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Books by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi






Democracy in Chile
The Legacy of September 11, 1973
by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Fernando Ignacio Leiva
Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 2005 by Sussex Academic Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-84519-202-0, ISBN: 1-84519-202-8

"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 ..."






Colonization or Globalization?
Postcolonial Explorations of Imperial Expansion
by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Chantal J. Zabus, Aishwarya Lakhsmi, Deepa Jani, Gabrielle Naglieri, Gilbert Adair, Hande Tekdemir, Geetha Ganapathy-Dore, Kathleen Flanagan, Paul Ugor, Robert Marzec, Sukanya Gupta, Vladimir Suchan, Will Harris
Hardcover, 188 Pages, Published 2009 by Lexington Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-3176-3, ISBN: 0-7391-3176-1

"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 Silvia Nagy-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, Silvia Nagy-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 Silvia Nagy-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 ..."






Paradoxical Citizenship
Essays on Edward Said (Hardback)
by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Professor Edward W. Said
Hardcover, 252 Pages, Published 2006 by Lexington Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-0988-5, ISBN: 0-7391-0988-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 ..."






Paralelismos Transatlanticos
Postcolonialismo y Narrativa Feminina en America Latina y Africa del Norte
by Silvia Nagy-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 Silvia Nagy-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 Silvia Nagy-Zekmi
Softcover, Published 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-1-349-29819-8, ISBN: 1-349-29819-0






Democracy in Chile
The Legacy of September 11, 1973
by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Fernando Leiva, Fernando Ignacio Leiva
Hardcover, 226 Pages, Published 2005 by Sussex Academic Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-84519-081-1, ISBN: 1-84519-081-5

"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 ..."






Agencia cultural, arte, educación y prácticas sociales en América Latina y la frontera - Cultural Agency, Art and Education in Latin America and its Borders
(Spanish Edition)
by Zulema Moret, David William Foster, Jaime Flores Chávez, Alonso Azócar Avendaño, Walescka Pino-Ojeda, Robert Neustadt, Stephany Slaughter, Mirta Colángelo, Djurdja Trajkovic, Debra A. Castillo, Ludmila Ferrari, Andrés R. Amado, Jane D. Griffin, Keith Watts, Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Graciela Di Marco
Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2017 by Escribana Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-940075-42-6, ISBN: 1-940075-42-4

"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 Silvia Nagy-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 Silvia Nagy-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 ..."






Primitivismo, Racismo y Misoginismo En El Cine LatinoAmericano / Primitivism, Racism, and Misogyny in Latin American Cinema
(Spanish and English Edition)
by Jorge J. Barrueto, Silvia Nagy-Zekmi
Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2008 by Edwin Mellen Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-7734-5138-4, ISBN: 0-7734-5138-2






Moros en la costa. Orientalismo en Latinoamerica(1st Edition)
(Spanish Edition)
by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi
Paperback, 239 Pages, Published 2008 by Iberoamericana / Vervuert
ISBN-13: 978-84-8489-403-2, ISBN: 84-8489-403-7

"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 ..."






Identidades En Transformacion. El Discurso Neoindigenista De Los Paises Andinos
by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi
Paperback, 210 Pages, Published 1997 by Biblioteca Abya-Yala
ISBN-13: 978-9978-04-287-8, ISBN: 9978-04-287-3






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: 






Arte De Vivir. Acercamientos Criticos A La Poesia De Pedro Lastra
by Silvia Nagy, Luis Correa-Díaz, Luis Correa-Dâiaz
Pasta Dura, 284 Pages, Published 2006 by Ril
ISBN-13: 978-956-284-524-3, ISBN: 956-284-524-9






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

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