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Muslim Societies in the Age of Mass Consumption
Politics, Culture and Identity between the Local and the Global
Muslim consumers are not passive victims of globalization. They adapt global brands, reshaping their culture. This volume uses consumption as a prism to understand the enormous transformations that Muslim societies have undergone in the past few decades.
Muslim consumers are not passive victims of globalization. They adapt global brands, reshaping their culture. This volume uses consumption as a prism to understand the enormous transformations that Muslim societies have undergone in the past few decades.
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From Antiquity to the Postmodern World
Contemporary Jewish Studies in Canada
This volume brings together histories and literatures of the Jewish people. The articles investigate Jewish life and thought, from ancient sources and mysticism to contemporary themes, offering vibrant responses to the key questions: “Who is a Jew?” and “What is Judaism?”
This volume brings together histories and literatures of the Jewish people. The articles investigate Jewish life and thought, from ancient sources and mysticism to contemporary themes, offering vibrant responses to the key questions: “Who is a Jew?” and “What is Judaism?”
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Research in Second Language Acquisition
Empirical Evidence across Languages
This volume provides an overview of current research within the Processability Theory framework. It combines theoretical approaches to extend the theory with studies investigating bilingual language acquisition across typologically different languages and contexts.
This volume provides an overview of current research within the Processability Theory framework. It combines theoretical approaches to extend the theory with studies investigating bilingual language acquisition across typologically different languages and contexts.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Reputation without Cause? A Composer and his Critics
Giacomo Meyerbeer was the most successful composer of grand operas in nineteenth-century Paris, yet today his operas have become stage rarities. This is the first broad evaluation of Meyerbeer in English, a study of his reputation's vicissitudes.
Giacomo Meyerbeer was the most successful composer of grand operas in nineteenth-century Paris, yet today his operas have become stage rarities. This is the first broad evaluation of Meyerbeer in English, a study of his reputation’s vicissitudes.
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The Nation on Screen
Discourses of the National on Global Television
This book focuses on the complex discourses of the nation in the television of twelve countries. It examines how the nation is staged in news, fiction, and entertainment, revealing it as a site of struggle: everywhere and nowhere, endlessly discussed but never grasped.
This book focuses on the complex discourses of the nation in the television of twelve countries. It examines how the nation is staged in news, fiction, and entertainment, revealing it as a site of struggle: everywhere and nowhere, endlessly discussed but never grasped.
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As men and women question gender roles, this book examines masculine expression across Europe, Africa, and the Americas. In this collection, authors write about men’s challenges, friendships, and outcasts to foster understanding and tolerance of all sexualities.
As men and women question gender roles, this book examines masculine expression across Europe, Africa, and the Americas. In this collection, authors write about men’s challenges, friendships, and outcasts to foster understanding and tolerance of all sexualities.
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Reading Penguin
A Critical Anthology
Penguin Books democratised reading, becoming the most important British publisher of the 20th century. In these essays, scholars examine Penguin's significance, from breaking the Lady Chatterley ban to the iconic art of its covers.
Penguin Books democratised reading, becoming the most important British publisher of the 20th century. In these essays, scholars examine Penguin’s significance, from breaking the Lady Chatterley ban to the iconic art of its covers.
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This book considers the diachronic development of the Chinese and Naxi languages, focusing on contentious linguistic issues. It provides new methods to analyze these issues, using cross-linguistic data from Tibeto-Burman to resolve debates.
This book considers the diachronic development of the Chinese and Naxi languages, focusing on contentious linguistic issues. It provides new methods to analyze these issues, using cross-linguistic data from Tibeto-Burman to resolve debates.
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Britain and Britishness in G. B. Shaw’s Plays
A Linguistic Perspective
This book offers a fresh insight into G. B. Shaw’s plays by highlighting ethnicity and Britishness as their core structuring elements. Using an innovative, multidisciplinary linguistic approach, it analyses cultural differences in works like Pygmalion.
This book offers a fresh insight into G. B. Shaw’s plays by highlighting ethnicity and Britishness as their core structuring elements. Using an innovative, multidisciplinary linguistic approach, it analyses cultural differences in works like Pygmalion.
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This book invites you on a fascinating journey across three centuries of Europe, with death as your guide. Experts from varying backgrounds—historians, sociologists, doctors, and more—explore the complex phenomena of death and dying across the continent.
This book invites you on a fascinating journey across three centuries of Europe, with death as your guide. Experts from varying backgrounds—historians, sociologists, doctors, and more—explore the complex phenomena of death and dying across the continent.
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Specialised Languages in the Global Village
A Multi-Perspective Approach
This book examines the impact of globalisation on intercultural communication within specialised communities. It provides discussion on professional communication and identity, and offers useful pedagogical proposals for researchers, specialists, and language teachers.
This book examines the impact of globalisation on intercultural communication within specialised communities. It provides discussion on professional communication and identity, and offers useful pedagogical proposals for researchers, specialists, and language teachers.
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The Churches and the Working Classes
Leeds, 1870-1920
As religious allegiance declined in the nineteenth century, churches struggled to attract the working classes. This book traces their efforts from 1870 to 1920 and the ambivalent public response, focusing on the industrial city of Leeds.
As religious allegiance declined in the nineteenth century, churches struggled to attract the working classes. This book traces their efforts from 1870 to 1920 and the ambivalent public response, focusing on the industrial city of Leeds.
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The Mediterranean Basin, a biodiversity hotspot, has endured 8000 years of human impact. Now facing water shortages and desertification, it is a key example of the "Anthropocene." This book synthesizes knowledge to throw light on our unpredictable future.
The Mediterranean Basin, a biodiversity hotspot, has endured 8000 years of human impact. Now facing water shortages and desertification, it is a key example of the “Anthropocene.” This book synthesizes knowledge to throw light on our unpredictable future.
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Can philosophy help people with their personal problems? This volume explores philosophical counseling and its relationship to psychotherapy through readings by prominent philosophers and psychologists, asking if such matters are best left to therapists.
Can philosophy help people with their personal problems? This volume explores philosophical counseling and its relationship to psychotherapy through readings by prominent philosophers and psychologists, asking if such matters are best left to therapists.
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This book argues "Romanticism" is a meaningless academic construct. Dr. Cochran then examines Byron's life and work, showing how his antithetical nature was an embarrassment for his social life, but a great benefit to his creativity.
This book argues “Romanticism” is a meaningless academic construct. Dr. Cochran then examines Byron’s life and work, showing how his antithetical nature was an embarrassment for his social life, but a great benefit to his creativity.
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As cultural boundaries blur, ideas of space and location—physical or metaphysical, real or imaginary—are evolving. This volume of interdisciplinary essays explores topics like globalization, diaspora, and the body across visual art, literature, and cinema.
As cultural boundaries blur, ideas of space and location—physical or metaphysical, real or imaginary—are evolving. This volume of interdisciplinary essays explores topics like globalization, diaspora, and the body across visual art, literature, and cinema.
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Diasporic Identities and Empire
Cultural Contentions and Literary Landscapes
This volume explores diasporic identities and empire on a global scale. By moving beyond the search for an imperial ‘centre,’ contributions from scholars across four continents show how writing from the peripheries develops a new worldview.
This volume explores diasporic identities and empire on a global scale. By moving beyond the search for an imperial ‘centre,’ contributions from scholars across four continents show how writing from the peripheries develops a new worldview.
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This book recovers the once-eminent but now forgotten Sir Arthur Helps. A prominent Victorian social activist, he was a confidant to Queen Victoria and played a decisive role in refashioning the monarchy’s public image.
This book recovers the once-eminent but now forgotten Sir Arthur Helps. A prominent Victorian social activist, he was a confidant to Queen Victoria and played a decisive role in refashioning the monarchy’s public image.
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Facing the Crises
Anglophone Literature in the Postmodern World
This collection of essays explores "crisis" in Anglo-American literature and culture. It analyzes our relationship to technology and the virtual, rethinks literary genres, and shows why humanist research is crucial for understanding the human condition.
This collection of essays explores “crisis” in Anglo-American literature and culture. It analyzes our relationship to technology and the virtual, rethinks literary genres, and shows why humanist research is crucial for understanding the human condition.
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Mother-Texts
Narratives and Counter-Narratives
Patriarchy has worked to silence women’s dialogue, creating unrepresentative maternal narratives. This book’s valuable research gives recognition to mothers as they speak up, developing a literature in their own language and claiming maternal knowledge and power.
Patriarchy has worked to silence women’s dialogue, creating unrepresentative maternal narratives. This book’s valuable research gives recognition to mothers as they speak up, developing a literature in their own language and claiming maternal knowledge and power.
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