Women in Art and Literature Networks
This anthology examines the place of women in art and literature from the 19th century to the present day, whether as artists, critics or collectors. It centres on the idea of the network, as a possible point of entry for women into cultural circles long seen as male territories.
This book tackles the effects of co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders on offenders transitioning from incarceration. Offering an inside look at a community reentry program, it uncovers how these disorders jeopardize the transition back into society.
This collection assesses the impacts of climate change on our cultural and natural heritage, focusing on urban planning, disaster management, and sustainability. Far-reaching actions are needed to adapt our historic environment and build resilience to limit further damage.
Contemporary Research and Analysis on the Children of Prisoners
The papers here cover many of the themes in the wider literature on the children of prisoners. Advocacy themes include moving towards child-friendly prison systems, using mass incarceration to influence wider social change, and the effects of pre-trial detention on families.
Northern Atlantic Islands and the Sea
This anthology delves into the shared Nordic cultural and linguistic heritage of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Orkney, Shetland and the Hebrides, showing how the experience of being surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean has been a constant in the islanders’ history and identities.
Based on the voices of 4,000 young people from 88 countries, this book reveals the values of Generations Y and Z. As the largest, best-educated, and most connected generation ever, today’s youth are creating a more democratic world and changing our future.
The Unity-Based Family
Danesh and Nasseri discuss creating loving and united marriages, nurturing and happy families, and rearing healthy and successful children. They provide new concepts and practical strategies on how to achieve these noble objectives in our rapidly changing and challenging world.
The Public Sphere and Satellite Television in North Africa
Hadj-Moussa explores the relationship between the media and the public sphere, showing that the simple act of watching satellite television rather than national television mobilizes novel ways of expressing identities and a range of critical positions targeting political regimes.
Transnational Landscapes and Postmodern Poetics
How the spatial imagination has informed our postmodern mapping of literature, culture, history, geography and politics, is explored here. The text invites a reappraisal of the value of space in our social, political and historical realities.
Community Practices in India
This ground-breaking collaboration by Indian practitioners and academics presents indigenous knowledge in community organizing. Through case studies of social justice for marginalized communities, it captures locally relevant approaches and engages readers in critical reflection.
Hate Crime in Turkey
Göktan considers how hate crime, as a contemporary legal concept, is introduced and represented in Turkish public discourse, addressing how effective the hate crime debate in Turkey has been in identifying bias-motivated violent incidents.
Interactivity and the Online Media Sphere in Nigeria
In an age of technological development, the mass media industry must innovate to stay relevant. Interactivity is a necessity. This book provides insights into the interactivity basics of an ideal media website, highlighting its nature in the Nigerian online media sphere.
Challenges of Communication in a Context of Crisis
This book questions the tools and values of objective communication in our institutions. What is the fate of involuntary drifts—misunderstandings and troubles—in our decision-making protocols? It explores their critical potential and questions how we can revalue these drifts.
This thought-provoking collection presents many voices exploring themes of female and trans* masculinities, gender equality, and the lives and activism of LGBT*IQ artists. It travels across time telling gender-crossing stories of creative resistance for readers of queer culture.
This collection of thirteen essays built around the question ‘what is the supernatural, and how, and why, has it changed over time?’ gives rise to a clear, comparative and diachronic study of the main characteristics of supernatural phenomena.
Contemporary Migrant Families
This volume presents the findings of the most recent and rigorous research on ‘doing family’ in the context of migration. In doing so, it clearly and significantly fills the gaps in current knowledge about the changing notions of family within migration processes.
Contemporary Turkish media is placed under the microscope in this text which sheds light on current trends and debates in the different mass media spheres of the digitalized world. It offers valuable insights into the current conditions of the field of communications in Turkey.
The Effects and Consequences of Migration and Immigration on the Lebanese Economy and Tourism Sector
This book analyses Lebanon’s economy, tourism, migration, and immigration after the Syrian conflict. It provides insight into public and private policies, offering a holistic analysis with recommendations for scholars and practitioners in Middle Eastern politics and economics.
Social network analysis is a methodological tool used to investigate collections of individuals and their shared relationships. The book provides an overview of the tool’s growing body of research in sport, and details practical guidance for its application.
Beck brings to life the meaning of the stories of the seven goddesses of Greek mythology. Her retellings will allow readers to recognize themselves in these stories, giving them the chance to use the wisdom represented in Greek mythology to create meaningful and complete lives.