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  • by Jean Baudrillard
    £17.49

    Develops a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. This book represents an effort to rethink cultural theory from the perspective of a concept of cultural materialism, one that radically redefines postmodern formulations of the body.

  • - Folk Tales for the Digital Age
    by Francesca Coppa
    £25.99

    Showcases the extent to which the archetypical storytelling exemplified by fanfiction has continuities with older forms: the communal tale-telling cultures of the past and the remix cultures of the present have much in common. Short stories that draw on franchises such as Star Trek are accompanied by short contextual and analytical essays.

  • by Aakriti A Tandon & Michael Slobodchikoff
    £25.99

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    £37.99

    An anthology of translated Japanese literature about men behaving lovingly, erotically, and intimately with other men. Covering more than 125 years of modern and contemporary Japanese history, this book introduces a diverse array of authors to an English-speaking audience and provide further context for their works.

  • - A History of Colonial Linguistics in Germany and Beyond, 1814-1945
    by Sara Pugach
    £29.99

  • by Surinder Mohan
    £33.99

  • - Disability, Medicine, and Identity
    by Wei Yu Wayne Tan
    £25.99

  • - Interest Representation in Mexico
    by Brian Palmer-Rubin
    £35.99

    Why have Latin American democracies proven unable to confront the structural inequalities that cripple their economies and stymie social mobility? Brian Palmer-Rubin contends that we may lay the blame on these countries' systems of interest representation, which exhibit 'biased pluralism'.

  • - Sectoral Politics and the Variation of Sovereign Wealth
    by Juergen Braunstein
    £25.99

    Analyses the creation of different sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from a comparative political economy perspective, arguing that different state-society structures at the sectoral level are the drivers for SWF variation. Juergen Braunstein focuses on the early formation period of SWFs, a critical but little understood area.

  • - Games of Death
    by David Church
    £25.99

    Traces Mortal Kombat's history as an American product inspired by both Japanese video games and Chinese martial-arts cinema, its successes and struggles in adapting to new market trends, and the ongoing influence of its secret-strewn narrative world.

  • - America's First School Bombing
    by Arnie Bernstein
    £20.49

    On May 18, 1927, in a horrific conflagration of dynamite and blood, a madman forever changed a small Michigan town. This title takes readers back to that fateful day, when Andrew Kehoe set off a cache of explosives concealed in the basement of the local school, killing thirty-eight children and six adults.

  • - Comparing the Legacies of Spanish Colonialism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
    by Johanna Leinius & Hans-Jurgen Burchardt
    £78.99

    Located at the intersection of Postcolonial Studies, Latin American Studies, Caribbean Studies, and History, this interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from the US, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines to examine the colonial legacies of the three island nations of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

  • - Roots, Reelection, and Representation in the Modern Congress
    by Charles R Hunt
    £80.99

    Although partisan polarization gets much of the attention in political science scholarship about Congress, members of Congress represent diverse communities around the country. Home Field Advantage demonstrates the importance of this understudied element of American congressional elections and representation.

  • - How the Public Understands Democracy and Why It Matters
    by Nicholas T. Davis
    £71.99

    Challenges conventional wisdom about how the public thinks about and evaluates democracy. Mining both political theory and over 75 years of public opinion data, the book argues that Americans think about democracy in ways that go beyond voting or elected representation.

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