Category: Book Review

• Interview with Ana Lucia Araujo about Cambria Slavery Studies Series

  The following is a recent interview with Professor Ana Lucia Araujo (Howard University) about slavery studies. Professor Araujo is the general editor of the Cambria Slavery Studies Series. Question: Congratulations on being nominated as a member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project! Could you please take us back a little…

  Cambria Press

  June 13, 2018

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Cambria Press, History, Latin American Studies

  Africa and Latin America, Ana Lucia Araujo, history of slavery, impact of slavery, memory of slavery, slave legacy, slavery and society, slavery studies

• Cambria Press Publication Review: The Rimbaud of Leeds

  Congratulations to Dr Christine Regan on the outstanding review of her book The Rimbaud of Leeds: The Political Character of Tony Harrison’s Poetry by the journal English – Journal of the English Association. The journal review commends the book for being: Meticulously researched … an unusually astute and impressively well informed guide to the poetry.…

  Cambria Press

  April 25, 2017

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Cambria Press, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Studies, Literature

  anti colonialism, Arthur Rimbaud, Christine Regan, colonialism, English – Journal of the English Association, high cultural poetry, John Milton, poet, poetry, political poetry, Tony Harrison

• Cambria Press Publication Review – A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia

  Congratulations to Colonel Thomas Drohan (PhD, Princeton University), Head of the Department of Military & Strategic Studies at the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy, on the outstanding review by the journal Parameters of his book, A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia. This book, which is part of the new Cambria Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security Studies (RCSS) Series…

  Cambria Press

  March 9, 2017

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Book Review, Cambria Press, China, International relations, International Studies, Policy Studies, Political Science, Security Studies

  Combined Effects, East Asia, Japan, Korea, Military studies, national security, policy studies, Security Studies, Sino-American, US-China, warfare

• Cambria Press Publication Review: Fearless Femininity by Women in American Theatre (1910s to 2010s)

  Congratulations to Professor Lynne Greeley (University of Vermont) on the outstanding review of her book Fearless Femininity by Women in American Theatre (1910s to 2010s) in the journal Women’s History Review. The book review praises Fearless Femininity because: Greeley has assembled a very large ‘cast’ of female artists: their ranks include the ‘first feminists’ (p.…

  Cambria Press

  January 24, 2017

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American history, Book Review, Cambria Press, LGBT Studies, Performing Arts, Theatre Studies, Women’s Studies

  American theatre, Fearless Femininity, feminism, feminist, gender history, theatre history, Women in Theatre

• Cambria Press Publication Review: Giving This Country A Memory

  Congratulations to to Dr. Anne Brewster, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, on another excellent review of her book, Giving this Country a Memory: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices of Australia, in The Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia. The review praises the book because it is “a respectful, very accessible…

  Cambria Press

  October 24, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Australasian Studies, Book Review, Cambria Press, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Studies, Literature

  Alf Taylor, Anne Brewster, Australian literature, Cambria Press, Doris Pilkington Garimara, indigenous, Jeanine Leane, Kim Scott, Marie Munkara, Melissa Lucashenko, Romaine Moreton, Susan Lever

• Cambria Press Publication Review: Contemporary Chicana Literature

  Congratulations to Professor Cristina Herrera of California State University, Fresno, on the outstanding review of her book, Contemporary Chicana Literature: (Re)Writing the Maternal Script, by the Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. The book review commends Contemporary Chicana Literature because: “In the field of mothering and motherhood studies, there is a lack of literature…

  Cambria Press

  August 1, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Cambria Press, Literary Criticism, Literary Studies

  academic publisher, Ana Castillo, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, Carla Trujillo, Chicana, Contemporary literature, Cristiana Herrera, Denise Chávez, Melinda Palacio, Sandra Cisneros, women writers

• Cambria Press Publication Review: The Construction of Femininity in a Postcolonial State

  Congratulations to Dr. Kho Ee Moi of the National Institute of Education (Singapore) on the outstanding review of her book, The Construction of Femininity in a Postcolonial State: Girls’ Education in Singapore, by the journal Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. The book review states: “Kho examines issues of gender equality with a penetrating…

  Cambria Press

  June 13, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Book Review, Cambria Press, Education, Women’s Studies

  academic publisher, Cambria author, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, education in Asia, gender equality in education, girls education, https://www.amazon.com/Construction-Femininity-Postcolonial-State-Education/dp/1604978511/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=https://www.amazon.com/Construction-Femininity-Postcolonia, Kho Ee Moi, National Institute of Singapore, postcolonial

• Cambria Press Publication Review: Transatlantic Memories of Slavery

  Congratulations to Professors  Elisa Bordin and Anna Scacchi on the glowing review of their book, Transatlantic Memories of Slavery: Reimagining the Past, Changing the Future, by the European Journal of American Studies. The following are excerpts from the book review. “With great courage, sharp intuition and professional dedication they have tackled some of the most controversial issues…

  Cambria Press

  May 25, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, African Studies, Africana Studies, ASA: African Studies Association, Black Studies, Book Review, Cambria Press, Film Studies, History, Latin American Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary Studies, Literature, Performing Arts, Studies in Slavery, university books

  academic publisher, African diaspora, Brazil, Cambria Press, Carribbean, cultural production, http://www.cambriapress.com/slavery-series/, LASA 2016, memory of slavery, public memory, revisionist history, South America, West Africa

• Cambria Press Publication Review: Behind Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet

  Congratulations to Professor Janis Haswell on the review of her two-volume book by Harvard Review, which commends the publication because it “brings new and welcome insight into the man and the artist. Haswell, a professor of English at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, has excellent introductions to each section of letters, which provide indispensable context and…

  Cambria Press

  May 12, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Cambria Press, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Studies

  academic publisher, Booker Prize, Cambria Press, Cambria publication review, English novelist, Janis Haswell, Paul Scott, Raj Quartet

• Cambria Press Publication Review: Contemporary Hispanic Poets

  Congratulations to Professor John Burns on the outstanding review by the journal, A contra corriente, of his book Contemporary Hispanic Poets: Cultural Production in the Global, Digital Age! This book is in the Cambria Latin American Literatures and Cultures series, headed by Professor Román de la Campa, the Edwin B. and Lenore R. Williams Professor of Romance…

  Cambria Press

  May 11, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Cambria Press, Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary Studies, university books

  #LASA2016, academic publisher, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, Cambria review, Contemporary Hispanic Poets, Enrique Vila-Matos, Guillermo Gómez Peña, Hispanic poetry, John Burns, Juan Felipe Herrera, Leopoldo María Panero, Raúl Zurita, Roberto Bolaño, Román de la Campa