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The legacy of Edward W. Said
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William V. Spanos |
With the untimely death of Edward W. Said in 2003, various academic and public intellectuals worldwide have begun to reassess the writings of this powerful oppositional intellectual. Figures on the n… |
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A child in Palestine
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Nājī ʻAlī |
Naji al-Ali grew up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in the south Lebanese city of Sidon, where his gift for drawing was discovered by the Palestinian poet Ghassan Kanafani in the lat… |
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Open conversations
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Carr, David |
"This book offers a way for cultural institutions to reimagine their work as provocative educators and community advocates, address the public need for conversations in safe and fair places, and rene… |
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Literature, social consciousness, and polity
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Lothar Lutze,Iqbal Narain |
Papers presented at the 8th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, held at Talberg, Sweden, in 1983. |
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Degeneration and Revolution
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Robert Heynen |
"In Degeneration and Revolution : Radical Cultural Politics and the Body in Weimar Germany Robert Heynen explores the impact of conceptions of degeneration, exemplified by eugenics and social hygiene… |
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Bill and Hillary
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Darwin Porter,Danforth Prince |
"Traces the couple's political debut in an Ozarkian backwater, their raucous occupancy of Arkansas' Governor's Mansion, and their trek toward and their eventual two-term occupancy of the White House.… |
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Brazil
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Ronald M. Schneider |
"Country study intended for use in undergraduate courses on Latin American politics. Also includes chapters on economy, social problems, and culture and the arts. Lacks a unifying framework and is h… |
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La resistencia cultural
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Ward, Thomas |
Prefacio 1
Introducción 8
1. Del romanticismo al pluralismo: ideologías rioplatenses 22
1.1 Sarmiento en contra de la naturaleza 24
1.1.1 Civilización y barbarie: una idea ilustrada 24… |
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Race of angels
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John Waters |
U2's place in rock culture is already secure, but still the world celebrates them as an "Irish band." In this book, Irish journalist and friend of U2, John Waters, attempts to pinpoint the Irish cult… |
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Egypt's Culture Wars
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Samia Mehrez |
"This work presents original research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the twenty-first century. It deconstructs the boundaries between "high" and "low" culture, drawing on co… |
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Primo Levi and the Politics of Survival
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Frederic D. Homer |
"At the age of twenty-five, Primo Levi was sent to Hell. Levi, an Italian chemist from Turin, was one of many swept up in the Holocaust of World War II and sent to die in the German concentration cam… |
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A Union of Diversity
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Peter A. Kraus |
The European Union's motto 'United in Diversity' contrasts with the cultural standardization entailed in the formation of nation-states and the forging of political identities in Europe. So what does… |
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