Isbn: 9783534450282 - eccentricity: culture from the margins (3 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Eccentricity is a stereotype of Englishness. Yet despite its popularity, it has not merited much academic investigation. The present study offers a theoretically grounded overview of the emergence, structures and artistic productions resulting from eccentricity. It starts with its prehistory in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance before pinpointing its emergence in the seventeenth century. From then onwards it serves to negotiate cultural dissent and make it productive. What goes hand in hand with eccentricity is the individual, not as essentially given, but as relational. In the same way that eccentricity has textual and intertextual origins, eccentrics, despite their seeming singularity, form patterns. These can be used as cultural 'fertiliser' or as facades in the case of present-day British politicians. The study offers a re-reading of English Literature and Culture from the margins as well as theoretical outlooks in the directions of Gender and Postcolonial Studies.…

Kt - (OVK: 45,00). Zustand: Sehr gut. 288 S. MÄNGELEXEMPLAR: UNGELESEN und VOLLSTÄNDIG, aber mit leichten äußeren LAGER-/TRANSPORTSPUREN. Mit einem STEMPEL im BUCHSCHNITT als Mängelexemplar gekennzeichnet. Sofort versandfertig! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 516.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Eccentricity | Culture from the Margins | Rainer Emig | Buch | 288 S. | Englisch | 2023 | WBG Academic | EAN 9783534450282 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: wbg Academic in der Verlag Herder GmbH, Hermann-Herder-Str. 4, 79104 Freiburg, dau[at]herder[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.