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Affect Theory, Genre, and the Example of Tragedy employs Silvan Tomkins' Affect-Script theory of human psychology to explore the largely unacknowledged emotions of disgust and shame in tragedy. The...

This book addresses the eclipse of shame in Christian theology by showing how shame emerges in Christian texts and practice in ways that can be neither assimilated into a discourses of guilt nor...

Affective and Emotional Economies in Medieval and Early Modern EuropeAuthor: Andreea MarculescuPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Nov 20, 2017Number of Pages: 278 pagesBinding: Hardback...

Drawing on Tarde's and Deleuze?s monadology, this book investigates the affective turn of contemporary capitalism. The concept of affect provides critical insight to overcome the limitations of...

This book focuses on cartographies as epistemology and visual strategy, highlighting three major axes: corporeal, affective, and nomadic learning. Based on the onto-episte-methodological and ethical...

Afflictions: Steps Toward a Visual Psychological AnthropologyAuthor: Robert LemelsonPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Aug 11, 2017Number of Pages: 306 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

This book explores how endangered local interpreters in Afghanistan were seen through Western eyes in the period from 2014, when the West drew down the bulk of its military forces, to the summer of...

Africa and Globalization: Challenges of Governance and CreativityAuthor: Toyin FalolaPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jun 13, 2018Number of Pages: 258 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

The book presents a thorough study of the changing landscape of state-diaspora relations in Africa, as well as a robust analysis of diaspora engagement policies being pursued across the continent. As...

This book probes key issues pertaining to Africa's relations with global actors. It provides a comprehensive trajectory of Africa's relations with key bilateral and major multilateral actors,...

"Lopes brings his rigour, insight, and experience to this timely new book, presenting a compelling rethink of traditional development models in Africa and the need to seize on transformational change...

This book presents relevant and timely endogenous procedures for addressing the challenge of transforming ideas into sustainable opportunities in Africa. It explores how Africa could be understood in...

This collection of essays investigates the way Africa has been portrayed on the London stage from the 1950s to the present. It focuses on whether -- and, if so, to what extent -- the Africa that...

Takes a multi-disciplinary, multi-industry and multi-country approach, covering the key economies in all regions of Sub-Saharan AfricaProvides coverage of both strategic and emerging sectors...

This book sheds light on the practice, challenges, and prospects of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) amidst wide contestation, backlash, operational challenges, and expectation gaps associated...

This book examines the establishment and implementation of the AfCFTA, which is the largest free trade area globally, covering 54 African countries. It explores how this initiative has the potential...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This edited volume is concerned with the evolution and achievements of cooperation in research and innovation between Africa and Europe, and points...

Africa-To-Africa Internationalization: Key Issues and OutcomesAuthor: Ifedapo AdeleyePublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Oct 05, 2016Number of Pages: 275 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

Providing an expansive view of the making and meaning of African American conservatism, this volume examines the phenomenon in four spheres: the political realm, the academic world, the black church,...

This book is the first attempt to analyse records of people of Afro-Caribbean origin who appealed against repatriation during the painful period after Britain's 1919 race riots. Revealing personal...

Focuses on the plausibility and possibility of democratic citizenship on the African continentReflects upon diverse enactments of democratic citizenship and education in seven different African...

African Diaspora Direct Investment: Establishing the Economic and Socio-Cultural RationaleAuthor: Dieu Hack-PolayPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Mar 22, 2018Number of Pages: 282...

African Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities for Doing BusinessAuthor: Leo-Paul DanaPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Dec 29, 2018Number of Pages: 344 pagesBinding: Paperback...

This book analyses the diffusion and implementation of Aid Effectiveness Principles in Kenya?s agricultural sector. Although Aid Effectiveness Principles represent a significant step in aid and...

Frames a discussion on entrepreneurship, gender and social entrepreneurship in AfricaProvides insights on how local socio-economic and cultural factors contribute to shaping the reality of women's...

Introduces the historical and contemporary processes of migration and immigration that tend to result in negative perceptions of immigrantsProvides a profile of African immigrant traders in urban...

This book examines engagements with financial services in contexts of conflict. Using Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as case studies, it explores informal financial and business...

Although African scholars have made a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, very few studies have reflected on their output. Most of the contemporary publications on the...

This book makes a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, by reflecting on their output. Deviating from the widespread phenomenon of scholars from the Global North being...

This book examines the active role played by Africans in the pre-colonial production of historical knowledge in South Africa, focusing on perspectives of the second king of amaZulu, King Dingane. It...