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by Christopher Lasch
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
The classic New York Times bestseller, with a new introduction by E.J. Dionne Jr.
When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a “biblical prophet” (Time). Lasch’s identification of narcissism as not only an individual ailment but also a...
Peru - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Peru is associated with ancient civilizations, awe-inspiring Inca cities, ruthless conquistadores, spectacular Andean scenery, astonishing biodiversity, and colorful woven textiles. All true—but visitors will find a great deal more to Peru than this. The two distinctive cultures that first encountered...
Venezuela - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
An influential oil producer with a colorful and charismatic president at its helm since 1999, Venezuela is a vast, sometimes frustrating, but never dull country. It is one of the most complex countries in Latin America and one of the least understood. An ambitious attempt to benefit the poor and redistribute...
Afghanistan - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Afghanistan is situated at the crossroads of Asia, a strategically important location that connects the Middle East with Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Down the ages it has been subjected to continuous foreign invasion and intervention—from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khan, and as...
Western Europe - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
The historic countries of Western Europe – Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland – are the jewels in the crown of European civilization. Their importance and attraction for the rest of the world are so great that the region is...
Spain - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
For many, Spain conjures up images of rapacious conquistadors, the unworldly Don Quixote, brave bullfighters, fiery flamenco dancers, and brilliant artists. All true enough—but how does the reality conform to these stereotypes? The Spanish people are certainly distinctive. Visitors are often astounded...
by Paul Bohannan
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Provides a step-by-step blueprint of cultural dynamics, defining the boundaries between matter and life, life and culture, and animal culture versus human culture. With all these basic concepts the author sets the stage for a renewal of anthropological enquiry.
Serbia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Serbia, a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, covers the southern part of the Pannonian plain and the central part of the Balkans. The dominant power in the former Yugoslavia, it has had a bad press in the West. However, the truth is much more nuanced and interesting...
Mongolia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Mongolia is landlocked between its neighbors China and Russia in the heart of Asia. For centuries after the disintegration of Genghis Khan's empire it was ruled by one or the other, but in 1990 the Mongols embraced democracy. Now, after two centuries of Manchu stagnation and seventy years of Soviet...
Nigeria - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa with an internal market of 150 million people and an economy growing at around 8 percent a year, is potentially Africa's next powerhouse. It is nearly one and a half times the size of Texas, with a landmass varying from sandy beaches and tropical jungles,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The internet has recently grown from a fringe cultural phenomenon to a significant site of cultural production and transformation. Internet Culture maps this new domain of language, politics and identity, locating it within the histories of communication and the public sphere. Internet Culture offers...
The Politics of Identity
Class, Culture, Social Movements
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
In The Politics of Identity, Stanley Aronowitz offers provocative analysis of the complex interactions of class, politics, and culture. Beginning with the premise that culture is constitutive of class identities, he demonstrates that while feminist analyses of both racial and gay movements have discussed...
by Iain Chambers
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2008
In Migrancy, Culture, Identity, Iain Chambers unravels how our sense of place and identity is realised as we move through myriad languages, worlds and histories. The author explores the uncharted impact of cultural diversity on today's world, from the 'realistic' eye of the painter to the 'scientific'...
Transnational Connections
Culture, People, Places
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
This work provides an account of culture in an age of globalization. Ulf Hannerz argues that, in an ever-more interconnected world, national understandings of culture have become insufficient. He explores the implications of boundary-crossings and long-distance cultural flows for established notions...