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“Hamlet” by Olivier, Kaurismäki or Shepard and “Pride and Prejudice” in its many adaptations show the virulence of these texts and the importance of aesthetic recycling for the formation of cultural identity and diversity. Adaptation has always been a standard literary and cultural strategy, and can be regarded as the dominant means of production in the cultural industries today. Focusing on a variety of aspects such as artistic strategies and genre, but also marketing and cultural politics, this volume takes a critical look at ways of adapting and appropriating cultural texts across epochs and cultures in literature, film and the arts.
This Encylopedia explores the anthropological underpinnings of politics. Featuring biographical entries that reconstruct the life-works of key theorists from across the globe alongside topical entries on a range of issues in political anthropology, it poses the question: what does it mean to be human in contemporary times?
Phenomenological sociology and ethnomethodology have many adherents and practitioners throughout the world. The international character of interest in these two areas is exemplified by the scholars from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States who contributed to this collection. Together they exemplify the kinds of theoretical and research issues that arise in seeking to explore the social world in ways that respect what Edmund Husserl referred to as “the original right” of all data. These chapters were inspired in various ways by the work of George Psathas, professor emeritus of Boston University, a renowned phenomenological sociologist and ethnome...
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Das historische Königreich Ungarn als Teil der berühmten »k.u.k.-Monarchie« Österreich-Ungarn, die zwischen 1867 und 1918 bestand, war ein Vielvölkerstaat. Vor allem im sogenannten »Oberungarn«, der heutigen Slowakei, lebten Ungarn (Magyaren), Deutsche und Slowaken unterschiedlicher Konfession zusammen. Eines der wichtigsten politischen Ziele Ungarns in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts war der Aufbau eines sprachlich homogenen Nationalstaates. Die Regierungen sowie weitere staatliche und kulturelle Institutionen entfalteten eine zunehmend repressive Magyarisierungspolitik, um die sogenannten nationalen Minderheiten zu assimilieren. Die vorliegende Arbeit geht dieser Praxis im...