KULT_online Nr. 67 (2023)
Das Rezensionsmagazin des Gießener Graduiertenzentrums Kulturwissenschaften (GGK) und des International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC).
KULT_rezensionen
Rezension Virtual Immortality — Das Paradies aus der Maschine Krüger, Oliver. Virtual Immortality. God, Evolution, and the Singularity in Post- and Transhumanism. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2021. 356 Seiten, 35 EUR. ISBN: 978-3-8376-5059-4. A Review by Tobias Bieseke https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1341
Ethics at the Crossroads of Disciplines: Cognitive, Affect, and Literary Studies Hogan, Patrick Colm. Literature and Moral Feeling. A Cognitive Poetics of Ethics, Narrative, and Empathy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 306 pages, 85 GBP. ISBN: 978-1-00-916951-6. A Review by Riccardo Buonamici https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1367
Von der Verflechtung und Entflechtung — Im Austausch mit Transkulturalität Erfurt, Jürgen (ed.). Transkulturalität. Prozesse und Perspektiven. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, 2021. 363 Seiten, 31 EUR. ISBN: 978-3-8252-5542-8. A Review by Melisa M. Çiçek https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1383
Of Pirates and Institutions Norton, Matthew. The Punishment of Pirates. Interpretation and Institutional Order in the Early Modern British Empire. Chicago/London: Chicago University Press, 2023. 236 pages, 29.99 USD. ISBN: 978-0-226-82310-2. A Review by Edward Djordjevic https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1368
Sweet Emotions: Why Feelings Matter at Heritage Sites Smith, Laurajane. Emotional Heritage. Visitor Engagement at Museums and Heritage Sites. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, 2021. 352 Pages, 49.95 USD. ISBN: 978-1-138-88865-4. A Review by Sandra Engels https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1370
FLINTA nach vorn! Deutschpunk und sein Sexismus-Problem Ringelsiep, Diana und Ronja Schwikowski (Hg.). Punk as F*ck. Die Szene aus FLINTA-Perspektive. Mainz: Ventil, 2022. 448 Seiten, 24,00 EUR. ISBN: 978-3-95575-187-6. A Review by Justus Grebe https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1365
Understanding and Preventing Gender-based Violence in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Multi-disciplinary Endeavor Biholar, Ramona and Dacia L. Leslie (eds.). Critical Caribbean Perspectives on Preventing Gender-Based Violence. Routledge, 2022. 242 pages, 31.19 GBP. ISBN: 978-1-00-325520-8. A Review by Isabella Kalte https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1375
Moral als Zeichen ihrer Zeit: Historische und aktuelle Positionen im Spannungsfeld von Design und Ethik bei Christian Bauer Bauer, Christian. Ethik für Designer. Stuttgart: avedition, 2022. 144 Seiten, 19,00 EUR. ISBN: 978-3-89986-381-9. A Review by Saskia Ketz https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1377
Images of Terror: How to “See” Trauma in Literary Texts? Armstrong, Charles I. and Unni Langås (eds.). Terrorizing Images. Trauma and Ekphrasis in Contemporary Literature. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2020. 204 pages, 104,95 EUR. ISBN: 978-3-11-069290-7. A Review by Anna Klishevich https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1346
Ulrike Felsing: Reflexive Ausstellungskataloge Felsing, Ulrike. Reflexive Kataloge. Ein Medium der Übersetzung als Ausstellung, Film und Hypertext. transcript Verlag, 2021. 314 Seiten, 45,00 EUR. ISBN: 978-3-8376-5628-2. A Review by Tabea Lurk https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1363
Safe Space in Zeiten der Postmoderne: Zur Praxis und Dynamik neo-diasporischer Gemeinschaften Karner, Marie Johanna. Neo-diasporische Gemeinschaften. Blouzaniyye in Sydney, Australien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2021. 505 Seiten, 82 EUR. ISBN: 978-3-515-12830-8. A Review by Anastasiia Marsheva https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1345
Of Glass Fishes and Crystal Chandeliers: The (Important) Role of Material Culture within Changing Times Cristache, Maria. Domesticity on Display. Romanian Middle-class Material Culture from Late Socialism to Today. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. 211 pages, 93,08 EUR. ISBN: 978-3-030-78783-7. A Review by Piera Mazzaglia https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1381
Metamorphose eines überregionalen Verkehrsknotenpunktes: Lembergs Bahnhöfe im Spiegel der osteuropäischen Stadtentwicklung Weck, Nadia. Eisenbahn und Stadtentwicklung in Zentraleuropa am Beispiel der Stadt Lemberg (Lwów, L‘viv). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz-Verlag, 2020. 352 Seiten, 58,00 EUR. ISBN: 978-3-447-11416-5. A Review by Christian Müller https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1342
Aemulatio, Kollaborationen und Aneignung — Zum Self-fashioning nordischer Künstlerinnen in den 1880er Jahren Rech, Carina. Becoming Artists. Self-Portaits, Friendship Images and Studio Scenes by Nordic Women Painters in the 1880s. Göteborg/Stockholm: Makadam Förlag, 2021. 448 Seiten, 30,00 EUR. ISBN: 978-91-7061-854-3. A Review by Lisa Pregitzer https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1371
Fictions at Work: Original Takes and Future Trajectories Polland-Schmandt, Imke and Ansgar Nünning (eds.). The Cultural Work of Fictions. Trajectories of Literary Studies in the 21st Century. Trier: WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2021. (ELCH; Band 84). 216 Pages, 32,50 Euro. ISBN: 978-3-86821-912-8 A Review by Marco Presago https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1372
Gilroy Goes Digital: A Visionary Volume on Black Tech Practice and Afro-Diasporic Voices in the Digital Humanities Risam, Roopika and Kelly Baker Josephs (eds.). The Digital Black Atlantic. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press, 2021. xxiv, 248 pages, 34,68 EUR. ISBN: 978-1-5179-1080-8. A Review by Fiona Quast https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1369
Between Roman Authority and Greek Ritual: The Turbulent History of the Uniate Church at the End of the Eighteenth Century Wolff, Larry. Disunion within the Union. The Uniate Church and the Partitions of Poland. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020. 152 pages, 18 EUR, ISBN 978-0-674-24628-7. A Review by Kacper Radny https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1382
Contemporary Modes of Remembering the Holocaust — How and Why? Berberich, Christine (ed.). Trauma and Memory. The Holocaust in Contemporary Culture. New York: Routledge, 2021. 223 pages, 22,39 EUR. ISBN: 978-0-367-70316-5. A Review by Archana Ravi https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1384
Slowing Down in a Sped-Up World: How Slow Narrative Can Foster Embodied Experiences of Climate Change and Prompt Ethical Responses Caracciolo, Marco. Slow Narrative and Nonhuman Materialities. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. 258 pages, 60 USD. ISBN: 978-1-4962-3088-1. A Review by Dorothea Sawon https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1374
Between Satire and Politics: Tracing British Perception of China in Punch’s Cartoons Amy Matthewson. Cartooning China. Punch, Power, & Politics in the Victorian Era. Routledge, 2022. 188 pages, 38.99 GBP. ISBN: 978-0-367-46099-0. A Review by Ziling Song https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1366
KULT_reports
Workshop Report on “Vocabularies of Migration: Reflexive Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity, Translation and Language in Migration Research” A Report by Morteza Azimi, Melisa Meryem Çiçek, Erzhena Dugarova, Pinar Gümüs Mantu and Anastasiia Marsheva https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1378
Conference Report on “Participation in Postcolonial Wor(l)ds” A Report by Isabella Kalte and Fiona Quast https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2023.1376