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The history and contemporary situation of Muslim communities in Eastern Europe are explored here from three angles. First, survival, telling of the resilience of these Muslim communities in the face...

Recognised now as one of the most important voices to emerge from Scotland's literary 'Renaissance' in the 1930s, the full extent of Nan Shepherd's considerable cultural significance is revealed only...

As a novelist, feminist, socialist, activist, travel-writer, and diarist, Naomi Mitchison is one of Scotland's most important yet understudied twentieth-century writers. This volume showcases the...

Networked David Lynch is a multi-disciplinary reconsideration of Lynch's oeuvre in the context of the challenges and opportunities offered by transmedia environments and networks of the 21st century...

This forward-thinking, non-traditional reference work uniquely maps out how new developments in 21st century philosophy are entering into dialogue with the study of literature. Going beyond the...

What are the main similarities between new cohorts of Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland, and what key differences distinguish them? In Scotland, public policy to support and maintain the...

A comprehensive and up-to-date sociodialectological study of North East Vernacular EnglishAuthor: Michael PearcePublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Jun 30, 2024Number of Pages: NA...

Offers the first book-length study of Norwegian horror cinemaAuthor: Christer Bakke AndresenPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: May 31, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

In this book, Michael Gardiner suggests that the conception of the 'war-ending' weapon was tied up with a longer commitment to unified space and singular progress. The mission for total weapons can...

Studies translation into and among the Ottoman Empire's many languages A vigorous translation scene across the 19th-century Ottoman Empire - government and private, official and amateur, acknowledged...

Over his long and illustrious career, Knud Haakonssen has explored the role of natural law in formulating doctrines of obligation and rights in accordance with the interests of early modern polities...

Much of the new Scottish planning system, legislated by the Planning etc (Scotland) act 2006 and various secondary legislations, has now been implemented, with a commitment to further reforms...

Provides information on Scots language for the general public and for schools in a compact and user-friendly form.Author: Scottish Scottish Language DictionariesPublisher: Edinburgh University...

Examines contemporary online soldier poetry and graphic novel writing in the first book-length study of its kindAuthor: Ron Ben-TovimPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: May 31,...

This book considers portrayals of Pontius Pilate in film from the silent era to the twenty-first century.Author: Christopher M. McDonoughPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Aug 15,...

Pop Cinema is the first book devoted to moving image works which engage with the central thematics and aesthetics of Pop Art. The essays in the collection focus in on the core concerns of Pop as a...

Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Time reveals the fundamental, constitutive role of the temporal dimensions of waiting in colonial regimes of time, as well as in postcolonial framings of time,...

Introduces the key aspects of a theoretical debate on prefigurative politics and contemporary protest movementsAuthor: Mathijs van de SandePublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Aug...

Our possessions have enormous value to us - both in terms of economic value and in their significance to us. Property law in Scotland is a large, complex and important area of law, governing all...

Critics regularly use the term "provocateur" to describe controversial film directors. Although most individuals who attract this term are men, there is a long and largely unexamined history of...

[headline]Brings together queer theory and textual studies to revise our understanding of nineteenth-century print culture Queer books, like LGBTQ people, adapt heteronormative structures and...

[headline]Considers how espionage fiction captures the most significant political conflicts and crises of the last hundred years Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from...

Explores the challenges and significance of experimental writing Offers a forum for reflecting on the significance of avant-garde writing for the twenty-first century Explores the way in which...

[headline]Considers the emotional and relational implications of portrait photographs for three modernist writersPortrait photography increased in popularity during the modernist period and offered...

Reveals how long poems of the long eighteenth century articulate philosophies of time in both content and form Reading Time tells the story of the long poem in the long eighteenth century as it...

Explores American horror remakes produced since 2000 within key cultural, industry and reception contexts Analyses remaking as a form of adaptation and offers new theoretical frameworks for...

Othello famously supplicates, 'Speak of me as I am', pleading for the Venetians to 'nothing extenuate', leave out, or make thin (5.2.352). Othello's anxiety about narrative accuracy exposes his fear...

Examines how British female comedy authors have flourished in the contemporary televisual landscape.Author: Laura MinorPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Aug 31, 2024Number of...

Examines Polish director Agnieszka Holland's films and television works from the perspective of transnational screen culturesAuthor: Elzbieta OstrowskaPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication...

The first English-language book on the Greek Experimental Cinema director, Antoinetta AngelidiAuthor: Penny Bouska, Sotiris PetridisPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublication Date: Aug 31,...