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Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective
Editors
Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective is a captivating collection of research articles. This volume explores the intricate connections between language, culture, and identity across the globe.
An agenda-setting introduction by the editors and essays by Liliana Sikorska and Shin-ichi Morimoto establish the scope and stakes of the book as a whole. Chapters by Eri Ohashi, Ruth Karachi Benson Oji, Liliane Hodieb, Zheng Yang, Zhifang Li, and Wanwarang Softic investigate cultural diversity in film. Chapters by Mai Hussein, Wang Chutong, and Darja Zorc Maver offer insights into the linguistic and literary creativity of diasporic and immigrant communities, and a new global context for German literature is developed in chapters by Ekaterina Riabykh, Muharrem Kaplan, and Tomás Espino Barrera.
Appealing to scholars, researchers, and students, this interdisciplinary work sheds light on the complexities of our globalized world. Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective is a valuable addition to the field, offering fresh perspectives on language, culture, and identity.
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures, 21] 2024. xi, 275 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 28 August 2024
Published online on 28 August 2024
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Series editor’s preface | pp. ix–x
- Acknowledgements | pp. xi–xii
- IntroductionAdams Bodomo and Carola Koblitz | pp. 1–5
- Part I. Multilingualism and linguistic plurality in local and global perspectives
- Chapter 1. Different meanings of “diversity”Liliana Sikorska | pp. 8–26
- Chapter 2. A rainbow in the dark: Beyond global diversityShin-ichi Morimoto | pp. 27–44
- Chapter 3. Multilingualism, identity, and diversity: The iLanguage perspective: embracing diversity in youth multilingualismCarola Koblitz and Adams Bodomo | pp. 45–69
- Part II. Cultural diversity in film
- Chapter 4. La diversité des stations thermales dans le cinémaEri Ohashi | pp. 72–89
- Chapter 5. “Is your culture better than mine?”: Identity construction of inter-ethnic marriages in selected Nigerian moviesRuth Karachi Benson Oji | pp. 90–110
- Chapter 6. Nigeria’s cultural and linguistic diversity through Mount Zion moviesLiliane Hodieb | pp. 111–125
- Chapter 7. National identity and cultural diversity in films: A comparison between Disney and Chinese version of MulanZheng Yang and Zhifang Li | pp. 126–134
- Chapter 8. Female-object: How is the female character referred to in Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)?Wanwarang Softic | pp. 135–156
- Part III. Linguistic and literary studies in diaspora and migrant communities
- Chapter 9. Bridging times in Wajdi Mouawad’s play ForestsMai Hussein | pp. 158–173
- Chapter 10. How Deleuze and Guattari’s nomadic thoughts contribute to a new humanityWang Chutong | pp. 174–196
- Chapter 11. Who are the others? Oppression and vulnerability in the personal narratives of womenDarja Zorc Maver | pp. 197–207
- Part IV. German language and literature in global perspectives
- Chapter 12. Individual metaphor in German-language literature in the aspect of multiculturalism and migrationEkaterina Riabykh | pp. 210–233
- Chapter 13. Between literature and politics: German-Turkish literature (2017–2020) in the mirror of “Çağlayan” magazineMuharrem Kaplan | pp. 234–255
- Chapter 14. “Babylonisches idiom”: Life-writing and linguistic diversity in Goethe’s Poetry and TruthTomás Espino Barrera | pp. 256–269
- Index | pp. 271–275