Authors:Sjef Barbiers, Hans Bennis, Gunther De Vogelaer, Magd
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press,Netherlands
Keywords: pronouns, agreement, dependencies, sand, dialects, atlas, dutch, syntactic
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2004-11
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9053567011
ISBN-13: 9789053567012

Authors:Anna Tummers, Koenraad Jonckheere,
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Keywords: amsterdam, contemporaries, studies, dutch, golden, rubens, rembrandt, market, connoisseurship, closer, paintings, art
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2009-02-15
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 9089640320
ISBN-13: 9789089640321

The question of whether seventeenth-century painters such as Rembrandt and Rubens were exclusively responsible for the paintings later sold under their names has caused many a heated debate. Despite the rise of scholarship on the history of the art market, much is still unknown about the ways in which paintings were produced, assessed, priced, and marketed during this period, which leads to several provocative questions: did contemporary connoisseurs expect masters such as Rembrandt to paint works entirely by their own hand? Who was credited with the ability to assess paintings as genuine? The

Author: Ronald De Rooy
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Keywords: millennium, new, comedies, divine
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-10-01
List price: $41.75
ISBN-10: 9053566325
ISBN-13: 9789053566329

The difficulty of translating Dante has, paradoxically, created a steady of flux of translations. Around the year 2000, seven cantiche were translated by Dutchmen and seven by Americans, giving rise to a seminar on the state and tradition of translating Dante in both countries. In the course of discussing these landmark translations, contributors to this volume inevitably make statements about how Dante’s masterpiece should be read: as a poem, to be translated fearlessly and confrontationally; as a scholarly text, to be treated cautiously and rigorously; or as some combination of the two

Author: Rinus van Schendelen
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Keywords: lobbying, art, brussels, machiavelli
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2002-08-01
List price: $38.00
ISBN-10: 9053565736
ISBN-13: 9789053565735

Countless interest groups representing governments and civil societies try to lobby the European Union effectively in pursuit of the desired legislation, subsidies and more. This book describes the everyday practice of lobbying in Brussels, drawing on extensive research and the author’s personal experience.The objective of these interest groups is to influence the EU decision-making, of which they see themselves as a stakeholder. To the existing representative bodies such as the Parliament and the Council, they add their practice of lobbying for a desired outcome by making their interest

Author: William van der Heide
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Keywords: crossings, national, cultures, border, film, cinema, asian, malaysian
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $56.75
ISBN-10: 9053565809
ISBN-13: 9789053565803

This monograph departs from traditional studies of national cinema by accentuating the intercultural and intertextual links between Malaysian films and Asian (as well as European and American) film practices. Using cross-cultural analysis, the author characterizes Malaysia as a pluralist society consisting of a multiplicity of cultural identities. Malaysian film reflects this remarkable heterogeneity, particularly evident in the impact of the Indian and Hong Kong cinema.Detailed analyses of a selection of Malaysian films highlight their cultural complexities, while noting the tension between c

Authors:Loek Groot, Robert-jan Van Der Veen,
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Keywords: political, chances, objectives, policy, income, agenda, basic
Number of Pages: 290
Published: 2003-04-21
List price: $48.50
ISBN-10: 9053564616
ISBN-13: 9789053564615

Persisting unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, labour market flexibility, job insecurity and higher wage inequality, changing patters of work and family life are among the factors that exert pressure on welfare states in Europe. This book explores the potential of an unconditional basic income, without means test or work requirement, to meet the challenges posed by the new social question, compared to policies of subsidized insertion in work. It also assesses the political chances of basic income in various European countries. These themes are highly relevant to policy-makers in the fi

Author: Mineke Schipper
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Keywords: world, proverbs, women, woman, marry
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2006-10-30
List price: $29.50
ISBN-10: 9053568638
ISBN-13: 9789053568637

In cultures throughout the world, sex and gender issues have been expressed in proverbs, the world’s most concise literary genre. Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet provides revealing insights into the female condition across centuries and continents, as recorded in thousands of vivid and earthy proverbs about women. Mineke Schipper explores the similarities, differences, and contradictions that coexist in cultural norms about gender from hundreds of languages and over 150 countries. Grouping the sayings into such categories as the female body, love, sex, childbirth, and female power, she