The book argues that nature-depleted regions must evolve into "Nature Restoration States" — entities where place-based ecological restoration becomes the central organizing principle of mission-driven governance.
The Cultural Work of the Early Modern Portrait examines how portraits of Amalia van Solms,... Læs mere
Cultural Perceptions of Health, Illness and Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern Europe explores the rich cultural history of bodily experience through diverse case studies spanning from Italy to Sweden and from England to the Levant.
From Samurai to Engineer-Manager reconstructs the life and work of the Japanese mining engineer... Læs mere
This volume focuses on and examines these forgotten or hidden ships as material culture, broadly defined to encompass all remains of the navy, from shipwrecks on the seabed to museum objects, archives, cannons, and even coffins made from ship timbers.
This book explores how to make collaborations possible, through focusing on what people really mean rather than just the words they say, using a case study of the deceptively simple word “harvest”.
In Slavery and Post-Apartheid Cultural Production in South Africa: Holding Memory Nicola Cloete investigates the intricacies of memory, heritage, identity, and nation-building within the context of South Africa’s history of slavery.
Using sermons, theological treatises, polemical pamphlets, allegories, hymns, and studies of material culture, Jacob Randolph sheds... Læs mere
This volume is a critical interrogation of the concept, meaning and experience of disaster in 21st-century Japan. Throughout the chapters, a central theme and guiding theoretical perspective is the recognition of the human element in disasters.
This book engages Karl Barth’s Christological anthropology in order to provide a Christian account of identity that affirms both humanity’s universally-shared identity in Jesus and each person’s particular identities, especially regarding sex, gender, and sexuality.
Focusing on the figure of the pirate as a literary phenomenon in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Piracy... Læs mere
Since it first mesmerised Western audiences, Balinese masked dance–drama (Topeng) has drawn sustained scholarly attention. Yet until now, much of... Læs mere