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      • Universidad de La Sabana

        The Universidad de La Sabana University Press publishes both printed and digital versions of all the books in its catalog.   Our books are the intellectual property of our teachers and researchers.   We share with you in this fair book series in peace, conflict, and professional gastronomy techniques, focused on Colombian gastronomy.   Check our online catalog https://publicaciones.unisabana.edu.co/

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      • Editora Rua do Sabão

        Rua do Sabão wants to bring unpublished or half forgotten titles to Brazil, using only direct translations of the original language; and make room for new works, created by Brazilian authors of tomorrow.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2012

        Thomas More's Utopia in early modern Europe

        by Terence Cave

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2018

        Louis XIV and the parlements

        by John J. Hurt

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2012

        Thomas More's Utopia in early modern Europe

        by Edited by Terence Cave

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        March 2012

        Unsterblich

        Die Sehnsucht nach dem ewigen Leben als Triebkraft unserer Zivilisation

        by Cave, Stephen / Englisch Bischoff, Michael

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        November 2009

        Nicht denken macht auch nicht schön

        Gehirnjogging für Selberdenker, Welterklärer und Alltagsphilosophen

        by Cave, Peter / Übersetzt von Kösling, Arnd

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        Acts of supremacy

        by Richard Cave, Brendan Gregory, Michael Pickering, J. Bratton

        At the height of the British Empire's fortunes, the stage represented the most influential form of popular entertainment. Acts of supremacy looks at the way in which this medium was utilised to mould popular concepts of empire and nationhood and the authors convey the significance of all levels of entertainment in shaping English identity and perception of other ethnic groups. The authors go beyond the traditional interpretation of politicians' blatant inculcation of patriotic fervour through plays and jingoistic songs. Additionally, they reveal the complex cultural negotiations that gave ordinary people a sense of their part in the imperial structure. Focusing upon minstrel shows, melodramas, comic routines and songs, the book shows that the public were encouraged to identify themselves with and to internalise the qualities required for empire builders and natural leaders. It concludes that the average British man, whatever his class or country, could come to think of himself as a member of a superior race fit to rule the world. Only Irish drama of the period significantly challenged this pattern. Acts of supremacy should be of interest to students of drama and cultural history as well as social and political historians.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2021

        Acts of supremacy

        by J. Bratton, Richard Cave, Brendan Gregory, Michael Pickering

        Imperialist discourse interacted with regional and class discourses. Imperialism's incorporation of Welsh, Scots and Irish identities, was both necessary to its own success and one of its most powerful functions in terms of the control of British society. Most cultures have a place for the concept of heroism, and for the heroic figure in narrative fiction; stage heroes are part of the drama's definition of self, the exploration and understanding of personal identity. Theatrical and quasi-theatrical presentations, whether in music hall, clubroom, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre or the streets and ceremonial spaces of the capital, contributed to that much-discussed national mood. This book examines the theatre as the locus for nineteenth century discourses of power and the use of stereotype in productions of the Shakespearean history canon. It discusses the development of the working class and naval hero myth of Jack Tar, the portrayal of Ireland and the Irish, and the portrayal of British India on the spectacular exhibition stage. The racial implications of the ubiquitous black-face minstrelsy are focused upon. The ideology cluster which made up the imperial mindset had the capacity to re-arrange and re-interpret history and to influence the portrayal of the tragic or comic potential of personal dilemmas. Though the British may have prided themselves on having preceded America in the abolition of slavery and thus outpacing Brother Jonathan in humanitarian philanthropy, abnegation of hierarchisation and the acceptance of equality of status between black and white ethnic groups was not part of that achievement.

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