THE RHETORICAL EMERGENCE OF CULTURE

“(A)n engaging, thought-provoking, and generative volume. Simultaneously wide-ranging and coherent, these essays explore the complex roles that rhetorical engagements - artful, resonant, and often transcending the solely verbal - play in shaping social life and the always emergent cultures at the heart of anthropological inquiry.”  •  Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz

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GRASSROOTS MEMORIALS

The Politics of Memorializing Traumatic Death

“This book is the definitive work on the political meanings and performative dynamics of grassroots memorials, a phenomenon that has increased in Western culture and that now expands globally…The topics discussed in the volume are of enduring importance and reflect issues of ultimate concern—death, memory, suffering, trauma, and the politics of memorialization. A great strength of the book is the diversity of relevant subjects analyzed by a range of international scholars and the interdisciplinary perspectives that they present.”  •  Daniel Wojcik, University of Oregon

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ECOFEMINISM AND RHETORIC

Critical Perspectives on Sex, Technology, and Discourse

“…one of the very few books to have been published in the last 10 years on the declared topic of ecofeminism…the volume is a necessary and timely rethinking of ecofeminism; it includes some strikingly original essays that challenge and extend current ecofeminist thinking in exciting ways; and its general insistence on action and intervention (including rhetoric) as a way of collecting and evaluating ecofeminist thought is intelligent, effective and important.”  •  Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands, York University

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BEYOND PLEASURE

Cultures of Modern Asceticism

Asceticism, so it is argued in this volume, is a modern category. The ubiquitous cult of the body, of fitness and diet equally evokes the ongoing success of ascetic practices and beliefs. Nostalgic memories of hardship and discipline in the army, youth movements or boarding schools remain as present as the fashionable irritation with the presumed modern-day laziness. In the very texture of contemporary culture, age-old asceticism proves to be remarkably alive. Old ascetic forms were remoulded to serve modern desires for personal authenticity, an authenticity that disconnected asceticism in the course of the nineteenth century from two traditions that had underpinned it since classical antiquity: the public, republican austerity of antiquity and the private, religious asceticism of Christianity. Exploring various aspects such as the history of the body, of aesthetics, science, and social thought in several European countries (Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Belgium), the authors show that modern asceticism remains a deeply ambivalent category.

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GERMAN LITERATURE IN A NEW CENTURY

Trends, Traditions, Transitions, Transformations

“This outstanding collection of insightful and thought-provoking articles marks a significant advancement of scholarship on contemporary literature. While contributions (remarkable for their consistently high quality) are valuable on their, all benefit from being read in conjunction with the others.”  •  German Studies Review

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THE FRIGHTFUL STAGE

Political Censorship of the Theater in Nineteenth-Century Europe

“…a highly informative and readable volume…an important book which gathers new research about the theatre that did exist in 19th-century Europe, and the theatre that did not.”  •  The Journal of Theatre Research International

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STARDOM IN POSTWAR FRANCE

“This strong collection, through its insistence on the import of stardom beyond an array of one-dimensional incarnations of a zeitgeist to consider complex embodiments of specific contemporary tensions and dynamics, succeeds in expanding successfully the consideration of star identities in French studies and provides both fascinating case studies and valuable models for future analysis.”  •  French Studies

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THE FUTURE OF MEMORY

“This is an innovative, well structured and balanced collection of essays which presents a survey of theories and case studies underpinning the burgeoning field of memory studies. It addresses the ‘big issues’ including witnessing, trauma, memorials, the relation between personal and public memory, and generational transmission.”  •  Peter Carrier, author of HOLOCAUST MONUMENTS AND NATIONAL MEMORY

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KRISTEVA IN FOCUS

From Theory to Film Analysis

"An exacting, impressive survey of Julia Kristeva's intersection with film, Goodnow's book offers numerous insights into the influential critic's work and a useful summary of the scope and range of her inquiry...This is a solid piece of cogent critical analysis, rich in detail and insight."  •  Choice

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COMICS IN FRENCH

The Bande Dessinée in Context

“…a well-documented and well-written work that will not only be a valuable resource for research but should also be a livre de chevetfor anyone teaching a class linked to BD (bandes desinées)…It should be noted that Grove does not merely recapitulate or synthesize the critical work published in French and English on BD. He also stakes out original and sometimes challenging positions.”  •  French Studies

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Girlhood Studies

An Interdisciplinary Journal

Volume 4, Number 1

The mission of the journal is to bring together contributions from and initiate dialogue among perspectives ranging from medical and legal practice, ethnographic inquiry, philosophical reflection, historical investigations, literary, cultural and media research to curriculum design and policy-making. Topics addressed within the journal include girls and schooling, girls and feminism, girls and sexuality, girlhood in the context of Boyhood Studies, girls and new media and popular culture, representation of girls in different media, histories of girlhood, girls and development.

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Journeys

The International Journal of Travel & Travel Writing

Volume 12, Issue 1

Travel writing and other representations of journeys as cultural practice and product are engaging the attention of scholars and commentators in a wide range of disciplines and its study is becoming recognized as an important academic field. The remit of Journeys is to reflect the rich diversity of travels and journeys as social and cultural practices as well as their significance as metaphorical processes. It is a broad-based interdisciplinary journal of particular interest for those involved in the studies of travel writing from the perspectives of, for example, anthropology, social history, religious studies, human geography, literary criticism and cultural studies.

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Journal of Romance Studies

Interdisciplinary Research in French, Hispanic, Italian and Portuguese Cultures

Volume 11, Number 2

The Journal of Romance Studies promotes innovative critical work in the areas of linguistics, literature, performing and visual arts, media, material culture, intellectual and cultural history, critical and cultural theory, psychoanalysis, gender studies, social sciences, and anthropology.

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