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Authorizing early modern European women. From biography to biofiction
The essays in this volume analyze strategies adopted by contemporary novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, and biographers interested in bringing the stories of early modern women to modern audiences. It also pays attention to the historical women creators themselves, who, be they saints or midwives, visual artists or poets and playwrights, stand out for their roles as active practitioners of …
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- 9789048552900
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- 290 p.
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- 305.4094 FIT a
Sensational internationalism : the Paris Commune and the remapping of America…
In refocusing attention on the Paris Commune as a key event in American political and cultural memory, Sensational Internationalism radically changes our understanding of the relationship between France and the United States in the long nineteenth century.
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- 9781474411226
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- xii, 240 p. : ill.
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- 970.980 COG s
Discourse in translation
This book explores the discourse in and of translation within and across cultures and languages. From the macro aspects of translation as an inter- cultural project to actual analysis of textual ingredients that contribute to translation and interpreting as discourse, the ten chapters represent different explorations of ‘global’ theories of discourse and translation. Offering interrogations…
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- 9781315098791
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- xvii, 243 p.: ill.
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- 418.02 FAI d
cosmopolitanism and women's fashion in ghana : history, artistry and national…
"Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, this book delves into the rich world of Ghanaian fashion, demonstrating how, over time, local dress styles and materials have been fused with global trends to create innovative, high fashion garments that reflect a distinctly Ghanaian cosmopolitanism. Ghana has a complex and diverse fashion culture which was in evidence before independence…
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- 9780367694203
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- ill. ; 30 p.
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- 391.009667. CHR s
Facing poetry : alexander gottlieb baumgarten's theory of literature
What is Literature? According to Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Literature is perfect sensate discourse. Based on this insight Baumgarten offers the first modern theory of literature. His uniquely holistic approach encompasses a methodology, epistemology, metaphysics, narratology, and ethics.
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- 9783110624519
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- 238 p.
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- 111.85092 ANT f
Liminal spaces : migration and women of the Guyanese diaspora
Liminal Spaces is an intimate exploration into the migration narratives of fifteen women of Guyanese heritage. It spans diverse inter-generational perspectives – from those who leave Guyana, and those who are left – and seven seminal decades of Guyana’s history – from the 1950s to the present day – bringing the voices of women to the fore. The volume is conceived of as a visual exhibi…
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- 9781783749898
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- xiv, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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- 304.808209881 LIM l
Ethnographica moralia: experiments in interpretive anthropology
Panourgia and Marcus bring together anthropologists working in various parts of the world (Greece, Bali, Taiwan, the United States) with classicists, historians, and scholars in cultural studies. The volume takes into account global realities such as 9/11 and the opening of the Cypriot Green Line and explores the different ways in which Geertz’s anthropology has shaped the pedagogy of their d…
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- 9780823228874
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- 291 p.
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- 301.01 PAN e
Art in the global present
Art in the Global Present presents a fascinating collection of essays that together reveal how art is currently navigating a globalised world. It addresses social issues such as the impact of migration, the ‘war on terror’ and the global financial crisis, and questions the transformations produced by new forms of flexible labour and the digital revolution. Through examining the resistance t…
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- 9780987236999
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- 290 p.: Colour, Illustrations
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- 709.05 PAP a
Touch
Described by Aristotle as the most vital of senses, touch contains both the physical and the metaphysical in its ability to express the determination of being. To manifest itself, touch makes a movement outwards, beyond the body, and relies on a specific physical involvement other senses do not require: to touch is already to be active and to activate. This fundamental ontology makes touch th…
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- 9781912656356
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- 279 p.
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- 344.095 NIR t
The perpetuation of site-specific installation artworks in museums : staging …
Site-specific installations are created for specific locations and are usually intended as temporary artworks. The Perpetuation of Site-Specific Installation Artworks in Museums: Staging Contemporary Art shows that these artworks consist of more than a singular manifestation and that their lifespan is often extended. In this book, Tatja Scholte offers an in-depth account of the artistic product…
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- 9789048554546
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- 267 p.
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- 709.0407 SCH p
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