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Gender and Trauma
Interdisciplinary Dialogues
These interdisciplinary essays explore the intersection of gender and trauma. Contributors analyze the links between the effects of trauma and the performance of gender, examining the roles of sex and sexual identity within this complex relationship.
These interdisciplinary essays explore the intersection of gender and trauma. Contributors analyze the links between the effects of trauma and the performance of gender, examining the roles of sex and sexual identity within this complex relationship.
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Canada
Text and Territory
These essays debate literature, language, immigration, and culture in Canada, Ireland, and Europe. From the place of hockey in literary consciousness to mapping minority languages, the focus is on exploring culture in its widest sense.
These essays debate literature, language, immigration, and culture in Canada, Ireland, and Europe. From the place of hockey in literary consciousness to mapping minority languages, the focus is on exploring culture in its widest sense.
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Europe and its Regions
The Usage of European Regionalized Social Science Data
As Europe gets closer, understanding its regional data is a major challenge for social sciences. This volume improves insight into the rich stock of European datasets, highlighting socio-economic cross-border studies and powerful analysis tools.
As Europe gets closer, understanding its regional data is a major challenge for social sciences. This volume improves insight into the rich stock of European datasets, highlighting socio-economic cross-border studies and powerful analysis tools.
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Translation Reconsidered
Culture, Genre and the “Colonial Encounter” in Nineteenth Century Bengal
This interdisciplinary study argues that translation does not merely relocate a text, but negotiates and alters relationships between cultures. Focusing on the cultural history of Bengal, it explores how genres are also translated, assuming striking new shapes.
This interdisciplinary study argues that translation does not merely relocate a text, but negotiates and alters relationships between cultures. Focusing on the cultural history of Bengal, it explores how genres are also translated, assuming striking new shapes.
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Media/Democracy
A Comparative Study
The mass media have a crucial role in democracy, but is their influence constructive? This collection explores media's impact on democratic structures worldwide, from the press in Britain to social media in the Arab Region, and asks if we can become active citizens.
The mass media have a crucial role in democracy, but is their influence constructive? This collection explores media’s impact on democratic structures worldwide, from the press in Britain to social media in the Arab Region, and asks if we can become active citizens.
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Sense of Emptiness
An Interdisciplinary Approach
The absence of something can be as significant as its presence, impacting how we perceive the world. While the perception of presence is universal, the prominence of absence—or emptiness—varies across cultures. This volume identifies what emptiness is like.
The absence of something can be as significant as its presence, impacting how we perceive the world. While the perception of presence is universal, the prominence of absence—or emptiness—varies across cultures. This volume identifies what emptiness is like.
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Modernising Agrifood Chains in China
Implications for Rural Development
China faces major challenges in agricultural development. While it seeks to fast-track high-value agrifood chains, this book's case study finds a more viable and inclusive strategy is to incrementally develop mid-value chains through facilitative policies.
China faces major challenges in agricultural development. While it seeks to fast-track high-value agrifood chains, this book’s case study finds a more viable and inclusive strategy is to incrementally develop mid-value chains through facilitative policies.
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Conflict Prevention and Management in Northeast Asia
The Korean Peninsula and Taiwan Strait in Comparison
Leading scholars offer a comparative analysis of two of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints: the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait. This volume examines new strategies for conflict prevention, identifying lessons that could be transferred between cases.
Leading scholars offer a comparative analysis of two of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints: the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait. This volume examines new strategies for conflict prevention, identifying lessons that could be transferred between cases.
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Buildings are analysed for their construction, but what about their end? This innovative book explores the complex meanings of destruction across time and cultures, asking what it is, who defines it, and how it is remembered or forgotten.
Buildings are analysed for their construction, but what about their end? This innovative book explores the complex meanings of destruction across time and cultures, asking what it is, who defines it, and how it is remembered or forgotten.
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TechKnowledgies
New Imaginaries in the Humanities, Arts, and TechnoSciences
This collection of essays, art, and installations explores how science and technology interact with the arts and humanities. This fusion breaks down disciplinary silos to produce new imaginaries and integrated knowledges—what we call new TechKnowledgies.
This collection of essays, art, and installations explores how science and technology interact with the arts and humanities. This fusion breaks down disciplinary silos to produce new imaginaries and integrated knowledges—what we call new TechKnowledgies.
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This collection of essays by an international panel breaks new ground in ecopolitical thought. Moving beyond techno-science fixes, these writers use cultural reflection—from poetry to architecture—to bring new understanding to our planet's ecological crises.
This collection of essays by an international panel breaks new ground in ecopolitical thought. Moving beyond techno-science fixes, these writers use cultural reflection—from poetry to architecture—to bring new understanding to our planet’s ecological crises.
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Rhetoric and Politics
Central/Eastern European Perspectives
This volume offers systematic, theoretically grounded insights into the flow of persuasion that constitutes politics today. Combining various disciplines, the case studies provide an empirically rich account of politics as a persuasive achievement.
This volume offers systematic, theoretically grounded insights into the flow of persuasion that constitutes politics today. Combining various disciplines, the case studies provide an empirically rich account of politics as a persuasive achievement.
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Decentralised Governance in Tribal India
Negotiating Space between the State, Community and Civil Society
This book studies tribal participation in Panchayat Raj since the PESA Act. Through field study, it explores the link between Democracy, Decentralisation, and Development, questioning whether real power has been devolved from Lok Sabha to Gram Sabha.
This book studies tribal participation in Panchayat Raj since the PESA Act. Through field study, it explores the link between Democracy, Decentralisation, and Development, questioning whether real power has been devolved from Lok Sabha to Gram Sabha.
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Intermedial Arts
Disrupting, Remembering and Transforming Media
These essays position intermediality as a way to challenge our notion of art. Writers examine the relations between the arts—reference, combination, or transformation—to help us grasp their changing relationship in our contemporary medial age.
These essays position intermediality as a way to challenge our notion of art. Writers examine the relations between the arts—reference, combination, or transformation—to help us grasp their changing relationship in our contemporary medial age.
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If It Was Not For Terrorism
Crisis, Compromise, and Elite Discourse in the Age of “War on Terror”
This book investigates the power elites and media wield through the “War on Terror” discourse. International case studies debate the construction of “terrorism,” the creation of “us” vs. “others,” media framing of civil liberties, and resistance.
This book investigates the power elites and media wield through the “War on Terror” discourse. International case studies debate the construction of “terrorism,” the creation of “us” vs. “others,” media framing of civil liberties, and resistance.
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A Just World
Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Social Justice
Scholars from diverse disciplines offer a multi-disciplinary analysis of social justice. Addressing today's most pressing problems, this volume reveals deep-seated causes and provides practical, sustainable solutions toward a more just world.
Scholars from diverse disciplines offer a multi-disciplinary analysis of social justice. Addressing today’s most pressing problems, this volume reveals deep-seated causes and provides practical, sustainable solutions toward a more just world.
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Ending hostilities does not bring normality. Fractured societies face a twilight between war and peace as the world’s attention moves on. This book offers multi-disciplinary insights into this grey space, exploring interventions for positive post-conflict reconstruction.
Ending hostilities does not bring normality. Fractured societies face a twilight between war and peace as the world’s attention moves on. This book offers multi-disciplinary insights into this grey space, exploring interventions for positive post-conflict reconstruction.
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Africa's indigenous peoples are the victims, rather than the beneficiaries, of land grabbing and infrastructure development. Based on research across Africa, this book highlights the impediments to their livelihoods and proposes local and regional actions to mitigate this crisis.
Africa’s indigenous peoples are the victims, rather than the beneficiaries, of land grabbing and infrastructure development. Based on research across Africa, this book highlights the impediments to their livelihoods and proposes local and regional actions to mitigate this crisis.
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Keeping Peace in a Turbulent World
Reflections from the Field
This book shares 33 stories of courage and sacrifice from UN peacekeepers serving in the world's most challenging regions. With valuable insights from former senior UN leaders, these accounts offer an intimate glimpse into the realities faced on the frontlines.
This book shares 33 stories of courage and sacrifice from UN peacekeepers serving in the world’s most challenging regions. With valuable insights from former senior UN leaders, these accounts offer an intimate glimpse into the realities faced on the frontlines.
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Semiotics and Visual Communication III
Cultures of Branding
This book investigates the Semiotics of Branding, a status of almost mythical proportion that has triumphed over the past few decades. From tribal markers to national flags, a form of branding is at work that responds to the need for interaction through shared codes of meaning.
This book investigates the Semiotics of Branding, a status of almost mythical proportion that has triumphed over the past few decades. From tribal markers to national flags, a form of branding is at work that responds to the need for interaction through shared codes of meaning.
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