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The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has provided a significant catalyst and a legal mandate for disability rights monitoring, and discussions on disability rights are breaking new ground across disciplines. Disability, Rights Monitoring, and Social Change is an important and timely collection that explores and challenges the ways in which disability rights are monitored. The contributors to this edited volume range from grassroots activists to international scholars and United Nations advisors. The chapters address the current theoretical, methodological, and practical issues surrounding disability rights monitoring and offer a detailed look at law a...
Traducere de Gabriela Russo Imago este ultimul stadiu în metamorfoza unei insecte, în care aceasta atinge maturitatea, fiind aptă de a se reproduce. Pentru Ludmila Ulițkaia, termenul devine o metaforă care străbate întregul roman și sugerează maturizarea morală a ființei umane. O construcție epică impresionantă, în care tragedia e mereu subminată de elementele comice, un mare roman despre iubire, destine și caractere, Imago acoperă peste o jumătate de secol de istorie, de la funeraliile faraonice ale lui Stalin până la moartea poetului exilat Iosif Brodski. Ludmila Ulițkaia propune o frescă a Rusiei într-o epocă în care teroarea se îmblânzise doar întru câtva, d...
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African literature is a vast subject of growing output and interest. Written especially for students, this book selectively surveys the topic in a clear and accessible way. Included are roughly 600 alphabetically arranged entries on writers, genres, and major works. Many entries cite works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Africa is a land of contrasts and of diverse cultures and traditions. It is also a land of conflict and creativity. The literature of the continent draws upon a fascinating body of oral traditions and lore and also reflects the political turmoil of the modern world. With the increased interest in cultural diversity and the gr...
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