Born in Buenos Aires in 1899 but largely working and living in Britain and Europe, Eileen Agar was an artist who throughout her long career synthesized elements of the two main artistic movements of t
Remy (English literature and art history, U. of Nice) chronologically explores the growth of the British surrealist movement from the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London to the present
The British surrealist movement was?overshadowed by?World War II, yet?contributions were?vibrant and durable. Placing the work in the wider European context of literary surrealism, this is a fascinati
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Indonesia is a remarkable case study for religious politics. While not being a theocratic country, it is not secular either, with the Indonesian state officially defining what constitutes religion, an
This book discusses the role of popular Islam in structuring individual and collective identities in contemporary South Asia. It identifies similarities and differences between the worship of saints a
With contributions from leading researchers in the field, and including recent breakthrough work, this collection of recent results on near wall turbulence includes theory, new experiments, DNS, and m
