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In Good Victims, Roxani Krystalli investigates the politics of victimhood as a feminist question. Based on in-depth engagement in Colombia over the course of a decade, Krystalli shows how victimhood becomes a pillar of reimagining the state in the wake of war, and of bringing a vision of that state into being through bureaucratic encounters. The book also sheds light on the ethical and methodological dilemmas that arise when contemplating the legacies of transitional justice mechanisms.
Interpreting the New Milenio is a collection of essays analyzing the past, present and future directions of Chicano Literature. Beginning with the presence of Spanish conquistadors in the U.S. and ending with contemporary authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Interpreting the New Milenio covers well-known Chicano authors as well as lesser known 19th-century Hispanic writers. The essays in the collection examine Chicano literature as well as its precedents as a whole, so as to find the keys for the interpretation of the challenges posed by the new millennium.
This book represents an attempt to tackle questions related to fragmented and often conflicting ideologies within Irish studies. Although a collective outcome, with contributions in English and Spanish, its unifying concern has been the appliance of postcolonial and gender perspectives to the analysis of Irish literature (prose, drama and verse) and cinema, as well as to the aesthetic production of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Along the volume, while some authors have chosen to delve into the broad theoretical debate concerning the position of Irish studies within postcolonial and feminist theories, others offer detailed examinations of specific literary pieces and authors that fit in this panorama. All in all, the chapters are wide and diverse enough to trace a spatial and temporal map of the evolution of these paradigms within contemporary Irish studies, North and South of the border.
Literary production is increasingly shaped by globalization and the complex nature of cultural, political, and social interaction. As such, longstanding colonial and postcolonial relations between Africa and Europe have yielded a range of challenging questions, and new generations of writers with roots in Africa have invariably found themselves navigating new geographic terrains and negotiating racialized identities, while simultaneously exploring the potential of literature in addressing the...
Recopilación de gran parte de las conferencias y comunicaciones presentadas al Primer Seminario Internacional sobre Género y Lenguaje (el género de la traducción - la traducción del género), celebrado en la Universidad de Valencia, durante los días 16, 17 y 18 de octubre de 2002. Se trataba de la primera vez en que unas reflexiones sobre dicha temática se celebraban en Valencia: unas reflexiones de auténtico carácter internacional, con acercamientos y propuestas diversos. Los artículos incluidos en estas actas van desde la representación de la mujer en la lengua y la cultura hasta la traducción feminista, pasando por el estudio del género en la lengua y el discurso o la enseñanza del género y de la traducción.
This book explores the question of female identity and subjectivity through a series of articles on Spanish and Latin American women writers. Collaborators to this commemorative volume include such internationally known scholars such as Randolph Pope, Eunice Myers, María Salgado, María-Elena Bravo, etc. “[This volume] affords the opportunity to read some fine articles that shed light on the work of various Hispanic women writers.”— Kathleen M. Glenn, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos.
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Este livro tem como base de sua discussão as Diretrizes Curriculares para a formação em Serviço Social da ABEPSS de 1996. Os capítulos dialogam com os eixos norteadores das Diretrizes Curriculares que se desdobram em conteúdos curriculares e disciplinas, sendo eles: Trabalho e Questão Social; Teoria Social; Formação Social e Realidade Brasileira; Movimentos Sociais; Políticas Sociais; Relações étnico-raciais, de gênero e sexualidades; Fundamentos históricos, teóricos e metodológicos do Serviço Social; Ética Profissional; Estágio Supervisionado em Serviço Social e os desafios do tripé ensino, pesquisa e extensão na formação profissional.