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James Williams explores in this book the work of French writer and film-maker Marguerite Duras.
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Chaucer s Pardoner and Gender Theory, the first book-length treatment of the character, examines the Pardoner in Chaucer s Canterbury Tales from the perspective of both medieval and twentieth-century theories…
Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares is a savvy look at the wide range of adaptations, spin-offs, and citations of Shakespeare’s plays in 1990s popular culture.
The subject of human nature has recently returned to the centre of welfare debates in Britain, with prime ministers, politicians and academics addressing the effects of social policy on individual…
Taken together, these essays represent the variety of research methods and interpretive rigor mature scholars bring to the task of examining religious phenomena, religious actions, religious movements, and religious ideas.
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This is a startling and controversial investigation into the international assistance given to countries at war. Looking at the game that large aid organizations play by appealing to a moral…
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This comprehensive overview of Mary Shelley’s life as an author frequently reads like an anthology of extracts from some of the most lurid and sensationalist novels of the early 19th…
A new comparative reference guide for English speaking learners of Alsatian German. This comparative multilingual dictionary is based on the main similarities between the two languages and will show how…
Stereotypical representations of the Mezzogiorno are a persistent feature of Italian culture at all levels. Dickie argues that these stereotypes, rather than being a symptom of the failings of national…
These long-awaited volumes bring together, for the first time ever, the complete short stories of Ireland’s master storyteller, Liam O'Flaherty - from great classics like The Sniper to previously unpublished…
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The last memory she had was that she inhaled toxic gas due to the betrayal of her companion in a covert assassination, WateryJade Li heard someone was yelling, partly opened…
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WateryJade Li survived the maltreatment of the daughter of the owner of Green Forest Castle, the assassination of the group killers tattooed with blue fox head on their buttocks, and…
Wars and Peace is a historical look at how Americans have tried to conceptualize peace during five national security crises: The Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War…
A decade ago, playwright dissident Vaclav Havel led an almost bloodless revolution against Czechoslovakia’s hardline communist regime. This book examines the core issues at work in the last decade, focusing…
This book reveals how the Japanese national ministries can exploit their Special Status Corporations (public corporations, supported primarily with public funding from a state-run banking agency) in order to intensify…
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This book is the first comprehensive cultural and historical introduction to modern Georgia. It covers the country region by region, taking the form of a literary journey through the transition…
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The changing global geopolitical balance in the 1990s has prompted Japan to reassess its international role and to question the bases upon which its foreign economic policies have rested for…
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Communist parties were ejected from power across eastern Europe, west European social democratic parties embraced neo-liberalism, and intellectuals wrote of the definitive victory of capitalism and even of the “end…
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The book provides a thematic examination of republican theory from the Italian Renaissance, through seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century England, the late- eighteenth-century Enlightenment and the experiences of the early American republic…
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The drug problem in South Asia is mounting. Drugs in South Asia explains why the ensuing governments in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh barely changed the remains of the British drug…
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Transforming China provides an insider’s comprehensive and perceptive examination of China’s economic reform and its political implications.
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Contributing to the evolving ‘Eisenhower revisionist’ scholarship, Takeyh portrays a president in command of American policy as it sought to contain the Soviet moves in the Middle East, resolve the…
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Multiracial Identity provides an accessible account of the social construction of racialized groups. The author discusses how little attention has been traditionally been given to theorizing multiracial identity in the…
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The Return to Europe examines the ability of the Central and South-east European economies to withstand competitive pressures on entry to the EU.
Managing the World Economy, while recognizing how much has been achieved since the start of the Industrial Revolution, challenges the view that much better results could have been attained.
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Compiled by the OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS, this annual review offers a detailed insight into stillbirths, infant and perinatal deaths. It analyses key risk factors involved and provides information on…
An overview of the cancer registration system, the United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries and a summary of overall cancer patterns.
This publication gives a broad perspective of statistical trends in the construction industry in Great Britain through the last decade together with some international comparisons and features on leading initiatives…
The General Household Survey is an inter-departmental multi-purpose continuous survey carried out by the ONS collecting information on a range of topics from people living in private households in Great…
Despite being one of the biggest industries in the United States, indeed the World, the internal workings of the ‘dream factory’ that is Hollywood is little understood outside the business.
This Special Issue of Feminist Review addresses questions concerning the legacy of plantation culture, focusing on its shaping of a gendered creolisation and affect.
What kind of theorized view of personal-and-political, ethnic, class-related, and (inter)national history do women authors offer? This book examines work of women novelists, journalists, political activists, and autobiographers and explores…
Amidst a plethora of specialist feminist journals, Feminist Review sustains its unique role as an interdisciplinary, agenda-setting publication. It stands outside traditional disciplinary boundaries and insists on the theoretical and…
This issue of Feminist Review engages critically and imaginatively with Italian feminism, where precariousness has become an organising principle for articulating conditions of work, life, politics and creativity. Topics include…
What are the characteristics of feminist interventions in the areas of fashion and beauty in the 21st century? This issue looks at how feminists are addressing questions surrounding fashion and…
This issue brings together the work of feminist scientists, activists, artists and medical professionals in order to shed light on the role of both prescription and illegal/‘recreational’ drugs in women’s…
Everyday Struggling evokes an image of a constantly wriggling body. In these papers, each author examines resources and the shortfall between what a body needs for life and what one…
The goal of ‘Gendering Diasporas’ is to stimulate critical reflection among feminist scholars about the formation of diaspora as a site of political aspiration and solidarity, and as a social…
Fascinating articles on a range of issues relating to South Asia, feminisms and women. The contributions interrogate the political, and elucidate women’s participation in politics exploring the impact of religion…
Amidst a plethora of specialist feminist journals, Feminist Review sustains its unique role as an interdisciplinary, agenda-setting publication. This book showcases new feminist writing that intervenes in a range of…
Birth brings together new and established feminist scholars from across the disciplines, together with feminist artists, to address the theme and concept of ‘birth’. Together they interrogate the prevailing cultural…