"In the 1990s, Latin America emerged from the horror of massive and systematic human rights violations as the region returned to civilian elected regimes. Many hoped that such transitions would bring about significant political, economic and cultural change—the rebuilding of a more democratic order based on a culture of human rights that would reinvigorate democratic practices in the region. Despite the change in political regimes, suc ..."
"This book articles presents new scholarship on the subject of imperial expansion through colonization and globalization from a variety of postcolonial perspectives. The essays in this volume, grouped in three chapters, scrutinize imperial expansion within the context of national identities and imageries-deconstructing the modernist and utopian idea of a nation as a site of homogeneity, and reviewing the importance of the concept in the ..."
Paradoxical Citizenship Essays on Edward Said by SilviaNagy-Zekmi Paperback, 292 Pages, Published 2008 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-3258-6, ISBN: 0-7391-3258-X
"Edward Said (1935-2003) has been one of the most influential literary and social critics of the 20th century. His writings extend over topics such as literature, philosophy, music and political activism. His seminal works such as Beginnings: Intention and Method (1975) and especially Orientalism (1978) provide the foundations of postcolonial theory and have been used to critique and theorize on many disciplines. This collection of artic ..."
Perennial Empires(Updated) Postcolonial, Transnational, and Literary Perspectives by Chantal Zabus, SilviaNagy-Zekmi Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2011 by Cambria Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60497-740-0, ISBN: 1-60497-740-X
""Focusing its concern through the often-neglected role of literature in shaping and influencing these forces, this powerful collection of essays addresses the complex new ways that international power exercises control over all aspects of life-from new forms of public governance to the construction of private identities. The book acknowledges the emergence of new theoretical models of imperialism and empire, but it sets them firmly w ..."
Truth to Power(Updated) Public Intellectuals in and Out of Academe by SilviaNagy-Zekmi, Karyn L. Hollis Hardcover, 190 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-2260-2, ISBN: 1-4438-2260-4
"The notion that public intellectuals in the US are in decline has again become fashionable with their portrayal as trapped between Academe and the real - world. The questions addressed by this volume are: How can the voices of scholars and erudite thinkers penetrate the globalized, corporate media and how does media receive and represent the contribution of intellectuals to the academic and public spheres, all the while recognizing what ..."
"Edward Said (1935-2003) has been one of the most influential literary and social critics of the 20th century. His writings extend over topics such as literature, philosophy, music and political activism. His seminal works such as Beginnings: Intention and Method (1975) and especially Orientalism (1978) provide the foundations of postcolonial theory and have been used to critique and theorize on many disciplines. This collection of artic ..."
Paralelismos Transatlanticos Postcolonialismo y Narrativa Feminina en America Latina y Africa del Norte by SilviaNagy-Zekmi Paperback, 140 Pages, Published 1996 by Ediciones Inti ISBN-13: 978-1-888135-02-2, ISBN: 1-888135-02-6
Global Academe Engaging Intellectual Discourse by SilviaNagy-Zekmi, Karyn Hollis Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-230-11820-1, ISBN: 0-230-11820-8
"The representation of the economic, political, cultural and, more importantly, global interrelations between agents involved in the process of intellectual activity is at the core of the inquiry in this volume that scrutinizes a distinct transformation occurring in the modalities of intellectual production also detectable in the changing role of academics themselves. In our transitional era, due to a worldwide political and economic cri ..."
Global Academe Engaging Intellectual Discourse by SilviaNagy-Zekmi Softcover, Published 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-349-29819-8, ISBN: 1-349-29819-0
"In the 1990s, Latin America emerged from the horror of massive and systematic human rights violations as the region returned to civilian-elected regimes. Many hoped that such transitions would bring about significant political, economic and cultural change: the rebuilding a more democratic order based on a culture of human rights” that would reinvigorate democratic practices in the region. Despite the change in political regimes, such ..."
"This book presents interdisciplinary perspectives on the cultural agency across Latin America and its borders. The introduction and its fourteen chapters, divided in three parts, connect cultural agency with educative, artistic and social practice. This publication is the product of a dialogue that began in 2010 in a conference at Grand Valley State University and that was continued by a group of scholars in a series of conferences of t ..."
Global Academe Engaging Intellectual Discourse by SilviaNagy-Zekmi, Karyn L. Hollis Digital, 230 Pages, Published 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-01493-1, ISBN: 1-137-01493-8
"The representation of the economic, political, cultural and, more importantly, global interrelations between agents involved in the process of intellectual activity is at the core of the inquiry in this volume that scrutinizes a distinct transformation occurring in the modalities of intellectual production also detectable in the changing role of academics themselves. In our transitional era, due to a worldwide political and economic cri ..."
Truth to Power Public Intellectuals In and Out of Academe by SilviaNagy-Zekmi, Karyn Hollis 190 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-2298-5, ISBN: 1-4438-2298-1
"Public Intellectuals In and Out of Academe Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Karyn Hollis ... Her
review of Laura R. Micchiche's book, Doing Emotion: Rhetoric, Writing, Teaching
(2007) was published in Composition Studies Journal. ... Latinoamérica (2008);
Paradoxical Citizenship: Edward Said (2006, 2008); Arte de vivir, co-edited with
Luis Correa-Díaz (2006); Democracy in Chile: The Legacy of 9/11, 1973, co-
edited with Fernando Leiva (2005, winn ..."
"transita, «pequeño y perdido bajo abruptos cantiles o árboles gigantescos, al pie
de montañas culminantes o en medio de dilatados litorales frente a océanos
insondables...» (1914: 49). La esencia del ... pensamiento humano) es la nota
principal de la pintura y del haikú japoneses que evocan estados de la
naturaleza: los colores de un cerezo en flor, el verdor de un bosque, la blancura
de la nieve o el vuelo de un pájaro bajo la luz ..."
Paralelismos transatlánticos Postcolonialismo y narrativa femenina en América Latina y África del Norte by Nagy-Zekmi, Silvia Trade Paperback, Published 2020 by Independently Published ISBN-13: , ISBN:
De texto a contexto Practicas discursivas en la literatura espanola e hispanoamericana (Biblioteca Universitaria Puvill) (Spanish Edition) by Silvia-Nagy-Zekmi Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1998 by Puvill Libros ISBN-13: 978-84-85202-79-9, ISBN: 84-85202-79-1