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  • Femininity as ‘it’: Sexual Normativity within Schizoanalysis

    Georgia Gibbs asks if schizoanalytic de-subjectification can contribute towards a feminist account of sexual normativity.

    March 4, 2026
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More Than Just Shade: 3 Surprising Stories About the 19th-Century Parasol

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  • Art and Visual Culture / Cultural Studies

Elena Vanden Abeele investigates the functions, symbols and hidden meanings behind the parsol in the 19th century.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 16, 2025

Reimagining the Action Heroine for the Twenty-First Century

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  • Cultural Studies / Film and TV

A look through the ever-shifting landscape of the action genre and its representation of women.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 15, 2025

Q&A with Chibli Mallat, author of Democracy Redefined

  • Cultural Studies / Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies / Politics

Chibli Mallat introduces 'Democracy Redefined' and explores the Lebanese Constitution's history and its unique approach to democracy.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 12, 2025

How is this Philosophy?

  • Deleuzian Philosophy / Philosophy / Politics, Philosophy and Religion

Paul Patton delves into Deleuze and Guattari's 'A Thousand Plateaus' and explores how concepts like rhizomes challenge traditional philosophical hierarchies.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 10, 2025

Hardboiled Blues: Rethinking the Music of Rory Gallagher

  • Irish Studies / Language and Literature / Literary Studies

Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan explores the overlooked literary depth of Rory Gallagher’s lyrics, arguing for their place within a unique hardboiled blues tradition.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 5, 2025

Wicked Wild Wastes?: challenging contemporary ideas of wildness in Scottish Highland landscapes

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  • History / Scottish History / Scottish Studies

Dr Edward Stewart looks to the past to suggest an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 4, 2025

Drawing away from the X assemblage

  • Deleuzian Philosophy / Philosophy / Politics, Philosophy and Religion

Abrahams argues 'assemblage' must stem from careful and often diagrammatic readings of Deleuze and Guattari.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 3, 2025

Professionalisation and the New Woman: Q&A with Riya Das, editor of the critical edition of Mona Caird’s The Daughters of Danaus

  • Language and Literature / Literary Studies

Riya Das discusses the making of her fully annotated edition of Mona Caird’s immensely successful novel, The Daughters of Danaus.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnAugust 29, 2025

Q&A with Françoise Vergès on Decolonial Feminism

  • Cultural Studies / Gender Studies / Philosophy / Political Philosophy

Françoise Vergès reflects on the space she wanted to create and help to hold open for feminists and workers of colour.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnAugust 27, 2025
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