This is the first monograph to thoroughly analyse Benjamin’s film writings, contextualizing them within his oeuvre whilst also paying attention to the various films, actors, and directors that sparked his interest.
Unani Medicine in the Making examines the institutions and practices of Unani medicine, the Graeco-Islamic healing practice based on the humoral theory attributed to Hippocrates and officially recognized as a system of medicine in India.
This book approaches gameplay as a set of practices and a global industry that includes diverse participation from players and developers located within the global South, in nations outside of the First World.
This collection brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to offer perspectives on national identity formation in various European contexts between 1600 and 1815.
This is the first study to bring together all twenty-nine extant copies of the medieval Commentary on the Apocalypse, which was originally written by Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana.
For centuries, French was the language of international commercial and diplomatic... Læs mere
This book brings together historians and linguists, who apply their respective analytic tools to offer an interdisciplinary interpretation of the functions of multilingualism in identity-building in 16th-19th century Europe.
This book gathers contributors from a range of disciplines to look at how people in China's borderland areas are actively engaging in making relationships across the border, and how those interactions are shaping life in the region.
This book gathers medical anthropologists to examine the ways that both patients and health care workers are being affected by new policies, market, and technologies.
This book presents an unforgettable up-close account of the effects of World War II and the subsequent American occupation on Oita prefecture.
With machines mediating most of our cultural practices, and innovations, obsolescence and revivals constantly transforming our relation with images... Læs mere
This book presents the stories of individuals, who were - and still are - affected by violence and stigmatisation in the name of suppressing communism in Indonesia during the late 1960s.