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Feeling Revolution: Cinema, Genre, and the Politics of Affect under Stalin (2020)
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Toropova, A. (2020). Feeling Revolution: Cinema, Genre, and the Politics of Affect under Stalin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198831099.001.0001

Stalin-era cinema was a technology of emotional and affective education. The filmmakers of the period were called on to help forge the emotions and affects that befitted the New Soviet Person—ranging from happiness and victorious laughter to hatred f... Read More about Feeling Revolution: Cinema, Genre, and the Politics of Affect under Stalin.

The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance (2020)
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Fitzpatrick, A. (2020). The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance. Cambridge, Mass: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press). https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11739.001.0001

How small-scale drones, satellites, kites, and balloons are used by social movements for the greater good.

Drones are famous for doing bad things: weaponized, they implement remote-control war; used for surveillance, they threaten civil liberties... Read More about The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance.

Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c. 1400-1688 (2020)
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Ward, M., & Hefferan, M. (Eds.). (2020). Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c. 1400-1688. Palgrave Macmillan

Explores how loyalty to the British monarchs was cultivated, maintaine and expressed in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries.

Approaches the concept of loyalty from different perspectives: from the legislature, from the government and from relig... Read More about Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c. 1400-1688.

Corpus discourse and mental health (2020)
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Hunt, D., & Brookes, G. (2020). Corpus discourse and mental health. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Situated at the interface of corpus linguistics and health communication, Corpus, Discourse and Mental Health provides insights into the linguistic practices of members of three online support communities as they describe their experiences of living... Read More about Corpus discourse and mental health.

Toxic Truths: Environmental Justice and Citizen Science in a post-truth age (2020)
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Davies, T., & Mah, A. (Eds.). (2020). Toxic Truths: Environmental Justice and Citizen Science in a post-truth age. Manchester University Press

In an age of post-truth politics, where official science is increasingly under attack, what is the role for grassroots citizen science in environmental justice campaigns? The environmental justice movement has traditionally rallied against the misuse... Read More about Toxic Truths: Environmental Justice and Citizen Science in a post-truth age.

Professional Communication: Consultancy, Advocacy, Activism (2020)
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Mullany, L. (Ed.). (2020). Professional Communication: Consultancy, Advocacy, Activism. London: Palgrave Macmillan

This edited book presents contemporary empirical research investigating the use of language in professional settings, drawing on the contributions of a set of internationally-renowned authors. The book takes a critical approach to understanding profe... Read More about Professional Communication: Consultancy, Advocacy, Activism.

Painting and devotion in Golden Age Iberia: Luis de Morales (2020)
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Andrews, J. (2020). Painting and devotion in Golden Age Iberia: Luis de Morales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press

Luis de Morales, known as El Divino because of his intensely religious subject matter, is the most significant and recognisable Spanish painter of the mid-sixteenth century, the high point of the Spanish and Portuguese counter-reformations. He spent... Read More about Painting and devotion in Golden Age Iberia: Luis de Morales.

The End of Empire in Uganda: Decolonization and Institutional Conflict (2020)
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MAWBY, S. (2020). The End of Empire in Uganda: Decolonization and Institutional Conflict. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

The negative legacy of the British empire is often thought of in terms of war and economic exploitation, while the positive contribution is associated with the establishment of good governance and effective, modern institutions. In this new analysis... Read More about The End of Empire in Uganda: Decolonization and Institutional Conflict.

Drones for Good: How to Bring Sociotechnical Thinking into the Classroom (2020)
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Hoople, G. D., & Choi-Fitzpatrick, A. (2020). Drones for Good: How to Bring Sociotechnical Thinking into the Classroom. San Rafael, California (USA): Morgan & Claypool Publishers LLC. https://doi.org/10.2200/s00984ed1v01y202001ets024

What in the world is a social scientist doing collaborating with an engineer, and an engineer with a sociologist, and together on a book about drones and sociotechnical thinking in the classroom? This book emerges from a frustration that disciplinary... Read More about Drones for Good: How to Bring Sociotechnical Thinking into the Classroom.

Religion and Sexualities: Theories, Themes and Methodologies (2020)
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Page, S.-J., & Shipley, H. (2020). Religion and Sexualities: Theories, Themes and Methodologies. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315145945

This book examines key themes and concepts pertaining to religious and sexual identities and expressions, mapping theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions. It explores the ways in which debates around sexuality and religion have been fra... Read More about Religion and Sexualities: Theories, Themes and Methodologies.

Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism (2020)
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Bao, H. (2020). Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism. Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003027898

This book analyses queer cultural production in contemporary China to map the broad social transformations in gender, sexuality and desire. It examines queer literature and visual cultures in China’s post-Mao and postsocialist era to show how these d... Read More about Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism.

Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius (2020)
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Hadas, L. (2020). Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429340956

This book discusses the use of authorship discourses and author figures in the promotion and marketing of media content, dealing with the U.S. mainstream media, including franchise film, network television, and triple-A video games.

The research t... Read More about Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius.