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Time in German Literature and Culture, 1900 - 2015 is an
interdisciplinary volume that explores the social, psychological,
and historical impact of acceleration through the medium of
culture. New interpretations of modernist and contemporary works of
literature, visual art, architecture, film and popular culture
highlight the wide range of cultural responses to social
acceleration. In so doing, they call into question dominant
theories of acceleration, which can be excessively totalising and
pessimistic. The volume includes original readings of works by
classic modernist authors Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Robert Musil,
Peter Altenberg and Robert Walser; contemporary writers Angela
Krauss, Clemens Meyer, Wolfgang Herrndorf and Karen Duve; filmmaker
Christian Petzold; artists Wassily Kandinsky and Umberto Boccioni;
and photographers Umbo, Gyorgy Kepes and Paul Schuitema. This
exciting volume shows that cultural expressions of and responses to
acceleration are varied, and offer the spaces of resistance to the
ongoing onward rush of our twenty-first-century lives.
This multidisciplinary collection examines different dimensions of
the interrelationships between sport and the arts. It is a
consequence of the Fields of Vision initiative that challenges
their typical separation into distinct realms. Whether at school or
in the highest realms of public life people struggle to reconcile
the two; they lack the necessary conceptual vocabulary. Worse,
there are entrenched positions characterised by mutual suspicion,
distrust and denigration. In contrast, the contributors to this
book challenge the creativity/competition binary and highlight the
potential for collaboration in theoretical discourse, policy,
education and professional practice. In doing so, the authors draw
strength from the Olympian ethos of the Greeks and the vison of the
founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin. The
book seeks to 'problematise, interrogate and provoke'. The papers
shed new light on sport and the arts as representations of cultural
identity and embodying processes of social change. This book is a
significant new contribution to understanding both sports and the
arts, not just in their separate contexts, but also in amalgam. It
represents a valuable resource for researchers and advanced
students of Sports, Visual Art, Literature, History, Sociology,
Social Theory and Cultural Studies. It was originally published as
a special issue of Sport in Society.
Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure
contexts. However, sport and leisure can be sites of resistance as
well as oppression; they can be repressive or promote positive
social change. This challenging and important book brings together
contemporary cases examining different dimensions of inequality in
sport and leisure, ranging from race and ethnicity to gender,
sexual orientation, disability, religion and class. Presenting
research-based strategies in support of social justice, this book
places the experiences of disadvantaged communities centre stage.
It addresses issues affecting participation, inclusion and
engagement in sport, while discussing the challenges faced by
specific groups such as Muslim women and LGBT young people.
Including original theoretical and methodological insights, it
argues that the experiences of these marginalised groups can shed a
light on the political struggles taking place over the significance
of sport and leisure in society today. Sport, Leisure and Social
Justice is fascinating reading for students and academics with an
interest in sport and politics, sport and social problems, gender
studies, race and ethnicity studies, or the sociology of sport.
Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure
contexts. However, sport and leisure can be sites of resistance as
well as oppression; they can be repressive or promote positive
social change. This challenging and important book brings together
contemporary cases examining different dimensions of inequality in
sport and leisure, ranging from race and ethnicity to gender,
sexual orientation, disability, religion and class. Presenting
research-based strategies in support of social justice, this book
places the experiences of disadvantaged communities centre stage.
It addresses issues affecting participation, inclusion and
engagement in sport, while discussing the challenges faced by
specific groups such as Muslim women and LGBT young people.
Including original theoretical and methodological insights, it
argues that the experiences of these marginalised groups can shed a
light on the political struggles taking place over the significance
of sport and leisure in society today. Sport, Leisure and Social
Justice is fascinating reading for students and academics with an
interest in sport and politics, sport and social problems, gender
studies, race and ethnicity studies, or the sociology of sport.
New essays by leading scholars on major aspects of the most
significant Austrian writer of the postwar generation. Since the
death of Thomas Bernhard in 1989, the literary reputation of this
complex and unique writer has risen to the point that he is now
regarded as a major European figure. Bernhard emerged in the 1960s
as one of Austria's major writers, challenging the popularity of
such established writers as Heinrich Boell and Gunter Grass on the
German literary scene. His idiosyncratic prose consists of a
tragic-comic blend of themes such as suicide, madness, and
isolation combined with highly satirical and histrionic invectives
against culture, tradition, and society. As a skillful impresario
of public scandals by means of verbal assaults upon Austrian elite
culture, Bernhard also earned himself the epithet of
UEbertreibungskunstler (artist of exaggeration). In this art of
cultural and political provocation Bernhard remains unmatched to
the present day. This volume of essays provides contributions by
well-known critics that examine the most salient aspects of
Bernhard's work, offering insights into literary strategies and
public themes that made Bernhard one of Europe's masters of modern
prose and drama. Essays examine Bernhard's complex artistic
sensibility, his impact on Austria's critical memory, his relation
to the legacy of Austrian Jewish culture, his representative value
as Austria's prime literary export, and his cosmopolitanism and its
significance forthe rapidly changing multicultural landscape of
Europe. Matthias Konzett is associate professor of German at Yale
University. He is the author of The Rhetoric of National Dissent in
Thomas Bernhard, Peter Handke, and Elfriede Jelinek (Camden House,
2000). Click here to view the introduction (PDF file 97KB)
New essays examine 20th-c. Austrian literature in relation to
history, politics, and popular culture. 20th-century Austrian
literature boasts many outstanding writers: Schnitzler, Musil,
Rilke, Kraus, Celan, Canetti, Bernhard, Jelinek. These and others
feature in broader accounts of German literature, but it is
desirable to see how the Austrian literary scene -- and Austrian
society itself -- shaped their writing. This volume thus surveys
Austrian writers of drama, prose fiction, and lyric poetry; relates
them to the distinctive history of modern Austria,a democratic
republic that was overtaken by civil war and authoritarian rule,
absorbed into Nazi Germany, and re-established as a neutral state;
and examines their response to controversial events such as the
collusion with Nazism, the Waldheim affair, and the rise of Haider
and the extreme right. In addition to confronting controversy in
the relations between literature, history, and politics, the volume
examines popular culture in line with current trends. Contributors:
Judith Beniston, Janet Stewart, Andrew Barker, Murray Hall, Anthony
Bushell, Dagmar Lorenz, Juliane Vogel, Jonathan Long, Joseph
McVeigh, Allyson Fiddler. Katrin Kohl is Lecturer in German and a
Fellow of Jesus College, and Ritchie Robertson is Taylor Professor
of German and a Fellow of The Queen's College, both at the
University of Oxford.
When prayers are answered and truth overpowers confusion; it is
another milestone in life to be cherished. Every encounter with God
is a humbling life changing experience. Through rich moments of
prayer, we discover the strength of peace along with a joyful
confidence that God in heaven speaks to earthly man about everyday
affairs. Enjoy moments of reassurance and strength as Jonathan Long
shares what he received as God's heart responding to the life of
man.
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