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A Cultural History of Education in Antiquity

A thematic overview of education and its place in Western society and culture in ancient history.

Wolfgang Müller-Funk,

Cruelty

In a humane world, cruelty should not exist, and yet it has been a feature of our societies since time immemorial. From individual acts of cruelty to systematic torture and mass murder, cruelty has been h…

Randy Malamud

Crash!

"Plane crashes are covered extensively but they are not analyzed very deeply, apart from the focused operations of media, government, and aviation-industry crash investigations. This is despite the v…

Personal Religion in the Ancient Greek World

Much is known about the manifold ways in which ancient Greek religious beliefs and practices map onto the social and political structures of the ancient Greek polis. The way in which the individual served…

Klaus Mundt

Teaching the Translation of Cultural Items

This book provides concrete pedagogical suggestions for teaching the translation of cultural items, including so-called 'untranslatables'. It is underpinned by sound educational theory and empirical data,…

Leisure and Human Development

This edited volume analyses emerging trends in the world of leisure and human development from the perspectives of subjective well-being and policy development. It brings together a diverse group of autho…

Culture Club

The Best Of Culture Club

Museums of the Future

This book presents a visionary and comprehensive exploration of how museums are adapting to the evolving demands of contemporary society. It highlights the multiple roles museums play, as cultural institu…

Barry S Fogel, Xiaoling Jiang

Seeing Depression Through a Cultural Lens

Depression is a leading cause of suffering and disability worldwide, and suicide is a leading cause of death in younger people and a remarkably common cause of mortality in older people. Seeing Depression…

Cultural Responsiveness in Assisted Reproductive Technology

Cultural Responsiveness in Assisted Reproductive Technology discusses best practices for creating an ART practice that is welcoming to and responsive to the unique needs of patients from a variety of raci…

Cultural Legacies of Slavery in Modern Spain

The first book-length study to address the impact of the legacies of slavery on Spanish cultural representations and institutions.

Trauma y memoria cultural

Hispanic cultures are profoundly shaped by traumas caused by conquest, slavery, wars, dictatorship, guerilla rebellions, revolutions, migration, and exile. The contributions in this volume shed light on t…

A Cultural History of Race in Antiquity

The era generally referred to as antiquity lasted for thousands of years and was characterized by a diverse range of peoples and cultural systems. This volume explores some of the specific ways race was d…

Aihe Wang

Painting Into Being

Painting into Being is the first in-depth study of underground art during China's Cultural Revolution, focusing on the Wuming (No Name) Painting Group from 1972 to 1981. Aihe Wang interweaves history, the…

The Social Life of Things

The meaning that people attribute to things necessarily derives from human transactions and motivations, particularly from how those things are used and circulated. The contributors to this volume examine…

Louise Logan-Smith

Neo-Victorian Cultural Collections of Disability

This book offers new readings and interpretations of the non-normative narratives of 'freak show' performers in the Victorian period as they have been reimagined by contemporary fictions, museum exhibitio…

Bjarke Moe, Katarina Smitt, Michael Fjeldsøe

Carl Nielsen

Aldrig tilfreds, altid fremad! En af de allerstørste skikkelser i dansk musikliv var egensindig og nysgerrig, og så var han lige så engageret i at forny den folkelige sang som i at udvikle den store konce…

Michael Ashkenazi

Food Cultures of Israel

This volume explores cuisine in Israel, including the country's food culture history, important dishes, current food issues, and more.The evolution of Israeli cuisine has been shaped by three key factors:…

Anna Fishzon, Ian Beilin

Fin de Siècle Europe

An examination of the most significant social, artistic, intellectual, and political developments in Europe at the turn of the 20th century (1870 to 1914), Fin de Siècle Europe provides a comprehensive ap…