Name: Signs of Identity
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Signs of Identity

Literary Constructs and Discursive Practices

Edited By: Emilia Parpală

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This volume rethinks identity from a communicational and comparative perspective, linking it to performativity. Contributions cover diverse periods and genres, from Medieval clothing to postcolonial narratives, for all those involved in the reevaluation of this central term.

This volume conceives of identity constructs in a broader semiotic way, specifically within a communicational and comparative perspective. This implies a rethinking of “identity” in…

This volume conceives of identity constructs in a broader semiotic way, specifically within a communicational and comparative perspective. This implies a rethinking of “identity” in terms of the relationship between an individual’s “way of being” and performativity.

The contributions here cover a variety of pre-texts, texts and contexts, periods and genres, from Medieval clothing to multicultural discourse, and from modern poetry to postcolonial narratives, among others. Integrating research from Germany, Greece, Iraq and Romania, this collection of fifteen chapters will be of interest to all those involved in the reevaluation of identity – a central term in the social and cultural space.

Emilia Parpală is Professor Emeritus at the University of Craiova, Romania. Her academic interests include stylistics, poetics, semiotics, imagology and verbal communication. Since 2008, she has coordinated an international conference in Craiova and edited thirteen volumes of its proceedings. She has published nine books and more than 120 articles in both national and international scholarly journals. She is the Vice-president of the Romanian Association for Semiotic Studies and a member of the Romanian Writers’ Union.

Hayder Alolaiwi, Worocea Cormila Ana-Maria, Diana Anitescu, Diana Aniteseu, Oana Baluica, Adela-Livia Catană, Ana-Maria Cornila Norocea, Madaliina Deaconu, Xenia Georgopoulou, Milica Grujicic, Eleni Pilla, Conmeu Popescu, Alina Tenescu, Alina Tenescu