Social Sciences

The Boom Femenino in Mexico

Reading Contemporary Women’s Writing

Edited By: Nuala Finnegan, Jane E. Lavery

£44.99

This collection of essays explores the "boom femenino," the surge of women's writing in Mexico over the last three decades. International scholars investigate the term's cultural significance and how these authors challenged a traditionally male literary arena.

This collection of essays explores the “boom femenino,” the surge of women’s writing in Mexico over the last three decades. International scholars investigate the term’s cultural significance and how these authors challenged a traditionally male literary arena.

Contest(ed) Writing

Re-Conceptualizing Literacy Competitions

Edited By: Mary Lamb

£44.99

This collection explores writing contests as a cultural practice, asking if they over-emphasize individual achievement over shared goals. Taking a cultural-rhetorical approach, it examines contests from ancient Greece to modern podcasting competitions.

Women and Science, 17th Century to Present

Pioneers, Activists and Protagonists

Edited By: Véronique Molinari

£44.99

This volume takes a new approach to women in science, moving beyond the obstacles they have faced. It analyzes the link between women and science through various media—including fiction, poetry, and sci-fi—to explore the portrayal and self-portrayal of women.

Current Issues in English Language Teaching and Learning

An International Perspective

Edited By: Mario Cal, Francisco Javier Fernández, Lidia Gómez

£44.99

This unique volume offers an international perspective on English language teaching. It provides solutions to current ELT problems from global experts on topics like teacher training, classroom practice, new technologies, and learner language research.

Giacomo Meyerbeer

The Non-Operatic Texts

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£44.99

Beyond his famous operas, Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote extensively for the voice in other genres. This volume presents the texts for his non-operatic stage works, occasional public pieces, sacred music, and songs, in the original and in English translation.

Expression in the Performing Arts

Edited By: Inma Álvarez, Héctor J. Pérez, Francisca Pérez-Carreño

£44.99

The performing arts remain an underexplored territory for aesthetics. This volume collects essays by international scholars who address the core philosophical topic of expression, questioning the roles of the performer, the work, and the spectator.

Critical Cultural Awareness

Managing Stereotypes through Intercultural (Language) Education

Edited By: Yumiko Furumura, Maria Lebedko, Yau Tsai

£44.99

This book promotes understanding of stereotypes and suggests ways teachers can manage them by developing students' critical cultural awareness. It provides a firm platform for the practical application of knowledge and skills when managing stereotypes in the classroom.

This book promotes understanding of stereotypes and suggests ways teachers can manage them by developing students’ critical cultural awareness. It provides a firm platform for the practical application of knowledge and skills when managing stereotypes in the classroom.

The Shadow of the Precursor

Edited By: Nena Bierbaum

£44.99

For writers and artists, the shadows of precursors can be a welcome influence or a haunting presence. This book explores conscious and unconscious influences, from imitation to intertextuality, and asks how such references shape how we read.

Dynamics of National Identity and Transnational Identities in the Process of European Integration

Edited By: Elena Marushiakova

£44.99

This book debates the changing notions of identity in Central and Eastern Europe influenced by EU integration. Researchers from Europe, the USA, and Asia analyze the breaking of national identity borders and the transition towards new transnational identities.

Culture of Tobacco

An Ethnographic Enquiry into the Socio-Economic Mobility of Dalits of Rural India

By: Kranthi Kumar Chikkala

£44.99

This book explores the impact of tobacco cultivation on rural Andhra Pradesh. A comparative study of two villages reveals how this labor-intensive crop creates prosperity and changes social relationships, prompting a re-examination of agricultural policy.

Rethinking Mimesis

Concepts and Practices of Literary Representation

Edited By: Saija Isomaa, Pirjo Lyytikäinen

£44.99

Literary mimesis, an age-old and contested concept, has been brought back to the forefront of scholarly interest. This volume explores how literature produces its reality effects, challenging our understanding of representation through textual analyses.

Byron’s Religions

Edited By: Peter Cochran

£44.99

This comprehensive study of Byron’s eclectic attitude to religion concludes he was never the atheist of cliché, but a man whose profound need for a faith always clashed with an equally profound scepticism.

Re-reading / La relecture

Essays in honour of Graham Falconer

Edited By: Rachel Falconer, Andrew Oliver

£44.99

What happens when we re-read a familiar book? This volume of essays by eminent scholars explores how re-reading can affirm our identity or reveal our changing selves, and how this core literary practice shapes and reshapes the canon.

Multiple Lenses

Voices from the Diaspora located in Canada

Edited By: David Divine

£44.99

Spanning 400 years, this essential introduction explores the Black Canadian experience. Through diverse lenses from law to music, leading voices reveal the ongoing struggle and triumph in the quest for identity, justice, and self-definition.

Thoughts of Love

Edited By: Fiona Peters, Gary Peters

£44.99

This volume addresses the serious shortage of thinking on love. Essays from international scholars explore desire, friendship, obsession, and loss, bringing a shared commitment to love in the face of its denial, for all readers who wish to think about it.

A Man’s World? Political Masculinities in Literature and Culture

Edited By: Kathleen Starck

£44.99

Political institutions are often treated as un-gendered, yet rationality has been ascribed to masculinity. This book explores the interdependence of masculinities and concepts like the state, citizenship, and democracy, shedding light on their construction.

Multilingual Trends in a Globalized World

Prospects and Challenges

By: Navin Kumar Singh

£44.99

Explore evolving language education trends as globalization shifts the focus to multilingualism. This book presents the latest controversies and case studies from South East Asia and other diverse contexts around the world.

Creating Cultural Synergies

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Interculturality and Interreligiosity

Edited By: Birgit Breninger, Thomas Kaltenbacher

£44.99

This book brings together international researchers from diverse fields to explore how intercultural competence can work in today’s society. The contributors elucidate the challenges and potentials of interculturality and interreligiosity.

Occupying the “Other”

Australia and Military Occupations from Japan to Iraq

Edited By: Robin Gerster, Christine de Matos

£44.99

From the occupation of Japan in 1945 to Iraq, Australia has participated in US-led occupations. This collection of essays asks: Can democracy be imposed militarily? Is Australia an independent ally or a meek follower of a global superpower?

From Formal to Non-Formal

Education, Learning and Knowledge

Edited By: Polona Kelava, Igor Ž. Žagar

£44.99

Authors from diverse fields—including sociology, philosophy, and history—explore non-formal education, learning, and knowledge. This diversity of approaches offers new findings and a basis for reflection on the varied dimensions of formal and informal learning.

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