Language Contact
Mobility, Borders and Urbanization
This volume discusses theoretical and methodological models of language contact, focusing on mobility and borders. It explores the social effects of migration on multilingualism, and the relation between language, culture, and identity from different perspectives.
This volume discusses theoretical and methodological models of language contact, focusing on mobility and borders. It explores the social effects of migration on multilingualism, and the relation between language, culture, and identity from different perspectives.
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Cold War Perceptions
Romania’s Policy Change towards the Soviet Union, 1960-1964
This book investigates Romania’s early 1960s policy change towards the Soviet Union. Drawing on declassified archives, it argues the change was triggered by leaders’ perceptions of Soviet threats, focusing on CMEA reform and the Sino-Soviet dispute.
This book investigates Romania’s early 1960s policy change towards the Soviet Union. Drawing on declassified archives, it argues the change was triggered by leaders’ perceptions of Soviet threats, focusing on CMEA reform and the Sino-Soviet dispute.
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China in the Frame
Materialising Ideas of China in Italian Museums
This ethnographic study of Chinese art displays in Italy highlights how representing the cultural Other becomes a process of self-expression. It shows how in representing China, Italy is induced to question and represent its own cultural identity.
This ethnographic study of Chinese art displays in Italy highlights how representing the cultural Other becomes a process of self-expression. It shows how in representing China, Italy is induced to question and represent its own cultural identity.
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Written in response to extremists, this book argues that the present state of violence and injustice has nothing to do with Islam, but with man-made laws. It challenges Muslims to explore the purity of the faith to end hatred, bigotry, and intolerance.
Written in response to extremists, this book argues that the present state of violence and injustice has nothing to do with Islam, but with man-made laws. It challenges Muslims to explore the purity of the faith to end hatred, bigotry, and intolerance.
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Citizenship, the Self and the Other
Critical Discussions on Citizenship and How to Approach Religious and Cultural Difference
This book analyzes citizenship in diverse societies by talking to educators in multi-ethnic Britain. It uses unique interdisciplinary research to uncover the surprising common ground educators share on values, beliefs, and aims, offering key lessons for navigating difference.
This book analyzes citizenship in diverse societies by talking to educators in multi-ethnic Britain. It uses unique interdisciplinary research to uncover the surprising common ground educators share on values, beliefs, and aims, offering key lessons for navigating difference.
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This book describes the different forms of aid over the last 65 years and analyses why they changed. As old concepts reappear with new donors, professionals and students will benefit from studying this history. Is the pendulum swinging back?
This book describes the different forms of aid over the last 65 years and analyses why they changed. As old concepts reappear with new donors, professionals and students will benefit from studying this history. Is the pendulum swinging back?
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Perspectives
Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature
Essays on Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literature, from Blake and Keats to Yeats. Marked by originality and simplicity, the discussion is as lucid and expository as it is deep and scholarly, making it accessible to non-specialist and academic readers.
Essays on Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literature, from Blake and Keats to Yeats. Marked by originality and simplicity, the discussion is as lucid and expository as it is deep and scholarly, making it accessible to non-specialist and academic readers.
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Studies in Philology
Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies in Modern Languages
This volume offers a holistic view of Philology, showing the thin line that separates Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies. It is a miscellanea of studies on Modern Language research, focusing on Spanish, English and French.
This volume offers a holistic view of Philology, showing the thin line that separates Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies. It is a miscellanea of studies on Modern Language research, focusing on Spanish, English and French.
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Translation has played a major role in the evolution of societies, affecting the relationships between peoples and power. This volume examines the role of translators in different historical contexts, from 16th-century Mexico to 21st-century Japan.
Translation has played a major role in the evolution of societies, affecting the relationships between peoples and power. This volume examines the role of translators in different historical contexts, from 16th-century Mexico to 21st-century Japan.
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Death Representations in Literature
Forms and Theories
This volume overcomes stereotypes that trivialize death in literature. It reveals the great potential of literary studies to provide fresh ways of interrogating death as an unavoidable human reality and as an ever-continuing socio-cultural construction.
This volume overcomes stereotypes that trivialize death in literature. It reveals the great potential of literary studies to provide fresh ways of interrogating death as an unavoidable human reality and as an ever-continuing socio-cultural construction.
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This book deals with travel narratives on the North from 1784 to 1897, exploring how writers used the idea of a Nordic utopia to address Britishness, gender, and the racial discourse on nationhood.
This book deals with travel narratives on the North from 1784 to 1897, exploring how writers used the idea of a Nordic utopia to address Britishness, gender, and the racial discourse on nationhood.
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Readings in Oriental Literature
Arabian, Indian, and Islamic
This collection of essays is a fresh, lucid, and scholarly exploration of Oriental literature. It connects topics from the Arabian Nights to Coleridge and Tagore, while avoiding jargon to remain accessible for specialists and non-specialist readers alike.
This collection of essays is a fresh, lucid, and scholarly exploration of Oriental literature. It connects topics from the Arabian Nights to Coleridge and Tagore, while avoiding jargon to remain accessible for specialists and non-specialist readers alike.
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Fairytales—A World between the Imaginary
Metaphor at Play in “Lo cunto de li cunti” by Giambattista Basile
This book investigates Basile’s masterpiece, Lo cunto de li Cunti. It examines his use of metaphor to critique baroque society and conveys his utopia of a more just world, while also proposing a new interpretation of the tales' female characters.
This book investigates Basile’s masterpiece, Lo cunto de li Cunti. It examines his use of metaphor to critique baroque society and conveys his utopia of a more just world, while also proposing a new interpretation of the tales’ female characters.
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This multidisciplinary collection offers new perspectives on Celtic culture, literature, and linguistics. Scholars address established themes and unexplored areas, highlighting connections between academia and popular culture to broaden the horizon of Celtic scholarship.
This multidisciplinary collection offers new perspectives on Celtic culture, literature, and linguistics. Scholars address established themes and unexplored areas, highlighting connections between academia and popular culture to broaden the horizon of Celtic scholarship.
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Hospitality and Translation
An Exploration of How Muslim Pupils Translate their Faith in the Context of an Anglican Primary School
What is the experience of Muslim pupils in an Anglican Primary School? Not the conflict that might be imagined. This book demonstrates the positive relationships possible between Muslims and Christians in Anglican schools.
What is the experience of Muslim pupils in an Anglican Primary School? Not the conflict that might be imagined. This book demonstrates the positive relationships possible between Muslims and Christians in Anglican schools.
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This collection explores different types of space—exile, borderlands, the open road—to unpack the intricacies of Latino/a subjectivities. At issue is the freedom to self-define and travel across physical and metaphorical barriers.
This collection explores different types of space—exile, borderlands, the open road—to unpack the intricacies of Latino/a subjectivities. At issue is the freedom to self-define and travel across physical and metaphorical barriers.
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Worlds So Strange and Diverse
Towards a Genological Taxonomy of Non-mimetic Literature
This analysis of contemporary fantasy literature explores unmapped territories of the genre. Building on major previous theories, it offers a new, comprehensive taxonomy of fantastic fiction based on the notion of supragenological types.
This analysis of contemporary fantasy literature explores unmapped territories of the genre. Building on major previous theories, it offers a new, comprehensive taxonomy of fantastic fiction based on the notion of supragenological types.
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A Land of One’s Own
Women and Land Rights in Literature and Society
This book examines women’s land rights in Indian literature and society. As discrimination over land and property continues to keep women in a subordinate position, this book deals with the gap between women's legal rights and their actual ownership of land.
This book examines women’s land rights in Indian literature and society. As discrimination over land and property continues to keep women in a subordinate position, this book deals with the gap between women’s legal rights and their actual ownership of land.
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Art and Social Justice
The Media Connection
This book explores the connections between art, social justice, and media. With chapters referencing situations in Brazil, Cyprus, Greece and South Africa, it concentrates on how art campaigns for change and mobilizes youth in a world mediated by the Internet.
This book explores the connections between art, social justice, and media. With chapters referencing situations in Brazil, Cyprus, Greece and South Africa, it concentrates on how art campaigns for change and mobilizes youth in a world mediated by the Internet.
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Shifting Visions
Gender and Discourses
This global, interdisciplinary collection explores how gender and language create lived experience. Studies analyze topics from religion and politics to education and sexuality, with scholarship from Britain, Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa.
This global, interdisciplinary collection explores how gender and language create lived experience. Studies analyze topics from religion and politics to education and sexuality, with scholarship from Britain, Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa.
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