Trilogies as Cultural Analysis
This book views three universal themes—sea-crossing, human-animal relations, and father-son relationships—to show how passing between worlds has become the human condition. It invites readers to re-imagine writing styles that can travel beyond our “bubbles” and gain a hearing.
Master culture-specific vocabulary for intercultural communication between English and Romanian. This unique dictionary is an easy-to-use tool for translators, students, and professionals, with vocabulary organised thematically to cover cuisine, holidays, sports, and more.
This volume examines when, how and why cabinets of prints and drawings became a specialised part of princely and private collections. Among other things, it assesses how important collections were for the self-representation of a prince or connoisseur among specialists and peers.
An exploration of the art, architecture, and literary culture of the 16th-17th century Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The central discussion focuses on national identity and the tension between the region’s Byzantine inheritance and Catholic influences.
This conference proceedings centres on issues related to the development of meaning-focused materials for language learning. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of these materials and introduces previously unexplored facets of the theory of meaning-focused instruction.
Not White/Straight/Male/Healthy Enough
This anthology discloses the experiences of members of the academic community who know the struggle for acceptance all too well. It serves to caution newcomers to the academy, to equip teachers to identify and discuss inequity in the classroom, and to provoke change.
This wide-ranging collection brings together essays on a recent approach to translation known as transcreation, which has challenged the traditional structure of the translation market and the agency and ethics of the discipline, and encouraged new research in translation studies
This book assesses the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of farming enterprises, focusing on Bulgarian farms under the EU CAP. It identifies crucial factors and perspectives for improving sustainability, appealing to researchers, farmers, and policy-makers.
This is the first book to explore color history in Asia. Color is a language of signals, associated with changes in society, economic development, and dynasties. A valuable resource for practitioners of art and design, it offers a new perspective on Chinese aesthetics.
Hylomorphism and Mereology
Mereology is the theory of parts and wholes, while hylomorphism is the doctrine according to which all natural substances consist of matter and form as their essential parts. This volume presents medieval theories of these concepts, articulating their conceptual development.
Literary Nuances
This series of critical pieces is variously structured, with conventional essays, extended meditations, and short analytic notes appealing to differing tastes and offering meticulous close readings of a huge range of authors, from Akhmatova to Yeats.
Abiteboul brings together a group of essays on 27 English or American writers contributing to the history of English and American literature, and offers a concise survey of the question of literary understanding.
When Hitler ordered a secret program to kill the handicapped, brave citizens spoke out. They claimed the disabled were not “ballast people” but humans who deserved to live. This is the story of those who risked arrest, imprisonment, and execution to protest the immoral killing.
Polish Theatre after the Fall of Communism
In investigating how Polish theatre has changed since 1989 and the fall of Communism. Śmiechowicz highlights the creativity of Polish contemporary theatre, and details the major points of difference between it and the theatre traditions of many other European countries.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Art of Fiction
This groundbreaking book rescues Arthur Conan Doyle from the sub-literary category of popular fiction. Instead of focusing on Victorian attitudes, this study shifts the emphasis to the neglected art of his stories, demonstrating they can be read as canonical literary fiction.
This latest issue of the International Journal of Business Anthropology contains seven articles, including a special section of four papers from Japan, in addition to an editorial commentary providing an introduction to the field of business anthropology in Japan.
The Borders of Integration
This book addresses radical challenges facing Southern European societies, from migration to social cohesion. Refuting the idea that culture alone drives behavior, it focuses on the body as a vector for social policy, suggesting the empowered body can manage conflict and change.
Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète
Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète was once one of the world’s most famous operas. Based on a tragic Reformation episode, it explores religion, power, and politics with powerful, gripping music. This study examines the opera’s origins, creation, and its astonishing global reception.
ESP has accumulated substantial tradition in practice, research and theory, and is a common approach in English Language Teaching among adults today. This text explores research conducted in this field in order to assist its recognition as an autonomous academic discipline.
Costin studies a selection of significant and topical elements from a large amount of Romanian folkloric and mythological material, shedding light on the mythical-ritualistic aspects of three complex calendar holydays.
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