Acculturation, Otherness, and Return in Adichie’s Americanah
This title examines the concepts of diaspora in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah (2013), investigating the novel through diasporic concepts such as self and Otherness, acculturation, cultural diversity, hybridity, ambivalence and mimicry, unbelonging and return.
Exploring Plurilingualism in Fan Fiction
Franceschi studies English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) use in online interaction within virtual communities constituted by fans of popular culture texts. She adopts and applies linguistic heteroglossia and super-diversity to the qualitative analysis of a fan fiction corpus inspired.
Myth, Music and Ritual
Divided into two, the essays here consider both myth and some of its contemporary reflections and the connection between myth, music and ritual. Subjects discussed include folklore, literature, traditional music, science-fiction, philosophy, and religion, among others.
Contemporary Customary Land Issues in Africa
Drawing from the Land Use and Rural Livelihoods in Africa Project, the contributions here examine current trends in customary land issues in Africa, focusing on the practice of converting customary land into leasehold tenure, particularly in Zambia.
R.K. Narayan’s Malgudi Milieu
This book presents R.K. Narayan as a writer who addressed his times without giving in to ruling ideologies. It explores his ethical critique of colonial capitalism and positions him as a deceptively simple, yet foremost post-modern writer who depicted the subversion of influence.
Özdemir proposes a new theoretical model, Tritonet, that provides a unique approach to music theory by reintroducing the ‘Circle of Fifths’. It offers additional components that turn the circle into a musical calculator, which can be used to construct musical structures visually.
This volume explores linguistic understandings of gender non-conformity and diverse masculinities. Contesting stereotypes and prejudices, it demonstrates that language matters in the everyday experience of gender diversity beyond the traditional binary.
This title provides leading contemporary thought and research on how to address inequalities in participation in Higher Education across the “student lifecycle”, highlighting a range of practices in widening access, including chapters on financial support and mature students.
News Discourse and Digital Currents
This book investigates the under-researched genre of news tickers. Based on a year-long collection from BBC World News, it uses corpus-based analysis to define tickers as a mixed genre that combines headlines and leads to achieve specific marketization strategies.
A Science-Theology Rapprochement
Beyond the “warfare” of science and theology. This book confronts the New Atheist challenge, using the insights of Peirce, Lonergan, and Pannenberg to turn conflict into collaboration and show how Christian creation embraces an evolutionary universe.
Trade and Labour Standards
Mega-regional agreements pose one of the most significant challenges to international labour law. This book examines the social dimension of TTP, CETA, and TTIP, arguing that trade liberalisation should be accompanied by progress in the social and labour field.
New Approaches and Tendencies in Entrepreneurial Management
This volume presents innovative approaches to international management, based on the latest scientific research. It is for management experts, researchers, and students who aspire to use the best practices of organisational leadership and entrepreneurial management.
Elizabeth I’s controversial marriage proposal angered courtiers Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser, who used their writing to express their dissent. This book interweaves history and literature to analyze the workings of gender, desire, politics, and poetics in her reign.
This two-volume book provides a multifaceted view of major approaches to the study of political discourse. It builds on previous political discourse perspectives and provides new insights into this research area, while combining theoretical and methodological considerations.
Societies Emerging from Conflict
This collection of essays, written by scholars with ties to Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, and the USA, argues that a new post-atrocity framework is taking root, suggesting promising alternatives to retributive criminal proceedings.
Black Soldiers in a White Man’s War
Pollock investigates the story of 600 Black men from across North America and the Caribbean, who, in 1917, went to war in a labour unit. Based on service records of the 600 volunteers and 35 courts-martial in the unit, he probes the lives of these soldiers between 1917 and 1918.
The Legacy of Empire
The shadow of Napoleon’s empires haunted the nineteenth-century. In reaction, a unique Anglo-Italian style developed among ex-patriot writers and artists. Contrasting Napoleon’s legacy with an ideal state, their work championed national independence, feminism, and republicanism.
New Journeys in Iberian Studies
The research collected here consists of 18 chapters which explore a number of key areas of investigation in contemporary Iberian studies. There is a strong emphasis on trans-national and trans-regional approaches to the subject area, reflecting current discourse and scholarship.
Discomfort and Moral Impediment
This book connects human suffering with morality. It explores our condition through the moral requirements of not harming or manipulating, and questions the ethics of responsible procreation and the moral quality of abstention.
Misconceptions in Science Education
Despite access to information, learners often provide incorrect, intuition-based responses to science and mathematics questions. This book suggests a paradigm shift, using an “empathic space” to utilize misconceptions as a learning tool, leading to a cathartic “Aha!” moment.
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