Telling Time
Leading philosophers, logicians, and linguists explore the relationship between time and language, from tensed beliefs to monstrous eternalism. An essential volume for scholars and students in the field.
Reconstructing Trauma and Meaning
Political violence shatters victims’ lives, but some become stronger, able to rebuild after tragedy. This book listens to the stories of suffering and healing of survivors of apartheid in South Africa, exploring their creative ways of reconstructing meaning after trauma.
Contextual Identities
This interdisciplinary, intercultural book brings the concepts of “identity,” “comparativism,” and “communication” together to reinterpret postmodernism. It investigates multiple identities in discursive contexts and will interest those in image and literary studies.
Engendering Ireland
This collection of essays reveals the complex and unrecognised roles gender has played in modern Ireland. Exploring masculinity and femininity in history, literature, and society, these chapters offer fresh perspectives on contemporary debates.
Care and Culture
This book gives voice to mental health carers, placing personal experiences centre stage. It explores how cultural notions of family shape carers’ motivations and presents a new model for understanding their relations to patients, professionals, and the state.
In the European Middle Ages, religion intersected with all aspects of existence, from everyday life to relations of power. This book brings together scholars who use diverse medieval examples to offer a renewed perspective for understanding the era.
The Impact of French on the African Vernacular Languages
For seventeen African nations, was adopting French a blessing or a curse? Is Francophonie a symbol of unity and shared values, or a form of cultural imperialism? This book offers insights into the impact of French in Gabon, exploring what it brought and what it is taking away.
See Shakespeare with fresh eyes. Through a “triple vision” method—as reality, poem, and play—this guide transforms Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth into powerful tools for critical thinking in your everyday life.
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.”
Culture’s Software
Geert Hofstede defined culture as collective programming of the mind. This volume, Culture’s Software, develops this idea. Born from a debate on cultural communication styles, this book offers a fresh perspective and will inspire further research into this fascinating subject.
Teaching Grammatical Metaphor
This book explores the evolution of grammatical metaphor (GM) in SFL theory and its role in language education. It presents ways of providing written feedback to EAL students, drawing on genre pedagogy and Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development.
The Undecidable
This book offers an engagement between philosopher Jacques Derrida and author Paul Howard. It uses deconstructive theory to critique Howard’s depiction of Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era, providing an accessible overview of critical theory.
Transcultural Encounters in South-Asian American Women’s Fiction
Using literature as a key, this book unlocks the vibrant dialogue between Indian and American cultures, revealing how migration and gender forge the transcultural identities of our time.
The Age of Asian Migration
Explore modern Asian migrations through the crucial lenses of women, refugees, and economics. This volume offers fresh insights and compelling new case studies on human movement since WWII.
Rebuild your physique and keep fit with Traditional Chinese Exercises. This illustrated guide explores Qi-Gong, Taiji, and minor exercises for your daily routine, while also providing valuable insights into the Chinese philosophies embodied in them.
Based on fresh research into primary sources, this volume examines the formative years (1849–1875) of the International Telegraph Union. It appraises the ITU’s mechanics amid constant diplomatic pressure, offering a history of media, international relations and business.
This volume is an extended discussion of *Moral Sentimentalism*, the key ethical work of foremost theorist Michael Slote. It contains original commentaries and a substantial response by Slote, providing fresh insights for anyone interested in contemporary ethics.
Intersections of Displacement
A new, hidden homelessness has emerged among asylum seekers. Examining refugee experiences in London and Toronto, this book argues that this requires a new perspective from refugees themselves, asking how they reconstruct ‘home’ in the face of differing national policies.
Magical Suspension
This book argues that movies appealed because they were fun. It examines the magic, myth, and memory that made films so enjoyable, and considers their significance as a cultural movement that has changed our lives. After all, the whole world is watching.
On the Edge of the Panel
This collection of essays explores comics as a bridge between pictorial and literary expression. The book reflects on the medium’s cultural and historical dimensions, focusing on its unique formal tools, its origins, and its most influential authors.
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