In academic as well as in public debates audiovisual media have often been accused of perpetuating gender stereotypes and of confronting viewers time and again with traditional role models and binary concepts of masculinity and...

Der Sammelband beschäftigt sich in 18 germanistischen, anglistischen und hispanistischen Beiträgen mit unterschiedlichsten Ausprägungen der Reise- und Migrationsliteratur. Aus literatur- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Sicht so relevante...

- Grundlagen interkultureller Kompetenz werden an zahlreichen Fallbeispielen, Darstellungen und Begriffen vermittelt - Schwerpunkte: Kulturtheorie und interkulturelle Kommunikation - Modelle für interkulturelles Lernen

Frances Hodgson Burnett published numerous works for an adult readership, she is mainly remembered today for three novels written for children: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905) and The Secret Garden (1911). This...

Fear in its many facets appears to constitute an intriguing and compelling subject matter for writers and screenwriters alike. The contributions address fictional representations and explorations of fear in different genres and different...

J. K. Rowling’s “ Harry Potter” series (1997–2007) has turned into a global phenomenon and her Potterverse is still expanding. The contributions in this volume provide a range of inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to various...