Indigeneity and Commonplaces of National Identity in Republican Ecuador
Examines the history of national identity in Ecuador from 1857 to 1946. Brings together recent work in rhetoric, visual culture, transnationalism, and Latin American studies to explore the different visions of indigenous people that circulated in speeches, periodicals, and art.
Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic, Volume 46, Volume 46
Suitable for scholars in the United States and abroad, this title includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic language, linguistics, literature, and pedagogy.
Distilling her experience in teaching Arabic, consolidating findings from second language acquisition research and applied linguistics, the author covers designing curricula, theory and methods, testing, and research, interspersing practical information with background literature in order to help teachers improve their teaching.
A collection of essays examining the Australian Citizens' Parliament, a project in deliberative democracy held in 2009. Explores its organization, the deliberation, the flow of beliefs and ideas, facilitator and organizer effects, and its impacts from a variety of theoretical, empirical, and practice perspectives.
Growing numbers of scholars, practitioners, politicians, and citizens recognize the value of deliberative civic engagement processes that enable citizens and governments to come together in public spaces and engage in constructive dialogue, informed discussion, and decisive deliberation. This book seeks to fill a gap in empirical studies in ......
Since 9/11, America has presented itself to the world as a Christianist culture, no less antimodern and nostalgic for an idealized past than its Islamist foes. The master-narrative both sides share might sound like this: Once upon a time, the values of the righteous community coincided with those of the state. Home and land were harmoniously ......
Dictatorships destroy intellectual freedom, yet universities need it. How, then, can universities function under dictatorships? Are they more a support or a danger for the system? In this volume, leading experts from five countries explore the many dimensions of accommodation and conflict, control and independence, as well as subservience and ......
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal concepts and thematic areas of Spanish pragmatics. This title introduces basic pragmatics, methods of analysis, and thematic areas such as language and the press and globalization.
Culture, Communication, and Political Action in Hungary
An empirical study of hate speech in Hungary, examining the cultural foundations of public communication and how cultural thinking can be used to inform political action through public expression.
