How do national stereotypes emerge? To which extent are they determined by historical or ideological circumstances, or else by cultural, literary or discursive conventions? This first inclusive critical compendium on national characterizations and national (cultural or ethnic) stereotypes contains 120 articles by 73 contributors. Its three parts offer [1] a number of in-depth survey articles on ethnic and national images in European literatures and cultures over many centuries; [2] an encyclopedic survey of the stereotypes and characterizations traditionally ascribed to various ethnicities...
How do national stereotypes emerge? To which extent are they determined by historical or ideological circumstances, or else by cultural, literary or d...
Europe's nation-states emerged from a complex of nineteenth-century developments in which cultural consciousness-raising played a formative role. The nineteenth-century reflection on Europe's national identities involved a re-inventory and revalorisation of the vernacular cultural past and, above all, the nation's literary heritage. Everywhere in Europe, foundational texts (including medieval epics and romances, ancient laws and chronicles) were retrieved from their obscure repositories. In new, printed editions, prepared according to the emerging academic standards of textual scholarship,...
Europe's nation-states emerged from a complex of nineteenth-century developments in which cultural consciousness-raising played a formative role. The ...
This volume offers detailed accounts of the cults of individual writers and a comparative perspective on the spread of centenary fever across Europe. It offers a fascinating insight into the interaction between literature and cultural memory, and the entanglement between local, national and European identities at the highpoint of nation-building.
This volume offers detailed accounts of the cults of individual writers and a comparative perspective on the spread of centenary fever across Europe. ...
Isn t translation all about saying exactly the same thing in another language? Aren t national images totally outdated in this era of globalization? Most people might agree but this book amply illustrates how persistent and multifaceted cliches on translation and nation can be. Time and again, translating involves making transfer choices and these choices are never neutral. Though globalization has seemingly all but erased national ideologies and cultural borders, such ideologies and borders continue to play a determining role in conflicts, identity politics and cultural profiles. The...
Isn t translation all about saying exactly the same thing in another language? Aren t national images totally outdated in this era of globalization? M...
