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"From mass murder to genocide, slavery to colonial suppression, acts of atrocity have lives that extend far beyond the horrific moment. They engender trauma that echoes for generations, in the experiences of those on both sides of the act. Gabriele Schwab reads these legacies in…
"From mass murder to genocide, slavery to colonial suppression, acts of atrocity have lives that extend far beyond the horrific moment. They engender trauma that echoes for generations, in the experiences of those on both sides of the act. Gabriele Schwab reads these legacies in…
Clowes takes as a backdrop the strong criticism of Soviet Moscow and its self-image as uncontested global hub by major contemporary writers. She argues that refurbished geographical metaphors and imagined geographies provide a useful perspective for examining post-Soviet debates…
The metaphoric depiction of society and state as a body (in which each "organ" has its own function) has a long pedigree in the history of ideas in Europe. Examines the use of this metaphor by Nazi ideologists and particularly by Hitler in his "Mein Kampf", in the attempt to und…
"Studies of African literature on migration have gone astray by failing to take account of gender in the diverging relationship between the individual and the home. Ayo A. Coly brings contemporary theory back to the individual and her nation with sophisticated analyses of works …
What do we mean when we talk about disability in the Middle Ages? This volume brings together dynamic scholars working on the subject in medieval literature and history, who use the latest approaches from the field to address this central question. Contributors discuss such stan…
What do we mean when we talk about disability in the Middle Ages? This volume brings together dynamic scholars working on the subject in medieval literature and history, who use the latest approaches from the field to address this central question. Contributors discuss such stan…
"A regiment of women warriors strides across the battleifield of German culture--on the stage, in the opera house, on the page, and in paintaings and prints. Thsese warriors are re-imaginings by men of figures such as the Amazons, the Valkyries. and the biblical killer Judith. T…
"The primary argument that Russell Samolsky makes in this book is that certain modern literary texts have apocalyptic futures. His contention, however, is not, as many eminent thinkers have claimed, that great writers have clairvoyant powers; rather he examines the ways in which…
Abraham Lincoln, Princess Diana, Rick in Casablanca--why do we perceive certain people as heroes? What qualities do we see in them? What must they do to win our admiration? In Heroes, Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals offer a stimulating tour of the psychology of heroism, …
