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Contemporary Cultural Tools for Identities in the Making asks how cultural and artistic practices constitute a central tool for the expression and recognition of individual and collective identities, and how shared creative efforts shape alternative lexical and symbolic languages. Gathering both theoretical discussion and praxis, chapters explore the strong potential of artistic and cultural action and production in the delineation and expression, but also questioning, of identities and the definition of new ones in the making. From literature and documentary to architecture and visual arts, the transmedial analysis centres the expression of stories that demonstrate how creative practices are significant tools to cross domains of belonging and breaking traditional boundaries. This comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume will appeal to a broad audience of postgraduate students, researchers, and scholars in cultural studies, media and visual arts, creative and cultural industries, queer studies, postcolonial and migration studies, literary studies, architecture, and sociology.

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Author:   Federico Rudari (Catholic University of Portugal) ,  Luísa Santos (Catholic University of Portugal)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781032679938

ISBN 10:   103267993
Pages:   158
Publication Date:   30 June 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part 1 – through 1. Camouflage and hybridity in postmigrant Black cultures 2. Filmmaking and new narratives for Palestine beyond borders: In conversation with Sameer Qumsiyeh 3. Liquid portraits of selves-in-translation in Yoko Tawada’s Portrait of a Tongue 4. Planetary-Plotting (with) Art Institutions Part 2 – against 5. I felt emptied 6. Self-made: Martine Gutierrez, the Indigenous Woman 7. Jean Genet’s Palace of Mirrors Part 3 – beyond 8. Sculpting Interstitial Passages: An Interview-Essay on Monia Ben Hamouda’s Work 9. ‘Taking responsibility for my frequencies’: Biosemiotics, Sylvia Wynter, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs 10. Reversing the Immanence of Architecture as Identity Shaping: Every Island’s A Comparative Dialogue Act, Disruptive Bodies in Malleable Spaces Index

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Federico Rudari is a doctoral researcher in Culture Studies at the Centre for the Study of Communication and Culture at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Luísa Santos is a senior researcher at the Centre for the Study of Communication and Culture and Assistant Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

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