Examines English-language Indian newspapers from the mid-nineteenth century and their role in simultaneously sustaining and probing British colonial governance.

Examines representations of sexual violence in modern Hebrew literature, focusing on the ways in which sexual aggression relates to Zionism, gender, ethnicity, and disability.

Discusses world literature and cinema from the perspective of literary languages and film traditions that do not hold a hegemonic position.

A unique portrayal of the theoretical positions of eleven Italian women thinkers who share the practice of philosophy and extend philosophical work and interests beyond the realm of the discipline strictly defined.

Examines the place of book-to-film adaptations by one of Italy's most famous postwar film directors.

Offers the Islamic concept of ummah as an alternative to the nation-state.

A close study of one of the most prolific commentary writers in Islamic history.

Uses an innovative theoretical framework to comparatively explore the dynamics of state expansion and contraction in Syria (1976-2005), Morocco (since 1975), and Israel (since 1967).

Examines the place of Paris in French Jewish literary memory, a memory that, of necessity, grapples with the aftermath of the Holocaust.

Uses a historical study of bookselling and readers as a way to question and rethink our understanding of the market for symbolic goods.

Explores the close relationship between comics and urbanism in one of Europe's most notable global cities.

Traces the circulation of Hollywood films in North Africa and the Middle East from the early twentieth century to the present.

Offers a wider approach to Italian American culture, one that stresses both its material, urban components and the creativity of its formal literary codes.