Language--The Unknown: An Initiation Int

About the author

Julia Kristeva is professor emerita of linguistics at the Université de Paris VII. A renowned psychoanalyst, philosopher, and linguist, she has written dozens of books spanning semiotics, political theory, literary criticism, gender and sex, and cultural critique, as well as several novels and autobiographical works, published in English translation by Columbia University Press. Kristeva was the inaugural recipient of the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2004 “for innovative explorations of questions on the intersection of language, culture, and literature.”

Summary

This volume addresses timely questions from an eclectic range of positions and brings together the work of academics, activists, and community leaders to examine the many functions and faces of gangs today. Analyzing the spread of gangs from New York to Texas to the West Coast, the book covers such topics as the spirituality of gangs, the place of women in gang culture, and the effect on gangs of a variety of educational programs and services for at-risk youth.

Product details

• Authors: Kristeva Julia, Julia Kristeva
• Assisted by: Anne Menke (Translation), Anne M. Menke (Translation)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 07.07.2009
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics
• EAN: 9780231061063
• ISBN: 978-0-231-06106-3
• Series: Personality, Psychopathology,; Personality, Psychopathology,
• Subjects: Linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General