Translation, the Canon and its Discontents
This collection addresses the complex process by which translation and other forms of rewriting have contributed to canon formation and revision. It stresses the role of translation and adaptation as potentially transformative, capable of shaping and undermining identities.
The Indigenous Voice of Poetomachia
In an era of struggling individuality, how can theatre stage individual voices? This collection of essays from scholars across the world explores different perspectives of textuality and performance, pushing beyond prevailing clichés with indigenous perspectives.
Reflecting the complexity of the problems of formalization, computation and digitalization of data and resources, this collection of cutting-edge, high-quality papers is a fundamental step towards a better definition of the role the “Digital Humanities” will play in the future.
Arts, Health and Wellbeing
This volume features contributions from leading UK researchers in the field of arts and health, including creative arts therapies, and will appeal to anyone practising or researching arts and health, in both hospitals and community settings.
While gender issues are almost always multidimensional and complex, this text discusses them from a cultural angle and with a focus on crossing borders, in order to represent their concepts meaningfully and to illuminate their realities as sharply as possible.
Deriving from a conference on work and family, this book focuses on technology, managers, globalization, and gender, analysing the state of global affairs. It offers new approaches to how technology, globalization, managers and gender issues affect the work and family balance.
The British Attempt to Prevent the Second World War
Neville focuses on some new issues associated with British appeasement policy in the 1930s. He looks at how the artificial split between international history and military history has led to the over-simplification of the factors involved in formulating the appeasement policy.
During WWI, Jews in the Tsarist Empire experienced a unique tragedy. Targeted by violence, persecutions, and expulsions, they were branded traitors. The Great War became a chilling anticipation of the tragedy that would befall Eastern European Jewry.
In the 19th century, comparative philology was not just a science but a tool for nation-building and identity politics. This book explores how Scandinavian cultures were used to create imaginative geographies of belonging, revealing how scientific models depended on local needs.
Exchanges between Literature and Science from the 1800s to the 2000s
This collection responds to the intense interest that the relations between the discourses of literature and those of science have obtained. It focuses on the cultural significance of scientific discoveries and practices and scientific representations in literature and the arts.
When Hitler ordered a secret program to kill the handicapped, brave citizens spoke out. They claimed the disabled were not “ballast people” but humans who deserved to live. This is the story of those who risked arrest, imprisonment, and execution to protest the immoral killing.
China and the United States
Using the latest economic and business information to show how the business and economic environments of China and the United States are intertwined, this text offers a detailed account of how multinationals from the United States have been incorporated into the Chinese economy.
Rudkiewicz provides evidence to support that ‘for’ is a category by itself, characterised by a complex semantic structure comprising ‘for’-sanctioning schemas in English. Her study offers a cognitive perspective, with the aid of Langacker’s cognitive grammar methodology.
This conference proceedings emphasizes the international aspect of the field of Celtic Studies, and highlights the relatively strong position of Celtic Studies in Poland, through its inclusion of Polish scholars working on Irish and Breton.
Bilingualism and Minority Languages in Europe
This collection considers such issues as the cognitive, linguistic and emotional benefits of speaking two languages and concerns relating to identity in minority language areas. It underlines the significance of bilingualism when European minority languages are still spoken.
Patents and Artificial Intelligence
Dochniak showcases the immense utility of AI, providing an easy-to-read summary of many of the approximately 150 patents with the phrase “artificial intelligence” in their titles which were granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office from 1987 to 2017.
Exhausted Globalisation
This volume shows that there is an underestimated normative conflict between the transatlantic West and its ideas of 1789, revived in 1989, and the Chinese claim, outlined by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, to shape the world economy on the basis of a newly developed meritocracy.
The contributions here bear witness to the fact that belonging is a multi-faceted concept that necessitates different and shifting idioms of expression. Informed by current debates, they propose new critical directions in understanding national and transnational belonging.
The Mirage of International Criminal Law
This book uses Kant’s moral philosophy to argue that international criminal law is a ‘mirage.’ The Security Council’s self-interest and pursuit of economic gain prevent genuine international morality, making justice and human rights crucial, yet ultimately unattainable.
This book explores work-integrated learning (WIL) programmes for the student, coordinator and supervisor. It integrates practical industry experience within the higher education curriculum to enhance student development, and highlights the diverse WIL approaches in South Africa.