Communicating in the Third Space (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ikas, Karin; Wagner, Gerhard

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Produktbeschreibung

Communicating in the Third Space aims to clarify Homi K. Bhabha's theory of the third space of enunciation by reconstructing its philosophical, sociological, geographical, and political meaning with attention to the special advantages and ambiguities that arise as it is applied in practical--as well as theoretical--contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135894207
• Artikelnr.: 42983106

Autorenporträt

Karin Ikas is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English & American Studies at Frankfurt (M) University where she also holds a senior research position in the Department of Social Sciences. Her dissertation on "Modern Chicana Literature: An Intercultural Analysis" won the prestigious Daimler Chrysler Foundation's "Academy Award for Intercultural Studies." Her books include Chicana Ways (2002), Gender Debat/tl/ed (2003), Stories from Down Under, co-edited with David Carter (2004), Violence and Transgression in World Minority Literatures (co-editor, 2005) and Global Realignments and the Canadian Nation in the Third Millennium (2009). Forthcoming is 'A Nation Forged in Fire': Canadian Literature and the Construction of National Identity. Gerhard Wagner is a professor at the Department for Social Sciences at Frankfurt (M) University. His publications include Der Fremde als sozialer Typus (co-editor, 2002), Projekt Europa (2005), Kultur in Zeiten der Globalisierung (co-editor, 2005), Eine Geschichte der Soziologie (2007) and an introductory novel into sociology entitled Paulette on the Beach that was published in German as Paulette am Strand (2008). Currently, he is preparing the manuscript of the correspondence between Alfred Schuetz and Eric Voegelin for press with University of Missouri Press. He is further the co-editor of vol.1 (2007) and 2 (2008) of the five-volume edition of the collected works of Albert Salomon. Forthcoming is his monograph Die Wissenschaftstheorie der Soziologie (2010) and his edited essay collection entitled Wie wirkt Recht? Beiträge zur rechtssoziologischen Effektivitätsforschung.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: In the Cave of Making: Thoughts on Third Space. Homi K. Bhabha.
Introduction. The Quest for Inter- or Transcultural Communication 1.
Cosmopolitanization Without Cosmopolitans: On the Distinction between
Normative and Empirical-analytical Cosmopolitanism in Philosophy and the
Social Sciences Ulrich Beck 2. Encounters in the Third Space: Links Between
Intercultural Communication Theories and Postcolonial Approaches Britta
Kalscheuer The Spatial Turn 3. Thirdspace: Toward a New Consciousness of
Space and Spatiality Edward W. Soja 4. Pitfalls of (Third) Space:
Rethinking the Effects of Location Julia Lossau Theorizing the Third Space
5. The Void of Misgiving Robert J.C. Young 6. Postcolonial Subjectivity and
the Transclassical Logic of the Third Karin Ikas and Gerhard Wagner
Literizing the Third Space 7. Caliban's Voice: Writing in the Third Space
Bill Ashcroft 8. Crossing into a Mexifornian Third Space Karin Ikas
Locations and Negotiations 9. Transcultural Negotiations: Third Spaces in
Modern Times Frank Schulze-Engler 10. Two Nations in the Third Space:
Postcolonial Theory and the Polish Revolution Gerhard Wagner Contributors.
Index