Society & culture: general books

This book charts the journey of Black feminist researcher and artist Nydia Swaby in piecing together a biography...  Read More >>

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A spinster in love with a tobacco-smoking ghost. A lonely one-eyed monster who wanders the desert. A Medieval saint...  Read More >>

Mimi Thi Nguyen explores the relationship between the concept of beauty and narratives of crisis and catastrophe...  Read More >>

The Legacy of Plato’s Timaeus examines the influence of the Timaeus on the early disciplinary histories of cosmology,...  Read More >>

The priorities of public relations leaders have historically aligned with the issues that concern society and how...  Read More >>

Curating Human Rights conceptualizes the human rights museum as a dynamic cultural-political genre that interacts...  Read More >>

This is a step-by-step, practical guidebook to the PRE-REHEARSAL analysis of a script. Its aim is to de-mystify...  Read More >>

This book provides a global perspective on the accommodation of diversity within constitutional traditions, considering...  Read More >>

This book examines and theorizes about the birth, growth, impact, co-optation, and rejuvenation of a sex worker...  Read More >>

Down to the 19th century, Jews in Italy remained tied to their separate judicial institutions out of combined religious...  Read More >>

Transparent made history as the first television show to feature a transgender character in the main role, as the...  Read More >>

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""Korean media has exploded in popularity across the globe in the past decade. This edited collection examines ways...  Read More >>

Hong Kong Public Housing provides the first comprehensive history of one of the most dramatic episodes in the global...  Read More >>

This book is a comprehensive compilation of academic papers and presentations delivered at the conference. It brings...  Read More >>

In this book, Yael Pilowsky Bankirer reads into Freud's writings with the unique prism of circumcision as a marker...  Read More >>

Based on original interviews with World War II veterans, The First Black Marines chronicles the powerful stories...  Read More >>

Unpacking the popularity and metaphor of the multiverse in media and popular culture, this book explores how the...  Read More >>

Shakespeare’s Shrews investigates the echoes of two early modern discourses—paradoxical writing and the woman’s...  Read More >>

This book addresses South Asian Muslim women’s lived experiences, whilst questioning dominant concepts of agency....  Read More >>

Sacred Snaps tells the story of a new approach to interfaith engagement. It is an invitation to see and engage religion,...  Read More >>

This edited volume consolidates research from 32 countries in order to address the implications of the recent global...  Read More >>

This book uses the notion of ‘discretionary medicine’ to explore the landscape of contemporary healthcare in Pakistan....  Read More >>