Freiner defines a new understanding of nationalism, with a focus on the ways in which the Japanese state has... Læs mere
Critiquing Postmodernism in Contemporary Discourses of Race challenges the critical emphasis on otherness in treatments of race in literary... Læs mere
This unique volume brings together literary critics, historians, and anthropologists from around the world to offer new understandings of gender and sexuality as they were redefined during the upheaval of 1968.
Miriamne Ara Krummel challenges the accepted history of the English Middle Ages as a monolithic age of Christian faith. By... Læs mere
This book sets out to narrate the contributions to and influence on the history of... Læs mere
The mutually energizing and often volatile friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson - unexplored in depth by scholars until this study - was one of the last century s remarkable political alliances.
This book explores one of the most dramatic and scandalous events in the movement for American democratic reform. Dubbed the Memorial... Læs mere
This book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil. Using an... Læs mere
Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groups... Læs mere
Stiles utilizes in-depth ethnographic study of judicial reasoning and litigant activity in Islamic family court in Zanzibar, Tanzania to draw new and important conclusions on how people understand and use Islamic legal ideas in marital disputes.
Bourassa demonstrates what happens when the set of concepts developed by Deleuze come into contact with the complex and philosophically problematic worlds of William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy, Edith Wharton and Ralph Ellison.
This book examines contemporary female portrayals of male Shakespearean roles and shows how these performances invite audiences to think differently about Shakespeare, the English nation, and themselves.