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Philosophies of Multiculturalism
Beyond Liberalism
Av Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues, Marko Simendic
Häftad, 2019
764 kr
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This edited collection offers a comparative approach to the topic of multiculturalism, including different authors with contrasting arguments from different philosophical traditions and ideologies. It puts together perspectives that have been largely neglected as valid normative ways to address the …
Cultural History in France
Local Debates, Global Perspectives
Av Evelyne Cohen, Anaïs Fléchet m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2586 kr
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This volume, which gathers contributions presented at the annual conferences of l'Association pour le développement de l'histoire culturelle (ADHC), questions the subjects and boundaries of cultural history in France – with regard to neighboring approaches such as cultural studies, media studies, …
New Perspectives on Jewish Cultural History
Boundaries, Experiences, and Sensemaking
Av Maja Gildin Zuckerman, Jakob Egholm Feldt
Inbunden, 2019
2586 kr
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This book presents original studies of how a cultural concept of Jewishness and a coherent Jewish history came to make sense in the experiences of people entangled in different historical situations. Instead of searching for the inconsistencies, discontinuities, or ruptures of dominant grand …
Reconstructing Minds and Landscapes
Silent Post-War Memory in the Margins of History
Av Marja Tuominen, T. G. Ashplant m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2586 kr
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Mental and material reconstruction was an ongoing process after World War II, and it still is. This volume combines a detailed treatment of post-war cultural reconstruction in Finnish Lapland – a region on the geographical and historical margins of its nation-state – with comparative case studies …
Cultural Translation and Knowledge Transfer on Alternative Routes of Escape from Nazi Terror
Mediations Through Migrations
Av Susanne Korbel, Philipp Strobl
Inbunden, 2021
2586 kr
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The book investigates and compares the role of artistic and academic refugees from National Socialism acting as "cultural mediators" or "agents of knowledge" between their origin and host societies. By doing so, it locates itself at the intersection of the recently emerging field of the history of …
Cultural Translation and Knowledge Transfer on Alternative Routes of Escape from Nazi Terror
Mediations Through Migrations
Av Susanne Korbel, Philipp Strobl
Häftad, 2023
667 kr
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The book investigates and compares the role of artistic and academic refugees from National Socialism acting as "cultural mediators" or "agents of knowledge" between their origin and host societies. By doing so, it locates itself at the intersection of the recently emerging field of the history of …
Humour in the Arts
New Perspectives
Av Vivienne Westbrook, Shun-liang Chao
Häftad, 2020
812 kr
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This collection demonstrates the usefulness of approaching texts—verbal, visual and aural—through a framework of humour. Contributors offer in-depth discussions of humour in the West within a wider cultural historical context to achieve a coherent, chronological sense of how humour proceeds from …
Excavating Modernity
Physical, Temporal and Psychological Strata in Literature, 1900-1930
Av Eleanor Dobson, Gemma Banks
Häftad, 2020
812 kr
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This book scrutinizes physical, temporal and psychological strata across early twentieth-century literature, focusing on geological and archaeological tropes and conceptions of the stratified psyche. The essays explore psychological perceptions, from practices of envisioning that mimic looking at a …
Reconstructing Minds and Landscapes
Silent Post-War Memory in the Margins of History
Av Marja Tuominen, T. G. Ashplant m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
727 kr
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Mental and material reconstruction was an ongoing process after World War II, and it still is. This volume combines a detailed treatment of post-war cultural reconstruction in Finnish Lapland – a region on the geographical and historical margins of its nation-state – with comparative case studies …
Uisneach or the Center of Ireland
Inbunden, 2022
2133 kr
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The hill of Uisneach lies almost exactly at the geographical center of Ireland. Remarkably, a fraction at least of the ancient Irish population was aware of that fact. There is no doubt that the place of Uisneach in Irish mythology, and more broadly speaking the Celtic world, was of utmost …
Uisneach or the Center of Ireland
Häftad, 2022
619 kr
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The hill of Uisneach lies almost exactly at the geographical center of Ireland. Remarkably, a fraction at least of the ancient Irish population was aware of that fact. There is no doubt that the place of Uisneach in Irish mythology, and more broadly speaking the Celtic world, was of utmost …
Cultural History in France
Local Debates, Global Perspectives
Av Evelyne Cohen, Anaïs Fléchet m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
727 kr
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This volume, which gathers contributions presented at the annual conferences of l'Association pour le développement de l'histoire culturelle (ADHC), questions the subjects and boundaries of cultural history in France – with regard to neighboring approaches such as cultural studies, media studies, …
New Perspectives on Jewish Cultural History
Boundaries, Experiences, and Sensemaking
Av Maja Gildin Zuckerman, Jakob Egholm Feldt
Häftad, 2021
727 kr
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This book presents original studies of how a cultural concept of Jewishness and a coherent Jewish history came to make sense in the experiences of people entangled in different historical situations. Instead of searching for the inconsistencies, discontinuities, or ruptures of dominant grand …
Practices of Reunification
The Continuation of Refugee Life After 1945
Av Susanne Korbel, Philipp Strobl
Inbunden, 2025
2586 kr
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The volume explores the role of refugees and displaced persons (DPs) in Europe after 1945. It expands conventional narratives about post-National Socialist societies, which are characterized by victim myths, narratives of Trümmerfrauen (rubble women), and the reconstruction of supposedly …
Fat Bodies in Early Modern Europe
Av Holly Fletcher, Christine Ott m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2888 kr
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This book is the first to examine understandings and experiences of fatness in early modern Europe (c. 1450–1700), uncovering attitudes towards fat bodies across England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain through interdisciplinary analysis.Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of how …
Cultural Histories of Sociabilities, Spaces and Mobilities
Av Colin Divall
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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For the majority of us the opportunity to travel has never been greater, yet differences in mobility highlight inequalities that have wider social implications. Exploring how and why attitudes towards movement have evolved across generations, the case studies in this essay collection range from …
McLuhan's Global Village Today
Transatlantic Perspectives
Häftad, 2024
667 kr
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Marshall McLuhan was one of the leading media theorists of the twentieth century. This collection of essays explores the many facets of McLuhan’s work from a transatlantic perspective, balancing applied case studies with theoretical discussions.
Cultural Study of Mary and the Annunciation
From Luke to the Enlightenment
Av Gary Waller
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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This book traces the history of the Annunciation, exploring the deep and lasting impact of the event on the Western imagination. Waller explores the Annunciation from its appearance in Luke’s Gospel, to its rise to prominence in religious doctrine and popular culture, and its gradual decline in …
Humour in the Arts
New Perspectives
Av Vivienne Westbrook, Shun-liang Chao
Inbunden, 2018
2888 kr
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This collection demonstrates the usefulness of approaching texts—verbal, visual and aural—through a framework of humour. Contributors offer in-depth discussions of humour in the West within a wider cultural historical context to achieve a coherent, chronological sense of how humour proceeds from …
Excavating Modernity
Physical, Temporal and Psychological Strata in Literature, 1900-1930
Av Eleanor Dobson, Gemma Banks
Inbunden, 2018
2888 kr
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This book scrutinizes physical, temporal and psychological strata across early twentieth-century literature, focusing on geological and archaeological tropes and conceptions of the stratified psyche. The essays explore psychological perceptions, from practices of envisioning that mimic looking at a …
Cultural History of the Radical Sixties in the San Francisco Bay Area
Häftad, 2016
847 kr
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The San Francisco Bay Area was a meeting point for radical politics and counterculture in the 1960s. Until now there has been little understanding of what made political culture here unique. This work explores the development of a regional culture of radicalism in the Bay Area, one that underpinned …
Statistics, Public Debate and the State, 1800-1945
A Social, Political and Intellectual History of Numbers
Häftad, 2016
952 kr
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Based around a number of illustrative case studies, this book charts the development of our modern-day reliance on statistics. Topics covered include scientific innovations, administrative issues and the use of numbers in politics. By looking at these aspects of statistics together, the authors are …
History of Emotions, 1200–1800
Häftad, 2016
952 kr
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The essays in this collection examine emotional responses to art and music, the role of emotions in contemporary notions of gender and sexuality and theoretical questions as to their use.
Crime and the Fascist State, 1850–1940
Häftad, 2016
952 kr
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By studying the development of Italy's penal system, Pires Marques provides valuable insights into the wider political culture of European society. Focusing on the rise of fascism in Spain and Portugal as well as Italy, he examines the role of religious, economic and political factors in the making …
Breast Cancer in the Eighteenth Century
Häftad, 2016
952 kr
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Early modern physicians and surgeons tried desperately to understand breast cancer, testing new medicines and radically improving operating techniques. In this study, the first of its kind, Kaartinen explores the emotional responses of patients and their families to the disease in the long …
Cultural Study of Mary and the Annunciation
From Luke to the Enlightenment
Av Gary Waller
E-bok, 2015
762 kr
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This book traces the history of the Annunciation, exploring the deep and lasting impact of the event on the Western imagination. Waller explores the Annunciation from its appearance in Luke’s Gospel, to its rise to prominence in religious doctrine and popular culture, and its gradual decline in …
Cultural Study of Mary and the Annunciation
From Luke to the Enlightenment
Av Gary Waller
E-bok, 2015
762 kr
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This book traces the history of the Annunciation, exploring the deep and lasting impact of the event on the Western imagination. Waller explores the Annunciation from its appearance in Luke’s Gospel, to its rise to prominence in religious doctrine and popular culture, and its gradual decline in …
Cultural Histories of Sociabilities, Spaces and Mobilities
Av Colin Divall
E-bok, 2015
762 kr
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For the majority of us the opportunity to travel has never been greater, yet differences in mobility highlight inequalities that have wider social implications. Exploring how and why attitudes towards movement have evolved across generations, the case studies in this essay collection range from …
Cultural Histories of Sociabilities, Spaces and Mobilities
Av Colin Divall
E-bok, 2015
746 kr
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For the majority of us the opportunity to travel has never been greater, yet differences in mobility highlight inequalities that have wider social implications. Exploring how and why attitudes towards movement have evolved across generations, the case studies in this essay collection range from …
McLuhan's Global Village Today
Transatlantic Perspectives
E-bok, 2015
785 kr
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Marshall McLuhan was one of the leading media theorists of the twentieth century. This collection of essays explores the many facets of McLuhan’s work from a transatlantic perspective, balancing applied case studies with theoretical discussions.
