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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This book provides an in-depth analysis of how constitutionalism and diversity can be friends and foes alike in contemporary multinational democracies. By focusing mainly on the dynamics between Quebec and Canada and comparing these with ongoing issues in Catalonia and Spain, Flanders and Belgium, and South Tyrol and Italy, the authors offer new insights into the public management of national diversity. In doing so, they sought to unpack the numerous challenges divided societies are facing.The pieces that together form the title of this book are not merely of symbolic significance. Constitutionalism v Diversity: Essays on Federal Democracy echoes the four underlying principles of the Canadian Constitution that the Supreme Court of Canada identified in its famous 1998 Reference re Secession of Quebec. These are (1) federalism, (2) democracy, (3) constitutionalism and the rule of law, and (4) protection of minorities. While these four concepts are at the very core of both authors' argument and approach, the Supreme Court of Canada's Secession Reference is guiding them through the book by providing a robust and meaningful theoretical and analytical framework. These principles appear as universal normative parameters societies should see as ideals to pursue and translate - while adapting their content to the specific context - into concrete institutions and practices. Even more today this book shows the great analytical value of these four principles to critically appraise of the way multinational liberal democracies in general and federal systems in particular are evolving.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -We are witnessing a sea change regarding mental health in sports media. led in part by professional athletes such as Michael Phelps, Kevin Love, Naomi Osaka, and Simone Biles, who are sharing their own experiences with mental illness, bucking stereotypes in which people experiencing mental health issues are condemned to unfulfilling lives. From quarterbacks to pitchers, power forwards to Olympic swimmers, athletes are increasingly using the mass mediäincluding social mediäto share their experiences with depression, anxiety, and other disorders.Head Game: Mental Health in Sports Mediauses interviews with key athletes, leading journalists and sportscasters, and organizational and league leaders to show how media has been used¿and could be used in the future¿to advance greater understanding of mental health. Professional athletes describe their own experiences with mental illness, including the challenges and opportunities they encountered in the locker room, field of play, and mass media. The athletes, who represent a spectrum of professional sports, describe their decisions to disclose as well as their recommendations for current and future generations of athletes.Head Game highlights the crucial importance of such disclosures in challenging the context of professional sport where athletes are trained to be 'tough' from a young age and any mental illness could translate into reduced playing time and even harassment.'Head Game represents the first book of its kind to tackle one of today¿s most pressing public health crises, one that has been forced into the shadows for far too long, through the lens of sport. Billings and Parrott explore the key media moments in this movement, the storytellers who shaped them, the institutional response from leagues and teams, and the first-hand accounts of elite athletes who have struggled to bring mental health awareness to the forefront¿all of which has come to shape how we talk about mental health today. This timely, well-researched and expansive volume offers a powerful compilation of perspectives from prominent athletes like Olympians Michael Phelps and Gracie Gold, to the NFL¿s Brandon Bostick, to the NHL¿s Corey Hirsch. In combating the silence, stigma, stereotypes and prejudice that have often plagued discussions of mental health, Head Game tracks the modern movement for mental health advocacy within the world of sport and beyond. I highly recommend this book to anyone teaching courses in communication, sport and society, as students will undoubtedly find the material engaging and relatable, as well as to any reader interested in mental health portrayals in the media. I suspect everyone who reads Head Game will find a story within it that they can connect to.'¿Leigh Moscowitz, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina'For too long the discourse of ¿mental toughness¿ has dominated sports culture, from the way we coach and train athletes to how athletes are covered in the media. Through interviews with elite/professional athletes who have publicly disclosed mental health issues, the sports journalists who cover their stories, and sports organizations¿ own efforts to address mental health, Head Game dissects how dangerous this discourse has been, and creates much-needed awareness on an issue that has been stigmatized in our culture. Head Game humanizes athletes, reminding readers that gold medals, championships, million-dollar salaries, corporate endorsements, or super star celebrity do not immunize athletes against mental health struggles. Sadly, what is at stake is a matter of life or death. Head Game is required reading for all athletes, coaches, journalists, sports fans, or anyone who cares about the mental health and well-being of athletes.'¿Cheryl Cooky, Professor of American Studies and Women¿s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Purdue UniversityBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 220 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -«Deeply versed in recent theoretical discussions of the lyric form in general and the elegy in particular, Adele Bardazzi also brings to bear queer thinking on temporality and philosophical treatments of mourning to shift the understanding of Montale's verse, contesting the division between an early lyrical phase and a later ironic phase. A rich combination of sensitive readings and critical reflection.»(Jonathan Culler, Cornell University, Author of Theory of the Lyric) «In a series of carefully wrought readings of poems in which Montale writes of his lost loves, death, mourning, and his own quite particular vision of the afterlife, Adele Bardazzi both challenges traditional interpretations of Montalian poetic beloveds and offers her own convincing overview of the eschatological dimension of one of the twentieth century's most essential bodies of verse. A surprisingly fresh take on a much-studied poet, this fine book gives new life to the realm of death in which Montale's poetry of mourning is so tenaciously rooted.»(Rebecca West, William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of Italian, University of Chicago) «Adele Bardazzi's book offers an original perspective on Montale's work. The poetics of mourning allows on the one hand to read the text in the light of the theory of the lyric and, on the other hand, to highlight the importance of some figures in Montale's poetry, through an evocative comparison with the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and that of Persephone.» (Niccolò Scaffai, Associate Professor of Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature, University of Siena) This book is as much about the living as it is about the dead. It investigates how the dead dwell in the world of the living and how that continuing relationship has inspired particular forms of poetic writing. It analyses how poetry assumes the key responsibility of voicing grief and thus creates a unique space in which the dead's presence is sustained, in a constant state of potential transformation and renewal.This monograph explores this topic with reference to one of the most important poets of the twentieth century, Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), and his principal collections, from Ossi di seppia (Cuttlefish Bones) (1925) to Quaderno di Quattro anni (Notebook of Four Years) (1977). These primary texts are enhanced by a critical framework that brings three different areas of enquiry into dialogue: scholarship on mourning, theories of the lyric, and feminist approaches. Questions explored include the following: How does mourning become a crucial creative and ethical force in literature What kind of poetry draws on, and may even require, the presence of an absent female lyric addressee How does this affect the nature of poetic discourses on mourning and lyric poetry more broadly This book offers the first comprehensive study of Montale's poetics of mourning accessible to both scholars in Italian Studies and scholars interested, more broadly, in modern poetry, discourses of mourning, and lyric theory. 264 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Living in a post-truth world during an era of information wars, making sense of events is increasingly challenging for everyone. The fact that today¿s politics has found many retreating to ideologically ¿safe¿ spaces online where their world view is not contested makes the need for news and information literacy more significant. A contemporary world where disinformation and propaganda lead to a distrust of news sources calls for a new way to approach information and news literacy. Digital technology has seemingly made information and news easier to access, but it has also made sorting quality from nonsense a challenge.This book presents a different approach to news and information literacy which uses a flipped classroom method to create a student-centered learning experience. The course is guided by the educational philosophy of Paulo Freire and draws on theory and research from psychology, education and news and information literacy. The course begins with an exercise which reveals the role confirmation bias plays in how students judge the adequacy of news and information they retrieve through online search. The course engenders greater confidence in mastering the pitfalls of the Internet as students emerge empowered with self-knowledge as well as a better understanding of the Internet.The book is relevant for news, information and media literacy teachers, especially at the secondary and collegiate levels, curriculum specialists, continuing and adult education specialists and anyone who wants to better understand how we process news and information in the digital age.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 154 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Research related to transition and support needs for autistic adults remains limited. The purpose of this study was to understand the hopes, dreams, aspirations, challenges, and lived experiences of autistic adults. Academic literature has largely emphasized autism as a medical deficit, and use of first-person narratives to understand needs of people on the autism spectrum is rare. To fill this gap, this narrative study was conducted through a social model of disability lens and centered voices of autistic individuals. This research recognized that only someone who is autistic can be considered a true expert on autism; thus, it is imperative researchers consult with and collaborate with autistic individuals to develop the most useful support services possible. By including autistic people in research design, implementation, and support services, academics and therapists can learn from the neurodivergent about problems that the social and cultural worlds present them with, thereby moving toward a more socially just society.This study included both academic literature and autobiographies written by autistic authors. The coauthor in this study is also an autistic adult who presented his life experiences for a central narrative. In contrast to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which conceptualizes autism as a list of deficits, a number of powerful themes emerged from analysis of autistic authors¿ lives: Isolation, Influence of Parents, Differences in Needs: Education and Employment, Empowerment, and Relationships. These themes were contextualized via theories of neurodiversity paradigm, monotropism theory, and the double empathy problem, to better understand autistic experiences and needs.¿Mathur and Valerius provide an articulate view into the lived experiences of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. As an ABA practitioner and scholar, it made me think deeply about how clinicians may go about the implementation of compassionate ABA services. This book is a timely and significant contribution relevant for anyone with that goal in mind.¿¿Adel C. Najdowski, PhD, BCBA-D, Program Director, MS Applied Behavior Analysis, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, California¿Adam and Sneha have created a beautiful and very much-needed book. Reading this book brings me hope. While my lived experience is different than that of Adam, I see so many recurring themes in my own life and in the lives of the learners who I support. The combination of narrative and research is engaging and makes a convincing argument for qualitative, lived-experience research. This work is mirrored by current and emerging research on Community-Informed Practice and Neurodiversity Affirming Practice. It is my opinion that this book needs to be included as essential reading for any person, autistic and allistic, who interacts with autistics (which really is everyone). But this book should be included in the required reading for any person who provides support for autistics in any setting.¿¿Brian Middleton, M.Ed., IBA, BCBA, LBA, The ¿Bearded Behaviorist,¿ Autistic Advocate¿Dr. Mathur and Mr. Valerius have crafted a critical and engaging book that amplifies the voices of autistics through vibrant qualitative research. As a psychologist, I found this to be enlightening, highly educational and a vital contribution to the literature as it addresses the lack of representation of autistic voices. It¿s an insightful and useful tool and an essential addition to any clinician's library. As a mother of an autistic child and consumer of ABA services, this encouraging book resonates with me on a personal level, and I believe it is required reading for anyone who loves, works with and supports autistics, particularly if ABA is part of their journey.¿¿Madeeha Mir, Ph.D., Counseling Psychologist and Instructor, New York UniversityBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Many Books, Many Stories aims to provide both the rationale for engaging in work with inclusive children¿s and young adult literature and the resources necessary for teachers, counselors, librarians and school administration to incorporate diverse literature into the classroom or into school-wide contexts. The authors provide multiple perspectives and examples of texts that open conversations about powerful topics and ideas that arise in many children¿s and young adult books. Indeed, it is not enough to just have access to many stories; teachers must consider the ways in which they can engage in discussions around books and their importance. This volume serves to prepare both teacher candidates and in-service teachers to become reflective practitioners who embrace responsive literacy instruction and who work to ensure equity in literacy education. Therefore, this book serves as a resource to guide educators with both pedagogy and curricular content¿embracing stories and amplifying voices with children¿s and young adult literature.'The collection of chapters in this volume is inspiring. Striking a perfect balance between theory and classroom practice, this volume provides a convincing reason as to why the use of children¿s literature is critical and necessary in today¿s universities, schools, and classrooms. The editors have done an excellent job in collecting a diverse set of engaging and insightful chapters to discuss matters of race, identity, inequality, and diversity.'¿Bobbie Kabuto, Professor of Literacy Education, Queens College, CUNY'This thoughtfully edited collection brings together a powerful collection of educators to discuss a crucially important topic in classrooms today. The authors push the reader to question and critically reflect on how they can use literature to facilitate important conversations about diversity. The chapters challenge thinking but also provide multiple examples and the resources that will enable educators to provide spaces in the classroom for children to see their lives reflected in literature.'¿Sinead Harmey, Associate Professor in Literacy Education, IOE, University College London¿s Faculty of Education and SocietyBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 156 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -As the annual peer-reviewed publication of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA), Recherche littéraire / Literary Research is an Open Access journal published by Peter Lang. Its mission is to inform comparative literature scholars worldwide of recent contributions to the field. To that end, it publishes scholarly essays, review essays discussing recent research developments in particular sub-fields of the discipline, as well as reviews of books on comparative topics. Scholarly essays are submitted to a double-blind peer review. Submissions by early-career comparative literature scholars are strongly encouraged.En tant que publication annuelle de l¿Association internationale de littérature comparée (AILC), Recherche littéraire / Literary Research est une revue expertisée par des pair e s et publiée par Peter Lang en libre accès voie dorée. Elle vise à faire connaître aux comparatistes du monde entier les développements récents de la discipline. Dans ce but, la revue publie des articles de recherche scientifique, des essais critiques dressant l¿état des lieux d¿un domaine particulier de la littérature comparée, ainsi que des comptes rendus de livres sur des sujets comparatistes. Les articles de recherche sont soumis à une évaluation par des pair e s en double anonyme. Des soumissions par de jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs en littérature comparée sont fortement encouragées.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 348 pp. Englisch, Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -When the World Turned Upside Down is a collection of 66 essays and opinion columns written between 2019 and 2022, a period of momentous¿some unimaginable¿developments in the United States and across the world. This book stands at the intersection of opinion journalism, history, and chronicling offering a dialogue between past and present (or present and past). They are, to use the often-quoted phrase, first drafts of history.Over the past five years, the world has witnessed several 'unimaginables' about which the author felt compelled to write. Some of the book¿s essays identify, analyze, and connect parallels between the U.S. Antebellum and Civil War and the contemporary increasingly polarized context that reached an explosive peak during the 2020 elections and the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.Shrouded in a cloud of unprecedented global pestilence, the world has witnessed dramatic political and geopolitical change, mostly for the worse: China, Russia, Hungary, Belarus, Myanmar, Cuba, even Puerto Rico. Essays in this book discuss these transformations from a historical perspective as well as mass popular resistance, in places like Cuba, where they seemed unimaginable.The book¿s final section, 'Not Boring at All: Globalization and World Politics,' explores the global ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical rearrangements related to Chinäs meteoric ascendance as a world power, Russiäs militaristic expansionism, and related topics.'In When the World Turned Upside Down, Luis Martínez-Fernández demonstrates that he is not ¿merely¿ an acclaimed historian, but an engaging, sharp-witted social commentator. This excellent collection of columns, written during and about what Martínez-Fernández rightly terms ¿the unimaginable events of 2019-2022,¿ is dazzling for his easy, readable blend of history, sociology, popular culture, politics and more.'¿Jeff Robbins, Columnist, Boston Herald and Creators Syndicate'Martínez-Fernández¿s book reads like a series of missives from the front, capturing the drama of unfolding, often unpredictable, events. The author is a master story-weaver, drawing from the warp and weft of our national and global histories to reveal patterns in today¿s events.'¿Suzette Martinez Standring, Author of The Art of Column Writing'Professor Martínez-Fernández fuses the perspective of a historian with a journalist¿s eye on wide-ranging contemporary events. The result is an exhilarating read and a broader understanding of today¿s world.'¿George Breslauer, Professor and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emeritus, UC BerkeleyBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 440 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -«Documentary in the Age of COVID is a timely and astute volume that affirms and challenges our thinking about how the cultural and technological disruption brought by the pandemic response has upended documentary culture. It is a guiding light for documentary practitioners and scholars as they navigate the new terrain of a post-COVID world.»(Professor Belinda Smaill, Monash University)This collection responds to the unusual and disturbing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The volume surveys the immediate effects of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in documentary film cultures as well as providing a space for unpacking the recent past and future of documentary in the context of the pandemic's possible effects. It is published as part of Peter Lang's Documentary Film Cultures series and reflects the value of documentary as an enduring and influential channel of media discourse and community of practice. Media producers have been forced to both interrogate their chosen professions and innovate with limited resources. Already, we are seeing new distribution and production methods emerge to highlight the importance of media-makers as essential workers, as they are uniquely equipped with the ability to represent the various dialogues undertaken to respond to the cultural, social, economic and political challenges the pandemic has foisted on global society. 294 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -In Antisemitism and the White Supremacist Imaginary: Conflations and Contradictions in Composition and Rhetoric, Mara Lee Grayson calls attention to the complicity of academic institutions and the discipline(s) of rhetoric, composition, and writing studies in the simultaneous perpetuation and denial of anti-Jewish racism. Despite the persistence of antisemitism and Christian hegemony in the United States and its academic institutions, and despite a growing body of antiracist and anti-oppressive scholarship, antisemitism remains largely unaddressed in disciplinary scholarship, curricula, and pedagogy. This book begins to fill that gap by exploring how the rhetoric through which Jewish identity is conceptualized and weaponized by the white supremacist imaginary essentializes Jewish identities and obscures the racist aims and character of antisemitism. Drawing upon rhetorical analysis, personal narrative, and original phenomenological research, Grayson highlights how deeply embedded antisemitic ideologies impact the lived experiences of Jewish teachers, students, and scholars, and perpetuate white supremacy. This book illuminates the experiential, rhetorical, historical, political, and racial dynamics of antisemitism, exposes the limitations of existing discourses of whiteness and (anti)racism, and gestures toward a future in which, through more nuanced and productive discourse, we can better support Jewish educators and students and better engage Jewish members of the discipline as accomplices in antiracism.'I take this book personally. Grayson¿s theoretical framework, historical overview, personal anecdotes, and phenomenological research locate antisemitism nestled in the heart of the white supremacist imaginary. I felt such sadness, anger, and pain reading this book¿recognizing myself as a Jew in its stark reflection¿and yet her words also charge me, explicitly in my Jewishness, with the urgent need to join others in imagining a more just world through cooperative action and frank dialogue. It¿s a powerful and vibrant contribution to our field.'¿Eli Goldblatt, Co-Author, with David Jolliffe, of Literacy as Conversation: Learning Networks in Urban and Rural Communities'In this timely and important monograph, Dr. Grayson adroitly explains the impact of antisemitism not only for rhetoric, composition, and writing scholars and students but also our contemporary moment. In lucid and engaging prose, she unpacks thousands of years of history and tropes, making this book a must-read for anyone engaged in antiracist work.'¿Janice W. Fernheimer, Zantker Professor of Jewish Studies, Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, University of KentuckyBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 234 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -In our world, where information and communication technologies are reshaping and continuing to shape every field, it is clear that enterprises that can follow the flow of information, grind the information they collect in information mills, and provide intelligence by using their internal and external information, can adapt to changing conditions in a timely and effective manner in proportion to its power. At this point, the aim is to automate the realization of this whole process to the greatest possible extent. In this context, the important developments in the last 20 years have been focusing on business intelligence, big data, deep learning, reinforcement learning, data intelligence, decision intelligence, automated decision-making, and other concepts and the development of application tools.From this point of view, under the title of ¿Data-driven decisions in enterprises ¿ implications for business education and cases,¿ papers collected from various universities worldwide are included in this conference proceedings. 230 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The aim of this volume is to reinvent Albanian Studies and to transform Albanology, traditionally performed as a subdiscipline of historical linguistics, into interdisciplinary Albanian Studies. The thirteen contributions from early career investigators from Albania, Kosovo and Western Europe cover the field of literature, linguistics and cultural studies. They address the interface of language contact, sociolinguistics, digital humanities, comparative literature and of gender, minority, migration and memory studies. By using discourse analysis, popular culture, visual arts and other recent approaches, the volume shows the dynamics of Albanian culture in both Albanian-speaking countries today which makes it a fascinating case study in the context of Balkan area studies. 252 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This volume offers a wealth of research in the fields of technology-enhanced language teaching, translation and interpreting. It contains articles ranging from the creation of podcasts for improving students¿ speaking skills to automatic speech recognition for accessibility at international conferences. The diversity of topics covered by authors from different backgrounds makes for an enriching and comprehensive work that is bound to bring valuable insight not only to scholars and teachers, but also to language professionals. 290 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -We have developed this volume, Deep Reading, Deep Learning, as a companion to our 2017 NCTE book, Deep Reading: Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom, which received the CCCC Outstanding Book Award in 2019 for Best Edited Collection. In this volume we address a range of social, ethical, and pedagogical issues that have emerged as essential concerns for teachers of reading and writing, especially those related to identity, culture, and positionality. This new volume emphasizes the broad question of equity and social justice in the acquisition and practice of literacy, and the multifaceted lived reality of positionality related to race, class, gender, disability, and language as experienced by students in the classroom.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 458 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -«The contribution of Dr Doerr¿s book is beyond measure. Her research relies on highly sophisticated methodology with invaluable practical applications in academic style editing for scholars who are non-native speakers of English. Academic Style Proofreading stands to become vital for readers from across the globe engaged in scholarly publication.»(John Casey Gooch, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Literature, University of Texas at Dallas, USA)«This book explicates the roles of hybridised professions in academic publishing and offers a fresh and thought-provoking corpus stylistics analysis of academic style proofreading. The author starts an important and timely conversation about explanations and treatment of academic style in the spirit of moving towards a more inclusive international academic discourse community. Its insights will be an invaluable resource to academics and publishing professionals alike.»(Karen Dwyer, PhD, Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern English Grammar and Research Methodology, University College London)In the current international context, it is increasingly required to write not only «correctly» but also in accordance with the stylistic expectations of the academic community. However, because academic style and its standards are only mentioned ¿ if not glossed over ¿ in textbooks and journal guidelines, many non-native students and scholars receive their linguistically correct papers with recommendations to «revise the English» but are unable to comprehend where the problem lies or how to address it. Moreover, change in and confusion among the language professionals who are in a position to assist these scholars ¿ that is, revisors, copyeditors and proofreaders ¿ impedes any clarity in terms of who should rework academic style before submission and publication.This volume seeks to unpack the concept of «academic style proofreading» and its components through a multifaceted analysis including methodologies such as terminology, corpus stylistics and error analysis. This is intended to define the purpose and intricacies of this new aspect of academic writing and present common errors in academic style, as well as possible proofreading solutions, in economics and the humanities. In doing so, the book presents an assessment of the issues, methods and implications of academic style proofreading for research, professional and educational purposes.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 258 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The present volume, which inaugurates the series called Giuseppe Tartini and the Musical Culture of the Enlightenment, includes contributions presenting a wide range of materials and methodologies, revealing a rich multiplicity of perspectives on Giuseppe Tartini¿s work, ideas, personality and reception history. By casting new light on some fundamental and unanswered questions, this collection of essays aims to increase our awareness of the vastness, complexity, and relevance of Tartini and his world, which inevitably will always inspire new research and new approaches to his music. 318 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This monograph is focused on the fictional works of Arnold Bennett whose literary role was very important in the history of the late nineteenth and early twentiethcentury novel in light of the debate between modernism and the traditional approach to the craft of fiction. After a long period of critical silence, this book reaffirms Bennett¿s centrality through a sociohistorical and semiotic analysis of his most famous novels and short stories. In this sense, it offers a new reading of Bennett which may be a groundbreaking contribution to the discussion of the function of British fiction in the context of a multifaceted epistemic change.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 176 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The book of ¿Service Sectors Role for Economic Development at Local and National Level¿ consists of 13 chapters. The book covers deep research from different perspectives upon the evolution of services by researchers who are professionals in their research areas. Moreover, different, and rigorous analyses of all areas influenced by service sectors were made to fill the gap of the source about the services with various dimensions. 278 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Un «¿renouveaü» de la sculpture éburnéenne s¿opère en Belgique, à la Belle époque, entre 1890 et 1910¿; celui-ci résulte d¿une mise à disposition de défenses d¿éléphant par l¿État indépendant du Congo et le Roi Léopold II. À travers les salons et expositions coloniales et internationales, l¿administration instrumentalisa les ¿uvres pour en faire le pivot de son discours colonial, accréditant la supériorité de la culture européenne et légitimant la nécessité «¿d¿apporter la civilisation¿» à la colonie congolaise.C¿est une histoire globale que propose ce livre¿: de l¿animal africain aux salons européens, l¿ivoire est étudié à la lumière d¿une déconstruction et d¿une mise en perspective du discours colonial.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 192 pp. Französisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Virtual standard setting became more popular since the global outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020. Standard setting practitioners needed to conduct either cut score studies and/or linking studies online. The research presented in this book predates Covid-19 and explores virtual standard setting in two e-communication media (audio and video) and then compares them to the face-to-face environment. The interplay of quantitative methods [i.e., classical test theory (CTT) and Rasch measurement theory (RMT)] and qualitative methods [(i.e., constant comparative method (CCM), and media naturalness theory (MNT)] unravel Ariadne¿s thread into the labyrinth of virtual standard setting. Illustrative examples of how to conduct and evaluate a virtual workshop are offered to stimulate standard setting practitioners to embrace the opportunities of the virtual environment. 302 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -«Documentary in Finland is a needed contribution to the emergent field of documentary production studies, and it sets the direction for further research on small nation documentary film cultures.»(Ilona Hongisto, Professor in Film Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)«This book offers an excellent exploration of the Finnish documentary eco-system as a site of negotiation between several competing elements in a constantly evolving film and television culture. There is much to be learned about the specific Finnish context, but also plenty of valuable lessons for other small nation film cultures and anyone with an interest in how to think of production cultures from a productive media ecology perspective.»(Eva Novrup Redvall, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)Having established itself as an award-winning and ground-breaking documentary cinema in the 1990s and 2000s, Finnish documentary has experienced many of the challenges that have beset the form since the mid-2010s, including the digital disruption of production and distribution traditions. How has documentary in Finland met these challenges, and what does that say about the country¿s way of making films This book examines the ecology of Finland¿s documentary filmmaking milieu by framing and analysing a series of encounters with its most important financiers, producers and directors. What emerges is a portrait of an interconnected ecology of relationships and practices, typical of a small nation documentary cinema and of the traditionally communitarian nature of Nordic film cultures. Through this analysis, the ruptures and challenges within this ecosystem are addressed, where the values of collaboration and the coherence of a national culture are challenged by the forces of change. 242 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -L¿investigation collaborative prend forme sur la base d¿une association qui unit un mode d¿investigation, l¿enquête, telle que considérée par John Dewey au début du 20e siècle, avec une modalité collective beaucoup plus récente¿: l¿apprentissage collaboratif. De la sorte, des personnes en quête de nouveaux savoirs peuvent être amenées à interagir et échanger de manière autonome à des fins de découverte, d¿où l¿intérêt de telles mises en ¿uvre dans les domaines scolaire et universitaire. Une nouvelle donne est toutefois identifiée dans l¿usage des outils numériques. Ils autorisent des échanges à distance qui, couplés avec ceux réalisés en présentiel, donnent lieu à des interactions à caractère hybride. Le potentiel interactif des participants se trouve ainsi renforcé, tout comme l¿est leur autonomie, ce qui leur permet de diversifier leurs approches des situations ou phénomènes étudiés. En conclusion de cet ouvrage, il est donc question de modalités collaboratives augmentées pour désigner les pratiques d¿investigation collective significatives de ce genre d¿évolutions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 154 pp. Französisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Questo libro indaga le principali (a)simmetrie esistenti fra alcune particelle additive dello spagnolo e dell¿italiano dotate di diversi livelli di polifunzionalità. L¿obiettivo è duplice: da una parte, sistematizzare le differenze più rilevanti in chiave contrastiva fra i segni nelle due lingue, relativamente al diverso contributo che esse danno all¿articolazione informativa del testo scritto; dall¿altra, dimostrare che l¿equivalenza interlinguistica può, a seconda dei casi, basarsi su dispositivi di natura lessicale, sintattica o gerarchico-informativa. Si ricorre a un corpus parallelo e a un modello di segmentazione pragmatica del testo integrando criteri di analisi morfosintattici, posizionali e semantico-pragmatici. 192 pp. Italienisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The monograph analyses the concept of creative society. The main themes are as follows: culture industry and creative industries, management of creativity, creative ecology, regions of creativity, political aspects of creativity, technologies in the creative society, the problems of an empirical approach towards creativity, and creative phenomenology. 440 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Over the last three decades Slavoj ¿i¿ek has become an iconic figure of intellectuel engagé and his works have engendered ongoing reflection within as different academic disciplines as philosophy, literature or cultural, gender, postcolonial and film studies. But when it comes to music, things look different.With an emphasis on the German modernist tradition from Wagner to Schönberg, a whole range of references to music are scattered throughout ¿i¿ek¿s copious body of works. However, these efforts seem to go almost unnoticed within academia ¿ at least on first glance. Looking more closely, one notices a subtle but nevertheless consistent adoption of ¿i¿ek¿s theories within musicology, spreading across a broad range of topics and approaches. So, ¿i¿ek has become part of musicology, even if his presence is still uncharted territory.The present volume, which appeals to musicologists and philosophers alike, intends to map different ways in which ¿i¿ek¿s philosophy has been adopted in order to approach many of musicology¿s core questions, from musical analysis to the opera studies, from contemporary music to the history of the discipline itself. At the same time it both reflects on and questions ¿i¿ek¿s positions on musical aesthetics as expressed in his writings. Last but not least, the volume also features two essays by ¿i¿ek himself, reflecting his different approaches to writing about music.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 196 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Englishes in Africa is an important new edited collection which explores various aspects of English in contemporary Africa. The authors examine the current state of English in eight countries where the language plays a major role: Cameroun, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Morocco, and Zimbabwe. Collectively they demonstrate the growing strength of English in Africa as part of globalization, notwithstanding the time that has elapsed since these countries gained their independence. The book also illuminates the clear tendency among people in anglophone Africa to claim ownership of the forms of English spoken in those countries today.'This book is different in that it opens a range of other topics of research that erupt when one thinks ¿from Africä and considers Englishes as African languages in all their functions. In this sense it is original and could be considered as seminal in a growing field.'¿Maarten Mous, Professor of African Linguistics, Leiden University'The present volume, which brings together African scholars to present their research into African varieties of English, is a welcome and much needed addition to the World Englishes canon.'¿Thomas Hoffmann, Professor of English Language and Linguistics, Catholic University of Eichstaett-IngolstadtBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 188 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Nietzsche's doctrine of the 'eternal recurrence of the same'-the conception that the universe of events repeats itself in the same sequence, to infinity-is often taken to be logically incoherent: if an event recurs, it is not identically the same as the event itself, and if taken as self-identical cannot be the recurrence of anything. This book offers a new interpretation of the doctrine so as to rescue it from the charge of incoherence. It shows that the doctrine is an outgrowth of ideas found in Nietzsche's philosophy of nature, among them that space is Riemannian (finite yet without external boundary) and that time is relative to events, not an independently existing continuum which underlies events. 'Moles' book is an impressive attempt to work out the cosmology suggested by Nietzsche's numerous but scattered observations and suggestions concerning force, space, time, power and power-relationships, and culminating in his conception of the world in terms of 'will to power' and in his idea of 'eternal recurrence.' This book is a welcome contribution to the literature, and will have to be reckoned with by anyone who is concerned to do justice to the full range of Nietzsche's philosophical thinking.'-Richard Schacht, Executive Director, North American Nietzsche Society; Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 'In this book, Alistair Moles brings to light a dimension of Nietzsche's philosophy which most past commentators have neglected. He carries out a thorough exploration of Nietzsche's conception of nature, presenting a coherent picture which he manages to link both with classical philosophy and with modern science. Drawing on the whole range of Nietzsche's writings, his account shows an impressive depth of detail and scholarship. However, it also goes well beyond exposition. The concepts of force and space receive a particularly subtle and satisfying elaboration, which leads to the high point of the book: a highly original reconstruction of the controversial doctrine of eternal recurrence. This chapter alone deserves to give rise to much discussion among Nietzsche scholars. The book as a whole should serve to counter a tendency to see Nietzsche only in terms of the concerns of moral, political or literary theory. It helps us to recognize him as a compete philosopher, and in doing so it makes a major contribution to our understanding of this important thinker.'-Robin Small, Monash University 510 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -In what ways can analytic reection be of avail when engaging in music as a musician What restrictions of the interpreter¿s freedom do musical scores impose Which licences do musicians in fact allow themselves Can hierarchical tonal analysis really guide musicians towards artistically rewarding interpretations Or is perhaps a painstaking and sensitive study of the musical details, revealing continuous processes, a more productive path to telling performances roughout the book, the views and discussions are amplied by music examples. 464 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The definition of silence is essential to the interpretation of 1 Corinthians 14:34¿35. What did Paul mean when he silenced women in church In Paul, Women, and the Meaning of Silence, author Alex S. Carr compares the Greek verb Paul used for silence with other ancient Greek sources containing the same term. Through this comparison, he demonstrates consistency within 1 Corinthians and the other Pauline letters. Through comparison with other passages in the New Testament, Carr also demonstrates that these passages do not contradict the type of silence in 1 Corinthians 14.Paul, Women, and the Meaning of Silence further considers cultural and historical contextual issues, including women¿s education and speech in the Greco-Roman world.This book will assist Bible scholars, pastors, and theological students in navigating some of key interpretive issues in 1 Corinthians. Scholars seeking to locate primary source material will especially profit. Pastors will find an explanation of various views as they preach and teach on the subject. The book is one of the most extensive discussions of this challenging New Testament passage on women in the church.'In what is possibly the most thorough examination of 1 Corinthians 14:34¿35 to date, Alex Carr offers an insightful discussion of the history of research, literary context, historical context, and theological context of this debated text. His knowledge of the topic is vast, his arguments cogent, and his conclusion persuasive. Carr¿s research will topple several of the popular theories and become the work with which all future scholarship simply must engage.'¿Charles L. Quarles, Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology; Charles Page Chair of Biblical Theology, Southeastern Seminary'After decades of debate and libraries of books on the ministry of women, Alex Carr¿s study shows there are new insights still to be had from examining the biblical texts afresh. Paul, Women, and the Meaning of Silence demonstrates that lexical, literary, historical, and theological factors weigh against Paul¿s command in 1 Corinthians 14:34 demanding ¿absolute silence¿ of women. Instead, Carr shows that Paul¿s command enjoins women to temporary silence during a specific time in the church gathering, namely, during the weighing of prophecies. His findings support the authenticity of the text and shed light on the contribution and participation of women in the first century church and today.'¿Claire S. Smith, Author of Pauline Communities as ¿Scholastic Communities¿: A Study of the Vocabulary of ¿Teaching¿ in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus (2012)'1 Corinthians 14:34¿35 at first glance appears to silence all women in church, yet 11:5 permits them to pray and prophesy if their heads are covered. A plethora of approaches has developed both to affirm and deny that this is an irreconcilable contradiction. But Alex Carr deftly guides his readers through the maze of options that scholars have developed, showing there is no contradiction at all. A welcome addition to a crowded field of studies.'¿Craig L. Blomberg, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Denver SeminaryBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 292 pp. Englisch.