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Boyhood (Paperback): Leo Tolstoy Boyhood (Paperback)
Leo Tolstoy
R341 Discovery Miles 3 410 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
What Men Live By And Other Tales (Paperback): Leo Tolstoy What Men Live By And Other Tales (Paperback)
Leo Tolstoy
R311 Discovery Miles 3 110 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Gardener (Paperback): Rabindranath Tagore The Gardener (Paperback)
Rabindranath Tagore
R309 Discovery Miles 3 090 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Translation Ethics (Paperback): Joseph Lambert Translation Ethics (Paperback)
Joseph Lambert
R1,131 Discovery Miles 11 310 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The first book to provide a clear, accessible, user-friendly introduction to the area of ethics in translation and interpreting *ethics is widely taught within translation and interpreting courses, being a key competence for the European Masters of Translation framework and a vital aspect of professional practice *carefully structured with a strong range of in-text and online resources, ensuring it can be used in a wide range of contexts and teaching environments, including online teaching

Publishing Contracts and the Post Negotiation Space - Lifting the Lid on Publishing's Black Box of Aspirations, Laws and... Publishing Contracts and the Post Negotiation Space - Lifting the Lid on Publishing's Black Box of Aspirations, Laws and Money (Paperback)
Katherine Day
R1,212 Discovery Miles 12 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many writers dream of having their work published by a respected publishing house, but don't always understand publishing contract terms - what they mean for the contracting parties and how they inform book-publishing practice. In turn, publishers struggle to satisfy authors' creative expectations against the industry's commercial demands. This book challenges our perceptions of these author-publisher power imbalances by recasting the publishing contract as a cultural artefact capable of adapting to the industry's changing landscape. Based on a three-year study of publishing negotiations, Katherine Day reveals how relational contract theory provides possibilities for future negotiations in what she describes as a 'post negotiation space'. Drawing on the disciplines of cultural studies, law, publishing studies and cultural sociology, this book reveals a unique perspective from publishing professionals and authors within the post negotiation space, presenting the editor as a fundamental agent in the formation and application of publishing's contractual terms.

Blumenberg’s Rhetoric (Hardcover): Ds Mayfield Blumenberg’s Rhetoric (Hardcover)
Ds Mayfield
R3,225 Discovery Miles 32 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Marking the 50th anniversary of one among this philosopher’s most distinguished pieces, Blumenberg’s Rhetoric proffers a decidedly diversified interaction with the essai polyvalently entitled ‘Anthropological Approach to the Topicality (or Currency, Relevance, even actualitas) of Rhetoric’ ("Anthropologische Annäherung an die Aktualität der Rhetorik"), first published in 1971. Following Blumenberg’s lead, the contributors consider and tackle their topics rhetorically—treating (inter alia) the variegated discourses of Phenomenology and Truthcraft, of Intellectual History and Anthropology, as well as the interplay of methods, from a plurality of viewpoints. The diachronically extensive, disciplinarily diverse essays of this publication—notably in the current lingua franca—will facilitate, and are to conduce to, further scholarship with respect to Blumenberg and the art of rhetoric. With contributions by Sonja Feger, Simon Godart, Joachim Küpper, DS Mayfield, Heinrich Niehues-Pröbsting, Daniel Rudy Hiller, Katrin Trüstedt, Alexander Waszynski, Friedrich Weber-Steinhaus, Nicola Zambon.

Essays on the Literary Baroque in Spain and Spanish America (Hardcover): John Beverley Essays on the Literary Baroque in Spain and Spanish America (Hardcover)
John Beverley
R3,039 Discovery Miles 30 390 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The continuing importance of the Baroque in Spanish and Latin American culture. The Hispanic Baroque is a Janus-faced phenomenon, one of its faces peering at the sunset of feudalism, the other at the dawn of European modernity. This collection of essays seeks to engage with this paradox and its consequencesfor understanding Spanish and Latin American literary and cultural history. Conceived in response to Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria's influential Celestina's Brood: Continuities of the Baroque in Spain and Latin America, and spanning many years of Beverley's own intellectual trajectory, it includes material already in the public domain, together with much that is new, previously unpublished or long unavailable. An Introduction outlines the ongoing scholarly discussion about the nature of the Baroque in both Spain and Spanish America. The essays deal respectively with Luis de Gongora's Soledades; the picaresque novel; the Baroque pastoral; Gracian's theory of "wit" andthe equation of wit and power; and the relation among Baroque writing, colonial hegemony, and the formation of a criollo culture in Spanish America. A section on Baroque historicism suggests some ways of using the Baroqueto reflect on our contemporary situation, and the volume concludes with a wide-ranging conversation about the Baroque and Hispanism between the author and Fernando Gomez Herrero, a young scholar strongly influenced by postcolonialstudies. JOHN BEVERLEY is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

Historical Imagination (Paperback): David J. Staley Historical Imagination (Paperback)
David J. Staley
R1,275 Discovery Miles 12 750 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Historical Imagination examines the threshold between what historians consider to be proper, imagination-free history and the malpractice of excessive imagination, asking where the boundary between the two sits and the limits of permitted imagination for the historian. We use "imagination" to refer to a mental skill that encompasses two different tasks: the reconstruction of previously experienced parts of the world and the creation of new objects and experiences with no direct connection to the actual world. In history, imagination means using the mind's eye to picture both the actual and inactual at the same time. All historical works employ at least some creative imagination, but an excess is considered "too much". Under what circumstances are historians permitted to cross this boundary into creative imagination and how far can they go? Supporting theory with relatable examples, Staley shows how historical works are a complex combination of mimetic and creative imagination and offers a heuristic for assessing this ratio in any work of history. Setting out complex theoretical concepts in an accessible and understandable manner and encouraging the reader to consider both the nature and limits of historical imagination, this is an ideal volume for students and scholars of the philosophy of history.

A Dictionary of High Frequency Function Words in Literary Chinese (Hardcover): Mei Ah Tan A Dictionary of High Frequency Function Words in Literary Chinese (Hardcover)
Mei Ah Tan
R3,994 Discovery Miles 39 940 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Ancient graphs provided to illustrate early meanings and extended meanings Reconstructed sounds given to illustrate the basis for borrowed meanings Parts of speech and syntactic components illustrated for each usage Detailed explanations of special usage and pronunciation Contextual examples to illustrate usage and show connections to contemporary culture

Popular Culture and Political Economic Thought - Fables of Commonwealth (Hardcover): Thomas Strychacz Popular Culture and Political Economic Thought - Fables of Commonwealth (Hardcover)
Thomas Strychacz
R2,853 Discovery Miles 28 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

We live in an era of economic fabling where often fantastic representations of economic life in popular culture sit uncomfortably alongside a neoliberal capitalist fairy tale that the Earth's resources can continue to be exploited into an indefinite future. This book examines a variety of animated movies, TV shows, written fictions, adventure travelogues, Paleo archeologies (and diets) to suggest that popular culture poses a multiform challenge to the failing theories and practices of neoclassical economics. Popular Culture and Political Economic Thought: Fables of Commonwealth contends that it does so most successfully by implementing older formations of political economic thought: stages theory, bioeconomics, and a robust discourse on commonwealth. An era of eco-crisis demands a new economics. It therefore also requires a new appraisal of the popular imaginary and its potential for leveraging alternative conceptions of economic and political relations. This book begins that conversation.

Understanding Discourse Analysis (Paperback): Bernadette Vine Understanding Discourse Analysis (Paperback)
Bernadette Vine
R1,127 Discovery Miles 11 270 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

An engaging and comprehensive introduction to discourse analysis ideal for undergraduate students studying this topic for the first time Covers four key approaches to analysing discourse Uses authentic spoken or written texts in all examples Features data from the Wellington Language in the Workplace database Includes a wide range of language examples from around the world

The Communist Manifesto (Paperback): Karl Marx The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
Karl Marx
R344 Discovery Miles 3 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Linguistic Morphology in the Mind and Brain - Representations in the Mind and Brain (Paperback): Davide Crepaldi Linguistic Morphology in the Mind and Brain - Representations in the Mind and Brain (Paperback)
Davide Crepaldi
R1,272 Discovery Miles 12 720 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Linguistic Morphology is a unique collection of cutting-edge research in the psycholinguistics of morphology, offering a comprehensive overview of this interdisciplinary field. This book brings together world-leading experts from linguisics, experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to examine morphology research from different disciplines. It provides an overview of how the brain deals with complex words; examining how they are easier to read, how they affect our brain dynamics and eye movements, how they mould the acquisition of language and literacy, and how they inform computational models of the linguistic brain. Chapters discuss topics ranging from subconscious visual identification to the high-level processing of sentences, how children make their first steps with complex words through to how proficient adults make lexical identification in less than 40 milliseconds. As a state-of-the-art resource in morphology research, this book will be highly relevant reading for students and researchers of linguistics, psychology and cognitive neuroscience. It will also act as a one-stop shop for experts in the field.

Between Encyclopedia and Chorography - Defining the Agency of "Cultural Encyclopedias" from a Transcultural Perspective... Between Encyclopedia and Chorography - Defining the Agency of "Cultural Encyclopedias" from a Transcultural Perspective (Hardcover)
Anna Boroffka
R2,705 Discovery Miles 27 050 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

During the early modern period, regional specified compendia - which combine information on local moral and natural history, towns and fortifications with historiography, antiquarianism, images series or maps - gain a new agency in the production of knowledge. Via literary and aesthetic practices, the compilations construct a display of regional specified knowledge. In some cases this display of regional knowledge is presented as a display of a local cultural identity and is linked to early modern practices of comparing and classifying civilizations. At the core of the publication are compendia on the Americas which research has described as chorographies, encyclopeadias or - more recently - 'cultural encyclopaedias'. Studies on Asian and European encyclopeadias, universal histories and chorographies help to contextualize the American examples in the broader field of an early modern and transcultural knowledge production, which inherits and modifies the ancient and medieval tradition.

Interpersonal Skills for Group Collaboration - Creating High-Performance Teams in the Classroom and the Workplace (Hardcover):... Interpersonal Skills for Group Collaboration - Creating High-Performance Teams in the Classroom and the Workplace (Hardcover)
Tammy Rice-Bailey, Felicia Chong
R3,972 Discovery Miles 39 720 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This lively and engaging text introduces readers to the core interpersonal and organizational skills needed to effectively collaborate on group projects in the classroom and the workplace. Group projects are critical in preparing students for the realities of today's workplace, but many college students despise group work-often because they have not been prepared with the necessary skills to effectively collaborate. This guide teaches core collaboration skills such as active listening, interviewing, empathy, and conflict resolution. It examines the research and theory behind these skills, and provides tangible ways to practice these skills both alone and in groups. This guide can be used a supplementary text for any courses involving group projects, and will also be of interest to professionals in communication, business, and many other fields.

Loanwords and Japanese Identity - Inundating or Absorbed? (Hardcover): Naoko Hosokawa Loanwords and Japanese Identity - Inundating or Absorbed? (Hardcover)
Naoko Hosokawa
R3,841 Discovery Miles 38 410 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Loanwords and Japanese Identity: Inundating or Absorbed? provides an in-depth examination of public discussions on lexical borrowing in the Japanese language. The main objective of this book is to explore the relationship between language and identity through an analysis of public attitudes towards foreign loanwords in contemporary Japanese society. In particular, the book uncovers the process by which language is conceived of as a symbol of national identity by examining an animated newspaper controversy over the use of foreign loanwords. The book concludes that the fierce debate over the use of loanwords can be understood as a particular manifestation of the ongoing (re-)negotiation of Japanese national identity. This book will appeal to scholars and students in sociolinguistics, translation studies, and discourse analysis, while its cultural and geographic focus will attract readers in Japanese studies and East Asian studies.

Archives and Records - Privacy, Personality Rights, and Access (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Mikulas Ctvrtnik Archives and Records - Privacy, Personality Rights, and Access (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Mikulas Ctvrtnik
R1,541 Discovery Miles 15 410 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This open access book addresses the protection of privacy and personality rights in public records, records management, historical sources, and archives; and historical and current access to them in a broad international comparative perspective. Considering the question "can archiving pose a security risk to the protection of sensitive data and human rights?", it analyses data security and presents several significant cases of the misuse of sensitive personal data, such as census data or medical records. It examines archival inflation and the minimisation and reduction of data in public records and archives, including data anonymisation and pseudonymisation, and the risks of deanonymisation and reidentification of persons. The book looks at post-mortem privacy protection, the relationship of the right to know and the right to be forgotten and introduces a specific model of four categories of the right to be forgotten. In its conclusion, the book presents a set of recommendations for archives and records management.

The Book of the Thousand and One Nights (Paperback): J. C Mardrus, E.P. Mathers The Book of the Thousand and One Nights (Paperback)
J. C Mardrus, E.P. Mathers
R4,521 Discovery Miles 45 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First published in 2013. An unabashed and accurate translation of the wonderful and enchanting tales of the Arabian Nights, complete in four volumes.

German Film & Literature (Paperback): Eric Rentschler German Film & Literature (Paperback)
Eric Rentschler
R1,291 Discovery Miles 12 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"A valuable contribution to understanding and interpreting a visually and philosophical ambitious and at the same time provocatively eccentric film maker."--"German Studies Review"

Teaching English Language and Literature 16-19 (Paperback): Furzeen Ahmed, Marcello Giovanelli, Megan Mansworth, Felicity Titjen Teaching English Language and Literature 16-19 (Paperback)
Furzeen Ahmed, Marcello Giovanelli, Megan Mansworth, Felicity Titjen
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book offers both a scholarly and practical overview of an integrated language and literature approach in the 16-19 English classroom. Providing a comprehensive overview of the identity of the subject, it outlines the pedagogical benefits of studying a unified English at post-16 and provides case studies of innovative classroom practice across a range of topics and text types. Including contributions from practising teachers and higher education practitioners with extensive experience of the post-16 classroom and drawing on a range of literature, this book covers the teaching of topics such as: Mind style in contemporary fiction Comparative poetry analysis Insights from linguistic cohesion Criticality through creative response Written to complement the two other Teaching English 16-19 titles in the NATE series, Teaching English Language and Literature 16-19 is the ideal companion for all practising A-level English teachers, of all levels of experience.

Symbolism - An International Annual of Critical Aesthetics (Hardcover): Florian Klaeger, Klaus Stierstorfer, Marlena Tronicke Symbolism - An International Annual of Critical Aesthetics (Hardcover)
Florian Klaeger, Klaus Stierstorfer, Marlena Tronicke; Contributions by Patrick Gill
R2,929 Discovery Miles 29 290 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Special Focus: "Omission", edited by Patrick Gill Throughout literary history and in many cultures, we encounter an astute use of conspicuous absences to conjure an imagined reality into a recipient's mind. The term 'omission' as used in the present study, then, demarcates a common artistic phenomenon: a silence, blank, or absence, introduced against the recipient's generic or experiential expectations, but which nonetheless frequently encapsulates the tenor of the work as a whole. Such omissions can be employed for their affective potential, when emotions represented or evoked by the text are deemed to be beyond words. They can be employed to raise epistemological questions, as when an omission marks the limits of what can be known. Ethical questions can also be approached by means of omissions, as when a character's voice is omitted, for instance. Finally, omission always carries within it the potential to reflect on the media and genres on which it is brought to bear: as its efficacy depends on the recipient's generic expectations, omission is frequently characterized by a high degree of meta-discursiveness. This volume investigates the various strategies with which the phenomenon of omission is employed across a range of textual forms and in different cultures to conclusively argue for its status as a highly effective and near-universal form of artistic signification.

Philosophy of Language - 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (Paperback): Michael P. Wolf Philosophy of Language - 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (Paperback)
Michael P. Wolf
R1,193 Discovery Miles 11 930 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book offers readers a collection of 50 short chapter entries on topics in the philosophy of language. Each entry addresses a paradox, a longstanding puzzle, or a major theme that has emerged in the field from the last 150 years, tracing overlap with issues in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, ethics, political philosophy, and literature. Each of the 50 entries is written as a piece that can stand on its own, though useful connections to other entries are mentioned throughout the text. Readers can open the book and start with almost any of the entries, following themes of greatest interest to them. Each entry includes recommendations for further reading on the topic. Philosophy of Language: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments is useful as a standalone textbook, or can be supplemented by additional readings that instructors choose. The accessible style makes it suitable for introductory level through intermediate undergraduate courses, as well as for independent learners, or even as a reference for more advanced students and researchers. Key Features: Uses a problem-centered approach to philosophy of language (rather than author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to first-time students of the subject. Offers stand-alone chapters, allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes of the course. Provides up-to-date recommended readings at the end of each chapter, or about 500 sources in total, amounting to an extensive review of the literature on each topic.

Diaristik im Ersten Weltkrieg (Hardcover): Marie Czarnikow Diaristik im Ersten Weltkrieg (Hardcover)
Marie Czarnikow
R2,967 Discovery Miles 29 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Social Issues in Sport Communication - You Make the Call (Paperback): Terry L. Rentner, David P. Burns Social Issues in Sport Communication - You Make the Call (Paperback)
Terry L. Rentner, David P. Burns
R1,511 Discovery Miles 15 110 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Combining theory with practical application, this collection of real-life, provocative case studies on social issues in sports provides students with the opportunity to make the call on ethical and professional dilemmas faced by a variety of sport and communication professionals. The case studies examine the successes and failures of communication in the corporate culture of sport intersecting with social issues including race, gender, religion, social media, mass media, public health, and LGBTQ+ issues. Topics include the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, sexual abuse scandals, domestic violence, cultural appropriation, and mental health. Each chapter contextualizes a specific issue, presents relevant theory and practical communication principles, and leads into discussion questions to prompt critical reflection. The book encourages students to view the evidence themselves, consider competing ethical and professional claims, and formulate practical responses. This collection serves as a scholarly text for courses in sport communication, business, intercultural communication, public relations, journalism, media studies, and sport management.

A Dictionary of High Frequency Function Words in Literary Chinese (Paperback): Mei Ah Tan A Dictionary of High Frequency Function Words in Literary Chinese (Paperback)
Mei Ah Tan
R1,282 Discovery Miles 12 820 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Ancient graphs provided to illustrate early meanings and extended meanings Reconstructed sounds given to illustrate the basis for borrowed meanings Parts of speech and syntactic components illustrated for each usage Detailed explanations of special usage and pronunciation Contextual examples to illustrate usage and show connections to contemporary culture

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