Author: Kossi Komla-Ebri
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838640203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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"Komla-Ebri writes about what he knows best: Togo remembered and revisited, Italy as his country of adoption, cross-cultural diversity and similarity, the challenges of assimilation and retention of cultural identity, and the struggle of the individual within these contexts. Each of these contexts, characteristic of today's migrant writers, are reassumed in the universal theme of nostalgia and return that is the inspiration and theme of Neyla. With this theme and through the use of various narrative strategies, Komla-Ebri has achieved, in Neyla, a universal lyric quality that transcends the categorization of African-Italian and places him in the mainstream of Italian and world literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Elisabeth Bekers
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9042025387
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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The swelling flows of migration from Africa towards Europe have aroused interest not only in the socio-political consequences of the migrants' insistent appeals to 'fortress Europe' but also in the artistic integration of African migrants into the cultural world of Europe. While in recent years the creative output of Africans living in Europe has received attention from the media and in academia, little critical consideration has been given to African migrants' modes of narration and the manner in which these modes give expression to, or are an expression of, their creators' transcultural realities. Transcultural Modernities: Narrating Africa in Europe responds to this need for reflection by examining the manner in which migrants compose and negotiate their Euro-African affiliations in their narratives. The book brings together scholars in the fields of literary and art criticism, cultural studies, and anthropology for an extensive interdisciplinary exchange on the specific modes of narration displayed in Euro-African literatures, the visual arts, and cinema, as well as offering ethnographic case studies. The result is a wide range of reflections on how African artists, writers, and ordinary people living in Europe experience and explore their transcultural and/or postcolonial environments, and how their experiences and explorations in turn contribute to the construction of modern Euro-African life-worlds.
Author: Meliha Avdic
Publisher: Meliha Avdic
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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Just Another Life is a novel about an old woman, May, who is haunted by a seemingly irrelevant memory from her youth that she must share to find peace. Everything in life is relative, so is it any wonder that the way we judge our life is in comparison to others? May knew some amazing people so to her, her life was ordinary. To make matters worse, she cannot figure out why one seemingly insignificant part of her life keeps haunting her so much that she is compelled to write it all; every conversation she can still hear though they happened many decades ago. Reader’s reviews: This book is a unique and amazing work of art. If May’s life is ‘Just Another Life’, then there is no such thing as an extraordinary life, we can all just relax. I love the characters, and it’s been a pleasure to eavesdrop on their conversations. The story is great. The characters are great. The messages are inspiring. Loved the inspiration; at times I had to close the book and think about things I just hear Benjamin say. Loved it. Unique plot built around the moral of the story, with well-developed characters holding everything together, yet they fail to hold their own lives. Unique delivery of a unique message, yet they fail to hold their own lives, changing to fit into their new environment that is changed by outside forces. Unique delivery of a unique message.
Author: F. Scott Scribner
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271034750
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Hundreds of buildings, thousands of people, countless stories&—there&’s always more to learn about Penn State, no matter how much time you&’ve spent there. This Is Penn State: An Insider&’s Guide to the University Park Campus will enlighten anyone with an interest in the University, from visiting parents to lifelong State College residents. This Is Penn State documents the rich history beneath the surface of the Penn State experience, offering facts and figures, essays and anecdotes, obscure trivia, notable quotations, and a wealth of other information about Penn State&’s past, present, and future. Forty of the University&’s most prominent buildings and areas are highlighted, accompanied by more than 120 illustrations, ranging from historical photographs to architectural sketches of buildings not yet completed. Essays by veteran Penn Staters Leon Stout, Craig Zabel, and Gabriel Welsch cover Penn State&’s history, architecture, and changing physical landscape. And when you want to get outside and see the campus firsthand, This Is Penn State is your guidebook to University Park. The four detailed maps take you on a west-to-east walking tour of Penn State&’s buildings, allowing you to understand the development of each area of campus. Over the last 150 years, Penn State has been devoted to scholarship, research, and community service. In honor of the University&’s sesquicentennial and in celebration of the Press&’s fiftieth anniversary, the Penn State Press is proud to offer This Is Penn State as its gift to everyone who feels a connection with &“dear old State.&”
Author: Armstrong
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1604185562
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Foster the development of conventions and editing skills through frequent, focused practice using Daily Editing for students in grade 3. The book includes 180 activities that cover topics such as capitalization, punctuation, grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. The activities are presented as various writing examples, including journal entries, letters, and e-mails. This 192-page book includes practice pages, reviews, a proofreader’s marks chart, an editing checklist, a grammar glossary, and color-coded answer keys. The book supports NCTE standards and aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.
Author: Miloslav Rechcigl Jr.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728321395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 749
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Even though there exist only a few general studies on the subject of Czechoslovak American women, this is not, at all, a reflection of the paucity of work done by these women, as this publication demonstrates. This monograph is a compendium of notable American women with Czechoslovak roots, who distinguished themselves in a particular field or area, from the time they first immigrated to America to date. Included are, not only individuals born on the territory of former Czechoslovakia, but also their descendants. This project has been approached strictly geographically, irrespective of the language or ethnicity. Because of the lack of bibliographical information, most of the monograph comprises biobibliographical information, in which area a plethora of information exists. As the reader will discover, these women have been involved, practically, in every field of human endeavor, in numbers that surprise. On the whole, they have been noted for their independent spirit and nonconforming role.
Author: Anja Peleikis
Publisher: transcript Verlag
ISBN: 3839400457
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
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Globalisation and transnational migration have altered people's understanding of as well as their relationship to their »dwelling places« and »places of origin«. Taking the empirical case of the South Lebanese Shi'ite village of Zrariye and its migrant population in Abidjan/Côte d'Ivoire, the book shows how »place«, which has become a vital political, economic and social resource, continues to be of tremendous significance in the age of mobility and change. »Lebanese in Motion« explores how villagers »at home« and »abroad« are involved in producing a »translocal village-in-the-making«, which emanates as a social field through their practices and narratives. Travel and the means of communication make it possible to keep in constant touch and thus renegotiate kinship, generational and gender relationships beyond local, regional and nation-state boundaries. Particularly interested in understanding how female identities are redefined, the study delineates how gender and place are mutually constituted in the translocal village under study.
Author: Cinzia Sartini Blum
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802097898
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 393
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Sartini Blum demonstrate that women writers and migrant authors in contemporary Italy present journeys as events that are beyond heroic modern exploration and postmodern fragmentation.
Author: Alexander S. Wilkinson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004193413
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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This is the first comprehensive listing of all books published in Spain, Portugal, Mexico and Peru or in Spanish or Portuguese before 1601. Iberian Books offers an analytical short title-catalogue of over 19,000 bibliographically distinct items, with reference to around 100,000 surviving copies in over 1,200 libraries worldwide. By drawing together information from many previously disparate published and online resources, it seeks to provide a single, powerful research resource. Fully-indexed, Iberian Books is an indispensible work of reference for all students and specialists interested in the literature, history and culture of the Iberian Peninsula in the early modern age, as well as historians of the European book world. For the period 1601-1650, see Iberian Books Volumes II & III.
Author: Mack Reynolds
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479426091
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Science fiction and crime go hand-in-tentacle, if you’ll pardon the expression. Many of the science fiction field’s greatest writers also wrote mysteries...and vice versa. And sometimes the science fiction stories were mysteries. Our latest MEGAPACK® contains nothing but those blended SF-and-Mystery stories, by some of the greatest writers in the field. Included are: ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW, by Edward Wellen DragNeuroNet, by John Gregory Betancourt DON'T GET TECHNATAL, by Ron Reynolds THE CEREBRAL LIBRARY, by David H. Keller, M.D. THE FIVE WAY SECRET AGENT, by Mack Reynolds LICENSE TO STEAL, by Louis Newman DELAYED ACTION, by Charles V. De Vet THE MAGIC OF JOE WILKS, by Robert Moore Williams LIFE GOES ON, by Nelson Bond MURDER FROM MARS, by Richard Wilson WOBBLIES IN THE MOON, by Frank Belknap Long THE FREELANCER, by Robert Zacks NO ESCAPE FROM DESTINY, by Arthur Leo Zagat SWEET DREAMS, by Edward Wellen THE LOCUS FOCUS, by Richard Wilson TRACK OF THE BEAST, by Charles V. De Vet THE VOICES, by Edward Wellen THE TOWER, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch THE MIRACLE OF KICKER MCGUIRE, by Robert Moore Williams OSCAR, DETECTIVE OF MARS, by James Norman OSCAR SAVES THE UNION, by James Norman DEATH WALKS IN WASHINGTON, by James Norman OSCAR AND THE TALKING TOTEMS, by James Norman DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR OSCAR, by James Norman THE THIEF OF THOTH, by Lin Carter If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
