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2011

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Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior To Southern Redeemer, By Rod Andrew, Jr., Fritz Hamer Nov 2011

Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior To Southern Redeemer, By Rod Andrew, Jr., Fritz Hamer

Fritz Hamer

A review of Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer, by Rod Andrew, Jr.

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Wade Hampton: Conflicted Leader Of The Conservative Democracy?, Fritz Hamer Nov 2011

Wade Hampton: Conflicted Leader Of The Conservative Democracy?, Fritz Hamer

Fritz Hamer

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Writing As Migration: Brian Castro, Multiculturalism And The Politics Of Identity, Wenche Ommundsen Nov 2011

Writing As Migration: Brian Castro, Multiculturalism And The Politics Of Identity, Wenche Ommundsen

Wenche Ommundsen

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Looking Australia In The Face: Politics And Contemporary Literary Practice, Wenche Ommundsen Nov 2011

Looking Australia In The Face: Politics And Contemporary Literary Practice, Wenche Ommundsen

Wenche Ommundsen

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Reflexivity In Fiction: Poetics And Politics, Wenche Ommundsen Nov 2011

Reflexivity In Fiction: Poetics And Politics, Wenche Ommundsen

Wenche Ommundsen

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Trauma And The Limits Of Redemptive Critique, Richard R. Weiner, Karl P. Benziger Jun 2011

Trauma And The Limits Of Redemptive Critique, Richard R. Weiner, Karl P. Benziger

Karl P. Benziger

The authors continue to test the limits of Emile Durkheim/Maurice Halbwachs approach to collective identity in the experiences of trauma, shame, and yearning related to the ill-fated Hungarian Revolution. In a more poststructuralist vein the authors move from a focus on piacular subjectivity to one of baroque subjectivity, especially in understanding the October 2006 fiftieth anniversary commemorations of the Revolution in Budapest. Specifically, what indexical undercurrents of disposition persist and can not be ignored in attempts at redemptive critique, as well as in colonized nostalgia and the re-enactment of pathos. To what extent do the commemorations of the 1956 Revolution …

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Literature Is Language: An Interview With Amara Lakhous, Claudia Esposito Dec 2010

Literature Is Language: An Interview With Amara Lakhous, Claudia Esposito

Claudia Esposito

Amara Lakhous, born and raised in Algeria, has had a significant impact on the changing landscape of contemporary Italian letters and cultural production. He is the author of three novels, all of which he has written in both Arabic and Italian. His best known work is the much‐acclaimed Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio (2006)/Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio (2008), now translated into numerous languages, including French, German and Dutch. Lakhous draws on his position as cultural mediator to elucidate the importance of fiction in today's contentious debates over national identities. In …

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The Many Shades Of Praise: Politics And Panegyrics In Fifteenth-Century Florentine Diplomacy, Brian Jeffrey Maxson Dec 2010

The Many Shades Of Praise: Politics And Panegyrics In Fifteenth-Century Florentine Diplomacy, Brian Jeffrey Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

Fifteenth-century diplomatic protocol required the city of Florence to send diplomats to congratulate both new and militarily victorious rulers.  Diplomats on such missions poured praise on their triumphant allies and new rulers at friendly locations.  However, political realities also meant that these diplomats would sometimes have to praise rulers whose accession or victory opposed Florentine interests.  Moreover, different allies and enemies required different levels of praise.  Jealous rulers compared the gifts, status, and oratory that they received from Florence to the Florentine entourages sent to their neighbors.  Sending diplomats with too little or too much social status and eloquence could …

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