Förderer: KU Select 2019: Backlist Collection
Belonging and Narrative
A Theory of the American Novel
- Bieger, Laura
Laura Bieger discusses American novels from four centuries to show how the human need to belong is a driving force of literary production.
Erschienen: 01. März 2020
Imagining Ageing
Representations of Age and Ageing in Anglophone Literatures
- Concilio, Carmen
- (ed.)
What do literary texts tell us about growing old? Representations of ageing and old age in canonical works of English and postcolonial literature.
Erschienen: 01. März 2020
Cultures of Computer Game Concerns
The Child Across Families, Law, Science and Industry
- Sörensen, Estrid
- (ed.)
Although the same computer games are played across cultures, they give rise to different concerns: nationally, across families, law, science and industry.
Erschienen: 01. März 2020
Actors and Networks in the Megacity
A Literary Analysis of Urban Narratives
- More, Prachi
This is a concise introduction to Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory and its application in a literary analysis of documentary urban narratives of the 21st century.
Erschienen: 01. März 2020
Urban Planning and Everyday Urbanisation
A Case Study on Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
- Appelhans, Nadine
Urbanisation in Bahir Dar poses challenges to urban living conditions. This book argues that urban development therefore needs to be locally grounded, differentiated and inclusive.
Erschienen: 01. März 2020
Power Relations in Black Lives
Reading African American Literature and Culture with Bourdieu and Elias
- Buschendorf, Christa
- (ed.)
The contributions of this volume offer new readings of Black literature and culture by applying key concepts of relational sociology by Bourdieu and Elias.
Erschienen: 01. März 2020
Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention
Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region
- Mathéy, Kosta
- Matuk, Silvia
- (eds.)
Urban violence has become a major threat in most world cities. This book is about innovative prevention strategies by resident communities in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arabic region.
Erschienen: 01. März 2020