Affective Disorders: Emotion in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (Scott Bede)(Pevná vazba)

Affective Disorders: Emotion in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (Scott Bede)(Pevná vazba)

Situated at the intersection of postcolonial studies, affect studies, and narratology, Affective Disorders explores the significance of emotion in a range of colonial and postcolonial narratives. Through close readings of Naguib Mahfouz, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, and Upamanyu Chatterjee,

Emotion, Affective Practices, and the Past in the Present (Smith Laurajane)(Paperback)

Emotion, Affective Practices, and the Past in the Present is a response to debates in the humanities and social sciences about the use of emotion. This timely and unique book explores the ways emotion is embroiled and used in contemporary engagements with the past, particularly in contexts such as

Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment (Scott David)(Paperback)

At this stalled and disillusioned juncture in postcolonial history--when many anticolonial utopias have withered into a morass of exhaustion, corruption, and authoritarianism--David Scott argues the need to reconceptualize the past in order to reimagine a more usable future. He describes how, prior

Perennial Empires: Postcolonial, Transnational, and Literary Perspectives (Zabus Chantal)(Pevná vazba)

'Focusing its concern through the often-neglected role of literature in shaping and influencing these forces, this powerful collection of essays addresses the complex new ways that international power exercises control over all aspects of life-from new forms of public governance to the construction

Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature (Quayson Ato)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines tragedy and tragic philosophy from the Greeks through Shakespeare to the present day. It explores key themes in the links between suffering and ethics through postcolonial literature. Ato Quayson reconceives how we think of World literature under the singular and fertile rubric

Women in Colonial Latin America, 1526 to 1806 - Texts and Contexts(Pevná vazba)

Cardiovascular Renal Axis Disorders in Cats and Dogs (Duque Javier)(Pevná vazba)

Affective medievalism: Love, abjection and discontent (Prendergast Thomas A.)(Pevná vazba)

Consensus and Dissent - Negotiating Emotion in the Public Space(Pevná vazba)

The Origins of Macho: Men and Masculinity in Colonial Mexico (Lipsett-Rivera Sonya)(Paperback)

With limited resources to contextualize masculinity in colonial Mexico, film, literature, and social history perpetuate the stereotype associating Mexican men with machismo 'defined as excessive virility that is accompanied by bravado and explosions of violence. While scholars studying men (TM)s

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Clinical Principles and Management (Brunoni Andr)(Pevná vazba)

Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders (Wade Tracey)(Pevná vazba)

The field of feeding and eating disorders represents one of the most challenging areas in mental health, covering childhood, adolescent and adult manifestations of the disorders and requiring expertise in both the physical and psychological issues that can cause, maintain, and exacerbate these

Postcolonial Europe: Comparative Reflections After the Empires (Jensen Lars)(Pevná vazba)

How has European identity been shaped through its colonial empires? Does this history of imperialism influence the conceptualisation of Europe in the contemporary globalised world? How has coloniality shaped geopolitical differences within Europe? What does this mean for the future of Europe?

Law, Reason, and Emotion (Sellers M. N. S.)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the role and importance of reason and emotion in justice and the law. Eight lawyers and philosophers of law consider law's basis in the universal human need for society, our innate sense of justice, and many other powerful inclinations and emotions, including the desire for

Literature and Medicine (Lawlor Clark)(Pevná vazba)

Offering an authoritative and timely account of the relationship between literature and medicine in the eighteenth century and Romantic period, a time when most diseases had no cure, this collection provides a valuable overview of how two dynamic fields influenced and shaped one another. Covering a

Doing a Literature Review in Nursing, Health and Social Care (Coughlan Michael)(Pevná vazba)

A clear and practical guide to completing a literature review in nursing and healthcare studies. Providing students with straightforward guidance on how to successfully carry out a literature review as part of a research project or dissertation, this book uses examples and activities to demonstrate

Photography and Literature in the Twentieth Century (Cunningham David)(Pevná vazba)

Photography and Literature in the Twentieth-Century offers an accessible and fresh approach to an object of interdisciplinary research that is currently receiving increased international attention. Providing a broad historical schema, and examining pivotal moments within it, the collection brings

Distant Shores: Colonial Encounters on China's Maritime Frontier (MacAuley Melissa)(Pevná vazba)

A pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in it China has conventionally been considered a land empire whose lack of maritime and colonial reach contributed to its economic decline after the mid-eighteenth century. Distant Shores challenges this

Bourdieu and Postcolonial Studies (Dalleo Raphael)(Pevná vazba)

Postcolonial studies has taken a significant turn since 2000 from the post-structural focus on language and identity of the 1980s and 1990s to more materialist and sociological approaches. A key theorist in inspiring this innovative new scholarship has been Pierre Bourdieu. Bourdieu and

Diabetes and Other Endocrine Disorders (Sherman Rebecca)(Pevná vazba)

Made in India: Decolonizations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/National Projects (Bhaskaran S.)(Pevná vazba)

Made in India examines seemingly disparate and high profile events in postcolonial India that captured national and transnational/diasporic interest since the 1990s: The emergence of the Indian homosexual, the new trans/national heterosexual woman, lesbian suicides, marriage and kinship contracts

Ethical Issues in Prison Psychiatry (Konrad Norbert)(Pevná vazba)

Recent surveys demonstrate a high and possibly increasing prevalence of mental disorders in prisoners. Ethical conflicts may arise from the dual role of forensic psychiatrists giving raise to tensions between patient care/protection of the public.This book describes models and ethical issues of

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Altering Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Wadhera Tanu)(Pevná vazba)

Explores neurodevelopmental disorders and a diverse array of diagnostic tools and therapies assisted by neurotechnological devices. The book covers a wide range of topics, including individual-centred design, artificial intelligence, and multifaceted

Emotion in Christian and Islamic Contemplative Texts, 1100-1250: Cry of the Turtledove (Lazikani A. S.)(Pevná vazba)

This book offers a comparative study of emotion in Arabic Islamic and English Christian contemplative texts, c. 1110-1250, contributing to the emerging interest in 'globalization' in medieval studies. A.S.Lazikani argues for the necessity of placing medieval English devotional texts in a more