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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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).

Traces the giallo mystery/horror genre from its genesis in Italian cinema of the 1960s and 1970s to its contemporary place in the global cult-film canon.

Assesses the place of non-military national service in Israeli politics and society.

Traces a conceptual history of critique in German philosophy from the eighteenth century to the present.

Traces how alternative food movements are affected by global and local trends, with a focus on how organic agriculture was integrated in Israel.

Analyzes the Israel-Palestinian conflict by looking at its interactions with seven regional and global powers and the way the conflict is framed at the international level.

Examines how literature mediated a convergence of militarism and medicine in Victorian culture that continues into the present via a widespread martial metaphor.

A portrait of Israeli literature in its full transnational and multilingual complexity.

Examines the role that images of Palestine played in the construction of prewar Jewish American identity.

Juxtaposes five contemporary French poets, illuminating the philosophical elements of their work while making their sometimes difficult writing newly accessible.

Shows how Israeli Communists developed a distinctive national identity outside the boundaries of Zionism.

Identifies the many ways in which unexpected outcomes are endemic to international relations due to the complexity of world politics.

Documents the surprising role pharmaceutical science and technology has played in Russia’s search for national identity over a century of political turbulence.

Argues that we need to reinvent sovereignty as a motive for democratic political action while remaining alert to its dangers, specifically its relationship to violence.

Investigates Turkey and Israel's contrasting treatment of religion and demonstrates how this treatment has had a significant impact on these countries' democratic performance.

Argues that the Divine Comedy dramatizes the risks and rewards of competing narratives, or different ways of reading.

A significant contribution to anthropology, history, and gender studies that reveals the denials of homosexuality in traditional and contemporary African societies to be rooted in colonialist ideologies.

Critically evaluates the rapid changes that have happened in women’s lives in the contemporary Middle East due to globalization and the increasing popularity of modern technology and social media use.