Symbols and Myth-Making in Modernity

Symbols and Myth-Making in ModernitySymbols and Myth Making in Modernity unpacks the deep culture that nourishes human perception of reality through symbols. From ancient, mythical creatures and rites through Renaissance masterpieces to cinema, religion and art, the book illustrates how ever present symbols erupt in popular culture today and what work they do in transforming self and society.

Directory of World Cinema: American Independent chronicles the rise of the independent sector as an outlet for directors who challenge the status quo

This book investigates both short- and long-term responses to disaster in the British Caribbean

the Americas

Visual Cultures is the first study of the place of visuality and literacy in specific nations around the world

The international list of contributors includes Jim Carmody

where commercialism and later the market economy revolutionised social relationships

World Film Locations: Las Vegas goes beyond the clichés of Sin City to examine what Hal Rothman and Mike Davis called 'the grit beneath the glitter'

With contributions from major scholars such as Mikel J

Agents of European overseas empires examines networks of trade and communication on a global scale whose activities enabled early modern European overseas empires

It proposes inter-referencing between South and East as a space of political possibilities emerging through and despite of the violence of Europeanisation

examines the relationship between scientific claims and practices

The eleven essays approach tropes and figures from multiple perspectives: genre