Is the figure of the intellectual still relevant in and for society in the late 20th and the beginning of the 21st century? The essays of this book from various disciplines explore this question based on the use of the term violence from a perspective of English Studies, German Studies, history and sociology. The focus is on the period between 1968 and the present. Geographically, the essays focus on conflicts in Europe, Latin America as well as South and Central Africa.
Is the figure of the intellectual still relevant in and for society in the late 20th and the beginning of the 21st century? The essays of this book...
Es kommen ausgewahlte Gegenwartsdramatiker aus Spanien und Lateinamerika zu Wort, um uber ihr Theater und die aktuelle Theatersituation zu sprechen. Die Perspektive ist die Sicht des Autors, nicht der Literatur- beziehungsweise Theaterkritik. Dabei kommen uberraschende Gedanken und Analysen ans Licht, die in der ublichen Fachdiskussion nicht bekannt sind.
Es kommen ausgewahlte Gegenwartsdramatiker aus Spanien und Lateinamerika zu Wort, um uber ihr Theater und die aktuelle Theatersituation zu sprechen...
This volume analyzes the ambivalence of comic representations of disability in fictional texts, films and stage performances, as well as the ambivalence of reception. It seeks to describe precisely what kind of comicality is used and what "communities of laughter" are created as a result: under what conditions does comedy turn into violence and cruelty, and liberating distancing into stigmatization and exclusion?
This volume analyzes the ambivalence of comic representations of disability in fictional texts, films and stage performances, as well as the ambiv...
