This is a translation and new edition of Masaniello. La sua vita e il mito in Europa (Rome, 2007), the first historical biography of the leader of the revolt that broke out in Naples in 1647–48.
As a former colonized nation, Indonesia has a unique place in the history of photography. This book looks at the development of photography from the beginning and traces its uses in Indonesia from its invention to the present day.
This volume reflects on the motivations underpinning the writing of history in Late Antique Iberia, emphasising its theoretical and practical aspects and outlining the social, political and ideological implications of the constructions and narrations of the past.
The Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition brings together new research and perspectives on popular media phenomena, as well as shining a spotlight on texts that are less well known or studied.
This book examines a group of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century figural silks depicting legendary lovers from the Khamsa (Quintet) of epic Persian... Læs mere
This book offers a panorama of movement, mobility, and exchange in the early modern world. The case studies... Læs mere
This collection of papers explores from an interdisciplinary perspective the role of images and objects in early modern knowledge-making practices with an emphasis on mapping methodological approaches against printed pictures and things.
This collection departs from the observation that online forms of communication—the email, blog, text message, tweet—are actually haunted by... Læs mere
This book offers a rich exploration of the cinematic aesthetics that filmmakers devised to reflect the corporeal and affective experience of walking in the city. Winner of the 2023 Best Book Award from the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis (ASCA).
Made up of both material and symbolic elements, the urban space is always dynamic and transitional; it brings together or separates the past and the... Læs mere
This volume engages with a range of important debates including: the relationship between war and state... Læs mere
The book identifies to what extent it is possible to speak of a democratization of knowledge in Renaissance Italy.