Deviant women : cultural, linguistic and literary approaches to narratives of femininity

Manners, Norms and Transgressions in the History of English: Literary and Linguistic Approaches 9027207461, 9789027207463

This volume traces the multifaceted concept of manners in the history of English from the late medieval through the earl

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A Poetics of Neurosis: Narratives of Normalcy and Disorder in Cultural and Literary Texts 9783839441329

While psychiatry and the neurosciences have dismissed the concept of neurosis as too vague for medical purposes, in rece

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Linguistic and Cultural Aspects of Specialised Translation Linguistic and Cultural Aspects of Specialised Translation 9788371939112, 9788371939129

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Approaches to Walter Benjamin’s «The Arcades Project» (Literary and Cultural Theory) 9783631736371, 9783631736388, 9783631736395, 9783631736401

Walter Benjamin is one of the most important figures of modern culture. The authors focus within this book on Benjamin a

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Philosophical and Formal Approaches to Linguistic Analysis 9783110320244, 9783110320015

Articles gathered in the volume focus on traditional and contemporary debates within the philosophy of language, and on

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Fictions of Gender: Women, Femininity, and the Zionist Imagination 9780228018278

The complex legacy of early Zionist women in Israel-Palestinian politics. Fictions of Gender explores how contemporary

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Philippine English: Linguistic and Literary 9789622099470

The study of English in the Philippines provides insights into issues such as colonial and postcolonial languages and li

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Reading Women: Literary Figures and Cultural Icons from the Victorian Age to the Present 9781442679030

The contributors break new ground by focusing on the impact representations of women readers have had on understandings

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Forgotten Men and Fallen Women: The Cultural Politics of New Deal Narratives 9780801455841

During the Great Depression and into the war years, the Roosevelt administration sought to transform the political, inst

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Revolution and Its Narratives: China's Socialist Literary and Cultural Imaginaries, 1949-1966 9780822374619

Published in China in 2010 and appearing here in English for the first time, Revolution and its Narratives is a historic

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