This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of media audiences as well as new research on the emotional engagement viewers have with television texts.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and places the 2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that wider historical context.
Deleuze and Performance is an interdisciplinary collection of thirteen new essays that focus on the relationship between the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and the performing arts.
In this, the first account of Argyll's archaeology written for a general audience, a team of specialists traces the history of the area through its monuments.
Explores the relationship between television and death.
This new Reader gives students an ideal overview of the historical developments and current controversies within this dynamic area of feminist theory.
Stowe's second anti-slavery novel is a primary text for students of literature and history - less well-known but now more pertinent than Uncle Tom's Cabin.
A practical, hands-on introduction to philosophy written in jargon-free language, this book introduces philosophy using a step-by-step approach. It both engages the reader in philosophical activity and explains the subject matter of philosophy without diluting it.
This book considers what the Greeks thought of foreigners and their religions, cultures and politics, and what these beliefs and opinions reveal about the Greeks.
Professor Watt introduces the history of the creeds and takes the student through a selection of the main ones in translation. Explanatory notes and a single Shi’ite creed are also given in this useful and informative survey.
An engaging and provocative study of the contemporary prime-time ‘quality’ serial television format, this book gives a timely account of prominent programmes and explores their influential position within the television industry.
A clear and lively introduction to current trends in the theory, method and tools of discourse studies, this book is a valuable guide for students and teachers of linguistics as well as for those with an interest in the linguistic methods of analysing discourse.