Battles and Borders: Perspectives on Cultural Transmission and Literature in Minor Language Areas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789491431791)

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.

Author: Petra Broomans
ISBN-10: 949143179X
ISBN-13: 9789491431791
Publisher: Barkhuis
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2015
Pages: 211
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.50d