This is a broad introduction to Latin America, ranging from religion and history to literature and education, with a focus on cultures and cultural change. With lively... Læs mere
This volume is an engaging and provocative introduction to Feminist Biblical Studies. The essays call into question feminist social... Læs mere
An exploration of Kerouac's fiction, poetry, religious writing, journals, and correspondence. It encompasses his fictional rewriting of his personal life, his... Læs mere
Rhetoric and Sexuality explores the poetry of Crane, Bishop and Merrill. Nickowitz combines a rhetorical and thematic interpretation, employing close readings and the critical lens of Freudian and Kleinian psychoanalysis, to illustrate a new way to read American poetry.
This study addresses the need to learn what medieval thinkers had to say about the concept of work by examining the... Læs mere
Ten of the best articles in American history published in 2006 selected from over 300 learned and popular journals. Topics range from the general to the specific... Læs mere
The Selling of 9/11 argues that the marketing and commodification of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, reveal the contradictory... Læs mere
Control Systems Theory, a newly developing theoretical perspective, starts from an important insight into human behaviour: that people... Læs mere
This study charts relationships between moral claims and audience response in medieval exemplary works by such poets as Chaucer,... Læs mere
This is a collection of essays on the spatial dimensions of motherhood. Engaging both theoretical and empirical perspectives, contributors describe the intersection of space and gender across a variety of contexts with both familiar and unexpected territories explored.
Hannah Arendt's approach to politics focuses on action and conduct, rather than institutions, constitutions, and states. The contributions on structure explore how Arendt provides new critical purchase upon often reified structures and categories.
Calling for inclusion and dialogue, these essays by an international group of feminist scholars and activists stress the need to put into... Læs mere