Viviamo in un periodo di transizione. Alla fine degli anni Dieci del Duemila già si poteva presagire l’implosione della “globalizzazione neoliberale”. Nel 2020 il virus Sars-CoV-2 ha funzionato come un amplificatore delle trasformazioni in corso e oggi tutti ci chiediamo che direzione prenderanno le nostre vite.Si tratta di una partita aperta, nella quale si delineano fratture e conflitti sociali il cui esito non è scontato. Il libro muove da una prospettiva europea, ripercorrendo l...

Italian Women at War: Sisters in Arms from Unification to the Twentieth Century offers diverse perspectives on Italian women’s participation in war and conflict throughout Italy’s modern history, contributing to the ongoing scholarly conversation on this topic. Part one of the book focuses on heroines who fought for Italy’s Unification and on the anti-heroines, or brigantesse, who opposed such a momentous change. Part two considers exceptional individuals, such as Eva Kühn Amendola, who co...

Contemporary Italian Diversity in Critical and Fictional Narratives is about identity—individual and national—and belonging. It is also an affirmation of diversity. The editors of this volume have brought together articles that analyze the literature of migration as well as creative pieces by recognized authors who have a lived experience of migration. English speakers will find their own societal struggles with diversity mirrored in Italy’s colonial inheritance and its renewed nationalism...

**What would you do if the Inquisition spied on you, ready to pounce at any hint of heresy?Would you choose your faith or your life?**Verona, 1576. Heresy is fatal in late Renaissance Italy, but Martin Luther’s book ignites a young girl’s faith. She must choose—abandon her beliefs or risk everything.Twelve-year-old Lucia discovers a dog-eared book by Martin Luther in her father's desk drawer. Her priest rails against Luther, but

In this seminal study of hip-hop literacies, Black identity formation and artivism in Brazil, Dr. Ana Lúcia Silva Souza presents the diverse literacy practices that have emerged within and in relation to Brazil's hip-hop movement. Ana Lúcia Silva Souza demonstrates how Brazilian hip-hop literacies locate, point out, propose, act and teach others to act for social change. Hip-hop literacies not only teach youth how to resist, but also how to reexist.

Moving beyond current theories on literacy practices, this edited collection sheds new light on the complexities inherent to the social, cultural, and ideological contexts in which literacy practices are realized. Building on Brian V. Street’s scholarship, contributors discuss literacy as intrinsically social and ideological, and examine how the theorizing of literacy practices has evolved in recognition of the diverse contexts in which written language is used. Breaking new intellectual a...

O livro A (re)escrita em espaço escolar: a relação professor-saber-aluno objetiva apresentar, por meio da observação e da análise no espaço escolar, de que modo o ensino de (re)escrita em Língua Portuguesa a partir da produção textual ocorre e em que medida a relação professor-saber-aluno afeta esse processo. E, também, auspiciamos que os professores da educação básica, a partir da reflexão aqui apresentada, possam (re)pensar sobre suas próprias práticas e, consequentemente, abrir outros c...

Contributions to Law, Philosophy and Ecology: Exploring Re-Embodiments is a preliminary contribution to the establishment of re-embodiments as a theoretical strand within legal and ecological theory, and philosophy. Re-embodiments are all those contemporary practices and processes that exceed the epistemic horizon of modernity. As such, they offer a plurality of alternative modes of theory and practice that seek to counteract the ecocidal tendencies of the Anthropocene. The collec...

Remakes are pervasive in today’s popular culture, whether they take the form of reboots, “re-imaginings,” or overly familiar sequels. Television remakes have proven popular with producers and networks interested in building on the nostalgic capital of past successes (or giving a second chance to underused properties). Some TV remakes have been critical and commercial hits, and others haven’t made it past the pilot stage; all have provided valuable material ripe for academic analysis.

A organização deste livro atende à necessidade de divulgar as pesquisas realizadas sobre o trabalho e a formação docente dentro de uma perspectiva crítica. Neste volume, os autores buscam participar do debate contemporâneo, enquadrando os impasses e desafios do fazer e tornar-se docente, dentre os quais destacam-se os currículos e diretrizes, as políticas e experiências educacionais, a formação continuada, os saberes docentes, estágios e espaços formativos.