First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

These 15 essays engage topics from architecture to politics and from fast food to film, aiming to reveal the problems and potential of postmodern cultural criticism. It looks at the value and limits of postmodernist approaches to present-day society and culture.

The number of doctorates being awarded around the world has almost doubled over the last ten years, propelling it from a small elite enterprise into a large and ever growing international market. Within the context of increasing numbers of doctoral students this book examines the new doctorate environment and the challenges it is starting to face. Drawing on research from around the world the individual authors contribute to a previously under-represented focus of theorising the emerging practices of doctoral education and the shape of change in this arena.

Sophisticated, funny - and deliciously erotic - this captivating series follows three young women navigating the modern culture clash playing out in historically conservative, but increasingly progressive Salt Lake City. Sarah Bryant grew up a good Mormon girl on a Utah horse farm. She was loyal, endearingly naive, and perfectly happy in the shadow of her more outgoing childhood friends, until one world-changing autumn morning sent her on an unexpected course. Growing up next door to Sarah, Kyra Whitney was a world apart, with a hard-drinking mother and all the shame that created in suburban...

First published in 1990, this study focuses on the subversive techniques of British postmodernist fiction and examines its challenge to Realist traditions, and the liberal humanist ideology behind it. Exploring the concept of literary postmodernism, and the strategies and philosophies to which it has given rise, Alison Lee investigates how they are developed in a selection of contemporary British novels, including Midnight's Children, Waterland, Flaubert's Parrot, and Lanark. Postmodernism is considered in relation to history, the visual and performing arts, popular culture, including...

Did you just discover that you are pregnant . . . with twins, triplets or more? Are you wondering how you will cope caring for more than one baby? Multiples Illuminated dives deep into the world of raising multiples with beautiful stories and helpful advice. In it, you will find essays on: - Infertility help and hope - Finding out and coping with a multiples pregnancy - Stories of labor and delivery - Stories from the NICU - Breastfeeding best practices for multiples - Surviving the infant and toddler stages Multiples Illuminated is a compelling collection of stories from writers and parents...