Islamic kafala has no legal correspondence with secular systems, requiring measures to protect society’s most vulnerable. As international conventions prioritize child protection, this study explores the balance between religious freedoms, cultural identity, and legal rules.
To ancient Greeks, female hair was alluring, seductive, and dangerous. They placed an uncovered woman’s hair on the same emotional level as a bare breast. This book explores how men tried to deal with the danger and delight of female beauty, focusing on both hair and voice.
This collection of papers is divided into two categories: poetry and prose. The poetry section covers the Pre-Romantic, Romantic, modern, and contemporary eras, while the prose section concerns the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The Peak Time of Entertainment in China
This detailed study of the Tang Dynasty entertainment system covers institutions of the government and city commoners. The book clarifies confusion with the later Song Dynasty and resolves the question of the origin of Ci in ancient Chinese art and literature.
Bridging diverse disciplines from the genesis of the Maldives to robotic agriculture, this book presents cutting-edge research from leading experts. It offers vital recommendations for future work, making it essential for academics, students, and practitioners.
Language Acquisition, Processing and Bilingualism
This volume covers a broad range of topics in Romance language acquisition, from syntax to phonology. It explores L1, L2, bilingual, and atypical development—including deafness and language intervention—appealing to scholars, students, educators, and clinicians.
This book examines representations of Partition violence in narratives from Bengal. It explores how these stories of suffering, trauma, and betrayal offer a critique of historical and political engagements with one of the most traumatic periods in Indian history.
This volume on Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) presents innovative methodology and technology-integrated approaches. It’s a pragmatic tool to enhance student motivation, benefit teacher development, and inspire both new and seasoned researchers and language practitioners.
Zero for Parents and Teachers, or (Almost) All You Need to Know about Mathematics for Young Children
For parents and teachers nervous about teaching maths to young children, this book offers safe, sympathetic guidance. Written by early years educators, it covers basic topics in a friendly way, with fun activities to build mathematical confidence for you and your children.
This book presents an opportunity and a challenge: to develop cultural tourism in the North of Portugal, empowering communities to protect their heritage. The challenge is promoting sustainable tourism for economic growth, while preserving authenticity in culture and heritage.
Chinese Immigration in Latin America
This book explores the social and cultural relationship between Latin America and China, focusing on the challenges of Chinese immigration to countries like Costa Rica, Argentina, and Mexico.
This volume presents papers on recent developments in administrative law. It covers the reconfiguration of administrative law, codification in comparative law, and contemporary challenges. The book will appeal to practitioners, researchers, and students in the field.
Human annihilation has never been so easy. AI is our most transformative revolution, yet we lack a common moral language to prevent an apocalypse. This book provides the first global bioethical analysis of AI, creating a compelling framework for our shared survival.
This volume offers a comprehensive, multilingual approach to the practice of translation and interpretation, shaped by global markets and advanced technologies. It provides a practice-oriented perspective on cross-cultural communication and is an accessible pedagogical resource.
Fitness Philanthropy
This book explores the boom in fitness fundraising, where sports-based charity events unite corporate marketing, medical research, and social causes. It examines the motivations of participants, donors, and sponsors, offering a new analysis of sport, health, and civic engagement.
Reception Studies and Adaptation
This volume explores the Italian adaptation of English literary, multimedia, and audiovisual texts. It investigates how translation choices, by imprinting “Italianness” on the original, can alter a work’s meaning and success, directing or even undermining audience reception.
This book explores how casino capitalism in Macau propelled economic prosperity but also exacerbated inequality. To tackle this, the developmental state combined casino capitalism with social welfarism, but its path to economic diversification remains long and difficult.
Understanding Anne Enright is an introduction to one of the most original contemporary Irish writers. It analyses the evolution of themes and forms in her work, particularly her treatment of the corporeality of women’s experiences and the embodied language of her fiction.
Musical Waves
This volume comprises a wide range of cutting-edge analytical approaches for numerous musical styles. It includes studies inspired by Schoenberg, transformational theory, narrative, form, and—notably—several approaches to popular music.
Alfred Marshall’s Last Challenge
This text presents Alfred Marshall’s final, unfinished, and unpublished book. His grand editorial project, intended to culminate in a final work on economic progress, was cut short by his death. These surviving notes reveal the great economist’s wisdom and modernity.
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