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Bridges Between Cultures : Ties and Knots.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kalaga, Tomasz.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2018.
- Summary:
- Centred on the metaphor of bridges and knots, this volume investigates the dialogic and dialectical relationships between socially dissimilar and topographically distant cultures. The contributions here explore various methodological frameworks for discourses and theories that purport to conceptualize cultural spaces, which - as opposed to objective, geographical areas - are characterized by the propensity to bind topographical distances by means of symbolic ties and perimeters. The chapters address possible juxtapositions and intersections of spatial and temporal dimensions of cultural practice, religious and ethical "ties and knots" between lands and cultures, disconnections between historical, literary and cultural epochs, discourses of cultural entanglement and cultural ensnarement on individual and social levels, and the possibilities of raising aesthetic bridges between various cultures in music, poetry and visual arts, among other topics.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Ties between Lands and Cultures
- Enlightenment and Repatriation
- "Knotty Questions"
- "Ties and slurs"
- Expressive Individualism, the Cult of the Artist as Genius, and Milton's Lucifer
- A Journey to the Roots
- From the River Kwai to Madison County
- Cultural Gaps and Fallen Bridges
- Language and Culture
- Irish-American Interplay in Sam Shepard's Recent Work
- The Ties of Revolution and Redemption, the Knots of Race and Class
- Archival Evidence of Transnational Bridges Built by Women of the Early American Republic
- "Everything is connected to everything else"
- Tourist in the Global Village
- A Loop of String.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781527505674
- 1527505677
- OCLC:
- 1061148437
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