Publications
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A Cultural History of Twin Beds
(2019)
Through tracing the history of twin beds, this book reveals unexpected perspectives on the social and sexual mores of late 19th- and 20th Britain.
Colonialism, Culture, Whales
(2018)
An innovative, interdisciplinary study of colonial attitudes to whales in modern culture from literature to the tourism, written by one of the leading postcolonial critics writing today.
Biofictions
(2020)
This innovative new study explores how writers such as Zadie Smith, Colson Whitehead and Octavia Butler have drawn on developments in genetic science to tackle racial identity in 21st century culture.
The Digital Imaginary
(2019)
Leading creators and scholars raise provocative questions about emerging and hybrid narrative forms of digital arts and what these say about the creative imagination.
Fuel: An Ecocritical History
(2018)
The first history of changing attitudes to fuel - from biomass to fossil fuels and renewable energy - in the literature and culture of the last 250 years.
Families
(2012)
This book discusses the theory that alternative relationship and family structures challenge the privileged status of the nuclear family as the preferable mode of family life for all.
Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism
(2013)
This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies series offers a critical study of the phenomenon of "lifestyle politics."
Nations and Citizens in Yugoslavia and the Post-Yugoslav States
(2015)
The first study of citizenship in Yugoslavia, and the post-Yugoslav states, from 1914 to the present day.
Toy Story
(2018)
A collection of original essays on Toy Story, exploring its themes, techniques, and cultural significance.
Propaganda and Neutrality
(2023)
This is the first broad-ranging, comprehensive and comparative study of the concepts of propaganda and neutrality. Bringing together world-leading and early career historians, this open access book explores case studies ...
mHealth in Practice
(2012)
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. There has recently been an explosion of interest around the application of mobile ...
The Future of Europe
(2019)
This open access book takes the current state of the Union seriously. The European Union is at a crossroads. Slowly recovering from a series of financial and economic crises, with trust fundamentally shaken by processes ...
Collective Intentionality and the Study of Religion
(2023)
In this open access book, Andrea Rota makes the case for philosophical, theoretical, and empirical approaches to the study of religion, drawing on ongoing debates and challenging individualist perspectives. Rota begins ...
Marine Resources, Climate Change and International Management Regimes
(2022)
This open access volume examines how international institutions set up to manage marine living resources are adapting to the effects of climate change on the geographic distribution of these resources. In the Barents Sea, ...
Working the Spaces of Power
(2012)
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. This book highlights the way in which contemporary forms of governance, policy and ...
Co-creating Videogames
(2013)
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Co-creativity has become a significant cultural and economic phenomenon. Media consumers ...
New Realism and Contemporary Philosophy
(2020)
This open access book advances the current debate in continental realism. In the field of contemporary continental ontology, Speculative Realist thinkers are now grappling with the genealogy of their ideas in the history ...
Race, Tea and Colonial Resettlement
(2017)
Historian Jane McCabe leads us through a compelling research journey that began with uncovering the story of her own grandmother, Lorna Peters, one of 130 adolescents resettled in New Zealand under the scheme between 1908 ...
The Charity Market and Humanitarianism in Britain, 1870-1912
(2018)
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Manchester University. This book examines the business of charity - ...
Making Another World Possible
(2013)
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Making Another World Possible identifies the British contribution to the genealogy of ...