The art of poverty International institutions`The art of poverty` is the first book in English to analyse depictions of beggars in sixteenth century European art. It develops a striking thesis, arguing that such images largely conformed to two paradoxical, though complimentary, traditions: the one ironising, the other idealising.
Technological change in broadcasting has enabled us to open up media markets
Considering selected films representing three periods in history - World Wars I and II
this book showcases the beautiful strangeness and profound resistance in Svich's work
The first anthology of primary material interdisciplinary study of the history of the South Asian presence in Britain over the period 1870-1950
Comprising his short unpublished autobiography
Sophie Haspeslagh introduces the concept of ‘linguistic ceasefire’ which becomes a central pre-condition for the initiation of a peace process
Fully revised and updated from the 1992 edition
• What is the role of language in theatre today
Turning the conventional Break-Up of Britain narrative inside-out
with a Discoverie of Woodkarne is one of the best and least known works produced in England on Tudor Ireland
This book uses the case study of public television in post-communist Latvia to explore how audiences respond to TV offerings and how their choices can be seen as an act of agency
especially in English
