Forthcoming Titles in Performing Arts & Mass Media, 2025

A list of the latest and soon-to-be-released publications through November 2026.

Posted on July 3, 2025 in Forthcoming Academic Titles

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Film

American Medium: A New Film Philosophy, by Eyal Peretz. Stanford, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781503644229 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9781503644984 $28.00; ebook ISBN 9781503644991 $28.00

Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen: Directors of Golden Age Hollywood Musicals, by Thomas S. Hischak. Bloomsbury Academic, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781538195826 $45.00; ebook ISBN 9781538195833 $42.50

Cinema of Sincerity: Soviet Films and Culture During the Thaw, by Viktoria Paranyuk. Wisconsin, Dec. 2025e. ISBN 9780299354602 $89.95

Cinemas of Bisexual Transgression, by Jacob Engelberg. Duke, Jan. 2026e. ISBN 9781478029526 $119.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478032984 $29.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478032984 $119.95e

Comebacks: The Return of the Aging Film Star, ed. by Gloria Monti and Martin Shingler. Wayne State, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9780814350638 $94.99; pbk ISBN 9780814350621 $36.99; ebook ISBN 9780814350645 $36.99

Community, by Erin Giannini. Bloomsbury Academic, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781538191897 $36.00; ebook ISBN 9781538191903 $34.00

Crime Films of the 1970s: Contemporary Perspectives, ed. by David A. Mackey, Eric S. See, and Sarah A. See. Bloomsbury Academic, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798881806620 $95.00; ebook ISBN 9798881806637 $45.00

Critical Survey of Shakespeare’s Film Adaptations. Salem Press, Sep. 2025. pbk ISBN 9798891791466 $175.00e

Drawn to Nature: American Animation in the Age of Science, by Colin Williamson. Minnesota, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9781517914875 price not yet set; pbk ISBN 9781517914882 price not yet set; ebook ISBN 9781452974255 price not yet set

Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema, by Irina Dzero. Florida, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9781683405146 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9781683405146 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9781683405405 $35.00

Finding Birt Acres: The Rediscovery of a Film Pioneer, by Deac Rossell, Barry Anthony and Peter Domankiewicz. Exeter, Jul. 2025e. ISBN 9781804131466 $126.00

Long Take, by Akira Kurosawa, translated by Anne McKnight. Minnesota, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9781517903282 price not yet set; pbk ISBN 9781517903299 price not yet set; ebook ISBN 9781452973623 price not yet set

Mainstreaming Palestine: Cinematic Activism and Solidarity Politics in the United States, by Umayyah Cable. Minnesota, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781517919955 $108.00; pbk ISBN 9781517919962 $27.00; ebook ISBN 9781452974132 $27.00

The Mid-Twentieth Century Musical on Stage, Screen and Television: Conversations Between Place, Form and Media, ed. by William A. Everett and Luca Cerchiar. Taylor & Francis Group, Dec. 2025e. ISBN 9781032788838 $190.00e

Pipeline Noir: Seeing Oil through Chinatown, by Michael Rubenstein. Minnesota, Oct. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781517919269 $10.00; ebook ISBN 9781452973029 $4.95

The Prettiest Woman: Nostalgia for Late Industrial Capitalism, by Grant Farred. Minnesota, Nov. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781517918323 $10.00; ebook ISBN 9781452972060 $4.95

Producing Precarity: The Costs of Making TV in Poor Places, by Curtis Marez. New York, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9781479836703 $89.00; pbk ISBN 9781479836727 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9781479836734 $30.00

Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-first Century India, by Megha Anwer and Anupama Arora. Michigan, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9780472077649 $115.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057641 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905232 price not yet set

Stardom in Contemporary Global Hollywood, by Andrew Dix. Taylor & Francis Group, Jan. 2026e. ISBN 9781138020849 $160.00e

When Hollywood Came to Greece: Runaway Film Production and the Modernisation of the Greek Film Industry, by Yannis Tzioumakis. Taylor & Francis Group, Apr. 2026e. ISBN 9781032053288 $160.00e

Wicked Witch of the West: The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon, by Lona Bailey. Bloomsbury Academic, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798881808228 $34.00; ebook ISBN 9798881808235 $32.00

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General

Artists at Work: Rethinking Policy for Artistic Careers, by Joanna Woronkowicz. Stanford, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781503636408 $50.00; ebook ISBN 9781503643772 $50.00

ArtMill: A Story of Sustainable Creativity in Bohemia, by Barbara Benish. New Village Press, Jul. 2025. ISBN 9781613322727 $89.00; pbk ISBN 9781613322710 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9781613322734 $30.00

Creativity in the Age of AI: Toolkits for the Modern Mind, by Jerry Wind, Mukul Pandya, and Deborah Yao. De Gruyter, Oct. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9783111698106 $24.99; ebook ISBN 9783111698816 $24.99

De Gruyter Handbook of Digital and Online Arts Marketing: Technological, Social, and Cultural Trends, ed. by Desmond Hui and Christine Choy. De Gruyter, Nov. 2025e. ISBN 9783110754612 $160.99; ebook ISBN 9783110755084 $160.99

Everything Is Permitted: On Assassin’s Creed, by Cameron Kunzelman. Minnesota, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781517914936 price not yet set; pbk ISBN 9781517914943 price not yet set; ebook ISBN 9781452973647 price not yet set

The Human in Bits: Graphical Computers, Black Abstractions, by Kris Cohen. Duke, Aug. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028857 $109.00e; pbk ISBN 9781478032090 $31.00e; ebook ISBN 9781478061076 $109.00e

Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession, by Jodi A. Byrd. Duke, Nov. 2025e. ISBN 9781478029274 $119.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478032649 $28.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478061496 $119.95e

My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio: Writings and Interviews, 1983–2023, by Nayland Blake, ed. by Jarrett Earnest. Duke, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9781478029083 $119.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478032502 $28.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478061335 $119.95e

Oshun, Lemonade, and Intertextuality: Afro-Atlantic Religion in Black Cultural Production, by Sheneese Thompson. Florida, Jul. 2025. ISBN 9780813079387 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9780813081106 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9780813073866 $30.00

Place-Keepers: Latina/x Art, Performance, and Organizing in the Twin Cities, by Jessica Lopez Lyman. Minnesota, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781517920029 $100.00; pbk ISBN 9781517920036 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781452974514 $24.95

Plunkett’s Entertainment, Movie, Publishing & Media Industry Almanac 2026: Entertainment, Movie, Publishing & Media Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends and Leading Companies, by Jack W. Plunkett, ed. by Jack W. Plunkett. Plunkett Research, Ltd., Jan. 2026e. pbk ISBN 9781647881009 $399.99; ebook ISBN 9781647885922 $399.99

Publishing Place: Transatlantic Modernity and Periodical Culture on Canada’s East Coast, by Billy Johnson. McGill-Queen’s, Nov. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780228025894 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780228025900 $39.95

Soviet Rock on Screen: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of a Film Genre, by Rita Safariants. Wisconsin, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9780299354809 $89.95

Unsettling Catan: Detached Design in Eurogames, by J. Rey Lee. Michigan, Nov. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780472039982 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905201 price not yet set

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Media & Communication

Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics, by Oscar Winberg. North Carolina, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781469690896 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469690902 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9781469686462 $22.99

Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI, by Nina Beguš. Michigan, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9780472077731 $115.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057733 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905324 price not yet set

Austria’s Difficult Past Memory of National Socialism and the Filmization of Television (1960-1980), by Jakub Gortat. Vol. 38 (Austrian and Habsburg Studies Series). Berghahn Books, Jul. 2025. ISBN 9781836950202 $135.00; ebook ISBN 9781836950219 price not yet set

Border Mediascapes: Cinematic Itineraries at the Edge of Europe, by Francesco Zucconi. Minnesota, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9781517918903 price not yet set; pbk ISBN 9781517918910 price not yet set; ebook ISBN 9781452974552 price not yet set

By Their Work: Indigenous Women’s Digital Media in North America, ed. by Joanna Hearne and Karrmen Crey. Minnesota, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781517919054 price not yet set; pbk ISBN 9781517919061 price not yet set; ebook ISBN 9781452974477 price not yet set

Cultural Production of Hallyu in the Digital Platform Era: Industry Perspectives, by Dal Yong Jin. Michigan, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9780472077564 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057566 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905126 price not yet set

De Gruyter Handbook of Marketing Communication, ed. by Robert Magee. De Gruyter, Nov. 2026e. ISBN 9783111573472 $153.99; ebook ISBN 9783111574462 $153.99

Dissent and Social Media: The Role of Social Media in Facilitating Cultural Change, by Matthew T. Pifer. Anthem Press, Mar. 2026. ISBN 9781839993909 $110.00; ebook ISBN 9781839993916 $35.00

Drama of Democracy: Political Representation in Mumbai, by Lisa Björkman. Minnesota, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781517918934 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781517918941 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9781452973586 $30.00

The Elite Center Cannot Hold: Critical Perspectives on Resurgent Philippine Liberalism, ed. by Tom Sykes et al. Anthem Press, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781839995767 $110.00; ebook ISBN 9781839995781 $35.00

The Gig Public: AI-Driven Contractual and Habitual Performativation of Publicness, by Slavko Splichal. Anthem Press, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781839995217 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9781839995224 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9781839995248 $35.00

Headlines That Matter: How News Moves Markets, by Kavita Chandran and Saldene Lyte. Georgetown, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9781647125929 $89.95; pbk ISBN 9781647125936 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9781647125943 $29.95

Interface Frictions: How Digital Debility Reshapes Our Bodies, by Neta Alexander. Duke, Aug. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028925 $119.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478032168 $28.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478061120 $119.95e

Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of Critical Press since the 1980s, by Andrew Paxman. North Carolina, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781469684970 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781469684987 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9781469684994 $27.99

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine: A 1967 New York City Seminar Featuring Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, by William J. Buxton. Alberta, Dec. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781772128277 $29.99; ebook ISBN 9781772128390 $29.99

Needy Media: How Tech Gets Personal, by Stephen Montiero. McGill-Queen’s, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9780228025986 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780228025993 $34.95

Negative Media: Erasure and the Limits of Retention, by Ella Klik. Stanford, Feb. 2026. ISBN 9781503645264 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781503645264 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9781503645271 $30.00

The Power of Media in Social Conflict: Building an Agenda for Communication Research and Practice, by Deborah A. Cai and Tricia S. Jones. Bloomsbury Academic, Mar. 2026. ISBN 9781538117514 $70.00; pbk ISBN 9781538117521 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9781538117538 $33.00

Producing Videos: A complete guide, by Martha Mollison David Balfour. Taylor & Francis Group, Jul. 2025e. ISBN 9781032103563 $190.00e

Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons, by Samuel A. Moore. Michigan, Sep. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780472057634 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905225 price not yet set

Queer Relajo: Feeling the Nightscapes of Mexicanidad, by David Tenorio. Michigan, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9780472077601 $115.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057603 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905188 price not yet set

Routledge Companion to Immersive Media, ed. by Sarah Atkinso, Joanna Bucknall, and Helen Kennedy. Taylor & Francis Group, Jun. 2026e. ISBN 9781032825014 $270.00e

Total Market American: Race, Data, and Advertising, by Marcel Rosa-Salas. Duke, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9781478029151 $103.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478032540 $25.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478061359 $103.95e

Unveiling Rural Darkness: Media and the Myth of the Pristine Night, by Dwayne Avery. Anthem Press, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781839993985 $110.00; ebook ISBN 9781839994005 $35.00

WhatsApp in the World: Disinformation, Encryption, and Extreme Speech, ed. by Sahana Udupa and Herman Wasserman. New York, Jul. 2025. ISBN 9781479833269 $89.00; pbk ISBN 9781479833276 $32.00; ebook ISBN 9781479833283 $32.00

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MUSIC

Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl, by Dan DiPiero. Michigan, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780472077700 $100.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057702 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9780472077700 $24.95

Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music, by Alice Gerrard. North Carolina, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781469690360 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9781469683331 $29.00

The Female Playback in Bombay Cinema: Voice, Body, Technology, by Shikha Jhingan. Wayne State, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780814350959 $94.99; pbk ISBN 9780814350942 $36.99; ebook ISBN 9780814350966 $36.99

Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo, ed. by Kristina R. Gaddy and Rhiannon Giddens. North Carolina, Sep. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781469690575 $18.95; ebook ISBN 9781469683096 $12.99

Hands, Wrists, Fingers: Creative Health for Musicians, by Pedro de Alcantara. Anthem Press, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781839994050 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9781839994067 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9781839994074 $35.00

Jazz Theory: From Basic to Advanced Study, by Dariusz Terefenk. Taylor & Francis Group, Jul. 2025e. ISBN 9781032028217 $190.00e

Magic Moments: The Perry Como Story, by Matthew Long. Bloomsbury Academic, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781538195635 $34.00; ebook ISBN 9781538195642 $32.00

Making Things Musical: The Culture and Practice of Making Musical Objects, by Gavin Carfoot. Taylor & Francis Group, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9781138700710 $152.00e

Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy: From Taping to Napster to TikTok, by David Arditi. Anthem Press, Feb. 2026. pbk ISBN 9781839995941 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781839995965 $23.80

Musicians on Twitch: Creativity, Struggles, and the Reality Behind Live Streaming, by Arthur Ehlinger. Anthem Press, Feb. 2026. pbk ISBN 9781839996016 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781839996030 $23.80

Noisy Memory: Recording Sound, Performing Archives, by Brian Harnetty. North Carolina, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9781469691336 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469691343 $27.95; ebook ISBN 9781469688053 $22.99

Popular World Music, by Andrew Shahriari. Taylor & Francis Group, Oct. 2026e. ISBN 9781032436753 $110.00e

Reading Song Lyrics: An Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Approach, by Glenn Fosbraey. Anthem Press, Aug. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781839995002 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781839995019 $23.80

The Routledge Companion to Early Modern Music and Literature, ed. by Rachael Durkin and Katharina Clausius. Taylor & Francis Group, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9781032505589 $300.00e; pbk ISBN not yet set $300.00e

The Routledge Handbook to Metal Music Composition: Evolution of Structure, Expression, and Production, ed. by Lori Burns and Ciro Scotto. Taylor & Francis Group, Jul. 2025e. ISBN 9781032407203 $300.00e

Scoring the Screen: The Secret Language of Music for Film and Visual Media, by Andy Hill. Bloomsbury Academic, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9781538163474 $135.00; pbk ISBN 9781538163481 $39.00; ebook ISBN 9781538163498 $37.00

Strike While the Needle is Hot, by Josh MacPhee. Common Notions Press, Aug. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781945335549 $26.00e

The Work of Music: Labor and Creativity in Germany’s Long Nineteenth Century, by Celia Applegate. Wisconsin, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780299353308 $49.95

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Theater & Dance

Acting the Part: Audience Participation in Performance, by E.B. Hunter. Michigan, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780472077717 $100.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057719 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905300 price not yet set

An Actor’s Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States, by Amy Hughes. Michigan, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9780472077687 $115.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057689 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905287 price not yet set

Applied Theatre and Racial Justice, ed. by Eunice Ferreira and Lisa Biggs. Taylor & Francis Group, Aug. 2025e. ISBN 9781032224008 $190.00e

Backstaging Modern Chinese Theatre: Intellectuals, Amateurs, and Cultural Entrepreneurs, 1910s–1940s, by Man He. Michigan, Jul. 2025. ISBN 9780472077557 $130.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057559 $44.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905119 price not yet set

A Beautiful Fight: The Racial Politics of Capoeira in Backland Bahia, by Esther Viola Kurtz. Michigan, Jul. 2025. ISBN 9780472077540 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057542 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905102 price not yet set

Cavell’s Ontology of Film: The World Viewed After Half a Century, by Jeroen Gerrits. Anthem Press, Jul. 2025. ISBN 9781839995149 $110.00; ebook ISBN 9781839995156 $35.00

Creating Ethnodrama: A Theatrical Approach to Research, by Joe Salvatore. Guilford Press, Jul. 2025. ISBN 9781462557707 $83.00; pbk ISBN 9781462549856 $55.00; ebook ISBN 9781462557714 $55.00

Creativitry: Asia’s Iconic Playwright Reveals the Art of Creativity, by Stan Lai. Anthem Press, Aug. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781839993954 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781839993978 $24.95

Curating the Commons: Socially Engaged Public Art, by Katia Arfara. Michigan, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9780472077793 $130.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057795 $44.95; ebook ISBN 9780472222414 $44.95

Dance Movement Therapy: The Basics, by Hilda Wengrower. Taylor & Francis Group, Mar. 2026e. ISBN 9781032633466 $170.00e

Dancing Opacity: Contemporary Dance, Transnationalism, and Queer Possibility in Senegal, by Amy E. Swanson. Michigan, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9780472077663 $100.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057665 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905256 price not yet set

Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater, by Ann E. De León, Odile Cisneros, and Richard Young. 2nd ed. Bloomsbury Academic, Mar. 2026. ISBN 9781538122792 $275.00; ebook ISBN 9781538122808 $261.00

Homebodies: Performance and Intimacy in the Age of New Media, by L. Archer Porter. Michigan, Feb. 2026. ISBN 9780472077847 $115.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057849 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905454 price not yet set

Knowing as Moving: Perception, Memory, and Place, by Susan Leigh Foster. Duke, Aug. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028901 $103.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478032144 $23.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478061106 $103.95e

Mass Performance: Systems and Citizens, by Kimberly Jannarone. Michigan, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9780472133413 $100.00; pbk ISBN 9780472039975 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780472221172 $34.95

Movable Londons: Performance and the Modern City, by Julia H. Fawcett. Michigan, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9780472077625 $115.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057627 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780472905218 price not yet set

A Movement’s Promise: The Making of Contemporary Palestinian Theater, by Samer Al-Saber. Stanford, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9781503642584 $130.00; pbk ISBN 9781503643277 $32.00; ebook ISBN 9781503643284 $32.00

The Power of Place: August Wilson and Pittsburgh, by Laurence Glasco. Pittsburgh, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9780822948544 $39.00e; ebook ISBN 9780822991984 $39.00e

Rachel Crothers: Broadway Innovator, Feminist Pioneer, by John Bassett. Bloomsbury Academic, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9798881804916 $36.00; ebook ISBN 9798881804923 $32.40

REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors, by Henry Hank Greenspan. Wayne State, Aug. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780814352632 $24.99; ebook ISBN 9780814352649 $24.99

The Routledge Companion to Performance and Science, ed. by Paul Johnson, Simon Parry, and Adele Senior. Taylor & Francis Group, Jul. 2025e. ISBN 9781032138992 $375.00e

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernist Dance, ed. by Allana Lindgren. Taylor & Francis Group, Jan. 2026e. ISBN 9781138545533 $220.00e

Screen Performance and the Shakespeare Film Canon in the Spotlight of Archivision, by Anthony R. Guneratne. Anthem Press, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9781839982699 $110.00; ebook ISBN 9781839982705 $35.00

Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: Behind the Bloody Musical Masterpiece, by Rick Pender. Bloomsbury Academic, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781538196441 $34.00; ebook ISBN 9781538196458 $32.00

Theatrical Performance and Popular Music, by David Pattie. Taylor & Francis Group, Jan. 2026e. ISBN 9780367134051 $150.00e

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