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To ancient Greeks, female hair was alluring, seductive, and dangerous. They placed an uncovered woman’s hair on the same emotional level as a bare breast. This book explores how men tried to deal with the danger and delight of female beauty, focusing on both hair and voice.
To ancient Greeks, female hair was alluring, seductive, and dangerous. They placed an uncovered woman’s hair on the same emotional level as a bare breast. This book explores how men tried to deal with the danger and delight of female beauty, focusing on both hair and voice.
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This book focuses on policies to transform the world into a better place. Drawing from diverse disciplines, it showcases case studies of Jesuit education that provide for a sustainable future through compassion and cooperation in non-technical, accessible chapters.
This book focuses on policies to transform the world into a better place. Drawing from diverse disciplines, it showcases case studies of Jesuit education that provide for a sustainable future through compassion and cooperation in non-technical, accessible chapters.
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Variation in Linguistics
Second Language Acquisition, Discourse Studies, Sociolinguistics, Syntax
Language is rule-based, yet constantly varies. Understanding this variation helps us understand the forces that shape language itself. This book presents interdisciplinary research that sheds empirical light on the variables behind systematic variation in language.
Language is rule-based, yet constantly varies. Understanding this variation helps us understand the forces that shape language itself. This book presents interdisciplinary research that sheds empirical light on the variables behind systematic variation in language.
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This book details excavations at Sarakenos Cave, Greece's largest prehistoric inhabited cave. It explores the cultural sequence from Neanderthals around 40,000 years ago to the Bronze Age, reconstructing the ancient environment based on pollen samples.
This book details excavations at Sarakenos Cave, Greece’s largest prehistoric inhabited cave. It explores the cultural sequence from Neanderthals around 40,000 years ago to the Bronze Age, reconstructing the ancient environment based on pollen samples.
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Interwar Women’s Comic Fiction
‘Have Women a Sense of Humour?’
This collection of essays examines overlooked women novelists of the interwar period. The essays discuss how they used comic structures to critique the dominant patriarchal structures of their time, offering alternative, subversive views of the world.
This collection of essays examines overlooked women novelists of the interwar period. The essays discuss how they used comic structures to critique the dominant patriarchal structures of their time, offering alternative, subversive views of the world.
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This book reassesses the role of sacredness in medieval France and Occitania by exploring the coexistence, convergence, and opposition between the sacred and the secular in Old French and Old Provençal poetry from the ninth to the thirteenth century.
This book reassesses the role of sacredness in medieval France and Occitania by exploring the coexistence, convergence, and opposition between the sacred and the secular in Old French and Old Provençal poetry from the ninth to the thirteenth century.
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This volume gathers international, bilingual contributions on Metaphor and Translation. It explores themes from theory to literature and culture, offering useful conclusions on how metaphor is translated. An essential read for scholars, students, and professional translators.
This volume gathers international, bilingual contributions on Metaphor and Translation. It explores themes from theory to literature and culture, offering useful conclusions on how metaphor is translated. An essential read for scholars, students, and professional translators.
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Shaped by a history of competition and cooperation, Russia-Turkey relations gained new dimensions with Vladimir Putin. This book discusses this history before analysing the situation of both countries in the first 20 years of the 21st century.
Shaped by a history of competition and cooperation, Russia-Turkey relations gained new dimensions with Vladimir Putin. This book discusses this history before analysing the situation of both countries in the first 20 years of the 21st century.
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Alexandre Dumas as a French Symbol since 1870
All for One and One for All in a Global France
The mixed-race author of *The Three Musketeers*, Alexandre Dumas has long been a controversial symbol in France. This collection explores how his legacy became a battleground for a nation grappling with its colonial past, diversity, and its own identity.
The mixed-race author of *The Three Musketeers*, Alexandre Dumas has long been a controversial symbol in France. This collection explores how his legacy became a battleground for a nation grappling with its colonial past, diversity, and its own identity.
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This collection of essays by international scholars provides new pathways through Frankenstein. Chapters explore the iconic novel’s themes, cultural context, and its numerous afterlives in film, games, and more, stimulating a new appreciation for the classic.
This collection of essays by international scholars provides new pathways through Frankenstein. Chapters explore the iconic novel’s themes, cultural context, and its numerous afterlives in film, games, and more, stimulating a new appreciation for the classic.
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Female Recreation of Music Traditions
Women’s Sounds of the Past and Present
Explore how women composers since the 20th century reinterpret past music, fusing traditional idioms into their own unique compositions. Through in-depth analyses with musical examples, this book reveals their techniques for musicians and listeners alike.
Explore how women composers since the 20th century reinterpret past music, fusing traditional idioms into their own unique compositions. Through in-depth analyses with musical examples, this book reveals their techniques for musicians and listeners alike.
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This book explores how casino capitalism in Macau propelled economic prosperity but also exacerbated inequality. To tackle this, the developmental state combined casino capitalism with social welfarism, but its path to economic diversification remains long and difficult.
This book explores how casino capitalism in Macau propelled economic prosperity but also exacerbated inequality. To tackle this, the developmental state combined casino capitalism with social welfarism, but its path to economic diversification remains long and difficult.
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The most comprehensive review of deaf characters in literature available. Examining 300 years of examples in novels, comics, and film, this work identifies key trends through the lens of deaf education, the use of sign language, and the rise of deaf identity and communities.
The most comprehensive review of deaf characters in literature available. Examining 300 years of examples in novels, comics, and film, this work identifies key trends through the lens of deaf education, the use of sign language, and the rise of deaf identity and communities.
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Private Bill Legislation in the Nineteenth Century
Parliamentary Promotion from 1797 to 1914
The creation of canals, railways, and the infrastructure of Victorian Britain was impossible without private Acts of Parliament. How these Acts were promoted and passed has never been systematically analysed—until now. This book explores over 20,000 Acts from 1797 to 1914.
The creation of canals, railways, and the infrastructure of Victorian Britain was impossible without private Acts of Parliament. How these Acts were promoted and passed has never been systematically analysed—until now. This book explores over 20,000 Acts from 1797 to 1914.
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Malaysian Literature in English
A Critical Companion
This collection of essays by acclaimed international critics investigates major writers of Malaysian literature in English. It explores key thematic trends—including gender, ethnicity, and nationalism—and the unique challenges of writing in a postcolonial nation.
This collection of essays by acclaimed international critics investigates major writers of Malaysian literature in English. It explores key thematic trends—including gender, ethnicity, and nationalism—and the unique challenges of writing in a postcolonial nation.
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A collaboration by Indigenous scholars and non-Indigenous allies, this book champions the importance of Indigenous Knowledges for social work. It argues colonial structures can only be dismantled through reliance on Indigenous knowledges and practices.
A collaboration by Indigenous scholars and non-Indigenous allies, this book champions the importance of Indigenous Knowledges for social work. It argues colonial structures can only be dismantled through reliance on Indigenous knowledges and practices.
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Strategies for Student Success in Higher Education
The First-Year Experience
This book brings together leading-edge research and practical insights on the first-year experience in higher education. Written by experts, it integrates multidisciplinary approaches and case studies for professors and administrators to address the needs of first-year students.
This book brings together leading-edge research and practical insights on the first-year experience in higher education. Written by experts, it integrates multidisciplinary approaches and case studies for professors and administrators to address the needs of first-year students.
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Jean Delville
Art between Nature and the Absolute
This is the first full-length study of Jean Delville, a leader of Idealist Art. Like Kandinsky and Mondrian, his paintings and writings drew on esoteric philosophy to connect the physical world with a higher, spiritual reality.
This is the first full-length study of Jean Delville, a leader of Idealist Art. Like Kandinsky and Mondrian, his paintings and writings drew on esoteric philosophy to connect the physical world with a higher, spiritual reality.
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Corporate Fraud in Japan
Risk Management and Governance
Why did risk management systems at world-famous Japanese companies fail? This book investigates eight incidents of corporate fraud, based on third-party reports, to explore common problems in corporate governance and internal control that let these companies down.
Why did risk management systems at world-famous Japanese companies fail? This book investigates eight incidents of corporate fraud, based on third-party reports, to explore common problems in corporate governance and internal control that let these companies down.
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This eclectic, multicultural volume features papers from international scholars discussing global issues including immigration, identity, mass media, and globalization. An excellent supplement for courses in international communication, cultural studies, and global studies.
This eclectic, multicultural volume features papers from international scholars discussing global issues including immigration, identity, mass media, and globalization. An excellent supplement for courses in international communication, cultural studies, and global studies.
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