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The notion of a life in which little is fixed, all is malleable and identity can be a neutral phenomenon is becoming normal according to the editors. These papers focus upon the modern problems that emerge out of the confusion of what constitutes identity and the role that religion plays in this.

This concise study of Ireland¿s revolutionary years charts the demise of the home rule movement and the rise of militant nationalism that led eventually to the partition of Ireland and independence for southern Ireland. The book provides a clear chronology of events but also adopts a thematic approach to ensure that the role of women and labour are examined, in addition to the principal political and military developments during the period. In...

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Analyses art from an Australian Aboriginal community to interpret Aboriginal claims about the relationship between their art, identity and culture, and how the art should be protected in law. The issue that the claims are true is relevant to North American debates about the appropriation of art, and this book engages with this literature.

This provocative book provides insight into a finance industry that is run for the benefit of banks and service providers who rely on Beatles-era theories and regulation which are totally unsuited to the modern world.

In JUMP¿CUT, the follow-up to the authors¿ acclaimed Make the Cut, leading film/TV editors and industry veterans Lori Jane Coleman and Diana Friedberg¿recipients of the American Cinema Editors¿ prestigious Heritage Award for 2017¿offer editing techniques, insider tips, and unwritten rules that contribute to making a great production, providing both seasoned and aspiring editors with the tools to jump¿start the next stage of their editing caree...

Blaise Pascal began as a mathematical prodigy, developed into a physicist and inventor, and had become by the end of his life in 1662 a profound religious thinker. As a philosopher, he was most convinced by the long tradition of scepticism, and so refused - like Kierkegaard - to build a philosophical or theological system. Instead, he argued that the human heart required other forms of discourse to come to terms with the basic existential ques...

Since the concept of 'multi-sited' approaches in ethnography developed over a decade ago, it has attracted a growing number of reseachers across the social sciences. This volume examines the evolution of the concept as well as the problems and possibilities multi-sited approaches have presented to researchers.

Since the end of World War Two and the formation of the UN, the nature of warfare has undergone changes with many wars being 'intra-state' wars, or wars of secession. Whilst wars of secession do not involve the same number or type of combatants as in the last two World Wars, their potential for destruction and their danger for the international community cannot be underestimated. There are currently many peoples seeking independence from what ...

Global English Slang brings together nineteen key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang around the world today. The book illustrates the application of a range of different methodologies to the study of slang and demonstrates the interconnection between the different sub-fields of linguistics. A key argument throughout is that slang is a function played by specific words or phrases rather than a ch...

Tailored to meet the needs of teachers, lecturers and tutors of modern languages, this comprehensive guide will help you to improve your understanding of modern languages and will also enhance your practice in the classroom."Effective Learning and Teaching in" "Modern Language"s offers insights from the latest research into learning and teaching within the discipline, and also outlines innovative teaching techniques, covering all the subjects ...

Updated throughout, this second edition of a bestseller illustrates the usefulness of PDEs through numerous applications and helps students appreciate the beauty of the underlying mathematics. It shows students how PDEs can model diverse problems, including the flow of heat, the propagation of sound waves, the spread of algae along the ocean¿s surface, the fluctuation in the price of a stock option, and the quantum mechanical behavior of a hyd...

A review of knowledge and research in areas of adolescent sexuality which focuses on implications for adolescent sexual health, risk and education. This text covers HIV/AIDS prevention and education, peer education, sexual orientationand the prevention of teenage pregnancy.

Enabling therapists and educators an opportunity to embrace two modalities at once, this text applies a combined approach to individual, family, and group counseling situations. A theoretical framework is presented, and theory and practice are integrated through case studies complete with original client artwork.

This is, quite simply, the besttextbook on polymer science I have ever read. Why such strong praise? Because the writing style is colloquialand the whole book screams of the authors' tremendous enthusiasm for the subject. The authors are clearly experienced teachers." - Chemistry in Britain (The Royal Society of Chemistry) "The topics covered are treated in considerable detail and generally with high credibility. [T]he writing style and format...

This book evaluates Carl Van Vechten's contribution to the Harlem Renaissance by presenting hitherto unexamined documentary evidence. The author draws on correspondence, manuscripts, personal memorabilia, and published materials to examine the origins and development of the period in the 1920s which was termed the "New Negro Renaissance." In the later years of the 1920s, as a result of the success of his novel, "Nigger Heaven, " Carl Van Vech...

Philosophers, social scientists, and laymen have used two perspectives in analying social action. One sees mans action as the result of causal forces, and the other sees action as purposive and goal directed. Mathematical treatment of social action has shown this same dichotomy. Some models of behavior describe a causal process, in which there is no place for intention or purpose. Most stochastic models of behavior, whether individual or group...

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Being a successful editor is about more than just knowing how to operate a certain piece of software or when to make a certain transition. On the contrary, there are many unwritten laws and a sense of propriety that are never discussed or taught in film schools or in other books. Based on their own experiences, first as upcoming assistant editors, then as successful Hollywood editors, the authors guide you through the ins and outs of establish...