Rumors, anxiety, violence -- Sinophobia and excess -- The spectral figure of the Chinese -- Metaphors and immanent tensions -- Corporeal.
This is a study of the anti-Chinese sentiments currently widespread in Mongolia. Graffiti calling for the removal of Chinese dot the urban landscape, songs about killing the Chinese are played in public spaces, and rumours concerning Chinese plans to take over the country and ex…
"In presenting the first English language study of Belgian cinema, Split Screen explores the fascinating history of a cinema largely determined by linguistic division and beset by problems of cultural identity. In surveying the evolution of Belgian cinema from its beginnings to …
Postmodernity's challenges to Latin American philosophy -- Modernity, rationalization, and cultural identity in Latin America -- Populism and philosophy -- Latin America beyond the philosophy of history -- The aesthetics of the beautiful in Spanish American modernism -- Postcolo…
This book examines the entire range of sacred literature produced between the sixteenth and nineteenth century to give a comprehensive account of Sikhism. Dealing with the historical evolution of the Sikh tradition, it discuss issues like self-image, identity, and ideology.
A journey into the deaf-world
by Lane, Harlan L., Bahan, Benjamin J., Hoffmeister, Robert J.
A journey into the deaf-world
by Lane, Harlan L., Hoffmeister, Robert, Bahan, Benjamin J.
Looks at the world of the deaf in America and discusses deaf culture, the education of deaf children, useful technology, and the integration of deaf people into the society at large.
This volume offers the authors' insights into the existence and makeup of the Deaf world, the community whose natural language, American Sign Language in the United States, is manual and visual. Bringing the latest social and cultural findings and theories into focus, the author…
Introduction -- Mesoamerican civilizations : the evolution of Mesoamerica -- The formation of Euro-Spanish culture : Iberia enters history -- Moors and Christians : a fateful encounter -- Creating mestizo Mexico : the philosophical challenge of America -- Conclusion. "This is a…
"One of the great writers of the nineteenth century, Nikolai Gogol was born and raised in Ukraine before he was lionized and canonized in Russia. The ambiguities within his subversive, ironic works are matched by those which surround the debate over his national identity. This b…
"Framing Latin American Cinema embraces multiple modes of scholarship, juxtaposing feature films and documentaries, and locating cinema within larger cultural debates. Considering works from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela, the contributors add…
Visions and ruins' explores the production of cultural memory in the Middle Ages and the uses the medieval past has been put to in modernity. Working with texts in Old English, Middle English and Latin, as well as visual and material culture, it traces connections in time, place…
