Traumatic Encounters in Italian Film

Traumatic Encounters in Italian FilmThis book addresses the question of the relationship between psychoanalysis and film, bringing together Lacanian theory and Italian cinema. The author explores the relationship between the Real, the under represented Lacanian category, and some of the most widely celebrated and lesser known Italian films of the post war period.

Provides an accessible guide to the essential features of British fascism in the interwar period

The documents also reveal the way the concepts of the 'special relationship' was used as a 'tool of diplomacy' on both sides of the Atlantic

Presents a range of scholarly analyses of how George Bush and Tony Blair used (or misused) intelligence about WMD in taking their countries to war in Iraq

Manchester: something rich and strange offers a new way of thinking about this iconic post-industrial city

Stern argues that the Orangists had no desire for the prince to become a monarch

such as the death of the young Prince of Wales and the marriage of the royal daughter

editor Christine White describes the way in which the roles of director and designer have developed over time

Topics include the co-construction of nanoscience and science fiction

Value of Failure is a comprehensive attempt at understanding the various aspects of the phenomenon of business failure

ranging from policymakers to academics to civil society activists and visionaries from across South Asia and the world

Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves

Straight Nation dissects nationalism in postcolonial Singapore