With a special focus on the first two decades of Manuel II Palaiologos’ rule, 1391–1417, Leonte offers a new understanding of the imperial ethos in Byzantium by combining rhetorical analysis with investigation of social and political phenomena.
This book examines late nineteenth-century feminism in relation to technologies of the time, marking the crucial role of technology in social and literary struggles for equality.
With case studies from the film industries of Turkey, India and the Philippines, The Hollywood Meme is the first comprehensive study of the transnational adaptations of Hollywood movies that have appeared throughout world cinema.
This book examines the various methods and trends in Hadith Studies across the globe. Bringing together contributions from 10 scholars of Hadith, it addresses the subject from a variety of methodological vantage points and historical premises.
Combining her expertise in legal theory and judicial practice in a continental-European civil-law system, Jeanne Gaakeer explores the intertwinement of legal... Læs mere
Investigates how dialect variation in the North of England is represented in writing.
James Bahoh proposes a new methodology for explaining Heidegger’s philosophy that solves a set of interpretive problems in his difficult later work and led to substantial... Læs mere
The first detailed analysis of Gothic literature and trauma in World War One.
The first detailed analysis of Gothic literature and trauma in World War One.
James Bahoh proposes a new methodology for explaining Heidegger’s philosophy that solves a set of interpretive problems in his difficult later work and... Læs mere
This book identifies water as a crucial new topic of literary and cultural analysis at a critical moment for the world’s water resources, focusing on the urgent context of Israel/Palestine.
Explores a new understanding of gender, agency and military power through the lived experiences of army wives, based on unprecedented ethnographic access to a British Army regiment as a unit of social and cultural belonging.