Author: John ClowesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Letters on the Human Body ... Second edition
Author: John ClowesPlayful Letters
Author: Erika Mary BoeckelerPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609384741
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Alphabetic letters are ubiquitous, multivalent, and largely ignored. Playful Letters reveals their important cultural contributions through Alphabetics—a new interpretive model for understanding artistic production that attends to the signifying interplay of the graphemic, phonemic, lexical, and material capacities of letters. A key period for examining this interplay is the century and a half after the invention of printing, with its unique media ecology of print, manuscript, sound, and image. Drawing on Shakespeare, anthropomorphic typography, figured letters, and Cyrillic pedagogy and politics, this book explores the ways in which alphabetic thinking and writing inform literature and the visual arts, and it develops reading strategies for the “letterature” that underwrites such cultural production. Playful Letters begins with early modern engagements with the alphabet and the human body—an intersection where letterature emerges with startling force. The linking of letters and typography with bodies produced a new kind of literacy. In turn, educational habits that shaped letter learning and writing permeated the interrelated practices of typography, orthography, and poetry. These mutually informing processes render visible the persistent crumbling of words into letters and their reconstitution into narrative, poetry, and image. In addition to providing a rich history of literary and artistic alphabetic interrogation in early modern Western Europe and Russia, Playful Letters contributes to the continuous story of how people use new technologies and media to reflect on older forms, including the alphabet itself.
Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309038405
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
There is growing enthusiasm in the scientific community about the prospect of mapping and sequencing the human genome, a monumental project that will have far-reaching consequences for medicine, biology, technology, and other fields. But how will such an effort be organized and funded? How will we develop the new technologies that are needed? What new legal, social, and ethical questions will be raised? Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome is a blueprint for this proposed project. The authors offer a highly readable explanation of the technical aspects of genetic mapping and sequencing, and they recommend specific interim and long-range research goals, organizational strategies, and funding levels. They also outline some of the legal and social questions that might arise and urge their early consideration by policymakers.
Written on the Body
Author: Lexie BeanPublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784508039
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Lambda Literary Award Finalist - LGBTQ Anthology Written by and for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Written on the Body offers support, guidance and hope for those who struggle to find safety at home, in the body, and other unwelcoming places. This collection of letters written to body parts weaves together narratives of gender, identity, and abuse. It is the coming together of those who have been fragmented and often met with disbelief. The book holds the concerns and truths that many trans people share while offering space for dialogue and reclamation. Written with intelligence and intimacy, this book is for those who have found power in re-shaping their bodies, families, and lives.
Alphabet Fun
Author: Isabel ThomasPublisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1432988026
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Shows children using their bodies to make the shape of each letter of the alphabet.
The British Library
Author: Physical Poetry Alphabet
Author: Françoise KirklandPublisher:
ISBN: 9781909631298
Category : Alphabet books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Physical Poetry Alphabet is a photography book, a celebration of design, and a movie-all rolled into one and presented in an exuberant and lush book. One of the doyens of portrait photography in Hollywood, Douglas Kirkland works together with Françoise Kirkland to create a modern-day abecedarium: the inimitable acrobatic sky dancer Erika Lemay, Milanese fashion director Simone Guidarelli, and designer William Thoren. Their playful creation harks back to the corporeal origins of the alphabet, echoing similar exercises in Western culture from the Renaissance to the great works of Art Deco. Besides Douglas Kirkland's impeccable photography, we get a backstage peek at the making of these images, alongside essays by Lemay and the creative team. The book also contains an introduction by book designer and typographer Ornan Rotem on the development of the alphabet and the relationship between the human body and letters. Beautifully produced with stunning illustrations, Physical Poetry Alphabet will appeal to anyone interested in design and photography.
For the Body
Author: Timothy C. TennentPublisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310113180
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
An in-depth look at what it means to be created in the image of God and how our bodies serve as icons that illuminate God's purposes instead of ours. The human body is an amazing gift, yet today, many people downplay its importance and fail to understand what Christianity teaches about our bodies and their God-given purposes. Many people misunderstand how the body was designed, its role in relating to others; and we lack awareness of the dangers of objectifying the body, divorcing it from its intended purpose. Timothy Tennent covers topics like marriage, family, singleness, and friendship, and he looks at how the human body has been objectified in art and media today. For the Body offers a biblical framework for discipling people today in a Christian theology of the body. Tennent—theologian and president of Asbury Theological Seminary—explores the contours of a robust Christian vision of the body, human sexuality, and the variety of different ways we are called into relationships with others. This book will reveal a theological vision that: Informs our self-understanding of our own bodies. Examines how we treat others. Reevaluates how we engage today's controversial and difficult discussions on human sexuality with grace, wisdom, and confidence. For the Body is a call to a deeper understanding of our bodies and an invitation to recapture the wonder of this amazing gift.
Twelve letters on transubstantiation, containing two challenges to dr. Cahill
Author: James Crawford L. CarsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Understanding the Human Body, Grades 5 - 8
Author: SilvanoPublisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580378331
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Connect students in grades 5 and up with science using Understanding the Human Body. This 80-page book presents basic information about the complex human body without overwhelming students with medical jargon. It makes the study of the human body even more fascinating with Far Out Facts, fun tidbits of information that keep students on their toes. The book includes a number of Web sites that provide students the opportunity to further explore various body systems and concepts. This book supports National Science Education Standards.