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Sources of Desire

Essays on Aristotle’s Theoretical Works

Edited By: James Oldfield

£34.99

Though Aristotle’s theoretical works are often thought to be of interest only to historians, the contributions in this book show they are still profound resources for philosophical inquiry, expressing insights that challenge our understanding.

Syllable Structure of Bangla

An Optimality-Theoretic Approach

By: Somdev Kar

£34.99

This study analyzes the structure of Bangla syllables in terms of phonology and morphology. It examines consonant clusters and verbal inflections using the frameworks of Optimality Theory and Distributed Morphology to understand the language's unique structure.

The Culture of Energy

Edited By: Mogens Rüdiger

£34.99

The modern world's continuous use of energy suspended the natural alternation between light and dark, warmth and cold. In The Culture of Energy, historians, social scientists and architects examine this energy culture, from lighting to nuclear power.

The modern world’s continuous use of energy suspended the natural alternation between light and dark, warmth and cold. In The Culture of Energy, historians, social scientists and architects examine this energy culture, from lighting to nuclear power.

ZONA NORTE

The Post-Structural Body of Erotic Dancers and Sex Workers in Tijuana, San Diego and Los Angeles

By: Michael Hemmingson

£34.99

What began as an ethnographic study of sex workers on the U.S./Mexican border turned inward. The author studies himself within the culture, examining his feelings and reactions as he observes dancers and hookers on both sides of the border.

Words and Dictionaries from the British Isles in Historical Perspective

Edited By: John Considine, Giovanni Iamartino

£34.99

International scholars uncover the history of English words and dictionaries. From Chaucer's creativity to OED crises and modern slang, this essential volume offers new discoveries and groundbreaking analysis for this developing field.

International scholars uncover the history of English words and dictionaries. From Chaucer’s creativity to OED crises and modern slang, this essential volume offers new discoveries and groundbreaking analysis for this developing field.

Shakespeare and His Collaborators over the Centuries

Edited By: Pavel Drábek, Klára Kolinská, Matthew Nicholls

£34.99

This book explores the cultural notion of “Shakespeare.” His collaborators are not only his contemporaries but all who give his works new life as plays, films, and novels, collaborating in both a literal and figurative sense.

Media Space and Gender Construction

A Comparative Study of State Owned and Private Channels in the Post Liberalisation Period

By: Shekh Moinuddin

£34.99

This innovative book explores the relationship between geography and gender from an Indian perspective. It examines how Media Space—a virtual place for ideas and images—is used to construct gender stereotypes through visual media like soap operas.

Margaret Storm Jameson

Writing in Dialogue

Edited By: Jennifer Birkett, Chiara Briganti

£34.99

Storm Jameson’s writing mirrored the 20th century. This first collection of essays devoted to her work reassesses her pivotal role, analysing her engagement with war, fascism, and socialism, and reveals a sequence of unpublished letters.

The Next Buddha may be a Community

Practising Intercultural Competence at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

By: Sabine Krajewski

£34.99

What does internationalization in education really look like? This book investigates what intercultural competence means to staff and students in a university case study, exploring how it can be achieved and where more support is needed.

Rethinking the Humanities

Paths and Challenges

Edited By: Ricardo Gil Soeiro, Sofia Tavares

£34.99

Rethinking the Humanities reflects on the challenges facing the humanities in an era of globalization. Drawing on diverse perspectives, this volume surpasses the dominant rhetoric of crisis to open new fields of debate and offer innovative perspectives.

Against and Beyond

Subversion and Transgression in Mass Media, Popular Culture and Performance

Edited By: Magdalena Cieslak, Agnieszka Rasmus

£34.99

How do film, music, and media subvert the status quo? This essay collection applies critical theory to explore transgression in popular culture, offering essential reading for all who dare to go against and beyond.

Mediations in Cultural Spaces

Structure, Sign, Body

Edited By: John Wall

£34.99

These essays explore the cultural production of space across East and West. Through interdisciplinary treatments of architecture, politics, and new media, this volume reveals space as a radically mobile concept, conceived in terms of power and emancipation.

Conrad’s Destructive Element

The Metaphysical World-View Unifying Lord Jim

By: Kenneth B. Newell

£34.99

This new interpretation of Lord Jim uses Conrad's manuscript to reveal the novel as a unified whole. It refutes critics by showing how one metaphysical question gives the story a fixed pattern of meaning from beginning to end, just as Conrad claimed.

This new interpretation of Lord Jim uses Conrad’s manuscript to reveal the novel as a unified whole. It refutes critics by showing how one metaphysical question gives the story a fixed pattern of meaning from beginning to end, just as Conrad claimed.

Dionysius the Areopagite between Orthodoxy and Heresy

Edited By: Filip Ivanović

£34.99

This book explores the thought of Dionysius the Areopagite, a controversial figure who masterfully integrated pagan Neoplatonic philosophy with Christian theology. It examines his sources and offers insights into the original points of his philosophy.

South Asia and its Others

Reading the “Exotic”

Edited By: Atreyee Phukan, V.G. Julie Rajan

£34.99

These essays reveal how writers of South Asian descent use "exoticization" as a strategic tool. They critically examine casteism, religious intolerance, and gender violence, uncovering the ambiguity that continues to mark marginalized identities today.

These essays reveal how writers of South Asian descent use “exoticization” as a strategic tool. They critically examine casteism, religious intolerance, and gender violence, uncovering the ambiguity that continues to mark marginalized identities today.

From Antiquary to Archaeologist

Frederick Corbin Lukis of Guernsey

By: Heather Sebire

£34.99

Based on the Guernsey Museum archive of antiquarian Frederick Corbin Lukis (1788-1871), this illustrated book explores his life, the history of antiquarianism, and the development of archaeology as a discipline in the nineteenth century.

Eelam Online

The Tamil Diaspora and War in Sri Lanka

By: Maya Ranganathan

£34.99

This book details how the internet helps create political identities among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora. It traces their online engagement in the struggle for a homeland, exploring how communication technologies shape the very "imagination" of a nation.

Flash Parade

A Photo Montage of a Theatrical Touring Company

Edited By: Vikki Jackson

£34.99

From the 1920s to the 1960s, legendary Vic Loving’s touring company Flash Parade travelled Ireland. Known as the 'Sequin Queen', this trailblazing woman brought ‘colour, gaiety and glamour’ to an otherwise grey era. A selection of photos and memorabilia.

From the 1920s to the 1960s, legendary Vic Loving’s touring company Flash Parade travelled Ireland. Known as the ‘Sequin Queen’, this trailblazing woman brought ‘colour, gaiety and glamour’ to an otherwise grey era. A selection of photos and memorabilia.

Sustaining Excellence in ‘Communicating across the Curriculum’

Cross-Institutional Experiences and Best Practices

Edited By: Amani Elshimi, Nagwa Kassabgy

£34.99

This book presents cross-cultural best practices for using communication skills to enhance learning across disciplines. Featuring experiences from institutions worldwide, it highlights intriguing similarities and differences for scholars and teachers.

Transatlantic Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century

Edited By: Julie A. Chappell, Kamille Stone Stanton

£34.99

In an era defined by writers like William Blake and Olaudah Equiano, this collection proves the anti-slavery movement was no single-authored sensation, but a broader transatlantic discourse spanning the entire long eighteenth century.