Beyond the Veil

Beyond the VeilLooking at the cultural responses to death and dying, this collection explores the emotional aspects that death provokes in humans, whether it is disgust, fear, awe, sadness, anger, or even joy. Whereas most studies of death and dying treat the subject from an objective viewpoint, the scholars in this collection recognize their inherent connection with death which allows for a new and more personal form of study. More broadly, this collection suggests

And finally it diagnoses the future

Presents a collection of real-life nursing scenarios designed to foster caring knowledge and skills under all circumstances

which is not merely “applied archaeology

vivid face-painting and exquisite costumes

Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide” to describe a foreign occupation that destroyed or permanently crippled a subject population

A major new interpretation of the philosophical significance of the oeuvre of Denis Diderot

Considered to be one of Joseph Conrad’s major works

and a sense of humor

in form at least

It explores how LGBTQ characters are portrayed and what this says about contemporary society

This book offers a systematic analysis of the impact of work organization on the social stratification of individuals in urban China

creative and discursive reflections on the meeting of stage and screen