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Peter Lotar war ein bedeutender Akteur im deutsch-tschechischen Kulturtransfer. Sein Gesamtwerk, das autobiographische Romane, Dramen und Hörspiele umfasst, spiegelt eine christlich-humanistische Weltanschauung wider und zeichnet sich vor allem durch die Arbeit an und mit autobiographischen Texten aus. Erstmals werden Leben und Werk des Schweizer Schriftstellers, Schauspielers und Kulturvermittlers Peter Lotar (1910 Prag–1986 Ennetbaden) in ihrer Gesamtheit vorgestellt. Der in Prag geborene Lotar begriff seine facettenreiche kulturelle und schriftstellerische Praxis als Vermittlungstätigkeit: zwischen mehreren Kultur- und Sprachräumen sowie als Vermittlung christlicher Werte und humanis...
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A History of Central European Women's Writing offers a unique survey of literature from the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. It illustrates the development of women's writing in the region from the middle ages to the present day, placing individual writers in their social and political context and showing how processes shaping their lives are reflected in their works.
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The nineteenth century witnessed a discursive explosion around the subject of sex. Historical evidence indicates that the sexual behaviour which had always been punishable began to be spoken of, regulated, and policed in new ways. Prostitutes were no longer dragged through the town, dunked in lakes, whipped and branded. Medieval forms of punishment shifted from the emphasis on punishing the body to punishing the mind. Building on the work of Foucault, Walkowitz, and Mort, Linda Mahood traces and examines new approached emerging throughout the nineteenth century towards prostitution and looks at the apparatus and institutions created for its regulation and control. In particular, throughout t...