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Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal (2019)
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Smithers, G. (2019). Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press

Long before the indigenous people of southeastern North America first encountered Europeans and Africans, they established communities with clear social and political hierarchies and rich cultural traditions. Award-winning historian Gregory D. Smithe... Read More about Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal.

Lady Butler: War artist and traveller, 1846-1933 (2019)
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Wynne, C. (2019). Lady Butler: War artist and traveller, 1846-1933. Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press

This is the first biography of Victorian Britain’s greatest war artist, Elizabeth Thompson Butler, who found fame and public acclaim after exhibiting her Crimean War painting The Roll Call in 1874.

Society, Health and Disease in South Africa (2019)
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Gilbert, L., Walker, L., Cooper, S., Lewins, K., Matshedisho, R., Nunez-Carrasco, L., & Selikow, T. (2019). Society, Health and Disease in South Africa. (4th). Johannesburg, South Africa: Wits University Press

The onset of the quadruple burden of disease in South Africa, the challenges faced by the medical establishment to curtail the rapid growth of multiple epidemics, the inadequate response by the state to various inequities in the health system, and th... Read More about Society, Health and Disease in South Africa.

Japón para otakus (2019)
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Hernandez-Perez, M., & Santiago Iglesias, J. A. (2019). Japón para otakus. Madrid: Diabolo

Critical policy discourse analysis (2019)
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Montesano Montessori, N., Farrelly, M., & Mulderrig, J. (Eds.). (2019). Critical policy discourse analysis. London: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974967

© Nicolina Montesano Montessori, Michael Farrelly and Jane Mulderrig 2019. All rights reserved. This book provides a series of contemporary and international policy case studies analysed through discursive methodological approaches in the traditions... Read More about Critical policy discourse analysis.

Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Antwerp Dialogue (2018)
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Blanton, V., O'Mara, V., & Stoop, P. (Eds.). (2018). Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Antwerp Dialogue. Brepols

This collection of essays, the third in an integrated series of three and focused on the literacies of nuns in medieval Europe, brings together specialists working on diverse geographical areas to create a dialogue about the Latin and vernacular tex... Read More about Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Antwerp Dialogue.

Editing Women's Writing, 1670-1840 (2018)
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Culley, A., & Fitzer, A. M. (Eds.). (2018). Editing Women's Writing, 1670-1840. London and New York: Routledge

This edited volume is the first to reflect on the theory and practice of editing women’s writing of the 18th century. The list of contributors includes experts on the fiction, drama, poetry, life-writing, diaries and correspondence of familiar and le... Read More about Editing Women's Writing, 1670-1840.

The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature (2018)
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Corstorphine, K. (2018). K. Corstorphine, & L. Kremmel (Eds.). The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97406-4

This handbook examines the use of horror in storytelling, from oral traditions through folklore and fairy tales to contemporary horror fiction. Divided into sections that explore the origins and evolution of horror fiction, the recurrent themes that... Read More about The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature.

The Palgrave Handbook to horror literature (2018)
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Corstorphine, K., & Kremmel, L. (2018). K. Corstorphine, & L. Kremmel (Eds.). The Palgrave Handbook to horror literature. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97406-4

This handbook examines the use of horror in storytelling, from oral traditions through folklore and fairy tales to contemporary horror fiction. Divided into sections that explore the origins and evolution of horror fiction, the recurrent themes that... Read More about The Palgrave Handbook to horror literature.

The discourse of security: language, illiberalism and governmentality (2018)
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MacDonald, M. N., & Hunter, D. (2019). The discourse of security: language, illiberalism and governmentality. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97193-3

This book explores how language constructs the meaning and praxis of security in the 21st century. Combining the latest critical theories in poststructuralist and political philosophy with discourse analysis techniques, it uses corpus tools to invest... Read More about The discourse of security: language, illiberalism and governmentality.

Ekphrastic encounters: New interdisciplinary essays on literature and the visual arts (2018)
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Meek, R. (2018). D. Kennedy, & R. Meek (Eds.). Ekphrastic encounters: New interdisciplinary essays on literature and the visual arts. Manchester UK: Manchester University Press

This book offers a comprehensive reassessment of ekphrasis: the verbal representation of visual art. Ekphrasis has been traditionally regarded as a form of paragone (competition) between word and image. This interdisciplinary collection of essays see... Read More about Ekphrastic encounters: New interdisciplinary essays on literature and the visual arts.

Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia (2018)
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Ploner, J. (2018). J. Ploner, & P. Naef (Eds.). Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315180977

Described as ‘cultural crossroads’ or ‘mosaic’, ‘powder keg’, ‘border’, ‘bridge’ or Europe’s ‘Other’, the region comprising former Yugoslavia has, over time, conjured up ambiguous imaginaries associated with political unrest, national contest and eth... Read More about Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia.

Czech and Slovak scenography for Shakespeare (2018)
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Havlíčková Kysová, Š., & Billing, C. (Eds.). (2018). Czech and Slovak scenography for Shakespeare. Brno: Masarykova univerzita = Masaryk University

This volume of essays examines the history of scenography for Shakespeare in Central Europe and explores theoretical models for understanding the space, place and performance of Shakespeare using phenomenology, Structuralist semiotics, sociologic... Read More about Czech and Slovak scenography for Shakespeare.

Hardcore horror cinema in the 21st century: Production, marketing and consumption (2018)
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Aston, J. (2018). Hardcore horror cinema in the 21st century: Production, marketing and consumption. McFarland

Hardcore Horror Cinema in the 21st Century represents the first scholarly book of its kind. It addresses the exemplars of hardcore horror which are Fred Vogel's August Underground trilogy, Shane Ryan's Amateur Porn Star Killer series and Lucifer Vale... Read More about Hardcore horror cinema in the 21st century: Production, marketing and consumption.

Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Volume VII: 1992-2016 (2018)
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Ray, K. (in press). K. Ray (Ed.). Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Volume VII: 1992-2016. Nashville, TN: Tennessee Historical Commission

Volume VII of the Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly begins with the ending year of Volume VI, which covered 1971-1991. The Biographical Directory series is based on the two-year legislative session; this volume covers the 97th... Read More about Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Volume VII: 1992-2016.

Remembering protest in Britain since 1500: Memory, materiality and the landscape (2018)
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Griffin, C. J., & McDonagh, B. (Eds.). (2018). Remembering protest in Britain since 1500: Memory, materiality and the landscape. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74243-4

This book offers the first systematic study of the multiple and contested ways in which protest is remembered. Drawing on work in social and cultural history, cultural and historical geography, psychology, anthropology, critical heritage studies, and... Read More about Remembering protest in Britain since 1500: Memory, materiality and the landscape.