This book provides a kaleidoscopic view of Chinese folk customs from ancient to present times. Although some old customs are no longer prevalent, these traditions have had an undeniable impact on contemporary life, offering insights into an overlooked aspect of Chinese culture.
Giving Children a Voice
This collection of papers by international experts challenges society to note the seriousness of child abuse and the impact of technology on children. It raises questions on the rights of the child, and the role of parenthood in today’s contexts.
This volume presents original contributions on women’s migration from an interdisciplinary context. The papers examine diverse destinations—including the Italian city of Palermo, Italy and Europe—through a variety of theoretical and geographical perspectives.
Continental Shifts, Shifts in Perception
A major contribution to the burgeoning subject of African-European Studies as a field of academia, this collection discusses themes ranging from literature and film to urban studies, exile, sport and the experience of African diasporas, adopting a pan-European lens.
India is in an era of great upheaval, making a complete break with its past to redefine its role in the world. This collection of essays captures these extraordinary times, chronicling the changes and fault-lines shaping its future and impacting the world around it.
Mapping the Self
This collection of essays explores place, identity, and nationality in our globalised world. With a global perspective, these critical works assert the power of film, poetry, and novels to define and contest identity, from the national to the individual.
This volume brings together internationally renowned academics, arts practitioners and thinkers to examine the nature of the creative process and its possibilities for social and individual change, challenging common misconceptions about creativity.
Customary Laws and Social Order in Arab Society
Mahgoub investigates a number of urgent issues in contemporary Egyptian society, brought to light through over fifty years of fieldwork. The subjects covered include folk traditions and customs of the lifecycle; pregnancy and childbirth; and the socialization of boys and girls.
Engaging Affects, Thinking Feelings
These thought-provoking essays balance critical thinking with creative opportunities. This international, interdisciplinary collection focuses on the vulnerable subjects often overlooked, challenging readers to think beyond rational limits and engaging both intellect and emotion.
Coming to Senses
Archaeology has long neglected the sensory dimension of the material world. The essays in this volume use international case studies and imaginative scenarios to incorporate all the senses, stimulating new ways to conceptualise the past and bring the “self” back to science.
Language – Nation – Identity
How does language define one’s national identity? This volume explores the relationship between language, nation, and identity from a 21st-century perspective, analyzing its changing role across different historical, social, and linguistic contexts.
Noting the trend of postmodern revisions of fairy tales to subvert their stereotypical structures, this monograph examines gender discourse in two postmodern re-writings of Bluebeard, namely Margaret Atwood’s “Bluebeard’s Egg” and Shirley Hazzard’s The Transit of Venus.
This collection examines Japanese popular culture, including manga, music, and film. Multidisciplinary scholars offer fresh perspectives on the cross-cultural influences between Japan and the West, considering how each has, in turn, influenced the other.
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 book explores our spiritual and emotional connection to trees. It challenges the historical view of trees as resources to be used, calling for a shift from domination and irreverence to respect, care, and even kinship.
This book offers an integrated framework to analyze four types of family violence. Drawing from psychology and sociology, it reveals both the shared risk factors common to all and the unique mechanisms specific to particular relationships, based on state-of-the-art research.
Catholic Schools in a Plural Society
This book collects articles and policy papers on state-maintained Catholic education in England and Wales. It explores the context of these schools, their academic performance, and provides data on pupils’ outcomes, teachers, and leadership.
Is democracy in crisis? Amidst a loss of trust in institutions, this volume brings together experts to shed light on the future of our democracies. By focusing on Japan and Germany, it determines transnational tendencies and country-specific consequences.
Botswana Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development
This book explores cultural heritage and sustainable tourism from an African perspective, using Botswana as a case study. It reconciles the demand to commodify heritage with the quest for its preservation, confronting the hard questions about its business, value, and future.
Born Global Firms
This book takes a practical approach, sharing 50 real-life stories from entrepreneurs of born global firms across 33 countries. Featuring testimonials from those who view the world as their playground, it offers invaluable insights to inspire future global leaders.