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September 2022Lust
Fuckability, orgasm gap and #metoo
by Henriette Hell
Lust, a mortal sin? These times are over. In today's public perception, it is more likely for a boring sex life to be categorised as that. In statistical terms, people have never had as little sex with each other as they do today. And yet tips for a good sex life are to be found on every (digital) corner. Sex has mutated into a lifestyle product, and terms like 'fuckability' and 'MILF' trip lightly off our tongues. Henriette Hell takes a closer look at the thing about sex. She traces the history and genesis of 'sexual liberation', and sheds light on the 'cheating gene' and the #metoo debate. The author asks (and answers) the question of whether sex is becoming more and more antisocial and what actually still turns us on today. In doing so, she focuses on the former mortal sin of lust, which is inseparably linked to the systematic suppression of female lust (and its liberation).
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2026Translating hell
Vernacular theology and apocrypha in the medieval North Sea
by Stephen C. E. Hopkins
In the Middle Ages, hell was useful because it was vaguely defined. Canonical scriptures scarcely mention hell, leaving much to the imaginations of early Christians, who used it to sort out who belonged within the faith. This book explores how hell became a place for literary experiments with local challenges in theology and identity. Following the reception and transformations of two popular hell apocrypha, it argues that they served as this role because of their liminal textual authority. As noncanonical scriptures, apocrypha afforded medieval writers space to revise their hells (since they were not actually scripture), while also encouraging readers to revere those experiments as valid (since they seemed like scripture). The book brings together adaptations from early medieval England, Iceland, Ireland, and Wales, placing the early vernacular theologies of the North Sea in comparative conversation.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022Voices from the underworld
by Fabian Graham, Yangwen Zheng, Richard Madsen
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan
The cult of the Two Grand Elders
by Fabian Graham
In Singapore and Malaysia, the inversion of Chinese Underworld traditions has meant that Underworld demons are now amongst the most commonly venerated deities in statue form, channelled through their spirit mediums, tang-ki. The Chinese Underworld and its sub-hells are populated by a bureaucracy drawn from the Buddhist, Taoist and vernacular pantheons. Under the watchful eye of Hell's 'enforcers', the lower echelons of demon soldiers impose post-mortal punishments on the souls of the recently deceased for moral transgressions committed during their prior incarnations. Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan offers an ethnography of contemporary Chinese Underworld traditions, where night-time cemetery rituals assist the souls of the dead, exorcised spirits are imprisoned in Guinness bottles, and malicious foetus ghosts are enlisted to strengthen a temple's spirit army. Understanding the religious divergences between Singapore and Malaysia (and their counterparts in Taiwan) through an analysis of socio-political and historical events, Fabian Graham challenges common assumptions about the nature and scope of Chinese vernacular religious beliefs and practices. Graham's innovative approach to alterity allows the reader to listen to first-person dialogues between the author and channelled Underworld deities. Through its alternative methodological and narrative stance, the book intervenes in debates on the interrelation between sociocultural and spiritual worlds, and promotes the destigmatisation of spirit possession and discarnate phenomena in the future study of mystical and religious traditions.
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January 2005Hell und Schnell
555 komische Gedichte aus 5 Jahrhunderten
by Herausgegeben von Gernhardt, Robert; Herausgegeben von Zehrer, Klaus C
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March 2011Sports from Hell
Die verrücktesten Sportarten der Welt
by Reilly, Rick / Englisch Schmidt, Rainer
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March 2021Die schönsten Märchen
by Hans Christian Andersen, Henriette Sauvant, Mathilde Mann
H. C. Andersens Märchen, für Kinder erzählt liegen heute in mehr als 80 Sprachen übersetzt vor und gehören zum weltliterarischen Märchenschatz. Die Ausgabe in der Insel-Bücherei enthält seine schönsten und bekanntesten Erzählungen von »Des Kaisers neue Kleider« bis zur »Prinzessin auf der Erbse«, vom »Kleinen Zinnsoldaten« bis zu dem »Kleinen Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzchen«. Und für diese Sammlung hat die renommierte Illustratorin Henriette Sauvant die – Kinder und Erwachsene gleichermaßen bezaubernden – Geschichten mit wunderbaren und fantasievollen Bildern versehen.
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Perfect Match
Wie ich aus Versehen einen Popstar küsste
by Summer, Beth Ellyn / Englisch Zeltner, Henriette
