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  • La Mamma

    Interrogating a National Stereotype

    Edited by Penelope Morris, Perry Willson ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The idea of the “mamma italiana” is one of the most widespread and recognizable stereotypes in perceptions of Italian national character both within and beyond Italy. This figure makes frequent appearances in jokes and other forms of popular culture, but it has also been seen as shaping the lived experience of modern-day Italians of both sexes, as well as influencing perceptions of Italy in the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Translating Feminism

    Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text, Place and Agency

    Edited by Maud Anne Bracke, Julia C. Bullock, Penelope Morris, Kristina Schulz ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This edited book addresses the diversity across time and space of the sites, actors and practices of feminist translation from 1945-2000. The contributors examine what happens when a politically motivated text is translated linguistically and culturally, the translators and their aims, and the strategies employed when adapting texts to locally resonating discourses. The collection aims to answer ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Because That's Where Your Heart Is

    by Mike Adamson, Joseph Anderson, T. L. Bodine, Malina Douglas, Ummkukthum Hassan, D. Anne Hines, Hullabaloo22, Valerie Hunter, Ellen McCarthy, R. Tim Morris, Sam Muller, Penelope Price, M. Regan, Iona Rule, Joe Szalinski, Tara Tamburello ...
    Because That's Where Your Heart is a collection of short stories that are all about passion! The 16 selected writers share different perspectives on what really moves hearts and souls, with tales of love enduring, of desire, of longing, of losing and finding – stories that are full of wildness.With collaborations by Mike Adamson, Joseph Anderson, T.L. Bodine, Malina Douglas, Ummkulthum Hassan, D. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Art and Activism in the Age of Globalization / Reflect 8

    Edited by nai010 uitgevers/publishers ...
    Should artists be activists? Is activist art one of an artists primary responsibilities or a pointless sideshow on the fringes of serious politics? The philosopher, writer and art historian Lieven de Cauter, Ruben de Roo and Karel Vanhaesebrouck explore this theme in collaboration with other thinkers and doers in his new book Art and Activism in the Age of Globalization. In a time of globalization ... Read more

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  • The Witches MEGAPACK®: Weirdbook Annual #1

    by Adrian Cole, L.F. Falconer, Paul Dale Anderson, Doug Draa ...
    The first Weirdbook Annual -- The Witches MEGAPACK® -- presents a selection of all-new tales of witches! Included this time are:"Thou Shalt Not Suffer," by Matt Neil Hill"No Holds Bard," by Adrian Cole"Laying the Hairy Book," by Josh Reynolds"Here Is Where Your Proud Waves Halt," by Erica Ruppert"Vicious Circles," by Paul Dale Anderson"Assorted Shades of Red," by Franklyn Searight"Strange Days in ... Read more

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  • Left and Right

    The Significance of a Political Distinction

    by Norberto Bobbio ...
    Series series Themes for the 21st Century
    Following the collapse of communism and the decline of Marxism, some commentators have claimed that we have reached the 'end of history' and that the distinction between Left and Right can be forgotten.In this book - which was a tremendous success in Italy - Norberto Bobbio challenges these views, arguing that the fundamental political distinction between Left and Right, which has shaped the two ... Read more

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  • Globalization and Contemporary Art

    Edited by Jonathan Harris ...
    In a series of newly commissioned essays by both established and emerging scholars, Globalization and Contemporary Art probes the effects of internationalist culture and politics on art across a variety of media. Globalization and Contemporary Art is the first anthology to consider the role and impact of art and artist in an increasingly borderless world.First major anthology of essays concerned ... Read more

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  • Sleeping Beauty

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    Behind a hedge of tangled thorns, a palace sleeps, under the powerful spell of a wicked fairy inside is Sleeping Beauty, waiting for the kiss of a handsome prince to awaken her from her long enchantment…Here is a delightful new version of a traditional fairy tale, specially adapted by Lesley Young and carefully worded with lively text to appeal to all young readers. Every magical moment of this ... Read more

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  • Italian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

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    by Peter Hainsworth, David Robey ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey consider Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present day, looking at themes and issues which have recurred throughout its history and continue to be of importance today.Examining themes such as regional identities, political disunity, and the role of the national language, they also cover a wide range of authors and works ... Read more

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  • Media and Participation

    A Site of Ideological-Democratic Struggle

    by Nico Carpentier ...
    Media and Participation looks at participation as a structurally unstable concept and as the object of a political-ideological struggle that makes it oscillate between minimalist and maximalist versions. This struggle is analysed in theoretical reflections in five fields (democracy, arts, development, spatial planning and media) and in eight different cases of media practice. These case studies ... Read more

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  • The Moral Neoliberal

    Welfare and Citizenship in Italy

    by Andrea Muehlebach ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
    Morality is often imagined to be at odds with capitalism and its focus on the bottom line, but in The Moral Neoliberal morality is shown as the opposite: an indispensible tool for capitalist transformation. Set within the shifting landscape of neoliberal welfare reform in the Lombardy region of Italy, Andrea Muehlebach tracks the phenomenal rise of voluntarism in the wake of the state’s withdrawal ... Read more

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