Brave new creatures : a comparative study of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the creatures of the new millenium by Gastaldi, Sandra M.M

“…In this thesis I explore to which extent and how the creatures of the new millennium depart from or are similar to the original creature Frankenstein. In Brave New World (1932) Aldous Huxley had already speculated about genetic engineering, test tube babies, and a materialistic conception of human life. …”
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Chañarales: symbolic space of healing and danger Essay carried out on ethnographic notes with peasants from Huarpe communities in the department of Lavalle, NE in the province of M... by Besio, Laura

“…My focus of study are healing plants and by employing ontological theories hybrid society nature that try to explain the relational ways that chañarales would be called by the local people as areas of spiritual strength and material for the cure that synchronize alliances between past worlds and simultaneously present.…”
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Chañarales: espacios simbólicos de cura y peligro. Ensayo realizado sobre notas etnográficas con campesinos de comunidades huarpes en el departamento de Lavalle, al NE de la provin... by Besio, Laura; Unidad de Antropología Social y Ambiental - Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA). CCT-Mendoza

“…My focus of study are healing plants and by employing ontological theories hybrid society nature that try to explain the relational ways that chañarales would be called by the local people as areas of spiritual strength and material for the cure that synchronize alliances between past worlds and simultaneously present.Keywords: Guanacache; chañar forest; environment; healing plants; magic and ritual.…”
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