The image of ‘the Turk’ was historically the negative of the European self-image. Assuming the role of the ‘defining other,’ this concept was a constitutive element of European cultural identity. This book explores this past to better understand it.
Scholars explore the relationship between authority and the self in writers like Shakespeare and Donne. In an era of momentous change, these essays offer new perspectives on how power was negotiated through sexuality, gender, and language in the English Renaissance.
This book analyses Turkey’s economic policies from a dependency perspective, identifying the macroeconomic variables that lead to recurring crises. It proposes an alternative economic policy to develop an independent structure so Turkey can act in her own interests.
Searching for the American Dream
This groundbreaking guide offers practical advice for planning and leading international study tours, revealing the rewards of taking students beyond the classroom.
Charles Dickens is a British literary icon, but should he be read as a European author? This book explores his relationship to Europe through his travels, the continental locations in his novels, and the influence of his works on other European texts.
Diane Dubois situates Northrop Frye’s work in its biographical and historical context. Illuminating his œuvre as a personal project rooted in the social and religious conditions of his time, this book helps us see the key theorist’s work anew.
Analysing Desecuritisation
This book applies securitisation theory to the Israeli-Palestinian situation, focusing on the potential for a desecuritisation process. It develops desecuritisation as a framework for analysing conflict resolution and peace, exploring the prospects for reconciliation.
Between English and Arabic
This book is a comprehensive practical course in translation between English and Arabic, invaluable to students. It balances theory and application, covering key lexical, grammatical, and stylistic issues to help develop skills to a graduate standard.
Ethical Encounters
These essays on theatre ethics demonstrate how academics and artists have thought about its ethical implications. They debate relevant issues and explore what is possible within theatre, challenging you to form and develop your own opinions and resultant actions.
News as Changing Texts
This book focuses on the interrelation between ‘news’ and ‘change’, exploring the evolution of news as a textual type across the centuries in Britain. Through linguistic analyses of corpora, it examines news in its continuous process of adjustment and renewal.
This volume explores the search for wholeness and spirituality in the writings of contemporary African American women. Across fiction, drama, and poetry, this search is analyzed as a source of creativity and agency, healing spirit and body by reconciling past and present.
John Locke and the Native Americans
This book elucidates Locke’s law of nature and view of war, revealing how they justified colonialism. His theories favoured European land acquisition over native rights and allowed the militarily superior side to proclaim a just war, undermining his principles of freedom.
Global and Local Art Histories analyzes art outside of hegemonic Euro-American themes. Essays from a broad range of cultural perspectives contest concepts of history and culture, exploring global and local identities and questioning “the work of art.”
Fundamentalism is text-centred, but its complex and paradoxical relationship with literature remains largely unexplored. These essays explore this relationship, analysing literary representations of fundamentalism and revealing unexpected affinities between the two.
Risk Assessment of Food Supply
What are the true risks of agricultural free trade? Using CGE models, this book analyzes Japan’s trade liberalization and the 2008 food crisis, revealing the severe impacts on the world’s poorest economies.
Combat stress and burnout in caring professions. This guide explores the vital role of supervision, drawing on quantitative research with 400 social workers, educators, and medical staff.
The Imagination in Education
This collection of essays centres on the theory and practice of imagination in education. The 13 essays present distinct yet converging points of view, exploring the breadth and richness of the field.
The Coherence of the Inchoate
This book compares children’s in-school and out-of-school internet use. At home, learning is self-motivated and purposeful, often assisted by peers. As home and school practices diverge, school use may become increasingly irrelevant to children’s lives.
Best known as the creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson was also a novelist, painter, and cartoonist. This collection of essays by leading scholars discusses her children’s fiction alongside her adult writing and visual art, revealing an extraordinary artist.
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer’s cantatas were written for royal and civic commissions to celebrate dynastic events and praise famous men. His powers of lyric beauty and dramatic pomp are amply in evidence, revealing a forgotten side to the great operatic composer.
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