Was Whitby home to the earliest English woman writer? Was St Patrick born in Somerset? How did a saint rid Cornwall of a dragon? This book breaks spectacular new ground on Christianity in early Britain, revealing the hidden history of female writers in a world dominated by men.
This book uncovers the disturbing link between snakes, Medusa’s gaze, and symbols of female fear. It traces a lineage of reptilian hybrids—from goddesses to monsters—to explore the powerful things that never happened but have always been.
Since the “cultural turn” in the 1990s, increasing attention has been paid to ideological concerns and gender issues in translation studies. This volume is a further illustration of this trend, offering insights into various cross-cultural, geographical and historical contexts.
Who really wrote the Letters of Paul? Anonymous editors saved him from oblivion but distorted his message, adding anti-Jewish and misogynistic texts alongside the beautiful praise of love. This book reconstructs the first edition, removing 2000 years of changes.
In the Mind and across Minds
This collection of papers by international scholars demonstrates the potential of Relevance Theory, which links human communication and cognition. It explores various aspects of communication, including irony, metaphor, context and translation.
This book explores how race and ethnicity influence public memory. Nine provocative investigations address how our collective remembrance shapes racial and ethnic identities—and why this often leads to conflict in the United States.
Sound in Motion
This collection sheds light on the intimate relationship between music and audiovisual culture in contemporary society. It includes indispensable studies on music and cinema, as well as original research on music in videogames and television.
Discover ancient Chinese theories of knowledge, where a structured cosmos mirrors the mind. This book offers a vital epistemological alternative, challenging the dominance of Euro-American models and filling a crucial gap in Western thought.
In a technology-driven world, our devices are profoundly transforming us. This book explores how technology shapes our bodies—from hormones and brain organization to immune function—unveiling the resulting addictions, disorders, and major societal shifts.
Diversity in Australia’s Music
This volume showcases the rich diversity of music in Australia from colonial times to the present. Starting with an overview of developments during the past 50 years, the contributions discuss both Western and non-western genres and the history of music-making in the country.
Tools versus Cores
Is a stone artifact a tool or a core? This volume tackles this question by examining difficult cases from across the globe, challenging long-held assumptions and leading to a richer understanding of the past, less encumbered by modern categories.
Culture and Technology Integration in Higher Education
This book investigates technology implementation from a cultural perspective. Through an ethnographic study, it examines how culture impacts teachers’ technology adoption at personal, collegial, and institutional levels, upsetting top-down efforts to change.
The House of Fiction as the House of Life
Houses, the silent background to our lives, could many a tale unfold. This collection offers a transdisciplinary look at the paper houses of 18th and 19th century English literature, investigating haunted edifices, gendered spaces, and Gothic fiction.
Female Beauty Systems
Female beauty systems sort individuals into “more” or “less” desirable. These essays examine Western female beauty systems over the centuries, considering how women have complied with, contributed to, profited or suffered from, and resisted them.
Audience Reception of Benin Cinema in Nigeria
This pioneering study explores Benin (Edo) cinema, a vibrant and largely unexplored frontier in Nigerian performing arts. It covers the history, filmography, and audience reception of these films, revealing a contemporary visual encyclopedia of Benin culture within Nollywood.
This book covers the modeling and control of fluid movement and heat transfer for new technologies. It details the discovery of three new hydrodynamic phenomena and explores the influence of vibrations and electromagnetic fields on liquids to create unique devices and materials.
Leading international experts share multidisciplinary perspectives on evaluation, illustrating its potential to demonstrate the impact of social interventions. This guide offers practical examples of contrasting methods and helpful advice with a human-centred focus.
This book examines how language learners develop and use communication strategies (CSs). Based on a study of Japanese university students, it explores how these strategies impact their interactional competence and classroom interactions.
Islands and Britishness
What does it mean to be an islander? This collection explores the complex relationship between islands and Britain, examining how empire, tourism, and language shape identity from Jersey to Jamaica, offering a global perspective on Britishness.
This book makes scientific knowledge on psychosis and schizophrenia accessible to patients and their loved ones. It offers a comprehensive summary of symptoms, causes, and treatment to help in understanding the disorders and making informed decisions about care.
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