“rebecca l walkowitz”

In this broad-ranging and ambitious intervention in the debates over the politics, ethics, and aesthetics of cosmopolitanism, Rebecca L. Walkowitz argues that modernist literary style has been crucial to new ways of thinking and acting beyond the nation. While she focuses on modernist narrative, Wal... More

"Immigrant Fictions" is a groundbreaking collection that brings together studies of world literature, book history, narrative theory, and the contemporary novel to challenge methods of critical reading based on national models of literary culture. Contributors suggest that contemporary novels by imm... More

"Bright, disquieting, and energetic, these essays bring back to life the complexpolitical and artistic provocations of their modernisms. Badly needed."--Rachel Bowlby, author of "Carried Away: The Invention of Modern Shopping" "I envision "Bad Modernisms" as a linchpin in the 'new modernist studies.... More

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: A Comprehensive Guide explains why hydrogen has emerged as an essential area for research and technology development worldwide. It explores the forces driving the market for hydrogen-powered fuel cells, as well as the technical and economic barriers that could derail a trans... More

What kind of turn is the turn to ethics? A Right turn? A Left turn? A wrong turn? A U-turn? Ethics is back in literary studies, philosophy, and political theory. Where critiques of universal man and the autonomous human subject had, in recent years, produced a resistance to ethics in many fields of ... More

When the American Bar Association recreated the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on the fortieth anniversary of their execution, the jury acquitted the "mock Rosenbergs," finding that in today's courts they would not have been convicted of espionage. The 1950s trial of the Rosenbergs on charges ... More

Is America a religious nation? A nation of many religions? Is there an American religion? "One Nation Under God?" is a remarkable consideration of how religion manifests itself in America today. Drawing on the extraordinary diversity of America's cultures, this gathering of distinguished scholars co... More

Coverage of such major news events as the Gulf War, the AIDS epidemic and the William Kennedy Smith rape trial is analysed by contributors who explore the languages of word and image that produce current events "as" spectacle.... More

If you ever have to deal with customers in your job, know that sometimes customers get upset. As the contact point with your customer, you are your company. It is up to you to address the situation tactfully and quickly, then do your best to keep that customer coming back. Anyone who deals with the ... More