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.
This collection of essays from an international conference presents important research in linguistics. It explores language theory, cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, translation, and teaching methods. An essential volume for scholars and students.
The Common Touch
While figures like Shakespeare dominated the literary scene, what was the vast majority of society really reading and singing? This anthology answers that question with a selection of broadside ballads, witch trial reports, and political newsbooks.
Unity in Diversity, Volume 2
This work investigates how ignoring markers of identity harms cultural groups and creates unstable unity. Drawing on linguistics, translation, and cultural and political studies, this book is a rich repository for linguists and scholars in these fields.
Digital processes affect the perception of time, space, and identity. This book invites a shift of perception, proposing the “Point of Being” as an alternative to the “Point of View” to situate the self in our physical and digital world.
The Age of Asian Migration
Asia is the world region producing the most international migrants. This book provides a full discussion of Asian migration, from historical perspectives to current flows and diasporas, covering key regions and offering a reassessment with crucial policy implications.
This volume offers a comparative perspective on the challenges and opportunities of diversity in the classroom. Through reflections from international educators, it explores the frustrations, triumphs, and successes of connecting with students across differences.
The Ravenclaw Chronicles
What if there is much more to the Harry Potter saga than a simple tale? The Ravenclaw Chronicles collects select articles from academic conferences discussing the story’s intellectual and ethical issues from diverse perspectives like philosophy and history.
The Isle of Man TT Races
This book uses the Isle of Man TT Races to examine the deep links between sport and society. It charts the event’s history and its role in shaping Manx politics, economy, and identity. Where else can a racer take in so much history at 200 mph?
This book investigates the popularization of economic discourse. Analyzing online newspapers, it explores how specialized knowledge is transformed for a general audience, revealing the realistic vocabulary and professional jargon used in economics today.
Food is central to children’s literature. This collection examines the uses of food in books from the nineteenth century to modern fantasy, showing how it reflects society and culture and is used by authors to instruct and deliver moral messages.
New Directions in the Acquisition of Romance Languages
This book presents a selection of papers on Language Acquisition with a special focus on Romance varieties. The volume covers a wide array of topics, including L1 and L2 acquisition, typical and atypical development, syntax, semantics, and phonology.
“What is to be Done?”
This book introduces the meanings and motivations behind public engagement in art and design education. It explores the challenges of measuring and articulating cultural impact for postgraduate students and professionals in Higher Education and the cultural industries.
Revisiting Loss
Loss defines Kazuo Ishiguro’s narrators, whose reconstructions of the past are exercises in misremembering and self-deception. This first book-length study of memory in his novels offers a thoroughly researched, interdisciplinary survey of his entire output.
The Eye and the Beholder
Hannelore Hägele examines the colouring of the eye in late medieval and early modern sculpture. She asks how optics, science, and theology determined how eyes were perceived and represented, arguing it is the beholder who judges the worth of any creative effort.
Design Directions
This book explores how designers and researchers respond to the changing relationship between humans and technology. It presents diverse approaches, from theoretical explorations to practical methods, on topics like emotions, education, and transforming environments.
From a Heuristic Point of View
How do we get new knowledge? Carlo Cellucci argues that traditional logic is inadequate. We need a new, heuristic logic for generating knowledge. This book is a collection of essays from leading figures who discuss, criticize, and expand on Cellucci’s work.
Two Voices in One
This collection of essays by leading scholars opens new horizons by uniting Asian and Translation Studies. Discover why a Chinese garden can be a text, how Aristotle and Mencius are linked by translation, and how computer-aided translation is developing.
This book explores the personal and environmental factors affecting university students’ entrepreneurial intentions. It provides insights for policymakers, educators, and students on developing entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, and career choices.
Unseen Enemy
In colonial Bengal, Europeans faced diseases their medicine failed to treat. This book follows English doctors, backed by the East India Company, in their struggle, culminating in Calcutta’s controversial experimental Mesmeric Hospital.