'Barthes' purpose is to tear away masks and demystify the signs, signals and symbols of the language of mass culture' The TimesIn this magnificent and often surprising collection of essays Barthes explores the myths of mass culture.

A fascinating and beautiful mix of memoir, global naming trends and reclaiming who we are.

A fascinating and beautiful mix of memoir, global naming trends and reclaiming who we are.

This multi-authored volume critically examines how names and naming are used to represent identity and type of diversity (e.g., ethnic, racial, cultural, linguistic, neurological, religious, class) in literature written for underage readers.

This experimental volume explores how intersections between different knowledge systems affect identity formation through names and naming, bringing together anthropologists, community scholars, artists, linguists, scientists, poets, specialists in science and technology, as well as legal and Indigenous studies.

background: white;">This second edition provides an overview of the principal problems, approaches, and challenges in modeling the narrative structure of stories. background: white;">ausality, and time, proposing new methods for representing embedded narratives, fictional entities, tempo, and audience response.

This book explores why stories of Latin American violence are commonplace. These stories are often set in exotic locations and feature cartel hitmen and carbon copies of cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar, ragtag guerillas, and bloodthirsty dictators.

This book brings together contributions from various researchers, providing an overview of narrative research approaches and demonstrating how these work in practice.