2024-03-29T08:55:51Z
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/oai
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/3394
2017-01-14T22:43:10Z
RIAS:REV
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1991-2773
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Resistance in the Deceleration Lane. Velocentrism, Slow Culture and Everyday Practice by Marzena Kubisz
Jędrzejko, Paweł
University of Silesia in Katowice
Faculty of Philology
Institute of English Cultures and Literatures
Department of American and Canadian Studies
Paweł Jędrzejko's review article on Marzena Kubisz's Resistance in the Deceleration Lane. Velocentrism, Slow Culture and Everyday Practice, Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag 2014)
University of Silesia Press
2015-05-01 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/3394
Review of International American Studies; Vol 8 No 1 (2015): Oceanamerica(s)—RIAS Vol. 8, Spring–Summer (1/2015)
eng
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oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/5426
2017-12-17T22:05:24Z
RIAS:REV
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"171130 2017 eng "
1991-2773
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Luciano Curreri and Michel Delville, <i>Il grande ‘Incubo che mi son scelto.’ Prove di avvicinamento a Profondo Rosso (1975-2015) </i>
Pomilio, Daniele
DAMS Roma3.
Daniele Pomilio
University of Udine
Italy
Luciano Curreri e Michel Delville, Il grande ‘Incubo che mi son scelto.’ Prove di avvicinamento a Profondo Rosso (1975-2015), Piombino, Edizioni Il Foglio, 2015
The text offers a review of Il grande “Incubo che mi son scelto” - a collection of essays written in three different languages by a group of international scholars to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Profondo Rosso, the cult movie by Dario Argento. The book contributes to the canonization of an Italian classic long neglected by those critics who still consider horror movies a low-rated subgenre comparable to B-movies.
University of Silesia Press
2017-12-17 22:05:24
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/5426
Review of International American Studies; Vol 10 No 2 (2017): Trans/Lazio—RIAS Vol. 10, Fall–Winter (2/2017)
eng
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oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/6395
2018-08-21T13:53:12Z
RIAS:REV
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"180630 2018 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>America Unbound: Encyclopedic Literature and Hemispheric Studies</i> by Antonio Barrenechea (A Book Review)
Nalerio, Juliana
Universidad de Valladolid/ Stanford University
Juliana Nalerio's review of America Unbound: Encyclopedic Literature and Hemispheric Studies by Antonio Barrenechea (U of New Mexico P, 2016), 247 pages.
ISBN-10: 082635758X
ISBN-13: 978-0826357588
University of Silesia Press
2018-08-21 13:53:12
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/6395
Review of International American Studies; Vol 11 No 1 (2018): Walls, Material and Rhetorical: Past, Present, and Future—RIAS Vol. 11, Spring–Summer (1/2018)
eng
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oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/7777
2021-07-12T22:50:30Z
RIAS:REV
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1991-2773
dc
A Note from the New Book Review Editor
Della Marca, Manlio
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3174-1277
Starting with this issue, our journal will include a completely redesigned Book Review Section, featuring three to five high-quality reviews by leading and emerging scholars from around the world. As for the selection of the books to be reviewed, even though I am a literary scholar, it is my intention as Review Editor to consider books that engage with the U.S. and the Americas as a hemispheric and global phenomenon from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines, including anthropology, art history, and media studies.
University of Silesia Press
2019-09-17 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/7777
Review of International American Studies; Vol 12 No 1 (2019): Indigenous Social Movements in the Americas—RIAS Vol. 12, Spring–Summer (1/2019)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/7778
2021-07-12T22:50:28Z
RIAS:REV
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"190908 2019 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>America's Encounters with Southeast Asia, 1800–1900: Before the Pivot</i> by Farish A. Noor (A Book Review)
Feener, R. Michael
Oxford University, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1222-6766
R. Michael Feener's review of America's Encounters with Southeast Asia, 1800–1900: Before the Pivot by Farish A. Noor.
University of Silesia Press
2019-09-17 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/7778
Review of International American Studies; Vol 12 No 1 (2019): Indigenous Social Movements in the Americas—RIAS Vol. 12, Spring–Summer (1/2019)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/7779
2021-07-12T22:50:25Z
RIAS:REV
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"190908 2019 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Ten Restaurants That Changed America</i> by Paul Freedman
Gora, L. Sasha
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany https://www.en.amerikanistik.uni-muenchen.de/personen/mitarbeiter/gora/index.html https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0192-3574
L. Sasha Gora's review of Paul Freedman's study Ten Restaurants That Changed America. Liveright, 2016.
University of Silesia Press
2019-09-17 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/7779
Review of International American Studies; Vol 12 No 1 (2019): Indigenous Social Movements in the Americas—RIAS Vol. 12, Spring–Summer (1/2019)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/7780
2021-07-12T22:50:24Z
RIAS:REV
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"190908 2019 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>America Observed: On an International Anthropology of the United States</i> by Virginia R. Dominguez and Jasmin Habib, eds.
Dobroski, Sonja
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/anthropology/students/sonja-dobroski/ https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4938-8651
Sonja Dobroski's review of: by Virginia R. Dominguez and Jasmin Habib, eds., America Observed. On an International Anthropology of the United States. Afterword by Jane C. Desmond. Berghahn Books, 2017.
University of Silesia Press
2019-09-17 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/7780
Review of International American Studies; Vol 12 No 1 (2019): Indigenous Social Movements in the Americas—RIAS Vol. 12, Spring–Summer (1/2019)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/7781
2021-07-12T22:50:21Z
RIAS:REV
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"190909 2019 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Knights Across the Atlantic: The Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland</i> by Steven Parfitt
Tóth, György
University of Stirling https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257093 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4557-0846
György Tóth's review of Steven Parfitt's Knights Across the Atlantic: The Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland. Studies in Labour History, 7. Liverpool
University Press, 2016.
University of Silesia Press
2019-09-17 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/7781
Review of International American Studies; Vol 12 No 1 (2019): Indigenous Social Movements in the Americas—RIAS Vol. 12, Spring–Summer (1/2019)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/8009
2021-07-12T22:49:56Z
RIAS:REV
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"191223 2019 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Campaigning Culture and the Global Cold War: The Journals of the Congress for Cultural Freedom</i>, edited by Giles Scott-Smith and Charlotte Lerg
Cohn, Deborah
Indiana University Bloomington, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7930-3693
A book review of: Giles Scott-Smith, and Charlotte Lerg, editors, Campaigning Culture and the Global Cold War: The Journals of the Congress for Cultural Freedom. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
University of Silesia Press
2020-01-19 13:53:56
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/8009
Review of International American Studies; Vol 12 No 2 (2019): 1968: Transnational Legacies—RIAS Vol. 12, Fall–Winter (2/2019)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/8015
2021-07-12T22:49:53Z
RIAS:REV
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"191223 2019 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>American Literature in the World: An Anthology from Anne Bradstreet to Octavia Butler</i>, edited by Wai Chee Dimock et al.
Iuliano, Fiorenzo
University of Cagliari Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5123-7065
A book review of: Wai Chee Dimock, et. al., editors, American Literature in the World: An Anthology from Anne Bradstreet to Octavia Butler. Columbia UP, 2017.
University of Silesia Press
2020-01-19 13:53:56
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/8015
Review of International American Studies; Vol 12 No 2 (2019): 1968: Transnational Legacies—RIAS Vol. 12, Fall–Winter (2/2019)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/8016
2021-07-12T22:49:52Z
RIAS:REV
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"191223 2019 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Area Studies Revisited Die Geschichte der Lateinamerikastudien in den USA, 1940 bis 1970</i> by Torsten Loschke
Prutsch, Ursula
Ludwig-Maximilians- -Universität Munich, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9931-2335
A book review of: Torsten Loschke, Area Studies Revisited. Die Geschichte der Lateinamerikastudien in den USA, 1940 bis 1970. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2019.
University of Silesia Press
2020-01-19 13:53:56
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/8016
Review of International American Studies; Vol 12 No 2 (2019): 1968: Transnational Legacies—RIAS Vol. 12, Fall–Winter (2/2019)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/9624
2021-07-12T22:49:23Z
RIAS:REV
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"200816 2020 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Emerson in Iran: The American Appropriation of Persian Poetry</i> by Roger Sedarat (A Book Review)
Jahromi, Sara Khalili
Paris-Sorbonne University https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sara_Khalili_Jahromi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7299-381X
Sederat, Roger. Emerson in Iran: The American Appropriation of Persian Poetry, SUNY Press, 2019. ISBN13: 978-1-4384-7485-4 -- a book review by Sara Khalili Jahromi
University of Silesia Press
2020-09-01 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/9624
Review of International American Studies; Vol 13 No 1 (2020): Captive Minds—RIAS Vol. 13, Spring–Summer (1/2020)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/9625
2021-07-12T22:49:21Z
RIAS:REV
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"200816 2020 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Dos narizones no se pueden besar. Trayectorias, usos y prácticas de la tradición Orisha en Yucatán</i> by Nahayelli Beatriz Juárez Huet (A Book Review)
Vargas-Cetina, Gabriela
Autonomous University of Yucatán, Mexico http://www.antropologia.uady.mx/programas/antropologiasocial/vargas.php https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1174-0357
Juárez Huet, Nahayelli Beatriz. Dos narizones no se pueden besar. Trayectorias, usos y prácticas de la tradición Orisha en Yucatán, Publicaciones ciesas, 2019. -- a book review by Gabriela Vargas-Cetina
University of Silesia Press
2020-09-01 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/9625
Review of International American Studies; Vol 13 No 1 (2020): Captive Minds—RIAS Vol. 13, Spring–Summer (1/2020)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/10281
2021-07-12T22:48:48Z
RIAS:REV
nmb a2200000Iu 4500
"201231 2020 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>How to Hide an Empire: A Short History of the Greater United States</i> by Daniel Immerwahr (A Book Review)
Furlanetto, Elena
University of Duisburg-Essen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5988-6553
Immerwahr, Daniel. How to Hide an Empire: A Short History of the Greater United States, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. ISBN13: 9780374172145 -- a book review by Elena Furlanetto
University of Silesia Press
2021-01-10 02:26:50
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/10281
Review of International American Studies; Vol 13 No 2 (2020): One World: The Americas Everywhere—RIAS Vol. 13, Fall–Winter (2/2020)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/10282
2021-07-12T22:48:46Z
RIAS:REV
nmb a2200000Iu 4500
"201231 2020 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Democracy and Truth: A Short History</i> by Sophia Rosenfeld (A Book Review)
Gröppmaier, Sakina Shakil
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany https://www.en.schreibzentrum.fak13.uni-muenchen.de/about/team/associates/sakina_groeppmaier/index.html https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1560-9471
Rosenfeld, Sophia. Democracy and Truth: A Short History, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. ISBN13: 9780812250848 -- a book review by Sakina Shakil Gröppmaier
University of Silesia Press
2021-01-10 02:26:50
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/10282
Review of International American Studies; Vol 13 No 2 (2020): One World: The Americas Everywhere—RIAS Vol. 13, Fall–Winter (2/2020)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/11029
2021-07-12T22:48:44Z
RIAS:REV
nmb a2200000Iu 4500
"201231 2020 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation</i> by John Matteson (A Pre-Publication Book Review)
Świerkot, Mariola
Mariola Świerkot's review of John Matteson's A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation. W.W. Norton & Company 2021. ISBN 978-0-393-24707-7
University of Silesia Press
2021-01-10 02:26:50
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/11029
Review of International American Studies; Vol 13 No 2 (2020): One World: The Americas Everywhere—RIAS Vol. 13, Fall–Winter (2/2020)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/12464
2021-10-12T18:53:29Z
RIAS:REV
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"210930 2021 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Doing God’s Will: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Life of Purpose</i> by Larry L. Macon Sr. (A Book Review)
Kurasz, Weronika
Weronika Kurasz's review of Larry L. Macon Senior's Doing God’s Will: Martin Luther King Jr. and a Life of Purpose. Saint Paul Press, 2019.
University of Silesia Press
2021-10-07 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/12464
Review of International American Studies; Vol 14 No 1 (2021): Rivers of the Americas—RIAS Vol. 14, Spring–Summer (1/2021)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/12465
2021-10-12T18:53:29Z
RIAS:REV
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"210930 2021 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>The Discourse of Propaganda: Case Studies from the Persian Gulf War and the War on Terror </i> by John Oddo (A Book Review)
Gumuła, Piotr
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3819-4392
Piotr Gumuła's review of John Oddo's The Discourse of Propaganda: Case Studies from the Persian Gulf War and the War on Terror. Pennsylvania State UP, 2018.
University of Silesia Press
2021-10-07 00:00:00
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/12465
Review of International American Studies; Vol 14 No 1 (2021): Rivers of the Americas—RIAS Vol. 14, Spring–Summer (1/2021)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/12622
2021-12-20T17:42:21Z
RIAS:REV
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"211219 2021 eng "
1991-2773
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<i>A Road Course in Early American Literature: Travel and Teaching from Aztlán to Amherst </i> by Thomas Hallock (A Book Review)
Racine, Nathaniel R.
Texas A&M International University https://info.tamiu.edu/facultyprofiles/faculty.aspx?email=nathaniel.racine@tamiu.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1431-8629
Nathaniel R. Racine's review of A Road Course in Early American Literature: Travel and Teaching from Aztlán to Amherst by Thomas Hallock.
University of Silesia Press
2021-12-19 13:25:41
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/12622
Review of International American Studies; Vol 14 No 2 (2021): Car Culture(s): Machines, Roads, Mythologies—RIAS Vol. 14, Fall–Winter (2/2021)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/12651
2023-01-02T14:21:57Z
RIAS:REV
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"211115 2021 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century</i> by Jessica Bruder (A Book Review)
Pająk, Natalia
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1645-5184
Natalia Pająk's review of Jessica Bruder's Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
University of Silesia Press
2021-12-19 13:25:41
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/12651
Review of International American Studies; Vol 14 No 2 (2021): Car Culture(s): Machines, Roads, Mythologies—RIAS Vol. 14, Fall–Winter (2/2021)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/13577
2022-10-24T09:01:38Z
RIAS:REV
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"220615 2022 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>“All-Electric” Narratives: Time-Saving Appliances and Domesticity in American Literature, 1945–2020</i> by Rachele Dini (A Book Review)
Mitrano, Mena
Ca' Foscari University of Venice https://www.unive.it/data/persone/22622987/curriculum https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2839-6006
Filomena Mitrano's review of Rachele Dini's book “All-Electric” Narratives: Time-Saving Appliances and Domesticity in American Literature, 1945–2020, Bloomsbury, 2022.
University of Silesia Press
2022-06-12 17:42:44
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/13577
Review of International American Studies; Vol 15 No 1 (2022): Gender and Surveillance—RIAS Vol. 15, Spring–Summer (1/2022)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/13585
2022-10-24T09:01:38Z
RIAS:REV
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"220615 2022 eng "
1991-2773
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<i>Sin Sick: Moral Injury in War and Literature</i> by Joshua Pederson (A Book Review)
Arminio, Angelo
Sapienza - University of Rome; University of Silesia in Katowice https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/ANGELO-ARMINIO_nP1556138_EN.aspx https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7027-139X
Joshua Pederson’s Sin Sick: Moral Injury in War and Literature proposes the use of moral injury – a psychological concept describing the affliction of those who break their moral code when committing despicable acts – as a framework through which war narratives of the American War on Terror can be productively read without resorting to the controversial idea of perpetrator trauma, which seems to excuse veterans as victims of the war.
Pederson provides the reader with a clinical overview of the condition as well as a first literary theory of moral injury as a manifestation of various forms of excess through a genealogical reading that includes analyses of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Camus’ The Fall. Sin Sick appears as a step in the right direction as it addresses in a timely manner a blind spot in trauma theory using a concept that more accurately describes a specific type of suffering. In the author’s mind the very term “moral injury” entails an acknowledgement of the soldiers’ wrongdoing, and this allows him to defend contemporary war writers from critics accusing them of using a narrow point of view that focuses on the pain of the American protagonists and hides the suffering of their victims.
Ultimately, the study introduces readers to a fresh way to understand the psychological pain of perpetrators and seeks to inaugurate a new branch of studies that can run in parallel with trauma theory.
University of Silesia Press
2022-06-12 17:42:44
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/13585
Review of International American Studies; Vol 15 No 1 (2022): Gender and Surveillance—RIAS Vol. 15, Spring–Summer (1/2022)
eng
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oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/13732
2023-01-31T19:41:40Z
RIAS:REV
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"221231 2022 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Seeing Silence</i> by Mark C. Taylor (A Book Review)
Coase, Howard Robert
Sapienza University of Rome https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3855-2399
Howard Robert Coase's critical review of Seeing Silence by Mark C. Taylor.
University of Silesia Press
2022-12-31 15:35:41
"Refereed Book Review"
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https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/13732
Review of International American Studies; Vol 15 No 2 (2022): Visual Stories: Latin America in Focus—RIAS Vol. 15, Fall–Winter (2/2022)
eng
##submission.copyrightStatement##
oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/14732
2023-01-31T19:41:40Z
RIAS:REV
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1991-2773
dc
<i>Narrative Change Management in American Studies: A Pragmatic Reading</i> by Silke Schmidt (A Book Review)
Rees, Daniel
HS Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Business School, Munich (Germany) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3638-3731
Daniel Rees's review of Narrative Change Management in American Studies by Silke Schmidt.
University of Silesia Press
2022-12-31 15:35:41
"Refereed Book Review"
application/pdf
https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/14732
Review of International American Studies; Vol 15 No 2 (2022): Visual Stories: Latin America in Focus—RIAS Vol. 15, Fall–Winter (2/2022)
eng
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oai:ojs.www.journals.us.edu.pl:article/14773
2023-01-31T19:41:39Z
RIAS:REV
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"221231 2022 eng "
1991-2773
dc
<i>Departures: An Introduction to Critical Refugee Studies</i> by the Critical Refugee Studies Collective (A Book Review)
Traina, Giacomo
Sapienza University of Rome
Departures is the introductory volume to the interdisciplinary field of Critical Refugee Studies, written by the Critical Refugee Studies Collective and published by the University of California Press. The book works on many levels and can be read in as many ways. Partly a guide, partly a manifesto, the book dutifully performs its pre-set task of introducing the general reader to the field of Critical Refugee Studies, all the while engaging with larger issues and challenges. Its manifold nature is made explicit by the title itself, intended both as an allusion to the action of leaving and to that of deviating from a regular path. Highly readable and sharp-edged, tailor-made for an audience that includes (and transcends) colleges and universities, this text will likely find its way into many class syllabi and reading lists. Located at the crossroads of theory and resistance, advocacy and academia, Departures oozes rage, energy, and optimism, and is unapologetically political.
The field of Critical Refugee Studies, the authors state in the “Introduction,” is “a way to seize control of image and narrative, by and for refugees, centered in refugee epistemologies and experiences." As a community-engaged critical field, it postulates the necessity of moving past pre-existing humanitarian narratives and frameworks, exposing the underlying threads that tie militarism and migration, power and memory, empire and race. Channeling Somali British and Palestinian poetry, Syrian visual art, and Vietnamese American independent cinematography, the seven contributors call for new methodologies and approaches, as well as for new stories that go beyond the simple “formula of … escape, despair, and rescue” embedded in mainstream refugee narratives. The book's aim is to break that mold, underscoring the “invisible relations of power that broker how we see and consume the refugee subject”; that is to say, to radically twist the ways in which the latter is defined by the law, by the arts, and by the collective conscious. Bold and provocative, Departures will not fail to spark conversations in the coming years.
University of Silesia Press
2022-12-31 15:35:41
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