Urban life and mobility have been greatly affected by globalization and postmodernization. The essays here delve into a number of significant issues in urban research, including urban governance, city branding and commodification, and the conservation of the urban ecosystem.
The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs
The Homeric epics and the Book of Songs are not just the fountainheads of the Western and Chinese literary traditions; for centuries they played a central role in education and communal life. This title presents the first systematic comparison of the two corpora.
Playing with Possibilities sits at the heart of all creative endeavours. This collection brings together thinkers and writers to explore the potential of play to shape who we are and the worlds we live in, asking us to celebrate fanciful approaches to living.
The Influence of Spanish on the English Language since 1801
Schultz sheds light on the Spanish influence on the English vocabulary since 1801, offering the first systematic analysis of the multitude of words which have been taken over to English from Spanish and its national varieties over the past few centuries.
Transforming the Colony
Winter investigates the lives of convicts transported to Western Australia, particularly how their presence in the colony served as a form of modernity, fundamentally transforming it in the process.
Women in Art and Literature Networks
This anthology examines the place of women in art and literature from the 19th century to the present day, whether as artists, critics or collectors. It centres on the idea of the network, as a possible point of entry for women into cultural circles long seen as male territories.
Das examines the theories of nation and national identity in both the West (according to the theories of Benedict Anderson and Salman Rushdie) and in the East (in the light of the works of Jawaharlal Nehru) as they apply to the novels of Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.
An Anthology of French and Francophone Singers from A to Z
This richly illustrated mini-dictionary provides a collection of portraits of the greatest singers of the French language and describes how they have contributed to the musical landscape in both France and the larger francophone community and the world as a whole.
Marginalization Processes across Different Settings
This book challenges typical studies of marginalization. Going beyond static categories, it focuses on how marginalization is constituted in action—in mundane processes across diverse institutional, geopolitical, and everyday settings.
The Museum in the Digital Age
The digital revolution directly concerns museums. This collection highlights how curators tackle the challenges of digital technology, exploring its impact on exhibitions, the conservation of digital works, communication, and the legal aspects of digitalisation.
A History of the Bildungsroman
Golban establishes a vector of methodology in approaching the English Bildungsroman (the novel of identity formation). His wide-ranging critical perspectives will be useful to anyone concerned with perspectives of modern fiction studies and European and English novelistic genres.
Workers’ Cooperatives
After the failure of state socialism, what is the alternative to capitalism? This volume explores workers’ cooperatives across the globe, examining worker-owned enterprises as the foundation for a redefined socialism based on self-organisation.
The American Culture of Despair
Is the United States a democratic society, or does it show signs of the cultural despair that preceded fascism? This book examines critical moments, from the Civil War to JFK’s assassination, revealing a long history of authoritarian tendencies and a regressive cycle of crisis.
Collective and Collaborative Drawing in Contemporary Practice
What happens when people draw together? While collaborative drawing is widely explored, there is little published research on the topic. This book establishes the field, covering conversations through drawing, collaborative processes, and drawing communities.
Culture and Society in Crete
The papers here explore original aspects of the Cretan cultural and historical tradition, offering unique insights into already established fields. As a result, they will appeal to scholars of modern Greek studies, Renaissance Studies and comparative literature, among others.
In a world turned upside-down, this essay collection shows the vital role of the humanities. It explores how societies have historically coped with distressing change to address today’s crises—from climate change and racism to the worldwide crisis of democracy.
This publication addresses important issues such as the role of music in shaping identities, how music and social order are intertwined and why music is so relevant in human interaction. The last part explores issues related to the social application of musical research.
Combining rigour and modernity, this collection of essays rediscovers Edgar Allan Poe’s work and draws from communication and linguistics and literature, although it also includes many other academic offshoots which explore Poe’s labyrinthine and variegated imagination.
This edited volume investigates Alice Munro’s art as a storyteller and the processes she performs on the contemporary short story genre in her creative anatomical theatre from a variety of different critical perspectives ranging from post-structuralism to cultural studies.
Made for Japan
This book describes the first Japanese translation of the famous Job Descriptive Index (JDI) surveys. It invites multinational companies to participate in validating the surveys to create a powerful new scientific tool for measuring job satisfaction in Japan.
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