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Froilán Ramos R. deposited Review: Pilar Cagiao Vila (Coord.), Diplomacia y acción cultural americana en la España de Primo de Rivera. Madrid: Marcial Pons – Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 2020. in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years agoBook review:
Pilar Cagiao Vila (Coord.). Diplomacia y acción cultural americana en la España de Primo de Rivera. Madrid: Marcial Pons – Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 2020. -
Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Roger Sedarat. Emerson in Iran: The American Appropriation of Persian Poetry in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years agoThrough the case of Emerson’s appropriation of Persian poetry this volume provides a thought-provoking example of how the literary founding father of a nation is cosmopolitan and receptive of foreign cultures in what might seem a purely “nationalistic” agenda. It will appeal to those in the field of Persian literature, comparative liter…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Roger Sedarat. Emerson in Iran: The American Appropriation of Persian Poetry in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years agoThrough the case of Emerson’s appropriation of Persian poetry this volume provides a thought-provoking example of how the literary founding father of a nation is cosmopolitan and receptive of foreign cultures in what might seem a purely “nationalistic” agenda. It will appeal to those in the field of Persian literature, comparative liter…[Read more]
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Karsten Schubert deposited Biopolitics of COVID-19: Capitalist Continuities and Democratic Openings in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years ago“Biopolitics” has become a popular concept for interpreting the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the term is often used vaguely, as a buzzword, and therefore loses its specificity and relevance. This article systematically explains what the biopolitical lens offers for analyzing and normatively criticizing the politics of the coronavirus. I argue that…[Read more]
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Karsten Schubert deposited Biopolitics of COVID-19: Capitalist Continuities and Democratic Openings in the group
Frankfurt School Critical Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years ago“Biopolitics” has become a popular concept for interpreting the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the term is often used vaguely, as a buzzword, and therefore loses its specificity and relevance. This article systematically explains what the biopolitical lens offers for analyzing and normatively criticizing the politics of the coronavirus. I argue that…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Legend of the Damsel Carcayçiyona (Aragón, ca. 1587) in the group
CLCS Global Hispanophone on MLA Commons 4 years agoPedagogical edition, transcription, and translation of the Aljamiado-Morisco Legend of the Damsel Carcayçiyona (Aragón, ca. 1587) found in MS J57 of the Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás, CSIC, Madrid. A variant of the folktale of the “handless maiden,” this narrative details the conversion of the pagan princess Carcayçiyona to Islam and the trials t…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Leyenda de la donçella Carcayçiyona (Aragón, ca. 1587) in the group
CLCS Global Hispanophone on MLA Commons 4 years agoPedagogical edition, transcription, and translation of the Aljamiado-Morisco Legend of the Damsel Carcayçiyona (Aragón, ca. 1587) found in MS J57 of the Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás, CSIC, Madrid. A variant of the folktale of the “handless maiden,” this narrative details the conversion of the pagan princess Carcayçiyona to Islam and the trials t…[Read more]
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N. Michelle Murray started the topic CFP – MLA 2023: The Place of Africa in Spain and the Global Hispanophone in the discussion
CLCS Global Hispanophone on MLA Commons 4 years agoThe Place of Africa in Contemporary Spain and the Global Hispanophone
This panel welcomes papers theorizing colonial memory of Spanish interventions in the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa. Abstracts by March 15 to globalhispanomla@gmail.com and MLA.Iberian.Lit.Cult.20th.21st.c@gmail.com
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Prospección, Retrospección, Retroproyección, Retroalimentación in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 4 years agoSpanish abstract: La cibernética, la neurología, la semiótica y la narratología han de emprender conjuntamente el estudio interdisciplinar de la consciencia entendida como la circulación retroalimentativa compleja entre distintos sistemas y circuitos cerebrales—así como entre distintas modalidades de representación en el cerebro. Se entender…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Prospección, Retrospección, Retroproyección, Retroalimentación in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 4 years agoSpanish abstract: La cibernética, la neurología, la semiótica y la narratología han de emprender conjuntamente el estudio interdisciplinar de la consciencia entendida como la circulación retroalimentativa compleja entre distintos sistemas y circuitos cerebrales—así como entre distintas modalidades de representación en el cerebro. Se entender…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited La Deuda Metódica in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 4 years agoSpanish abstract: ‘Modernidad Líquida’ de Zygmunt Bauman ofrece perspectivas iluminadoras para la interpretación de muchos fenómenos característicos de cultura y la economía del siglo XXI. Leemos a su luz la política de endeudamiento y déficit sistemático de los estados nacionales, y en concreto de España, promovida en años recientes por el establ…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Contagio (De virus y rumores) in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years agoSpanish abstract: La película ‘Contagio’ (dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2011) pertenece al género ‘catástrofe – multiprotagonista’, aquí potenciado por varias circunstancias. La catástrofe es mundial y creíble, una epidemia de una gripe mortífera, como la Peste Negra, o como la Peste Escarlata de Jack London. Y la catástrofe se difunde por las relacione…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Clarissa la crítica, y su ética del buen gusto: Una narración autoengendrada in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 4 years agoSpanish abstract: Comentamos aquí sobre la integración de algunos aspectos éticos, estéticos, psicológicos y narrativos en la novela epistolar ´Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady´ de Samuel Richardson (1747-48), en concreto la encarnación de un ideal ético-estético en el personaje de Clarissa, y la elección consciente de una técnica na…[Read more]
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Eileen A. Fradenburg Joy deposited Improbable Modes of Being in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 4 years agoThis mini-essay was published as part of a “dossier” of authors discussing various forms of “queer inhumanisms.” In my piece, I address the relations between queer studies and post/humanist studies through the lens of Michel Foucault’s 1981 interview, “Friendship as a Way of Life.” These relations are tied together in critique but also in various…[Read more]
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Eileen Joy deposited All That Remains Unnoticed, I Adore: Spencer Reese’s Addresses in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoAn commentary upon the poet Spencer Reese, and more specifically, upon Reece’s “addresses” in his book “The Clerk’s Tale: Poems” (Houghton Mifflin, 2004) in light of Barbara Johnson’s work on the “apostrophe” in her book chapter “Toys R Us,” in her book “Persons and Things” (Harvard University Press, 2008), and also in light of Graham Harman’s…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Explicitando al autor implícito in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoSpanish abstract: El concepto de ‘autor implícito’ (implied author) lo difundió Wayne Booth en ‘La Retórica de la Ficción’ (1961) pero, como veremos, algo apuntaron al respecto con anterioridad otros autores. Aquí señalamos más en concreto el precedente de Hegel. ______…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Explicitando al autor implícito in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoSpanish abstract: El concepto de ‘autor implícito’ (implied author) lo difundió Wayne Booth en ‘La Retórica de la Ficción’ (1961) pero, como veremos, algo apuntaron al respecto con anterioridad otros autores. Aquí señalamos más en concreto el precedente de Hegel. ______…[Read more]
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