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These essays track travel narratives from the eighth to the eighteenth century. Their voyages, from the literal to the spiritual, show the enduring influence of the medieval geographical imagination upon post-medieval travel, discovery, and encounters between East and West.
These essays track travel narratives from the eighth to the eighteenth century. Their voyages, from the literal to the spiritual, show the enduring influence of the medieval geographical imagination upon post-medieval travel, discovery, and encounters between East and West.
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Speaking about racism is difficult, yet state racism is more acceptable than ever. Immigration detention and racial profiling impact our daily lives. Race and State breaks the taboo of discussing the links between “race” and state from multiple perspectives.
Speaking about racism is difficult, yet state racism is more acceptable than ever. Immigration detention and racial profiling impact our daily lives. Race and State breaks the taboo of discussing the links between “race” and state from multiple perspectives.
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Mediating Chicana/o Culture
Multicultural American Vernacular
This collection explores Chicana/o culture through topics from graffiti and food to literature and cinema. It interrogates the tensions between personal and public expression in negotiating identity, laying bare how we define ourselves as individuals and communities.
This collection explores Chicana/o culture through topics from graffiti and food to literature and cinema. It interrogates the tensions between personal and public expression in negotiating identity, laying bare how we define ourselves as individuals and communities.
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The Beggar’s ‘Children’
How John Gay Changed The Course Of England’s Musical Theatre
No author has looked beyond John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera to analyze the works it spawned. This insightful study is the first to explore these descendants—the ballad operas, comic operas, and burlettas of the 18th century—with musical examples and plots.
No author has looked beyond John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera to analyze the works it spawned. This insightful study is the first to explore these descendants—the ballad operas, comic operas, and burlettas of the 18th century—with musical examples and plots.
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Ritual and Remembrance
the Memorialisation of the Great War in East Kent
This study explores local memorial construction after the Great War, revealing the tension between private tragedy and public remembrance. It uncovers how authorities transformed personal grief into a public narrative through the complex process of commemoration.
This study explores local memorial construction after the Great War, revealing the tension between private tragedy and public remembrance. It uncovers how authorities transformed personal grief into a public narrative through the complex process of commemoration.
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This study examines how postcolonial literature depicts the body as a site of resistance. Focusing on diasporic authors from Africa and Southeast Asia in London, it reveals bodies performing queer space and time to redefine the postcolonial.
This study examines how postcolonial literature depicts the body as a site of resistance. Focusing on diasporic authors from Africa and Southeast Asia in London, it reveals bodies performing queer space and time to redefine the postcolonial.
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This collection of essays connects science fiction to our increasingly science-fictional world, tackling major ethical and political issues. "Will find a market both among academics and... undergraduates." - Dr. Farah Mendelsohn, Middlesex University
This collection of essays connects science fiction to our increasingly science-fictional world, tackling major ethical and political issues. “Will find a market both among academics and… undergraduates.” – Dr. Farah Mendelsohn, Middlesex University
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This book examines the complex interrelationships between religion, politics, and war. Combining Western and Asian analyses, it addresses critical issues like the separation of church and state, tolerance, and the causes of religious strife.
This book examines the complex interrelationships between religion, politics, and war. Combining Western and Asian analyses, it addresses critical issues like the separation of church and state, tolerance, and the causes of religious strife.
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A distinguished team of philosophers addresses the internalism/externalism debate in language and mind. This volume demonstrates the debate's significance on a wide range of issues, in a manner that is sophisticated yet accessible to non-specialists.
A distinguished team of philosophers addresses the internalism/externalism debate in language and mind. This volume demonstrates the debate’s significance on a wide range of issues, in a manner that is sophisticated yet accessible to non-specialists.
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State of Exception
Cultural Responses to the Rhetoric of Fear
In the state of exception, the law is suspended to preserve order, justifying any abuse of power. This book examines the implications of this juridical no-man's land, focusing on Italy's history and its cultural and cinematic representations.
In the state of exception, the law is suspended to preserve order, justifying any abuse of power. This book examines the implications of this juridical no-man’s land, focusing on Italy’s history and its cultural and cinematic representations.
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American Popular Culture
Historical and Pedagogical Perspectives
"A varied and fascinating collection of original investigations." Scholars explore how pop culture has become our new reality, absorbing every facet of life. This book offers important insights into this maddening phenomenon's uplifting and downgrading possibilities.
“A varied and fascinating collection of original investigations.” Scholars explore how pop culture has become our new reality, absorbing every facet of life. This book offers important insights into this maddening phenomenon’s uplifting and downgrading possibilities.
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This landmark collection is the first of critical responses to novelist Thea Astley. It includes essays from leading critics, three essays by Astley herself, a major interview with her, and the first Thea Astley lecture by Kate Grenville.
This landmark collection is the first of critical responses to novelist Thea Astley. It includes essays from leading critics, three essays by Astley herself, a major interview with her, and the first Thea Astley lecture by Kate Grenville.
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This collection of essays explores television's state of flux. It examines how news packages the 'real,' how reality styles have influenced dramas like CSI, and how shows like Big Brother have created a culture of performance and surveillance.
This collection of essays explores television’s state of flux. It examines how news packages the ‘real,’ how reality styles have influenced dramas like CSI, and how shows like Big Brother have created a culture of performance and surveillance.
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Content, Consciousness, and Perception
Essays in Contemporary Philosophy of Mind
What sort of thing is the mind? This collection of eleven new essays by today's most promising philosophers explores mental content, consciousness, and perception, offering a state-of-the-art overview ideal for students and specialists alike.
What sort of thing is the mind? This collection of eleven new essays by today’s most promising philosophers explores mental content, consciousness, and perception, offering a state-of-the-art overview ideal for students and specialists alike.
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This collection of peer-reviewed studies offers deep insight into the financial and banking sectors of new EU-member countries. Through original research, it compares their development to established countries and explores their prospective integration into the EMU.
This collection of peer-reviewed studies offers deep insight into the financial and banking sectors of new EU-member countries. Through original research, it compares their development to established countries and explores their prospective integration into the EMU.
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Susan Glaspell
New Directions in Critical Inquiry
Pulitzer Prize-winner Susan Glaspell’s work engages with feminism, war, class, and law. Susan Glaspell: New Directions in Critical Inquiry brings scholarship up to date, featuring new essays from leading scholars on her art and thoughtful social commentary.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Susan Glaspell’s work engages with feminism, war, class, and law. Susan Glaspell: New Directions in Critical Inquiry brings scholarship up to date, featuring new essays from leading scholars on her art and thoughtful social commentary.
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Representing Minorities
Studies in Literature and Criticism
This book counters the rampant uniformisation of cultures by championing the right to difference. It explores how minor literatures and suppressed voices can emerge to demand recognition, underscoring the necessity of cultural diversity in a world of consensus.
This book counters the rampant uniformisation of cultures by championing the right to difference. It explores how minor literatures and suppressed voices can emerge to demand recognition, underscoring the necessity of cultural diversity in a world of consensus.
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This is the first book to introduce the English-speaking world to "Sino-Christian Studies." Born from a 1980s academic movement in China exploring Christian thought's role in western culture, this collection features essays by prominent scholars.
This is the first book to introduce the English-speaking world to “Sino-Christian Studies.” Born from a 1980s academic movement in China exploring Christian thought’s role in western culture, this collection features essays by prominent scholars.
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An innovative exposition of Rabbi Johanan Ben Zakkai, the 1st century sage who crossed enemy lines during the siege of Jerusalem. He proclaimed Torah learning more essential than independence and established schools at Jabneh. Controversial, we claim he saved Judaism.
An innovative exposition of Rabbi Johanan Ben Zakkai, the 1st century sage who crossed enemy lines during the siege of Jerusalem. He proclaimed Torah learning more essential than independence and established schools at Jabneh. Controversial, we claim he saved Judaism.
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This interdisciplinary collection explores how early modern texts were appropriated by individuals and groups. Case studies show how a text's physical form impacts its readership, concluding that texts hold no fixed meaning but are interpreted by each reader.
This interdisciplinary collection explores how early modern texts were appropriated by individuals and groups. Case studies show how a text’s physical form impacts its readership, concluding that texts hold no fixed meaning but are interpreted by each reader.
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