Signs of Identity
This volume rethinks identity from a communicational and comparative perspective, linking it to performativity. Contributions cover diverse periods and genres, from Medieval clothing to postcolonial narratives, for all those involved in the reevaluation of this central term.
Signs, Codes, Spaces, and Arts
This book delves into general and spatial semiotics, introducing the “sign prism,” an integrative model of sign connection. It focuses on spatial semiotics and its visual codes, applying these concepts to research the structures and historical changes of visual arts.
The discovery of Claude Vincendon’s lost novel, *Golden Silence*, opens a window into her world. These essays explore her life with Lawrence Durrell, the novel’s tale of a cursed mute girl, and the profound themes of silence, fate, and the Evil Eye in her final work.
Simon Kick (1603-1652)
This is the first complete study of Simon Kick (1603-1652), a 17th-century Dutch painter active alongside Rembrandt. He mastered the unique guardroom scene, creating striking figures imbued with a strong psychological presence. Includes a biography and critical oeuvre catalogue.
Simplification, Explicitation and Normalization
This study tests for proposed “universal features” of translation, like simplification and explicitation, in a corpus of Italian children’s books. The results show they do not prevail, suggesting cultural and social conditions determine translation choices.
Singapore Radio
Freeman and Ramakrishnan track the journey of Singapore radio from its humble beginnings to its advanced modern-day incarnations, detailing economic, political, cultural, and technological aspects of this medium in Singapore along the way.
Single-Voice Transformations
This study models smooth voice leading with abstract algebra via the single-semitone transformation (SST). The model yields 3D graphical lattices and serves as a versatile analytical tool for music from Chopin and Webern to Paul Lansky and John Adams.
This is the first book to introduce the English-speaking world to “Sino-Christian Studies.” Born from a 1980s academic movement in China exploring Christian thought’s role in western culture, this collection features essays by prominent scholars.
Sino-Japanese Relations
Sino-Japanese relations are crucial for East Asia and beyond. However, the relationship has been increasingly marked by political strife, historical grievances, and a lack of trust. Any deterioration has the potential to generate conflicts with far-reaching consequences.
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.
Sir Jerome Horsey’s (d. 1626) animated account of his experiences in Russia and other countries is a travel-book, an adventure story and an autobiography of a controversial and significant figure. It is here given with a full introduction and extensive explanatory notes.
Sir Stanley Rous and the Growth of World Football
This book takes the life of FIFA president Stanley Rous (1895-1986) as a lens to understand football’s global rise. It charts his ascent from a Suffolk village to the top of world football, through two World Wars, the 1948 Olympics, and volatile post-colonial diplomacy.
William Rooke Creswell argued that, as an island continent, Australia could not defend itself without a navy. He saw no point in a large army if one enemy battleship could destroy its cities. He was the one constant advocate for an Australian navy.
Sisters of Fate
Tracking the feminine principle in divination over three thousand years, this book explores the psychic vantage point of fate’s sisters. It examines the source of their visions within the Western concept of time, free will, and destiny.
South Indian states are advanced in human development, yet rampant child labour persists. Why are societies with high literacy and health indicators failing to protect their children from hard labour? This book examines this question in Karnataka.
Situating Racism
This book uncovers the complex causes and manifestations of contemporary racism in a globalized world. It analyzes how its boundaries shift, the impact of factors like nationalism and politics, and the challenges of building an anti-racist future.
This wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in feminist film theory, offering close analyses of films from Hitchcock to 21st-century horror. Praised as a “splendid contribution,” it lends readers ‘new eyes’. “Should be required reading for students and scholars.”
Situational English Level I
This book immerses students in lifelike contexts that integrate the four core language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Engage with thought-provoking passages and dialogues to build grammar, vocabulary, and fluency for confident, effective communication.
How did six pioneer families survive the 19th-century American wilderness? Through their own accounts, this book reveals their struggle, their grace under pressure, and the clashing cultural identities that would sow the seeds of a divided nation.
Skepticism, Causality and Skepticism about Causality (Volume 10
This volume studies causality and skepticism from medieval to modern philosophy. Essays contrast Aquinas’s idea of a first mover with Hume’s account of successive events, re-evaluating the Aristotelian paradigm against modern science and Cartesian skepticism.
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