humanities and cultural studies
The Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies combines English and American studies, philosophy, history, media studies, art studies, cultural studies, German studies and literature studies. In these areas, too, digitalization is increasingly changing the way we work. Digital publishing and image databases are already established elements. The Internet plays an essential role in the way knowledge is created, represented and communicated. You will find a wide range of questions, exciting topics and numerous publications with scientific relevance in this category. If you also want to publish your work, dissertation, bachelor thesis, master thesis or textbook in the field of humanities and cultural studies, then contact us.
Since its beginnings, the history of opera has been shaped by adaptations of popular subjects and literary material. But according to what rules do such opera adaptations work? Which dramaturgical means are used in the transformative process of adaptation and what are the consequences for the original template? Based on the Danish opera Lulu by Friedrich Daniel Rudolph Kuhlau, first performed in Copenhagen in 1824, the adaptation of a narrative text is examined on a textual and musical level. In...
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"Together we are changing the rules of pornography." This is what the burgeoning (queer) feminist porn scene promises. But according to what rules does pornography work? And to what extent are new porn makers trying to break with the usual norms and forms of representation? On the one hand, pornography stands for female objectification, male-dominated pleasure images and gender stigmatization. On the other hand, it stands for sexual self-empowerment, sex positivism and the expression of one's own sexuality independent of...
€24,90