UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS

(H/B) EUROPEANIZING GREECE
While Greece's debt crisis continues to make international headlines, the country has received remarkably little scholarly attention - especially in comparison to other European Union members. Europeanizing Greece explores the developments that resulted from Greece's European integration between 1989 and 1999, which played a crucial role in shaping the country's current conditions. Focusing on changes made to the Greek administrative and political system based on EU structural policy, Nancy A. Vamvakas contends that EU involvement was not ...
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(P/B) ON FREEDOM, LOVE, AND POWER
Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was a French law professor, historian, sociologist, lay theologian, and Christian anarchist. During the Second World War, he was active in the French resistance; his efforts to save Jews during this time eventually earned him the title "Righteous Among the Nations". A towering intellectual figure, Ellul taught in Paris and at the University of Bordeaux, wrote and published extensively, and engaged throughout his career in a dialogue between the realities of technology and contemporary life, the tenets of the Chris...
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(P/B) MAFIA MOVIES
Rico 'Little Caesar' Bandello, Michael Corleone, and Tony Soprano are just some of the onscreen mafia figures that have fascinated audiences since cinema's inception. Portrayals of the Italian and Italian-American mafia, though, have differed markedly over time and across multiple cultures - from the Godfather trilogy to contemporary Italian films, and in works both by established producers like Martin Scorsese and emerging directors like Matteo Garrone. Mafia Movies encourages mafia aficionados to explore the rich variety of classics and ...
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(P/B) TO THE PAST
Recent years have witnessed a breakdown in consensus about what history should be taught within Canadian schools; there is now a heightened awareness of the political nature of deciding whose history is, or should be, included in social studies and history classrooms. Meanwhile, as educators are debating what history should be taught, developments in educational and cognitive research are expanding our understanding of how best to teach it. "To the Past" explores some of the political, cultural and educational issues surrounding what histo...
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(P/B) POP CULTURE
While usually associated with facets of commercial culture, pop culture can and must be analyzed as an important part of material, economic, and political culture. The author begins by defining popular culture, outlining criticisms, and examining the impact of globalization on pop culture. She then explores mass media and popular culture (soap operas, Egyptian melodramas, Afro-Cuban rap music, and virtual communities), artistic expression and popular culture (graffiti art and body art), and gatherings and popular culture (fast food in Japa...
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PICTURING KNOWLEDGE (P/B)

(P/B) BYZANTIUM: THE IMPERIAL CENTURIES (0802066674)

WRITING THE SOCIAL (P/B)

WOMEN, POLITICS AND REPRODUCTION (P/B)

(P/B) ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY OF SEMIOTICS, MEDIA, AND COMMUNICATIONS