Horror and exploitation movies have played a significant role both in America and world cinema by producing a number of challenging, controversial, horrifying and surreal visions.  Meer

Serial killers, mass murderers, spree killers, outlaws, and real-life homicidal maniacs have long held a grim fascination for both filmmakers and viewers.  Meer

Jesus' interpretation of his death in Mark 10:45 and Matthew 20:28 has received much scholarly discussion. In this book J. Christopher Edwards examines the early reception of Jesus' saying in the Church Fathers, and tries to determine what significance, if any, this reception has for understanding the saying in Mark 10:45 and Matthew 20:28.  Meer

Through insightful, high-paced commentary this book directs attention south, towards Argentina. Current events, political debates, and the cultural production of artists, authors and public figures, including César Aira, María Moreno, Naty Menstrual and Copi, among others, provide case studies where heterosexual social models are rejected and, in their place, queer frameworks become the preferred model for living differently.  Meer

Edward Albee (1928–2016) was a central figure in modern American theatre, and his bold and often experimental theatrical style won him wide acclaim.  Meer

Edward Albee (1928–2016) was a central figure in modern American theatre, and his bold and often experimental theatrical style won him wide acclaim.  Meer

This book explores the revival under Edward VII of the ceremonial state visit by British monarchs, showing the impact and importance of active royal diplomacy during his reign.  Meer

During his lifetime, and in the course of the twentieth century, Edward Elgar and his music became sites for a remarkable variety of nostalgic impulses.  Meer

During his lifetime, and in the course of the twentieth century, Edward Elgar and his music became sites for a remarkable variety of nostalgic impulses.  Meer

This study defines the relationship between humanism and liberalism by comparing the two Victorian figures who were most concerned with the preservation of humanistic values in a free and democratic society: Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill.  Meer

This study defines the relationship between humanism and liberalism by comparing the two Victorian figures who were most concerned with the preservation of humanistic values in a free and democratic society: Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill.  Meer

The Unseen History of International Law locates and describes almost one thousand surviving copies of the first nine editions of Hugo Grotius' De iure belli ac pacis, widely regarded as the foundational work of modern international law.  Meer

Arts and Politics of the Situationist International contextualizes the SI within a comprehensive aesthetic and theoretical framework that integrates its concepts and practical activities with previous critical thinkers, political activists, artists, and poets.  Meer

Drawing on published works as well as personal correspondence, this book sheds new light on Guy Debord’s work on the spectacle, arguing that he offers a politics of communication that relies on the ironic language of contradiction, of critical theory, and of the incommunicable to undermine the hierarchical language of the spectacle.  Meer