EX(TRA)TERRITORIAL Reassessing Territory in Literature, Culture and Languages Les Territoires littéraires, culturels et lingu

EX(TRA)TERRITORIAL Reassessing Territory in Literature, Culture and Languages / Les Territoires littéraires, culturels et linguistiques en question By Didier Lassalle and Dirk Weissmann
2014 | 330 Pages | ISBN: 9042038667 | PDF | 4 MB
As a judicial concept dating back to the 17th century, the term ex(tra)territoriality has long excited the interest of scholars and writers who have, since the 20th century, not hesitated to appropriate the notion, widening and transforming it in the process. This transfer to the field of humanities has opened a new space of reflection, a space for imagination, through the means of a creative re-reading, among others, which has given rise to new but related concepts such as "deterritorialization". To take into account the growing importance of this extraterritoriality paradigm reassessing the idea of territory in literature, culture and languages, this book offers an interdisciplinary and plurilingual journey through four centuries, four continents and a dozen languages, from literature to new media, encompassing philosophy, history, linguistics, the press, the cinema…