This collection brings together a selection of the most cited articles published by Professor John W. Cairns. Essays range... Læs mere
Magic Realist Cinema is the first book-length critical analysis of magic realism in cinema.
A study of legislative developments in areas of law and policy devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
This sympathetic critical analysis corrects some popular myths about Kropotkin's thought, highlights the important and unique contribution he made to the history of socialist ideas and sheds new light on the nature of anarchist ideology.
Ashley Woodward demonstrates what a new generation of scholars are just discovering: that Lyotard’s incisive work is... Læs mere
This book considers various theoretical and methodological issues in relation to a representative sample of fishing communities along Scotland’s east coast. Can the lexical variation and change found in these communities be perceived as primary evidence for dialect death?
A creative and analytical study of important facets of classical Persian poetry.
Omar Ashour analyses the military and tactical innovations of ISIS and their predecessors in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt. He shows how... Læs mere
Omar Ashour analyses the military and tactical innovations of ISIS and their predecessors in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt. He shows how... Læs mere
A study of how Italian films re-envisage male identity in response to sexual liberation.
In this wide-ranging new study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and urban grind houses has descended to the home video formats that keep these lurid movies fondly alive today.
Advancing the current state of film audience research and of our knowledge of sexuality in transnational contexts, French and Spanish Queer Film analyses how French LGBTQ films are seen in Spain and Spanish ones in France.