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Translating cultures in search of human universals / edited by Ikram Ahmed Elsherif.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, Donald E. (Donald Edward), 1934-.
- Brown, Donald E.
- Culture.
- Universals (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, [2021]
- Summary:
- Informed by the anthropological research of Professor Donald E. Brown on human universals, this book compiles 10 articles exploring the representation of common human cultural practices and concerns in literature, cinema and language. The book as a whole demonstrates not only that Brown's human universals are shared by different cultures, but most importantly that they have the potential to form a basis for inter- and intra-cultural communication and consolidation, bridging gaps of misinformation and miscommunication, both spatial and temporal. The contributors are Egyptian scholars who cross temporal and spatial boundaries and borders from Africa and the Middle East to Asia, Europe and the Americas, and dive deep into the heart of the shared human universals of myth, folklore and rituals, dreams, trauma, cultural beliefs, search for identity, language, translation and communication. They bring their own unique perspectives to the investigation of how shared human practices and concerns seep through the porous boundaries of different cultures and into a variety of creative and practical genres of fiction, drama, autobiography, cinema and media translation. Their research is interdisciplinary, informed by anthropological, social, psychological, linguistic and cultural theory, and thus offers a multi-faceted and multi-layered view of the human experience.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part One
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Part Two
- Part Three
- Part Four
- Part Five
- Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5275-6439-8
- OCLC:
- 1236265700
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