Semiotics and Visual Communication III
This book investigates the Semiotics of Branding, a status of almost mythical proportion that has triumphed over the past few decades. From tribal markers to national flags, a form of branding is at work that responds to the need for interaction through shared codes of meaning.
Vergil’s Eclogues
In his Eclogues, Vergil introduced the pastoral genre to Latin literature. This book shows his dialogue with the earlier Greek and Latin tradition is not merely typical of his time, but a dynamic literary method used to define the character of each poem.
Colonising Te Whanganui ā Tara and Marketing Wellington, 1840-1849
In the 1840s, the New Zealand Company used powerful images to lure English settlers to Wellington, a land already home to Māori. This book explores how these visuals were complicit in transferring Māori land into English ownership, investigating processes of redress and hope.
A Multidimensional Perspective on Corruption in Africa
Leading African policymakers argue that tackling corruption is key to eliminating poverty and inequity. This book offers strategies for mobilizing citizens toward accountability and transparency to build stronger national integrity systems for a sustainable Africa.
How to Manage Your Family Business
This book details the key aspects for success in a family business. It discusses how to develop a common vision and transmit values to the next generation, using the Middle East as an example. It serves as a guideline to the ‘dos and don’ts’ of the family business scene.
This collection of papers charts European cemeteries as cultural sites and open-air museums. Authors present funerary art, investigate historical approaches, and propose ways to promote cemetery heritage, laying the groundwork for public discussion on our common heritage.
Explorations in Humor Studies
This book explores the various dimensions of humor and its applications. It provides important insights into humorous language through theoretical discussions complemented by case studies in linguistics, culture, literature, translation, and visual and media studies.
The H5N1 Virus
This study reveals the social justice linkages of the H5N1 virus, framed as a veterinary scourge, a public health threat, and a potential bioterrorist weapon. This sparked a dual-use dilemma, pitting security against open science, and obscuring questions of justice.
An Australian Family Poignancy in WWI
This book traces the enlistment and subsequent deaths of two Australian brothers on the Western Front. Rich in primary evidence, such as correspondence to their families, their story provides a personal lens on the main battles and Australia’s enormous losses in World War I.
Gender and Popular Culture
This collection of essays explores interactions between gender and culture, investigating how popular culture defines, interrogates, and ruptures gender conventions. Topics range from films and mythology to female bodybuilding, corporate challenges, and social movements.
Scholars and educators present their experiences with authentic experiential learning in translation and interpreting programmes. This collection will inspire educators to consider this pedagogical option. This updated second edition includes new chapters.
Why do bilinguals code-switch? This book proposes a model where one language builds the grammatical frame while the other is activated at a lexical level. This view is tested by analyzing natural speech and second language acquisition data, treating both as predictable outcomes.
Crisis in Governance
An academic view of military intervention in Bangladesh, with insights from unique personal experience and confidential documents. This book reveals unrecorded facts about the causes of the 2007 intervention and the ambiguous role of foreign powers.
A Study of the Parallels between Visual Art and Music
Standard surveys of art imply a continuity between Rembrandt and Koons, between Caravaggio and Hirst.
They are all wrong. There is no such continuity. This book explains why these claims are false, and how we arrived at this point of great confusion about the arts.
Culture and Psyche
This introduction to psychological anthropology offers a critical overview of key topics. It argues that behaviour is not infinitely malleable; while culture impacts psychological processes, these processes are constrained by genetic, biological, and evolutionary factors.
This exploration of the Medea myth reveals how unresolved suffering turns to vengeance. Her tragic story became a touchstone for early twentieth-century female authors who used it to explore their own struggles with unrequited love, societal abandonment, and self-discovery.
A History of Women’s Prisons in England
This revisionist history challenges the invisibility of women in penal policy. Examining women’s prisons in England from the late 18th to the 20th century, it investigates the clash between desirable policy and its detrimental implementation on female prisoners.
A knowledge-rich society cannot sustain itself without wisdom. This book defines wisdom as a science, arguing its application should be as commonplace as arithmetic to transform a chaotic civilization into a wise one.
Foreign Policy Posture in Post-Apartheid South Africa
This book explores the link between domestic and foreign policy in South Africa, tracking its evolution since the 1990s. Combining theoretical perspectives and empirical case studies, it demonstrates the complex motives behind the country’s involvement in global affairs.
Writing Instruction and Intervention for Struggling Writers
Many children struggle with writing. Instead of the “wait-to-fail” model, schools can use a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) model for early intervention. This book offers descriptions and case examples of how to apply MTSS concepts for writing success.
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