Long Live the King
Escudero-Alías acutely examines the drag king phenomenon, as well as key theoretical texts by feminist, postcolonial and cultural thinkers, delving into drag king culture and highlighting its relevance for the study of the relationship between gender, sex, race and sexuality.
What became of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s artistic and cultural traditions after its lands were absorbed into the Russian, Austrian, and Prussian empires? This book explores the art and architecture of the region’s diverse peoples from the 18th century to 1864.
The Corporation
This book traces the corporate path to power, exploring whether corporations will become superpowers or, like dinosaurs, give way to superior forms. It examines the rise of American corporations and considers how new technologies from bitcoin to AI will shape the future.
The influence of Ancient Greece on contemporary western civilization is irrefutable. The multivalent nature of such an influence is reflected in the wide-ranging essays of this volume, which cover such areas as economy, art, architecture, philosophy, medicine, and mythology.
Edward Thring’s Theory, Practice and Legacy
Edward Thring’s headmastership at Uppingham School from 1853 to 1887 engendered a balanced physical education within a sane but revolutionary educational framework. Tozer provides a history of Thring’s theory and the course of physical education in Britain since 1800.
Homer’s epic song of the Trojan War. When the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Akhilleús, falls out with King Agamémnōn and withdraws from battle, their fortunes turn. The Trojans are storming the wall to fight close to the ships, and Akhilleus still refuses to join the battle.
Experienced L2 writing researchers from around the world explore key issues in the field. This volume is essential for postgraduate students and researchers in TESOL and Applied Linguistics seeking to enhance their understanding of second language writing.
The Recumbent Stone Circles of Aberdeenshire
Using experimental archaeology, this book explains how Aberdeenshire’s Recumbent Stone Circles were built. It reveals how prehistoric communities created a network of inter-aligned stone circles, using them to synchronise time and space through their shared astronomy.
Go beyond surface analysis to the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This book explores territorial disputes, identity struggles, and external influences, providing a nuanced understanding of the core issues and potential paths toward reconciliation.
Protection, Preservation, and Conservation of Our Oceans
This book discusses the conservation, protection and preservation of oceans and the public trust and responsibility in State governments. This trustee responsibility of States was enshrined in the UN Law of the Sea Convention. An Oceans Public Trust is now required by Mankind.
Technological progress has advanced the forgery of monuments, threatening their historical value. This book presents scientific methods for detecting fakes to help preserve our heritage.
Jesus and the Ioudaioi
John’s Gospel is a difficult text for Jewish-Christian relations. Both deeply embedded in the Judaism of its day and a source of separation, its verses have been used to justify anti-Semitism. How should Christians read John with the Ioudaioi in mind? This book offers strategies.
A Journey of Ethnicity
The Cham are descendants of the glorious Champa kingdom, whose ancient temples attest to its past glory. This book is a journey to understand what it means to be Cham in modern Vietnam, exploring the complexity and dynamics of their identity through prolonged interactions.
Innovation is not simply making things easier, but shifting power. This book explores how innovation gives nations a strategic advantage, from historical economic revolutions to the financial impact of Artificial Intelligence and the future of innovation in the classroom.
This book assesses preaching in a postmodern culture that rejects absolute truth and authority. For disillusioned practitioners, it offers guidelines, distinguishing authoritative from authoritarian preaching to show the homiletic task is still feasible.
This collection of essays on the Cambridge School of Economics features figures like Keynes and Joan Robinson. It explores Keynesian themes—the fight against unemployment, money, and uncertainty—making Keynes’s legacy relevant today in persuasive essays accessible to the public.
This book maps a path to sustainable global peace. Scholars from many disciplines offer approaches to the crises we face—from politics to the environment. Their essays suggest how, together, we can actively create a peace-filled world where human flourishing is possible for all.
The Tragic Transformed
This book provides a novel way of looking at Attic tragedies via three directors bearing the aesthetic imprint of Samuel Beckett: Theodoros Terzopoulos, Şahika Tekand and Tadashi Suzuki. Translation becomes a mode of physical action, using mimesis to reawaken tragic pathos.
This book explores the roles Nigerian women have played since pre-colonial times in shaping their culture and society. It highlights the effects of patriarchy, colonialism, and industry on women in Africa’s most populous country, making a major contribution to women’s history.
Exploring Identity in Literature and Life Stories
In an era of globalization and migration, what defines our identity? This collection of essays explores key dimensions—culture, religion, ethnicity, gender—as they appear in international narratives, from literary texts and film to theatre and more.
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