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This book explores representations of intersex - intersex persons, intersex communities, and intersex as a cultural concept and knowledge category - in contemporary North American literature and popular culture. The study turns its attention to the significant paradigm shift in the narratives on intersex that occurred within early 1990s intersex activism in response to biopolitical regulations of intersex bodies. Focusing on the emergence of recent autobiographical stories and cultural productions like novels and TV series centering around intersex, Viola Amato provides a first systematic analysis of an activism-triggered resignification of intersex.
Literature - General --- Languages & Literatures --- Intersex people. --- Intersexuality in literature. --- Popular culture. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Hermaphroditism in literature --- Hermaphrodites (Persons) --- Hermaphroditic people --- Inter* individuals --- Intersex-identified people --- Intersexed people --- Intersexual people --- Intersexuals (Persons) --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Sexual minorities --- Persons --- Intersex people in literature. --- Activism. --- Autobiography. --- Body. --- Cultural Studies. --- Feminism. --- Gender Studies. --- Gender. --- Medicine. --- Popular Culture. --- Queer Theory. --- Sexuality. --- Intersex; Autobiography; Popular Culture; Medicine; Gender; Body; Queer Theory; Feminism; Activism; Sexuality; Gender Studies; Cultural Studies --- Intersex people --- Intersexuality. --- Mass media. --- Political activity. --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Bisexuality (Biology) --- Hermaphroditism --- Intersex conditions --- Sex (Biology) --- Literature --- Intersex --- Autobiography --- Popular Culture --- Medicine --- Gender --- Body --- Queer Theory --- Feminism --- Activism --- Sexuality --- Gender Studies --- Cultural Studies --- Sex organ --- Social norm
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Markus Nehl focuses on black authors who, from a 21st-century perspective, revisit slavery in the U.S., Ghana, South Africa, Canada and Jamaica. Nehl's provocative readings of Toni Morrison's A Mercy, Saidiya Hartman's Lose Your Mother, Yvette Christiansë's Unconfessed, Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes and Marlon James' The Book of Night Women delineate how these texts engage in a fruitful dialogue with African diaspora theory about the complex relation between the local and transnational and the enduring effects of slavery. Reflecting on the ethics of narration, this study is particularly attentive to the risks of representing anti-black violence and to the intricacies involved in (re-)appropriating slavery's archive. »An important contribution to the study of this new generation of neo-slave narratives that continues to develop with no end in sight as it engages the history and afterlife of chattel slavery on a transnational level, recasting the African Atlantic at the beginning of a still young century from nuanced postslavery perspectives.« Paula von Gleich, Amerikastudien, 62/4 (2018)
Slavery in literature. --- African diaspora in literature. --- Violence in literature. --- Slavery and slaves in literature --- Slaves in literature --- African Diaspora Studies. --- America. --- American Studies. --- Anti-Black Violence. --- Black Feminist Studies. --- Canada. --- Cultural Studies. --- Ghana. --- Jamaica. --- Lawrence Hill. --- Marlon James. --- Memory Culture. --- Neo-Slave Narratives. --- Postcolonialism. --- Race. --- Saidiya Hartman. --- South Africa. --- Toni Morrison. --- U.S.A. --- Yvette Christiansë. --- Slavery; African Diaspora Studies; Neo-Slave Narratives; Race; Black Feminist Studies; U.S.A.; Ghana; South Africa; Canada; Jamaica; Toni Morrison; Saidiya Hartman; Yvette Christiansë; Lawrence Hill; Marlon James; Anti-Black Violence; Postcolonialism; America; Cultural Studies; Memory Culture; American Studies
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How to account for the peculiar attraction of certain photos? How to deal with the specific use of images in particular contexts? Monika Schwärzler presents a variety of photographic case studies exploring visual phenomena from the point of view of media analysis as well as from sociological, aesthetic, and psychoanalytic perspectives. The topics range from a new reading of Thomas Struth's street photographs to CERN photos with their charged rhetoric, from the assault of photographic close-ups to speculations on an anonymous slide collection featuring a woman with an ever-present white handbag. The book is intended for an audience receptive to the analytical appeal of images, prepared to go beyond what can be taken at face value.
Fine Arts. --- Image. --- Imagery. --- Media. --- Visual Culture. --- Visual Literacy. --- Visual Studies. --- ART / Criticism.
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American Mobilities investigates representations of mobility - social, economic, geographic - in American film and literature during the Depression, WWII, and the early Cold War. With an emphasis on the dual meaning of "domestic," referring to both the family home and the nation, this study traces the important trope of mobility that runs through the "American" century. Juxtaposing canonical fiction with popular, and low-budget independent films with Classical Hollywood, Leyda brings the analytic tools of American cultural and literary studies to bear on an eclectic array of primary texts as she builds a case for the significance of mobility in the study of the United States. »Das Buch unterstreicht die Wichtigkeit, die Geschichte der Mobilität im 20. Jahrhundert zu schreiben und diese Geschichte in die bestimmenden sozialstrukturellen Entwicklungen der Moderne einzuordnen. Dazu bietet die Studie ein breites Panorama wertvoller Anknüpfungspunkte, nicht zuletzt durch ihre raumanalytischen Perspektiven.« Dirk Thomaschke, H-Soz-u-Kult, 05.01.2017 Besprochen in: GMK-Newsletter, 4 (2016) The Chronicle, 30.09.2016
Migration, Internal --- Motion pictures --- American literature --- Social mobility --- Human geography --- Sex role --- Popular culture --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- History --- Social aspects --- United States --- Race relations. --- Race question --- E-books --- America. --- American History. --- American Studies. --- Capital Flows. --- Contemporary History. --- Cultural History. --- Cultural Studies. --- Culture. --- Film. --- Global Financial Crisis. --- Great Depression. --- Labour Flows. --- Mobility. --- USA. --- Literature; Film; Culture; USA; Mobility; Capital Flows; Labour Flows; Contemporary History; Great Depression; Global Financial Crisis; Cultural Studies; America; American Studies; American History; Cultural History
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Based on the structured analysis of selected North American novels, this work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon (»DiverCity«). By analyzing Dionne Brand's Toronto, »What We All Long For« (2005), Chang-rae Lee's New York, »Native Speaker« (1995), and Karen Tei Yamashita's Los Angeles, »Tropic of Orange« (1997), Melanie U. Pooch provides the connecting link for exploring the triad of globalization and its effects, global cities as cultural nodal points, and cultural diversity in a globalizing age as a literary phenomenon. Thus, she contributes to a global, interdisciplinary, and multi-perspectival understanding of literature, culture, and society.
American literature --- History and criticism. --- Toronto (Ont.) --- New York (N.Y.) --- New York (City) --- Ni︠u︡ Ĭork (N.Y.) --- Novi Jork (N.Y.) --- Nova Iorque (N.Y.) --- Nyu-Yorḳ (N.Y.) --- Nueva York (N.Y.) --- Nu Yorḳ (N.Y.) --- Nyuyok (N.Y.) --- Nuyorḳ (N.Y.) --- New York City (N.Y.) --- Niyū Yūrk (N.Y.) --- Niyūyūrk (N.Y.) --- Niu-yüeh (N.Y.) --- Nowy Jork (N.Y.) --- City of New York (N.Y.) --- New York Stad (N.Y.) --- نيويورك (N.Y.) --- Táva Nueva York (N.Y.) --- Nyu-York Şähäri (N.Y.) --- Нью-Йорк (N.Y.) --- Горад Нью-Ёрк (N.Y.) --- Horad Nʹi︠u︡-I︠O︡rk (N.Y.) --- Нью-Ёрк (N.Y.) --- Ню Йорк (N.Y.) --- Nova York (N.Y.) --- Çĕнĕ Йорк (N.Y.) --- Śĕnĕ Ĭork (N.Y.) --- Dakbayan sa New York (N.Y.) --- Dinas Efrog Newydd (N.Y.) --- Efrog Newydd (N.Y.) --- Nei Yarrick Schtadt (N.Y.) --- Nei Yarrick (N.Y.) --- Νέα Υόρκη (N.Y.) --- Nea Yorkē (N.Y.) --- Ciudad de Nueva York (N.Y.) --- Novjorko (N.Y.) --- Nouvelle York (N.Y.) --- Nua-Eabhrac (N.Y.) --- Cathair Nua-Eabhrac (N.Y.) --- Caayr York Noa (N.Y.) --- York Noa (N.Y.) --- Eabhraig Nuadh (N.Y.) --- Baile Eabhraig Nuadh (N.Y.) --- Нью Йорк балhсн (N.Y.) --- Nʹi︠u︡ Ĭork balḣsn (N.Y.) --- Шин Йорк (N.Y.) --- Shin Ĭork (N.Y.) --- 뉴욕 (N.Y.) --- Lungsod ng New York (N.Y.) --- Tchiaq York Iniqpak (N.Y.) --- Tchiaq York (N.Y.) --- New York-borg (N.Y.) --- Nuova York (N.Y.) --- ניו יורק (N.Y.) --- New York Lakanbalen (N.Y.) --- Lakanabalen ning New York (N.Y.) --- Evrek Nowydh (N.Y.) --- Nouyòk (N.Y.) --- Bajarê New Yorkê (N.Y.) --- New Yorkê (N.Y.) --- Mueva York (N.Y.) --- Sivdad de Mueva York (N.Y.) --- סיבֿדאד די מואיבֿה יורק (N.Y.) --- Sivdad de Muevah Yorḳ (N.Y.) --- מואיבֿה יורק (N.Y.) --- Muevah Yorḳ (N.Y.) --- Novum Eboracum (N.Y.) --- Neo-Eboracum (N.Y.) --- Civitas Novi Eboraci (N.Y.) --- Ņujorka (N.Y.) --- Niujorkas (N.Y.) --- Niujorko miestas (N.Y.) --- Niuiork (N.Y.) --- Њујорк (N.Y.) --- Njujork (N.Y.) --- Bandar Raya New York (N.Y.) --- Bandaraya New York (N.Y.) --- Nuoba Iorque (N.Y.) --- Нью-Йорк хот (N.Y.) --- Nʹi︠u︡-Ĭork khot (N.Y.) --- Āltepētl Yancuīc York (N.Y.) --- Niej-York (N.Y.) --- ニューヨーク (N.Y.) --- Nyū Yōku (N.Y.) --- ニューヨーク市 (N.Y.) --- Nyū Yōku-shi (N.Y.) --- NYC (N.Y.) --- N.Y.C. (N.Y.) --- City of Toronto (Ont.) --- Corporation of the City of Toronto (Ont.) --- Duolunduo (Ont.) --- Horad Taronta (Ont.) --- Taronta (Ont.) --- Tô-lùn-tô (Ont.) --- Töront (Ont.) --- Torontas (Ont.) --- Torontu (Ont.) --- Torontum (Ont.) --- Tūrantū (Ont.) --- Tūrintū (Ont.) --- Tūruntū (Ont.) --- Τορόντο (Ont.) --- Таронта (Ont.) --- Торонто (Ont.) --- Горад Таронта (Ont.) --- טאראנטא (Ont.) --- טורונטו (Ont.) --- تورنتو (Ont.) --- トロント (Ont.) --- 多伦多 (Ont.) --- 토론토 (Ont.) --- York (Upper Canada) --- Metropolitan Toronto (Ont.) --- In literature. --- British Studies. --- City. --- Culture. --- Global City. --- Globalization. --- Literary Studies. --- Literature. --- Los Angeles. --- New York. --- Toronto. --- Urban Studies. --- Diversity; Global City; Globalization; Culture; Literature; Los Angeles; New York; Toronto; City; British Studies; Literary Studies; Urban Studies --- American literature. --- Globalization --- Social aspects. --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers)
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»Houses, Secrets, and the Closet« investigates the literary production of masculinities and their relation to secrets and sexualities in 18th and 19th century fiction. It focusses on close readings of Gothic fiction, Sensation Novels, and tales by Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Wilkie Collins, and Henry James. The study approaches these texts through the lens of domestic space, gender, knowledge, and power. This approach serves to investigate the cultural roots of the ›closet‹ - the male homosexual secret - which reveals a more general notion of male secrecy in modern society. The study thus contributes to a better understanding of the cultural history of masculinities and sexualities.
American Studies. --- British Studies. --- Cultural Studies. --- Gender Studies. --- Gender. --- Gothic Novel. --- Henry James. --- Homosexuality. --- Literary Studies. --- Masculinity. --- Queer. --- Sensation Novel. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. --- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English --- Masculinity in literature. --- Erotic literature, English --- History and criticism. --- Themes, motives. --- James, Henry, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Literature; Gender; Queer; Masculinity; Homosexuality; Gothic Novel; Sensation Novel; Henry James; Literary Studies; British Studies; American Studies; Gender Studies; Cultural Studies --- Literature --- Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh --- History and criticism
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During the 17th and 18th century musicians' mobilities and migrations are essential for the European music history and the cultural exchange of music. Adopting viewpoints that reflect different methodological approaches and diversified research cultures, the book presents studies on central scopes, strategies and artistic outcomes of mobile and migratory musicians as well as on the transfer of music. By looking at elite and non-elite musicians and their everyday mobilities to major and minor centers of music production and practice, new biographical patterns and new stylistic paradigms in the European East, West and South emerge. Besprochen in: www.sehepunkte.de, 18/1 (2018), Andreas Waczkat Renaissance Quarterly, 73/2 (2020), Sigrid Wirth
Music --- Musicians --- History and criticism. --- Baroque. --- Cultural History. --- Early Modern History. --- History. --- Migration. --- Mobility. --- Music History. --- Musicology. --- Music; Migration; Mobility; Baroque; Cultural History; Music History; Early Modern History; Musicology; History --- Social aspects --- History and criticism --- Art music --- Art music, Western --- Classical music --- Musical compositions --- Musical works --- Serious music --- Western art music --- Western music (Western countries)
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Newsreel cinema and television not only served as an important tool in the shaping of political spheres and the construction of national and cultural identities up to the 1960s. Today's potent televisual forms were furthermore developed in and strongly influenced by newsreels, and much of the archived newsreel footage is repeatedly used to both illustrate and re-stage past events and their significance. This book addresses newsreel cinema and television as a medium serving the formation of cultural identities in a variety of national contexts after 1945, its role in forming audiovisual narratives of a »biopic of the nation«, and the technical, aesthetical, and political challenges of archiving and restaging cinematic and televisual newsreel.
Motion picture theaters. --- Cinemas --- Movie theaters --- Moving-picture theaters --- Theaters, Motion picture --- Theaters --- Archive. --- Contemporary Art. --- Cultural History. --- Cultural Identity. --- Film. --- Media History. --- Media Studies. --- Media. --- National Identity. --- Television. --- Newsreels --- Motion picture journalism --- Documentary films --- Documentary television programs --- Television --- Group identity --- National characteristics in motion pictures --- History. --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- Social aspects. --- Newsreel; Film; Television; Archive; National Identity; Cultural Identity; Contemporary Art; Media; Cultural History; Media History; Media Studies
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The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices. This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective - taking the human being and not technology first - may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens.
Technology and older people. --- Aging Studies. --- Body. --- Social Sciences. --- Sociology of Technology. --- Sociology. --- Technology.
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The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices. This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective - taking the human being and not technology first - may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens.
Technology and older people. --- Aging Studies. --- Body. --- Social Sciences. --- Sociology of Technology. --- Sociology. --- Technology.
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