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In the aftermath of the Second World War, Italian intellectuals participated in Italy's reconstruction with an ideological commitment inspired by the African-American struggle for equal rights in the United States. Drawing on the work of many of the leading figures in postwar Italian culture, including Italo Calvino, Giorgio Caproni, Cesare Pavese, and Elio Vittorini, this essay argues that Italian intellectual impegno—defined as the effort to remake Italian culture and to guide Italian social reform—was united with a significant investment in the African-American cause. The author terms this tendency impegno nero and traces its development in the critical reception of African-American writers including W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, and Richard Wright. Postwar impegno nero is then contrasted with the treatment of African-American themes under Fascism, when commentators had likewise condemned American racism, but had paradoxically linked their laments for the plight of African Americans with defenses of the racial policies of the Fascist regime. Indeed, Fascist colonialism and anti-Semitism were both justified through references to what Fascist intellectuals believed to be America's greater injustices. After 1945, in contrast, Italian intellectuals advocated an international, interdependent campaign for justice, symbolizing national reforms by projecting them onto an emblematic America. In this way, impegno nero revived and revised the celebrated "myth of America" that had developed in Italy between the world wars. Advancing a new, postwar myth, Italian intellectuals adopted the African-American struggle in order to reinforce their own efforts in the ongoing struggle for justice in Italy.

The founding editor is retiring 14 years after the first plans were made to publish, and after 13 volumes in which over 260 papers have been published. During this time, the world of refugees has changed dramatically and almost beyond recognition. The world is now preoccupied by refugees and their plight. JRS is the first and still the only journal specifically dedicated to this subject, and it has sought to reflect, explore and develop understanding of these changes and their consequences through publication of well-grounded research, field reports, debates, book reviews, and the voices of refugees themselves. Its role has been to promote the development of the field of refugee studies. Reviews the changing picture of refugee movement and identifies themes and content in this multidisciplinary journal. Includes some personal reflections. (Quotes from original text)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Transmedia Studies-Where Now? -- Industries of Transmediality -- Arts of Transmediality -- Practices of Transmediality -- Cultures of Transmediality -- Methodologies of Transmediality -- References -- PART I Industries of Transmediality -- 1 Transmedia Film: From Embedded Engagement to Embodied Experience -- Two Transmedia Film Trajectories -- Franchise and Campaign Transmedia -- Franchise and Campaign Convergence -- Transmedia Film and Social Media -- Transmedia Film Strategies -- The Extension and Enhancement of the World of the Film -- The Extension of the Story and Plotlines of the Film -- To Reveal and Rehearse the Narrative Structuring of the Film -- From Embedded Engagement to Embodied Experience -- Body/Mind/Change -- Virtual Reality -- Secret Cinema and Star Wars -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Transmedia Documentary: Experience and Participatory Approaches to Non-Fiction Transmedia -- Designing Non-Fiction Transmedia -- Developing the Participatory Approach -- Case: Project Moken -- Designing Experiences -- Designing for Participation -- The Relevance of the Two Approaches -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Transmedia Television: Flow, Glance, and the BBC -- Television, Transmediality, and Time: Liveness and Flow -- The Domesticity of Transmedia Television: Mediating the Glance -- Case Study: The BBC as Transmedia Television -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Transmedia Telenovelas: The Brazilian Experience -- Transmedia Content for Brazilian Telenovelas -- Case Study: Cheias de Charme [Sparkling Girls, 2012] -- The Video Clips -- Websites: Tom's Stars and Domestic Worker -- Campaigns Free Empreguetes and Empreguetes Forever -- The Most Charming Housemaid in Brazil

Die neue Studie eines Kieler Gesundheits-System-Forschung-Instituts hat die finan­ziellen Auswirkungen politischer Entscheidungen der letzten 27 Jahre auf die Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung untersucht. Das Ergebnis: Die GKV ist nicht verantwortlich für ihre finanzielle Lage. Die hohen Beitragssätze sind maßgeblich durch politische Entscheidungen bedingt.

Litvak examines the symbols of Islam and the rhetoric of Palestinian nationalism in Hamas

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