Lebanon

Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der neuassyrischen Zeit

Teil 2. Zentralassyrien und benachbarte Gebiete, Ägypten und die arabische Halbinsel

Band 07.3.2
17 x 24 cm, 934 p., paperback / softback
148.00 €
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Historical geography is one of the most important disciplines which allow a reconstruction of the history of the Ancient Near East. There are principally the cuneiform sources which open the access to the numerous attested geographical names. The present volumes …

Gestalten durch Verbergen

Ghassan Salhabs melancholischer Blick auf Beirut in Film, Video und Dichtung

17 x 24 cm, 248 p., hardback
69.00 €
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This volume is the first comprehensive, across-media study of the work of the Lebanese film auteur Ghassan Salhab. His oeuvre emerges in a conceptual environment shaped by a crisis of representation. It is examined not only in its confrontation with …

Grenzgänge

Androgynie – Wahnsinn – Utopie im Romanwerk von Huda Barakat

17 x 24 cm, 272 p., hardback
69.00 €
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Hudā Barakāt’s novels are complex and densely woven texts that focus on the obsessions and inner conflicts of their protagonists. The first monograph dealing with the Lebanese author’s work, this book presents in-depth analyses of her first three novels, each …

Kaiser, Senatoren und Gelehrte

Untersuchungen zum spätantiken männlichen Privatporträt

22.5 x 31.5 cm, 456 p., 150 Tafeln, 1 Beilage, hardback
98.00 €
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Ein wichtiges Phänomen im römischen Porträt ist das „Zeitgesicht“, die Angleichung der Bürger an das Bildnis des Kaisers. Zur Zeit Konstantins des Großen wird jedoch nach 300 Jahren dieser unmittelbar erfahrbare Reflex der zuvor prägenden Prinzipatsideologie aufgegeben und insbesondere die …

Dismember Remember

Das anatomische Theater von Lina Saneh und Rabih Mroué

17 x 24 cm, 240 p., hardback
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What happens if a body is dissected with words rather than physically? If what is taken apart is reassembled? What impact does this have on how we see things? This volume is the first comprehensive introduction to the work of …

Scheiternde Zeugen, machtlose Wähler

Der Zuschauer im zeitgenössischen libanesischen Theater

17 x 24 cm, 118 p., hardback
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The study provides new insights into the development of contemporary theatre in Lebanon. Focusing on selected stage works by Rabih Mroué (b. 1967) and Hisham Jaber (b. 1980), the author presents a thorough analysis which draws on current theoretical approaches. …

By Erica Cruikshank Dodd. Photographs by Raif Nassif, Syriac Inscriptions by Amir Harrak, Architectural Plans by George Michell and Jean Yasmine

Medieval Painting in the Lebanon
22.5 x 31.5 cm, 460 p., hardback
248.00 €
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Christians in Lebanon have been painting their churches ever since the time of Christ but their work is largely unknown. Presently, the larger study of Byzantine painting has barely touched upon medieval Lebanon and very little has been published on …

Jesus, Joseph and Job

Reading Rescriptings of Religious Figures in Lebanese Women’s Fiction

17 x 24 cm, 188 p., hardback
39.00 €
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Joseph, Jesus and Job are all immediately recognizable religious figures in both Christianity and Islam who have been incorporated into a range of artistic and literary projects both inside and outside the Arab world. This study examines how three Lebanese …

Geschichten über Geschichten

Erinnerung im Romanwerk von Ilyas Huri

17 x 24 cm, 196 p., hardback
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Elias Khoury (b. 1948) is one of the most outstanding figures in Lebanon’s cultural, intellectual and literary life today. The study focuses on the theme of memory in Khoury’s novels. In the light of the Lebanese civil war of 1975-1990 …

Das Epipaläolithikum des Vorderen Orients

1: Das Epipaläolithikum und der Übergang zum Neolithikum in der Levante und in Ägypten. 2: Das Epipaläolithikum und der Übergang zum Neolithikum zwischen Taurus und Hindukusch. Zur Ökologie des Epipaläolithikums

20 x 28 cm, 1170 p., paperback / softback
129.00 €
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Europa auf dem Weg nach Asien - mit dieser Umkehrung eines bekannten Slogans kann man die heutige Situation beschreiben. Als starke Wirtschaftsmacht und durch sein großes politisches Gewicht ist der Vordere Orient ins Zentrum des Interesses der westlichen Welt gerückt. …