From Hollywood to Bollywood, from China to Italy, and from Poland to Mexico, this collection revisits the definitions and origins of star studies, and points the way forward to new ways of approaching the field.
A study of a little-known author – al-Sharif al-Murta?a – whose views are still a major influence for Shi?i Muslims.
Focussed around three core themes – capitalism, the metaphysics of democracy and aesthetics – these 12 essays emphasise the potential of Nancy’s political thought, and... Læs mere
Focussed around three core themes – capitalism, the metaphysics of democracy and aesthetics – these 12 essays emphasise the potential of Nancy’s political thought, and... Læs mere
This study examines the representation of gesture in modernist writing, performance and cinema.
A new critical perspective on the relationship between text and tact in 20th- and 21st-century literature and theory
Explores Anglo-American economic diplomacy in South America during the Second World War.
This is the first book to provide a full and coherent introduction to the photography of Victorian Scotland. The material has been structured and the topics organised, with appropriate illustrations, as both a readable narrative and a foundation text for the subject.
This book is a thoroughly revised version of the 1999 edition, which was welcomed at the time as a classic. It now extends the period of... Læs mere
This book offers a fresh perspective on the question of Scotland’s relationship with Britain. It challenges the standard concept of the Scots as an ancient nation whose British identity only emerged in the early modern era.
An Edinburgh Classic edition to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314
What is the peacekeeper's role in the 21st Century?