ReFiguring global challenges literary and cinematic explorations of war, inequality, and migration / edited by Amanda Minervini, Amelie Björck, Omri Grinberg, and Amrita Ghosh.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023. |
| Description | xiv, 168 pages : color illustration ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Minervini, Amanda. |
| Other author/creator | Björck, Amelie. |
| Other author/creator | Grinberg, Omri. |
| Other author/creator | Ghosh, Amrita. |
| Series | Cross/cultures, 0924-1426 ; volume 221 |
| Abstract | "An important task for scholars of cultural studies and the humanities, as well as for artistic creators, is to refigure the frames and concepts by which the world as we know it is kept in place. Without these acts of refiguration, the future could only ever be more of the (violent) same. In close dialogue with literary and cinematic works and practices, the essays of this volume help refigure and rethink such pressing contemporary issues as migration, inequality, racism, post-coloniality, political violence and human-animal relations. A range of fresh perspectives are introduced, amounting to a call for intellectuals to remain critically engaged with the social and planetary"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023024164 |
| ISBN | 9789004677609 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |