Elizabeth Burns Coleman
Biographic Data
| ID | 88502 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Burns Coleman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth Burns |
| FAMILY NAME | Coleman |
| SIGNATURE | COLEMAN E B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9367-3762 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Long Way Home
Indigenous peoples have long sought the return of ancestral human remains and associated artifacts from western museums and scientific institutions. Since the late 1970s their efforts have led museum curators and researchers to re-evaluate their practices and policies in respect to the scientific uses of human remains. New partnerships have been established between cultural and scientific institutions and indigenous communities. Human remains and…
Repatriation and the Concept of Inalienable Possession
Cross‐Cultural Aesthetics
The meaning of “cross‐cultural aesthetics” is ambiguous. It may mean the admiration of the artistic forms (such as performance, literature, or painting) of another culture or an area of inquiry into the nature of aesthetic appreciation across different cultures. This ambiguity has led to significant debates within anthropology concerning the suitability of the category of aesthetics as a field of inquiry. Anthropologists have argued that the cate…
The facts and fictions of religion
Recent scholars of religion have begun to explore the relationship between religion and fiction. Within this context, Johan Huizinga’s theory of religion as make believe or play has received considerable attention. James Cameron’s film Avatar (2009) has inspired behaviour that can be thought of as religious, despite the film’s clear foundations in fiction. Scholarship on fan communities has debated whether such groups can be considered religions.…
The Offenses of Blasphemy
Medicine, Religion, and the Body
Contributers include: Peter Arnds, Ruth Barcan,Christopher E. Forth, Peter Friedlander, Philomena Horsley, William Hoverd, Jay Johnston, Roxanne Marcotte, Brain McCoy, Roy O'Neill, Jeremy Shearmur, Therese Taylor,and Bryan S. Turner.
Medicine, religion, and the body
Becoming Art
Becoming Art: Exploring Cross-Cultural Categories Howard Morphy Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, 2008 xv + 233 pp., ill., bibliography, index, ISBN: 978-1-92141-012-3, $44.95 (paper) Ho
Negotiating the Sacred II
Blasphemy and other forms of blatant disrespect to religious beliefs have the capacity to create significant civil and even international unrest. Consequently, the sacrosanctity of religious dogmas and beliefs, stringent laws of repression and codes of moral and ethical propriety have compelled artists to live and create with occupational hazards like uncertain audience
Negotiating the Sacred
This cross-disciplinary exploration of the role of the sacred, blasphemy and sacrilege in a multicultural society brings together philosophers, theologians, lawyers, historians, curators, anthropologists and sociologists, as well as Christian, Jewish and Islamic and secular perspectives. In bringing together different disciplinary and cultural approaches, the book provides a
Negotiating the Sacred
Religion; Sociology; Blasphemy; Sacrilege; Offenses against religion
JAS review of books
Don Watson, Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language, Knopf, 2003, hb $29.95, ISBN 1740512065. Spencer Zifcak, Mr Ruddock Goes to Geneva, UNSW Press, 2003, pp 92, pb $16.95, ISBN 0868404551. Frank Brennan, Tampering with Asylum: A Universal Humanitarian Problem, University of Queensland Press, 2003, pp 234, pb $30.00, ISBN 0702234168. Geoffrey Barker, Sexing it Up: Iraq, Intelligence and Australia, UNSW Press, 2003, pp 112, pb $16.95, ISBN 08…
Aboriginal Art and Identity
Aboriginal Art and Identity
The facts and fictions of religion
Recent scholars of religion have begun to explore the relationship between religion and fiction. Within this context, Johan Huizinga’s theory of religion as make believe or play has received considerable attention. James Cameron’s film Avatar (2009) has inspired behaviour that can be thought of as religious, despite the film’s clear foundations in fiction. Scholarship on fan communities has debated whether such groups can be considered religions.…
JAS review of books
Don Watson, Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language, Knopf, 2003, hb $29.95, ISBN 1740512065. Spencer Zifcak, Mr Ruddock Goes to Geneva, UNSW Press, 2003, pp 92, pb $16.95, ISBN 0868404551. Frank Brennan, Tampering with Asylum: A Universal Humanitarian Problem, University of Queensland Press, 2003, pp 234, pb $30.00, ISBN 0702234168. Geoffrey Barker, Sexing it Up: Iraq, Intelligence and Australia, UNSW Press, 2003, pp 112, pb $16.95, ISBN 08…
Aboriginal Art and Identity
Negotiating the Sacred
This cross-disciplinary exploration of the role of the sacred, blasphemy and sacrilege in a multicultural society brings together philosophers, theologians, lawyers, historians, curators, anthropologists and sociologists, as well as Christian, Jewish and Islamic and secular perspectives. In bringing together different disciplinary and cultural approaches, the book provides a
Negotiating the Sacred
Religion; Sociology; Blasphemy; Sacrilege; Offenses against religion
Negotiating the Sacred II
Blasphemy and other forms of blatant disrespect to religious beliefs have the capacity to create significant civil and even international unrest. Consequently, the sacrosanctity of religious dogmas and beliefs, stringent laws of repression and codes of moral and ethical propriety have compelled artists to live and create with occupational hazards like uncertain audience
Becoming Art
Becoming Art: Exploring Cross-Cultural Categories Howard Morphy Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, 2008 xv + 233 pp., ill., bibliography, index, ISBN: 978-1-92141-012-3, $44.95 (paper) Ho
Medicine, Religion, and the Body
Contributers include: Peter Arnds, Ruth Barcan,Christopher E. Forth, Peter Friedlander, Philomena Horsley, William Hoverd, Jay Johnston, Roxanne Marcotte, Brain McCoy, Roy O'Neill, Jeremy Shearmur, Therese Taylor,and Bryan S. Turner.
Medicine, religion, and the body
The Offenses of Blasphemy
The facts and fictions of religion
Recent scholars of religion have begun to explore the relationship between religion and fiction. Within this context, Johan Huizinga’s theory of religion as make believe or play has received considerable attention. James Cameron’s film Avatar (2009) has inspired behaviour that can be thought of as religious, despite the film’s clear foundations in fiction. Scholarship on fan communities has debated whether such groups can be considered religions.…
Cross‐Cultural Aesthetics
The meaning of “cross‐cultural aesthetics” is ambiguous. It may mean the admiration of the artistic forms (such as performance, literature, or painting) of another culture or an area of inquiry into the nature of aesthetic appreciation across different cultures. This ambiguity has led to significant debates within anthropology concerning the suitability of the category of aesthetics as a field of inquiry. Anthropologists have argued that the cate…
The Long Way Home
Indigenous peoples have long sought the return of ancestral human remains and associated artifacts from western museums and scientific institutions. Since the late 1970s their efforts have led museum curators and researchers to re-evaluate their practices and policies in respect to the scientific uses of human remains. New partnerships have been established between cultural and scientific institutions and indigenous communities. Human remains and…
Repatriation and the Concept of Inalienable Possession
Art (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Art history (5 works) · History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Blasphemy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)