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The Art of the Bambui Kingdom (Western Grassfields, Cameroon)

By: Mathias Fubah Alubafi

£39.99

Unveil the stunning art and cultural heritage of the Bambui fondom. This illustrated book offers an authentic journey into Cameroon's Grassfields, told through the unique voice of an author living the Bambui experience.

Unveil the stunning art and cultural heritage of the Bambui fondom. This illustrated book offers an authentic journey into Cameroon’s Grassfields, told through the unique voice of an author living the Bambui experience.

via media philosophy

Holiness Unto Truth; Intersections between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic Voices

Edited By: L. Bryan Williams

£39.99

This book records the first formal philosophical conversations between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic voices. Inspired by Pope John Paul II's call for dialogue, it builds bridges between the two communities, seeking a via media to a holy relationship unto truth.

This book records the first formal philosophical conversations between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic voices. Inspired by Pope John Paul II’s call for dialogue, it builds bridges between the two communities, seeking a via media to a holy relationship unto truth.

Andrei Tarkovsky’s Poetics of Cinema

By: Thomas Redwood

From £29.99

Redwood undertakes a close formal analysis of Tarkovsky’s later films. Charting the stylistic and narrative innovations in Mirror, Stalker, Nostalghia and The Sacrifice, he succeeds in shedding new light on these celebrated, but often misunderstood, masterpieces.

Recounting Cultural Encounters

Edited By: Marija Knežević

£39.99

This book highlights how cultural encounters change our world and its reflection in literature. It emphasizes the rising importance of fostering cultural pluralism and global understanding, focusing on our perception of the Other in an era of globalization.

Whiteness in Academia

Counter-Stories of Betrayal and Resistance

By: John Preston

£39.99

How do white academics contribute to racial oppression, even in fields designed to resist it? This book uses fictional tropes—from science fiction to detective fiction—in a series of ‘counter stories’ that critique whiteness in academia and explore power.

Locating Agency

Space, Power and Popular Politics

Edited By: Fiona Williamson

£39.99

"Politics" is more than government—it is power and agency in the lives of ordinary people. These collected essays explore this popular politics in religion, culture, and everyday life, suggesting political activity was embedded in almost every aspect of life.

“Politics” is more than government—it is power and agency in the lives of ordinary people. These collected essays explore this popular politics in religion, culture, and everyday life, suggesting political activity was embedded in almost every aspect of life.

Declensions of the Self

A Bestiary of Modernity

Edited By: Jean-Jacques Defert, Trevor Tchir, Dan Webb

£39.99

This work is a collective reflection on the modern self. A bestiary of articles rethinks modern dichotomies: the real and the ideal, self and world. An introspective journey where we are both the spectator and the spectacle—the beast subject to the gaze.

Music and Magic

Charlie Parker, Trickster Lives!

By: Frank A. Salamone

£39.99

The magic of jazz is Tricksterism. Greats like Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie were Tricksters, taking pop songs and refashioning them into gold. These magician-Tricksters transform all they touch. This book explains how they do it.

Conversations in Philosophy

Crossing the Boundaries

Edited By: F. Ochieng’-Odhiambo

£39.99

These essays demonstrate philosophy’s relevance to fundamental human problems. Crossing disciplinary and regional boundaries from Africa to America, they explore pressing issues like development, conflict, and apathy, reflecting the vitality of philosophical discourse.

Feminism Reframed

Reflections on Art and Difference

Edited By: Alexandra M. Kokoli

£39.99

This collection reframes the dialogue between feminism, art history, and visual culture. It revisits feminist art histories to ask urgent questions for the present and reasserts the need for continuous feminist interventions in the academy and the art world.

Perspectives on the Popularisation of Natural Sciences in a Diachronic Overview

Edited By: Eleonora Chiavetta, Silvana Sciarrino

£39.99

This volume analyzes the popularization of specialized discourse in the natural sciences, focusing on botany and gardening. A key feature is the diachronic approach, with chapters spanning from the 17th century to the present day.

Romanticism Gendered

Male Writers as Readers of Women’s Writing in Romantic Correspondence

By: Andrea Fischerová

£39.99

This study examines the letters of the great male Romantics—Byron, Coleridge, Keats, Scott, Shelley, and Wordsworth—to discover their views on women writers. Their correspondence reveals a long list of now-marginalized female authors, offering a new gendered perspective.

The Presence of the Feminine in Film

By: Virginia Apperson, John Beebe

From £19.99

This pioneering book introduces the “feminine,” a dimension of film not reducible to women’s experience. Exploring this Jungian concept through movies spanning seven decades, it enhances the appreciation of film as a depth psychological medium.

Coming Out to the Mainstream

New Queer Cinema in the 21st Century

Edited By: David Jones, JoAnne C. Juett

£39.99

Has New Queer Cinema gone mainstream? This collection of essays examines how its themes have entered popular culture, challenging a queer-phobic climate and informing debates on queerness in film, television, and beyond.

South American Cinematic Culture

Policy, Production, Distribution and Exhibition

By: Miriam Ross

£39.99

This study of South American cinema offers a new approach, revealing the interconnectivity between state, altruistic, and commercial film organizations. It produces a rich overview of a key non-Western filmmaking site, tracing how films circulate nationally and globally.

The Origin of Hardy’s Tragic Vision

By: Rıza Öztürk

£39.99

Öztürk gets to the core of Hardy’s ‘tragic vision’: the destruction of self through the dramatic interplay between character and circumstance. This study brilliantly captures Hardy's stark statement about life itself, filling the need for newer interpretations.

Öztürk gets to the core of Hardy’s ‘tragic vision’: the destruction of self through the dramatic interplay between character and circumstance. This study brilliantly captures Hardy’s stark statement about life itself, filling the need for newer interpretations.

The Philosophy of Thomas Hill Green

Edited By: W. H. Fairbrother

£39.95

As T. H. Green enjoys a revival, this book is a useful companion to his thought. It offers a simple exposition of the central themes in his work, including his metaphysics, his moral and political philosophy, and his thoughts on freedom.

A Land of One’s Own

Women and Land Rights in Literature and Society

By: Lata Marina Varghese

£36.99

This book examines women’s land rights in Indian literature and society. As discrimination over land and property continues to keep women in a subordinate position, this book deals with the gap between women's legal rights and their actual ownership of land.

This book examines women’s land rights in Indian literature and society. As discrimination over land and property continues to keep women in a subordinate position, this book deals with the gap between women’s legal rights and their actual ownership of land.

WWA Journal Volume 6

Edited By: Yasuo Nakatani, Murari Prasad Regmi, Antigonos Sochos

£36.99

This journal presents research on emotional intelligence, an important factor in the development of emotional competency and cognition. The contributions represent a useful resource for teachers and students of social sciences and adolescent psychology, and mental health workers.

The Undecidable

Jacques Derrida and Paul Howard

By: Clare Gorman

£36.99

This book offers an engagement between philosopher Jacques Derrida and author Paul Howard. It uses deconstructive theory to critique Howard’s depiction of Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era, providing an accessible overview of critical theory.