The main aim of this book is to explain how mainly American, but also British, policy makers have planned and largely managed to create an international order in their own image, the 'New World Order'. -- .
This study stresses the sheer diversity of the films which have been brought together under the term "cult movies". It concentrates on the analysis of cult movies, how they are defined, who defines them and the cultural politics of definitions.
This book looks at the period 2015–18 in French politics, which witnessed the emergence of a new political order centred on Emmanuel Macron. It asks... Læs mere
This book is premised on the view that the idea of the avant garde has an increased importance in these times of global political crisis. Much cultural... Læs mere
This book explores the contribution that five conservative, voluntary and popular women’s organisations made to women’s lives and to the campaign for women’s rights throughout the period 1928–64. -- .
This volume explores one of the key episodes in Irish history from a variety of historical perspectives and situates the 1641 massacres in their early modern Irish, European and Atlantic contexts. -- .
Examines each stage of the EU monetary crisis along with the political and social impact, and reveals the longer-term origins -- .
Britain is often revered for its extensive experience of waging 'small wars'. Its long imperial history is littered with high profile... Læs mere
Forever Fluid is the first English commentary on Luce Irigaray’s important text, Elemental Passions. It provides a lively alternative to the binary logic that runs through western culture, showing how sexual difference enables appreciation of difference of all kinds -- .
Examines the Celtic Tiger, the once much-vaunted Irish economic phenomenon, and the subsequent financial disaster, from a socio-cultural perspective -- .
A study of theatre and sovereignty that situates Shakespeare’s plays in the contraflow between two absolutisms of early modern England: the aesthetic and the political -- .
Explores the groundbreaking representation of the body in experimental films of the 1960s and 1970s. Focusing on sexually explicit films by Andy Warhol, Barbara Rubin, Stan Brakhage, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono and Paul Sharits. -- .