Stereotypes in Literatures and Cultures ─ International Reception Studies

Imaginative representations of different cultures are one of the major stumbling blocks to understanding, deepening the gap between people as they are passed from one text to another, especially in periods of historical transition. These transfers are sometimes innocent, while at other times they serve political agendas. The sample of images and estimations of others becomes a priority and, frequently for this reason, stereotypical. This is the subject of investigation for the majority of the authors in this collection. This book with articles presented here is an attempt to understand the core of confirmed or standardized social norms.
The book contains articles in English and in Russian language.

The Editors: Rahilya Geybullayeva is Professor and Head of the Department of Journalism and Azerbaijani Literature at Baku Slavic University. She holds a Ph.D. from Moscow State University and served as Visiting Professor as Fulbright Scholar at the University of Wisconsin (USA) and as UNESCO scholar at SOAS, London.
Peter Orte is a Ph.D. student of Comparative Literature Department at the University of Wisconsin (USA).