Travel and Intercultural Communication
This conference proceedings brings together texts focusing on going north from several geographical points of departure, from a wide range of genres, and explores a range of intercultural aspects such as issues of identity, othering, and cultural perceptions of the north.
This book presents the intertwined relationships between culture, literature, language, and history. More specifically, it investigates the joy of a birth, a funeral ritual, the merriness of a melody, and the taste of a meal as reflected in the texts of Asia.
This volume explores how practitioners respond to current social realities with creative and innovative social work practice. It examines how they can contribute to policy development through their work on dementia, substance use, juvenile reintegration, and more.
A Pessimistic Guide to Anti-aging Research
This book provides an overview of the biology of aging and a critical analysis of past, present, and future anti-aging interventions. It offers a balanced, realistic analysis of the field, discussing the shortcomings and drawbacks of existing strategies.
Costin studies a selection of significant and topical elements from a large amount of Romanian folkloric and mythological material, shedding light on the mythical-ritualistic aspects of three complex calendar holydays.
This book tells the stories of eight women from a village in Africa reacting to anthropain—pain inflicted by humans. They weep in “sweet sobs,” turning tears into creative energy that generates resilience, hope, and positive change.
Participation, Culture and Democracy
The underlying question of this compendium focuses on the very core of our democratic culture. It investigates how one can actively take part in its political, legal, educational, informational, social, cultural and economic mechanisms.
Current Myanmar Studies
This book contains articles concerned with the major issues facing development in Myanmar. Topics explored include Muslims in Arakan (Rohingya), economic perspectives, the challenges facing Aung San Suu Kyi, and an ethnographic note on textile production in Shan State.
Considering Leadership Anew
Traditional leadership recipes are not enough to cope with a chaotic world. This book compiles essays on alternative leadership theory from leading authors who defend unorthodox approaches, exploring leadership from novel lenses from the arts, humanities, and sciences.
Political Correctness in the Era of Trump
This collection explores the intense debates surrounding “political correctness.” It argues that in the era of Trump, the term has been employed as an ideological scapegoat to delegitimize and roll back progress on gender and racial equality, human rights, and democracy.
This book voices individual stories of Syrians who sought shelter in Turkey. Rather than a dry scholarly account, it details the emotional odyssey of two academics who lived alongside Syrians in the Turkey-Syria borderland, presenting them as individuals, not a category.
Ideas in Development
This book studies the history of powerful philosophical ideas, treating them as living things that require minds concerned with them. Ideas progress through a conversation between thinkers including Duns Scotus, Leibniz, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Peirce, and James.
This study highlights the impressive work of television writers, their inspiration, and their talent for mirroring society. It offers original interpretations of TV shows and explores how series have evolved, noting what has been maintained and changed over time.
Affect and the Performative Dimension of Fear in the Indian English Novel
De Riso presents a critical reading of various Indian English novels to provide a literary account of three fundamental moments in India’s history: namely, the Partition of 1947, the Naxalbari movement, and Indira Gandhi’s Emergency.
The thirteen highly personal essays in this volume anatomize the elements of our lives—the habits that make us what we are. Readers will emerge refreshed from this excursion into the hidden mysteries of that most obvious of conditions: daily life.
This collection presents perspectives from the social sciences and humanities on the journey to build and redefine identity. It explores the human needs required to foster respect and allow individuals to develop the potential they contain.
Exploring Research in Sports Coaching and Pedagogy
These detailed, yet concise, essays on the nature of sports coaching provide a critical ‘snapshot’ of the current literature in coaching pedagogy. They cover a wide array of sports and techniques and their insights are essential for any serious students of the discipline.
Dysthanasia
Monteiro highlights the various facets of the controversial ethical dilemma of the end of life. It provides a historical background to this discussion, its philosophical underpinnings and the perspectives of various religions on this journey along treatment obstinacy.
Advertising, Values and Social Change
Following the 2008 financial crisis, consumer society has changed. This book analyzes how brands and advertising must adapt, identifying new languages for storytelling that reflect a new global sensibility and a demand for more responsible consumption.
Rethinking Asian Tourism
Written primarily by Asians, this volume challenges Western-centric views on tourism. It explores established and emerging themes—from heritage to popular culture—to develop a new, ‘Asianised’ understanding of tourism in the region.