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Bourdieu and literature
[...] a volume clearly focused on the specific topic of literature within Bourdieu's work is certainly timely. Speller's volume aims not only to provide an account of Bourdieu's main theories and analyses of literature, but also has the polemical aim of refuting critics who suggest that Bourdieu's view of literature, grounded as it is in an analysis of the social relations of the cultural field…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781906924447
- Collation
- 203p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 801.3 SPE b
Belonging and narrative : a theory of the American novel
Why did the novel become so popular in the past three centuries, and how did the American novel contribute to this trend? As a key provider of the narrative frames and formulas needed by modern individuals to give meaning and mooring to their lives. Drawing on phenomenological hermeneutics, human geography and social psychology, Laura Bieger contends that belonging is not a given; it is continu…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783839446003
- Collation
- 182 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 813.0093552 BIE b
Adaptation in the age of media convergence
This collection considers new phenomena emerging in a convergence environment from the perspective of adaptation studies. The contributions take the most prominent methods within the field to offer reconsiderations of theoretical concepts and practices in participatory culture, transmedia franchises, and new media adaptations. The authors discuss phenomena ranging from mash-ups of novels and Yo…
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- 10
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789048534012
- Collation
- 232 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 700.457 FEH a
World literature and dissent
World Literature and Dissent reconsiders the role of dissent in contemporary global literature. Bringing together scholars of world and postcolonial literatures, the contributors explore the aesthetics of resistance through concepts including the epistemology of ignorance, the rhetoric of innocence, the subversion of paying attention, and the radical potential of everydayness. A…
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- 9
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- 9780203710302
- Collation
- viii, 204 p. : ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 809.933581 BUR w
A tumblr book : platform and cultures
"This book takes an extensive look at the many different types of users and cultures that comprise the popular social media platform Tumblr. Though it does not receive nearly as much attention as other social media such as Twitter or Facebook, Tumblr and its users have been hugely influential in creating and shifting popular culture, especially progressive youth culture, with the New York Ti…
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- 9780472901296
- Collation
- 405p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 302.2314 ALL a
Significance in language: a theory of semantics
This book offers a unique perspective on meaning in language, broadening the scope of existing understanding of meaning by introducing a comprehensive and cohesive account of meaning that draws on a wide range of linguistic approaches. The volume seeks to build up a complete picture of what meaning is, different types of meaning, and different ways of structuring the same meaning across myriad …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003259381
- Collation
- vi, 330 p. : ill.
- Series Title
- Routledge Studies in Linguistics
- Call Number
- 420.143 FEI s
English and translation in the European Union : unity and multiplicity in the…
This book explores the growing tension between multilingualism and monolingualism in the European Union in the wake of Brexit, underpinned by the interplay between the rise of English as a lingua franca and the effacement of translations in EU institutions, bodies and agencies. English and Translation in the European Union draws on an interdisciplinary approach, highlighting insights from appli…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780429282812
- Collation
- x, 218 p. : ill.
- Series Title
- Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
- Call Number
- 306.446094 LEA e
Mobile Research Methods : Opportunities and challenges of mobile research met…
Daily activity sees data constantly flowing through cameras, the internet, satellites, radio frequencies, sensors, private appliances, cars, smartphones, tablets and the like. Among all the tools currently used, mobile devices, especially mobile phones, smartphones and tablets, are the most widespread, with their use becoming prevalent in everyday life within both developed and developing count…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781909188549
- Collation
- 166p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 302.231072 PAB m
AI Knowledge Transfer from the University to Society : Applications in High-I…
AI Knowledge Transfer from the University to Society: Applications in High-Impact Sectors brings together examples from the "Innovative Ecosystem with Artificial Intelligence for Andalusia 2025" project at the University of Seville, a series of sub-projects composed of research groups and different institutions or companies that explore the use of Artificial Intelligence in a variety of high-im…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003276609
- Collation
- 148p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 006.3 JOS a
Interaction: 'Samhandling' Under Risk : A Step Ahead of the Unforeseen
The authors of Interaction: ‘Samhandling’ Under Risk. A Step Ahead of the Unforeseen elucidate new views on emergency-preparedness management and understanding the unforeseen in society and learning processes by introducing the concept of ‘samhandling’, a Norwegian term that connotes interaction, collaboration and cooperation in one word. What are the basic structures of the concept of …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9788202535025
- Collation
- 551 p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 302 TOR i
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