This international anthology provides the first investigation of the delineation of otherness across a broad spectrum of Classical Greek imagery. The authors develop a nuanced picture of criteria denoting the Other in Greek representations and reveal their social and political f…
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"This book explores the history of imperialism and local governance in Egypt from the 1860s through the beginning of World War I through exploring the bureaucracy of death. Shana Minkin demonstrates that when it came to the mundanity of the day-to-day, of protecting national and…
Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortio…
Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortio…
Ausgezeichnet mit dem Stuttgarter Krimipreis für das beste Krimidebüt 2010 Von der KrimiWelt-Bestenliste unter die 10 besten Krimis des Jahres 2010 gewählt Eine mitreissende Geschichte über Liebe und Tod, Schuld und Vergeltung. Als Kulisse ein abgeschiedenes Hochtal in den Alpen…
In einem abgelegen Tal, eingekesselt von mächtigen Bergen, lebt eine verschworene Dorfgemeinde. Eines Tages kommt ein Fremder namens Greider in die Ebene. Er gibt sich als Maler aus und bittet um Quartier für den Winter. Nach langem Zögern weisen ihm die Dorfbewohner eine Unterk…
"The figure of the alien is at the heart of science fiction and has helped us to understand and explore interactions with other cultures and the possibilities of life beyond both the modern configuration of the nation-state and the natural order of life on earth. Alien Imaginati…
"This book investigates how the Chinese have coped with the condition of modernity in which strangers are routinely thrust together. Haiyan Lee dismisses the easy answers claiming that this 'moral crisis' is merely smoke and mirrors conjured up by paternalistic, overwrought lead…
