adopting an international perspective informed by social theory, The Face Mask in COVID Times: A Sociomaterial Analysis offers an intriguing and original investigation of the social, cultural and historical dimensions of face-masking as a practice in the age of COVID. Rather than Beck’s ‘risk society’, we are now living in a ‘COVID society’, the long-term effects of which have yet to be experienced or imagined. Everything has changed. The COVID crisis has generated novel forms of sociality and new ways of living and moving through space and time. In this new world, the face mask has become a significant object, positioned as one of the key ways people can protect themselves and others from infection with the coronavirus. The face mask is rich with symbolic meaning as well as practical value. In the words of theorist Jane Bennett, the face mask has acquired a new ‘thing-power’ as it is coming together with human bodies in these times of uncertainty, illness and death. The role of the face mask in COVID times has been the subject of debate and dissension, arousing strong feelings. The historical and cultural contexts in which face masks against COVID contagion are worn (or not worn) are important to consider. In some countries, such as Japan and other East Asian nations, face mask wearing has a long tradition. Full or partial facial coverings, such as veiling, is common practice in regions such as the Middle East. In many other countries, including most countries in the Global North, most people, beyond health care workers, have little or no experience of face masks. They have had to learn how to make sense of face masking as a protective practice and how to incorporate face masks into their everyday practices and routines. Face masking practices have become highly political. The USA has witnessed protests against face mask wearing that rest on ‘sovereign individualism’, a notion which is highly specific to the contemporary political climate in that country. Face masks have also been worn to make political statements: bearing anti-racist statements, for example, but also Trump campaign support. Meanwhile, celebrities and influencers have sought to advocate for face mask wearing as part of their branding, while art makers, museums, designers and novelty fashion manufacturers have identified the opportunity to profit from this sudden new market. Face masks have become a fashion item as well as a medical device: both a way of signifying the wearer’s individuality and beliefs and their ethical stance in relation to the need to protect their own and others’ health. The Face Mask in COVID Times: A Sociomaterial Analysis provides a short and accessible analysis of the sociomaterial dimensions of the face mask in the age of COVID-19. The book presents seven short chapters and an epilogue. We bring together sociomaterial theoretical perspectives with compelling examples from public health advice and campaigns, anti-mask activism as well as popular culture (news reports, blog posts, videos, online shopping sites, art works) to illustrate our theoretical points, and use Images to support our analysis.
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ISBN | : 9780812402568 |