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"Cuba has changed significantly in recent years, from seemingly minor allowances (such as the introduction of cell phones) to large-scale economic revisions. At the same time, many other changes unrelated to the political leadership of the island have changed everyday life in Cuba, from environmental challenges to new forms of consumption. Planet/Cuba examines how art and literature have responded to a new moment at once more globalized and less exceptional, more concerned with local quotidian worries than international alliances; more threatened by the devastations of planetary capitalism and climate change than by the vagaries of the nation's government"--

Michael Onfray passionately defends the potential of hedonism to resolve the dislocations and disconnections of our melancholy age. In a sweeping survey of history's engagement with and rejection of the body, he exposes the sterile conventions that prevent us from realizing a more immediate, ethical, and embodied life. He then lays the groundwork for both a radical and constructive politics of the body that adds to debates over morality, equality, sexual relations, and social engagement, demonstrating how philosophy, and not just modern scientism, can contribute to a humanistic ethics. Onfray

"Exiled Pilgrims contains thirty-two personal accounts by people who, as teenagers, went to rural China in 1964 and 1965. Barred from high school or college by political discrimination, the authors left the cities for the countryside in hopes of redeeming their 'original sin' while making a difference in rural China with their hard work, only to find out that their idealism was futile in a mundane world and absurd time. Thus their pilgrimage to an illusory utopia turned into a painful search for truth and a tough struggle to liberate themselves against enormous odds. The book is the first and only collection of stories by members of a once marginalized and heretofore largely unheard-of group in contemporary China; 'The stories of these young 'exiled pilgrims' bring the reader uplifting examples of the resilience of the human spirit. Their stories are heart-breaking, but the voice is never cynical, and hope is a constant. Exiled Pilgrims is a treasure'--Carole Head, High Point University; 'The stories compiled here detail the daily life of a strange and fascinating period, always with emotion, often with humor, showing that one can speak about serious things without being dry. Reading this book is an excellent and pleasant way to understand the real China under Mao'--Michel Bonnin, School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris; 'These individualized accounts reflect the shining--and somewhat sad--lives of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing. Together with the valuable photos and rare documents, stories in Exiled Pilgrims give us a fairly comprehensive portrayal of the collective journey of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing'--Liu Xiaomeng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing"--Provided by publisher

This book offers a new perspective on the connected histories of Spain, China, and Japan as they emerged and developed following Manila's foundation as the capital of the Spanish Philippines in 1571. Examining a wealth of multilingual primary sources, Birgit Tremml-Werner shows that crosscultural encounters not only shaped Manila's development as a "Eurasian" port city, but also had profound political, economic, and social ramifications for the three premodern states. Combining a systematic comparison with a focus on specific actors during this period, this book addresses many long-held misconceptions and offers a more balanced and multifaceted view of these nations' histories.

Intermedialität / Alfred Messerli -- Das Flugblatt der Frühen Neuzeit als Paradigma einer Historischen Intermedialitätsforschung / Michael Schilling -- Der visuelle Mehrwert : über die Funktion des Bildes im illustrierten Flugblatt / Carsten-Peter Warncke -- Bildgebende Verfahren auf Nachrichtenblättern der Frühen Neuzeit / Michael Schilling -- Beobachtungen zum Verhältnis von Bild und Text im illustrierten Flugblatt der Frühen Neuzeit / Herfried Vögel -- wir werden ja vmb deinen willen teglich erwürget/vnd sind geacht wie Schlachtschaffe : Medialisierung und Funktionalisierung von Gewalt in Flugblättern der Wickiana / Tina Asmussen -- Teuflische Ereignishaftigkeit auf Flugblättern von Heinrich Wirri / Michael Waltenberger -- Flugblätter als Quellen der frühneuzeitlichen Buntschriftstellerei / Flemming Schock -- Verhandschriftlicht : Flugblattelemente als Bausteine eines Emblemmanuskripts / Cornelia Rémi -- Bild, Text und Handspiel : zur Mehrfachkodierung von Flugblättern / Jörn Münkner -- Musik auf Flugblättern : zum Wechselspiel von Intermedialität und Performanz / Bernhard Jahn -- Zwischen Tradition, Innovation und Trends in der Holzschnittproduktion : unterschiedliche visuelle Umsetzungen eines Ereignisses / Alfred Messerli