Assessing his work in the context of film aesthetics, philosophy, history, adaptation studies and cultural studies, this is the first book-length English-language anthology about this... Læs mere
Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic,... Læs mere
Women in Marvel Films provides the first rigorous analysis of the portrayals of women, heroic and otherwise, in films based on Marvel comics from the 1980s to the present.
Argues for the compatibility human rights and Islam, focusing on six controversial case studies: religious discrimination; gender discrimination; slavery; freedom of religion; punishment of apostasy; and arbitrary or harsh punishments.
A comprehensive history of the Matzpen group – who advocated for a community of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs in a socialist Middle East.
A comprehensive history of the Matzpen group – who advocated for a community of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs in a socialist Middle East.
The first systematic survey of the language planning and language policy discourse of major Arabic language academies
Drawing on range of text genres including novels, poems, health forums, holiday guestbooks, prayers, political songs and news stories, each chapter uses cognitive... Læs mere
This book reads the highly descriptive impressionist writings of Hardy and Conrad together in the light of a shared attention to sight and sound.
This collection of essays charts the intellectual trajectory of Barbara Glowczewski, an anthropologist who has worked with the Warlpiri people of Australia since 1979. Inspired... Læs mere
Considers the technological, economic and aesthetic histories of the early British video industry as part of the broader global film industry.
Through a set of vibrant case studies, this collection investigates rebooting as a practice that seeks to remake an entire film series or franchise, with ambitions that are at once respectful and revisionary.