Intercultural Crossings : Conflict, Memory and Identity.
Title:
Intercultural Crossings : Conflict, Memory and Identity.
Author:
Marques, Lenia.
ISBN:
9783035261196
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (212 pages)
Series:
Europe des cultures/Europe of cultures ; v.4
Europe des cultures/Europe of cultures
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction 9 - Lénia Marques, Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia and Glória Bastos -- Dynamics of Cultural Landscapes,Identities and Diffusion Processes 23 - João Luís Jesus Fernandes -- Permeable Borderlines: Discovering an Ecocriticaland Architectural Ecotone 37 - Christian Hummelsund Voie -- Women's Journeys to Portugal: Identitary Reconstructionsand Memories of the Country of Origin 51 - Joana Miranda -- "The Heaviness of a History that Couldn't Leave":Diasporic Trauma in Multicultural Canada 67 - Belén Martín-Lucas -- Stories of Lebanese Migration in Brazilian Literature 81 - Rosa Maria Sequeira -- Revisiting History and Identity: National Heroes inContemporary Portuguese Theatre 93 - Glória Bastos -- School Manuals in Estado Novo:The Reproduction of a Sexist and Colonialist Culture 107 - Manuela Malheiro Ferreira and Manuela Tavares -- The Colonial Journey: Confrontations between Europe and Africa 121 - Maria Isabel João -- Colluding Strokes: Imperialistic Brutality and Affection in André Brink's The Other Side of Silence 139 - Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia -- Heart of Violence and Healing Words: Europe, Decolonization and Mobility 151 - Joana Passos -- From Anglophone to Danophone Postcolonialism: The Difficulties of Developing a Critique 161 - Lars Jensen -- Creating Stories, Mapping Memories: Nicolas Bouvier at Intercultural Crossings 177 - Lénia Marques -- Bakhtinian Dialogism and the Adding of Meaning 189 - Dionísio Vila Maior -- Notes on Contributors 205.
Abstract:
Intercultural crossings, which are at the core of our contemporary society, are underpinned and shaped by three essential elements: time, space and people. Such encounters and interactions have the capacity not only to promote diversity and a healthy exchange of ideas, but also to act as a catalyst for conflict. This volume examines the topics of conflict, memory and identity through a collection of insightful viewpoints and perspectives, reflecting a diversity of cultural and social backgrounds, which combine to give a contemporary interdisciplinary analysis of cultural interactions and their effects. The themes covered by the authors, such as memory and forgetfulness, migration, ecological concerns, mixed cultural landscapes, storytelling, postcolonial trauma and internal struggles for identity, offer the reader a fascinating glimpse into the ongoing and evolving social debate about identity and purpose.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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