East Jerusalem Palestinian Students’ Experiences in Israeli Academia
Through the captivating stories of East Jerusalem youth, this book reveals their fight for an education in Israel—a journey of navigating cultural barriers, challenging disparities, and forging identities within a landscape of conflict.
This volume assists educational professionals in disciplines from preschool to higher education, leadership, and multicultural studies. An excellent resource for university coursework, this text is of particular interest to educators, administrators, psychologists, and students.
The Emotional Lives of Young People with Autism
This study questions the American Psychiatric Association’s definition of autism, offering evidence that even non-verbal children have an emotional life. Drawing on interviews with parents from three cultures, it shows children with autism have emotional competence.
This collection examines the performance and transmission of post-traumatic memory in the US. Departing from early trauma theory, contributors analyze fiction, memoirs, and films to explore multidirectional memory, autobiography, national commemoration, and 9/11.
Byron and Latin Culture
This collection of papers details the huge influence of Latin poets on Byron. His borrowings, imitations, and parodies are catalogued in unprecedented detail, revealing how classical writers inspired *Don Juan*. Also explores Byron’s influence on European art.
An Insatiable Dialectic
Leading philosophers and cultural critics challenge the view that critique, modernity, and humanism are obsolete. These essays argue that these concepts are crucial in an age where democratic ideals and intercultural understanding are vanishing possibilities.
Contested Boundaries
Contested Boundaries uses Toni Morrison’s enigmatic novel, A Mercy, as a locus to discuss her entire canon. Essays explore her re-figuration of core themes—the legacy of slavery, trauma, and love—charting a shift in her work to open up new ways of interrogating her writing.
This book explores major cases of HateSpeak in contemporary Arabic discourse, from Arabs vs. Israel and Sunnis vs. Shi’ites to the Arab Spring. The ultimate goal is to diagnose hate and provide remedies that may help convert HateSpeak into HeartSpeak.