A&C Black

Examines the diverse physical manifestations of the guitar which have emerged in response to the needs of the modern performer and explores the creative possibilities these new forms afford--Author:...

Focusing on texts from the late 1970s to the 1990s which document both changing attitudes to terminations of pregnancy and dramatic environmental, medical, and socio-political developments during...

A consideration of the theoretical, conceptual, and material connections between African literatures and the world."--Author: Alexander Fyfe, Madhu KrishnanPublisher: A&C BlackPublication Date: Jun...

This book examines authority in discourse from ancient to modern historians, while also presenting instances of current subversions of the classical rhetorical ethos. Ancient rhetoric set out the...

The North Caucasus, specifically Chechnya and Ingushetia is a region that has experienced some of the deadliest and most protracted conflicts in Europe. Chechnya is currently a totalitarian enclave...

This book demonstrates how, since the 1920s, fantasies and practices of seeing the 'brain at work' were and still are fundamentally impacted by the rise of new media technologies--Author: Flora...

Activist and radical left politics in Britain have long been concerned with issues of race. It is not until the 1960s, when the British population began seeing an increased populace of British-born...

Building-Object addresses the space in between the conventional objects of design and the conventional objects of architecture, probing and reassessing the differences between the disciplines of...

The first study of life narratives produced for, about, and written by children, this book will examine the recent popularity of such auto/biographies and how they represent and encourage knowledge,...

Traces the emergence and development of a circular narrative trend in 20th-century European literature, exploring its relationship to Nietzsche's philosophy, particularly his idea of eternal...

This book makes concepts from other languages and cultures available and fruitful for (media) philosophical issues by presenting concepts drawn from the cultures of 4 continents and 26 different...

In recent years, the Arab world and Iran have been afflicted by cataclysmic events, among them brutal state crackdowns of revolutions. Yet, filmmakers have persisted in their desire to tell their...

Looking beyond Euro-Anglo-US centric zombie narratives, Decolonizing the Undead reconsiders representations and allegories constructed around this figure of the undead, probing it's cultural and...

Northern Ireland stands out as having enacted historical positive change in abortion law, from an almost complete ban in the 20th century to the decriminalization achieved in 2019. This book...

What makes a demagogue? A much more friendly touch, or more importantly, a perception of a friendly touch, than has previously been explored. Demagogues, Power and Friendship in Classical Athens...

Early Childhood Jewish Education explores some of the fundamental questions of early childhood Jewish education in today's societal, moral, and educational debates. The book examines the challenges...

A place of incarceration and liberation, political debate and historical denial, the H Block cell units of Long Kesh/Maze prison in Northern Ireland housed members of both Republican and Loyalist...

Focusing on representations of Celtic motifs and traditions in post-1980s adult fantasy literature, this book illuminates how the historical, the mythological and the folkloric have served as...

A cultural history of Screamfeeder's break-out album, Kitten Licks, incorporating new interview material from all the major creative contributors--Author: Ben Green (Cultural sociologist), Ian Rogers...

Ranging from the mid-19th century to the present, and from Edinburgh to Plymouth, this powerful collection explores the significance of locality in queer space and experiences in modern British...

Introduction : Persians in context /David Stuttard --Persians on stage /Paul Cartledge --Athens and Persia, 472 BCE /Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones --Persians' first audience /Robert Garland --Imperial...

Elisa Giomi and Sveva Magaraggia propose that men engage in violent conduct at a higher rate than women because they are socially and culturally 'programmed' to do so. Popular culture representations...

In her five novels and many essays, Marilynne Robinson develops a distinctive Christian vision animated by a powerfully affirmative and sacramental attitude toward the physical world and everyday...

This is the first volume to apply insights from the material turn in philosophy to the study of play and games. At a time of renewed interest in analogue gaming, as scholars are looking beyond the...

Identity is widely acknowledged to be a felt experience, yet questions of atmosphere, mood and public sentiments are rarely made central to understanding the global politics of nationalism. This book...

Particularly for the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, for which writing is their lifeblood, the crisis in academic writing has become existential. It is not hard to diagnose the...

This book presents research into inclusive education in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), written by scholars based in CEE. Inclusive education has become a framework for understanding and embracing...

This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus' seminar on Plato's Phaedrus, one of the world's most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love. It is the only Neoplatonic...

What is the role of performance in diplomacy? How can we advance interventions into global politics by artists, scholars, and activists? Performing Statecraft investigates the performances of states,...

The artwork of Maria Bussmann, a trained academic German philosopher and a significant visual artist, provides an ideal test case for a philosophical study of visual art. Bussmann has internalized...