Ethical Contexts and Theoretical Issues
This book makes a philosophical contribution to current ethical debates. It moves beyond traditional approaches to present an alternative foundation for decision-making: a philosophically grounded, relational perspective that replaces an individualistic one.
Weaving New Perspectives Together
This novel, interdisciplinary overview of literary interpretation features contributions from early-career and senior scholars. The compilation is designed to inspire students and guide experts by posing new questions to stimulate future research in the field.
Negotiating a Meta-Pedagogy
A vital new resource for rhetoric and composition teachers. While other collections are not updated to reflect current research, the field needs this book. Rhetoric now has an official meta-pedagogy resource to call its own. — Cynthia Haynes, Clemson University
This book researches three solutions to steel congestion in reinforced concrete: steel fibers, self-consolidating concrete, and headed bars. Based on test results, it proposes new models that provide a basis for future research and improved codes.
Romance
This book proposes a fascinating journey into the history and geography of the popular and controversial romance genre. From its origins to its latest developments, from print to film and Facebook, explore its many shapes from North America to India.
From classical tragedy to post-9/11, these essays explore terror as a perennial theme in the arts—a thread woven into the fabric of artistic expression and life itself.
Translation and the paratext surrounding it are not innocent. Publishers manipulate a text’s presentation, while writers use prefaces and notes to push their own interpretations. These articles reveal how these elements impact a text’s production and reception.
A Spiritual Portrait of a Believer
This study seeks to identify the ‘I’ of Romans 7. It finds that the closer a Christian gets to God, the more aware they are of their sinfulness. The ‘I’ is a mature believer, growing closer to God while in ‘pain’ over the remaining effects of sin.
Who Defines Me
Identity is unstable, constructed by variables like ethnicity, race, gender, and culture. Who Defines Me is an interdisciplinary study exploring this negotiation through language and literature, with a focus on Arabs, Muslims, and racial identity in America.
Agnolo Bronzino
An international assembly of scholars advances modern perceptions of Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino. This volume applies fresh research not only to his well-known portraits, but also to frescoes and tapestries, addressing nudity, sexuality, and satire.
Scottish Devolution and Social Policy
This work examines the impact of devolution on Scottish social policy. Considering issues like class and equality, it judges whether the founding principles of the Scottish Parliament have successfully transferred from principles into actual policy.
Technology is reshaping imagination itself. The essays in this volume explore the thrilling intersection of the digital and the creative as it transforms modern film, fiction, and art.
Rhizomes
This wonderful, multidisciplinary collection demonstrates the power and vitality of contemporary research. The diverse papers work across disciplinary boundaries, forcing readers to rethink comfort zones and making this a research ‘page turner’!
Florida Studies
This volume contains essays on Florida literature and history. Sections explore pedagogy; Old Florida texts from the 1540s-1950s, including evaluations of Hurston and Rawlings; and contemporary Florida’s place in larger cultural traditions.
Moving from Infancy to Young Adulthood
A review of the Virgin Islands’ (BVI) economic and political development over the past 60 years. This book explores future possibilities and comments on present systems, making it a must-read for island scholars, policy makers, and students.
Pilgrimage in the Age of Globalisation
This collection of studies explores sacred and secular pilgrimage in the age of globalisation. It shows how pilgrimage unifies physical and metaphysical mobility into a holistic project of self-realisation and inner transformation through motion.
This collection of essays examines new millennium Italian cinema, from established masters like Nanni Moretti to new directors like Paolo Sorrentino. Their films reveal an Italy of converging social and political forces where individuals struggle for self-realization.
The Lexical/Functional Divide in Aphasic Production – Poorly Studied Aphasic Syndromes and Theoretical Morpho-Syntax
This collection of clinical case studies on aphasic syndromes builds a bridge between clinical evidence and theoretical linguistics. It addresses debates on the lexical/functional divide in grammar and the crucial role of single case studies today.
This volume brings together established linguists, philosophers, and psychologists to explore linguistic pragmatics. The collection examines fundamental issues in the field: its explanatory power, its methodological needs, and its future direction.
Making Sense of the Global
Anthropology is more relevant than ever to making sense of intercultural encounters in our shrinking world. This volume’s analyses show how ethnographic research creates bridges of understanding and can contribute to a better understanding of social phenomena.
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