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Q&A: Television Drama in Mexico
Read more: Q&A: Television Drama in MexicoPaul Julian Smith reflects on visiting Mexico City whilst researching his new book.
Investigating Scotland’s land issues, past, present and future
‘The politics of this country will probably, for the next few years, mainly consist in an assault upon the constitutional…
Class and Feeling in the Films of Jia Zhangke
In 2008, I saw Jia Zhangke’s film Still Life, and it changed my life. I had never seen a film that had affected me so intensely and knew that, after that moment, I needed to research this director and his films further. What impacted me the most about Jia’s films were their emotional and affective qualities, and how they evoked feelings that lingered long after the films had ended.
CounterText Special Issue: Afterward/Afterword
CounterText guest editor Norbert Bugeja shares some interesting thoughts about the special issue, Afterward/Afterword, and the important, complex questions it…
The spread of Christianity through cross-cultural communication
It is a truism to state that Christianity has spread across the world as a result of cross-cultural communication. Between…
Mapping Christianity in North Africa and West Asia
This region, North Africa and West Asia, is where Christianity began, nearly 2,000 years ago. Many Christian communities today trace their histories back over the entire period. At the same time, there is no region in the world where Christians are more at risk of extinction, as civil wars, persecution and economic distress have resulted in a massive exodus of the Christian population. This volume documents that exodus while it is underway.
British Youth Cultures and the Wider World
Pop music and youth culture are known to be among the great British exports of the late twentieth century. Be…
Emotion, History and the Arts
Erin Sullivan and Marie Louise Herzfeld-Schild are guest editors of a special issue of Cultural History about ‘Emotion, History and the…
Venus Voluptas: The Desire of Gods and Men
Thomas Nail writes about Venus as the desire of gods and men in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura. She is not only the external object of desire of the other gods and of men; she is the desire itself.
Exploitation-horror? Halloween Stabbed it from the Theatres…
By Calum Waddell With the recent release of the trailer for the upcoming Halloween reboot, Michael Myers and his perennial…