This work presents ecocritical research on literature, film and other media from northern Europe. Examining the role of culture, history and society in the forming of Nordic narratives of nature and t
This volume centers on an annotated edition of a short, controversial work that Adam Smith wrote on the last days, death, and character of his closest friend, the philosopher David Hume. It also inclu
This book approaches portrayals of environmental crises in Latin American nations in literature, film, performance, and digital art within the context of the ongoing expansion of globalized neoliberal
This book utilizes an intersectional feminist approach to analyze reproductive and gendered violence against women across the Americas with case studies focusing on the Zika virus, reproductive femini
This book examines issues such as fake news, media bias, visual meme depictions of the candidates, and social media as news during the 2016 presidential campaign. The contributors offer insights into
This book explores the topic of food and foodways within American jails and prisons. It focuses on food as a political item in the service of control when executed by jail and prison personnel, as wel
This book explores the rise of Euroscepticism and Eurosceptic groups as an evolved form of fascism. It carefully examines multiple groups to identify similarities and determine characteristics that le
This book explores ways to study and teach the literary works of William Clark Falkner and William Faulkner to ESL students in today’s digital environment. Through these activities, ESL students
Cowboy Politics uses key works of literature, film, and television to explore how westerns address political challenges of Western civilization. This book tracks how westerns supplement liberal politi
This book takes a cross-national and comparative approach, beyond American models, to examine how members of a single ethnic group adapt differently to distinct host societies. In her study of Korean
In this book, Park and Greenberg take an anthropological approach to the roots of Western finance and credit in ancient societies, covering a period of approximately five thousand years from early Mes
The past decade has seen an increase in nontraditional representations of gender and sexuality identities in children’s entertainment media, keeping pace with the improved acceptance of these id
This volume examines the Supreme Court’s rulings in U.S. v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges in light of its earlier rulings while also incorporating several prominent accounts of marriage and t
This book explores the films and popular music of Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, and Queen Latifah,connecting each performer to female black-transnational histories and nonwhite female performers&rsqu
This book investigates domestic race-related social justice issues and intercultural communication between Black and White individuals. Twenty-first-century racism, racial tensions, prejudice, police
This collection combines the perspectives of Turkish and U.S. teacher educators regarding autonomy in the teacher’s profession. With methodologically diverse research approaches, it depicts changing c
This book examines case studies of the Kurds in Iraq and the Abkhaz in Georgia to explore how ethnic identities become politicized by states and political entrepreneurs, leading to mobilization of eth
The current rise of Islamism throughout the Muslim world, Islamists’ demand for the establishment of Islamic states, and their destabilizing impact on regional and global orders have raised important
This cutting-edge book is an interdisciplinary collection of theoretical writings on intersectional liberation of nonhuman animals, the environment, and those with disabilities, adding to the rapidly
This book highlights the intersectionality of educational marginalization in sub-Saharan Africa as a legacy of colonialism. It shows how contemporary efforts to promote education in marginalized commu
This book approaches portrayals of environmental crises in Latin American nations in literature, film, performance, and digital art within the context of the ongoing expansion of globalized neoliberal
The book analyzes various aspects of Javanese culture and society, including its history, customs, arts, architecture, polity, and society. This study strongly emphasizes the importance of local cultu
Mediation, Conciliation, and Emotions is needed given the dramatic changes in the world of everyday experience in the last ten years. The book is useful for both students and helping professionals. Ne
This volume will be among the first to examine the Supreme Court’s rulings inU.S. v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) in light of its earlier rulings while also incorporating several pro
This book uses an innovative and original theoretical framework for the understanding of Christian consciousness in the age of pluralism, drawing on Georg Simmel’s social theory as well as philo
To adjudicate between continental and analytic philosophy this book looks at the Star Trek television series, as well as Nazi cinema. Popular culture is germane to philosophy and contemporary politics
This book explores the civil rights activism of the Miami Times between 1948 and 1958 by highlighting its effort to help abolish the “Monday-only” policy that restricted black golfers to a
This study examines the mid-twentieth-century evolution of popular music into a cultural movement in the United States. The author argues that a series of disputes in the music industry led to the ass
Identity, Rights, and Awareness opens a much needed critical analysis of subaltern Dalit voice in India. Filling a lacuna in comparative analysis of the connections between anticaste social movement,
This study examines the Strategic Defense Initiative and arms control policies during the Reagan administration. The author analyzes the origins and development of the program, the technological chall
The use of drone warfare has become a controversial foreign policy weapon to keep the United States safe from further terrorist attacks. This book is an assessment of American targeted killing practic
This book tracks Americans’ changing attitudes about smoking over the last century. It carefully examines how Americans came to understand the health risks of smoking, how the tobacco industry s
This edited reader showcases classic studies on the Black Church and religion by a pioneer of American sociology. Utilizing statistical, ethnographic, literary, and historical data, W. E. B. Du Bois c
Taking stock of the exhaustion at the concept of democracy limited to rights and identity, this book explores the work of French political philosopher Marcel Gauchet to interpret the contemporary cris
