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This volume locates and explores historical and contemporary sites of contested meanings of Holocaust memory across a range of geographical, geo-political, and disciplinary contexts, identifying and critically engaging with the nature and expression of these meanings within their relevant contexts, elucidating the political, social, and cultural underpinnings and consequences of these meanings, and offering interventions in the contemporary de...

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31. Mai 1945 - 10. Juni 1982) gilt als einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des Neuen Deutschen Films der 70er- und 80er-Jahre. Zhang Yimou (geb. 14. November 1951) ist einer der erfolgreichsten Vertreter der »Fünften Generation« des chinesischen Kinos und trug auf zahlreichen internationalen Filmfestivals stark dazu bei, dass dem modernen chinesischen Film erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit zuteil wurde. Bei den Olympischen Sommersp...

A king's daughter goes against her father's wishes and marries a lowborn gentleman instead of her oafish step-brother. The angry king banishes the husband from Britain so the marriage can be annulled. While the s husband waits in exile in Rome he is drawn into a heated discussion in defence of her honour and matches a wager made against her fidelity. Shown false proof by the cheat who made the wager, the despairing husband sends orders to his ...

It is the story of Romeo and Juliet as Shakespeare presented it, written in prose form, using language adjusted for four hundred years of discovery, commerce, industry and invention which have influenced the words we use and the way we use them.

Before me are the four loves of my life. My husband and three children. Their silhouettes are dancing against the setting sun and the waves crash onto the sand. My life was complete--my childhood dream, a reality. It was the calm before the storm. "Angie! Something is really wrong with Spencer." My dad said calmly, but the shadows lining his face gave him away. Spencer was chest deep in the hot tub, his body was stiff and shaking violently...

This book offers new insight into Shakespeare's modes of characterisation, and his art of performance.

Literature written in English by American writers of Portuguese descent has come of age with the acclaimed work of Frank Gaspar and Katherine Vaz. This study attempts to explore, on the one hand, America's understanding of its ethnic minorities, and on the other, the writers' own ethnic pride and the celebration of their roots. It includes a full length analysis of works by Thomas Braga, Julian Silva, Alfred Lewis, Charles Felix and other voices.

The authors of this collection of essays propose that climate change means serious peril. The approaches begin from archaeology, literature, religion, psychology, sociology, philosophy of science, engineering and sustainable development, as well as 'straight' history. Our argument, however, is not about the science per se. It is about us, our deep and more recent history, and how we arrived at this calamitous impasse. With contributions from a...