Radio - Players - Rita Alcock and William Morrison

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(Santa) Rita de Cássia na boca do povo de Santa Cruz/RN: identidades culturais em construção

The purpose of this study is to investigate the cultural identities of Santa Rita de Cassia constructed from the representations contained in the speech of Santa Cruz urban area residents, which is located in a harsh part of the State of Rio Grande do Norte. These residents make the story of the Saint full of meaning for themselves, in their daily lives, as well as to the society. This is observed in the narration of Rita de Cassia’s story which has been told in the city over the past one hundred and eighty years, the number of women's names and commercial establishments named “Santa Rita”. In 2010, with the inauguration of the Alto de Santa Rita – a space for worshiping the saint –, the amount of visitors increased in the city, due to the construction and inauguration of a colossal monument representing the image of Rita de Cassia. Then, new social, cultural, religious and political aspects became part of the local reality of the city of Santa Cruz, what made residents have something in common to talk about. According to the interdisciplinary approach of Applied Linguistics, our theoretical background is based on the socio-historical language concept, which understands language as discursive practice. Still theoretically speaking, this study establishes an interface with cultural studies, taking into account the concept of cultural identity in post-modernity society. Discourse analysis proved plural, with a multiplicity of cultural identities ranging from very obedient daughter to wife who suffered because of the husband, from very religious woman to the widow who entered the convent, on to the Saint of the miracles and healings interceding in the lives of the ones who seek for help. It was also observed in the above mentioned investigative path that these identities can be constructed and reconstructed if immersed in a different set of social practices historically determined

Actor Rita Moreno

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Rita Mae Brown, author of "Ruby fruit Jungle"

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Rita Mae Brown, author of "Ruby fruit Jungle"

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Poet and writer Rita Mae Brown

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Authors night at Dalton Book Store with Rita Mae Brown and Swimmer Diana Nyad (right)

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Rita Mae Brown, author of "Ruby fruit Jungle"

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La violence du récit ou le récit de la violence : articulation de la violence narrative dans "La traición de Rita Hayworth" et "L'avalée des avalés"

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

La violence du récit ou le récit de la violence : articulation de la violence narrative dans "La traición de Rita Hayworth" et "L'avalée des avalés"

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Controversy over the Taxation of Recogidas in the Philippines in the mid- 18th Century. The Case of Santa Rita de Pasig’s Spiritual Absorption

This article studies the house of seclusion established for devout Indian and mestizo laywomen in the town of Pasig in 1740, and the dispute over tribute obligations that affected retreated or “pious” women. Founded outside of the Royal Patronato, this house of seclusion was extraordinarily attractive as a place for voluntary retreat and as an educational center. The dispute over tribute payments brought to light misgivings and conflicts of interest between the parties involved, while revealing the fundamental problem: the traditionally undefined juridical status of this type of establishment on the Islands. The solution given to the problem (tribute exemption) was to be extended to other similar centers in the Philippines. This article, realized with the use of unpublished documentation from the General Archives of the Indies, contributes therefore to our knowledge of the world of women in the Philippine archipelago; an ambit of great complexity that, as of yet, has been insufficiently studied.

Georg Stöckli / Rita Stebler: Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Schulform. Unterricht und Entwicklung in der Grundstufe. Münster/ New York/ München/ Berlin: Waxmann 2011 [Rezension]

Rezension von: Georg Stöckli / Rita Stebler: Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Schulform. Unterricht und Entwicklung in der Grundstufe. Münster/ New York/ München/ Berlin: Waxmann 2011 (292 S.; ISBN 978-3-8309-2432-6)

Charla de la Master Rita Jiménez funcionaria de la Biblioteca del Congreso de los Estados Unidos

Estoy aquí para compartir mi experiencia como bibliotecaria en la Biblioteca del Congreso de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, donde he trabajado durante 6 años. También voy a exponer el impacto que tiene la tecnología en nuestro trabajo -bases de datos e Internet.Mi división se llama "Servicio de Investigaciones del Congreso" y presta servicio de apoyo exclusivo y directo a los miembros del Congreso y a sus funcionarios. En este servicio trabajamos casi ochocientas personas -como abogados, expertos en ciencias sociales, economistas, y por supuesto bibliotecarios-. El ambiente de nuestra división es de una pequeña biblioteca dentro de la biblioteca más grande del mundo -con mucho trabajo y con fechas límites- para entrega de la información.