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Polish Migrants in Belfast

Border Crossing and Identity Construction

By: Marta Kempny

£39.99

Based on an ethnographic study of Polish migrants in Belfast, this book explores identity construction. It investigates the tension between preserving one's culture of origin and the urge to cross its boundaries, and the role of religion in shaping identity.

Based on an ethnographic study of Polish migrants in Belfast, this book explores identity construction. It investigates the tension between preserving one’s culture of origin and the urge to cross its boundaries, and the role of religion in shaping identity.

Creole Societies in the Portuguese Colonial Empire

Edited By: Philip J. Havik, Malyn Newitt

£47.99

This collection investigates Portuguese presence in Guinea, Cape Verde, Angola, São Tomé, Brazil and Goa, and the resultant formation of mixed or creole communities which were influenced culturally both by Portugal and indigenous societies.

Emerging Geographies of Belief

Edited By: Catherine Brace

£44.99

This interdisciplinary book presents new research exploring belief, faith, and religion. It combines theoretical approaches with real-world examples to show how beliefs construct social identities, inform public debate, and shape modes of governance.

In the Iberian Peninsula and Beyond

A History of Jews and Muslims (15th-17th Centuries) Vol. 2

Edited By: Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros, Lúcia Liba Mucznik, José Alberto R. Silva Tavim

£47.99

Beginning with the forced conversion of 16th–17th century Iberian Jews and Muslims, this volume examines the effects on their diasporas, focusing on language, culture, identity discourses, and interchanges between those communities.

Literature, Rhetoric and Values

Selected Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of Waterloo, 3-5 June 2011

Edited By: Randy Allen Harris, Shelley Hulan, Murray McArthur

£44.99

These essays use cutting-edge scholarship to investigate the evolving values of the modern world, confronting issues like torture, genocide, and environmental apocalypse. Authors essay the ethical dimensions of works from whisky bottles to graphic novels.

Business Strategies for Economies in Transition

Book of Readings on CEE Countries

Edited By: Petr G. Chadraba, Reiner Springer

£49.99

This collection of papers describes business strategies for economies in transition. While focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, the material is relevant to other developing economies facing major change, as many of the problems addressed are universal.

Between Illusionism and Anti-Illusionism

Self-Reflexivity in the Chosen Novels of J. M. Coetzee

By: Marek Pawlicki

£44.99

This critical study explores J. M. Coetzee’s distinction between “illusionism” (realism) and “anti-illusionism” (self-reflexivity). It demonstrates that these traditions are complementary, analyzing his novels in light of his critical essays.

Russian Classical Literature Today

The Challenges/Trials of Messianism and Mass Culture

Edited By: Yordan Ljutskanov, Hristo Manolakev, Radostin Rusev

£54.99

This book explores the struggle for Russia's literary canon. It reveals how contemporary culture reworks the classics while resisting political and economic pressures, showing how a new canon is forged.

This book explores the struggle for Russia’s literary canon. It reveals how contemporary culture reworks the classics while resisting political and economic pressures, showing how a new canon is forged.

Women and Depression

Edited By: Iffat Hussain

£34.99

This multidisciplinary collection of essays offers a comprehensive understanding of women and depression. Experts from psychology, public health, and other fields integrate research, personal experiences, and self-help strategies in an accessible guide for all.

“Attached Files”

Anthropological Essays on Body, Psyche, Attachment and Spirituality

By: Imre Lázár

£52.99

In this selection of lectures and papers, medical anthropologist Imre Lázár explores the synergic logic of human bonds. Using attachment as a core concept, he connects anthropology, health sciences, religious studies, and ecology.

Subaltern Vision

A Study in Postcolonial Indian English Text

Edited By: Aparajita De, Amrita Ghosh, Ujjwal Jana

£34.99

This volume offers a stimulating collection of essays on literary representations of subaltern issues by Indian novelists such as Amitav Ghosh, Mahasweta Devi, Kiran Desai, and Rohinton Mistry. Essential reading on the gap between India’s haves and have-nots.

One Century of Vain Missionary Work among Muslims in China

The Cross Battles the Crescent

By: Raphael Israeli

£61.99

After centuries of failure in China, 20th-century Christian missionaries shifted their focus to the Muslim population. Believing a shared tradition of One God would make them more amenable, the valiant, century-long effort also ended in frustration against unexpected resistance.

Culture and Society in Crete

From Kornaros to Kazantzakis

Edited By: Liana Giannakopoulou, E. Kostas Skordyles

£64.99

The papers here explore original aspects of the Cretan cultural and historical tradition, offering unique insights into already established fields. As a result, they will appeal to scholars of modern Greek studies, Renaissance Studies and comparative literature, among others.

On Shakespeare in Sonnets

A Study in the Theory and Practice of Reader Response Criticism

By: E. L. Risden

£58.99

This text discusses the history and practice of Reader Response criticism and comprises a collection of thirty-eight sonnets responding both critically and creatively to Shakespeare’s works, showing that the creative and the critical need not be separate, exclusive acts.

Constructing a System of Irregularities

The Poetry of Bei Dao, Yang Lian, and Duoduo

By: Chee Lay Tan

£47.99

Chee Lay Tan investigates the poetics of three renowned contemporary Chinese poets—Bei Dao, Yang Lian and Duoduo—exiled from China after the 1989 Tiananmen student movement. The author constructs a hermeneutical system that examines the irregularities and polysemy of these poets.

Imaginary Spaces of Power in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Films

Edited By: Alix Mazuet

£34.99

This unique collection of essays explores the relationships between power and culture in sub-Saharan Africa through its French-language literature and cinema. Its deft analyses move beyond the rhetoric of crisis to present a critical reflection linked to global culture.

Re-reading Pat Barker

Edited By: Pat Wheeler

£34.99

International scholars explore the work of Pat Barker, one of Britain’s most notable novelists. This collection offers fresh and innovative readings on themes of gender, class, and violence, exploring the social and ethical issues in her novels.

Strategies of Remembrance

From Pindar to Hölderlin

Edited By: Lucie Doležalová

£39.99

This collection explores memory in the Middle Ages through literature, history, cognitive science, and philosophy, offering a variety of approaches to its connection with identity, the past, and immortality.

In Search of (Non)Sense

Edited By: Elżbieta Chrzanowska-Kluczewska, Grzegorz Szpila

£44.99

Are all literary texts interpretable? This volume explores the borderline of sense and nonsense, where literary studies and linguistics converge. Contributors tackle anomaly and absurdity, drawing from cognitive studies, pragmatics, and philosophy.

Analysing Desecuritisation

The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Education and Water Management

By: Bezen Balamir Coşkun

£39.99

This book applies securitisation theory to the Israeli-Palestinian situation, focusing on the potential for a desecuritisation process. It develops desecuritisation as a framework for analysing conflict resolution and peace, exploring the prospects for reconciliation.

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