X-rated - the power of mythic symbolism in popular culture

... to thank the Department of Anthropology of the University of Toronto for allow- ing me the privilege of teaching pop culture over many years. pal-danesi-00fm.indd xipal-danesi-00fm.indd xi 10/17/08 ... psychoanalysis. The expression of the profane instinct in the form of the carnival is especially relevant to understanding the inbuilt opposition within the h...

... explained, The nature of the kids is a very big determinant of what the teachers do.” The behaviors of students from different cultures vary in ways that profoundly influence teaching. In examin- ing ... what they saw (Spindler and Spindler, 1992:80). 6 THE POWER OF VIDEO TECHNOLOGY IN The Spindlers coined the term “cultural screens” to describe the way viewers...

... payment of the tithe. This obviously increased the marginal yield of investment, innovation, and expenditure of effort, and the evidence suggests the diligence of the order in pursuing the resulting ... example, the small group of architect-engineers who were in charge of the building of cathedrals, palaces, bridges, and fortresses could live in great lu...

... neither the state-carved niche of insolvency business, nor the formation of a professional body, but the steady increase in audit work that was to be the making of the modern UK accountancy profession. ... these meetings and for the constructive criticisms of two anonymous referees. The Power of ‘Independence’: Defending and Extending the Jurisdicti...

... choose. I first be- came in- ter- es- ted in the sci- en- ce of habits eight years ago, as a news- pa- per re- port- er in Bagh- dad. The U.S. mil- it- ary, it oc- curred to me as I watched it in ac- tion, is one of the biggest habit- form- a- tion ex- per- i- ments in his- tory. prl.4 Basic train- ing teaches sol- diers care- fully de- signed habits for how to shoot, thin...