Masculinity and the Other
Men have been defined as much by their relations to other men as to women. This collection brings together scholars from fields including literature and history to examine the forms of ‘otherness’ against which ideas of masculinity have been defined.
Advertising Culture and Translation
A cross-cultural approach to translational issues and translatability of advertising cohesively is adopted here, exploring ‘centre’ and ‘periphery’ conflict. The book introduces advertising English as lingua franca, marking new trends in varieties of English around the world.
The first comprehensive overview of humor in post-unification Germany. This anthology features original analyses of literature, film, and cartoons, exploring how irony, satire, and the grotesque respond to identity reconstruction and historical memory.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of ethics and morality, setting out what the field is about, what its demands are, and the rationale for its injunctions. Without being contentious, it provides a comprehensive account of what the contentions are about.
In bringing together examples from different parts of the world, including both Western and Eastern societies, and focusing on separate determinants of individual, communal, political, and national Muslim identities, this edited volume offers a blueprint for identity studies.
Visualising the Unseen, Imagining the Unknown, Perfecting the Natural
Challenging the modern divide between art and science, this volume reveals their forgotten partnership. Essays explore the vital links between 18th- and 19th-century art and breakthroughs in botany, physics, and biology, questioning how each informed the other.
Sport is big international business. This book guides readers through the economics of sport and the battle of the football codes in Australia. A must-read for the sports fanatic or anyone interested in business strategy, it provides a unique insight into the Australian psyche.
The contributions to this book assume diversity to be a fundamental feature of Nordic modernity, and offer case studies that provide important counter-narratives to prevailing local and global discourses of Nordic-ness.
How does international justice combat sexual violence in armed conflict? This book explores how justice can bridge legal and societal domains to aid in social reconstruction and protect victims, examining both its advancements and its enduring flaws.
The Multi(Inter)cultural School in Inclusive Societies
As schools become more culturally diverse, language and cultural challenges arise. This collection of essays explores multicultural education, analyzing new research and data to suggest revised educational methods that ensure high-quality education and training for all children.
For ten years, researchers tracked a group of adults—their stresses, joys, and changing lives. This book summarizes the results of this unique study, documenting how experiences with relationships, work, and health shape us, offering fascinating insights for the midlife years.
Envisioning Sustainabilities
The essays within consider the relationship between the social sciences and sustainability studies. They present a range of commentaries to interrogate the evolution of ‘sustainability imaginaries’, arguing for the value of the social sciences in considering sustainability.
Artists and Migration 1400-1850
This collection thematically analyses the migrant artist’s experience in Europe and its colonies from the early modern period to the Industrial Revolution. It studies the influence of the transient artist, both on their adoptive country and their own oeuvre and native culture.
These essays reinterpret the Gothic inheritance from a 21st-century perspective, a mode uniquely applicable to the frightening instability of our world. This collection explores Gothic’s contemporaneity through horror novels, cinema, poetry, music, and fan cultures.
The Last Forty Years of Italian Popular Culture
This volume offers an insight into recent Italian pop culture. Essays on topics from literature and music to comics and politics reveal a country where mass participation in cultural events accompanies reflection on national identity. An engaging and indispensable read.
Modern Woman in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The first book to situate the Saudi woman in a broader cultural context, this monograph explores a variety of themes, historical developments, and taboos. It also investigates a range of writing by Saudi women, and discusses their social, economic, and religious contributions.
Navigating Multiculturalism
This provocative volume explores multiculturalism from various perspectives, addressing divisive questions about race, ethnicity, and identity. This collection challenges readers to examine their own perceptions and consider how to navigate change.
Origins of Capitalism and Jewish Ethics
This book critically analyzes Werner Sombart’s link between Jewish ethics and the spirit of capitalism. It follows a little-investigated avenue of exploration, analyzing the origins of capitalism to generate new perspectives on the relationship between economy and religion.
Participation and Media Production
This volume critically examines media participation. It provides analyses that reconcile the appreciation for digital empowerment with a critical analysis of its boundaries, revealing the restrictions, inequalities, and exclusions that often accompany it.
A knowledge-rich society cannot sustain itself without wisdom. This book defines wisdom as a science, arguing its application should be as commonplace as arithmetic to transform a chaotic civilization into a wise one.