[ecrea] new book: Intercultural Crossings: Conflict, Memory and Identity

I'm very pleased to announce the following publication:

Marques, L., Pimentel Biscaia, M. S., Bastos, G. (eds.), Intercultural Crossings: Conflict, Memory and Identity, Brussels, PIE Peter Lang, 2012.

Synopsis

Intercultural crossings, which are at the core of our contemporary society, are underpinned and shaped by three essential elements: time, space and people. Such encounters and interactions have the capacity not only to promote diversity and a healthy exchange of ideas, but also to act as a catalyst for conflict.
This volume examines the topics of conflict, memory and identity through a collection of insightful viewpoints and perspectives, reflecting a diversity of cultural and social backgrounds, which combine to give a contemporary interdisciplinary analysis of cultural interactions and their effects. The themes covered by the authors, such as memory and forgetfulness, migration, ecological concerns, mixed cultural landscapes, storytelling, postcolonial trauma and internal struggles for identity, offer the reader a fascinating glimpse into the ongoing and evolving social debate about identity and purpose.


Table of contents

Introduction, Lénia Marques, Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia and Glória Bastos

Dynamics of Cultural Landscapes, Identities and Diffusion Processes, João Luís Jesus Fernandes

Permeable Borderlines: Discovering an Ecocritical and Architectural Ecotone, Christian Hummelsund Voie

Women’s Journeys to Portugal: Identitary Reconstructions and Memories of the Country of Origin, Joana Miranda

“The Heaviness of a History that Couldn’t Leave”: Diasporic Trauma in Multicultural Canada, Belén Martín-Lucas

Stories of Lebanese Migration in Brazilian Literature, Rosa Maria Sequeira

Revisiting History and Identity: National Heroes in Contemporary Portuguese Theatre, Glória Bastos

School Manuals in Estado Novo: The Reproduction of a Sexist and Colonialist Culture, Manuela Malheiro Ferreira and Manuela Tavares

The Colonial Journey: Confrontations between Europe and Africa, Maria Isabel João

Colluding Strokes: Imperialistic Brutality and Affection in André Brink’s The Other Side of Silence, Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia

Heart of Violence and Healing Words: Europe, Decolonization and Mobility, Joana Passos

> From Anglophone to Danophone Postcolonialism: The Difficulties of Developing a Critique, Lars Jensen

Creating Stories, Mapping Memories: Nicolas Bouvier at Intercultural Crossings, Lénia Marques

Bakhtinian Dialogism and the Adding of Meaning, Dionísio Vila Maior


Introduction:
http://www.peterlang.com/download/extract/66173/extract_21816.pdf

More information:
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=66173&cid=448

Best regards,

Lénia Marques

Lecturer in Imagineering

NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences

The Netherlands

(Marques.L /at/ nhtv.nl)

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