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Identity(ies)

A multicultural and Multidisciplinary Approach

By: ANA PAULA ARNAUT

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Identity(ies)

A multicultural and Multidisciplinary Approach

By: ANA PAULA ARNAUT

At a time when the world watches in horror the unfolding drama of millions of refugees and the anxiety of identity figures prominently among globalization’s many side effects, this is certainly a very timely book, with contributions that address the momentous issues at hand in ways that are not just varied but also surprisingly illuminating. It seems only appropriate that the book starts and ends (“Whoever is not Greek is a barbarian”; “The Women of the Other and us”) with well contextualized, historical / theoretical reflexions on the unfailingly self-serving construction and ultimate appropriation of “the other”, be it the supposedly inarticulate savage of neighboring barbarian shores or the haunting background presence of Arab women - the barely acknowledged half of the West’s reified “Rest”. ln fact, although the chronological distance between the two historical moments is such as to discourage hasty generalizations, the continuities and the potential relevance are just too striking to be ignored.

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Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press

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9892614828

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9789892614823

Identity(ies)

A multicultural and Multidisciplinary Approach

By: ANA PAULA ARNAUT

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Identity(ies)

A multicultural and Multidisciplinary Approach

By: ANA PAULA ARNAUT

At a time when the world watches in horror the unfolding drama of millions of refugees and the anxiety of identity figures prominently among globalization’s many side effects, this is certainly a very timely book, with contributions that address the momentous issues at hand in ways that are not just varied but also surprisingly illuminating. It seems only appropriate that the book starts and ends (“Whoever is not Greek is a barbarian”; “The Women of the Other and us”) with well contextualized, historical / theoretical reflexions on the unfailingly self-serving construction and ultimate appropriation of “the other”, be it the supposedly inarticulate savage of neighboring barbarian shores or the haunting background presence of Arab women - the barely acknowledged half of the West’s reified “Rest”. ln fact, although the chronological distance between the two historical moments is such as to discourage hasty generalizations, the continuities and the potential relevance are just too striking to be ignored.

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227

Publisher

Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press

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ISBN 10

9892614828

ISBN 13

9789892614823