This play, belonging to the feminist theatre of hysteria, draws on the history of psychiatry with the aim of producing a critique of the psychoanalytic appropriation of women. It is set in the Paris clinic of Dr Jean-Martin Charcot from 1882 to 1893.
This volume is a collection of interviews that spans feminist views from 1968 to the 1990s. Including over eight years of research.... Læs mere
In presenting their definition of improvisation, the authors consider developments in improvisation in the arts since 1945 by emphasizing process and techniques and by featurings artists from Grotowski and Laurie Anderson to Goldsworthy.
Hertz's work on sin and his ethnographic study of the cult of St Besse, in northern Italy are becoming better known. This work provides a reading of each of these texts before going on to show their subsequent influence on anthropologists in particular.
This work explores the religious changes taking place in the important segment of Jewry which now constitutes the majority of Jews in the Jewish state. The relationship... Læs mere
This collection of essays demonstrates how novels are not only comparable, but often superior to the case histories used in business education.
A lively dialogue has evolved between the dance professionals in the United States and Europe, and their counterparts in Asia and the Pacific Rim. This work documents the relationship.
This text describes the development of international tourism in Sri Lanka. It examines topics including: economic, social and... Læs mere
An historical anthropological study of Congolese society in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It focuses on the transition from a... Læs mere
The central argument of this book is that spaciality is the concept which allows us to understand the interrelations... Læs mere
This work provides cancer incidence, mortality, risks, trends and management information distilled into a concise text