Cultural studies

This volume examines various manifestations and understandings of the concept of monstrosity in medieval Europe around 500-1500 ce through a collection of contextual chapters and primary sources.

For millennia, and despite its relatively small size, Palestine enjoyed wealth, prosperity and flourishing cities and civilisations.

For millennia, and despite its relatively small size, Palestine enjoyed wealth, prosperity and flourishing cities and civilisations.

Traditionally, there has been a long and sustained interest in studying the history of economic ideas in France.

This volume examines various manifestations and understandings of the concept of monstrosity in medieval Europe around 500-1500 ce through a collection of contextual chapters and primary sources.

A look at how the rise of influencer culture has changed creative work A sculptor works while wearing a GoPro camera to capture Instagram content.

A look at how the rise of influencer culture has changed creative work A sculptor works while wearing a GoPro camera to capture Instagram content.

Although recent global disasters have clearly demonstrated the power of social media to communicate critical information in real-time, its true potential has yet to be unleashed.

The story of the legal battle between the Cherokee Nation and the State of Georgia that ultimately led to the infamous Trail of Tears and the ongoing struggles for Native sovereignty.

The concept of transnationalism has been widely used for many years to describe mobility and cross-border relations in the modern, globalized world.

Discrepant Dislocations: Feminism, Theory, and Postcolonial Histories explores the evolving intersections of feminist theory with postcolonial histories, offering a critical examination of the challenges that shape feminist thought across different geopolitical contexts.

This pathbreaking book brings to bear a sweeping body of contemporary intersectional feminist work to disrupt the entire discipline of criminology.

The culinary landscape of Poland is significantly changing, reshaped by a new generation of food producers, chefs, and media personalities.

Societys most basic challenge is arguably to produce and distribute enough food for its citizens.

Societys most basic challenge is arguably to produce and distribute enough food for its citizens.

This pathbreaking book brings to bear a sweeping body of contemporary intersectional feminist work to disrupt the entire discipline of criminology.

The culinary landscape of Poland is significantly changing, reshaped by a new generation of food producers, chefs, and media personalities.

The Great Irish Famine of 1845-51 was both one of the most lethal famines in modern history and a watershed in the development of modern Ireland.

The shift from orality to literacy that began with the invention of the phonetic alphabet, and which went into high-gear with Gutenberg's printing press more than 500 years ago, helped make the modern world.

The Russian "e;House"e;: An Examination of Post-Soviet Russian Culture in the Times of Putin examines Russian society as considered by the Russian people.

One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human.

The proliferation of dating websites, printed personals and self-help relationship books reflect the new ways Americans seek close, personal relationships.

This book explores the impacts of digitization and sector internationalization on national drama production and their consequences for industry, audiences, and domestic storytelling.

Terry Eagleton is the foremost Marxist cultural theorist of our time.

In Reimagining Life, Raihan Kadri presents a pioneering critical history of the epistemological and theoretical origins of the Surrealist movement and its subsequent legacy.

California's Napa Valley is one of the world's premier wine regions today, but this has not always been true.

Transmissions of Memory: Echoes, Traumas and Nostalgia in Post-World War II Italian Culture discusses cultural products-films, poetry, fiction, architectural buildings, autobiographical writing, and social media-to individuate through them the dynamics of memory.

In examining the era's multivalent tropes of seams and seamlessness, Thomson provides an innovative understanding of the interplay between division and unity in the thought, culture, and literature of the American Renaissance.

America's Changing Icons is a discursive examination of the female patriotic icon in the United States.

Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump:Images from Literature and Visual Arts treats literature, film, television series, and comic books dealing with utopian and dystopian worlds reflecting on or anticipating our current age.

Discrepant Dislocations: Feminism, Theory, and Postcolonial Histories explores the evolving intersections of feminist theory with postcolonial histories, offering a critical examination of the challenges that shape feminist thought across different geopolitical contexts.

Building on the work of the authors' previous volume, the Guidebook for Aligning Practices and Steering Multi System Change translates cutting edge theoretical concepts into the language and applied toolkits of change practitioners.

Public expression in the United States has become increasingly coarse.

The book addresses the misunderstandings and implicit stereotypes that continue to arise in and influence the intercultural encounters of staff and international doctoral students.

Even when products and systems are highly localized, rarely is there one design suitable for a single, mono-cultural population of users.

The book addresses the misunderstandings and implicit stereotypes that continue to arise in and influence the intercultural encounters of staff and international doctoral students.

Hofstede Matters offers an updated presentation of the evolving views of academics and teachers who have worked with Hofstede's research findings since the publication of the first edition of Culture's Consequences in 1980.

Remembering and Forgetting Britain's COVID-19 Pandemic presents the first critical assessment of British memorial sites created in response to impacts of the COVID-19 virus.

This book reevaluates the 'consensus' liberal view on minority cultural rights from a new, empirically informed perspective to argue that its justificatory machinery is not very persuasive, and that the normative goals of the view caninstead be efficaciously reached from within the classic liberal framework of equal, universal rights.

Why are so many people committed to sports?

Garments and accessories are prominent in almost all of William Shakespeare's plays, from Hamlet and Othello to A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night.

Garments and accessories are prominent in almost all of William Shakespeare's plays, from Hamlet and Othello to A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night.

The concept of transnationalism has been widely used for many years to describe mobility and cross-border relations in the modern, globalized world.

The Russian "e;House"e;: An Examination of Post-Soviet Russian Culture in the Times of Putin examines Russian society as considered by the Russian people.

In Reimagining Life, Raihan Kadri presents a pioneering critical history of the epistemological and theoretical origins of the Surrealist movement and its subsequent legacy.

The shift from orality to literacy that began with the invention of the phonetic alphabet, and which went into high-gear with Gutenberg's printing press more than 500 years ago, helped make the modern world.

Public expression in the United States has become increasingly coarse.

The proliferation of dating websites, printed personals and self-help relationship books reflect the new ways Americans seek close, personal relationships.

This monograph draws on empirical research results to explore how personal psychological factors like perceived stress, rejection sensitivity, and attachment styles contribute to social network service (SNS) addiction.

Building on the work of the authors' previous volume, the Guidebook for Aligning Practices and Steering Multi System Change translates cutting edge theoretical concepts into the language and applied toolkits of change practitioners.