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  • Contemporary Cultural Theory

    An Introduction

    First Published in 2002. This lucid and concise overview brings a much needed sense and history and theoretical scale to the growth of cultural studies. The authors identify six major paradigms in cultural theory: utilitarianism, cultural materialism, critical theory and postmodernism. They outline social and discursive contexts within each of these has developed and provide the essential ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Cultural Materialism

    by Andrew Milner ...
    This book places cultural materialism in relation to earlier paradigms such as literary humanism and Marxism, and explains how the new paradigm has been applied to important areas such as cultural studies, media studies and literary studies. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Cli-Fi and Class

    Socioeconomic Justice in Contemporary American Climate Fiction

    Series series Under the Sign of Nature
    Since its emergence in the late twentieth century, climate fiction—or cli-fi—has concerned itself as much with economic injustice and popular revolt as with rising seas and soaring temperatures. Indeed, with its insistent focus on redressing social disparities, cli-fi might reasonably be classified as a form of protest literature. As environmental crises escalate and inequality intensifies, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Recovering the Orient

    Artists, Scholars, Appropriations

    Much recent writing about Asian societies and Asian Histories adopts a homogenising vision of humanity. It views the definition of cultural difference as an 'Orientalist' project serving colonial or neo-colonial purposes. This unusual collection of essays, written by leading specialists in a range of disciplines. re-appraises and expands the 'Orientalism' debate. Several authors examine the ways ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Power, Interdependence, and Nonstate Actors in World Politics

    Since they were pioneered in the 1970s by Robert Keohane and others, the broad range of neoliberal institutionalist theories of international relations have grown in importance. In an increasingly globalized world, the realist and neorealist focus on states, military power, conflict, and anarchy has more and more given way to a recognition of the importance of nonstate actors, nonmilitary forms of ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction explores the ethical concerns and dimensions of representations of the future of global science fiction, focusing on the issues that dominate utopian, dystopian and science fiction literature. The essays examine recent visions of the future in science fiction and re-examine earlier texts through contemporary lenses. Across fourteen chapters, the ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Science Fiction and Narrative Form

    Establishing science fiction as its own distinct and increasingly important narrative form, this book explores how the genre challenges pervasive perceptions of society as they appear in the conventional modern novel. Inspired by, and building upon, Georg Lukács's criticism of the orthodox novel for its depiction of life as alienating and disjointed, Milner, Murphy and Roberts demonstrate that ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There, Second Edition

    Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today’s Classrooms

    Narrated by Bill Andrew Quinn ...

    Unabridged

    10 min

    2021 PROSE Award Finalist, Education Practice and Theory CategoryIn the thoroughly revised second edition of Start Where You Are, But Don't Stay There, H. Richard Milner IV addresses the knowledge and insights required on the part of teachers and school leaders to serve students of color. Milner focuses on a crucial issue in teacher training and professional education: the need to prepare teachers ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Planetary Health

    Human Health in an Era of Global Environmental Change

    Planetary Health - the idea that human health and the health of the environment are inextricably linked - encourages the preservation and sustainability of natural systems for the benefit of human health. Drawing from disciplines such as public health, environmental science, evolutionary anthropology, welfare economics, geography, policy and organizational theory, it addresses the challenges of ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Cambridge International AS/A Level Business Study and Revision Guide Third Edition

    Series series Cambridge International AS and A Level
    Kick-start your revision with this thorough blend of content guidance and skills support formulated to cover all your needs as you approach assessment.Stretch yourself to achieve the highest grades, with structured syllabus coverage, varied exam-style questions and annotated sample answers, to help you to build the essential skill set for exam success.- Benefit from expert advice and tips on ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Working with Violence and Confrontation Using Solution Focused Approaches

    Creative Practice with Children, Young People and Adults

    An authoritative, interdisciplinary book which outlines how solution focused practice is particularly effective in addressing violent behaviour in clients and service users, encompassing work with both adults and children.Solution focused approaches have been used successfully with a range of violent behaviours from school-based bullying to severe domestic violence, as well as with victims of ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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  • Green Planets

    Ecology and Science Fiction

    Contemporary visions of the future have been shaped by hopes and fears about the effects of human technology and global capitalism on the natural world. In an era of climate change, mass extinction, and oil shortage, such visions have become increasingly catastrophic, even apocalyptic. Exploring the close relationship between science fiction, ecology, and environmentalism, the essays in Green ... Read more

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