The Wound and the Witness

The Wound and the WitnessExplores the rhetorical functions of torture and the witnessing of torture in both classical texts and contemporary contexts. The Wound and the Witness offers a historically grounded approach to an urgent contemporary problem: the persistence of torture in Western culture. Drawing upon ancient Greek and Roman texts, as well as contemporary media events, Jennifer R. Ballengee explores the spectacle of torture as a persuasive device. She suggests that

is paid to the imposition of the modern state and the restriction of cosmopolitan spaces

This includes expanded coverage of each of the modalities used in monitoring (SEP

Examines emerging theoretical and methodological approaches to the field of sociology of education

Pakistan and Britain

causing them to lose access to their family home and income

Michael analyzes the intersections between feminist politics and postmodern aesthetics as demonstrated in recent Anglo-American fiction

limit illness

The purpose of the volume—as with the other volumes published in the Anthem Press “Companion to Sociology” series—is to provide a comprehensive overview of Erving Goffman’s continued appeal and relevance within the field of sociology and related social science disciplines

The Wind Among the Reeds provides a rich sampling of Yeats’ poems

Though Pegeen is betrothed to another man

This book aims to explore the designed landscapes associated with factories and corporations in the UK and US created since the industrial revolution

the colonisers ‘at home’