This is the most complete and compelling account of idols and celebrity in Japanese media culture to date. Engaging with the…

Rightness as Fairness provides a uniquely fruitful method of 'principled fair negotiation' for resolving applied moral and…

This book sheds new light on the life and work of Janusz Korczak, the twentieth century humanist moral educator and…

Inspired by the work of the radical literary scholar, the late Sally Ledger, this volume provides a commentary on the…

This book documents and investigates the stories we have told and continue to tell about technology-now the dominant feature…

This book explores the ways in which emotions were conceptualised and practised in Christian mission contexts from the…

This book is the only comprehensive study in a European language that analyzes how Sufi treatises, Qur'anic commentary,…

Using interview data collected from 165 women of three different cohorts in urban China during the 2000-2008 period, this…

This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the making of global development policy, and looks…

Seeking clarity about the conflict in Ukraine and responding to the urgent need to analyze Europe's energy prospects outside…

This book explores how digital communication generates new intimacies and meanings of friendship in a networked society,…

Film Distribution in the Digital Age critically examines the evolution of the landscape of film distribution in recent…

This book provides a much-needed study of the lived experience of militarization in the Caribbean from 1914 to the present.…

Aims to increase awareness about the specific circumstances of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) diversity.…

This volume is complemented by the sister volume Dangerous Language - Esperanto under Hitler and Stalin which offers a…

Combining perspectives from media studies and political ecology, this book analyses socially constructed news regarding…

Introduces the reader to Whitehead's complex and often misunderstood metaphysics by showing that it deals with questions…

In this book, the author provides a comprehensive overview of the intense and sustained work on the relationship between…

This book addresses the connection between political themes and literary form in the most recent Argentine poetry. Ben…

This book brings together a body of new research which looks both backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012…

In so doing it not only examines the role of media in the formation and sustaining of collective memory but also the ways…

This is the first full- length historical analysis of Victoria Falls. The text offers a critical examination of Victoria…

This book builds a compelling picture of injustices inside immigration detention centers, within the context of the rise of…

This book applies the psychopathy concept toward the understanding of crime.…

This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing…

This book analyzes the discourse generated by pundits, politicians, and artists to examine how poverty and the income gap is…

This book traces the aesthetic of wonder from the romantic period through contemporary philosophy and literature, arguing…

This book examines manufactured waste and remaindered humans in literary critiques of capitalism by twentieth-century…

In the age of globalization, digitization, and media convergence, traditional hierarchies between media are breaking down.…

This book investigates how policy, family background, social class, gender and ethnicity influence young people's post-16…

This book examines and critiques the fact that Chile's claims to economic exceptionalism have been embodied, often quite…

This title contains six autobiographical works that Yeats published in the mid 1930s. Together, they provide a fascinating…

Japanese animation has been given fulsome academic commentary in recent years. However, there is arguably a need for a more…

This book demonstrates that the symbol of maternal sacrifice is the notion that 'proper' women put the welfare of children,…

Interwar era efforts to expand US radio into China floundered in the face of flawed US policies and approaches. Situated at…

It examines the impact of the proliferation and propinquity of land-based betting establishments on crime, the role of…

?Winner of the AERA Division B Outstanding Book Recognition AwardThis book examines the dynamics surrounding the education…

This book primarily focuses on the concept of forgetting, with particular emphasis on how we can trace the forgotten in…

Beginning with Saint Barbatianus, a fifth-century wonderworking monk and confessor to the Empress Galla Placidia, this book…

This book provides a critical account of the concept of international protection. By focusing on the local and national…

This edited volume presents findings from a major cross-European research project mapping the civic and political engagement…

This book provides insights into some of the social topics related to the homogenization and stereotyping of Muslims. It…

This text considers the prevalence of Lao-Zhuang Daoism and Huang-Lao Daoism in late pre-imperial and early imperial Chinese…

This book offers a unique perspective by giving voice to those social workers working within a profession which has become…

It offers a snapshot of a historical and social moment when motherhood was being renegotiated, and maternal violence was…

Dramatically refreshing the age-old debate about the novel's origins and purpose, Kent traces the origin of the modern novel…

This book critically examines the relationship between new media technologies, research ethics, and pedagogical strategies…

This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to…