The Trilingual Literature of Polish Jews from Different Perspectives
Are the literary works of Polish Jews one unified literature in three languages, or is the literal corpus of each of these languages a separated literary phenomenon? Here, twenty-seven scholars explore different aspects of the multilingual literature of Eastern European Jews.
Women and Literature in India
This collection explores Indian women’s writing, from ancient poets to contemporary voices, as a powerful tool for resistance and emancipation. The essays delve into the intersections of caste, class, and gender to reveal the complex, textured realities of women in India.
Postcolonialism and African Women’s Identity
This book explores African women’s identity in Buchi Emecheta’s novel Second-Class Citizen from a feminist viewpoint. It critically analyzes how hybridity, race, and gender roles shape narratives of resistance, internalized oppression, and the struggle for selfhood.
Collaboration, Exchange and Transformation in Literary and Cultural Practices
This collection of essays focuses on the transformational potential of intercultural conversations. Through respectful dialogue, we can resist narrow conceptions of history and identity, and instead forge new, exciting and transcendent modes of being.
Contextual Confluence
This book explores the radical mutuality of media, literature, and culture. Through Black feminist ethics, postcolonial female visibility, and ecological reimaginings, it reveals literature as a living archive of resistance, reinvention, and reconciliation.
This book redefines “homes,” real and imagined, in Asian diasporic literature. It explores the emotional journey of migration, exile, and uprootedness, mourning the loss of “homes” while celebrating the resilience and adaptability that lead to the creation of new ones.
This book analyzes Henrik Ibsen’s thinking on female subjugation and oppression in 19th-century society. Through a lens of his major plays, including *A Doll’s House* and *Hedda Gabler*, it explores his treatment of women and their harassment in every sphere of their lives.
Memories in Lace
Xénia, a Greek American, visits the island of Zakynthos to research the lives of elderly women. She collects and “crochets” their memories into interconnected stories of immigration, crisis, and intergenerational resilience, which transmute into a choral storytelling experience.
The Moroccan Diasporic and Transnational Experiences
Moroccan diasporic narratives navigate the spaces between the country of origin and residence. These spaces are central to cultural survival and community identity, forging identities that are dynamic and plural rather than fixed and singular.
American Multiculturalism in Context
This text brings together the reflections of a group of experts who met with the leading African American writer Ishmael Reed in 2015. It reports on Reed’s thoughts from the meeting, and looks at the concept “multiculturalism” in the United States, Europe and elsewhere.
This book investigates language contact and the language-culture relationship, as well as stylistic and syntactic perspectives on the English language. It also looks at 20th-century literature and theoretical approaches in cultural studies.
A Story of Perfume
Scent is an invisible force shaping memory, identity, and artistic expression. This groundbreaking volume redefines the role of olfaction, exploring its influence on literature, culture, and history, from classical texts to its implications in contemporary branding.
Andreas Gryphius and T.S. Eliot’s “The Dissociation of Sensibility”
A new appraisal of Andreas Gryphius, the great Baroque poet, through T.S. Eliot’s “Dissociation of Sensibility.” Supported by new translations, it shows how Eliot illuminates Gryphius as Gryphius illuminates Eliot. Both suffered the cataclysm of civil war and despair.
This book covers the vampire from its classical image to contemporary interpretations related to psychology, capitalism, gender, and race. It analyzes how the figure evolved to express ideas of power, disease, and the complexity of human nature. Highly accessible and engaging.
This book investigates how myth and folklore in Indian fiction are paradoxically used to generate new modes of writing. It explores this stylistic innovation, the use of an ‘oral narrative style’, and the relationship between women and folklore in South Asian tradition.
This insightful work traces the genealogy of Triple Consciousness through the lens of black feminist thought. Highlighting the resistance and resilience of black women, it is an essential companion for students and scholars in women’s, ethnic, and African American studies.
The Urban Environmental Crisis in India
This compendium represents a unique collection of thoughts and views of various water management experts. It highlights that the future of the emerging urban society lies in the proper management of waste and not in mere disposal.
For young immigrants and refugees in the Netherlands, ‘othering’ in education harms their development. A sense of belonging is a key predictor of academic success. This book’s message is that education itself must learn that young people urgently need to belong in order to grow.
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