Cases of Intervention
Cases of Intervention offers new perspectives on the case study in British cultural studies. In this volume, the method takes centre stage as scholars apply theory to diverse topics like the cup of tea, CCTV, and monarchs on film.
How was the perception of time in medieval Europe influenced by religious faith? This book explores the “spiritual temporalities” of the age, showing how Christian faith was malleable and how artists and writers negotiated with their spiritual tradition.
Writing from the Margins
There is another dimension to the Irish short story tradition that has been overlooked. Led by Samuel Beckett, Aidan Higgins, and Tom Mac Intyre, this marginalized tradition marks an alternative avant-garde movement. This is the first book to highlight it.
An innovative way to study American history from the colonial period to the 20th century. Learn how to analyze primary sources in a scholarly manner, then explore 20 historical texts, each with its own set of activities. A vital handbook for both students and professors.
Languaging Experiences
This book explores languaging—the concept that language is a way of knowing, making personal sense of the world, and creating one’s identity. It offers new insights and unique interpretations on its implications for second language teaching and pedagogy.
This book proposes a new methodology for underwater archaeology using low-budget digital tech. Discover novel collection methods for volunteer divers to create stunning 2D/3D models and a Virtual Reality museum, promoting archaeology in an age where visualization matters.
Rethinking the Humanities
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.
Caldwell explains how and why leaders fail to earn the trust of others and why ethics, integrity, and moral behaviour are so critically important for leaders of both today and tomorrow.
Cultural Violence in the Classroom
In ethnic conflicts, educators can support repressive constructs or challenge social inequalities. Surveying Israeli teachers, this book explores their position as agents who wield “both an instrument for oppression and a tool for liberation.”
Master English communication with dental patients. This practical guide for non-native speakers uses scenario-based learning and simulated dialogues to build the confidence and skills needed for real-world clinical settings.
Recent scholarship challenges Descartes’s role as the founder of modernity. This collection of original papers by leading philosophers explores this debate, bringing together for the first time naturalist and phenomenological schools of thought.
Offering an accessible framework for the student and general reader to study the Franco regime, Sangster explores the various views of the Spanish dictator provided by biographers and historians.
Usefulness of Acute Phase Reactant Score in the Neonatal Period
Enhance your clinical judgment in neonatal care. This book introduces the APR score, a rapid, minimally invasive bedside test for diagnosing infection. Score three key markers in 3 minutes to confidently assess and improve outcomes for your most vulnerable patients.
Ethnicity and Social Divisions
This anthology explores the intersection of ethnicity, immigration, and social class. Representing a new generation of social scientists from Harvard, Oxford, and Stockholm, the contributors present empirical research on social inequality.
Existential questions persist, but now span two worlds: the physical and cyberspace. Amid constant tension between humans and AI-based life forms, this book develops a new philosophy: Existentialism 2.0. Humanity must find its place in the future, or risk losing its essence.
Peña-Acuña delves into the work of Steven Spielberg, considering the audiovisual and documentary material in his filmography and the biographical and sociological parameters that influence his cinematographic work and his values.
Age Effects in the Acquisition of English Onset Clusters by Turkish Learners
This book examines the acquisition of English onset clusters by Turkish learners, considering age effects in L2 phonology. Using Optimality Theory, it traces developmental paths, not just the end-state, offering insightful data for L2 theory.
Truth and Experience
This title meets contemporary challenges posed by experience and truth with a critical openness that allows for the full complexity of these concepts to be investigated through the perspectives of phenomenology and hermeneutics.
The Future of Philology
Does philology still have a place? This volume collects essays by young philologists who show that the discipline’s core—the care for the text—wields competencies that are indispensable, confronting the “fate of a soft science in a hard world.”
This volume presents contributions from theoretical linguists on left peripheries and their interface interpretation. It offers eleven studies on clausal and nominal phenomena across diverse languages, underscoring the importance of studying the edge of constituents.