Middle East African and Asia Studies New Books July-Sept 2023

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40 years of publishing on the Middle East

In 2023 I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury, is celebrating 40 years of publishing radical, insightful and representative books on the Middle East and the Islamic World. Here are some of our highlights…

All I.B. Tauris books are accessible via www.bloomsbury.com, and through the Bloomsbury Academic sales team.

A History of the Tajiks Iranians of the East Richard Foltz, Concordia University, Canada

In this comprehensive and up-to-date history, spanning the Sogdian to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex linguistic, cultural and political history of the Tajiks. Across eight chapters, the author explores the revitalisation of Persian culture under the Samanid Empire in the Tajik heartlands of historical Khorasan and Transoxiana; the evolution of the politics of Tajik identity; and traces the history of the ethnic Tajik diaspora today. This revised edition includes a new chapter on the Tajiks’ situation in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan since 2018, covering the effects of the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 and the COVID pandemic in all three countries, as well as border clashes with Kyrgyzstan.

UK July 2023 US July 2023 288 pages 16 colour illus

PB 9780755649655 • £25.99 / $35.95 • HB 9780755649648 • £75.00 / $100.00

ePub 9780755649679 • £23.39 / $32.39

ePdf 9780755649662 • £23.39 / $32.39

I.B. Tauris World All Languages (except French)

Love and Poetry in the Middle East

Love and Literature from Antiquity to the Present

Edited by Atef Alshaer

This book analyses love poetry in various ancient and contemporary languages of the Middle East, including Akkadian, ancient Egyptian, Classical and Modern Standard Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish and Kurdish, including literary materials that have been discovered and highlighted for the first time. Together, the chapters reflect the discursive evolution of the theme of love, and the sensibilities, styles and techniques used to convey it. They chart the way in which poems in ancient poetry give way to complex and varied reflections of human sentiments in the medieval languages, and on to the modern period which in turn reflects the complexities and nuances of present times. A snapshot of the diverse literary languages and their relationship to the theme of love.

UK August 2023 US August 2023 272 pages 1 bw illus

PB 9780755640980 £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755640942

ePub 9780755640966 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755640959 • £76.50 / $103.94

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Persian and Arabic Literary Communities in the Seventeenth Century Migrant Poets between Arabia, Iran and India

James White, University of Oxford, UK

Examines how the movement of authors created Arabic and Persian literary communities, sometimes running in parallel and sometimes intersecting, which linked Iran, India and the Arabian Peninsula in a system of exchange. Delving into a wealth of 17th century literature, James White illuminates how human mobility made the poetry and prose of this period into an interconnected corpus, where writers used cognate forms, imagery and rhetoric to connect with one another across vast distances. The book focuses on six case studies to demonstrate that migration was multidirectional and multilingual, and connects these findings to material philology

UK July 2023 • US July 2023 • 256 pages

HB 9780755644568 • £85.00 / $115.00

ePub 9780755644582 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755644575 • £76.50 / $103.94

Series: I.B. Tauris Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Persian Literature • I.B. Tauris

SOAS Palestine Studies

Series Editors: Dina Matar & Adam Hanieh, both SOAS, University of London, UK

The Folktales of Palestine

Cultural Identity, Memory and the Politics of Storytelling

Farah Aboubakr, University of Edinburgh, UK

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 256 pages

PB 9780755650996 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9781788314268

ePub 9781786725790 • £26.09 / $36.44

ePdf 9781786735799 • £26.09 / $36.44

Series: SOAS Palestine Studies • I.B. Tauris

Occupying Habits

Everyday Media as Warfare in IsraelPalestine

Daniel Mann, Kings College London, UK

This book explores the impact that mobile phone cameras and social media have had on Israel’s security regime. Daniel Mann shows that although visual media poses a threat to Israel’s modus operandi in the West Bank and Gaza, it is also paving the way for new modes of surveillance and control that are becoming ubiquitous. By examining photos, film and footage – and identifying the individuals that created them – the book reveals how Israel has expanded its capacity to shape the narrative of the military occupation of the Palestinian territories, and how it delegates the responsibility of image production and distribution to soldiers and civilians. Mann argues that this is a radical remodelling of its modes of governance and a reconfiguration of the stakes of political action, showing the growing function of media shaping warfare.

UK September 2023 • US September 2023 • 192 pages • 30 bw illus

PB 9780755646890 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755633906

ePub 9780755633920 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755633913 • £76.50 / $103.94

Series: SOAS Palestine Studies I.B. Tauris

Becoming Pro-Palestinian Testimonies from the Global Solidarity Movement

Edited by Rosemary Sayigh

Representing activists from over 40 countries, this book brings testimonials from people of different nationalities and professions who are proPalestinian. A chapter is dedicated to each country and contributors are asked to reveal how they ‘discovered’ Palestine, what specific forms their engagement has taken, and what their hopes are for the international solidarity movement. With testimonies from both high profile and grassroots activists, the book is a rich and personal selection that reflects the diversity, dynamism and global nature of the movement for Palestine.

UK November 2023 • US November 2023 • 384 pages

PB 9780755692095 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9780755692088 • £75.00 / $100.00

ePub 9780755692118 • £22.49 / $31.04

ePdf 9780755692101 • £22.49 / $31.04

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Visual Evidence and the Gaza Flotilla Raid

Extraterritoriality and the Image

Maayan Amir, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Here, Maayan Amir explores the lasting political and cultural significance of Israel's storming of Turkish activists' vessels in international waters - the Gaza 'Freedom Flotilla' incident - which resulted in the deaths of 9 participants, and the confiscation of all video recordings by the Israeli authorities. Using the concept of extraterritoriality and the work of theorists such as Emmanuel Levinas, Derek Gregory, Lisa Parks and others, she argues that the seizure of the vessels outside of state jurisdiction and the withholding of much of the video evidence of the incident exemplify the way that visual material has been weaponised in the Israeli state's ongoing domination of Gaza.

UK August 2023

• US August 2023 • 216 pages • 12 bw illus

PB 9780755646784 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755627271

ePub 9780755627295 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755627288 • £76.50 / $103.94

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The Fragmentation of Palestine

Identity and Isolation since the Second Intifada

Joshua Rickard, Kumamoto University, Japan

The process of fragmentation has altered the social dynamics of Palestinian society since the second intifada. This book looks at the physical division of communities through long-term military siege, and the ways that communities have adapted to get by despite frequently changing restrictions. Joshua Rickard shows that new forms of isolation and social fragmentation, combined with the uncertainty of everyday life, have come to characterise the existential experience of being Palestinian. The book also examines the possibility for a reformation of social organisation which transcends traditional political discourses and can be seen emerging from Palestinian communities.

UK August 2023 US August 2023 184 pages

• £28.99 / $39.95

PB 9780755646531

Previously published in HB 9781784535872

ePub 9780755645534

ePdf 9780755645527

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Decolonizing the Study of Palestine Indigenous Perspectives and Settler Colonialism after Elia Zureik

• £76.50 / $103.94

• £76.50 / $103.94

Edited by Ahmad

H. Sa'di

& Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK Building on the work of Elia Zureik, this book studies the Zionist colonial project and how it has transformed the lives of Palestinians. Across 15 chapters, the book covers topics such as settler colonialism, dispossession, the separation wall, surveillance technologies, Palestinian education, decolonisation methodologies and popular resistance. The book is composed of Palestinian scholars and scholars of Palestinian heritage, allowing indigenous Palestinians to “write back”. The contributors argue that colonialism is not only a political-economic system but also a “mode of life” and consciousness, which has far reaching consequences for both the settlers and the indigenous population.

UK July 2023 • US July 2023 • 320 pages

PB 9780755648351 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9780755648344 • £75.00 / $100.00

ePub 9780755648320 • £22.49 / $31.04

ePdf 9780755648313 • £22.49 / $31.04

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Textbooks on Israel-Palestine The Politics of Education and Knowledge in the West

Seyed Hadi Borhani, University of Tehran, Iran

In this book, Seyed Hadi Borhani has identified the most adopted textbooks on the history of the Israel/ Palestine question in order to understand how the Israel-Palestine conflict is narrated in Western academia. Based on analysis of around 40 of the most important and widely used textbooks that enjoy the highest rate of adoption in western universities, he draws conclusions about pro-Israeli bias in the West and what this can tell us about the nature of western knowledge.

UK September 2023 • US September 2023 • 264 pages

PB 9781350233119 £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9781350233089

ePub 9781350233102 £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9781350233096 • £76.50 / $103.94

Series: Unsettling Colonialism in our Times • I.B. Tauris

The Kurds in a Changing Middle East

History, Politics and Representation

Edited by Faleh

A. Jabar & Renad Mansour

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 272 pages

PB 9780755651054 £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9781784539917

ePub 9781786725493 £26.09 / $36.44

ePdf 9781786735492 • £26.09 / $36.44

Series: Kurdish Studies • I.B. Tauris

The East India Company in Persia

Trade and Cultural Exchange in the Eighteenth Century

Peter Good, University of Kent, UK

This book explores the lived experience of the East India Company and its trade in Persia and how it interacted with power structures and the local environment in a time of great upheaval in Persian history. Using East India Company records and other sources, it charts the role of the Navy and commercial fleet in the Gulf, trade agreements, and the experience of Company staff (British and non-British) living in and navigating conditions in 18th-century Persia. By examining the social, commercial and diplomatic history of this relationship, this book creates a new paradigm for the study of Early Modern interactions in the Indian Ocean.

UK August 2023 • US August 2023 • 224 pages

PB 9780755646265 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9781350152274

ePub 9781350152281 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9781350152298 £76.50 / $103.94

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Muslims under Sikh Rule in the Nineteenth Century

Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Religious Tolerance

Robina Yasmin, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Focusing on the socio-economic, political and religious condition of Muslims under Sikh rule in the Punjab during the 19th century, this book demonstrates that Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his successors took a secular approach towards their subjects. Using various archival sources, including the Fakir Khana Family archives and the Punjab Archives, the author argues citizens had freedom to practice their religion, with equal access to employment, education and justice.

UK August 2023 • US August 2023 • 200 pages

PB 9780755640362 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755640324

ePub 9780755640348 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755640331 • £76.50 / $103.94

Series: Library of Islamic South Asia • I.B. Tauris

Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life

The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World

Jörg Matthias Determann, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar

This book reveals that even the most authoritarian Muslim-majority countries have produced highly imaginative accounts on one of the frontiers of knowledge: astrobiology, or the study of life in the universe. Showing how the Islamic tradition has been generally supportive of conceptions of extra-terrestrial life, Jörg Matthias Determann provides a survey of Arabic, Malay, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu texts and films, to show how scientists and artists in and from Muslim-majority countries have been at the forefront of the exciting search. The book will be insightful for anyone looking to explore the science, culture and politics of the Muslim world.

UK May 2023 US May 2023 288 pages 11 bw illus

PB 9780755650361 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755601271

ePub 9780755601301

ePdf 9780755601295

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The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi‘i Islamic Tradition

Aun Hasan Ali, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi‘i Islamic Tradition builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies, Anthropology, and History to argue that Twelver Shi‘ism is better understood as a discursive tradition. At a conceptual level, this solves the basic problem of how to integrate the extraordinary diversity of Twelver Shi‘ism across time and space into a single historical category without engaging in a normative assessment of its underlying essence. Furthermore, in light of this conception of tradition, the School of Hillah stands out as a seminal period in the archive of Twelver Shi‘ism, though it has seldom been recognized as such in European-language scholarship. Insofar as it gave birth to a conversation that would prove capable of encompassing the dynamism of Twelver Shi‘ism, the School of Hillah should be considered the formative period of Twelver Shi‘i tradition.

UK July 2023 • US July 2023 • 288 pages

HB 9780755639083 • £85.00 / $115.00

ePub 9780755639106 £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755639090 £76.50 / $103.94

Series: Early and Medieval Islamic World I.B. Tauris

The Making of Martyrdom in Modern Twelver Shi’ism

From Protesters and Revolutionaries to Shrine Defenders

Adel Hashemi, McMaster University, Canada

What is the place of martyrdom in Twelver Shi’ism today? In this book Adel Hashemi traces the unexplored area of Shi’i discourse on martyrdom from the 1979 revolution - when the Islamic Republic’s leaders cultivated the culture of martyrdom to topple the Shah’s regime – through to the dramatic shift in understanding of martyrdom in modern times, including the reaction to the Syrian crisis, the war with ISIS and other Salafi groups in the region, and renewed commitment to the defence of shrines.

UK September 2023 • US September 2023 • 224 pages

PB 9780755647156 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755633951

ePub 9780755633975 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755633968 • £76.50 / $103.94

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New Media Discourses, Culture and Politics after the Arab Spring Case Studies from Egypt and Beyond

Edited by Eid Mohamed, Doha Institute of Graduate Studies, Qatar & Aziz Douai, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada

This book investigates the interplay of media, politics, religion, and culture in shaping Arabs’ quests for more stable and democratic governance models in the aftermath of the “Arab Spring” uprisings. It focuses on online mediated public debates, specifically user comments on online Arab news sites, and their potential to re-engage citizens in politics. Contributors systematically explore and critique these online communities and spaces in the context of the Arab uprisings, with case studies, largely centered on Egypt, covering micro-bloggers, Islamic discourse online, Libyan nationalism on Facebook, among others.

UK July 2023

• US July 2023

PB 9780755640546

• 216 pages

• £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755640508

ePub 9780755640522

• £76.50 / $103.94

• £85.50 / $116.09

• £85.50 / $116.09

ePdf 9780755640515

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• £76.50 / $103.94

The Politics of Education in Turkey Islam, Neoliberalism, and Gender

Zühre Emanet

This book offers an in-depth analysis of gender inequality in action in the Turkish schooling system by examining changes in education provision and culture in the years since 2012. It is based on two school ethnographies conducted in an AKP dominated district of Istanbul where the author worked as a teacher and researcher. It asks whether the adoption of global trends in the neo-liberalization of education were co-opted by the AKP and other Islamist movements to promote their own agendas, while also considering the effects of the struggle between rival Islamist groups. Grounding its theoretical approach with empirical evidence of ideology in action, it provides an important analysis of the way in which boys and girls are socialized in Turkey's public schooling system.

UK July 2023 US July 2023 224 pages

HB 9780755636693 • £85.00 / $115.00

ePub 9780755636716 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755636709 • £76.50 / $103.94

Series: Contemporary Turkey • I.B. Tauris

Democracy and Capitalism in Turkey

The State, Power, and Big Business

Devrim Adam Yavuz, City University of New York, USA

This book explores the factors that compelled capitalists in Turkey to adopt a more prodemocratic ideology by examining a leading Turkish business lobby (TÜSIAD) which has been pushing for democratic reform since the 1990s, despite representing some of the largest corporation owners in Turkey and having supported the state’s authoritarian tendencies in the past such as the military coup of 1980. Drawing on 70 interviews with members of TÜSIAD, the book reveals that business leaders were willing to break away from the state due to the conflict between their evolving economic needs and power with a political elite and state that were unwilling to cater to their demands. In so doing, the book provides a rich account of business-state relations in Turkey.

UK August 2024 • US August 2024 • 280 pages

PB 9780755649006 £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755648962

ePub 9780755648986 £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755648979 • £76.50 / $103.94

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Non-Sunni Muslims in the Late Ottoman Empire State and Missionary Perceptions of the Alawis

Necati Alkan, University of Bamberg, Germany

This book traces the history of the Alawis, using Ottoman state archives and chronicles from the period to show how the Ottoman government's attitudes to them developed over the course of the 19th century, in which successive regimes sought to bring them into the Sunni mainstream fold for political, imperial and religious reasons. With increasing Western missionary interference in the empire's domains, particularly in 'defence' of its persecuted minorities, Alkan argues that Ottoman attempts to 'civilize' the Alawis continued apace from the Tanzimat period to that of the Young Turks. He compares Ottoman attitudes to Alawis against its treatment of other minorities, including Alevis, Yezidis and Iraqi Shi'a.

UK August 2023

• US August 2023

PB 9780755644742

Anti-Veiling Campaigns in Turkey State, Society and Gender in the Early Republic

Sevgi Adak, Aga Khan University, London, UK In this comprehensive analysis of the anti-veiling campaigns in interwar Turkey, Sevgi Adak casts light onto the historical context within which the meanings of veiling and unveiling in Turkey were formed. By shifting the focus from the high politics of the elite to the implementation of state policies, the book situates the anti-veiling campaigns as a space where the Kemalist reforms were negotiated, compromised and resisted by societal actors. Using previously unpublished archival material, Adak reveals the intricacies of the Kemalist modernisation process and provides a nuanced reading of the gender order established in the early republic by looking at the various ways women responded to the anti-veiling campaigns.

UK August 2023 • US August 2023 • 232 pages

PB 9780755635061 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9781784537920

ePub 9780755635047 £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755635030 £76.50 / $103.94

I.B. Tauris

Making the Modern Turkish Citizen

Vernacular Photography in the Early Republican Era

Özge Baykan Calafato, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Examining the relationship between photography and gender, body and space, as well as materiality and language, this book explores how the production and circulation of vernacular photographs contributed to the making of the modern Turkish citizen in the formative years of the Turkish Republic, when nation-building, secularization and modernization reforms took centre stage. Based on an extensive photographic archive, the book shows that individuals actively reproduced, circulated and negotiated the ideal citizenimage imposed by the Kemalist regime, reflecting not only stateimposed directives but also their class aspirations and other, wider social and cultural developments of the period, from Western fashion trends and movies to the increasing availability of modern consumer items.

UK August 2023 • US August 2023 • 248 pages • 110 colour illus

PB 9780755643318 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755643271

ePub 9780755643295 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755643288 £76.50 / $103.94

I.B. Tauris

• 248 pages

• £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755616848

ePub 9780755616862

ePdf 9780755616855

I.B. Tauris

• £76.50 / $103.94

• £76.50 / $103.94

Representing Modern Istanbul Urban History and International Institutions in Twentieth Century Beyoglu

Enno Maessen, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

In this book, Enno Maessen explores the urban history of Beyoglu, Istanbul’s historical cosmopolitan centre via a series of case studies which use previously unexamined archival material to tell the story of its local and international institutions. From the German Teutonia club, to the influential French and British schools which educated many of Turkey’s future elite, the book charts the shifting identities of the residents of the district. These case studies reveal the effects of changing political circumstances, from the rise of nationalism to Turkey’s place in the Cold War, critically examining Beyoglu’s legacy and influence as a cosmopolitan centre.

UK August 2023 • US August 2023 • 208 pages

PB 9780755637508 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755637461

ePub 9780755637485 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755637478 £76.50 / $103.94

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Researching Biology and Evolution in the Gulf States

Networks of Science in the Middle East

Jörg Matthias Determann, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar

Officials and religious scholars in the Gulf states have repeatedly banned the teaching of the theory of evolution because of its association with atheism. But Jorg Matthias Determann argues here that, despite official prohibition, research on biological evolution has flourished, due in large part to the development of academic and professional networks. This book traces these networks through the history of various branches of biology, including botany, conservation research, ornithology and palaeontology.

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 256 pages • 9 bw integrated

PB 9780755650354 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9781784531560

ePub 9780857729446 £26.09 / $36.44

ePdf 9780857727411 £26.09 / $36.44

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Syrian Refugees and Agriculture in Turkey Work, Precarity, Survival

Saniye Dedeoglu, Mugla University, Turkey

Through close ethnographic study carried out over three years with nearly 1000 Syrian refugees in Turkey, this book illuminates how the increasing number of incoming Syrians results in the ‘precarisation’ of the workers – particularly women and children. Focusing on the agricultural industry, Saniye Dedeoglu examines the strategies refugees use to manage the confrontations and rivalry existing in Turkey’s agricultural sector. Dedeoglu argues that the commercialization of agricultural production and the increasing use of waged labour blooms antagonistic encounters of different ethnic, cultural and religious groups in rural Turkey.

UK August 2023 • US August 2023 • 184 pages

PB 9780755646548 £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9780755634484

ePub 9780755634507 £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9780755634491 • £76.50 / $103.94

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Kuwait and Al-Sabah

Tribal Politics and Power in an Oil State

Rivka Azoulay, Leiden University, Netherlands

Examining the relationship between Kuwait's long-standing tribal politics and the nation's rich oil resources, Rivka Azoulay has written the new definitive political history of Kuwait. The book addresses the divided nature of the ruling local merchant class, the regional context of Kuwait's constitutional bodies, and the forces of globalisation that have forged a new balance of economic power. It is an in-depth study, offering fresh insights to the political design of the oil-rich nation and the ongoing role of tribal networks in shaping its global trajectory.

UK January 2023 US January 2023 280 pages

PB 9780755650989 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9781838605056

ePub 9781838605070 • £26.09 / $36.44

ePdf 9781838605063 • £26.09 / $36.44

I.B. Tauris

Urban Inequality Theory, Evidence and Method in Johannesburg

Owen Crankshaw, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Based on new evidence that challenges existing theories of urban inequality, Crankshaw argues that the changing pattern of earnings and occupational inequality in Johannesburg is better described by the professionalism of employment alongside high-levels of chronic unemployment.

Crankshaw posits that the post-apartheid period is characterised by a completely new division of labour that has caused new forms of racial inequality. That racial inequality in the post-apartheid period is not the result of the persistence of apartheid-era causes, but is the result of new causes that have interacted with the historical effects of apartheid to produce new patterns of racial inequality.

UK August 2023

• US August 2023 • 232 pages

PB 9781786998958 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9781786998941

ePub 9781786998910 • £76.50 / $103.94

ePdf 9781786998934 £76.50 / $103.94

Series: Politics and Society in Urban Africa Zed Books

War, Women and Post-conflict Empowerment

Lessons from Sierra Leone

Edited by Josephine Beoku-Betts, Florida Atlantic University, USA & Fredline A.

M’Cormack-Hale, Seton Hall University, USA

From 1991-2002, Sierra Leone has endured a protracted and brutal civil conflict. The post-war period has seen a slow and painful process of rebuilding. Yet while there have been positive advancements in gender and development, Sierra Leone has singularly failed to translate the accomplishments of women’s involvement in bringing the war to an end into meaningful political empowerment. Written by Sierra Leonean and Africanist scholars/experts from a broad range of disciplines, this unique volume analyses the historical and contextual factors influencing women’s political, economic and social development in the country.

UK August 2023 • US August 2023 • 304 pages

PB 9781786996947 • £28.99 / $39.95

Previously published in HB 9781786996930

ePub 9781786996954 • £81.00 / $110.69

ePdf 9781786996961 • £81.00 / $110.69

Series: Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa • Zed Books

BLOOMSBURY AND ZED BOOKS

Zed Books is an imprint of Bloomsbury, acquired in 2020. Founded in London in 1977 it has long been recognised as a leading radical publisher – giving a platform to marginalised voices globally.

Zed has built a flagship list of scholarship from and about Africa, and is now focussing the principles of its founding mission on publishing work solely in African Studies, from the best international writers in the field - and particularly from Africa itself.

Indian Philosophy An Introduction

Jeffery D. Long, Elizabeth Town College, USA

This book, drawing upon some of the latest research in the field, traces the history of the Indian philosophical tradition from ancient times to the present, outlining the views and major thinkers of such schools of thought as Vedanta, Jainism, Buddhism, and many more. Jeffery D. Long treats each system, however, not simply as an historical artifact, but as a living reality with important insights to offer our world today.

UK November 2023 • 256 pages

PB 9781784536466 • £21.99 • HB 9781784536459 • £65.00

ePub 9781350324824 • £19.79 / $26.99

ePdf 9781350324817 • £19.79 / $26.99

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Manga, Murder and Mystery

The Boy Detectives of Japan’s Lost Generation

Mimi Okabe, University of Alberta, Canada

Little is known about the boy detective in Japanese detective fiction despite his popularity. Who is he, and what mysteries does he unveil about cultural understandings of youth in society? Manga, Murder and Mystery answers these questions by exploring the figure of the shonen (boy) detective in three commercially successful Manga series published between the 1990s and early 2000s - Kanari Yo¯zaburo¯ and Seimaru Amagi’s Kindaichi Sho¯nen no Jikenbo, Aoyama Go¯sho¯’s Meitantei Konan, and Ohba Tsugumi’s Death Note. The book explores how these popular works tackle the crisis of young adult culture within the socioeconomic climate of Japan's 'lost decade'.

UK July 2023 US July 2023 256 pages

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Boys Love Media in Thailand

Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture

Thomas Baudinette, Macquarie University, Australia

Over the past several years, the Thai popular culture landscape has radically transformed due to the emergence of “Boys Love” (BL) soap operas which celebrate the love between handsome young men. Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture is the first book length study of this increasingly significant transnational pop culture phenomenon. Drawing upon six years of ethnographic research, the book reveals BL’s impacts on depictions of same-sex desire in Thai media culture and the resultant mainstreaming of queer romance through new forms of celebrity and participatory fandom.

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 256 pages • 24 bw illus

HB 9781350330641 • £85.00 / $115.00

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Series: Asian Celebrity and Fandom Studies Bloomsbury Academic

Southeast Asia’s Multipolar Future

Averting a New Cold War

Thomas Parks, Independent Scholar By strengthening partnerships with other powers such as Japan, Australia, and India, and deepening inclusive regionalism through ASEAN, South East Asia will be able to shape its own future. Southeast Asia’s Multi-Polar Future argues that it is possible to preserve Southeast Asia as an open, independent region, because the geopolitical dynamics are changing. Despite new superpower pressures, the region is moving towards a multi-polar, rules-based order.

UK July 2023

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Contemporary Queer Chinese Art

Edited by Hongwei Bao, University of Nottingham, UK, Diyi Mergenthaler, University of Zurich, Switzerland & Jamie J. Zhao, City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR

Contemporary Queer Chinese Art is the first English-language academic book that explores the intersections of queer culture and contemporary Chinese art in a transnational context from the mid-1980s to the present. This book brings together 20 internationally renowned artists, activists, curators and scholars to explore heterogeneous expressions of Chineseness and queerness in contemporary art from China and Chinese diasporas in Asia, Europe and North America.

UK July 2023

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HB 9781350333512

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• £85.00 / $115.00

ePub 9781350333529

ePdf 9781350333536

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Food Cultures of China

Recipes, Customs, and Issues

Qian Guo, San Francisco State University, USA

This volume explores the rich and varied culinary traditions of China, enabling readers to better understand Chinese history and culture through food.

UK July 2023

• US July 2023

• 232 pages

HB 9781440877827 • £54.00 / $70.00

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Christian-Muslim Relations

Primary Sources 600 – 1914

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by David Thomas, University of Birmingham, UK

This 3-volume reference work brings together over 270 extracts from the major works left by Christians and Muslims that reflect their reciprocal knowledge and attitudes. Texts and topics range from theological and legal treatises, scientific studies, travelogues, commercial contracts, captivity narratives, martyrologies, plays, and novels. The breadth and diversity in genres and languages presented here makes this the most comprehensive resource in the field.

Each volume is divided into the following sections of coverage:

- Volume 1 (600 – 1500): Muslim Arabic works; Christian Arabic works; Andalusian Arabic works; Syriac, Persian and other Eastern language works; Greek Works; Latin and European vernacular works

- Volume 2 (1500 – 1700): Works from North and Western Europe; Eastern Europe; Southern Europe; Middle East and North Africa; East, South and South East Asia; Africa; The Americas

- Volume 3 (1700 – 1914): Works from Africa and the Americas; Eastern Europe; Western Europe; Middle East and North Africa; East, South and South East Asia.

Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £400 / $545

UK September 2023 • US September 2023 • 3 vols • c.1,288 pages

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