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Van Hugo Claus tot hoelahoep: Vlaanderen in beweging 1950-1960

Van Hugo Claus tot hoelahoep: Vlaanderen in beweging 1950-1960

Katrien Jacobs

Kevin Absillis & Katrien Jacobs universiteit antwerpen Aan het eind van de jaren vijftig maakte Johan Anthierens (1937-2000) in opdracht van het populaire weekblad Humo een reportage over de 'jongens en meisjes van om de twintig', die ...
Networked Affect

Networked Affect

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Katrien Jacobs, Marije Janssen, and Matteo Pasquinelli, 77–88. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. Cramer, Florian. 2007. Sodom Blogging: Alternative Porn and Aesthetic Sensibility. In C'Lick Me: A Netporn Studies Reader, ed. Katrien ...
The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs

The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs

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Divided into four parts: I. Jacobs, Urban Philosopher; II. Jacobs, Urban Economist; II. Jacobs, Urban Sociologist; and IV. Jacobs, Urban Designer, the book evaluates the impact of Jacobs's writings and activism on the city, the professions ...
Stem Cells: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics

Stem Cells: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics

Muireann Quigley

... Katrien Devolder Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences Bioethics Institute Ghent University Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Ghent Belgium Email: Katrien.
Jane Jacobs: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Jane Jacobs: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Jane Jacobs

These interviews capture Jacobs at her very best and are an essential reminder of why Jacobs was—and remains—unrivaled in her analyses and her ability to cut through cant and received wisdom. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Bodycheck: Relocating the Body in Contemporary Performing Art

Bodycheck: Relocating the Body in Contemporary Performing Art

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Katrien Jacobs ties in with the gender body in order to further develop it in a context which feminism itself finds hard to come to terms with: pornography. This field has always been treated by feminism as the pre-eminent terrain of phallocratic ...
People's Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese ...

People's Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese ...

Katrien Jacobs

Since its establishment in 1949, the People's Republic of China has upheld a nationwide ban on pornography, imposing harsh punishments on those caught purchasing, producing, or distributing materials deemed a violation of public morality.
Carnal Resonance: Affect and Online Pornography

Carnal Resonance: Affect and Online Pornography

Susanna Paasonen

2007. “Pornographic Coding.” In C'lick Me: A Netporn Studies Reader, edited by Katrien Jacobs, Marije Janssen, and Matteo Pasquinelli, 159–171. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. Cranor, Lorrie Faith, and Brian A. LaMacchia. 1998.
The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Katrien Devolder

Katrien Devolder explores the tension between the view that embryos should never be deliberately harmed and the view that such research must go forward, and provides an in-depth analysis of major attempts to resolve the problem.
The Working Press of the Nation

The Working Press of the Nation

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Paul M. Sheptow Publisher Bruce Anderson Managing Editor Joanne Jacobs _ New Products Editor Joanne Jacobs News Editor Joanne Jacobs . Joanne Jacobs . Joanne Jacobs . . Book Review Editor Photo Editor Associate Editor ...
Netporn: DIY Web Culture and Sexual Politics

Netporn: DIY Web Culture and Sexual Politics

Katrien Jacobs

Sharalyn Orbaugh identifies the Shojo archetype as a "female child" or "a state of being that is socially unanchored, free of responsibility and self-absorbed — the opposite of the ideal Japanese adult." She believes that Shojo characters can ...
A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living ...

A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living ...

A. J. Jacobs

An eBook boxed set that features the first three of A.J. Jacobs's riotous—and surprisingly informative—ventures into experiential journalism.
A Study Guide for W. W. Jacobs's "Monkey's Paw"

A Study Guide for W. W. Jacobs's "Monkey's Paw"

Gale, Cengage Learning

“W. W. Jacobs,” in Supernatural Fiction Writers, Vol. I, edited by E. F. Bleiler, Scribner, 1985, pp. 38387. Donaldson writes a brief description of Jacobs's supernatural tales, including “The Monkey's Paw,” which he calls Jacobs's best. Harding ...
Delphi Complete Works of W. W. Jacobs (Illustrated):

Delphi Complete Works of W. W. Jacobs (Illustrated):

W. W. Jacobs

W. W. Jacobs. The Complete Works of W. W. JACOBS By Delphi Classics, 2016 COPYRIGHT Complete Works of W. W. Jacobs First published in.
Contemporary Perspectives on Jane Jacobs: Reassessing the ...

Contemporary Perspectives on Jane Jacobs: Reassessing the ...

Dirk Schubert

The Battle for Gotham, New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. New York, NY: Nation Books; Klemek, C., 2007. Jane Jacobs' Urban Village: Well Preserved or Cast Adrift? Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, ...
Many Cargoes

Many Cargoes

W. W. Jacobs

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
The Lady of the Barge

The Lady of the Barge

W. W. Jacobs

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Sailors' Knots

Sailors' Knots

W. W. Jacobs

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Short Cruises

Short Cruises

W. W. Jacobs

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1906 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Sea Urchins

Sea Urchins

W. W. Jacobs

W. W. Jacobs was a very popular English author of short stories at the turn of the 20th-century. Most of his tales had a humorous edge, though he revealed his dark side in one or two works.
Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big ...

Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big ...

Joanne Jacobs

The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds Joanne Jacobs. "A bold story about a gutsy pair of education reformers . . . Jacobs takes the reader into the lives of the struggling students as they shed ...
The Year of Living Biblically

The Year of Living Biblically

A J Jacobs

The resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal, and will make you see history's most influential book with new eyes. 'A.J. Jacobs has written a -- how else to put it?
Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary

Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary

Alice Sparberg Alexiou

This book tells how without any formal training in planning, Jacobs became a prominent spokesperson for sensible urban change.
Point of honor

Point of honor

David Gethin

The two witnesses who appeared were Kelly and Stuart Jacobs. Jacobs is dead. Heroin overdose. Someone wanted him out of the way. That someone was Ives. He didn't want it known he'd been at the party." Daniels' eyes flickered for a ...
Dark Age Ahead

Dark Age Ahead

Jane Jacobs

In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we’re at risk of cultural collapse.
Walking Among Us: The Alien Plan to Control Humanity

Walking Among Us: The Alien Plan to Control Humanity

David M. Jacobs

Jacobs is a careful researcher who has investigated more than 1150 abduction events experienced by more than 150 abductees. This book focuses on the experiences of thirteen abductees.
Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint

Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint

Kathy Jacobs

A recognized expert in teaching Microsoft PowerPoint skills demonstrates how to design presentations to meet the needs of every audience.

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