This book demonstrates the advantage of a corpus based approach to Arabic, and presents an overview of current research on the Arabic language within corpus linguistics. Dealing not only with modern standard Arabic, the book also considers classical and colloquial forms.
This book provides a brief yet informative evaluation of the variety and complexity of theatrical endeavours in the United States, embracing all epochs of theatre history and situating American theatre as a lively, dynamic and diverse arena.
This book examines the autocratic rulers and dynasties of classical Greece and Rome and the changing concepts of tyranny in political thought and culture.
At first glance this is a witty and comical collection of poems. But the eccentric nature of many of the poems nevertheless belies the often serious historical and moral issues contained within.
This book explores the collaborative models of film production, distribution, exhibition and reception that have enabled greater co-operation and integration between Asia’s film industries.
Animating Truth examines the rise of animated documentary in the 21st century, and addresses how non-photorealistic animation is increasingly used to depict and shape reality.
The book shows how Agamben's political concerns emerged and evolved as Agamben responded to contemporary events and new intellectual... Læs mere
Against Continuity is the first book to demonstrate that the beating heart of Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy is a systematic ontology of irreducible,... Læs mere
This book attempts to address the paradoxes inherent in international modernism (a literary movement which at once strove to cross borders of nation, language, and tradition yet which at the same time often endorsed nationalist and ‘racial’ models of identity.
This book uncovers startling contributions to transatlantic culture and makes the argument that literature is dependent upon other modes of professional creativity in order to thrive.
Taking Agamben's critique as a starting point, the authors reveal the paradoxes central to the politics of human rights by exploring questions of statelessness, exclusion and the visual representation of refugees and illegal migrants in the media.