Forthcoming Humanities Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Feminist Challenges

   Social and Political Theory

   Edited by Carole Pateman, Elizabeth Grosz

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   In Feminist Challenges, first published in 1987, new and established scholars demonstrate the application of feminism in a range of academic disciplines including history, philosophy, politics, and sociology. As Carole Pateman notes in her introduction, ‘all the contributors raise some...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Suffer and Be Still (Routledge Revivals)

   Women in the Victorian Age

   Edited by Martha Vicinus

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1972, this book contains a collection of ten essays that document the feminine stereotypes that women fought against, and only partially erased, a hundred years ago. In an introductory essay, Martha Vicinus describes the perfect Victorian lady, showing that the ideal was a...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
3. A Widening Sphere (Routledge Revivals)

   Changing Roles of Victorian Women

   Edited by Martha Vicinus

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1977, this book is a companion volume to Suffer and Be Still. It looks at the widening sphere of women’s activities in the Victorian age and testifies to the dual nature of the legal and social constraints of the period: on the one hand, the ideal of the perfect lady and the...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
4. Sport and Film

   By Seán Crosson

   Series: Frontiers of Sport

   The sports film has become one of commercial cinema's most recognizable genres. From classic boxing films such as Raging Bull (1980) to soccer-themed box-office successes like Bend it Like Beckham (2002), the sports film stands at the interface of two of our most important cultural forms. This book...

   To Be Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
5. Interpretive Approaches to Global Climate Governance

   (De)constructing the Greenhouse

   Edited by Chris Methmann, Delf Rothe, Benjamin Stephan

   Series: Interventions

   Global climate change is perceived to be one of the biggest challenges for international politics in the 21st century. This work seeks to fuse a global governance perspective together with different interpretive approaches, offering a novel way of looking at international climate politics. Equipped...

   To Be Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
6. Deleuze & Guattari

   Emergent Law

   By Jamie Murray

   Series: Nomikoi Critical Legal Thinkers

   Deleuze & Guattari: Emergent Law is an exposition and development of Deleuze & Guattari's legal theory. Although there has been considerable interest in Deleuze & Guattari in critical legal studies, as well as considerable interest in legality in Deleuze & Guattari studies, this is...

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge-Cavendish
7. Promotional Culture and Convergence

   Markets, Methods, Media

   By Helen Powell

   The rapid growth of promotional material through the internet, social media, and entertainment culture has created consumers who are seeking out their own information to guide their purchasing decisions. Promotional Culture and Convergence analyses the environments necessary for creating a...

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
8. Neoliberalism and Global Cinema

   Capital, Culture, and Marxist Critique

   Edited by Jyotsna Kapur, Keith Wagner

   Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

   In cinema studies today, rarely do we find a direct investigation into the culture of capitalism and how it has been refracted and fabricated in global cinema production under neoliberalism. However, the current economic crisis and the subsequent Wall Street bailout in 2008 have brought about a...

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
9. Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas

   Edited by K. Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake

   India is the largest film producing country in the world and its output has a global reach. After years of marginalisation by academics in the Western world, Indian cinemas have moved from the periphery to the centre of the world cinema in a comparatively short space of time. Bringing together...

   To Be Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. Sourcebook for Political Communication Research

    Methods, Measures, and Analytical Techniques

    Edited by Erik P. Bucy, R. Lance Holbert

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    The Sourcebook for Political Communication Research will offer scholars, students, researchers, and other interested readers a comprehensive source for state-of-the-art/field research methods, measures, and analytical techniques in the field of political communication. The need for this Sourcebook...

    To Be Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge