This book explores how Taiwanese scholars adapted French feminist theories, applying the concept of écriture féminine (“feminine writing”) to Taiwanese cinema. It analyzes how women’s voices emerge when the camera becomes a cinematic pen in films like The Butcher’s Wife.
Human Impacts at a Planetary Scale
Our global infrastructure has exceeded planetary boundaries. To protect Earth and ensure our survival, we must transition to lifestyles that restore natural ecosystems. This book explores the systems contributing to species loss and documents the solutions being offered.
Football’s First 100 Years, 1866-1966
From the pioneers who created the FA Cup, journey through England’s splendid isolation and World Cup wilderness to the ultimate triumph of 1966—a victory witnessed firsthand by the author.
This book addresses people displaced by disasters in Brazil’s Northeast, who lack legal protection. It argues for categorising them as IDPs to receive international legal protection and proposes collaborative policy responses among governments, NGOs, and local people.
This book analyses the complex problems shaping our modern world. It explores the impact of digital technologies, social crises, and environmental threats on our communities, personal lives, and global consciousness in the age of globalization.
As cannabis policies relax, what are the risks for youth? This book summarizes scientific evidence on the impact of cannabis on development from infancy to young adulthood, evaluating the consequences for physical, social, and mental health.
This original work discusses the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, a political, social, economic, and philosophical challenge that tested the limits of human nature. The volume brings together diverse approaches, from philosophy and sociology to politics and social work.
While Thomas Merton wrote extensively on racial justice, few books are devoted to summarizing and applying his ideas to current racial tensions. This book reviews his most important writings on race and uses Merton as a model for easing present-day tensions.
This book introduces citizen science approaches to coastal and marine sciences. It goes beyond the narrow definition of citizen science to include contributions from the tourism industry, discussing methods from social media and apps to tour operator sighting logs.
The pandemic revealed more than a virus. This book uncovers the deep connections between emotion, vulnerability, poverty, and power, showing how the crisis exposed the pre-existing social fractures that determined who suffered most.
Virtual communities are one of the most important factors affecting consumer decisions. This text explains their features and types, arguing that understanding how they change is more relevant than ever for the students and business owners of the future.
The Sustainable Dead
Ecological sustainability is profoundly challenging long-standing death styles. This collection brings together new scholarship on innovative changes to managing the dead from around the world, arguing for a new perspective on the shift to more sustainable death ways.
Social Segmentation and Clientelism in the Extreme West
This volume explores the importation of Western institutional models and their effects on social structures, especially in non-Western societies. It focuses on resulting problems like the persistence of clientelism and corruption within official institutions.
This global history challenges our understanding of modern law and politics. From the Renaissance to WWII, it reveals how liberalism and fascism shaped justice not only in Europe, but in societies like the Ottoman Empire, India, and the Cherokee Nation.
The people of a small town absorbed by Mexico City share memories of the games, food, and streets of their past. This book presents a way to build a future that rescues the community’s identity, which still binds them together in spite of the city’s segregating trends.
In 18th-century Britain, castrato singers challenged cultural and sexual norms. This book investigates fears that their sensual Italian music could feminize men and weaken the nation, while also examining the castrati’s contributions as cultural leaders.
This book analyses data from floods, earthquakes, and bio-infections to provide a model of ethnological disaster research. It focuses on communities’ quality of life, offering contributions to policy for disaster prevention, response, and recovery.
Responsible Reproductive Choice in the 21st Century
With reproductive rights under threat, this vital book examines pregnancy termination from historical, social, and legal angles. It builds a justified and balanced argument for choice, grounded in a compelling ethics of responsibility.
Discourses and Practices of Othering
This book investigates how ‘others’ are manufactured and anchored in collective memory. Through analysis of film, news, and social media, it sheds light on the institutional, political, and social forces that form and transform the discourses and practices of othering.
America in Crisis
America is in crisis. A changing climate, financial instability, and political turmoil threaten our future. Using the new science of cliodynamics, this book explains how rising inequality causes such crises and reveals how we can build a stronger, more prosperous America.