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Examines how women writers of medical fiction rewrite cultural narratives of the female body against censorship under the Comstock Law (P)rescription Narratives reveals how the act of narrative...

Offers a forceful encounter between Deleuze's work and contemporary queer thought to provide both critical and practical means to re-evaluate and rework key concepts and methods, especially sexuality...

Shows how and why an ancient city destroyed and then rebuilt by Mongols became the 'Pearl' of the Iranian eastAuthor: Shivan MahendrarajahPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: May...

In the late medieval period, manuscripts galore circulated in Middle Eastern libraries. Yet very few book collections have come down to us as such or have left a documentary trail. This book...

Explores communities, manuscripts and their spaces of dwellingAuthor: Olly AkkermanPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: May 31, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

[headline]Demonstrates how African literature grapples with the enforced optimism of US empire that circulates in postcolonial nations Postcolonialism has long been associated with post-nationalism...

Ageing, Dementia and Time in Film: Temporal Performances offers the first sustained analysis of films about ageing and dementia through a temporal framework. Analysing the aesthetics of films like A...

Analyses the representation of artificially intelligent entities in Hollywood filmAuthor: Paula MurphyPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Apr 30, 2024Number of Pages: NA...

Re-evaluates the Athenian Reconciliation Agreement of 403 BCE, its historical causes and its legal legacy The Athenian Reconciliation of 403 BCE was the pinnacle of amnesty agreements in Greek...

Jeffrey Bell offers a novel approach to longstanding problems in metaphysics by highlighting the shared history of the analytic and continental traditions.Author: Jeffrey A BellPublisher: Edinburgh...

Illuminates the core beliefs of twentieth-century Arab philosophers in response to Western ideas of modernisationAuthor: Abdulrahman Al-SalimiPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date:...

Analyses the aesthetics and politics of contemporary Arabic literature of forced migration in the 21st centuryAuthor: Johanna SellmanPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Aug 15,...

Examines how novelists engaged with the emergence of the IQ concept of intelligence and the meritocratic ideal How did Victorian novelists engage with the new theories of human intelligence that...

Brings together the legislation that students on Scottish LLB law of obligations courses need to know about Avizandum Legislation on the Scots Law of Obligations takes a unitary approach to this...

Avizandum Statutes on Scots Commercial and Consumer Law contain the main statutory provisions relating to commercial and consumer law in Scotland.Author: Alisdair D J MacPhersonPublisher: Edinburgh...

Avizandum Statutes on Scots Family Law makes available, in a concise form, the main statutory provisions relating to adult domestic relations and to child law.Author: Jane Mair, Professor of Private...

Avizandum Statutes on Scots Property, Trusts and Succession Law contain the main statutory provisions relating to both heritable and moveable property, as well as to trusts and succession law, in...

The intersection of modernist studies and critical animal studies is a new, progressive field that raises crucial questions about what it means to live with animals in modernity. Beastly Modernisms...

What does it means to be Palestinian in the diaspora?This collection of 100 personal reflections on being Palestinian is the first book of its kind. Reflecting on Palestinian identity as it is...

Examines the unique cultural and critical history of international naturalist cinema.Author: Robert SingerPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Apr 30, 2024Number of Pages: NA...

Connects the found footage horror subgenre to significant traumatic events and societal anxieties in American history and contemporary AmericaAuthor: Shellie McMurdoPublisher: Edinburgh University...

Explores changing attitudes to the holy through a study of five centuries of Bosnian Hajj literatureAuthor: Dzenita KaricPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Aug 15, 2024Number of...

This book offers various approaches to understanding the short form in television. The collection is structured in three parts, first engaging with the concept of brevity as inherent to television...

Provides a fresh perspective on British fantasy film.Author: Carolyn RickardsPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Sep 30, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Muslim women are opening up new educational and career pathways across the UK, pioneering roles in digital media, fashion design and visual art. However, their contributions to the economy and...

Presents a pioneering collection studying religion as a wider determinant of health in BritainAuthor: Sufyan DograPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Aug 15, 2024Number of Pages:...

Traces a multifaceted discourse about Denmark in British eighteenth-century and Romantic-period culture British Romanticism and Denmark shows how the articulation in British Romantic-period writing...

Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 19821998Author: Laura MaynePublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Apr 30, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Tells the life and work of Chrystal Macmillan - suffragist, barrister, campaigner for peace and human rights Born and educated in Scotland, Chrystal Macmillan was one of Britain's most prominent...

Extends the body of scholarship on Comic Gothic to cover contemporary texts, new media and texts from other culturesAuthor: Avril Horner, Sue ZlosnikPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication...