Winner of AAL Book Award 2020 Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2018

The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Language is the first comprehensive survey of the intersection between language and human mobility in today's globalized world. Now in its newly updated second edition, this handbook broadens its scope to include chapters on the mobility of disabled people, ethics of working with vulnerable migrant groups, and diversifying knowledge production relating to mobility.

This vital resource combines interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives across fields such as migration studies, geography, philosophy, sociology, and anthropology. Featuring over 30 chapters written by leading experts from around the world, this book

• examines how core constructs such as community, place, language, diversity, identity, nation-state, and social stratification are being retheorized in the context of human mobility;
• analyzes the impact of the "mobility turn" on language use, including the parallel "multilingual turn" and the concept of translanguaging;
• discusses the migration of skilled and unskilled workers, various forms of displacement, and new superdiverse and diaspora communities;
• explores new research orientations and methodologies, such as mobile and participatory research, multisited ethnography, and the mixing of research methods;
• investigates the place of language in citizenship, educational policies, employment, and social services.

This handbook is a foundational text for researchers and students interested in migration studies, language policy, sociolinguistics, and development studies.

Historical Archaeology offers students a comprehensive and accessible introduction to historical archaeology and highlights the regional, cultural, and ethnic diversity of the modern historical period.

This volume covers key methods and concepts, including fundamental theories and principles, the history of the field, and basic definitions; it also includes a practical look at career prospects for interested readers. It discusses central topics of archaeological research such as time and space, survey and excavation methods, and analytical techniques, encouraging readers to consider the possible meanings of artifacts. This fourth edition has been heavily revised to reflect the changes to the discipline. As well as updating the case studies, the many revisions include the following: information on new technological approaches in surveying, excavating, and documenting sites and buildings; a focus on global cultural preservation and heritage; updates on maritime and underwater archaeology; and new additions on conflict archaeology. A new chapter on Indigenous and underserved community voices in archaeology, drawing on recent scholarship, has been added to reflect the importance of this topic in current teaching.

Drawing on the author's extensive experience as an historical archaeologist, Historical Archaeology continues to be an ideal resource for students studying this rapidly expanding global field, demonstrating the real importance of this subject to our understanding of the world in which we live today.

The rise of toxic male influencers and the Manosphere means that all over the country, boys are at risk of misogynistic radicalisation. Schools need to be proactive in their efforts to combat misogyny, and this book will help them do just that. It explains how misogyny shows up in classrooms, corridors, and group chats, and, crucially, what we can do to challenge it.

Combining the latest research, personal anecdote, and expert advice, the book provides guidance on tackling misogyny in all aspects of school life from the curriculum and behaviour policies to the corridors and tutor time. Packed with evidence-based strategies and real examples, the chapters cover:

* The Manosphere: what is it and what can we do about it?

* Social media, internet porn, and the role of influencers

* The impact of misogyny on young people

* Combatting misogyny and sexual harassment

* How to have meaningful and effective discussions

Written by Matt Pinkett, teacher, bestselling author, and expert on adolescent masculinity, this is essential reading for teachers and school leaders wanting to better understand, discuss, and address misogyny and sexual harassment in their schools.

The Handbook initiates a necessary conversation regarding the implications of AI for human rights, social justice and equity in education. Chapters offer unique, interdisciplinary perspectives, challenging common assumptions and dominant narratives, and providing frameworks for understanding AI's influence on teaching, learning and governance. Drawing on in-depth reviews and empirical data, the Handbook advocates for critical engagement with the connections between AI and education and for decisive policy and regulation to control its growing impact on educational environments and beyond.

The Handbook is a vital resource for graduate students and academics working in education, educational technologies and AI in education, particularly those open to exploring critical approaches to the field. It is also an essential read for educators and higher education administrators and professionals grappling with the impact of AI on their institutions, as well as policymakers developing AI policy and regulations for education.

Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, An Introduction to Theories of Learning has provided a uniquely sweeping review of the major learning theories from the 20th century that profoundly influenced the field of psychology. The four main goals of this text are to define learning, to show how the learning process is studied, to place learning theory in a historical perspective, and to present essential features of the major theories of learning with implications for educational practices.

In this new edition, the authors have retained the best features of earlier additions while expanding and enhancing its application to modern scholarship. Key features of the eleventh edition include:

• Enhanced neuroscience integration, including discussions on cortical waves, mirror neurons, memory consolidation, and brain-based evidence supporting classic learning theories.
• The incorporation of new findings on species-specific behaviors and habituation, including insightful problem-solving in birds and the neurobiological basis of insight in humans.
• New sections on artificial intelligence applications in education, improved study techniques based on large-scale research, and the implementation of learning principles in public health.
• Enhanced pedagogy to increase engagement, including interactive online self-testing questions.

Bringing together contributions from throughout history through to the modern day, this is an essential resource for applied cognitive psychology courses and all those interested in the processes that underlie learning in human beings and animals.

Central and Eastern European Women Academics in the UK: Making Britain Home brings together creative, reflexive and conceptually-rich contributions from 30 women academics of Central and Eastern European heritage who have established careers in UK higher education.

Through essays, poetry, soundscapes and visual storytelling, the volume explores their migration trajectories and academic working lives, and the ways in which they negotiate identities and construct spaces of belonging within their communities and workplaces. The book situates these widely resonant and universal narratives within the socio-political and economic transformations of post-2004 Britain, including the 2008 financial crisis, the 2016 EU referendum, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing marketisation of higher education. It critically examines the evolving nature of academic labour and the challenges faced by migrant academics in navigating these shifting landscapes.

Central and Eastern European Women Academics in the UK: Making Britain Home is key reading for academics in the UK, Europe and beyond who are navigating the challenging landscape of higher education, as well as scholars in sociology researching migration, identity and belonging.

Project-Based Learning is a buzzword, but what if we shifted it to People-Based Learning? In this insightful book, researcher and experience designer Jane Shore offers a practical guide to building a People-Based Learning orientation in schools, workplaces, and everyday life. The approach reframes learning as something we do with and through one another, where students, colleagues, and communities can all be teachers, guides, and learners.

Learning is not just the transfer of knowledge but the cultivation of connection. People-Based Learning emphasizes shared experiences, co-created knowledge, and human relationships over isolated, text-based approaches. It values diverse perspectives, hands-on collaboration, and real-world application. It also nurtures essential capacities: seeing others, managing ambiguity, learning how to learn, cultivating self-awareness, demonstrating discernment, grappling with ethics and values, and recognizing interdependence and complexity.

Accompanied by evocative visuals and hand-drawn art, this book invites readers to both see and feel the possibilities of People-Based Learning. By learning from people as much as from content, we create environments where knowledge is deepened, skills are sharpened, and dispositions for lifelong learning take root. Together, we can build cultures, whether in classrooms, teams, or communities, where every voice is heard, every story is valued, and learning flourishes in the richness of our shared humanity.

Arguing that all teachers are necessarily language teachers in increasingly diverse settings, this book explores how language shapes learning across subjects to support inclusive teaching. It helps teachers develop the skills needed to teach inclusively and redefines multilingualism beyond "foreign" language proficiency to include social language, professional language and subject literacies in response to globalisation and cultural and linguistic diversity in educational settings.

Featuring the voices of novice and expert teachers and teacher educators across a range of disciplines and contexts, the volume demonstrates the importance of social skills such as empathy, cultural awareness and open-mindedness within these diverse educational settings. Chapters combine international perspectives with practical strategies and real-world case studies, as well as reflection points and opportunities for action planning; specifically designed "language challenges" aimed at inspiring teachers to develop language curious classrooms are interwoven through the book. Ultimately, the volume is designed to help recognise and unlock the full linguistic repertoire of teachers, students and mentors to develop high-quality and inclusive pedagogies that target linguistic and emotional barriers to closing existing attainment gaps.

The book will be valuable reading for pre-service and in-service teachers and teacher educators, as well as language and linguistics students and teachers specifically. Undergraduate students working in inclusive and multicultural education will also benefit from the volume.

The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Compulsivity and Clinical Sexology is a cutting-edge and comprehensive guide to understanding compulsive sexual behaviours (CSBs) in-depth in the twenty-first century.

Drawing on classic conceptualisations as well as the most recent research, the handbook evaluates and critiques undue pathologisation of diverse sexual behaviours, as well as identifying areas of concern for thorough assessment and treatment. It centres on the knowledge of clinical sexology and includes discussions around the diagnostic criteria of CSB disorder by the ICD-11 (WHO), filling the gaps in the literature with up-to-date scientific knowledge. It promotes multiple therapeutic modalities for treatment and considers perspectives from populations who have historically been harmed by pseudo-diagnosis, such as LGBTQ+ people and sex workers. All this takes place within a sex-positive lens, with robust ethical consideration, as well as curiosity and cultural humility. This handbook is a significant contribution to the literature on sexual compulsivity research and clinical practice, particularly in including diverse populations, erotic orientations, sexual minorities, and effective therapeutic methods. Topics include debating sex addiction versus CSBs, pornography-related distress, CSBs and trauma, kink-informed therapy, and more. The handbook includes crucial contributions in the field from an international team of specialist clinicians. It follows the great tradition of sexology in its sex-positive philosophy, innovative thinking, and respect for social justice.

This handbook is essential to psychologists, psychotherapists, sexologists, sex therapists, and psychiatrists. It will be useful for individual practitioners, students, and researchers in clinical sexology worldwide.

Literacy is the bedrock of culture, curriculum, and classroom practice - it is the key that unlocks learning and social mobility for pupils across all phases. However, the world of literacy leadership is full of complexity, challenge, and competing priorities. This handbook provides essential guidance for leaders responsible for developing literacy and learning across schools and trusts, dismantling the 'knowing doing' gap through evidence-based strategies.

Drawing on extensive research around effective implementation, the book explores key roles, responsibilities, and practices required for successful literacy leadership. It guides readers through developing literacy knowledge and expertise, preparing and delivering implementation plans, and evaluating and sustaining impact over time. With an explicit focus on a phased approach - exploration, preparation, delivery, and sustainability - the chapters offer practical strategies to:

• Develop literacy knowledge and expertise
• Develop a literacy leadership plan
• Lead effective professional development
• Target intervention pathways
• Create a culture of literacy
• Evaluate and sustain impact

Including examples and case studies from experienced literacy leaders across different schools and regions, this is the 'go-to' resource for all primary and secondary school leaders wanting to improve literacy outcomes for every learner across all subject areas.

In a time of rapid educational change, Innovative Teacher Training delivers a bold and accessible roadmap for reimagining teacher education. From pre-service and in-service training to vocational education, it blends global perspectives with actionable strategies to tackle societal, technological, and pedagogical challenges.

Spanning international contexts, the book showcases fresh and meaningful ways to improve teacher education while prioritizing socio-emotional well-being, interdisciplinary collaboration, and reflective practice. It provides grounded examples of co-teaching models, trauma-informed care, blended learning, participatory pedagogies, and research-based supervision, alongside solutions to systemic issues like teacher shortages, curriculum reforms, and digital integration. Organized into four thematic sections, it explores the current landscape of teacher training, advancements in vocational and primary education, insights from early childhood education, and lessons from student perspectives.

Essential for teachers, educators, researchers, policymakers, and institutional leaders, this book offers a rich blend of case studies, theoretical insights, and practical models. It empowers readers to rethink teacher education as a dynamic, collaborative process and provides the tools to build inclusive, future-ready systems in a rapidly evolving world.

This book aims to rethink the intersection between inclusion and gender in civil society, media, academic, and policy discourses across Europe.

With a critical and participatory approach, this book advances the concept of 'situated intersectionality' to rethink empowerment as a dynamic process shaped by local contexts. Drawing on rich data from the Horizon Europe project ReIncluGen, this book examines discourses on gender empowerment and inclusion in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Poland, and Spain. From both academic and civil society perspectives, the volume explores how these discourses are addressed, as well as how they contribute to, or reduce, inequalities. These insights further our understanding, reflecting on innovative practices used by civil society and policymakers to foster social change.

This book assembles chapters that will be of interest to scholars and students of gender studies, sociology, migration, and media studies, as well as practitioners, policymakers, and CSOs working on issues of migration, diversity, equality, and inclusion. It offers valuable insights for anyone seeking to understand and support inclusive practices that foster a more equitable European future.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license

This book challenges the persistent myth of a singular coming-out experience and introduces the concept of the "safety dance," a recurring and complex set of assessments and adjustments LGBTQIA+ individuals engage in when determining whether, and when, to disclose their identity. The notion of the safety dance is based on data and insights from interviews with 69 LGBTQ+ adults' lived experience of identity disclosure and exposure ("coming out") in various regions throughout the United States.

Presenting first-hand experiences of LGBTQIA+ people as they navigate US society, it highlights the interaction of social forces (region, generation, politics) and social institutions (family, work, religion) as critical variables impacting decisions. Ultimately, it provides a way of understanding this ever-present feature in the lives of LGBTQIA+ people through examining their approaches, awareness, assessments, and adjustments to the social scenarios they encounter.

Broad in its approach and subjective in its understanding, Forever Coming Out will appeal to scholars and students in Sociology, American Studies, Political Science, Cultural Studies, and Gender and Sexuality Studies. A valuable insight with compelling narratives illustrating the lives of LGBTQIA+ individuals, this book invites anyone seeking to understand the complexities and nuances of navigating the world as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Many teachers face challenges in managing daily classroom behavior, which may result in trial-and-error methods that can be time-consuming and ineffective. This guide addresses these challenges by providing clear, evidence-based practices for effectively managing behavior issues. It empowers educators to create positive, productive learning environments, ensuring that every student has the opportunity to thrive.

Organized into 12 accessible chapters, this book equips educators with straightforward strategies grounded in the science of applied behavior analysis. Each chapter provides step-by-step instructions for implementing proven techniques, emphasizing the importance of understanding behavioral functions, reinforcement, promoting self-management, and making data-driven decisions. The strategies are tried, tested, and ready to use, enabling teachers to prevent disruptive behaviors and strengthen academic engagement across diverse classroom settings. Areas covered include effective peer tutoring, choice-making, fluency-based instruction, token economies, guided notes, active student engagement, and classroom management. Readers will also learn how to troubleshoot common challenges, evaluate the success of their strategies, and adapt interventions to suit their unique needs.

This is essential reading for teachers, teachers-in-training, teaching assistants, special and inclusive educators, and behavior analysts, offering a wealth of evidence-based and practical tools that enable positive change to promote student success in the classroom.

Audio erotica is sexually explicit audio-only content, designed to arouse the listener and bring them fulfilment. While it has existed for a long time, it has achieved significant popularity in recent years, driven by apps like Quinn, Dipsea, Emjoy, and Ferly. Notably, these apps - and many like them - were founded by women and are predominantly targeted to female audiences, making audio erotica a fascinating form of "porn for women".

Audio Erotica focuses on these four apps as the contemporary "face" of audio erotica. Through textual and paratextual analysis, it offers an overview of the types and genres of erotic content available on the apps. It situates audio erotica in histories and lineages of both pornography and erotica (and feminist thought about them) and audio media. Moreover, it situates audio erotica in the context of several key discourses, such as wellness, authenticity, and intimacy, as it analyses the ways in which the apps imagine their female listener and what she wants from sexually explicit media - which is, importantly, different from what men are imagined as wanting from pornography.

This is the first book-length study of audio erotica, making it a foundational resource for anyone doing research in the area. It offers a multifaceted understanding of the form and makes several key contributions to studies of sexually explicit media directed towards women and discourses around female sexual desire.

Contributors engage with the theoretical and practical application of gender mainstreaming across diverse policy areas, such as health, education, climate and migration. Chapter authors discuss key topics including feminist theory, polarization, gender-based violence and decolonization. They also address gender mainstreaming's limitations and potential future, encouraging reflexive and forward-looking thinking in order to ask whether the concept remains a useful and transformative strategy.

The Research Handbook on Gender Mainstreaming is an indispensable reference for students and academics in gender studies, political science, public policy and sociology. It also provides valuable practical tools for practitioners, policymakers and activists involved in advancing gender+ equality.

The Routledge Handbook of Music and Dance Performances in the Ancient Mediterranean: An Interpretive Approach brings together research from the subdiscipline of archaeomusicology, or music archaeology, with new perspectives from art history, the archaeology of performance, and sensory studies, to provide a comprehensive overview of music and dance in the ancient Mediterranean world. Through an archaeological approach to performance that places musical and dance activities within an actual or symbolic space, the book utilizes the study of instruments and sound objects to provide a valuable investigation that can shed light on the ritual meaning and social function of sonic events, as well as on the role of musicians and dancers in antiquity

Including Egypt, the Near East, Greece, Etruria, and Rome, this handbook emphasizes the evidence from material culture for both ritual and everyday contexts. Providing a useful reference for anyone coming to this field of research for the first time, this volume introduces the varied modes of inquiry that have directed the study of ancient music and dance, and offers new possibilities for future study.

Neoliberal Feminism and the Discourse of Self-Improvement utilises feminist

critical discourse analysis to examine the language and narratives within self-help

literature targeted at women.

Giuliana Ferri critically explores the discourse of self-improvement, focusing

on how neoliberal values of empowerment and individual fulfilment have been

co-opted by elite feminism as a "technology of the self". She unpacks how this

discourse constructs an idealised image of the "empowered woman"-one who

is portrayed as capable of overcoming patriarchy through the affirmation of

innate strength and resilience. Drawing on Marxist feminism and feminist

social reproduction theory, the book highlights how neoliberal feminism markets

women as entrepreneurs, "badass feminists", and successful working

mothers, all while obscuring the realities of increasing work precarization and

flexibilisation in post-industrial societies.

Through its feminist critical discourse analysis, the book reveals how these

seemingly empowering narratives shift the responsibility for systemic change

onto individuals, rather than positioning feminism as a collective, anti-capitalist

movement for liberation. By integrating applied linguistics with Marxist feminism

and social reproduction theory, this text provides a unique interdisciplinary perspective,

making it a key reading for scholars and students of language, gender,

and economic systems.

In a clinical landscape where traditional therapy models have historically been researched, constructed from, and designed for white heterosexual couples, this book offers an innovative framework to address the challenges, nuances, and strengths of diverse identities and relationships.

Drawing from Attachment Theory, Structural Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and the rich history and resiliency of Black LGBTQIA+ communities from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary Ballroom culture, Multidynamic Relational Therapy (MRT) transforms centuries of wisdom and resilience into a practical five-step framework. This model specifically addresses issues of rigidity, power dynamics, and attunement in loving relationships while helping client systems break free from society's limiting scripts about love and connection. Through compelling clinical examples, Dr. Pennant demonstrates how this framework helps individuals navigate intimate relationships and generational trauma, moving beyond merely solving problems to achieve "Radical Emancipation"- the complete rewriting of relationship rules to create partnerships that are authentically their own.

This pioneering book provides clinicians with a versatile framework applicable to individuals, couples, families, and various relational constellations. It is an essential resource for therapists, counselors, and mental health professionals committed to culturally responsive practice and helping clients develop relationship patterns that honor their full humanity and unique relational needs.

Designing Lessons in the AI-Infused Classroom shows middle- and high-school teachers how to redesign their lessons and units with intentional use of artificial intelligence (AI). In a world where students can use AI tools to complete traditional assignments without actually learning anything, educators' new challenge is to design learning experiences that AI can't do for them. This book offers unit structures that tap into student curiosity, creativity, and collaborative potential through AI-supported learning across content areas. These ready-to-use strategies can be applied right away-without a steep learning curve-to help educators enhance proven classroom practices with AI's potential. Educators will find frameworks and unit models that are practical and flexible, designed to work with the tools and pedagogy that teachers already know by enhancing traditional methods without replacing them. The author's original five-stage lesson framework aligns meaningfully with academic goals and incorporates project-based learning, differentiated instruction, and authentic assessment. Teachers, teacher-leaders, and school technology coordinators will be better prepared to rethink traditional instruction and use AI to complement rather than replace human interaction and self-expression.

Technology has become fully integrated into the ecologies in which we live, including our ways of making and making sense of theater, dance, and performance.

While these practices have long histories of incorporating tools and instruments in live performances, from masks, to amplification, lighting, and stagecraft, technology today can no longer be understood as a tool complementing essentially non-technological behaviors or environments. Technologies and how they are developed and used are informed by ideas, assumptions, and practices that are culturally and historically situated and have material impacts. Whether implicitly or intentionally, we are always already operating in and requiring creative and critical means of engaging with technoscientific lifeworlds. Authors in this volume show how human-technology intersections within the performing arts reflect developments in the world at large and how artistic inquiry might contribute to or intervene in these tendencies. Together, the chapters in this volume offer a broad view that includes diverse types of performances and a range of technologies without imposing these as categories on a field that does not operate along the lines of such categorizations.

This broad view also allows us to bring together discourses and subjects that have been discussed separately in relation to different genres or aspects of performance, different types of technologies, or from the perspective of different technology-related concerns, including interactivity, immersion, inter-, multi-, and transmediality, equity, futurisms, archival practices, and new dramaturgies.

This book uses rigorous case studies with definitive conclusions and develops a critical Cultural Studies perspective on both the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) and diversity politics.

Through examining sophisticated processes through which race is negotiated and produced across film, television, public relations and advertising, this book reveals how these industries simultaneously understand race uniformly while operating through heterogeneous structures that both address and enact racism. This analysis exposes the contradictory nature of creative industries that publicly champion inclusivity while perpetuating systemic inequalities through their operational structures. By examining specific sectors within the CCIs, the book illustrates how racial difference is managed, commodified and reproduced through seemingly progressive diversity initiatives. Nwonka and Keddo call for a radical reconceptualisation of how we understand the CCIs' production and management of racial difference, challenging readers to move beyond surface-level diversity metrics towards deeper structural analysis of how creative industries function as sites of racial negotiation.

Race and Racism in the Cultural and Creative Industries' critical examination provides essential insights for scholars, practitioners and policymakers working within creative industries, offering frameworks for understanding the complex relationship between cultural production, racial identity and systemic inequality in contemporary Britain.

This book gathers evidence and case studies from various parts of Europe and across the different sectors that comprise the creative industries, including the visual and performing arts, popular music, the platform economy, and film.

The creative economy has been lauded by national and regional governments for its job-creating potential, even though the jobs created might be insecure or poorly paid. This edited collection emerges from a research network examining this contradiction. It gathers empirical material and case studies across European creative sectors to explore how creative work is perceived by both workers and policymakers, and how these understandings shape practical worker support. The volume brings together renowned European experts from cultural sociology, cultural studies, and creative labour research. Combining cross-national writing teams with focused national case studies, it provides comprehensive insights into diverse creative economies across Europe. Addressing the tension between the creative economy's promise and workers' lived experiences, it examines how cultural and economic policies intersect with social inequalities, determining who can access and thrive in creative careers. The research reveals both the challenges facing creative workers and emerging strategies for creating more equitable opportunities. Through analysis of macro-level policy frameworks alongside micro-level worker experiences, this book offers nuanced perspectives and examines the structural factors that shape the conditions of creative work.

With insights from renowned European experts, Creative and Cultural Work in Europe will be of value to those studying and researching cultural policy, labour studies, and the creative industries more broadly.

Migration is a politically sensitive topic and an important aspect of contentious debates about social and cultural diversity, economic stability, terrorism, globalization, and nationalism. Global Migration: The Basics, Second Edition provides an accessible and balanced introduction to this important area of study, presenting a detailed examination of current scholarship, demographic patterns, and public policy debates to discuss:

* the history and geography of global migration

* the role of migrants in society

* the impact of migrants on the economy and the political system

* the policy challenges that need to be addressed in a rapidly changing and increasingly conflictual world

With a series of engaging case studies, a glossary of key terminology and suggestions for further reading, Global Migration: The Basics, Second Edition exposes readers to the underlying causes and consequences of migration. Fully revised and updated, this second edition is an essential read for students and scholars alike wishing to look beyond the rhetoric and consider the facts about migration.

This book presents a critical examination of how cultural forms, ranging from cinema and TV to literature, address class within the overarching context of a crisis conjuncture, specifically the period following the 2008 financial crash. It demonstrates how culture serves as a crucial site for capturing the contemporary "structure of feeling", publicly mediating the period's pervasive social anxieties, latent aspirations and political antagonisms.

Methodologically, the book bridges critical political economy and cultural theory, to analyse the environmental, political, humanitarian and economic symptoms of the late capitalist crisis as represented in culture. Through its dissection of both major and minor works across genres (such as satire, horror and autofiction) produced in the centres and peripheries of global capitalism, the book highlights how class experiences like privilege, precarity and ressentiment are narrativized. Findings reveal that while commercial media often reproduce middle-class hegemony through ethical but depoliticized critiques of capitalism, minor works engage more substantively with proletarian struggles and lost revolutionary futures. Underscoring culture's dual role in sustaining and challenging neoliberal ideology, it argues that emergent oppositional practices rooted in historical memory offer potential pathways for the development of class consciousness.

Bridging theory and praxis, it will appeal not only to scholars interested in cultural sociology, literature, and politics but also to those in the arts, and to students of media, sociology, cinema, literature and cultural studies.

This book reveals how policies, public sentiments, and international negotiations converged to reshape migration governance in the 1970s, a pivotal decade which serves as a crucial starting point for grappling with one of the twenty-first century's defining issues.

Expansive government interventions, growing public resistance, and the first serious efforts at global migration governance left an enduring legacy. Tracing the shift from relative North-South openness to new restrictions and from East-West closure to cautious openness, the book explores how migration governance transformed in response to economic pressures, decolonisation, and Cold War geopolitics. Covering case studies from Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, contributors analyse the emergence of migration as a political flashpoint - from legislative change and international diplomacy to grassroots activism. The book innovates by connecting diverse world regions and actors - state and non-state alike - and by reassessing the role of international organisations such as the ILO, UNHCR, and ICEM.

Essential reading for academics and general readers alike, The Global Migration Turn offers a ground-breaking interpretation of the 1970s as a turning point in global migration governance. It equips readers with critical historical insight into contemporary challenges surrounding migration and international cooperation.

Narratives of Cultural Identity in Contemporary Arab Cinema examines emerging cinema from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and recent diasporic/transnational productions from the Levant.

Although several books have been written on Arab cinema, there remains a need to consider the role of emerging film industry in the GGC countries, or states in which cinema production is relatively scant. Academic studies on cinema in the Arab world have long concerned themselves with traditional film production centers, which is understandable as for decades the Arab film industry has been dominated by Egypt. The work also reflects on national agendas, role of government initiatives, and individuals who were instrumental in fostering cinema. It glimpses into vibrant cultures that have been at the mercy of stereotypical representations and demonstrates how recent films act as counter-narratives to dominant discourse.

This book is intended primarily for scholars and researchers in Cultural, Film, Literature, and Media Studies who have a general interest in cinema from non-Western regions, with a particular focus on the Arab world. It is a valuable addition to existing scholarship through its focus on peripheral film centers, which have received limited academic attention.

This book reimagines what art institutions might become through the lens of three permaculture design principles-observe and interact, obtain a yield, and use and value diversity.

Structured in three parts, the book moves between theory, case studies, and in-depth conversations with artists, curators, and collectives who are already reshaping institutional practices from within. Part 1, Observe and interact: transecting current multiple crises in art institutions, examines the limitations of European funding frameworks and their effects on institutional behaviour. Part 2, Obtain a yield: networks of relationships, resources, and practices, looks at how institutions might cultivate forms of reciprocity and resilience that extend beyond economic value. Part 3, Use and value diversity: imagi(ni)ng alternative narratives and futures, embraces diversity and multiplicity as conditions for institutional renewal.

Rather than providing conclusions, this book invites readers to imagine and co-create the art institutions of the future-fluid, diverse, and deeply intertwined with the ecosystems in which they exist. It will appeal to scholars and upper-level students of cultural studies, social change, cultural management and policy, gender studies, race and racism, and ecology and environmental studies.

Migration on the Ballot? re-examines the 1964 election contest at Smethwick. It considers the impact of deindustrialisation, urban redevelopment, and migration on the town, alongside the candidates and parties who stood, and how commentators have shaped our understanding of the result.

The 1964 election was supposed to be a success for Labour Leader Harold Wilson. Yet, while his party returned to power after thirteen years in opposition, the defeat of Shadow Cabinet Minister Patrick Gordon Walker by the Conservative Peter Griffiths at Smethwick overshadowed Labour's victory. In a town affected by economic, urban, and demographic change, Griffiths ran a campaign most remembered for its anti-migrant rhetoric. A 'safe' Labour seat in the West Midlands not only voted Conservative but also became a metonym for 'racial politics', influencing national debates about migration and impacting the new Labour Government's agenda. However, despite its continued notoriety, the campaign remains under-interrogated, with scholarly attention notable either for its obsolescence or brevity. This study seeks to understand how far these Conservative appeals actually determined the outcome, or whether a more complicated story lies beneath.

This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and those interested in modern British political history, elections, and their outcomes.