Shakespeare in mass media - particularly film, video, and television - is arguably the hottest, fastest growing research agenda in Shakespeare studies.
Instead of viewing globalization and nation states as two separate and opposed domains of theorization and politics, this volume... Læs mere
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We debate the place of the Greeks in the university curriculum, in New World culture - we even debate the place of the Greeks in the European Union.
The modern welfare state is under threat from a variety of fronts. Cross-national in scope and unified in approach, Restructuring... Læs mere
Tempests After Shakespeare shows how the 'rewriting' of Shakespeare's play serves as an interpretative grid through which to read three movements - postcoloniality,... Læs mere
The United States has the highest incarceration and execution rate in the industrialized world. Using a broad multicultural approach, "States of Confinement" uncovers the political, social, and economic biases in policing and punishment systems.
Sounding Indigenous explores the relations between music, people, and places through analysis of Bolivian music performances: by a non-governmental organization involved in musical activities, by a music performing ensemble, and by the people living in two rural areas of Potosi.
From the early years of the African slave trade to America, blacks have lived and laboured in urban environments.
The future role of the United States, long a leader in policy development for women, is critically... Læs mere
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted 50 years ago, Eleanor Roosevelt, its principal architect, predicted that a 'curious grapevine' would carry its message behind barbed wire and stone walls.
Responding to Jacques Derrida's vision for what a 'new' humanities should strive toward, Peter Trifonas and Michael Peters gather together in a single volume original essays by major scholars in the humanities today.