Editorial Vol8 no1 by Laura Steckley

“…To help this situation, the journal has been offering reviews of books relevant to our field. Having an introduction through the eyes of someone else can help you to decide whether a book might be useful.…”

Les étranges relations au béarnais de Bourdieu by Colette Milhé

“…Even tough, he never wrote any book about this language, he refers to it in several of his works; in his view, Béarnais language is the link with the father's world. …”
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Le Perroquet de Flaubert de Julian Barnes : genèse d’une passion littéraire by Vanessa Guignery

“…Based on the archives of the British writer Julian Barnes relating to Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), the paper proposes to explore several elements of the genesis of this transgeneric book as well as some aspects of the creative process in order to determine the ways in which Barnes chose to approach Flaubert’s work and life. …”
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L. Woodhead, An introduction to Christianity by B. Zuiddam

“…The style of writing and the knowledge of church history and theology required to read this book intelligently place it beyond the reach of common mortals. …”
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Marcas de género en la producción de libros: las editoras en los estudios del libro y la edición by María Belén Riveiro

“…This article reviews a group of women book publishers –from the 20th and 21st centuries in Latin America– and focuses on four areas ( fields, objects, variables, and problems) to underscore relevant questions for Gender and Cultural Studies.…”
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Là, tout de suite ? La gestion de crise à l’ère de l’instantanéité médiatique by Samuel Cossette

“…This review covers the book Là, tout de suite? La gestion de crise gouvernementale à l’ère de l’instantanéité numérique, in which Véronique Prince, supervised by Thierry Giasson, reflects on Quebec’s government strategies of crisis management in the context of the new hybrid media system. …”
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Review of Tau, R., Kloetzer, L., & Henein, S. (2024). Barefoot academic teaching: Performing arts as a pedagogical tool in higher education (Edition Scenario Vol. VII). Schibri. by Eva Göksel

“… In the true spirit of improvisation, this book is an across the board “yes”! It places embodied teaching and learning at the centre of the university curriculum and as such,it should appeal to readers with a strong interest in the role of the arts in academia: students, researchers, administrators, performers, and teachers/lecturers alike, because it thoughtfully encompasses voices from almost each of these groups. …”
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Domenico Giannetta, Tecniche per l’analisi della musica post-tonale by Paolo Tortiglione

“…In almost 500 pages, the book explores the problems of post-tonal musical analysis and examines the main lines of its development. …”
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When Musicology Goes Cultural: On Reviewing A Cultural History of Western Music in the Renaissance by Nicolò Ferrari

“… The cultural turn that transformed the humanities in the late twentieth century has also impacted musicology, which, has produced significant works emphasizing music’s role in cultural history. The book under review is part of an effort to write a multi-volume cultural history of Western music. …”
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Interview with Michael Welker by Hendrik Van der Westhuizen

“…As Senior Professor and Director of the Research Centre for International and Interdisciplinary Theology at the University of Heidelberg, Welker recently led a project and edited a book (with Michael Beintker and Albert de Lange) on the European Reformation, focusing on forty-eight cities and their Reformers. …”
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Masculinities and Markets: An Interview with Brenda Parker by George Katito

“…Brenda Parker’s book Masculinities and Markets centers this conversation. …”
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Chanson Cachée: The Music-comic albums of Geneviève Castrée by Damon Herd

“…He then analyses Castrée’s two book-and-record sets, comparing the soundtrack to the drawn narrative: their respective autonomy as artistic works, their temporality in terms of reception, and the diegetic status of music in each of the graphic narratives.…”
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L’abbaye de Montebourg en Angleterre (XIe-XIIIe siècle) by Christophe Mauduit

“…During the writing of Domesday Book, the abbey of Montebourg is the only monastery of the bishopric of Coutances to be endowed in England. …”
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