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- noun Plural form of
imaginary .
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But as Sluga (2000: 495) notes, and as the history of Greek feminism also attests, the international arena has been an important site of activity for women eager both to create a feminine political space, as an alternative to the masculine space of nations, and to be incorporated into national imaginaries on an equal basis with men.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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They came to shape the imaginaries of my whole adult life. —
Ingmar Bergman, Famed Director, Dies at 89 - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Both within nation-states and at the level of international party imaginaries, the party and partisanship are taking on a different role.
Polygraph 23 Call for Papers: "Parties, Factions, Organizations" « Gerry Canavan 2009
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I worry that by describing this as an example of racism, which is far from clear, we might actually be fueling racial imaginaries rather than working to demystifying them.
This Post Is Not About Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Attempt To Enter His Own Home In Cambridge, MA Tenured Radical 2009
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My concern is that us liberal academics may play just as big a role in fueling racial imaginaries rather than demystifying them as actually, unambiguous, incidents of racial profiling and discrimination do.
This Post Is Not About Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Attempt To Enter His Own Home In Cambridge, MA Tenured Radical 2009
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Thanks for your vote for imaginaries that are irrelevant, REPUBLICAN WHINER.
Bill Clinton: Economic Crisis Means Veep Choice Is More Important 2009
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We not only have to question how racist fantasies fuel the perceptions and practices but also how liberal academics contribute to these imaginaries in ways that may not always be that helpful.
This Post Is Not About Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Attempt To Enter His Own Home In Cambridge, MA Tenured Radical 2009
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Fantastic imaginaries like Justice League, Transformers, Star Wars and onward, all masculine activity rather than feminine passivity, otherwise known as sitting in front of a mirror.
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Our notions of nations and of self are also imaginary constructs as I argue on my blog quite frequently; see also Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities, and Charles Taylor's term "social imaginaries".
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