"Ancient clay cooking pots in the southern Levant are unappealing, rough pots that are not easily connected to meals known from ancient writings or iconographic representations. To narrow the gap betw
Gabriel (theology and religious studies, U. of Gloucestershire, Britain) describes and discusses the Teyyam ritual of northern Kerala, on the southwest coast of India, particularly in the region known
In this collection of 10 essays, Christie and Simpson (both of the U. of Sydney, Australia) set up a dialogue between two professional communities of writers: teachers and teacher educators of languag
'Masking Hegemony' presents a critical evaluation of the language used in liberal political thought, tracing liberalism's use of two key binary concepts - public/private and religion/state - from the
[Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt] certainly represents a landmark. It is the first monograph devoted to an integral study and interpretation of the entire corpus of literature preserved fro
With language, we can make things happen, we can influence, even manipulate other people. But language misunderstood can have disastrous consequences. July 1945: The mistranslation of Japan's answer t
With language, we can make things happen, we can influence, even manipulate other people. But language misunderstood can have disastrous consequences. July 1945: The mistranslation of Japan's answer t
Before the westernisation of Japan, mythological events were treated as national history. Two key documents have contributed to this history, both written over 1300 years ago: 'Kojiki', the Tale of Ol
Davis is one of Britain's leading music writers and an authority on Motown; before becoming a writer, she worked in the music business for EMI Records and Motown Records, and then founded a press and
