This text explores theoretical issues in contemporary rhetoric, including the role of culture, citizenship, and how space and time affect language. A resource for scholars and students, its goal is to stimulate thought and provoke critical responses to the ideas within.
This book makes sense of the political, cultural, and social change in North Africa since the Arab Spring. It argues that the region needs a new political paradigm—one that eschews a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach for solutions reflecting the cultural realities of its societies.
Sustainability education equips learners with skills to improve their lives and the future of the planet. This volume offers valuable insights for delivering the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education, a vital resource for readers interested in sustainability.
These essays reflect the international and pluridisciplinary nature of Holocaust scholarship, widening the definition of Holocaust literature to include comic books, fiction, and film. Contributors engage controversial issues of authenticity, morality, and representation.
While ancient objects from Northern Europe are usually seen as historical documents, many should be regarded as works of fine art. This book encourages readers to appreciate Bronze Age and early Medieval artefacts as they do works by well-known contemporary artists.
P. Papinius Statius Volume I
This three-volume work offers a revised text, prose translation, and extensive secondary apparatus for the two epics of Statius: his magnum opus, the Thebaid, and the unfinished Achilleid.
This volume underlines a scientific, data-based approach to language teaching. The contributions gathered here offer versatile perspectives from the disciplinary categories of linguistics, methodology of teaching English, and cultural and literary studies.
Israel from the Outside and Inside
Exploring Israel’s relations with its friends and foes, in the present and the past, by looking into news media outlets and their effect, this study will appeal to those interested in the fascinating sociological forces that influence the regional geopolitics of the Middle East.
A Hindutva Perspective for an Alternative Global Ideology
For 2000 years, four “isms” have dominated the globe: Christianity, Islam, capitalism, and socialism. None curb the ruthless accumulation of power or steer humanity towards sustainable living. This book suggests a new path through Eastern and First Nations philosophies.
Rituals of Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Nigeria
This book reveals the hidden beauties of six prominent ritual festivals in Ile-Ifẹ̀, the spiritual capital of the Yoruba people. It provides rare information and profound analysis, an important record of enduring cultural legacies for Yoruba cultural studies.
Touching Art
This study follows the Tree of Life, a Mozambican sculpture made from decommissioned weapons. It explores how its meaning changed when exhibited in its original context versus the British Museum, challenging curatorial concepts of African art.
This book provides insights into the experiences of women with disability, focusing on their social relationships and participation. It explores the barriers they face and offers ways to overcome them to achieve full integration, autonomy, and social support.
Key articles from the 2023 AusAct conference address innovative post-COVID discussions on how the Performing Arts can survive crisis. Chapters explore the significant role of acting teachers in our education sector and their contribution to the international creative economies.
Can language be truly absorbing? For thirty years, Aristide’s witty and elegant grammar columns for Le Figaro entertained France. This book on his work, for lovers of the French language, is both entertaining and instructive, peppered with extracts from his original writings.
Ideas about Agriculture in the Political Economy of Japan
Why do Japanese citizens support agricultural protection that reduces their own welfare? This book argues that ideas—not just economics—are the answer, tracing how historical values evolved into modern concerns for food safety, self-sufficiency, and the environment.
Victorian Fiction as a Bildungsroman
This book shows that the Victorian Bildungsroman has a unique development history and a thematic and narrative pattern. It details this tradition’s entrance into Victorian literature, scrutinizing novels to question whether their perspectives fit the shape of the genre.
This collection of essays explores Nigeria’s security challenges since colonial times. It examines their historical roots, why they have escalated, the effectiveness of strategies employed to address them, and the lessons to be learnt from how security matters have been handled.
Phillis Wheatley and Thomas Jefferson, Then and Now
This study offers a vital new perspective on African American poet Phillis Wheatley, reassessing her work and historical significance. It investigates the relationship between Wheatley and her greatest adversary: Thomas Jefferson, analyzing his infamous critique of her poetry.
This collection of scholarly discussions explores the legacy of Tennessee Williams. Probing his drama, fiction, and unpublished work, it covers all aspects of his career, including his relationships with contemporaries, offering fresh perspectives for all readers.
The Spaces That Never Were in Early Modern Art
This book explores liminal spaces: worlds on the blurred boundary between reality and imagination. Not found on maps, they are confined in gardens and collections, transforming a mere image into a political manifesto or a dream of absolute power.
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