Language, Meaning and the Law offers an accessible, critical guide to debates about linguistic meaning and interpretation in relation to legal language. Law is an ideal domain for considering fundamen
This book explores modern literature's responses to the tragic. It examines writers from the latter half of the nineteenth century through to the later twentieth century who respond to ideas about tra
In these essays, brought together here for the first time, world-renowned critic Catherine Belsey puts theory to work in order to register Shakespeare's powers of seduction.
This volume brings together the previously uncollected stories of this exceptional modernist writer, from fairy tale to fable and social drama.Covering a range of situations--broken engagements, encou
How do we understand Christmas? What does it mean? This book is a lively introduction to the study of popular culture through one central case study. It explores the cultural, social and historical co
Explores the cultural, social and historical contexts of Christmas in the UK, USA and Australia, covering such topics as fiction, film, television, art, newspapers and magazines, war, popular music an
Peter G. Brown shows how we can reconceptualise economics as an economics of stewardship; how governments can be thought of as trustees to protect human rights; and how civil society can be organised
Within media and cultural studies, the study of media texts is dominated by an exclusive focus on representation. This book adds long overdue attention to social interaction. The book is divided into
Part of the "Media Topics" series, which examines the core subject areas within Media Studies. This book presents a study of the key areas of issue and debate in feminist media studies. It includes re
This lively and accessible study of media and discourse combines theoretical reflection with empirical engagement, and brings together insights from a range of disciplines. Within media and cultural s
Tracing the background to the 1707 Treaty of Union, this book explains why union happened and assesses its impact on Scottish society, including struggle with Jacobites for acceptance of the union in
Deleuze, Altered States and Film offers a typology of altered states, defining dream, hallucination, memory, trance and ecstasy in their cinematic expression. The book presents altered states films as
This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the subject of Britain and the European Union, paying equal attention to institutions and their relationship with one another. It examines the his
Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond provides a detailed account of genre history and contemporary trends in film genre, alongside the critical debates they have provoked. The book ranges widely across th
This critical study of intellectual property in the new media environment highlights the ways in which issues of intellectual property are driving the contemporary media economy, from disputes over do
The first comparative study of censorship in theatre and cinema during the last century, this book examines notable twentieth-century cases involving the Lord Chamberlain's theatre censorship and the
This book explores key areas of modern society in which language is used to form power and social relations. These are presented in five sections:Language and the Media* Language and Organisations* La
British Idealism - influenced by the character of German Idealist thought at the end of the eighteenth century, developed by Kant, Fichte and Hegel - began to establish its roots during the middle of
The principal theological struggle in Islam has taken place between traditionalist theologians and rationalist ones. Professor Abrahamov examines the foundations of both traditionlism and rationalism
Scotland is unusually rich in field monuments and objects surviving from early times. This comprehensive survey of Scotland's prehistoric and early historic archaeology covers the full chronological r
