In this highly readable collection of essays, Francis Jarman ranges over such different topics as race, sex, the Second World War, detective novels, Kipling, torture, widow-burning, the Great Indian Novel, travel writing, the Srebrenica Massacre, the Indian Mutiny, and the reasons why writers write. What all the contributions have in common is a concern with problems of perception and communication across cultures. Complete with Notes, Bibliographies, and detailed Index.
In this highly readable collection of essays, Francis Jarman ranges over such different topics as race, sex, the Second World War, detective novels, K...
A feminist-oriented cosmetics company, run by a bossy power-maniac, is in trouble New advertising ideas are needed, and both old favorites and new faces are brought in to sell the product, with hilarious results.
British playwright Francis Jarman (A Star Fell, Girls Will Be Girls, Invictus) shows what happens whens styles, ideologies, and generations collide.
A feminist-oriented cosmetics company, run by a bossy power-maniac, is in trouble New advertising ideas are needed, and both old favorites and new fa...
At the court of the Roman emperor Constantine, Christians and pagans are struggling for power. But within the imperial family itself an even more dangerous conflict arises, as a forbidden passion leads to disaster.
British playwright Francis Jarman (A Star Fell, Girls Will Be Girls, Lip Service) offers an original and dramatic solution to one of the most mysterious crimes in Western history.
At the court of the Roman emperor Constantine, Christians and pagans are struggling for power. But within the imperial family itself an even more dang...
The informative, often highly entertaining essays in this first volume of Borgo Perspectives on Intercultural Communication includes sixteen essays by writers from Britain, Bulgaria, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Kenya, Spain, and the United States. The pieces describe their authors personal encounters with "The Other"--and studies their interactions in everyday life with flirtation, sex, and war. The contributors include: Francis Jarman, Peter Graf, Ellin Burnham, Rainer Barczaitis, Juergen Einhoff, Hans Schmidt, Silvia Grimmsmann, Mayuri Odedra-Straub, Manju Ramanan, Paul Harrison,...
The informative, often highly entertaining essays in this first volume of Borgo Perspectives on Intercultural Communication includes sixteen essays by...
The differences between ethnic groups within a society, especially those between the host culture and the cultures of immigrant minorities, tend to be deep-seated. The situation is not so much one of multiculturalism as one of multivaluism. The challenge is then to find a degree of integration that will nevertheless enable harmonious social relations. This will entail compromises having to be made on both sides (and it will be the members of incoming groups who will be obliged to make the principal concessions, a point that multiculturalists have found extraordinarily difficult to...
The differences between ethnic groups within a society, especially those between the host culture and the cultures of immigrant minorities, tend to be...
