Exploring several hundred years of Chinese cinema, this book considers how movies from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora reflect changing views of the Chinese nation. Giving fresh…

Media do not simply portray places that already exist; they actually produce them. In exploring how world populations experience place through media technologies, the essays included here examine how media…

This title explores the most important strategies for teaching, learning and implementation in adventure education. It is fully illustrated throughout with real-world case studies and details research surveying the key…

Ramon Navarro, a third generation subsistence fisherman and farmer who lives on the coast of Chile at Punta Lobos, learned to surf on a busted surfboard left by a visiting…

In this collection, contributors reflect on scholarly, artistic, activist, educational, and practical endeavor known as Appalachian Studies. Following an introduction to the field, the writers discuss how Appalachian Studies illustrates…