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Halloween Highlight: Sexual Crimes in the Early Modern Witch Hunts

Happy Halloween! In the spirit of All Hallows Eve, Cambria Press is highlighting Sexing Political Culture in the History of France because of this fascinating chapter “Sexual Crimes in the Early Modern Witch Hunts.” According to Maryse Simon (University of Strasbourg), “the witch hunt was an essential element in early modern European politics, setting the stage for a long historical...

RMMLA 2013 Annual Convention — A Great Success!

With much gratitude to the RMMLA committee, in particular Joy Landeira and Christopher Lupke, Cambria Press had a very productive and enjoyable time at the RMMLA 2013 annual convention. Cambria Press director Toni Tan was heartened to meet many scholars daring enough to push the envelope when it comes to scholarship, given how Toni Tan‘s speech was one in which she strongly...

Cambria Press director Toni Tan will be the keynote speaker for RMMLA Women’s Caucus Meeting

  Toni Tan, director of Cambria Press, will be the keynote speaker at the RMMLA Women’s Caucus Meeting. She will be speaking on sexuality and globalization. Be sure to check out the Cambria Press display booth and don’t miss the Cambria Press RMMLA special promotion! * * * * * * * * STAY POSTED! LIKE Cambria Press on Facebook,...

Cambria Press Forthcoming Book! The Construction of Femininity in a Postcolonial State

“SINGAPORE is a lively, vibrant and efficient place with a cosmopolitan population. English is almost universally spoken, decisions are made quickly and the streets are safe”, as described very accurately by The Economist. Singapore has come a long way since it was just a small village and much of this has been attributed to the government policies, including prioritizing education....

Cambria Press Book Review: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology praises Childbirth in a Technocratic Age!

Cambria Press congratulates Elizabeth Soliday on yet another great review of her book Childbirth in a Technocratic Age: The Documentation of Women’s Expectations and Experiences by the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, which states that “this book is helpful in facing the nature of modern childbirth” and “addresses women’s rights in a domain where ‘men are in charge’; thus,...

Yet Another Fantastic Journal Review for Shirley Hazzard: Literary Expatriate and Cosmopolitan Humanist!

Cambria Press congratulates Brigitta Olubas on the outstanding review by JASAL on her book Shirley Hazzard: Literary Expatriate and Cosmopolitan Humanist, which reinforces what an important book this is for scholars in contemporary literature. Already hailed for being “scrupulously scholarly” in another review, JASAL praises the book because it “demonstrates what a gift intelligent, passionately engaged and theoretically attuned literary criticism can be.” The...

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