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.
Belinda Smaill proposes an original approach to documentary studies, examining how emotions such as pleasure, hope, pain, empathy, nostalgia or disgust are integral both to the representation of selfhood in documentary, and to the way documentaries circulate in the public sphere.
Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America explores the links between Latin American governments' economic policies and the nature and dynamics of inter-group violence.
In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern... Læs mere
The Early Byzantine Historians is the first original study of every significant Byzantine historian from Eusebius of Caesarea (c.255-339) to Theophylact Simocatta... Læs mere
Performances in hospices and on beaches; cross-cultural myth making in Wales, New Zealand and the US; communal poetry among... Læs mere
Emily Dickinson (1830-86) recasts British-Romantic themes of natural and spiritual perception for an American audience. Her lyrics... Læs mere
This book offers historically-grounded, feminist interventions into American literary history by one of the country's leading scholars in American Studies. Fishkin s lively voice engages readers with the American past and leaves a bold stamp on the literary landscape.
This unique volume focuses on the subjects of time in the area of theology known as 'eschatology,' the consideration of the... Læs mere
Thisvolume advances extant reflections on the state constituted as the Ur-Power in society, particularly in Africa.It analyzes how various agents within the Nigerian society'encounter' the state - ranging from the most routine form of contact to thespectacular.
This pathbreaking collection of original essays surveys an important but neglected topic: anonymous publication in England for the... Læs mere
Erich Fromm and the Quest for Solidarity argues that Fromm's humanistic ethics provides a framework for the analysis of alienation in affluent societies and his exploration of the social forces capable of challenging that alienation.