Peter Moreira: 7 books

Book cover of Hemingway on the China Front
by Peter Moreira
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2006

Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn had no idea of what they would discover when they set out for Hong Kong, China, and Burma in 1941. The husband-and-wife team of celebrity literati intended to report on the China-Japan war while honeymooning in the romantic Far East. What they found was a maddening,...
Book cover of Backwater:: Nova Scotia's Economic Decline
by Peter Moreira
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009

This hard-hitting but fair assessment of Nova Scotia and the Maritimes will shock and surprise many Maritimers who have been conditioned to think that the east coast of Canada is one of the most livable regions in the country. Author Peter Moreira, a native Maritimer who returned home after working...
Book cover of Reinvenções de Foucault
by Francisco de Guimaraens, Eduardo Stelmann, Susana Murillo
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: April 2, 2018

Em 1973, Michel Foucault apresenta no Collège de France o Curso “A sociedade punitiva”, parte do conjunto de análises que servirão de base ao livro Vigiar e Punir, de 1975. As gravações do curso foram perdidas e apenas uma transcrição e o resumo foram conservados. Publicado em dezembro...
Book cover of The First Class

The First Class

Transits of Brazilian Literature Abroad

by Saavedra, Carola; Perrone, Charles A.; Finazzi-Agrò
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014

What does a professor Brazilian or otherwise think and do on the first day of class, standing before a group of “foreign” students to talk about Brazilian literature? This apparently simple question that gave rise to the essays gathered in this book opens a series of other questions: Who is...
Book cover of Creative Capitalism, Multitudinous Creativity

Creative Capitalism, Multitudinous Creativity

Radicalities and Alterities

by Óscar García Agustín, Sarita Albagli, Kristin Carls
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015

The book aims to counter the normative functioning of creativity in contemporary capitalism with a plethora of alternatives to radical creative practices. In the first part, titled “Creative Capitalism”, five authors analyze the forms of contemporary capitalism: on the one hand, there are new...
Book cover of La Primera Classe

La Primera Classe

Tránsitos de la Literatura Brasileña en el Extranjero

by Monteiro, Pedro Meira, Saavedra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 14, 2014

¿Qué piensa y hace un profesor ?ya sea brasileño o no? al verse por primera vez delante de un grupo de estudiantes «extranjeros» para hablar sobre literatura brasileña? Aparentemente simple, la pregunta que sirve de punto de partida para los ensayos reunidos en este libro abre camino a una...
Book cover of A Primeira Aula

A Primeira Aula

Trânsitos da Literatura Brasileira no Estrangeiro

by Monteiro, Pedro Meira; Saavedra, Carola; Perrone
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 14, 2014

O que um professor brasileiro ou não pensa e faz quando se vê pela primeira vez à frente de um grupo de estudantes “estrangeiros” para falar de literatura brasileira? Aparentemente simples, a pergunta que serve como ponto de partida para os ensaios reunidos neste livro abre caminho para...
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