Sociology

This volume investigates Lavinia Fontana’s mythological paintings. The first female painter of sixteenth-century Italy to depict female nudes and mythological subjects, Fontana challenged the male tradition of history painting and paved the way for future female artists.

The arts are at the heart of policy discussions, but as culture is justified by its commercial value, is its intrinsic worth at risk? Leading thinkers debate the directions cultural policy should take in the future. For artists and policy makers.

From Self to Shelf is a rich exploration of the interplay between biographical and aesthetic selves, from the Romantic poets to leading contemporaries. This absorbing volume is as engaging and thought-provoking as the masterpieces it illuminates.

Docudramas offer performance as persuasion. By re-creating true stories of war, tragedy, and the lives of noteworthy individuals, they perform the past. This performance of memory makes the memories of others our own, shaping public memory itself.

Glimpse into the lives of fifteen prominent women in contemporary ceramics. Spanning generations and geographies, they describe tensions in their art and careers, analyzing the persistence of sexism while celebrating their often neglected perspectives.

This collection of essays analyzes Sinophone and Franco-Japanese transnational cinema, exploring films about migration, exile, and imprisonment. United by themes of displacement and liminality, this anthology reveals how cinema represents diasporic communities.

Was the Field Day Theatre Company the “cultural wing” of Sinn Fein and the IRA, or a new critical voice challenging traditional representations? This study critiques the successes and failures of a company that discussed identity, memory, and history in new ways.

This collection of essays explores the fighting woman in Hollywood cinema. Authors examine her changing role and the emergence of the physically empowered woman whose body is a weapon. It considers how and why mortal women fight and what they are fighting for.

This exploration of British amateur cinema (1930–1980) reveals a significant but under-explored film practice. It shows how this leisure activity assumed remarkable aesthetic forms, widening the recognised canon of British filmmaking in fascinating new directions.

This book collects 24 interviews with German and British theatre artists over 20 years. Actors, directors, and dramatists discuss boulevard comedy, Brecht’s legacy, and seminal productions like Sir Richard Eyre’s account of his Hamlet at the Royal Court.