Battles and Borders : Perspectives on Cultural Transmission and Literature in Minor Language Areas
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| Title: | Battles and Borders : Perspectives on Cultural Transmission and Literature in Minor Language Areas |
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| Description: | Battles and Borders. Perspectives on Cultural Transmission and Literature in Minor Language Areas is about literature on the fringes of Europe. The authors all discuss the often unique ways in which literary history and cultural transfer function in peripheral and central regions against the background of shifting national borders in the last two centuries. Special attention is paid to minority and migrant groups in Northwest Europe. The present volume aims to prompt a reconsideration of the concepts of ‘minority'and ‘migrant'cultures and literatures in the past and the present day. It also suggests a new topic for further study: the importance of cultural transfer for migrant groups (whether or not they form a diaspora) and their ability to create new words and to develop new identities. |
| Authors: | Petra Broomans |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Culture diffusion--Europe, Finnish literature--19th century--History and criticism, Finnish literature--20th century--History and criticism, Germanic literature--19th century--History and criticism, Germanic literature--20th century--History and criticism, Linguistic minorities--Europe, Language and culture--Europe, Balkan literature--20th century--History and criticism, European literature--Minority authors |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Battles and Borders. Perspectives on Cultural Transmission and Literature in Minor Language Areas is about literature on the fringes of Europe. The authors all discuss the often unique ways in which literary history and cultural transfer function in peripheral and central regions against the background of shifting national borders in the last two centuries. Special attention is paid to minority and migrant groups in Northwest Europe. The present volume aims to prompt a reconsideration of the concepts of ‘minority'and ‘migrant'cultures and literatures in the past and the present day. It also suggests a new topic for further study: the importance of cultural transfer for migrant groups (whether or not they form a diaspora) and their ability to create new words and to develop new identities. |
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| ISBN: | 9789491431791 9789492444417 |
