'How China Works' by Xiaohuan Lan explains how the Chinese government has gradually established and improved market mechanisms while promoting economic growth.
‘Book Markets in Mediterranean Europe and Latin America’ depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America, which resulted in the development of a truly international market.
'Philosophy of Science' by Rani Lill Anjum and
@ElenaRoccaPD
is a comprehensive, engaging, and user-friendly introduction to philosophy of science written by a philosopher and a scientist.
'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence' explores how artificial intelligence, the platform economy, and big data will impact economic development and societal change.
'Reflections on the Future of Capitalism' explores the ideas of nine renowned economists to present the evolution of economic thought on the development and trajectory of capitalism as a system.
'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence' explores how artificial intelligence, the platform economy, and big data will impact economic development and societal change.
'Reflections on the Future of Capitalism' explores the ideas of nine renowned economists to present the evolution of economic thought on the development and trajectory of capitalism as a system.
'Transnational Anti-Gender Politics'—edited by
@AikoIiris
, Billy Holzberg, and
@tiojeda
—The book invites us to rethink the conceptual vocabularies and strategies we use to understand and resist anti-gender attacks.
‘An Introduction to Linguistics through Popular Music’ introduces the field of linguistics in an accessible way by using portions of song lyrics from popular music.
'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence' explores how artificial intelligence, the platform economy, and big data will impact economic development and societal change.
‘An Introduction to Linguistics through Popular Music’ introduces the field of linguistics in an accessible way by using portions of song lyrics from popular music.
'Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption' is an
#OA
book that argues that in a functioning democracy, citizens should be equally capable of making informed choices about matters of social importance.
‘Object Studies’ introduces students to an interdisciplinary approach to material cultural study. It helps reveal how everyday objects from pens and coffee cups to our most cherished keepsakes help define our collective histories and personal narratives.
‘Between Laughter and Satire’ explores closely related aspects of the historical study of humour and challenges much that has been taken for granted in a field of study for which history has been marginal.
‘Adaptation Before Cinema’ highlights a range of pre-cinematic media forms, including theater, novelization, painting and illustration, transmedia art, children’s media, and other literary and visual culture.
'Animals and Science Fiction'—edited by
@nora_castle
and
@GiuliaChampion
—offers a broad range of theoretical approaches and primary source texts that explore the ways works of science fiction can transform how we see and interact with nonhuman others.
‘Mary I in Writing’ centers on representations of Queen Mary I in writing, broadly construed, and the process of writing that queen into literature and other textual sources.
'The Palgrave Handbook of International Political Theory' provides a comprehensive exploration of International Political Theory, which in its broadest terms examines the ways in which ideas about sovereignty, and legitimacy shape international politics.
'Incels and Ideologies,' by
@Noun_Fraze
, explores how incels use language and other semiotic resources to construct ideologies of gender and race/ethnicity.
The second edition of ‘The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power,’ by
@IMIXWHATILIKE
, offers a history of and proof against claims of "buying power" and the impact this myth has had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the US.
‘Book Markets in Mediterranean Europe and Latin America’ depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America, which resulted in the development of a truly international market.
‘A Discursive Perspective on Wikipedia’ provides a guide to Wikipedia for researchers and students of linguistics, discourse and communication studies, redressing the gap in research on Wikipedia in these fields.
'Kantian Ethics and the Attention Economy' is an
#OA
book by Timothy Aylsworth and Clinton Castro that addresses the contemporary crisis of autonomy in the era of addictive technology.
‘The Climatization of Global Politics,’ edited by
@StefanAykut
and
@LucileMaertens
, examines the process through which climate change is transforming global governance.
'Gothic Nostalgia,' by
@baconetti
and Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon, an original and innovative study of how Gothic nostalgia and toxic memory are used to underpin and promote the ongoing culture wars and populist politics in contemporary popular culture.
'Animals and Science Fiction' — edited by
@nora_castle
and
@GiuliaChampion
— offers a broad range of theoretical approaches and primary source texts that explore the ways works of science fiction can transform how we see and interact with nonhuman others.
In ‘Weird Fiction,’
@MichaelTCisco
presents a comprehensive, contemporary analysis of the genre of weird fiction by identifying the concepts that influence and produce it.
"[‘Fetishism and the Theory of Value’) offers a profound and worthwhile consideration of value theory, fetishism, and financialization, not only from the purview of Marxist theory but from a broader range of interlocutors." –Tony McKenna
'Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture',—edited by
@ShaColeclough
,
@bethmichaelfox
,
@Renske_Visser
—collection defines an understanding of ‘difficult death’, and examines the differences between death, dying and the dead.
‘Book Markets in Mediterranean Europe and Latin America’ depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America, which resulted in the development of a truly international market.
'Incels and Ideologies,' by
@Noun_Fraze
, explores how incels use language and other semiotic resources to construct ideologies of gender and race/ethnicity.
'The Centenary of the Irish Free State Constitution'—edited by
@LaurCah
and
@DonalkCoffey
— deals with the role, development, and legacy of the first Constitution of independent Ireland within the wider context of the establishment of the State.
The second edition of ‘The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power,’ by
@IMIXWHATILIKE
, offers a history of and proof against claims of "buying power" and the impact this myth has had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the US.
Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (
@VampireSorcha
), author of 'Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture', was interviewed by Chris Richardson(
@notapipepodcast
). You can listen to the conversation here:
‘Actors, Audiences, and Emotions in the Eighteenth Century’ offers an innovative account of how audiences and actors emotionally interacted in the English theatre during the middle decades of the eighteenth century.
'The Palgrave Handbook of Neo-Victorianism' offers analysis of diverse genres and media of neo-Victorianism, including film, television adaptations of Victorian texts, authors’ life stories, graphic novels, and contemporary fiction set in the 19th century.
Palgrave is celebrating 1.50 million accesses for the Open Access ‘Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies,’ which is an invaluable resource for researchers across fields, policy makers, practitioners, and activists alike.
'Geographies of Gendered Punishment'—edited by
@a_chamberlen
and Mahuya Bandyopadhyay—explores new and enduring themes in the gendered experience of incarceration across the world.
In ‘Weird Fiction,’
@MichaelTCisco
presents a comprehensive, contemporary analysis of the genre of weird fiction by identifying the concepts that influence and produce it.
Chiara Russo Krauss, the author of 'Wundt, Avenarius, and Scientific Psychology', was interviewed on the
@NewBooksNetwork
. You can listen to the interview here:
'Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture',—edited by
@ShaColeclough
,
@bethmichaelfox
,
@Renske_Visser
—collection defines an understanding of ‘difficult death’, and examines the differences between death, dying and the dead.
‘Standards, Stigma, Surveillance,’ by
@ian_cushing
, traces raciolinguistic ideologies in England’s schools, focusing on post- 2010 policy reforms that frame the language practices of low-income, racialised speakers as limited and deficient.
‘Narratives of Motherhood and Mothering in Fiction and Life Writing,’ an open access volume, offers original essays on how motherhood and mothering are represented in contemporary fiction and life writing across several national contexts.
‘Academic Conference Presentations’ provides a step-by-step guide to giving a successful academic conference presentation, taking readers through all of the potential steps along the way.
'Allusion in Detective Fiction' by
@jembloomfield
demonstrates the fraught status of Shakespeare and the Bible during the Golden Age of the British detective novel, and the cultural currents which novelists navigated whilst alluding to them.
On August 22
#Carla2020
, a global digital conference on Diversity and Inclusion in the film and TV industry, will host the launch of "Women in the International Film Industry: Policy, Practice and Power", edited by
@susanliddy2
. Check out the programme:
‘Adaptation Before Cinema’ highlights a range of pre-cinematic media forms, including theater, novelization, painting and illustration, transmedia art, children’s media, and other literary and visual culture.
Join us for our "Facts vs. fake news" event in cooperation with
@ScholarlyPub
in London next week. After the panel there will some time for networking and drinks. Sign up for free:
‘The Power of Oral Culture in Education’ explores the importance of inter-generational oral culture and stories transmitted from one generation to the next through proverbs, idioms, and folklore tales in different geographical and spatial contexts.
Congratulations to
@basgroes
and
@RMFrancis
whose new book "Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country" has been published today. It offers a new literary history of the smells and childhood memories that belong to the Black Country, a post-industrial region in the UK.
‘Stories, Storytellers, and Storytelling’ advances social scientific interest in a field long dominated by the humanities: stories, and storytelling. It articulates the power of stories to open windows into the emotional, political, social, and symbolic.
.
@jess_emclean
is the author of 'Changing Digital Geographies. Technologies, Environments and People'. In our latest
#SocSciMatters
author blog she talks about remaking Digital Geographies. You can read her piece here:
Call for Proposals: 'Contemporary Gulf Studies', a series edited by
@smwright78
and
@abaabood
, offers a platform from which scholarly work on the most pressing issues within the Gulf region will be examined.
‘Narratives of Motherhood and Mothering in Fiction and Life Writing,’ an open access volume, offers original essays on how motherhood and mothering are represented in contemporary fiction and life writing across several national contexts.
‘The Power of Oral Culture in Education’ explores the importance of inter-generational oral culture and stories transmitted from one generation to the next through proverbs, idioms, and folklore tales in different geographical and spatial contexts.
‘Dangerous Bodies’ brings together new perspectives on fashion, the body, and politics. It explores fashion's intersection with race and gender discourses where colonialism, capitalism, and embodiment are linked.
'Music, Words, and Nationalism', edited by
@MorenoLuzon
and María Nagore-Ferrer, provides a better understanding of the role of national anthems and songs in the expression of national identities and nationalistic goals.
‘Transfictional Character and Transmedia Storyworlds in the British Nineteenth Century’ is a study of how transfictional and transmedia storytelling emerged in the 19th century.
'Heidegger’s Conception of Freedom' by Matthew J. Barnard is the first monograph in English exclusively dedicated to the exegesis of Martin Heidegger’s radical conception of freedom.
'Natalia Ginzburg's Global Legacies'—edited by
@SaskiaZio
and
@MilkovaStiliana
—this volume situates Ginzburg’s works within major critical discourses to articulate innovative readings and mobilize further lines of inquiry.
‘From Fritzl to
#metoo
’ is the first longitudinal study of the language used by the British press to talk about rape. Author
@alessiatranches
examines how rape discourse has (or has not) changed over the past decade.
The second edition of ‘The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power,’ by
@IMIXWHATILIKE
, offers a history of and proof against claims of "buying power" and the impact this myth has had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the US.
Congratulations to
@Palgrave_
author Owen Abbott on winning the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2020 for his book 'The Self, Relational Sociology, and Morality in Practice'!
@britsoc
@PalgraveSoc
'The Palgrave Handbook of International Political Theory' provides a comprehensive exploration of International Political Theory, which in its broadest terms examines the ways in which ideas about sovereignty, and legitimacy shape international politics.
‘Gothic Hauntology’ shows hauntology at work in modern as well as older gothic narratives and has a unique focus on everyday gothic as well as everyday hauntology.
Our author
@peterkinderman
was interviewed on the
@Mad_In_America
podcast to discuss the need for a new look at psychiatric diagnosis. You can listen here:
His latest book is 'A Manifesto for Mental Health. Why We Need a Revolution in Mental Health Care'.
In ‘Weird Fiction,’
@MichaelTCisco
presents a comprehensive, contemporary analysis of the genre of weird fiction by identifying the concepts that influence and produce it.
'A Hundred English Working-Class Lives, 1900-1945' by
@DrRebeccaBall
contributes to key social history debates through a microhistory analysis of autobiographical material.
'Time Travel in World Literature and Cinema,' by Bernard Montoneri, discusses various literary works, movies, and TV series with a special focus on time travel.
‘Ecological Stylistics’ reflects the cutting edge in ecostylistic approaches to nature, the environment and sustainability as represented in contemporary non-literary discourse.
‘Between Laughter and Satire’ explores closely related aspects of the historical study of humour and challenges much that has been taken for granted in a field of study for which history has been marginal.
'Music, Words, and Nationalism', edited by
@MorenoLuzon
and María Nagore-Ferrer, provides a better understanding of the role of national anthems and songs in the expression of national identities and nationalistic goals.
‘Academia and Higher Learning in Popular Culture’ explores how academia is imagined in popular culture through film and television, including ‘The Chair,’ Terry Pratchett's ‘Unseen University’ and the Time Lord Academy in ‘Doctor Who.’
'The Palgrave Handbook of Humour Research' focuses on humour as a resource from different socio-cultural and psychological viewpoints, bringing together authors from different cultures, social contexts, and countries.
Congratulations to author
@RencapMan
for receiving the runner up prize at the BCA African Business Book of the Year Awards for ‘The Time-Travelling Economist.’
@TTTEconomist
‘Actors, Audiences, and Emotions in the Eighteenth Century’ offers an innovative account of how audiences and actors emotionally interacted in the English theatre during the middle decades of the eighteenth century.
'Challenges of the Technological Mind', edited by
@Paecastro
, presents a set of texts that reflect different approaches to the relationship between mind and technology.
'Transnational Anti-Gender Politics'—edited by
@AikoIiris
, Billy Holzberg, and
@tiojeda
—The book invites us to rethink the conceptual vocabularies and strategies we use to understand and resist anti-gender attacks.
'Natalia Ginzburg's Global Legacies'—edited by
@SaskiaZio
and
@MilkovaStiliana
—this volume situates Ginzburg’s works within major critical discourses to articulate innovative readings and mobilize further lines of inquiry.
'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence' explores how artificial intelligence, the platform economy, and big data will impact economic development and societal change.
‘Historical Etiquette’ is a study of etiquette in the 19th century when the success of etiquette books reached unprecedented heights in Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States.
‘Football and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Argentina’ examines how since its arrival in 1867 with British immigrants, football has become the key cultural signifier of national identity in Argentina over the twentieth century.
‘Racism and Education in Britain’ aims to seek greater understanding of the nature and endurance of racism within education practice in the 21st century in Britain.