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Perspectives on Flourishing in Schools
This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on …
Augustine and Ethics
Augustine and Ethics examines the topic of ethics in the life and works of Augustine of Hippo. Adopting a global perspective on ethics as a field of philosophical and theological …
The Entangled Labor Histories of Brazil and the United States
Workers in Brazil and the United States have followed parallel and entangled histories for many centuries. Recent experiences with progressive, popular presidents and …
Global Perspectives on the Liminality of the Supernatural
Taking a broad interpretation of “supernatural” to include anything beyond nature, Global Perspectives on the Liminality of the Supernatural examines the liminality of …
Racing the Storm
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land and gravely affected the lives of many people in the states along the Gulf Coast. Katrina went beyond demonstrating the devastating …
Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements
In the late 2000s, the Walt Disney Company expanded, rebranded, and recast itself around “woke,” empowered entertainment. This new era revitalized its princess franchise, seeking …
Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers
Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender …
The Joke Is on Us
This edited volume brings together scholars of comedy to assess how political comedy encounters neoliberal themes in contemporary media. Central to this task is the notion of …
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver
Leon R. Kass has been helping Americans better understand the human condition for over four decades—as a teacher, writer, scholar, public champion of the humanities, and defender …
Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies
Few books have attempted to contextualize the importance of video game play with a critical social, cultural and political perspective that raises the question of the significance …
Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between
Current characters in children’s entertainment media illustrate a growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films …
Towards the River’s Mouth (Verso la foce), by Gianni Celati
Italian writer and filmmaker Gianni Celati’s 1989 philosophical travelogue Towards the River’s Mouth explores perception, memory, place and space as it recounts a series of …