ISBN:
9781443816427
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (229 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Cultural Transformations in the English-Speaking World
DDC:
303.409171241
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In a context where cultural transformations have become a basic feature of modern life as people and nations are brought closer together, this book tackles transformations occurring Otherin and across cultures of the English-speaking world in the fields of literature, painting, architecture, photography and films. It helps readers decipher those dynamic phenomena and situate them in a historical perspective. The articles move Otherin and across cultures and mirror the broad range of approaches
Description / Table of Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; ENGLISHING ALECTOR OU LE COQ; CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN AMERICAN EDITIONS OF BRITISH NOVELS; PETER BROOK'S ARTAUDIAN TURN; PART II; KINGSTON'S THE WOMAN WARRIOR AND CHINA MEN; 'A TERRAIN OVERRUN BY THE ENEMY'; THE ART OF FRANCIS BACON, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AND TOM WESSELMANN AS THE LOCUS OF CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PART III; FROM THE PEOPLE'S WAR TO THE COLD WAR; TRANSLATING CULTURE; GEOGRAPHIES OF DIFFERENCE; THE INFINITE SPACE OF THE PARTICULAR; PART IV; FROM APARTHEID TO AIDS
Description / Table of Contents:
'THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TO DAY, AND FOR EVER' (HEBREWS 13:8)TRANSFORMING CULTURE, REWRITING TEXTS; EDITORS;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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