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scholar.valpo.edu
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| | | | | A popular meme depict Galadriel and Frodo admitting that Sauron is "weirdly sexy," a humorous allusion to The Rings of Power's Halbrand. The show's controversial revelation of Halbrand as Sauron highlights the differences between Tolkien's construction of Second and Third Age Sauron as an attractive or admirable leader compared to Peter Jackson's portrayal of him as a monster or disembodied fiery eyeball. This, in turn, has implications for the geopolitical order of Middle-earth in which many people legi... | |
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crossworks.holycross.edu
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| | | | | An ethnographic consideration of the devotion surrounding Audrey Marie Santo, a stigmatist and victim soul in Worcester, Massachusetts. The article uses the theme of the "silent body" to connect the Audrey Santo phenomenon to contemporary academic understandings of the body and embodiment. | |
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ro.uow.edu.au
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| | | | | Those who challenge conventional views or vested interests in science are likely to encounter difficulties. A scientific dissenter should first of all realize that science is a system of power as well as knowledge, in which interest groups play a key role and insiders have an extra advantage. Dissenters are likely to be ignored or dismissed. If they gain some recognition or outside support, they may be attacked. In the face of such obstacles, there are several strategies, including mimicking science, aim... | |
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dc.swosu.edu
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| | | Wise speculates on the involvement of J.R.R. Tolkien in the group nomination of E.M Forster for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954; he discusses not only the politics behind the nomination but reads Forster's Howards End and A Passage to India in the light of the tension between Tolkien's interests in nationalism and inter-racial cooperation. | ||
