The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain’s imperial past have shaped how the British... Læs mere
A counter-touristic guide to one of the world’s fastest developing megacities, this book intervenes in global contemporary art discourse by exploring the cross-cultural histories and creative conflicts buried beneath Shanghai’s glamorous cosmopolitan façades. -- .
The author examines a very broad range of fiction and non fiction works, many relatively unknown, to analyse how discourses about non-elites, conversos and moriscos, reveal anxieties in their Old Christian readers and authors. -- .
Situates Martel's features and unstudied short films in relation to trends in recent national and international filmmaking. -- .
A study of twenty stage productions, adaptations and screen versions of Shakespeare’s final Roman play -- .
Curatopia explores how curating globally is being (re)conceptualised through engagement with indigenous people in the Pacific and collections and exhibitions in Euro-American institutions. -- .
This book explores the life courses of children born of warin different twentieth-century conflicts, from the Second World War to theRwandan Genocide and the... Læs mere
This volume provides a comprehensive reinterpretation of the 1916 Central Asian Revolt - a key event in the history of Central Asia, the Russian Empire and the First World War. -- .
A detailed account of the performance history of As You Like It through the modern period, focusing on landmark stage and film productions. -- .
A timely and coherent collection on conversion studies of the Early Modern period, considering themes of conversion, materiality, embodiment and early modern spaces across and beyond Europe. -- .
This volume of essays presents innovative research from a variety of perspectives on the cultural significance of wolves, children raised by wolves, and werewolves, as portrayed in different media and genres. -- .
A comprehensive history of ethnographic film since cinema began in 1895. It shows how the genre evolved out of reportage, exotic melodrama and travelogues prior to the Second World War into a more academic form of documentary in the post-war period. -- .