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Postcolonial Literatures in English

An Introduction

By: Anke Bartels,Lars Eckstein,Nicole Waller,Dirk Wiemann

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Postcolonial Literatures in English

An Introduction

By: Anke Bartels,Lars Eckstein,Nicole Waller,Dirk Wiemann

The term ‘postcolonial literatures in English’ designates English-language literatures from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania, as well as the literatures of diasporic communities who have moved from those regions to the global north. This volume introduces the central themes of postcolonial literary studies and delineates how these themes are reflected and elaborated in exemplary literary works by postcolonial authors from around the world. It also offers succinct definitions of key terms like Orientalism, hybridity, Indigeneity or writing back.

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3476055981

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Genres of Modernity

Contemporary Indian Novels in English

By: Dirk Wiemann

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Genres of Modernity

Contemporary Indian Novels in English

By: Dirk Wiemann

Genres of Modernity maps the conjunctures of critical theory and literary production in contemporary India. The volume situates a sample of representative novels in the discursive environment of the ongoing critical debate on modernity in India, and offers for the first time a rigorous attempt to hold together the stimulating impulses of postcolonial theory, subaltern studies and the boom of Indian fiction in English. In opposition to the entrenched narrative of modernity as a single, universally valid formation originating in the West, the theoretical and literary texts under discussion engage in a shared project of refiguring the present as a site of heterogeneous genres of modernity. The book traces these figurative efforts with particular attention to the treatment of two privileged metonymies of modernity: the issues of time and home in Indian fiction. Combining close readings of literary texts from Salman Rushdie to Kiran Nagarkar with a wide range of philosophical, sociological and historiographic reflections, Genres of Modernity is of interest not only for students of postcolonial literatures but for academics in the fields of Cultural Studies at large.

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BRILL

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9401206546

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9789401206549

Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism

By: Dirk Wiemann

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Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism

By: Dirk Wiemann

Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism takes stock of developments in the scholarship of seventeenth-century English republicanism by looking at the movements and schools of thought that have shaped the field over the decades: the linguistic turn, the cultural turn and the religious turn. While scholars of seventeenth-century republicanism share their enthusiasm for their field, they have approached their subject in diverse ways. The contributors to the present volume have taken the opportunity to bring these approaches together in a number of case studies covering republican language, republican literary and political culture, and republican religion, to paint a lively picture of the state of the art in republican scholarship. The volume begins with three chapters influenced by the theory and methodology of the linguistic turn, before moving on to address cultural history approaches to English republicanism, including both literary culture and (practical) political culture. The final section of the volume looks at how religion intersected with ideas of republican thought. Taken together the essays demonstrate the vitality and diversity of what was once regarded as a narrow topic of political research.

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Routledge

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1317081757

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Anglophone Verse Novels as Gutter Texts

Postcolonial Literature and the Politics of Gaps

By: Dirk Wiemann

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Anglophone Verse Novels as Gutter Texts

Postcolonial Literature and the Politics of Gaps

By: Dirk Wiemann

Anglophone Verse Novels as Gutter Texts draws on the notion of the 'gutter' in graphic narratives the gap between panels that a reader has to imaginatively fill to generate narrative sequence to analyse the largely overlooked literary form of the verse novel. Marked at all levels by the tense constellation of segment and sequence, and a conspicuously 'gappy' texture, verse novels offer productive alternatives to the dominant prose novel in contemporary fiction, where a similar 'gappiness' has become a hallmark, as illustrated by the loosely interlaced multi-strand plot structures of influential 'world novels' (Bolaño, Mitchell, Powers). The verse novel is a form particularly prolific in the postcolonial world and among diasporic or minoritarian writers in the Global North. This study concentrates on two of the most prominent areas in which verse novels distinguish themselves from the prose novel to read texts by Derek Walcott, Anne Carson, Bernardine Evaristo, Patience Agbabi and others: In 'planetary' verse novels from the Caribbean, Canada, Samoa and Hawai'i, the central trope of the volcano evokes a world in constant un/making; while post-national verse novels, particularly in Britain, modify the established paradigms of imagined communities. Dirk Wiemann's study speculates whether the resurgence of verse novels correlates with the apprehension of inhabiting a world that has become unpredictable and dangerous but also promising: a 'post-prosaic' world.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501399519

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Anglophone Verse Novels as Gutter Texts

Postcolonial Literature and the Politics of Gaps

By: Dirk Wiemann

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Postcolonial Literature and the Politics of Gaps

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Systemic Competitiveness

New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development

By: Klaus Esser,Wolfgang Hillebrand,Dirk Messner,Jörg Meyer-Stamer

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Systemic Competitiveness

New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development

By: Klaus Esser,Wolfgang Hillebrand,Dirk Messner,Jörg Meyer-Stamer

The authors emphasize that an economy's competitiveness relies on purposive and intermeshed measures at the meta-, macro-, meso-, and micro- level and a multidimensional guidance concept consisting of competition, dialogue and shared decision-making which integrates the key groups of actors.

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183

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Routledge

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113521266X

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Intercultural Management

Concepts, Practice, Critical Reflection

By: Dirk Holtbrügge

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Intercultural Management

Concepts, Practice, Critical Reflection

By: Dirk Holtbrügge

This textbook explores the reasons for intercultural differences and their effects on the behavior of individuals and organizations within the context of management. The text embraces the presence of ambiguity and complexity and encourages critical thinking when it comes to intercultural relations in order to avoid ethnocentrism, stereotyping and prejudice, as well as overly simplistic solutions. Integrating findings from management, but also the humanities and social sciences, as well as politics and popular culture, intercultural management is understood as a phenomenon that transcends disciplinary boundaries and includes questions around identity constructions, power relations, and ethics. This makes intercultural management a fascinating and rewarding subject to study. Throughout, the author encourages an analytical approach to intercultural management built upon strong methodological foundations, and draws on examples from a wide range of different contexts and cultures to help reflectively translate research and concepts into practice in a way that is lively and engaging. This textbook is essential reading for students taking university courses related to intercultural management. Lecturers can visit the companion website to access a Teaching Guide and PowerPoint slides that can be adapted and edited to suit teaching needs. Dirk Holtbrügge is Professor of International Management at the School of Business, Economics and Society, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

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SAGE

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1529791014

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Failure Analysis of Wood and Wood-Based Products

By: Dirk Lukowsky

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Failure Analysis of Wood and Wood-Based Products

By: Dirk Lukowsky

PRACTICAL, PROVEN METHODS FOR WOOD FAILURE ANALYSIS Written by an expert in the field, this authoritative resource presents tested techniques for conducting in-depth, professional investigations of failures involving wood and wood-based products. The book offers a detailed look at the various causes of damage to wood, including material characteristics, design and conditions of use, and chemical influences. State-of-the-art forensic analysis methods such as tracking of relevant features, physical and chemical analysis, and microscopy are provided. This comprehensive guide shows you how to conduct efficient, costeffective, and reproducible wood failure investigations on site and in the laboratory and deliver accurate findings and conclusions. Failure Analysis of Wood and Wood-Based Products covers: Investigation strategy Methods of investigation Interpretation of features and distributions Examples of failures

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071839380

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Genres of Modernity

Contemporary Indian Novels in English

By: Dirk Wiemann

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Contemporary Indian Novels in English

By: Dirk Wiemann

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Rodopi

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9042024933

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Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism

By: Dirk Wiemann

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Postcolonial Literatures in English

Postcolonial Literatures in English

Genres of Modernity

Genres of Modernity

Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism

Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism

Anglophone Verse Novels as Gutter Texts

Anglophone Verse Novels as Gutter Texts

Anglophone Verse Novels as Gutter Texts

Anglophone Verse Novels as Gutter Texts

Systemic Competitiveness

Systemic Competitiveness

Intercultural Management

Intercultural Management

Failure Analysis of Wood and Wood-Based Products

Failure Analysis of Wood and Wood-Based Products

Genres of Modernity

Genres of Modernity

Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism

Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism

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