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World War II in Contemporary German and Dutch Fiction

The Generation of Meta-Memory

By: Jan Lensen

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World War II in Contemporary German and Dutch Fiction

The Generation of Meta-Memory

By: Jan Lensen

World War II in Contemporary German and Dutch Fiction: The Generation of Meta-Memory offers a comparative study of the construction of World War II memory in contemporary German, Flemish, and Dutch literature. More specifically, it investigates in what ways the large temporal distance to the historical events has impacted how literary writers from these three literatures have negotiated its meaning and form during the last decades. To that end, this book offers analyses of nine novels that demonstrate a pronounced reflexivity on the conditions of contemporary remembering. Rather than a dig for historical truth or a struggle with historical trauma, these novels reflect on the transmission, the narrative shapes, the formation processes, and the functions of World War II memory today, while asserting a self-conscious and often irreverent approach toward established mnemonic routines, practices, and rules. As the analyses show, this approach is equally articulated through the novels’ poetics, which are marked by a large formal diversity and a playfulness that highlights mnemonic agency, a posttraumatic positioning, and the ascendency of the literary over the historiographical. Based on these findings, this book proposes the emergence of a new paradigm within the postwar cultural assessment of World War II: the generation of meta-memory.

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1000350053

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Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia

Comparative and Historical Colonialism

By: Jan van Bremen,Akitoshi Shimizu

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Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia

Comparative and Historical Colonialism

By: Jan van Bremen,Akitoshi Shimizu

For a time it was almost a cliche to say that anthropology was a handmaiden of colonialism - by which was usually meant 'Western' colonialism. And this insinuation was assumed to somehow weaken the theoretical claims of anthropology and its fieldwork achievements. What this collection demonstrates is that colonialism was not only a Western phenomenon, but 'Eastern' as well. And that Japanese or Chinese anthropologists were also engaged in studying subject peoples. But wherever they were and whoever they were anthropologists always had a complex and problematic relationship with the colonial state. The latter saw some anthropologists' sympathy for 'the natives' as a threat, while on the other hand anthropological knowledge was used for the training of colonial officials. The impact of the colonial situation on the formation of anthropological theories is an important if not easily answered question, and the comparison of experiences in Asia offered in this book further helps to illuminate this complex relationship.

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418

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1136105867

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Between Prometheism and Realpolitik

Poland and Soviet Ukraine, 1921-1926

By: Jan Jacek Bruski

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Between Prometheism and Realpolitik

Poland and Soviet Ukraine, 1921-1926

By: Jan Jacek Bruski

The Treaty of Riga of March 1921 did not signify real peace. It was soon followed by the outbreak of a Polish-Soviet cold war, which in the early 1920s threatened to reach a boiling point. One of the salient fronts on which it was fought was Ukraine and the Ukrainian question. The means by which it was waged – first by Poland, and subsequently, more successfully, by the Soviets – was by attempts to stir up centrifugal tendencies on enemy territory, leading eventually to the splitting up of the neighboring state along its national seams. Polish-Soviet rivalry over Ukraine had flared up at the Riga peace conference. In the following years both antagonists struggled to win over the sympathies of Ukrainians living on either side of the frontier River Zbrucz (Zbruch) and dispersed in various émigré centers, and the weapons employed were propaganda, diplomacy, nationalities policy, economic projects, political subterfuge, and armed irredentism. Jan Jacek Bruski's book addresses the first, very important phase of this Polish-Soviet tussle.

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Wydawnictwo UJ

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8323395845

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9788323395843

Tissue Engineering

By: Clemens van Blitterswijk,Jan De Boer

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Tissue Engineering

By: Clemens van Blitterswijk,Jan De Boer

Tissue Engineering is a comprehensive introduction to the engineering and biological aspects of this critical subject. With contributions from internationally renowned authors, it provides a broad perspective on tissue engineering for students coming to the subject for the first time. In addition to the key topics covered in the previous edition, this update also includes new material on the regulatory authorities, commercial considerations as well as new chapters on microfabrication, materiomics and cell/biomaterial interface. - Effectively reviews major foundational topics in tissue engineering in a clear and accessible fashion - Includes state of the art experiments presented in break-out boxes, chapter objectives, chapter summaries, and multiple choice questions to aid learning - New edition contains material on regulatory authorities and commercial considerations in tissue engineering

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891

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Academic Press

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0124202101

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9780124202108

Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater

By: Jan Sjåvik

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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater

By: Jan Sjåvik

The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse Sagas to the present day. While much of it is unknown outside of the region, some has gained worldwide popularity, including the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, the stories of Isak Dinesen, and the plays of Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. While obviously including the area's most famous works, the Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater also provides information on lesser known authors and currents trends, literary circles and journals, and historical background. This is accomplished through a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries, which together make this reference the most comprehensive and up to date work of its kind related to Scandinavian literature and theater available anywhere.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810865017

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9780810865013

World War II in Contemporary German and Dutch Fiction

The Generation of Meta-Memory

By: Jan Lensen

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The Generation of Meta-Memory

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Book's by Jan Lensen

World War II in Contemporary German and Dutch Fiction

World War II in Contemporary German and Dutch Fiction

Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia

Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia

Between Prometheism and Realpolitik

Between Prometheism and Realpolitik

Tissue Engineering

Tissue Engineering

Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater

Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater

World War II in Contemporary German and Dutch Fiction

World War II in Contemporary German and Dutch Fiction

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