New narratives are produced from what was once overlooked as mundane. Decades ago, historian Fernand Braudel called for more research into everyday life. This volume is a response to that call for more synthesis, analysis, discussion, and extension.
The contributions here inform continuing debates concerning the role of ICT in developing communities on the wrong side of all technical and social divides in human societies.
This collection presents new voices discussing the linguistic complexities of post-colonial Anglophone Africa. It offers up-to-date research on language contact, identity, and policy in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria for students and researchers.
The Elusive Aryans
The elusiveness of the Aryans stems from their mysterious origins and their later assimilation in India. This book addresses both questions, re-examining archaeological material and Vedic literature to trace the transformation of their gods, rituals, and philosophy.
Slivers of Life
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This book brings together papers on the Mesolithic period and its transition to the Neolithic across Europe. Including theoretical discussions, it also ventures outside Europe with case studies on shell middens from Patagonia and the Red Sea.
This volume explores the “multisensory” nature of moving images. Pairing the keywords “cinema” and “sensation,” contributors examine the palpable presence of bodies, haptic images, and the link between audiovisual perception and cognitive knowledge.
This book assesses the descriptive and explanatory power of various linguistic theories. It brings together contributions addressing formal theoretical issues and studies that put these theories to the test. For linguists, advanced students, and scholars.
Sun & Sea Tourism
While foreign tourism companies condemn local corruption and nationals decry exploitation, they often flourish symbiotically. This book exposes this toxic cocktail and provides recommendations for creating a virtuous cycle to restore the beneficial effects of tourism.
Intellectual Agent, Mediator and Interlocutor
This book critically examines African politics, arguing that many contemporary problems have their roots in the fifteen years prior to independence (1945–1960). This was the incubation period for the dysfunction that has stymied the continent ever since.
Offering 18 essays which critically examine the expanding canon of American children’s books against the backdrop of a social history comprised of a deep layering of struggle, this title charts new ground in how children’s literature is telling stories of historical trauma.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Art of Fiction
This groundbreaking book rescues Arthur Conan Doyle from the sub-literary category of popular fiction. Instead of focusing on Victorian attitudes, this study shifts the emphasis to the neglected art of his stories, demonstrating they can be read as canonical literary fiction.
The Cinematography of Roger Corman
Adopting a methodology based on auteur theory in its structuralist form, Aleksandrowicz investigates the duality of the work of Roger Corman, straddling the line between “the King of the B’s” and an artist whose works are worthy of the highest cinema awards.
Recent Advances in the Creation of a Process-Based Worldview
This collection investigates the cutting edge in the creation of a process worldview, an important component of contemporary philosophy. It explores how process thinking can inspire us to rethink our lives, representing a bold move from academic philosophy to actual human lives.
In King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare explores political survival at court. This book offers a new perspective on monarchy by distinguishing authority from power, arguing that persuasion is essential to reinforcing royal rule and establishing the monarch.
Rethinking Romantic Love
This book explores contemporary conceptions of romantic love in different countries and social groups. It shows that Western ideals of romantic love persist despite varied experiences. The public will find many ‘love stories’ from this detailed study of our society.
This comparative exploration of Bryon and Pope’s satirical portraits of men and women, their expression of love and forbidden passion, and their various poetic techniques shows the profound influence Pope had on the deepest recesses of Byron’s poetic thought.
This collection of state-of-the-art research papers discusses innovations in technology enhanced learning in adult education. Sourced from ten countries, it provides a truly international perspective on how developments like MOOCs are revolutionising higher education.
This collection challenges our negative and incorrect definitions of psychoanalysis by focusing on psychoanalysis as a movement for social justice. It highlights psychoanalysis’ social justice origins, illustrating how it improves our understanding of modern social problems.
Does tradition clash with innovation? This study brings together insightful contributions that focus on the complex relationship between the two, viewing tradition as the cornerstone for the future.
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