Columbo

ColumboAn analysis of the hit television series Columbo specifically looking at the famous detectives investigative method of rhetorical enquiry. Through a barrage of questions about tiny details and by feigning ignorance, Columbo employs Socratic method of questioning based on temperance and restraint to discover truths from guest star murderers.

the merchant navy

from Audrey Horne's sense of style to Agent Cooper's dream psychology

politics and contemporary sociological theory

the programmes and their reception

and the state before the emergence of the contraceptive pill

This book provides a distinctive and empirically rich account of the European Union’s relationship with the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the motivations that determine the EU’s policy towards Mercosur

This book focuses in particular on the formation and application of Raymond Williams's cultural-materialist methodology to society and politics

and maps the current field of mediatization focusing on the most recent and cutting-edge theoretical

A wide-ranging collection of concise essays

gender and occupational profiles of people who used private and commercial aircraft and looks at how flying in the period was and is romanticised and caricatured

Class-tested by the author throughout its development: the book has down-to-earth explanations

Its genre-based analyses revisit old favourites and rediscover long-forgotten treasures of film history