One Hundred Years in Galicia
Family members of the authors survived German concentration camps and the GULAG. They fought in opposing armies, were arrested by the Gestapo and the NKVD, tortured and even declared dead. They survived against the most unlikely odds. Their stories permeate this book.
In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, a false myth denies the history of enslavement. This book challenges it by refocusing on the narratives of two enslaved individuals, asserting they were astute historians who knew they were amending the historical record that had kept them absent.
Animals and Humans in German Literature, 1800-2000
These 10 essays explore the relationship between animality and poetics in German-language literature since the 19th century. Revising cultural dichotomies, they consider animals not as objects, but as active agents that have left forgotten traces in texts.
Dictionary of French Family Names in North America
This dictionary provides the origins, meanings, and variants of French family names in North America. Uniquely, it also includes genealogical information on the migrants who brought them to the continent.
Greek Lyric Poetry and Its Influence
Composed 25 centuries ago, Greek lyric poems sing of everyday life, presenting a living portrait of the ancient Greeks. This multidisciplinary volume offers literary analyses, studies the poems’ reflection in Greek art, and explores their connection to music and modern cinema.
Shameless Sociology
Showtime’s Shameless has been praised for humanizing the working-class and critiqued for promoting stereotypes. This book offers a critical eye toward topics like inequality and gentrification, illustrating how the series both confronts and reinforces harmful tropes.
Re-theorising the Indian Subcontinental Diaspora
How do 30 million people of the Indian Subcontinental diaspora renegotiate their identities? This volume explores their historical, socio-cultural, and economic migration patterns, examining diasporic writers, films, and unique case studies ushering in a new era of identity.
Social-Ecological Resilience to Climate Change
This book offers fresh insight into climate change communication. It investigates the online discourse of grassroots activists, exploring the positive outlook of social-ecological resilience compared to other narratives in the ongoing climate debate.
Thinking Touch in Partnering and Contact Improvisation
What happens when artists take touch as a starting point? This collection of essays offers unique insights into contact in dance, with practitioner and scholarly perspectives on the importance of touch in choreography, philosophy, education, and 21st century performance.
This book analyses assisted death through biopolitics, considering the inescapable legacy of the Holocaust and Nazi eugenics. It searches for a form of resistance that does not exclude marginalized groups, moving the discussion on assisted death in new directions.
Creative writing is a response to the world. This book shows how writers use language, genre, and technique to explore themes and subjects. Discover how to produce inventive results that improve your own creative writing and critical understanding.
This book shows how market dominance depends on firm choices and the non-price signals they send to consumers. It presents new market power indices to measure a firm’s influence and considers practical policies for regulating apps and misuse of information in cyberspace.
Israeli and Palestinian Collective Narratives in Conflict
In the “social laboratory” of Israeli and Palestinian societies, conflicting collective narratives often create obstacles to peace. This book presents a unique approach that transforms these narratives from barriers into powerful tools for promoting reconciliation.
Death by Appointment
Written by doctors with extensive experience in hands-on medical care, this book examines the controversial issue of ‘assisted dying’. While not neutral—they are unconvinced the law needs change—the authors use an evidence-based approach to bring clarity to this complex subject.
Artists are collaborating with scientists and communities to encourage pro-environmental behavior. This book unites 28 contributors to examine the vital role of the arts in provoking change and making connections to ecology, science, and Indigenous culture.
Christianity and Islam
Challenging the belief that Christians and Muslims worship the same God, this book shows how the two faiths radically disagree. They present contradictory views on the nature of God, the divinity of Jesus, the crucifixion, human nature, sin, and scripture.
These thirteen short stories from great writers help us see the world in new, exciting ways. The book integrates literary competence, communicative competence, and critical thinking skills, equipping the reader to read, write, and communicate more effectively.
A vital guide for higher education administrators and international students. It blends empirical findings, personal experiences, and cultural insights to enhance global learning and cross-cultural understanding.
Based on 45 years of experience, this book reveals how drugs that inhibit gastric acid lead to a predisposition to gastric cancer. It provides evidence of the pharmaceutical industry’s influence and highlights the danger of ignoring gastric acidity’s role in preventing microbes.
This illustrated book uses cultural studies to analyze the significance of blue jeans, handbags, wrestling, Donald Duck, and other aspects of American pop culture. Written in a lively, accessible style, it is ideal for students and the general reader alike.