What Factors Determine the International Circulation of Scholarly Books? The Example of Translations Between English and French in the Era of Globalization

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisèle Sapiro
Keyword(s):  
International Circulation

Ficção e fricção: imagens da Amazónia no cinema internacional

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Wielewicki ◽  
Guy Amado
Keyword(s):  
Amazon Region ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Horror Film ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Real ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
International Circulation ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
Film Productions

Explored by foreign travellers in different periods, the Amazon rainforest has long dwelt in the imagery of western countries. This trend is naturally extended to its numerous representations in cinema, often in a stereotyped perspective, full of clichés that respond to entertainment demands or to superficial foreign curiosity. This paper proposes to analyse its presence in some feature films produced mostly (but not only) in Hollywood along the last five decades. It aims at investigating how, in mainstream cinema, the features and characteristics that are supposedly typical of the region are shown, along with the demands of the respective film narratives, and at pinpointing the inevitable mismatches that emerge when facing the complexity of the ‘continent’ that effectively constitutes the region. In genres that run from adventure to comedy, fantasy or horror, film productions have set their plots there – partially, at least, and artificially or effectively – with varying approaches and degrees of depth to the region’s peculiarities. The choice of productions with so-called commercial appeal is due to such films having greater reach and international circulation. Thus their features are interesting for their capacity of spreading such imaginary, often with a shallow or distorted bias. The present is not a precise, socio-anthropological comparison between the ‘real’ Amazon region and that which is shown on the screens as a lost tropical paradise or a ‘green inferno’, for instance, but rather to point out how the logics of entertaining may assimilate a complex and multifaceted imaginary and present it in a simplistic, schematic, one-dimensional way.

scholarly journals Notes for Contributors

1996 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-61
Author(s):  
J D Swales
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Economics ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
International Circulation

The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, which offers a large international circulation, invites original reports and reviews relevant to any field of medicine. It publishes laboratory and clinical studies, papers on public health issues, epidemiology, health economics, medical history and ethics. All such submissions are subjected to peer review and revision may be required before acceptance.

How Does Literary Theory Cross Boundaries (or Not)?

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Analía Gerbaudo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Literary Theory ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
International Circulation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation

This article analyzes the obstacles that hinder the reconstruction of the processes of institutionalization and internationalization of literary studies in Argentina within the framework of the project International Cooperation in the Social-Sciences and Humanities: Comparative Socio-Historical Perspectives and Future Possibilities, directed by Gisèle Sapiro. These obstacles were negotiated partly through the creation of two categories: “stories” and “fantasies of nano-intervention.” The article introduces these categories, along with some examples that enable reflection on the factors that impede or condition the international circulation of literary theory.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document