Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Lady Ribblesdale’s Play: Comic Witchcraft in a Victorian Family Drama, Lancashire Witches (1877–1878) by Emma Lister
(Penn State University Press, 13 January 2025)In 1877–1878 the British baroness Emma Lister, Lady Ribblesdale, wrote a two-act comedy drama about the Pendle witches of 1612. The play is unknown and highly unusual in its representation of witches, which it relates to ... -
What is a “regime”? Three definitions and their implications for the future of regime studies
(Routledge, 3 April 2025)This article examines how scholars use the concept of “regime” in comparative politics to provide stronger conceptual foundations for the future development of regime studies. We analyse 196 articles in five leading political ... -
Communicating the Devil
(Routledge, 2025)This chapter surveys representations of the devil and demons in popular, oral, theatrical and literary culture, including sermons, poetry, drama, demonology and reportage in expository prose. It examines the relationships ... -
(Love)Sick, Disabled, and Dying: Investigating the Crip Clock, Gender, and Resistance in Pessoa’s A Carta da corcunda para o serralheiro (circa 1930) [Letter from a hunchback girl to a metalworker (2001)]
(Liverpool University Press, 2025)This article discusses the portrayal of illness and disability in Fernando Pessoa’s A Carta da corcunda para o serralheiro (circa 1930) [Letter from a hunchback girl to a metal worker (2001)] through a critical disability ... -
Translation
(De Gruyter, 17 March 2025)This chapter focuses on the concept of translation and its development in sociology and science and technologies studies, illustrating how it can help criminologists analyze different forms of digitized control. The chapter ...