This book tells the story of the ‘world of crime’ in São Paulo. In so doing, it presents a new framework to understand urban conflict in many other contexts. -- .
This book explores the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers... Læs mere
This study places the Scottish compilation of saints' legends within the hagiographic landscape of medieval Britain. -- .
Drawing on extensive (auto)ethnographic data, Immersion explores the embodied and social processes of becoming a marathon swimmer and investigates how social belonging is produced and policed -- .
This book productively contests the supposedly exclusive feminine aspect of the style moderne (Art Deco). Through a sustained focus on the figure of the dandy, the books claims an essential role and place of the male body and masculinity in the history of Art Deco. -- .
This book offers the first transnational history of white nationalism in Britain, the US and the formerly British colonies of Rhodesia, South Africa and Australia from the post-World War II period to the present. -- .
The first biography of Hanif Kureishi, based on his newly available personal archive. -- .
I refuse to condemn highlights how in times of national security a culture of condemnation is expected of people of colour that sits at... Læs mere
Mobility was central to the construction, maintenance and dissolution of empires. This book reflects on the social, cultural and political significance of mobile subjects, practices and infrastructures to the British empire from the 1750s through to the 1940s. -- .
This study argues that the political activities of the ECR ought to be recognised as the main voice for conservatism in Strasbourg promoting 'Anglosphere' free market values and the role of NATO in international relations. -- .
A lucid, original and inventive critical introduction to Helene Cixous (1937-). Royle offers close readings of many of her works, from Inside (1969) to the... Læs mere
This book interrogates the interrelationship between culture and politics during the Spanish transition to democracy. Drawing on both high and... Læs mere