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- ISBN 9783631635742
- Weight: 460g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 23 Feb 2012
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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In recent decades, theoretical and critical studies have oscillated between, on the one hand, wrestling otherness from a condition in which it is dependent on and defined relative to the notion of the same and, on the other hand, pursuing an approach to sameness and universality uncontaminated by otherness. Yet these concepts continuously prove mutually dependent. Together, they constitute a dynamic and productive tension which this book addresses. Inquiring into the representations and nature of self-other relationships in art, literature and culture, the chapters are written in and to a contemporary world struggling with the critical question of otherness and its present-day status. Given the complexity and multidimensional nature of otherness, a multilateral focus is called for and so this collection of selected essays brings together a range of scholarly disciplines and inquiries to engage in a multilateral discussion of otherness.
Susan Yi Sencindiver is a doctoral candidate at Aarhus University (Denmark).
Maria Beville, PhD, is assistant professor of literature and media at Aarhus University.
Marie Lauritzen, PhD, currently works as a freelance translator and editor.
Maria Beville, PhD, is assistant professor of literature and media at Aarhus University.
Marie Lauritzen, PhD, currently works as a freelance translator and editor.
