Ornia uses medical brochures in the United Kingdom and Spain to determine the features that these texts present in each country and to check if medical brochures published in Spain and translated into English include all relevant features typical of original English texts.
This monograph explores the emotional conflicts of Aimee Mayne, a woman born in 1872 into a life of apparent privilege and opportunity, providing revealing analysis that includes revelations about women brought up in the late-Victorian period.
Privileged Mobilities
Marking an important contribution to the growing school of critical studies of tourism, this title raises questions regarding privileged mobiles from the standpoint of class, gender, ethnicity and citizenship.
This monograph is a study of the literature, paintings, icons and other aspects related to the Image of Edessa, an image of Christ, which, according to tradition, was of miraculous origin, examining how it was used as a tool to express Christ’s humanity.
(Re)collecting the Past
This title explores the role of memoria histórica in its broadest sense, bringing together studies of narrative, theatre, visual expressions, film, television, and radio that provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary cultural production in Spain in this regard.
(Re)writing and Remembering
The contributions to this volume discuss the extent to which fictional acts of remembering are also acts of rewriting the past to suit the needs of the present. They focus on a range of narratives, from poetry to biopics—from the ostensibly fictional to the implicitly real.
Conservation in Earthen Heritage
Much of our earthen heritage is decaying not from natural causes, but from failed conservation. Based on World Heritage case studies, this book questions current approaches and proposes a new strategy combining theory and practice for successful intervention.
Meaning in Translation
This volume offers a platform where scholars from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds, studying a variety of subjects, share their opinions on matters of utmost importance in the field of translation theory and practice.
Radiance and Symbolism in Modern Stained Glass
Written for students and the general public interested in the humanities, literature, history, art history, and new media and popular culture, this publication examines the visual beauty and symbolism of stained-glass windows in Europe and American cultures during the modern era.
Culture and Paradiplomatic Identity
The contributions here investigate aspects that emphasise the essential role of culture as a promoter and supporter of peace and security and as an agent of regional and national development, and will particularly appeal to professors and students of political science.
The Emotionally Intelligent College
This text synopsises the research that has been conducted pertaining to emotional and social skills development in third level learning environments, and will help students and educators reach their maximum potential.
Surrounded by Water
This work investigates the physical and human geography of Sardinia, the second largest Mediterranean island, with its complex and varied features. Each chapter offers an analysis of a specific facet of the island, complemented with insights gained from in-depth research.
Explore the powerful relationship between American art and conflict. This anthology discusses visual works in relation to national identity and politics, revealing how conflict—armed and rhetorical—inspires new identities to emerge.
Diversity and Homogeneity
This edited volume explores issues related to the nation, ethnicity and gender in literature, film, media and theatrical performance in both the UK and the USA, investigating the problematics of migration, citizenship, terrorism, and equality in modern multicultural societies.
Professor Nambiar offers a unique milestone in the history of Durrellian criticism, embracing Durrell’s search for universal awareness through Western and Indian metaphysics, and presenting a new metaphysical reading of the writer’s prose that has remained untapped until now.
Divine Rite of Kings
This monograph presents a social-historical-political analysis of the religion of the Latter-day Saints as deeply indebted to a variety of esoteric systems of belief, discussing the connections between its current homophobic policies and its earlier racist practices.
Ulysses Quotīdiānus
George presents a multi-pronged inverse historical analysis of Joyce’s high-modernist magnum opus Ulysses, foregrounding the historicity of its unapologetic subject matter – the quotidian.
The Age of Dystopia
This book examines the recent popularity of the dystopian genre in literature and film, connecting contemporary manifestations of dystopia to cultural trends and the implications of technological and social changes for the individual and society as a whole.
Open Codes
Challenging the view that technology and society are distinct, this book explores how human action can be re-centered to democratise technology. It focuses on open source as a new participatory model for creatively re-inventing used technologies.
The authors here centre their attention on such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic philosophers, who used doctrinal elements from Mystery Cults, adapting them to their own thinking, and, as such, offer a new way of looking at various renowned Greek philosophers.
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