Kovach, Elizabeth and Kugele, Jens and Nünning, Ansgar (Eds).
Passages: Moving beyond liminality in the study of
literature and culture.
[Book].
Comparative Literature and Culture.
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
The study of literature and culture is marked by various distinct understandings of passages – both as phenomena and critical concepts. These include the anthropological notion of rites of passage, the shopping arcades (Passagen) theorized by Walter Benjamin, the Middle Passage of the Atlantic slave trade, present-day forms of migration and resettlement, and understandings of translation and adaptation. Whether structural, semiotic, spatial/geographic, temporal, existential, societal or institutional, passages refer to processes of (status) change. They enable entrances and exits, arrivals and departures, while they also foster moments of liminality and suspension. They connect and thereby engender difference. Passages is an exploration of passages as contexts and processes within which liminal experiences and encounters are situated. It aims to foster a concept-based, interdisciplinary dialogue on how to approach and theorize such a term. Based on the premise that concepts travel through times, contexts and discursive settings, a conceptual approach to passages provides the authors of this volume with the analytical tools to (re-)focus their research questions and create a meaningful exchange across disciplinary, national and linguistic boundaries. Contributions from senior scholars and early-career researchers whose work focuses on areas such as cultural memory, performativity, space, media, (cultural) translation, ecocriticism, gender and race utilize specific understandings of passages and liminality, reflecting on their value and limits for their research.
| Type: | Book |
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| Title: | Passages: Moving beyond liminality in the study of literature and culture |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781800083189 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800083189 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Authors, 2022 Collection © Editors, 2022 Images © Copyright holders named in captions, 2022 Any third-party material in this book is not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence. Details of the copyright ownership and permitted use of third-party material is given in the image (or extract) credit lines. If you would like to reuse any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright owner. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0/. This licence allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing attribution is made to the author and publisher (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) and any changes are indicated. Attribution should include the following information: Kovach, E., Kugele, J. and Nünning, A. (eds.) 2022. Passages: Moving beyond liminality in the study of literature and culture. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.978 1800083189 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | comparative literature, literary studies, media studies, cultural studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158213 |
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