Journal Reviews: A Roundup of 2023 Reviews

We are here again to bring to our VP community a roundup of reviews that were published in 2023. We are pleased to announce that the titles reviewed in various academic journals, across a variety of fields in the Social Sciences and Humanities, were received positively. We look forward to seeing more VP titles reviewed in the future.

Cathrine Bublattzky (Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Tübingen University, Germany) reviewed Snapping and Wrapping: Personal Photography in Japan in Visual Anthropology Review (16 February 2023)
Karina M. Walker (Hartwick College) reviewed Del salvaje siglo XIX al inestable siglo XX en las letras transatlánticas: Una mirada retrospectiva a través de hispanistas in Ámbitos Feministas Vol. 11, Spring 2023, pp. 145-147
Benita Sampedro (Hofstra University) reviewed Del salvaje siglo XIX al inestable siglo XX en las letras transatlánticas: Una mirada retrospectiva a través de hispanistas in Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, May 2023, pp. 1-4
Pamela Fuentes reviewed Del salvaje siglo XIX al inestable siglo XX en las letras transatlánticas: Una mirada retrospectiva a través de hispanistas in New Books Network ES, May. 11, 2023
Francesca Pierini reviewed Discourses and Identities in Romance Fiction in Journal of Popular Romance Studies Vol. 12 (February 13, 2023)
Paola von Wyss-Giacosa reviewed Arts in the Margins of World Encounters in Anthropos 118.2023.1. (pp. 226-228). ISSN print: 0257-9774
John Paul Russo (University of Miami) reviewed Lionello Perera: An Italian Banker and Patron in New York in Italian Americana, 41.1, pp. 83-85
Anna K. Grasskamp reviewed Socially Engaged Public Art in East Asia in Sehepunkte (Rezensions journal für die Gesichtwissenschaften) Ausgabe 23 (2023), Nr. 7/8, issn 1618-6168
Kevin N. Lala (School of Biology, University of St Andrews, UK) reviewed The Making and Breaking of Minds: How Social Interactions Shape the Human Mind in Biological Theory, 18 July 2023
Elena Walsh (School of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities The University of Wollongong) reviewed The Making and Breaking of Minds: How Social Interactions Shape the Human Mind in Philosophical Psychology, 30 Mar 2023
Dr. Jon Mikolashek reviewed The Holy Warrior: Osama Bin Laden and His Jihadi Journey in the Soviet-Afghan War in Journal of Military History, January 2023
Luis Álvarez-Castro reviewed Del salvaje siglo XIX al inestable siglo XX en las letras transatlánticas: Una mirada retrospectiva a través de hispanistas in Hispania Volume 106, Number 3, pp. 516-518
Joseph Donahue reviewed Roots and Routes: Poetics at New College of California in Pacific Coast Philology Volume 57, Issue 1, 2022, pp. 83-86 (Article)
Laura D'Amore reviewed Voices from the Wreckage in The International Journal of Young Adult Literature Volume: 4, Issue: 1. Page/Article: 1-5.

REVIEW PILE Are you interested in reviewing one of our titles for an academic journal or for your personal website/blog? Have a look through this review pile with titles we are looking to assign to reviewers. Please note that these are only available for review. For an inspection copy please follow the instructions here.
Arts and Media	Series in Cinema and Culture	Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away edited by Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis
	Series in Art	Perspective: Selected Essays on Space in Art and Design edited by Sarina Miller
	Critical Media Studies	Project(ing) Human: Representations of Disability in Science Fiction edited by Courtney Stanton
Humanities	Series in Literary Studies	Dogmas in Literature and Literary Missionary: Text, Reader and Critique edited by Önder Çakırtaş Transfiction: Characters in Search of Translation Studies edited by Marko Miletich Literary Representations of Japan: At the Intersection of David Mitchell and Haruki Murakami’s Worlds by Eugenia Prasol Voicing Memories, Unearthing Identities: Studies in the Twenty-First-Century Literatures of Eastern and East-Central Europe edited by Aleksandra Konarzewska, Anna Nakai
	Series in Music	Transformational analysis in practice: Music-analytical studies on composers and musicians from around the world edited by Bozhidar Chapkanov
	Series in World History	Lost Kingdom: Animal Death in the Anthropocene edited by Wendy A. Wiseman and Burak Kesgin The Atlantic as Mythical Space: An Essay on Medieval Ethea by Alfonso J. Garcia-Osuna The end of the Western Civilization? The Intellectual Journey of Humanity to Adulthood by Hippokratis Kiaris
Social Sciences	Series in Anthropology	Sensory Environmental Relationships: Between Memories of the Past and Imaginings of the Future edited by Blaž Bajič and Ana Svetel
	Series in Politics	Lessons from Regional Responses to Security, Health and Environmental Challenges in Latin America edited by Ivo Ganchev The Dynamic Social Contract: An American Case Study by Andre Smith Socializing Militants: How States End Asymmetric Conflict with Non-State Militants by Jeremiah Rozman
	Series in Philosophy	Modal Translation: The Relevance of Worlds by Paul Hanmer
	Series in Philosophy of Religion	The theory of the kingdom: A unified model of human agency by Andrew Root Anime, Philosophy and Religion edited by Kaz Hayashi and William H. U. Anderson
	Series in Education	On Second Language Learner Acquisition of English Collocations by James Martin Rogers Monsters in the Classroom: Noam Chomsky, Human Nature, and Education by Philip G. Hill Liberal Education: Analog Dreams in a Digital Age edited by Karim Dharamsi and David Clemis
	Series in Critical Perspectives on Social Science	Many Rivers to Cross: Black Migrations in Brazil and the Caribbean edited by Elaine P. Rocha The Labyrinth of Multitude and Other Reality Checks on Being Latino/x by Julio Marzán
	Series in Sociology	The COVID-19 Crisis: Key Social and Psychological Issues by Eric D. Miller Community Structures and Processes on Lives of Refugee Children edited by Sofia Leitao, Yvonne M. Vissing Pitirim A. Sorokin: Rediscovering a Master of Sociology by Emiliana Mangone Freedom Taking Place: War, Women and Culture at the Intersection of Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus edited by Jessica Zychowicz

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