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L'état du monde offre une lecture raisonnée et distanciée de l'année écoulée, aux antipodes de ce que l'on trouve couramment sur Internet. Un indispensable !

Des historiens de différents pays examinent les relations entre individus du même sexe à travers les siècles, cartographient les changements d'attitudes envers l'homosexualité et suivent l'émergence d'un sentiment d'identité lié à la sexualité. De la Grêce antique jusqu'à nos jours, le livre aborde des sujets comme l'égalité des droits, le sida ou les unions civiles en Occident et ailleurs.

La nouvelle formule qu'inaugure cette vingt-sixième édition de L'État du monde renforce le choix de la rédaction de proposer une lecture raisonnée de l'année écoulée, aux antipodes de ce que l'on trouve couramment sur Internet.

How can postcolonialism be applied to Canadian literature? In all that has been written about postcolonialism, surprisingly little has specifically addressed the position of Canada, Canadian literature, or Canadian culture. Postcolonialism is a theory that has gained credence throughout the world; it is be productive to ask if and how we, as Canadians, participate in postcolonial debates. It is also vital to examine the ways in which Canada and Canadian culture fit into global discussions as our culture reflects how we interact with our neighbours, allies, and adversaries. This collection wrestles with the problems of situating Canadian literature in the ongoing debates about culture, identity, and globalization, and of applying the slippery term of postcolonialism to Canadian literature. The topics range in focus from discussions of specific literary works to general theoretical contemplations. The twenty-three articles in this collection grapple with the recurrent issues of postcolonialism -- including hybridity, collaboration, marginality, power, resistance, and historical revisionism -- from the vantage point of those working within Canada as writers and critics. While some seek to confirm the legitimacy of including Canadian literature in the discussions of postcolonialism, others challenge this very notion.--amazon.

"In this era of multicultural democracy, the idea of assimilation - that the social distance separating immigrants and their children from the mainstream of American society closes over time - seems outdated. But as Richard Alba and Victor Nee show in the first systematic treatment of assimilation since the mid-1960s, it continues to shape the immigrant experience, even though the geography of immigration has shifted from Europe to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Institutional changes, from civil rights legislation to immigration law, have provided a more favorable environment for nonwhite immigrants and their children than in the past."--BOOK JACKET.

A definitive biography of Bessie Smith, known as the 'Empress of the Blues debunks many of the myths that circulated after her untimely death in 1937.

Although the intellectual legacy of twentieth-century Vienna is usually thought of as synonymous with Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalytic theories, other prominent writers from Vienna were also radically reconceiving sexuality and gender. In this probing new study, David Luft recovers the work of three such writers: Otto Weininger, Robert Musil, and Heimito von Doderer. His account emphasizes the distinctive intellectual world of liberal Vienna, especially the impact of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche in this highly scientific intellectual world.