Rediscovering French Science-Fiction in Literature, Film and Comics
French science-fiction is as old as Cyrano de Bergerac’s trip to the moon and Jules Verne’s scientific adventures. This collection introduces its unique contributions to an English-speaking audience, exploring the genre’s deep roots in literature, film, and graphic novels.
This Deep Pierian Spring
This reflective account of a human quest is the last volume in a trilogy which probes into philosophical themes in a narrative way, exploring the ways in which fundamental questions about life arise in various contexts.
Transcultural Encounters in South-Asian American Women’s Fiction
Using literature as a key, this book unlocks the vibrant dialogue between Indian and American cultures, revealing how migration and gender forge the transcultural identities of our time.
Han investigates how films have constructed the identity of ethnic Chinese in the United States, through a survey of selected films from the 1990s and 2000s produced in the USA, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China.
This volume discusses a variety of environmental and ecological issues from the standpoint of existing legal instruments, with a primary focus on the necessity for ecologically-oriented governance, in order to redress a situation that supports multiple human rights violations.
A collection of essays by international scholars on pluralism and other key concepts for understanding our complex contemporary world. These contributions provide a philosophical analysis of the challenges confronting modern society, politics, and culture.
This book provides insight into advances in English language teaching, focusing on technology and the individual learner. It will appeal to researchers and teachers who wish to keep abreast of the latest developments in techniques and understanding of learners.
This book argues that incorporating identity and culture is essential for community development globally. Treating culture as an intrinsic asset is beneficial for all community action, from social cohesion to economic development.
New technologies have transformed audiovisual storytelling, turning viewers into creators and participants. Featuring texts by leading media scholars, this book offers analyses of these expanding practices, from mobile media and gaming to interactive documentaries.
Changing Values, Attitudes and Behaviours in Ireland
This book charts a changing Ireland over a highly significant period. Using data from the European Social Survey, Europe’s most rigorous social science survey, it maps political, social, and attitudinal changes and places them within a broader European context.
(Re)collecting the Past
This title explores the role of memoria histórica in its broadest sense, bringing together studies of narrative, theatre, visual expressions, film, television, and radio that provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary cultural production in Spain in this regard.
North African Societies after the Arab Spring
No attempt to define the Mediterranean as a whole can overlook the various political, religious and social forces at work along its shores. This title shows how these forces interact in complex ways, as evidenced by their impact on the cultural, and political life of the region.
Restoring the Balance
Morrow presents a penetrating reflection upon the reality of Islam in the modern world, addressing a myriad of pressing issues that impact Muslims in the East, West, North, and South, topics that are both difficult and troubling.
Africa confronts daunting developmental challenges despite abundant resources. Existing analysis is often generic and misinformed. This book uses Nigeria—a resource-rich yet poor nation—to provide informed research with implications for the entire continent.
Connecting Past and Present
Experts offer analyses of contemporary works influenced by the Spanish Golden Age. A frequent source of inspiration, this book explores how contemporary Spaniards reach into the past, an epoch of political and religious upheaval, to connect with their present world.
A collaboration by Indigenous scholars and non-Indigenous allies, this book champions the importance of Indigenous Knowledges for social work. It argues colonial structures can only be dismantled through reliance on Indigenous knowledges and practices.
Islam and the West
Challenging common depictions of hostility, this collection locates threads of connection and ‘love’ between Islam and the West. Through media, literature, and cinema, it seeks to prompt meaningful dialogue and construct a healthier relationship.
This volume analyzes research that oversteps disciplinary boundaries, exploring new fields and methodologies emerging in a globalized academic environment. It assesses theories on inter- and transdisciplinarity and measures their impact on literature and the humanities.
This volume is composed of 22 peer-reviewed contributions from the 2014 International NooJ Conference. NooJ is a linguistic development environment and corpus processor used to formalize linguistic phenomena and develop Natural Language Processing applications.
Back and Forth
This book examines the dramatic implications of the grotesque in Romantic aesthetics. It explores how writers from Schlegel to Baudelaire used Shakespeare’s transgressive drama to re-evaluate beauty and create the ideas of post-Revolutionary modernity.
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