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This book examines literary and cultural representations of old age in Africa. Using ageism as its central theme, it explores the ambiguity associated with the elderly, who are often highly venerated for their wisdom but also stereotyped because of their advanced age.
This book examines literary and cultural representations of old age in Africa. Using ageism as its central theme, it explores the ambiguity associated with the elderly, who are often highly venerated for their wisdom but also stereotyped because of their advanced age.
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This book is a literary journey through Salman Rushdie’s cross-pollinated gardens, where reading is a quest. It explores his sorcery with language, the dark season of the fatwa, the lush sensuality of his novels, and his Quichotte, a Don Quijote for the internet age.
This book is a literary journey through Salman Rushdie’s cross-pollinated gardens, where reading is a quest. It explores his sorcery with language, the dark season of the fatwa, the lush sensuality of his novels, and his Quichotte, a Don Quijote for the internet age.
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Rimbaud’s provocative dictum that “I is an other” is reflected in this anthology, which discusses a wide-ranging array of twentieth-century and contemporary minority American modes of life writing with regards to identity, relationality, agency, and ethno-racial issues.
Rimbaud’s provocative dictum that “I is an other” is reflected in this anthology, which discusses a wide-ranging array of twentieth-century and contemporary minority American modes of life writing with regards to identity, relationality, agency, and ethno-racial issues.
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Contemporary Indian English Poetry and Drama
Changing Canons and Responses
This anthology of essays maps contemporary Indian English poetry and drama, exploring new themes and techniques in the post-globalization era. It considers whether the canon has widened to include innovative forms and generate novel perspectives.
This anthology of essays maps contemporary Indian English poetry and drama, exploring new themes and techniques in the post-globalization era. It considers whether the canon has widened to include innovative forms and generate novel perspectives.
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Facing Trauma in Contemporary American Literary Discourse
Stories of Survival and Possibility
In a culture where trauma breeds fear and aggression, this book turns to literature. Analyzing works by authors like Toni Morrison and Louise Erdrich, it shows how a good story can become a space for curiosity and healing in the face of uncertainty.
In a culture where trauma breeds fear and aggression, this book turns to literature. Analyzing works by authors like Toni Morrison and Louise Erdrich, it shows how a good story can become a space for curiosity and healing in the face of uncertainty.
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Food in American Culture and Literature
Places at the Table
Carving a unique space in food studies, these multifaceted essays blend cultural analysis with history and sociology. These cultural critiques force the reader to consider what food means, and will mean, in the United States.
Carving a unique space in food studies, these multifaceted essays blend cultural analysis with history and sociology. These cultural critiques force the reader to consider what food means, and will mean, in the United States.
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This is the first work comparing Margaret Drabble with key Iraqi novelists, including Ahmed Saadawi. It analyses physical and soft violence in their novels, arguing they are interwoven and that soft violence can cause as much psychological and literal damage as hard violence.
This is the first work comparing Margaret Drabble with key Iraqi novelists, including Ahmed Saadawi. It analyses physical and soft violence in their novels, arguing they are interwoven and that soft violence can cause as much psychological and literal damage as hard violence.
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This book draws parallels between different cultures. It explores how culture plays an important role in the development of personality, examines how behavior has a positive and negative effect, and interrogates how literature portrays the reality of a culture.
This book draws parallels between different cultures. It explores how culture plays an important role in the development of personality, examines how behavior has a positive and negative effect, and interrogates how literature portrays the reality of a culture.
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The Essays of Chitta Ranjan Das on Literature, Culture, and Society
On the Side of Life in Spite of
The essays of Chitta Ranjan Das present a different vision of the post-colonial imagination. This book offers radical new pathways, breaking conventional boundaries between the periphery and the centre, literature and life, and East and West.
The essays of Chitta Ranjan Das present a different vision of the post-colonial imagination. This book offers radical new pathways, breaking conventional boundaries between the periphery and the centre, literature and life, and East and West.
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Stuart Hood’s year fighting with the Italian Resistance in WWII shaped his peacetime trajectory. This collection assesses the achievements of this broadcaster, media studies pioneer, translator, and novelist, showing how his life offers fresh insights into 20th-century history.
Stuart Hood’s year fighting with the Italian Resistance in WWII shaped his peacetime trajectory. This collection assesses the achievements of this broadcaster, media studies pioneer, translator, and novelist, showing how his life offers fresh insights into 20th-century history.
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Reception Studies and Adaptation
A Focus on Italy
This volume explores the Italian adaptation of English literary, multimedia, and audiovisual texts. It investigates how translation choices, by imprinting "Italianness" on the original, can alter a work's meaning and success, directing or even undermining audience reception.
This volume explores the Italian adaptation of English literary, multimedia, and audiovisual texts. It investigates how translation choices, by imprinting “Italianness” on the original, can alter a work’s meaning and success, directing or even undermining audience reception.
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This book explores the figure of the female performer in 19th-century fiction, analyzing the clashing attitudes of Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Emile Zola. It examines women’s public roles as either a commitment to the feminist project or a mere exhibitionist demeanour.
This book explores the figure of the female performer in 19th-century fiction, analyzing the clashing attitudes of Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Emile Zola. It examines women’s public roles as either a commitment to the feminist project or a mere exhibitionist demeanour.
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The Maghreb-Europe Paradigm
Migration, Gender and Cultural Dialogue
This book analyzes migration, gender, and identity for North African migrants in Europe. From sociological studies to literature, it debates notions of dispossession, cultural identity, and otherness, exploring the complex expressions of ‘exile’ and ‘pain’.
This book analyzes migration, gender, and identity for North African migrants in Europe. From sociological studies to literature, it debates notions of dispossession, cultural identity, and otherness, exploring the complex expressions of ‘exile’ and ‘pain’.
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Second-Generation Romantic Poets’ Paradoxical Approach to Women
Libertarianism versus Patriarchy
This book examines the works of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, revealing their inconsistent attitudes towards women. Caught between their liberal views and the patriarchal norms of their age, their writing both reinforces and challenges traditional gender roles.
This book examines the works of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, revealing their inconsistent attitudes towards women. Caught between their liberal views and the patriarchal norms of their age, their writing both reinforces and challenges traditional gender roles.
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Hermione's bag, Nanny McPhee's magic—all trace their lineage to Mary Poppins. The first book of its kind, this collection explores her vast legacy, tracing her iconic personality, teaching methods, and magical accessories through popular films, TV shows, and books.
Hermione’s bag, Nanny McPhee’s magic—all trace their lineage to Mary Poppins. The first book of its kind, this collection explores her vast legacy, tracing her iconic personality, teaching methods, and magical accessories through popular films, TV shows, and books.
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Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities in the Post-Truth Era
The Reality Machine
This book dissects how post-truth operates in the public sphere and social media. It brings together research from different disciplines to reveal how each field has been affected by the post-truth era and what the intellectual reactions have been.
This book dissects how post-truth operates in the public sphere and social media. It brings together research from different disciplines to reveal how each field has been affected by the post-truth era and what the intellectual reactions have been.
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Prospects and Impediments of Feminist Monolithism
Re-Reading Mid-Twentieth Century Women’s Poetry
This book reads poetry by British, American, and Sub-Saharan women to argue for feminist monolithism. It finds remarkable consistency in themes of resisting oppression across geographical divides, proposing this as a stable ground for unity without ignoring their differences.
This book reads poetry by British, American, and Sub-Saharan women to argue for feminist monolithism. It finds remarkable consistency in themes of resisting oppression across geographical divides, proposing this as a stable ground for unity without ignoring their differences.
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Drawing on contemporary developments in cultural studies, the papers in this anthology cover multiple forms and genres—including novels, films, documentaries, magazines, and commercials— in order to shed light on new sensibilities in postmillennial texts and media.
Drawing on contemporary developments in cultural studies, the papers in this anthology cover multiple forms and genres—including novels, films, documentaries, magazines, and commercials— in order to shed light on new sensibilities in postmillennial texts and media.
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Containing commentaries on contemporary representations of gender and identity, the contributions here encompass readings of cinema, advertisements and literary texts and are pertinent for scholars in media studies, cultural studies, gender studies, sociology and literature.
Containing commentaries on contemporary representations of gender and identity, the contributions here encompass readings of cinema, advertisements and literary texts and are pertinent for scholars in media studies, cultural studies, gender studies, sociology and literature.
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Postcolonial African women have often been represented as weak, subaltern, and speechless. This book shows how Ngugi and Adichie’s novels break from these clichés, depicting the African woman in a versatile and powerful way.
Postcolonial African women have often been represented as weak, subaltern, and speechless. This book shows how Ngugi and Adichie’s novels break from these clichés, depicting the African woman in a versatile and powerful way.
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