This edition of the third speech of the orator Isaeus offers a new Greek text, English translation, and detailed commentary. It demonstrates the skill of the under-appreciated orator and casts light on complex aspects of Athenian family law. Accessible without knowledge of Greek.
This work presents a glossary that allows the reader to appreciate positive diversity and interculturalism through multilingualism. It also contains key facts about the languages at hand, as well as useful phrases, weekdays, numbers, and elements of grammar.
A Portrait of the Lady in Modern American Literature
This collection of fifteen original essays and a reprint of a classic essay reconsiders the figure of the woman in distress in canonical American texts. In taking up the question “What does a woman want?” it finds answers in artistic endeavour, political agency, and independence.
Mind, Body, and Consciousness in Society
Mocombe explores the nature of learning and development in the philosophy of phenomenological structuralism, which represents an effort to resolve the structure/agency problematic of the social sciences within structurationist sociological theory.
Dealing with Authorship
This title examines the multiple ways in which the progressive (self-) fashioning of authors and filmmakers interacts with the public sphere, generating authorial postures and arousing attention. It analyses the works of both canonical and non-canonical authors and filmmakers.
Artisans Rule
Here, seven case studies covering a chronological span from the Neolithic to La Tène Europe explore the notions of standardization and specialization in craft production, while two ethnoarchaeological studies focus on the organization of production of a number of artisans.
Taiwanese and Polish Humor
Is there a specifically ‘Taiwanese’ or ‘Polish’ humor? Do people from Taiwan and Poland share the same sense of humor? How is humor related to politics, religion and the LGBT community? Lee Chen grapples with these questions, among others, in this monograph.
Deriving from project management conferences, this anthology centres on people and places and their role in projects. It focuses on project management offices, stakeholders, complexity and risk management, and contains case studies on project management in specific contexts.
Death on the Move
This volume explores the different aspects of the management of death, dying and mortality by migrants in Southern Europe, through deconstructing persistent idiosyncratic beliefs, myths, narratives, silences, and constraints.
Thinking in Constellations
This collection of provocative essays demonstrates how Walter Benjamin’s “constellation” method provides a new understanding of the Humanities. It challenges assumptions of linearity and progression, going beyond disciplinary boundaries.
This book explores how quality teaching and learning can ensure that discipline and academic performance prevail. It shows that quality teaching can determine discipline and academic performance, particularly now that other disciplinary measures have been seen to be ineffective.
Representing a study of literary concern with ontology throughout the twentieth century, this title consists of ten essays, each of which focuses on one or various writers’ absorption with the nature of man and his ‘being in this world.’
Unconscionable Conduct in Commercial Transactions
Wooler looks at the historical use of allegations of unconscionable conduct within the context of independent trade finance instruments. He makes a detailed survey of the law of unconscionable conduct and the complexities of the doctrine of independence.
Women in Higher Education in India
This collection explores the role of women in higher education in India, their emergence as a strong force for social change, and the implications on society. It also discusses technology’s impact, constraints, and the issues and challenges for women in the workplace.
Contextualising English as a Lingua Franca
This volume collects ten papers testifying to the great scope of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research. The contributions analyze computer-mediated communication, social issues in diverse contexts, and new pedagogical initiatives, situating ELF in its multilingual future.
The Seventh Age of Man
The contributors to this text focused on old age are drawn from a wide range of fields of expertise, and utilise various methodological approaches, from sociological case studies to discourse analysis, to address questions centred around what it means to be old.
Leading philosophers bring new methods and aims to the practice of philosophy, showing how they can serve their communities and civilization. This anthology is valuable for philosophers, professionals in education and helping disciplines, and the general public.
Representations of Female Identity in Italy
This volume examines iconic female characters in Italian literature, art and film who depict distinct representatives of female identity within this national culture. It characterizes the evolution of women’s identity and their representation in such expressive modalities.
Trumpism
This collection by scholars and activists focuses on the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump as it relates to gender. Chapters explore Trump’s hyper-masculine posturing, the effect on marginalized populations and survivors of sexual assault, and how to teach and parent in this era.
Coroban investigates the ideology of power in Norway and Iceland as reflected in sources written during the period 1150-1250. His main focus is the way in which Kings’ and chieftains’ power in these countries was idealised in important texts from the 12th and 13th centuries.