wyszukanych pozycji: 10
The Places of History: Regionalism Revisited in Latin America
ISBN: 9780822323440 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Responding to the pressures of current theoretical trends toward models of cultural globalization, the essays collected here bring a historical focus to literary studies. They suggest that only by exploring the particularities of regional historical cultures can the multiple meanings of American identities be understood.
Representing a broad range of contemporary criticism, this volume features many short essays by the most well-known and respected Latin Americanists, each devoting attention to specific matters of history. The topics range from Incan architecture to Chicano and... Responding to the pressures of current theoretical trends toward models of cultural globalization, the essays collected here bring a historical focus ...
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163,74 zł |
Bilingual Aesthetics: A New Sentimental Education
ISBN: 9780822333449 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Knowing a second language entails some unease; it requires a willingness to make mistakes and work through misunderstandings. The renowned literary scholar Doris Sommer argues that feeling funny is good for you, and for society. In" Bilingual Aesthetics" Sommer invites readers to make mischief with meaning, to play games with language, and to allow errors to stimulate new ways of thinking. Today's global world has outgrown any one-to-one correlation between a people and a language; liberal democracies can either encourage difference or stifle it through exclusionary policies." Bilingual...
Knowing a second language entails some unease; it requires a willingness to make mistakes and work through misunderstandings. The renowned literary sc...
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115,37 zł |
Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin Americavolume 8
ISBN: 9780520082854 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. National consolidation and romantic novels go hand in hand in Latin America. Foundational Fictions shows how 19th century patriotism and heterosexual passion historically depend on one another to engender productive citizens.
National consolidation and romantic novels go hand in hand in Latin America. Foundational Fictions shows how 19th century patriotism and hetero...
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238,19 zł |
The Work of Art in the World: Civic Agency and Public Humanities
ISBN: 9780822355861 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Celebrating art and interpretation that take on social challenges, Doris Sommer steers the humanities back to engagement with the world. The reformist projects that focus her attention develop momentum and meaning as they circulate through society to inspire faith in the possible. Among the cases that she covers are top-down initiatives of political leaders, such as those launched by Antanas Mockus, former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, and also bottom-up movements like the Theatre of the Oppressed created by the Brazilian director, writer, and educator Augusto Boal. Alleging that we are all...
Celebrating art and interpretation that take on social challenges, Doris Sommer steers the humanities back to engagement with the world. The reformist...
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115,93 zł |
Bilingual Aesthetics: A New Sentimental Education
ISBN: 9780822333326 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An analysis of the changing status of bi- and multi-lingualness in relation to issues of citizenship, ethnicity, and diversity.
An analysis of the changing status of bi- and multi-lingualness in relation to issues of citizenship, ethnicity, and diversity.
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445,99 zł |
Cultural Agency in the Americas
ISBN: 9780822334996 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. "Cultural agency" refers to a range of creative activities that contribute to society, including pedagogy, research, activism, and the arts. Focusing on the connections between creativity and social change in the Americas, this collection encourages scholars to become cultural agents by reflecting on exemplary cases and thereby making them available as inspirations for more constructive theory and more innovative practice. Creativity supports democracy because artistic, administrative, and interpretive experiments need margins of freedom that defy monolithic or authoritarian regimes. The...
"Cultural agency" refers to a range of creative activities that contribute to society, including pedagogy, research, activism, and the arts. Focusing ...
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132,50 zł |
The Work of Art in the World: Civic Agency and Public Humanities
ISBN: 9780822355724 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Celebrating art and interpretation that take on social challenges, Doris Sommer steers the humanities back to engagement with the world. The reformist projects that focus her attention develop momentum and meaning as they circulate through society to inspire faith in the possible. Among the cases that she covers are top-down initiatives of political leaders, such as those launched by Antanas Mockus, former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, and also bottom-up movements like the Theatre of the Oppressed created by the Brazilian director, writer, and educator Augusto Boal. Alleging that we are all...
Celebrating art and interpretation that take on social challenges, Doris Sommer steers the humanities back to engagement with the world. The reformist...
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469,46 zł |
Amalia
ISBN: 9780195122770 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Amalia is one of the most popular Latin American novels and, until recently, was required reading in Argentina's schools. It was written to protest the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas and to provide a picture of the political events during his regime, but the book's popularity stemmed from the love story that fuels the plot. Originally published in 1851 in serial form, Marmol's novel recounts the story of Eduardo and Amalia, who fall in love while he is hiding in her home. Amalia and her cousin Daniel protect him from Rosist persecution, but before the couple and the cousin can escape to...
Amalia is one of the most popular Latin American novels and, until recently, was required reading in Argentina's schools. It was written to protest th...
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93,24 zł |
Nationalisms & Sexualities
ISBN: 9781138340794 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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708,33 zł |
Nationalisms & Sexualities
ISBN: 9781138340909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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173,09 zł |