Containing commentaries on contemporary representations of gender and identity, the contributions here encompass readings of cinema, advertisements and literary texts and are pertinent for scholars in media studies, cultural studies, gender studies, sociology and literature.
The Sea in the Literary Imagination
This collection explores nautical themes in literature from multiple cultures. Spanning a millennium, it emphasizes the universality of human experience with the sea, offering unique insights for scholars while intriguing general readers with the interconnectedness it reveals.
Ambiguous Selves
This collection of essays on literature, film, and media contests binary thinking on gender and sexuality. Celebrating difference and deviance, these texts subvert assumed norms, revel in the fluid self, and blur the lines that separate the normal from the abnormal.
Inorganic Synthesis
This book develops practical skills for synthetic chemistry. It teaches techniques for the preparation, handling, and characterisation of inorganic, coordination, and air-sensitive compounds through safe, step-by-step lab experiments illustrated with colour photos and figures.
Democracy and Economy
This history of democracy uses modern economics and political sciences to explain why the system was created and how it evolves. It analyses why democracy requires strong economic structures, with case studies from Ancient Greece to the EU.
The problems in Shakespeare’s plays mirror those modern business leaders encounter. While today’s leaders are equipped with better tools, they may lack the moral strength found in these classics. This book delineates leadership and management theories through the Bard’s plays.
Pentecostals Doing Church
Pentecostals are nearly 25% of all Christians. This work investigates how they “do church,” from everyday fellowship to worship. Balancing Western research with global perspectives, it explores the biblical and historical material they use to define their church.
This collection of research papers presents new findings in linguistics, methodology, and literature. It explores diverse topics from English as a lingua franca and MOOCs to indigenous storytelling, providing inspiration for a wide spectrum of practitioners.
Spatial Appropriations in Modern Empires, 1820-1960
This book offers fresh insights into colonial histories through spatial appropriations—the ways people claim a space as their own. These were not sites of simple domination or resistance, but complex interactions, explored on a journey from Russia to Africa in the imperial age.
Arts, Politics and Social Movements
This collection describes artistic and activist actions challenging the existing order. With case studies from Europe and the US, it questions contemporary ideas in the face of the Great Transition, proposing utopian forms and asking the vital question: “what is to be done?”
That Elusive Fountain of Wisdom
In the university town of Leuven, Belgium, visiting scholars pursue their personal and academic objectives. What starts out as an academic sojourn becomes a life-changing experience as their paths cross and they learn about each other, themselves, and life itself.
Surveillance and Memory
This book contains secret police reports from the 1948-1950 surveillance of sociologist Anton Golopentia. Including transcriptions of phone conversations and personal declarations, it provides a chilling insight into political repression at the dawn of Romania’s communist regime.
Yuri Vella’s Fight for Survival in Western Siberia
A Siberian indigenous poet, reindeer herder, and activist chose to live in the forest, where he fought an oil giant to save his way of life. These essays explore his native spirituality, his struggle, and a new vision for indigenous leadership in post-Soviet Russia.
Ancient South Arabia through History
South Arabia’s remoteness means that it remains under-researched, despite its huge significance during pre-Islamic times. Its languages, location as a site for intercontinental trade, and its extensive ancient written history will be of interest to scholars and laypeople alike.
Those Distant Shores
“Distant shores” represent the human yearning for fulfillment that makes us restless. This story follows the life-journeys of three Filipino friends and a young Spaniard whose very different paths intersect, exploring our fundamental restlessness and desire for transcendence.
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.
Combining “light” verses with theoretical issues, this book studies the children’s poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson and James Reeves through Reader-Oriented Theories. It offers a new perspective to scholars, teachers, critics, and readers of these beloved poets.
This book examines eighteenth-century novels, focusing on the skills readers needed to master them. It analyses how these skills were shaped by the cultural and political climate, from debates on education to new philosophical and scientific theories.
This book brings together researchers and language teachers on the challenges of teaching second language speaking skills. It advocates for a closer integration of theory and practice, exploring topics from task-authenticity to fluency, social media, and transferable skills.
Reading Old English Wisdom
This book translates and comments on a selection of superb Old English wisdom poems. Composed from the ninth to eleventh centuries, they mingle Christian beliefs with pre-Christian sensibilities, exploring how the human psyche responds to life’s challenges.
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