Product Description: The relevance of culture has recently enjoyed increasing recognition for the study of European integration and a European identity. Appeals to a common European culture as well as appeals to different national cultures have been used respectively as a means to pursue political ends...read more

Product Description: Fantasy novels can both challenge and reinforce gender roles and behavior in their depictions of masculinity. The editors present seven essays by feminist writers that explore the image of the male hero and anti-hero in fantasy literature from Lord of the Rings to the present...read more