Society & culture: general books

This comprehensive volume marks a decisive turn in studies of Bengali language cinema by shifting the focus from...  Read More >>

Inspired by the work of the philosopher Judith Butler, influenced by Marx’s theory of alienation and intrigued by...  Read More >>

Addressing one of the most controversial and emotive issues of American history, this book presents a thorough re-examination...  Read More >>

This collection explore the stability and cohesion of Pakistan through issues of political Islam, minorities, wider...  Read More >>

This collection explores the significance of New York City in children’s literature, stressing literary, political,...  Read More >>

In the last few decades we have witnessed an expansion in the amount of news coverage focusing on organizations...  Read More >>

Negotiating Transcultural Relations in the Early Modern Mediterranean is a study of transcultural relations between...  Read More >>

The book studies the production and dissemination of popular culture in twentieth-century Western Europe in relation...  Read More >>

This compiled and edited collection provides perspectives from a wide range of interdisciplinary fields on the debates...  Read More >>

This book examines the ways in which questions of identity, belonging, and exclusion have been explored in British...  Read More >>

New and emerging technologies constantly challenge the right to privacy. This book analyses the technological trends...  Read More >>

Knowledge Sharing in Professions looks at professionalism as a form of systematic and institutionalized knowledge...  Read More >>

As the world’s largest and most populous continent Asia is a major player in the challenges for improving global...  Read More >>

This book discusses the centrality of identity politics to theatre and performance studies. The essays pose questions...  Read More >>

The legalities of particular religious practices depend on many factors, such as the type of occult or religious...  Read More >>

This collection subjects to scrutiny some of the roles played by religion in development, through its influence...  Read More >>

Based on an in-depth study of clinics offering assisted fertilization, Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences...  Read More >>

In exploring the exceptionally well-documented activities of Aemilia Juliana of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1637-1706),...  Read More >>

This book provides a unique study of the practice of traditional reintegrative community justice in a European society,...  Read More >>

Gambling is a fascinating subject which for many centuries has attracted public interest. Yet, despite its ubiquity,...  Read More >>

Drawing on a wide range of methodologies, the book documents a diverse portfolio of religious responses to HIV and...  Read More >>

Enterprise and Development seeks to challenge the notion that enterprise can address the complexity that underlies...  Read More >>

Obesity is framed as a global pandemic. This book offers a critical contribution to studies of overweight, obesity...  Read More >>

An interdisciplinary collection of twelve essays, Romanticism/Judaica explores the four major areas of intersection:...  Read More >>

This collection explores the complex dynamics of current global land grabbing from a broad agrarian political economy...  Read More >>