The first book to explore the hold of the TV series on ordinary life from a philosophical and ethical perspective.
This book examines how World War Two is simulated through serious computer games. It argues that a particular dynamic emerges in such ‘simgames’, especially when curious players begin to look beyond gameplay for how to understand the past.
Between 1965 and 1975, Britain discreetly supported the Sultanate of Oman in achieving a historic Cold War-era counterinsurgency win in its remote Dhofar Province. This book posits that UK military and non-martial assistance to Oman was the primary war-winning factor.
This timely book focuses on migration and the socio-affective significance of language. It examines how this influences children’s and adolescents’ development, subjectivity, identifications, and identity formations.
This book uses the narratives of women who fled Algeria in the 1990s—known as the ‘Black Decade’—to offer a more intimate understanding of the violence women face in times of conflict, and the function of diasporic networks in rebuilding their lives.
This book takes a fresh look at the representation of Cornwall in literature. It offers new readings of familiar texts, and re-inserts... Læs mere
This volume considers the coevolving nature of the arms trade and defence–industrial processes and the resulting... Læs mere
This edited volume investigates how Gulf women negotiate spaces of dissent through their writing. The focus on women’s narratives offers critical perspectives on how... Læs mere
This book examines D.H. Lawrence’s attempts to establish a utopian community in Cornwall during WWI. Lawrence was drawn to the idea of a ‘Celtic Cornwall’... Læs mere
1948 offers an answer to the question, what would George Orwell have written after 1984, had he lived? It quotes, parodies, and pastiches Orwell’s... Læs mere
For centuries, Europeans believed in a parallel world of the ‘social supernatural’. The social... Læs mere
Presents an innovative theoretical framework to understand the meltdown and civil wars of countries such as Yemen, Syria,... Læs mere