With Nigeria populated nearly half-and-half by Muslims and Christians, it serves as an important test case for the possibilities of interreligious harmony and cooperation, and sometimes as an illustra
Squires (journalism, Northwestern U.) presents a brief introduction to bell hooks. Hooks is known for flaunting scholarly and academic convention to make several different points about the production
bell hooks’ writings have been touchstones for major debates in the «culture wars», fostering insight into many central questions in communication studies. Her work is vital to students and scholars w
Alterity dynamics are fundamental to terrorism both on the side of those who would employ terrorist tactics and on the side of those who foster the conditions for terrorism, argues Underwood (philosop
Most writings on the gendered social and cultural construction of the body, Armengol (English, U. of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) notes, have focused on the female body, leaving the male body as largely
We live in the age of global science – but not, primarily, in the sense of ‘universal knowledge’ that has characterized the liberal metanarrative of ‘free’ science and the ‘free society’ since its ear
In a revision of his doctoral dissertation at Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, Mill Valley, California, Chen (biblical studies, Union U., Jackson, Tennessee) demurs from the widespread view that the dwel
The Apollo Research Institute interviewed 200 female leaders across many sectors, from education and healthcare to finance and technology. This book for general readers, students, and professionals dr
Women are taking the lead in today’s workforce. They hold half of America’s jobs, 51% of supervisory and managerial positions, and nearly 60% of all college degrees. A woman starts a business in the U
Elementary social studies, which seeks to instill in children the principles of democratic citizenship and the core values of social responsibility, has an important responsibility in U.S. classrooms.
Determining risk-adequate insurance premiums is a core issue in actuarial mathematics. This study is specifically concerned with identifying convenient partitions of (general) insurance collectives su
Contributors identified only by name, but presumably scholars of English language and literature, examine instances of English interacting with the larger world. Their topics include cultural influenc
Written as the author's doctoral thesis in corporate finance at the Technische U. Darmstadt, Germany, this volume investigates the capital market effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for mana
We are haunted by the brief time after the demise of the Soviet Union and before 9/11. There was no enemy, life seemed to be on track with liberal capitalism, and there seemed to be not only utopian b
Emotions as ‘the early form of knowledge about the surrounding world’ constitute a necessary component of the human psyche. Nevertheless, through the ages of the development of mankind, the emotional
The issue of divisions has been continuing through the centuries to date; it has broken the community of the people of God and caused separations among Christians. The point of view is that brokenness
This book was the winner of the 2011 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in German Studies. The post-war landscape of Europe is unthinkable without the voices of the Austrian writers Ingeborg Bachma
This second volume of essays under the title The Shaping of English Poetry continues the project set out in the Preface to the first volume, discussing the three golden poets of the Golden Age of Engl
Rina Arya explains how the artist redeployed religious iconography both to show Christianity's untenability in the modern age and to convey an experience of the human condition, specifically animalism
Rabindranath Tagore is widely regarded as a romantic poet, speaking of beauty and truth; as a transcendentalist; a believer in the absolute; a propagandist for universal man. But, as Amit Chaudhuri sh
In this study, Donato (French, Clarion U., Pennsylvania) examines the ways in which J.-K. Huysmans' (1848-1907) characters deal with measured time and schedules. She also investigates the failure of D
Halvorsen (education, Michigan State U.) presents a history of elementary social studies from its 19th century roots in history and geography lessons. She argues that social studies arose in part to c
Mayo (multicultural and gender studies and theatre, Texas State U.-San Marcos) and Larke (education, Texas A&M U.-College Station) compile 26 chapters that detail the model of the Multicultural Cu
This reader introduces the Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute, a successful multicultural curriculum transformation paradigm that is a model for colleges and universities a
Brkic (emeritus, North Dakota State U.) presents what he believes are fundamental philosophical propositions on a range of issues, from the nature of the universe to the nature of the state. Writing i
This is a memoir of life in post-Civil War Barcelona by the late Spanish novelist Esther Tusquets (1936-2012). She traces her life from the age of three in 1939 to her graduation from the U. of Barcel
Using feminist and psychological theory, Deconstructing Twilight examines the behavior, relationships, and gender roles depicted in the popular Twilight series. Using perspectives from both fans and d
Currently the Dean of Christ Cathedral (Episcopal) in Salina, Kansas, Thomas presents a longitudinal survey of major Anglican theological voices worldwide and from every era of English Christianity on
This collection of 18 essays, presented as separately authored chapters that are effectively standalone, explores critical and counter-hegemonic pedagogies that foster democratic consciousness, as wel
This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2013. There is a widespread, but mainly untenable, assumption that education in Western societies (and e
In this interdisciplinary investigation of representations of exile in Golden Age Hollywood cinema (1930-1956), Gergely (U. of Manchester, England) focuses on the films of Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, an
Although this volume is described as a Festschrift in honor of Kevin J. McKenna (professor of Russian language, literature, and culture at U. of Vermont) it differs from most such works in presenting
El repertorio de los personajes de Pereda es el primer censo comprensivo de los personajes del ilustre escritor español del siglo XIX José María de Pereda (1833-1906). Sus doce novelas, cinco coleccio
Samira Farhoud analyse dans ce livre incontournable l’importance de la contribution de l’écriture autobiographique maghrébine au développement de la littérature francophone à partir de l’œuvre d’Assia
Peters (education, Waikato U., New Zealand) explores the nature of new forms of cybernetic capitalism and their implications for the political economy of information in an age where information about
Akiko (interdisciplinary cultural studies, U. of Tokyo) personally experienced the discrepancy between one's felt identity and others' perceptions in regard to body image. Drawing on identity politics
