Romance Cultural Studies

Manuel da Costa Fontes Contos Populares Portugueses do Canadá / Portuguese Folktales from Canada

New York, 2022. LXXXIV, 574 pp. Interdisciplinary Studies in Diasporas.15

Hardback • ISBN 978-1-4331-9027-8 CHF 113.– / €D 98.95 / €A 100.80 / € 91.70 / £ 74.– / US-$ 109.95 eBook (SUL) • ISBN 978-1-4331-9031-5 CHF 113.– / €D 98.95 / €A 100.80 / € 91.70 / £ 74.– / US-$ 109.95

Este livro, que contribui para a preservação duma tradição oral em vias de desaparecimento, inclui 116 contos de carácter indo-europeu gravados a 28 informantes do Norte de Portugal e dos Açores no Canadá. Os contos foram fielmente transcritos. A introdução, em português e inglês, apresenta um panorama da imigração portuguesa para aquele país. Cada conto é precedido por um resumo em inglês, e classificado segundo o catálogo internacional de Hans-Jörg Uther. Além de apresentar uma lista de variantes lusófonas (Portugal, Brasil, Angola, Cabo Verde, Goa, Guiné-Bissau, Moçambique, Timor), a classificação inclui uma secção dedicada à área cultural ibérica: Espanha, América espanhola, e Sefarditas. Este livro, que também é de grande valor linguístico, acaba com quatro apêndices: vocabulário, informantes, motivos e tipos-conto. This book, which contributes to the preservation of a fast disappearing oral tradition, includes 116 faithfully transcribed Indo-European folktales recorded by 28 informants from Northern Portugal and the Azores but now living in Canada. The introduction, in Portuguese and English, presents an overview of Portuguese immigration to that country. Each folktale is preceded by an English summary, and classified according to Hans-Jörg Uther’s international catalog. Besides listing versions from the Portuguese-speaking world (Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Goa, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Timor), Paulo Correia’s classification includes a section dedicated to the Iberian cultural area (Spain, Spanish America, and the Sephardim). This book, which is also of great linguistic value, ends with four appendices: vocabulary, informants, motifs and taletypes. Sarah Alyn Stacey• Joanna Poetz (eds.) New Perspectives on Heretical Discourse and Identities

The Waldensians in Historical Context

Oxford, 2021. X, 360 pp., 7 tables. Medieval and Early Modern French Studies. Vol. 19

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Of particular significance for an understanding of early Church history are the Waldensians, members of a dissident religious movement which originated in France in the twelfth century and resided primarily in the Duchy of Savoy and Northern and Southern Italy, before moving to other parts of Europe. Bringing together contributions by leading scholars in the field, this volume of essays discusses the construction and transmission of Waldensian identity through discourse and cultural production. It highlights in particular the religious and political significance of the Waldensians at an international level, not least with regard to the Reformation and its aftermath. Fundamental to the research presented are the rich holdings of Waldensian manuscripts in the Old Library of Trinity College Dublin and also in Cambridge, Geneva and Grenoble. The volume is divided into two parts and its first section, «Editing Waldensian Texts and Manuscripts», considers Waldensian texts and manuscripts, their circulation, physical characteristics, language and textual sources. The second section, «Constructing Waldensian Identity», examines the shifting representation of Waldensian identity through stereotypes, modern literature, the visual arts and historical accounts; the role played by specific libraries, individuals, gifts, and countries in promoting and fashioning Waldensian identity is also brought to light. A key aim of the volume is to offer a review of research to date and to point to future directions for study.

Carles Cortés Orts (ed.) Images of Otherness

Berlin, 2022. 194 pp., 11 fig. b/w. Romania Viva. Texte und Studien zu Literatur, Film und Fernsehen der Romania. Vol. 40

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We define others based on the image we have of ourselves, in other words, by opposition to what we are or think we are. This is the theory advocated in sociological studies that seek to examine the deepest aspects of a changing society, ever more heterogeneous and complex. This monograph is intended as a meeting point for specialists from European universities, giving them a platform to reflect on aesthetics and alterity through a series of studies on literary works in the Mediterranean context. The chapters contained in this monograph analyse a number of theoretical issues in order to delve into the aspects listed above, also taking into account the diversity of artistic representations, whether literary, audiovisual or in the plastic arts.

Susanne Hartwig (ed.) Gemeinsam/Together Open Access

Kognitiv beeinträchtigte Menschen in europäischen Theatern – Theorie und Praxis/People with Learning Disabilities in European Theatres – Theory and Practice. Unter Mitarbeit von Soledad Pereyra

Berlin, 2022. 396 S., 51 s/w Abb. Images of Disability. Literature, Scenic, Visual, and Virtual Arts / Imágenes de la diversidad funcional. Literatura, artes escénicas, visuales y virtuales. Bd. 4

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Can society mitigate hermeneutical injustice towards persons with learning disabilities? How do European theatres meet this challenge? How can artists with learning disabilities «have a voice»? The present volume searches for answers to these questions in theoretical approaches and in interviews with stage directors. Marie-Soledad Rodríguez• Claire Decobert (éds.) Construction et déconstruction du politique par les médias européens depuis 1975 (Espagne, France, Royaume-Uni)

Berlin, 2022. 244 p., 5 ill. n/b, 2 tabl. Estudios hispánicos en el contexto global. Hispanic Studies in the Global Context. Hispanistik im globalen Kontext. Vol. 15

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Que serait la politique sans les médias ? Les liens étroits qui unissent ces deux champs invitent à s’interroger sur la manière dont la sphère médiatique traite le politique, construit et déconstruit l’image des hommes et femmes politiques, choisit de mettre en lumière telle question de société plutôt qu’une autre. Dans le présent ouvrage, seize chercheurs se sont penchés sur ces questions en proposant une réflexion sur les interactions entre médias et politique dans le contexte européen depuis 1975. Ils examinent les rapports complexes entre ces deux sphères dans trois pays européens – la France, l’Espagne et le Royaume-Uni – en s’intéressant à l’image des personnalités politiques, au traitement des revendications indépendantistes, aux manipulations médiatiques et, enfin, aux documentaires « politiques ».

Marta Romero López El pensamiento cinematográfico de Gilles Deleuze en dos films de David Lynch

Berlin, 2021. 128 p., 41 il. blanco/negro.

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Lo que encontramos en esta publicación es una aproximación al cine de David Lynch desde el pensamiento cinematográfico de Gilles Deleuze. La conjunción de estos dos autores, en apariencia muy distantes, permite la creación de un diálogo entre filosofía y creación audiovisual que tiene el fin de reflexionar sobre la naturaleza propia de las imágenes cinematográficas. A través de dos películas del director norteamericano, Carretera Perdida (1997) y Mulholland Drive (2001), se ponen en juego imágenes pensadas por Deleuze como la imagen-recuerdo, el «sueño implicado», la imagen-sueño o la imagen-cristal.