Regional Studies

Social Values and Identities in the Black Sea Region focuses on the nexus between geopolitical challenges and cultural framework in the Black Sea r...

In spite of improved access to psychosocial interventions, many people with psychosis continue to experience persistent problems which act as signi...

Afro-Asian Connections in Latin America and the Caribbean explores the connections between people of Asian and African descent in Latin America and...

Venus of Khala-Kanti is a tale of life-altering loss and mystical recovery. Set in an imaginary West African village that becomes a charming cul-de...

Because of their historical roles and politico-economic significance in contemporary international politics, Iran and China have perpetually been i...

In Imaging The Great Puerto Rican Family: Framing Nation, Race and Gender during the American Century, Hilda Lloréns offers a ground-breaking study...

The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed “Stretch” because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of Afri...

For ten years James Robertson walked the twenty-one-mile round-trip from his Detroit home to his factory job; when his story went viral, it brought...

Spurred by major changes in the world economy and in local ecology, the contemporary migration of Africans, both within the continent and to variou...

Cinema and Development in West Africa shows how the film industry in Francophone West African countries played an important role in executing strat...

Haven of Liberty chronicles the arrival of the first Jews to New York in 1654 and highlights the role of republicanism in shaping their identity an...

Cinema and Development in West Africa shows how the film industry in Francophone West African countries played an important role in executing strat...

A revealing exploration of political disruption and violence in a rural Chinese county during the Cultural RevolutionA Decade of Upheaval chronicle...

A Critical Introduction to Religion in the Americas argues that we cannot understand religion in the Americas without understanding its marginalize...

In 1904, political operator and gambling boss Robert T. Motts opened the Pekin Theater in Chicago. Dubbed the "Temple of Music," the Pekin became o...

Pilgrimage, Landscape, and Identity: Reconstructing Sacred Geographies in Norway explores the ritual geography of a pilgrimage system that arose ar...

This volume examines how Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths, or SOLHOT, a radical youth intervention, provides a space for the creative performance a...

The book offers twelve cases of ethics relating to ecology and culture. The twelve cases presented in the twelve essays, are written by eminent sch...

Since the Korean Wave phenomenon started in 1997, Hallyu has undergone many changes. Geographically, while Asia has been the largest cultural marke...