Mapping uncharted territory in the study of liturgy's past, this book offers a history to contemporary questions around gender and liturgical life. Teresa Berger looks at liturgy's past through the le
This book puts forward an institutional explanation of the recent dynamics of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China. It argues that the concentration of FDI in the Chinese manufacturing economy sin
Pittard (U. of Portsmouth, UK) uses an 1888 advertisement for soap ("Arrest all dirt and cleanse everything...") as graphic illustration of themes he develops in this study. His discussion involves Vi
The nine essays of this volume contain in-depth analysis of works by women writers, with a focus on their treatment of women, gender, and the use of myth in rewriting traditional gender roles and stor
Rault (women's studies, McMaster U., Canada) explores the connections between designer Eileen Gray's lesbian lifestyle and attendant desire for privacy, and the design of her house E.1027 (which Le Co
As Edmund Spenser, Josuah Sylvester, Abraham Cowley, and John Milton fashioned their narrative poems, says Wheatley (Trinity College, Connecticut), each proved deeply responsive to the possibilities a
Through a multi-disciplinary approach, this volume studies the management and settlement of conflict and disputes in East Asia. Conflict and disputes exist everywhere in human society. The management
Contributing to the growing interest in early modern women and religion, this essay collection advances scholarship by introducing readers to recently recovered or little-studied texts and by offering
Examining depiction of orphans in 18th-century novels, Nixon (English, U. of Massachusetts-Boston) finds that the literary figure of the abandoned, destitute, urban orphan largely appears a century la
In a lengthy introductory essay, Henderson (English, women's studies, U. of Texas, Arlington) explains that "[n]ineteenth-century America was obsessed with [the universality of death] and the literatu
Prendergast (U. of Rochester, US) explores how literature both incorporated and responded to some of the primary facets of inquisitorial culture and their connection with the ideologies that undergird
This research shows the dynamic relationship between work, health and satisfaction. New Directions in Organizational Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, comprehensively covers new developments in the
American folk music icon Woody Guthrie's (1912-1967) influence (and staying power) extends far beyond American borders. The songs he brought with him from the rural towns and communities of the Americ
Editors Colette Colligan and Margaret Linley (both: English and print culture, Simon Fraser U., Canada) provide an introductory essay in which they explain the scope of the volume and state: "Our brin
Using empirical research to explore medieval writers' imaginings of time, this study presents a new morphology by which to study narratives of time in fifteenth-century literary culture, focusing on p
"The contention of this book on early modern literary theories, influences, and practices is also, in part, to highlight Shakespeare's exploitation of mixed drama in the context of the period's widesp
While higher education is still far from universal in the United States, it plays an increasingly large role in shaping our collective understanding of what knowledge counts as legitimate and importan
Instead of publishing the proceedings of a symposium held in Heidelberg, Germany in November 2007, the editors decided to shape a more conceptual book, and they describe in the preface their delight i
In this first full-length study devoted explicitly to the examination of Ottoman/Turkish-inspired architecture in Western Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Nebahat Avcioglu rethin
Re-crafting Rationalization contributes to debates relating to the public understanding of science, regarding the conceptualization of the relationship between 'science' and 'the public'. It challenge
Bhangra is commonly understood as the hybrid music produced in Britain by British Asian music producers through mixing Panjabi folk melodies with western pop and black dance rhythms. This is derived
The multiplicity of interactions between the Islamic world began in the eighth century and took place in the context of a trading network. Musk was one of the main trade items from the Himalayas; in t
In recent years, the international community has increasingly come to abandon the use of comprehensive sanctions in favour of targeted sanctions. Unlike adopting a coercive strategy on entire states,
The author states in her introduction: "...sculpture in Hawthorne is never simply about sculpture. It represents a whole complex of ideas...". In this study she examines his writings, explores his str
Long past the time when philosophers from different perspectives had joined the funeral procession that declared the death of God, a renewed interest has arisen in regard to the questions of God and r
How key changes to the married women's property laws contributed to new ways of viewing women in society are revealed in Deborah Wynne's study of literary representations of women and portable propert
Death is at once a universal and everyday, but also an extraordinary experience in the lives of those affected. Death and bereavement are thereby intensified at (and frequently contained within) certa
Local Lives contests dominant trends in migration theory, demonstrating that many migrant identities have not become entirely diasporic or cosmopolitan, but remain equally focused on emplaced belongin
As the articles reprinted in this volume demonstrate, medieval men and women were curious about the world around them. They wanted to hear about distant lands and the various peoples who inhabited the
Boyle (English, Coastal Carolina University) asks the reader to change perspective in viewing/reading Early Modern texts. Her literary metaphor is the visual example of anamorphosis, images that appea
Long (French, Cornell University) and her colleagues investigate characters in Early Modern history that have been triply marginalized, women as medicos, scientists and alchemists. In this revelatory
This book has some great chapter titles, so here's a sample: "'Wow Dude! You're a Monster!' The Politics of Bigorexia," "'But it's Only a Fat Suit!' Representing 'Fake' Fat in Popular Culture," "Chick
A textual analysis of the US legal discourse and its unfolding through time and place in terms of the pragmatic idea, based on Alberstein's (Bar Ilan U., Israel) doctoral dissertation for Harvard Medi
Yorke (U. of Surrey, UK) presents 12 papers reviewing and analyzing the state of capital punishment abolition around the world. Opening papers discuss abolition efforts at the United Nations (includin
Using the impact of 2005's Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a window into the topic, the authors (of the U. of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Colle
In this examination of urban planning and the development of planning institutions in the Spanish city of Madrid, Neuman (Texas A&M U.) posits a life cycle theory of institutional evolution that s
Ilic (musicology, UCLA) looks at the birth and decline of modernity in classical music in the context of social, literary and artistic movements at the turn of the sixteenth century compared to the tu
Kenneth Hayes Lokensgard is an independent scholar specializing in indigenous religions. His areas of interest include indigenous ontologies, indigenous epistemologies, repatriation, and religious fr
At the heart of the French Revolution there lay a fundamental paradox: how to liberate the minds of the people whilst simultaneously ensuring their loyalty to the new regime. It is an exploration of t
This book offers commentary and analysis on the catastrophic events which have recently confronted the international economy in the modern era and contrasts the current situation with other financial
