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De-Centring Cultural Studies
The academic resistance that cultural studies has encountered remains especially visible in Eastern and Southern European countries. One such example is Spain, where cultural studies is seen at best as an emergent research field. Hence the interest of this volume, conceived in Spain by an all-Spanish editorial team and written by a diverse range of authors who prove that, in spite of all difficulties, cultural studies continues to bloom – even in Southern and Eastern Europe. The different chapters offer interdisciplinary insights into a wide selection of cultural materials whose relevance goes well beyond purely aesthetic issues. Altogether, the volume (1) provides interesting theoretical ...
On Cultural Diversity
Cultural diversity has been for years a most debated issue in contemporary academia. The nine essays included in this volume aim to contribute to the ongoing debate, narrowing its scope, and serving as an introduction to the topic in the specific context of Great Britain and English-speaking North America. Thus, they all offer critical appraisals of different, though in many respects related, cultural phenomena and/or cultural forms be they in the British, Canadian or US context in order to reveral the problematic situation of specific social groups and related subcultures, as well as their relation to their country’s dominant discourses.
Content-based Language Learning in Multilingual Educational Environments
The spread of English as an international language along with the desire to maintain local languages lead us to consider multilingualism as the norm rather than the exception. Consequently, bi/multilingual education has bloomed over the last decades. This volume deals with one such type of education currently in the spotlight as an essentially European strategy to multilingualism, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), in which curricular content is taught through a foreign language. The book contributes new empirical evidence on its effects on linguistic and attitudinal outcomes focusing on bi/multilingual learners who acquire English as an additional language. Moreover, it presents critical analyses of factors influencing multilingual education, the effects of CLIL on both language and content learning, and the contrast between CLIL and other models of instruction. The research presented suggests that CLIL can greatly enhance language acquisition in multilingual settings.
Commenting on Texts. Literature, History, the Media
This handbook has been designed to help English students master critical text interpretation. It is especially tailored to students of English at Spanish universities, inquisitive readers and the intellectually curious, in any case. Much more than a volume of analysis or textual commentary, the main aim of this handbook is to demonstrate to students that the strategies required for critical reading and analysis are very similar in procedure, regardless of the nature of a text. Be that as it may, this handbook aims to banish students’ fears of text analysis, guide them in their reading exercises, outline the organisation of ideas in a commentary table and demonstrate how to cite and include bibliographies or references lists. The book is divided into theoretical and practical sections and includes commentaries and a glossary to explain the fundamental concepts in the area.
Culture and Power
Questions of identity and identification are among the most important evolving concerns of contemporary cultural studies. Through processes of personal identification with discursively constructed subject positions, identities emerge across a wide range of cultural practices in the course of social interactions involving the use of language and other semiotic systems manifested in cultural artefacts of various kinds. The present collection includes a selection of papers on the topic of identity and identification in cultural studies today. Incorporating theoretical contributions and practical case studies, this monograph adds to contemporary debates on identity-forging practices from various...
Making Sense of Popular Culture
The study of popular culture has come of age, and is now an area of central concern for the well-established domain of cultural studies. In a context where research in popular culture has become closely intertwined with current debates within cultural studies, this volume provides a selection of recent insights into the study of the popular from cultural studies perspectives. Dealing with issues concerning representation, cultural production and consumption or identity construction, this anthology includes chapters analysing a range of genres, from film, television, fiction, drama and print media to painting, in various contexts through a number of cultural studies-oriented theoretical and m...
The Affective Dimension in Second Language Acquisition
This volume presents a series of empirical studies which focus on affectivity in relation to both individual learner differences, and language learning experiences, motivation and attitudes. The volume also elaborates on affectivity in various contexts of FL use and in different educational settings such as CLIL or e-learning.
