UID:
almahu_9948665383602882
Format:
1 online resource (340 p.)
,
7 ill.
Edition:
1st, New ed.
ISBN:
9781789972801
Series Statement:
Cultural Identity Studies 31
Content:
Why are the arts and humanities under attack? And how can they fight back? Historically these fields have suffered from a lack of prestige due to the utilitarian perspective of the «developed» world. While such utilitarian views have not been entirely fair on this branch of knowledge, the humanities themselves are partly to blame for this crisis, often not keeping pace with an increasingly changing society. It is therefore imperative that the humanities once and for all prove themselves relevant, leaving behind «departmentalized» approaches to academic knowledge and embracing the social mission that once epitomized humanistic study. Guided by such principles, this book features fourteen interdisciplinary studies that explore exciting intersections between different areas of academic research. These studies centre around three broad topics, which function as this volume’s structural axes: identity, gender, and space and mobility (whether voluntary, as in tourism, or imposed, as in the case of migrations and persecutions). Altogether, the volume demonstrates that the humanities, far from being artificially detached from society, can actually study the enormously complex context that is contemporary Europe and crucially point the way to a better, more equitable world.
Content:
«Fully convinced that the humanities still matter, I very warmly and whole-heartedly recommend this book. It is a vibrant defence of our cultural identity.» (Adolphe Haberer, Emeritus Professor, Université Lumière-Lyon 2) «An exciting and thought-provoking collection of essays by European scholars working in cultural studies, which offer new approaches to how the humanities are becoming more and more interdisciplinary and globalized. This is a book which asks questions and tackles issues about some of the basic intellectual challenges of our time.» (Professor Fernando Galván, University of Alcalá)
Note:
CONTENTS: José Igor Prieto-Arranz/Rubén Jarazo-Álvarez – Introduction: The Humanities and the Challenges of the New Europe: Identity, Gender and Space – Part I: Identity – Sabine Coelsch-Foisner: Theatre as (Inter-)Cultural Responsibility: A Practice-Led Perspective on Present-Day Opera Productions – Elizabeth Woodward-Smith: The Brexit Challenge: Surviving the Identity Crisis with Humour – Eduardo de Gregorio-Godeo: Global Populisms in Europe and the Revival of Hard-Right Political Discourses on Immigration in Contemporary Britain: Echoes of Enoch Powell in Nigel Farage’s Discourse – Jane Ekstam – On Memorylands and Sea of Memories: Empathy and Historical Memory in Twenty-First-Century Europe – David Clark – Sins of the Fathers: Recent Crime Fiction and the Challenges of Policing a New Northern Ireland – Slávka Tomaščíková – Postmillennial Food Narratives in the Media: Cooking and Feeding Social Practices – Part II: Gender – Estella Tincknell: Domestic Drudges and Difficult Aunties: Older Asian Women in British Film and Television Comedy – María del Mar Ramón-Torrijos: Romantic Love, Drama and Self-Realization in Marian Keyes’ Postfeminist Narrative – Natalia Magnes: Transgender Communities: Shifting Gender Boundaries, Shifting Language – José Manuel Estévez-Saá: Reading Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire Transculturally – Part III: Space – Armela Panajoti: Branding Albania through Social Media: A Comparative Semiotic Analysis – Mark E. Casey – Magaluf: End Times for Mass Low Cost British Tourism? – Antonio Bruyèl-Olmedo/Maria Juan-Garau: Tourism and the Visibility of Local Languages: Reflections on the Introduction of Catalan in the Majorcan Tourist Public Space – Roberta Piazza: Reminiscing the Holocaust: Co-Constructed Narratives of Identity.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781789972795
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/94667?format=EPDF
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