scholarly journals The History of the Tradition of Translation of the Qurʼan into Spanish in the XV–XX Centuries in the Context of the Process of Establishment of a Multi-Religious Spanish Identity

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-58
Author(s):  
D. V. Mukhetdinov
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
First Century ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Given

The given study is focused on the history of the tradition of translations of the Qur’an into Spanish during the period of XV–XX centuries in the context of the process of acknowledgement and construction of the inclusive pluri- religious and pluri- lingual identity of the Spanish people. The examination of the evolution of this phenomenon during this historical period has shown that it can be divided into four major stages. The early stage (XV–XVII centuries) is characterized by positive trends, while in the following period (XVII–XIX centuries) the tradition was interrupted by the expulsion of Spanish Muslims from the areas of their historical residency. The tradition of translations was reborn in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in the context of the renaissance of the Muslim community in Spain. As a result of these processes, today, in the twenty- first century, the tradition of translation of the Qur’an into Spanish constitutes an integral part of the spiritual life of Spain, strongly contributing to a successful and genuine inter- religious dialogue and cooperation.

Disability and the History of Eugenics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Rembis
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lively Debate ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
Twenty First Century

Eugenics is central to the history of disability in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Recently, scholars in a number of disciplines have debated whether the biopolitical regime that emerged in the waning decades of the twentieth century can be called “eugenic.” Some scholars claim that although distinctions can be made between an “old” eugenics (1860s–1950s) and a “new” eugenics (1960s–present), the basic tenets of eugenics have endured. Other scholars, Nikolas Rose being the most prominent among them, assert that the biopolitics at the turn of the twenty-first century is significantly different from the “old” eugenics and must be analyzed on its own terms. The question of whether one can write a “long” history of eugenics has animated a lively debate among historians. When viewed through the lens of disability, important continuities emerge between the history of eugenics and the current biopolitical regime.

scholarly journals Introduction: Postcolonial Reading Publics

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankhi Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
British India ◽  
Authorial Intention ◽  
Writing Theory ◽  
History Of ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Given ◽  
Discursive Context

AbstractIn this introduction to the special issue, “Postcolonial Reading Publics,” Mukherjee charts the history of reception of two texts, one a Bengali novel published in British India, the other a Shakespeare adaptation staged in twenty-first-century Kolkata, to examine the fortuitous ways in which reading publics baffle or exceed authorial intention and the given text’s addressable objects. Offering summaries of and continuities among the four essays that constitute the volume, the introduction ends with an analysis of the salience of this discursive context for postcolonial writing, theory, and critique in a world literary frame.

Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Latina/o Culture

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-174
Author(s):  
Alicia Arrizón
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
First Century ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Gender And Sexuality Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gender Power ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Methodological Considerations

This article begins delving into the intersectionality of the conceptual knowledge embedded in the terms “women,” “gender,” and “sexuality.” The evolution of these three concepts has transformed the field of women, gender, and sexuality studies. While drawing on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to center on women’s issues, the field examines constructs of gender power relations, systems of oppression, and privilege. Students and scholars in the field examine these concepts as they intersect with other identities and social sites such as race, sexual orientation, inequality, class, and disability. The article begins with a general examination of the epistemological inquires considered in the title. It then traces the interdisciplinarity of women’s studies and feminist theory while contextualizing Latina feminism within Third World feminisms as conceptualized in the twentieth century. The article also argues that in Latina/o culture, the epistemology of these terms is reinforced by the power of heterosexuality, patriarchy, and the ramifications of colonial history. In this framework, the article examines the dichotomy of marianismo and machismo as markers of the legacy of colonialism. In what contexts this legacy influences Latina feminist discourses and views in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? What type of genealogies have been fundamental in tracing the colonial history of Latina/American feminism across borders? What kinds of methodological considerations for studying sexuality, and non-conforming gendering processes in Latina/o/Latinx culture in the twenty-first century are currently relevant? Are Latinas becoming more visible and influential in the twenty-first century? These inquiries are considered important for engaging with contemporary issues in Latino/a studies.

Adapting The Wizard of Oz

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
First Century ◽  
Careful Attention ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Wizard Of Oz ◽  
History Of ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Creative Team

This new multiauthor volume will examine The Wizard of Oz and its surrounding culture, centering on three areas of study: early adaptations of Baum’s novels, insights into the MGM film, and the legacy of The Wizard of Oz on the popular stage. Although the articles will devote some attention to the genesis of the musical and the biographical profiles of the creative team, the book will prioritize critical and analytical readings. Authors will primarily illuminate the reasons why The Wizard of Oz has become iconic in the history of the movie musical, acknowledging the great lengths to which MGM went in making it an exceptional project, and why it continues to hold so much appeal in the twenty-first century. The development of the score will receive particularly close attention, filling an important gap in the literature and addressing the fact that the songs are key to the movie’s popularity. Two central chapters will address the music in the MGM film, considering the interaction between the songs and the underscore, and also reflecting on the enduring appeal of the musical numbers. But the significance of the music in early stage productions and later reinterpretations will also be given careful attention: several of the authors will question how the music is employed alongside other components—on stage and screen—and to what effect. Ultimately, the book will incorporate a variety of scholarly approaches, to present an authoritative and engaging understanding of one of the most significant movie musicals that will appeal to film lovers and academics alike.

Romantic Portraits and Contemporary Audiences: Report from an Exhibition on the History of Emotions

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-166
Author(s):  
Anna Schram Vejlby
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Emotional Communication ◽  
History Of Emotions ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complex Emotion ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Historical Methods ◽  
The Given ◽  
Emotional Landscape

This article combines two issues: the actual emotional landscape of Danish portraiture from the first half of the nineteenth century and twenty-first-century audiences' response to these portraits. My research is based on written sources, art historical methods of the interpretation of visual material, and surveys among the audiences of the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen, where the exhibition Keeping up Appearances. Portraits and emotions in the Golden Age takes place in the autumn of 2017. The exhibition is based on previous research that I have conducted into emotion in Danish portraiture and will be an occasion to reevaluate earlier surveys in order to present new conclusions in this article. The article explores the psychological and emotional circumstances that surround examples of some of the finest Danish portraits of the 1800s and how the modern individual can attain a more profound understanding of these images and the range of emotions they embody. The portraits' historical public had no doubts as to the deep and complex emotion embedded in them, but today they often prove more difficult to interpret since a prior understanding of the given period is required in order to fully grasp the people depicted and the different things they may have felt. When audiences see a portrait in the twenty-first century they are often compelled to interpret it in the same way that they would interpret living people. This creates a set of challenges in our relation to and understanding of a person in a portrait through a given time and space. I will use Lisa Feldman Barrett's research on emotional communication in my analyses of the encounter between the portrait and the modern viewer.

History of Recording Demotic Epigraphy

2020 ◽  
pp. 491-507
Author(s):  
Jan Moje
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Late Period ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
Rosetta Stone ◽  
Roman Egypt ◽  
History Of ◽  
Twenty First Century

This chapter gives an overview of the history of recording and publishing epigraphic sources in Demotic language and script from the Late Period to Greco-Roman Egypt (seventh century bce to third century ce), for example, on stelae, offering tables, coffins, or votive gifts. The history of editing such texts and objects spans over two hundred years. Here, the important steps and pioneering publications on Demotic epigraphy are examined. They start from the beginning of the nineteenth century, when Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt found the Rosetta stone, until the twenty-first century.

History of Warships from Ancient Times to the Twenty-First Century

1999 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 712
Author(s):  
Clark G. Reynolds ◽  
James L. George
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Twenty First Century

Random Pandemic Perambulations: A Brief History of Literary Walks in the Age of Corona

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 187-207
Author(s):  
Peter Arnds
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oriented Movement ◽  
Twenty First Century

This article focuses on the concept of randomness as the absence of goal-oriented movement in literary walks. The literature of walking displays the happenstance of adventure as one of the great antidotes to our inane, highly technologized, digitalized twenty-first-century lifestyle. In the end, however, such randomness may reveal itself as not so random after all, as the purpose of the journey, its inherent telos, discloses itself while travelling or in hindsight. This article provides brief glimpses into the history of literary walks to examine this tension between apparent randomness and the non-random. By drawing on a range of cultural theories and theorizations of travel and especially of walking, I look at literary foot travel in the nineteenth century, the Romantics and American Transcendentalists, some great adventure hikes in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the urban and rural flâneur. In doing so the article does not lose sight of the question of how we can instrumentalize the literature of walking for life during the current pandemic.

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