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Music of Japan Today

Edited By: E. Michael Richards, Kazuko Tanosaki

£39.99

Music of Japan Today examines cross-cultural confluences in contemporary Japanese art-music through essays from international composers, performers, and scholars, covering topics from Toru Takemitsu's legacy to computer music and avant-garde sound artists.

Music of Japan Today examines cross-cultural confluences in contemporary Japanese art-music through essays from international composers, performers, and scholars, covering topics from Toru Takemitsu’s legacy to computer music and avant-garde sound artists.

Thinking European(s)

New Geographies of Place, Cultures and Identities

Edited By: Margaret Keane, Maria Villanueva

£39.99

In a changing Europe of clashing identities, Thinking European(s) brings new geographies alive. It fosters active, reflective citizens by stimulating critical thinking through case studies from across Europe and the United States.

Following the Path from Teaching to Research University

Increasing Knowledge Productivity

By: Gustavo Gregorutti

£39.99

Smaller universities are pressured to join the research race, creating stress and faculty resistance. This book explores the shift from a teaching to a research culture, unveiling the characteristics of productive faculty at private institutions.

Academics as Public Intellectuals

Edited By: Sven Eliaeson, Ragnvald Kalleberg

£39.99

As societies face complex challenges like climate change, the role of academics as public intellectuals is vital. This book explores how they make specialized knowledge relevant, discussing historical and contemporary cases from Europe, the US, and beyond.

Interfaces in Language 2

Edited By: David Hornsby, John Partridge

£39.99

These papers challenge the rigid division of linguistics into sub-disciplines. They probe the frontiers between semantics, pragmatics, syntax, speech, and writing, producing an eclectic, thought-provoking collection of rare originality and quality.

The Faith Sector and HIV/AIDS in Botswana

Responses and Challenges

Edited By: Lovemore Togarasei, Fidelis Nkomazana

£39.99

Based on field research by scholars, this book covers the role of various religions in the struggle against HIV/AIDS in Botswana, once the world's worst-affected country. It is for all who address HIV and AIDS, not just those studying religion.

Based on field research by scholars, this book covers the role of various religions in the struggle against HIV/AIDS in Botswana, once the world’s worst-affected country. It is for all who address HIV and AIDS, not just those studying religion.

Aging Femininities

Troubling Representations

Edited By: Josephine Dolan

£39.99

Older women have never been more visible, or more problematised. This collection of essays interrogates the troubling representations of “aging femininity” in popular culture, forging links between contemporary lived experience and feminist cultural theory.

Greece in the Balkans

Memory, Conflict and Exchange

Edited By: Othon Anastasakis, Dimitar Bechev, Nicholas Vrousalis

£39.99

This interdisciplinary study explores the complex relationship between Greece and its Balkan neighbours over the past two hundred years, shedding light on its attributes of opportunity and risk, attraction and enmity, from multiple perspectives.

Making Sense of the Global

Anthropological Perspectives on Interconnections and Processes

Edited By: Raúl Acosta, Sadaf Rizvi, Ana Santos

£39.99

Anthropology is more relevant than ever to making sense of intercultural encounters in our shrinking world. This volume’s analyses show how ethnographic research creates bridges of understanding and can contribute to a better understanding of social phenomena.

Current Trends in Pragmatics

Edited By: Piotr Cap, Joanna Nijakowska

£39.99

This volume brings together established linguists, philosophers, and psychologists to explore linguistic pragmatics. The collection examines fundamental issues in the field: its explanatory power, its methodological needs, and its future direction.

An Introduction to Psychology for the Middle East (and Beyond)

Edited By: Louise Lambert, Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi

From £39.99

More than an average textbook, this guide combines major theories with culturally-relevant examples and indigenous research from the Middle East. Written by local experts, it helps students understand the relevance of psychology to their own lives and societies.

The Lexical/Functional Divide in Aphasic Production – Poorly Studied Aphasic Syndromes and Theoretical Morpho-Syntax

A Collection of Case Studies in Italian

By: Ludovico Franco

£39.99

This collection of clinical case studies on aphasic syndromes builds a bridge between clinical evidence and theoretical linguistics. It addresses debates on the lexical/functional divide in grammar and the crucial role of single case studies today.

Italian Film Directors in the New Millennium

Edited By: William Hope

£39.99

This collection of essays examines new millennium Italian cinema, from established masters like Nanni Moretti to new directors like Paolo Sorrentino. Their films reveal an Italy of converging social and political forces where individuals struggle for self-realization.

Pilgrimage in the Age of Globalisation

Constructions of the Sacred and Secular in Late Modernity

Edited By: Nelia Hyndman-Rizk

£39.99

This collection of studies explores sacred and secular pilgrimage in the age of globalisation. It shows how pilgrimage unifies physical and metaphysical mobility into a holistic project of self-realisation and inner transformation through motion.

Moving from Infancy to Young Adulthood

A Contemporary Review of the Development of the Virgin Islands

By: Dana Lewis-Ambrose

£39.99

A review of the Virgin Islands' (BVI) economic and political development over the past 60 years. This book explores future possibilities and comments on present systems, making it a must-read for island scholars, policy makers, and students.

A review of the Virgin Islands’ (BVI) economic and political development over the past 60 years. This book explores future possibilities and comments on present systems, making it a must-read for island scholars, policy makers, and students.

Florida Studies

Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association

Edited By: Paul D. Reich

£39.99

This volume contains essays on Florida literature and history. Sections explore pedagogy; Old Florida texts from the 1540s-1950s, including evaluations of Hurston and Rawlings; and contemporary Florida's place in larger cultural traditions.

Rhizomes

Connecting Languages, Cultures And Literatures

Edited By: Nathalie Ramière, Rachel Varshney

£39.99

This wonderful, multidisciplinary collection demonstrates the power and vitality of contemporary research. The diverse papers work across disciplinary boundaries, forcing readers to rethink comfort zones and making this a research ‘page turner’!

Media, Technology and the Imagination

Edited By: Marie Hendry, Jennifer Page

£39.99

Technology is reshaping imagination itself. The essays in this volume explore the thrilling intersection of the digital and the creative as it transforms modern film, fiction, and art.

Scottish Devolution and Social Policy

Evidence from the First Decade

Edited By: Murray Leith, Iain McPhee, Murray Leith

£39.99

This work examines the impact of devolution on Scottish social policy. Considering issues like class and equality, it judges whether the founding principles of the Scottish Parliament have successfully transferred from principles into actual policy.

Agnolo Bronzino

Medici Court Artist in Context

Edited By: Andrea M. Gáldy

£39.99

An international assembly of scholars advances modern perceptions of Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino. This volume applies fresh research not only to his well-known portraits, but also to frescoes and tapestries, addressing nudity, sexuality, and satire.