Music Glocalization
The first major book to apply the timely notion of “glocality” to music, it offers a distinctive theoretical perspective and advanced insights into how music is impacted by the interaction of global forces with local conditions.
Written from a practical perspective with up-to-date scholarly references, this monograph investigates perspectives on teaching for the tertiary sector. Providing guiding principles and advice for teachers at the tertiary level, it will appeal to both teachers and learners.
Representing a study of literary concern with ontology throughout the twentieth century, this title consists of ten essays, each of which focuses on one or various writers’ absorption with the nature of man and his ‘being in this world.’
This book uncovers the disturbing link between snakes, Medusa’s gaze, and symbols of female fear. It traces a lineage of reptilian hybrids—from goddesses to monsters—to explore the powerful things that never happened but have always been.
Wilkes follows the development of modern State theory, from Gramsci and Nicos Poulantzas to Stuart Hall and Pierre Bourdieu. He provides the reader with a fresh interpretation of these very important ideas, allowing a clear and precise interpretation of the original texts.
Daring Dynasty
Through impressive archival research over several decades and a provocative perspective, Horowitz illuminates the transformation of England into an emerging modern state under Henry VII, by exploring key aspects of his reign, which included a dark side to royal policy.
Stephen King in the New Millennium
This exciting exploration of Stephen King’s digital writing maneuvers and electronic ventures on online platforms unravels the author’s latest writing techniques and justifies his unprecedented success in the new millennium, tracing his shifts from print to the digital.
From Monophysitism to Nestorianism
This book argues that early orthodoxy was not a linear progression. Instead, the church navigated the narrow strait between Nestorianism and Monophysitism by continually changing sides in the Ecumenical Councils, ultimately outwitting both heresies to forge its own path.
This volume contains a variety of essays about Florida literature and history by scholars from across the state representing every kind of institution of higher learning, from community colleges to small liberal arts institutions to large universities.
Defining the Fringe of Contemporary Australian Archaeology
This collection draws on the wealth of work currently being undertaken by contemporary archaeologists in Australia, contextualising the fringe dwellers that operate on the periphery of accepted academia.
Mazaheri’s essays explore the relationship between religion and literature in George Eliot’s early fiction, with a particular focus on Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, and The Mill on the Floss.
Millard provides substantial interpretations of a number of works of the American West that investigate the idea of “origin”. He advocates the value of individual works as depictions of the modern West and the importance of the concept of origins to interpretation more generally.
History and Politics
History and politics are interlinked. Politicians consistently use historical arguments, (re)interpreting the past and deciding what should be remembered. A prepared narrative of the past can become a powerful instrument to influence reality and consolidate power.
Non-State Actors in Conflicts
This publication discusses some of the most pressing topics in political science and media studies. It gathers alternative perspectives on various non-state actors, such as armed non-state actors and non-governmental organizations, and their functions in global politics.
Language Acquisition at the Interfaces
Presenting leading research in first, second, and heritage language acquisition, this volume explores syntax, semantics, and phonology across a diverse range of spoken and signed languages. An essential reference for all scholars in the field.
Male Bodies and Sexual Difference
Anemtoaicei addresses themes concerning male bodies, men and masculinities from an explicitly feminist philosophical position, drawing from various fields, including phenomenology, gender theory, sociology of the body and continental philosophy, among others.
This collection considers the human relationship with the natural environment from the perspective of religions and the social sciences. It makes it clear that religions can play a helpful role in raising ecological consciousness and supporting environmental preservation.
Decolonising the University
De Sousa Santos considers the nature of the transformation that the university is undergoing today, arguing that some of the current reforms are so radical that the question of the future of the university may well become the question of whether the university has a future.
Dicite, Pierides
From Homeric epic to Virgil’s Aeneid and the epigrams of Geminus, these sixteen essays offer fresh, thoughtful readings of classical literature.
Straddling various genres, this collection offers an investigation of the conflicting relationship between identity and borders in the contemporary globalized world.
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