Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of Journal of Romance Studies - Interdisciplinary Research in French, Hispanic, Italian and Portuguese Cultures has been published by Berghahn Journals. This issue features articles covering a range of topics from short fiction of Portuguese-language writers to Ahmadou Kourouma and Gustave Courbet to a close reading of La Raulito/Little Raoul and, finally, major themes in Jacques Hassoun's Alexandries. This issue also includes a review article and notes on contributors. Please visit the Berghahn website for more information about the journal: <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001IJTPGnGtoibo77ZG0Yi-2ZMYWmPBGMRB-47j2lsWHwttj2oz3-bERwRvcqCet0C0kImckYOPvRhWYTcWO0d8V3yqHh2vx-dpZTg95leLZgjdAEhvMsII1-WuOvfzuZsp> http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/jrs Current Issue: Volume 13, Issue 2 Published in Association with the Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London. ARTICLES <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001IJTPGnGtoibo77ZG0Yi-2ZMYWmPBGMRB-47j2lsWHwttj2oz3-bERwRvcqCet0C0kImckYOPvRg-r0c2cZFG98RdElmQ5WXEenRHubRYBaYQeqvoIuI1_qGlDe5TLU9z4wFdvXJy9qTGemaFcSUp1xHt5PqbAQUaKyg1vZXZT_A-TYnfD7cYqAjCwilW8uqjBTQDKqLWyee222KdJ_4Q4Gkgd2rAiHry> Dictatorship, liberation, transition in the short fiction of three Portuguese-language Goan writers: Alberto de Menezes Rodrigues, Ananta Rau Sar Dessai and Telo de Mascarenhas Paul Melo e Castro <http://bit.ly/18Yldz9> http://bit.ly/18Yldz9 <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001IJTPGnGtoibo77ZG0Yi-2ZMYWmPBGMRB-47j2lsWHwttj2oz3-bERwRvcqCet0C0kImckYOPvRg-r0c2cZFG98RdElmQ5WXEenRHubRYBaYQeqvoIuI1_qGlDe5TLU9z4wFdvXJy9qTGemaFcSUp1xHt5PqbAQUaKyg1vZXZT_A-TYnfD7cYqAjCwilW8uqjBTQDKqLWyee222KdJ_4Q4Kth-7_HzP7q> 'Translating' alterity: Intercultural communication in the novels of Ahmadou Kourouma Patrick Corcoran <http://bit.ly/177cvKk> http://bit.ly/177cvKk <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001IJTPGnGtoibo77ZG0Yi-2ZMYWmPBGMRB-47j2lsWHwttj2oz3-bERwRvcqCet0C0kImckYOPvRg-r0c2cZFG98RdElmQ5WXEenRHubRYBaYQeqvoIuI1_qGlDe5TLU9z4wFdvXJy9qTGemaFcSUp1xHt5PqbAQUaKyg1vZXZT_A-TYnfD7cYqAjCwilW8uqjBTQDKqLWyee222KdJ_4Q4CcGDcOny4GE> Theatricality, irony and artifice in Gustave Courbet's self-portraits Claire Moran <http://bit.ly/1hqEWZx> http://bit.ly/1hqEWZx <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001IJTPGnGtoibo77ZG0Yi-2ZMYWmPBGMRB-47j2lsWHwttj2oz3-bERwRvcqCet0C0kImckYOPvRg-r0c2cZFG98RdElmQ5WXEenRHubRYBaYQeqvoIuI1_qGlDe5TLU9z4wFdvXJy9qTGemaFcSUp1xHt5PqbAQUaKyg1vZXZT_A-TYnfD7cYqAjCwilW8uqjBTQDKqLWyee222KdJ_4Q4OKLf0UYGREz> 'On the Shores of Politics': La Raulito's (dis) figurations Guillermo Olivera <http://bit.ly/18CtuYC> http://bit.ly/18CtuYC <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001IJTPGnGtoibo77ZG0Yi-2ZMYWmPBGMRB-47j2lsWHwttj2oz3-bERwRvcqCet0C0kImckYOPvRg-r0c2cZFG98RdElmQ5WXEenRHubRYBaYQeqvoIuI1_qGlDe5TLU9z4wFdvXJy9qTGemaFcSUp1xHt5PqbAQUaKyg1vZXZT_A-TYnfD7cYqAjCwilW8uqjBTQDKqLWyee222KdJ_4Q4M63ttB5FbCQ> Multidirectional memory and exile in Jacques Hassoun's polyphonic novel Alexandries Colette Wilson <http://bit.ly/GDfrbt> http://bit.ly/GDfrbt REVIEW ARTICLE <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001IJTPGnGtoibo77ZG0Yi-2ZMYWmPBGMRB-47j2lsWHwttj2oz3-bERwRvcqCet0C0kImckYOPvRg-r0c2cZFG98RdElmQ5WXEenRHubRYBaYQeqvoIuI1_qGlDe5TLU9z4wFdvXJy9qTGemaFcSUp1xHt5PqbAQUaKyg1vZXZT_A-TYnfD7cYqAjCwilW8uqjBTQDKqLWyee222KdJ_4Q4LZLaBUceqLF> Urban imaginaries in Latin American cultural studies Leandro Minuchin; James Scorer <http://bit.ly/1cdSGZI> http://bit.ly/1cdSGZI <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001IJTPGnGtoibo77ZG0Yi-2ZMYWmPBGMRB-47j2lsWHwttj2oz3-bERwRvcqCet0C0kImckYOPvRg-r0c2cZFG98RdElmQ5WXEenRHubRYBaYQeqvoIuI1_qGlDe5TLU9z4wFdvXJy9qTGemaFcSUp1xHt5PqbAQUaKyg1vZXZT_A-TYnfD7cYqAjCwilW8uqjBTQDKqLWyee222KdJ_4Q4ErbPdubJk4W> NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS <http://bit.ly/1dZZSGT> http://bit.ly/1dZZSGT Recommend Journal of Romance Studies to your library Are you unable to access these articles through your library? 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