Cultural Studies

Humans have always depended upon natural ecosystems to supply a range of services useful for their survival and well-being. However, with widesprea...

While organisations have become central for thinking and structuring contemporary social action, existing perspectives on what they are and how to ...

Stereotypes result in deceptive generalizations about groups and are held in a manner that renders them as derogatory. As such, this volume advocat...

For the last two decades, the world has been constantly facing challenges having completely new qualities: the growing tension between West and Eas...

This yearbook deals with discourse within and across different cultures.

This book investigates the praise poetry genre of the Dagombas of northern Ghana. The art of drumming, performed by court figures known as drummers...

The field of nanocomposites involving organic or inorganic materials is a rapidly rising area of research and application development. In general n...

Translating Across Cultures is a collection of nine papers given at the 21st BAS/British and American Studies conference, held in Timioara in May 2...

The Astronaut: Cultural Mythology and Idealised Masculinity interrogates the historical and cultural dynamics of one of the most revered icons of t...

To conceive the entrance of the individual to the culture, Bruner proposes the idea of an education susceptible to adapt a culture to the needs its...

Ethnography has become something of a buzzword in recent years. It is talked about and invoked in disciplines ranging from anthropology and ethnolo...

This book on cultural heritage uses several points of view. Included are theories on cultural heritage preservation such as the cult of ancient mon...

The Heritage Theatre is a book about cultural heritage and globalisation. Cultural heritage is the stage on which the global community, smaller com...

'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' TelegraphThis is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, culture...

'Parks...offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian' The TimesHow does Italy really work?When Va...

A spellbinding travel book, exploring the psychology of walking, pilgrimage, solitude and escape.At the age of twenty-seven, and afraid of falling ...

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tok...

Frank Furedi returns to the theme of Fear in our society and culture. In 1997, Frank Furedi published a book called Culture of Fear. It was widely...

What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite or is it something le...

Decode the secrets and uncover the origins and meanings of over 2,000 signs and symbols, from ancient hieroglyphs to modern-day logos.Why is a hear...

The definitive history of the ever-enduring icon In the aftermath of the horrific trench warfare of the First World War, the poppy sprouting acro...

This volume focuses on the issue of identity within the context of the radical shift that took place in Romania during the late 1940s and early 195...

Recollecting History beyond Borders looks closely at the experience of Moroccan captives, acrobats and dancing women in America throughout various ...