Mark Thorpe
Biographic Data
| ID | 3886905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Thorpe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorpe |
| SIGNATURE | THORPE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Challenges of Parenting Early Adolescents
While research has focused on the challenges of parenting children of toddler or preschool age, or of children with specific conditions, there is a paucity of research exploring parents’ experiences of the challenges of parenting early adolescents. This research explored mothers’ experience of the challenges in parenting their early adolescent children. Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with eight mothers indicate that the mothers e…
Regions to be cheerful
This chapter is concerned with the production and consumption of &s;ethnic&s;/regional foods. Botanical, culinary and migratory histories can make a mockery of distinctions between &s;ethnic&s; and &s;British&s; foods, and of &s;mosaic multiculturalism&s; in general. By all accounts, whatever &s;authenticity&s; means, it has been at the centre of developments in UK food manufacturing and retailing. Many UK-based manufacturers argue that, if the w…
The Fate of Unused Embryos
Although in vitro fertilization (IVF) has offered hope to those struggling with infertility, it has also had some unintended consequences, including the fate of embryos that may be "surplus" to requirement following IVF treatment. The number of embryos in storage across the world is high, creating a dilemma for patients who need to make disposal decisions, as well as presenting an administrative and practical dilemma for clinics. Research has sug…
Seeing Fictions in Films
How can we see fictional characters and events? One answer to this question has become known as the Imagined Seeing Thesis (IST), which is, broadly speaking, the idea that film spectators do not see fictional characters and events but imagine, or in Kendall Walton's terms make-believe,1 that they see them. In George Wilson's highly illuminating and important Seeing Fictions in Films this question is at the core of a return to his longstanding con…
Tropics of consumption
The Fate of Unused Embryos
Although in vitro fertilization (IVF) has offered hope to those struggling with infertility, it has also had some unintended consequences, including the fate of embryos that may be "surplus" to requirement following IVF treatment. The number of embryos in storage across the world is high, creating a dilemma for patients who need to make disposal decisions, as well as presenting an administrative and practical dilemma for clinics. Research has sug…
Tropics of consumption
Seeing Fictions in Films
How can we see fictional characters and events? One answer to this question has become known as the Imagined Seeing Thesis (IST), which is, broadly speaking, the idea that film spectators do not see fictional characters and events but imagine, or in Kendall Walton's terms make-believe,1 that they see them. In George Wilson's highly illuminating and important Seeing Fictions in Films this question is at the core of a return to his longstanding con…
The Fate of Unused Embryos
Although in vitro fertilization (IVF) has offered hope to those struggling with infertility, it has also had some unintended consequences, including the fate of embryos that may be "surplus" to requirement following IVF treatment. The number of embryos in storage across the world is high, creating a dilemma for patients who need to make disposal decisions, as well as presenting an administrative and practical dilemma for clinics. Research has sug…
Regions to be cheerful
This chapter is concerned with the production and consumption of &s;ethnic&s;/regional foods. Botanical, culinary and migratory histories can make a mockery of distinctions between &s;ethnic&s; and &s;British&s; foods, and of &s;mosaic multiculturalism&s; in general. By all accounts, whatever &s;authenticity&s; means, it has been at the centre of developments in UK food manufacturing and retailing. Many UK-based manufacturers argue that, if the w…
Challenges of Parenting Early Adolescents
While research has focused on the challenges of parenting children of toddler or preschool age, or of children with specific conditions, there is a paucity of research exploring parents’ experiences of the challenges of parenting early adolescents. This research explored mothers’ experience of the challenges in parenting their early adolescent children. Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with eight mothers indicate that the mothers e…
Art (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Agroforestry (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (1 work) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work)