War and Peace

War and PeaceThe book explores the role of religion in war and peace through nine original contributions that examine a range of case studies from different historical periods. Religion, the volume suggests, is typically not the cause of human conflict, but rather the product of actions by the state and the legal system.

beginning with her emergence as a teenage star in Victor Erice’s El Sur (1983)

A collection of essays on the legendary actress that uses archival sources in the US and UK to re-examine her attitude to acting and the public perception of her work

The Prewords chapter is available to read for free here

being one of the most recognizable pieces of fiction ever published

in twentieth-century Britain

In an age when script manuals for students are disappearing at a rapid rate and writing samples are ephemeral

statements and interviews

which highlights the criminal court as a space for publicising and negotiating models of the self

It explores how radical discourse can impact on dominant cultural forms such as television

good curating work also requires more theoretical attention

to name just two) to more recent contributions (Gontarski

It provides an opportunity to hear history as it happened