Identity(ies): A multicultural and Multidisciplinary Approach

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Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press, Nov 20, 2017 - Social Science - 225 pages

 At a time when the world watches in horror the unfolding drama of millions of refugees and the anxiety of identity figures prominently among globalization’s many side effects, this is certainly a very timely book, with contributions that address the momentous issues at hand in ways that are not just varied but also surprisingly illuminating.

It seems only appropriate that the book starts and ends (“Whoever is not Greek is a barbarian”; “The Women of the Other and us”) with well contextualized, historical / theoretical reflexions on the unfailingly self-serving construction and ultimate appropriation of “the other”, be it the supposedly inarticulate savage of neighboring barbarian shores or the haunting background presence of Arab women - the barely acknowledged half of the West’s reified “Rest”. ln fact, although the chronological distance between the two historical moments is such as to discourage hasty generalizations, the continuities and the potential relevance are just too striking to be ignored.

 

Contents

Foreword
7
Ideological Forces in Shaping Linguistic Identity
27
the Adriatic
51
Classroom Identities and the Sounds of English
65
Canada as Case Study
115
A Critique of the Concept
141
Cailís mo chuid fola the chalice of my blood Stigmatized
189
The Women of the Other and
209
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

Aavik Aboriginal Adriatic American Ancient Anti‑D António Lobo Antunes barbarian belonging Bimberg blood Brenham Cambridge Canada Canadian literature century character Coimbra Coimbra Group colonial concept context convicts Country’s criticism cultural identity discourse English Estonian identity Estonian language ethnic Europe experience Farquhar’s play female Ferguson foreign Fréine gender German global globalisation Graciotti Greek Heimat Hepatitis human Hürlimann Islam Johannes Aavik justice Kamboureli l’Adriatique Laanekask and Erelt language loss language planning language reform Laura linguistic literary lives Martins Mary Brenham Mediterranean minority language Mirandese mobility modern Muslim narratives national identity norm novel oppressive orthography Oxford poem political Portuguese position Postimees pronunciation Pygmalion effect question Ralph Clark region relationship restorative justice role sense social speakers speaking Swiss Switzerland teachers term theatre Toronto University of Coimbra University Press victims Wertenbaker Wertenbaker’s play Western Wilfrid Laurier University Winston women words writing

About the author (2017)

Ana Paula Arnaut is a Professor of Contemporary Portuguese Literature at the University of Coimbra. In addition to publications in several national and international journals, she has also published Memorial do Convento. História, Ficção e Ideologia (1996), Post-Modernismo no Romance Português Contemporâneo: Fios de Ariadne-Máscaras de Proteu (2002);

Homenagem a Cristóvão de Aguiar: 40 Anos de Vida Literária (org.) (2005),

José Saramago (2008), Entrevistas com António Lobo Antunes. 1979-2007.

Confissões do Trapeiro (ed.) (2008), António Lobo Antunes (2009),

António Lobo Antunes: a Crítica na Imprensa. 1980-2010. Cada um Voa como Quer (ed.) (2011). As Mulheres na Ficção de António Lobo Antunes. (In)variantes do Feminino (2012), Viagens do Carnaval: no Espaço, no Tempo, na Imaginação (co-editor with Maria Aparecida Ribeiro) (2014), O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis de José Saramago (2017).

Bibliographic information

TitleIdentity(ies): A multicultural and Multidisciplinary Approach
AuthorANA PAULA ARNAUT
PublisherImprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press, 2017
ISBN9892614828, 9789892614823
Length225 pages
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