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This volume marks a shift in literary semiotics toward methodological pluralism. As the sharp lines of division between dominant approaches dissolve, contributors highlight the communicative functions and representational possibilities of literary texts.
This volume marks a shift in literary semiotics toward methodological pluralism. As the sharp lines of division between dominant approaches dissolve, contributors highlight the communicative functions and representational possibilities of literary texts.
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Colonial Inventions
Landscape, Power and Representation in Nineteenth-Century Trinidad
This book analyzes how visual art was not just illustrative but constitutive of colonial power in 19th-century Trinidad. It unearths sketches and paintings that created racialized scripts for colonized subjects, nature, and the plantation landscape.
This book analyzes how visual art was not just illustrative but constitutive of colonial power in 19th-century Trinidad. It unearths sketches and paintings that created racialized scripts for colonized subjects, nature, and the plantation landscape.
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Academic Futures
Inquiries into Higher Education and Pedagogy
"This is a book of its time, and one for its time.” This edited collection of new work exposes the diversity of higher education research. Chapters explore complexity, academic identities, and pedagogy, all sharing a rigorous, evidence-based approach.
“This is a book of its time, and one for its time.” This edited collection of new work exposes the diversity of higher education research. Chapters explore complexity, academic identities, and pedagogy, all sharing a rigorous, evidence-based approach.
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A well-updated and comprehensive second edition, this handbook covers the philosophy, evolution, methodology and teaching of gestalt therapy, and exists as a valuable resource of contemporary research for both trainee therapists and advanced practitioners of the discipline.
A well-updated and comprehensive second edition, this handbook covers the philosophy, evolution, methodology and teaching of gestalt therapy, and exists as a valuable resource of contemporary research for both trainee therapists and advanced practitioners of the discipline.
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Essays by leading scholars examine the wider context of the Spanish Civil War. The chapters discuss major debates surrounding the conflict, including whether it was a 'dress rehearsal' for the Second World War.
Essays by leading scholars examine the wider context of the Spanish Civil War. The chapters discuss major debates surrounding the conflict, including whether it was a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the Second World War.
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In the Mirror of the Past
Of Fantasy and History
Confronted by overwhelming events, we turn to myth. These essays discuss myth in modern speculative fiction, showing how fantasy becomes a mythic mirror in which we hope to see answers to vexing questions or a reality superior to our own.
Confronted by overwhelming events, we turn to myth. These essays discuss myth in modern speculative fiction, showing how fantasy becomes a mythic mirror in which we hope to see answers to vexing questions or a reality superior to our own.
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Cosmic Order and Cultural Astronomy
Sacred Cities of India
In India, sacredscapes arise where culture, geography, and cosmos create transcendent power. This volume's essays explore cultural astronomy and cosmic order through case studies of sacred sites like Khajuraho, Gaya, Kashi, Vindhyachal, and Chitrakut.
In India, sacredscapes arise where culture, geography, and cosmos create transcendent power. This volume’s essays explore cultural astronomy and cosmic order through case studies of sacred sites like Khajuraho, Gaya, Kashi, Vindhyachal, and Chitrakut.
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Love Ya Hate Ya
The Sociolinguistic Study of Youth Language and Youth Identities
This volume analyzes youth language as a tool for negotiating identity and social relations. Covering diverse groups from Argentina to Greenland, it finds surprising similarities and presents youth language as functional, socially valuable, and flexible.
This volume analyzes youth language as a tool for negotiating identity and social relations. Covering diverse groups from Argentina to Greenland, it finds surprising similarities and presents youth language as functional, socially valuable, and flexible.
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This book explores the variability of native and non-native English accents, questioning the very distinction between them. From a non-native perspective, it presents studies on pronunciation acquisition, teaching models, and pedagogical methods.
This book explores the variability of native and non-native English accents, questioning the very distinction between them. From a non-native perspective, it presents studies on pronunciation acquisition, teaching models, and pedagogical methods.
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In response to Britain’s economic decline, the Conservative Government of 1959-1964 effected a series of striking and controversial policy transformations. This book examines their ambitious aim: to fashion a modern nation and ensure their continuation in power.
In response to Britain’s economic decline, the Conservative Government of 1959-1964 effected a series of striking and controversial policy transformations. This book examines their ambitious aim: to fashion a modern nation and ensure their continuation in power.
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Under the Microscope
The Secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
A wood anatomist’s study of the Tripitaka Koreana looks to physical evidence—the woodblocks themselves—for answers. The findings challenge so-called facts and offer insights into the creation, material, and miraculous conservation of this 13th-century artifact.
A wood anatomist’s study of the Tripitaka Koreana looks to physical evidence—the woodblocks themselves—for answers. The findings challenge so-called facts and offer insights into the creation, material, and miraculous conservation of this 13th-century artifact.
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Scouting Frontiers
Youth and the Scout Movement’s First Century
Scouting Frontiers is the first book to discuss the history of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements on an international scale. It examines how the world's greatest youth movement transformed as it faced frontiers of nation, empire, religion, and gender.
Scouting Frontiers is the first book to discuss the history of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements on an international scale. It examines how the world’s greatest youth movement transformed as it faced frontiers of nation, empire, religion, and gender.
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Orthodoxy, Modernity, and Authenticity
The Reception of Ernest Renan's "Life of Jesus" in Russia
This book explores the Russian reception of Ernest Renan’s *Life of Jesus*. Renan's work had lasting appeal because it presented an alternative to both a strictly materialist worldview and an Orthodox one, allowing readers to accept modernity while retaining religious feeling.
This book explores the Russian reception of Ernest Renan’s *Life of Jesus*. Renan’s work had lasting appeal because it presented an alternative to both a strictly materialist worldview and an Orthodox one, allowing readers to accept modernity while retaining religious feeling.
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The Children of Herodotus
Greek and Roman Historiography and Related Genres
This collection of essays by international scholars responds to a growing interest in ancient historiography. The volume focuses on historians' methods of approaching the non-Greek world and the political dimension of Roman imperial historiography.
This collection of essays by international scholars responds to a growing interest in ancient historiography. The volume focuses on historians’ methods of approaching the non-Greek world and the political dimension of Roman imperial historiography.
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This innovative book provides an empirical analysis of indigenous and non-indigenous female labour and economic development in West Papua, examining the key determinants of female labour force participation.
This innovative book provides an empirical analysis of indigenous and non-indigenous female labour and economic development in West Papua, examining the key determinants of female labour force participation.
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This book discusses educational and occupational mobility among India's Scheduled Castes (Dalits). It shows the second generation is highly mobile and measures the impact of government policy, holding up the Buddhist community as an ideal model for all Backward Classes.
This book discusses educational and occupational mobility among India’s Scheduled Castes (Dalits). It shows the second generation is highly mobile and measures the impact of government policy, holding up the Buddhist community as an ideal model for all Backward Classes.
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This book explores how French writing, from the Middle Ages to the present, has interrogated extremity. These essays reveal why the extreme—which shocks, excites, and horrifies us—has always fascinated the French literary imagination.
This book explores how French writing, from the Middle Ages to the present, has interrogated extremity. These essays reveal why the extreme—which shocks, excites, and horrifies us—has always fascinated the French literary imagination.
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Theatre Noise
The Sound of Performance
This book explores ‘theatre noise’—a concrete sound, a metaphor, and a theoretical thrust. Theatre provides a unique habitat for noise, a place where friction between sound and meaning reveals the aesthetic and political power of performance.
This book explores ‘theatre noise’—a concrete sound, a metaphor, and a theoretical thrust. Theatre provides a unique habitat for noise, a place where friction between sound and meaning reveals the aesthetic and political power of performance.
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Friends Watching Friends
American Television in Egypt
This study explores American television's impact in Egypt, using the sitcom Friends as a focal point. It examines how Egyptian women view American influence and form ideas about Americans, celebrating a diversity of opinions and cultural heritage.
This study explores American television’s impact in Egypt, using the sitcom Friends as a focal point. It examines how Egyptian women view American influence and form ideas about Americans, celebrating a diversity of opinions and cultural heritage.
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Heroes and Saints
The Moment of Death in Cross-cultural Perspectives
This volume explores the moment of death in ancient cultures, from Asian religions to heroic sagas. Despite the diversity of traditions, these essays reveal a fundamental human need to see in death a possibility of choice and a promise of hope.
This volume explores the moment of death in ancient cultures, from Asian religions to heroic sagas. Despite the diversity of traditions, these essays reveal a fundamental human need to see in death a possibility of choice and a promise of hope.
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