...This essay discusses cultural narratives that shape both American society and Anabaptist scholarship. A key cultural narrative for most Americans is that their nation is at or near the center of God’s purposes. Anabaptist scholars often display a counter-cultural stance toward the American...

...This chapter contains cultural narratives that feature anetso and the ritual transmission of cultural narratives. It includes a discussion of core cultural narratives, basic cosmology, and significant other-than-human process, and notes that the inclusion of anetso in several Cherokee cultural...

..., cultural narratives and founding events discussed in Chapter 1. It then locates Kosova and Ichkeria within a broader historically conditioned narrative space. Chechen Republic of Ichkeria ChRI Ichkeria Kosovo Liberation Army KLA vii Suganami Hidemi Schöpflin George Putin Vladimir epic global...

...This chapter discusses the cultural narratives inside and outside of opera and music theater as well as structural models for operatic and music theater companies. Issues of storytelling and highbrow/lowbrow art are followed by discussions of new roles for performers and subject matter. The chapter...

...; they play with gender distinctions, all in an effort to comment, critique, and even stretch the traditional values reaffirmed in the conclusions of each tale. The perpetuation of cultural narratives in South Asia and the sectarian literatures of Satya Pīr are also discussed. woman cultural narratives...

... Ghanaśyāma Gopāla Govinda Hari linguistic features Motilāl Nārāyaṇa Salomon Rich Viṣṇu cultural narratives folk tales translation Bangla T he art of translation is mysterious at best and of little import to most readers who simply—and rightly—want a story. Collections of folk tales, however...

... that influence the national interpretation and application of EU non-discrimination law. The discussion focused on three different cultural narratives within the Netherlands, the UK, and Germany, namely the so-called culture of tolerance in the Netherlands, legal pragmatism in the UK, and constitutional...

... by Deaf individuals and families serve as treasures, intertwining personal histories with larger cultural narratives, emphasizing their role as stakeholders in preserving their heritage. It then details the book’s ethnographic approach, blending textual analysis with insights into the filmmakers’ motives...

... to the impact of sign language usage. The chapter also explores the mediation of family language for epistemological insights, revealing how filmmakers captured unique cultural narratives without focusing on disability. It confirms that sign language enriches the films’ contexts and challenges perceptions...

... questions of guilt and innocence. Instead, science interweaves with cultural narratives about sexual violence and race. Attorneys included forensic evidence in their cases, such as expert testimony and corroborating material evidence, including DNA, simply because jurors expected it. The copious time...

...This introductory chapter discusses the cultural narratives of Burma's Theravada Buddhist engagement with modernity. These cultural narratives reveal genealogies of hegemony and subjugation, patronage and resistance, and power and loss. One such genealogy narrates the state's patronage of Buddhist...

...The Culture Trap. Derron Wallace, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197531464.003.0002 This chapter outlines the development and consequences of cultural narratives about Black Caribbeans as a Black model minority in the United States...

... illustrate how capitalism—including the cultural narratives that tout its opportunities and explain away its inequalities—has shaped Americans' worldviews to this day. Character Class postbellum structure Clerks Clerkships Morse Bradford Greeley Horace Mobility occupational and social Freedom meanings...

...This chapter argues that asking about life’s origins uncovers intriguing questions about chance, meaning and order, and allows a rather startling discourse about the nature of knowledge in a world with physical realities and enduring cultural narratives. It addresses some of the many ethical issues...

... with, film sequels as a central dynamic of Hollywood cinema. Now creeping into world cinemas and independent film festivals, the sequel is persistently employed as a vehicle for cross-cultural dialogue and as a structure by which memories and cultural narratives can be circulated across geographical...

...Beginning with a case vignette, the chapter introduces the reader to the cultural imaginary of law, the courts, and the rape trial, focusing on racial inequalities. Cultural narratives remain crucial to understanding sexual assault adjudication despite its increased reliance on forensic technology...