This innovative book provides an empirical analysis of indigenous and non-indigenous female labour and economic development in West Papua, examining the key determinants of female labour force participation.
The Boycott at Fethard-on-Sea, 1957
When a Protestant woman in Fethard-on-Sea refused to educate her children as Catholics, local Catholics boycotted Protestant businesses. This dramatic, human tale highlights how a personal dispute became a national crisis that tested the Irish state.
In, Out and Beyond
These essays from international scholars examine border experiences. Redefining the borderland beyond the territorial, this collection explores cultural, political, and personal encounters through an interdisciplinary discussion between the humanities and social sciences.
Myth, Language and Tradition
“Levity of Design” voices a critique of present-day society from within. J. H. Prynne’s poetry overcomes the impasse of poststructuralism, seeking a language in which the notion of man can be restituted as a viable category in late modernity.
Academic Days of Timişoara
Language Education Today will appeal to teachers of modern languages. The papers it contains, from an international symposium, deal with two main approaches to teaching: linguistics and languages for specific purposes.
For the first time, AUSIT releases its conference proceedings in book format. Presentations from an international gathering of speakers address theoretical and practical aspects of cross-cultural communication, training, and the day-to-day work of translators.
Projecting Words, Writing Images
This compilation of essays explores the energetic field of visual cultural studies. Scholars engage with photography, film, television, and literature, re-theorizing the relationship between word and image and their intersections with race, gender, and public spheres.
This collection synthesizes research in Mayan linguistics, balancing recent linguistic theories with rich, new empirical data gathered from fieldwork. The findings have implications for understanding Mayan grammars and for universal linguistic theory.
Byron’s Romantic Politics
Byron exists as romantic myth: a passionate lover, staunch friend, and fighter for democracy. This book proves the truth is the opposite. Using letters never before transcribed, it argues Byron was an unscrupulous sponger who despised democracy and the Greeks.
The Future of Post-Human Chemistry
Is chemistry the central science? This book moves beyond conflicting views to provide a better way of understanding chemistry’s future. It offers a new theory that will fundamentally change how we think about the field, with enormous implications for humanity.
Spaces Imagined, Places Remembered
In post-war Australia, planners and architects envisioned ideal environments for children. But for the children who grew up there, these abstract spaces were places imbued with personal meanings, a perspective markedly different from the expert notions of the era.
Hyaenids
How do we differentiate between bone collections made by hyaenas and those of hominids? This study examines three hyaena species, finding that environmental conditions have a critical impact on the gnawing and fragmentation patterns left on bones.
The Astronaut
Analysing diverse cultural representations, this book reveals how the astronaut became a revered icon. It shows the construction of a mythology through which the astronaut embodies American ideological values and an idealised, hegemonic masculinity.
This book explores the experience of contemporary Australian intellectuals in Italy, analysing works by Jeffrey Smart, Shirley Hazzard, Robert Dessaix, and Peter Robb. It uncovers an image of the country starkly different from any before.
Florida Studies
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.
This interdisciplinary study explores the 800-year-old sonnet and its relationship to the self. It asks why the form persists across diverse cultures by looking at the self from the limit points of the body, mind, world and language.
This book bridges academic scholarship with activism to examine Irish society from the viewpoint of those fighting attacks on workers’ rights. Diverse scholars and activists provide a Marxist analysis, showing that the class struggle continues unabated.
Vulnerable families face multiple challenges, but our service system is siloed, often with devastating effects. This book captures the challenges and hope for the future, presenting promising programs and research from over 40 Australian experts.
This collection of accessible articles explores spirituality and faith in the works of masters of world cinema. It examines canonical directors like Godard and Kurosawa alongside contemporary auteurs, broadening the understanding of faith on film.
The Archaeology of Politics
This collection of essays examines political practice in the past through the analysis of material culture. It reconceptualizes politics not as a structure (like the State) but as a dynamic set of practices entangled with the material world of people and objects.
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