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Analyzing Christmas in Film
Santa to the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Film plays a vital role in the celebration of Christmas. For decades, it has taught audiences about what the celebration of the season looks like – from the decorations to the costumes and to the expected snowy weather – as well as mirrors our own festivities back to us. Films like It’s a Wonderful...
Primitive Passions
Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Beginning with early 20th-century figures--among them Carl Jung, Isak Dinesen, and Georgia O'Keeffe--who found in "the primitive" a medium for soul-searching and personal change, Torgovnivk probes how the return to the primitive has signaled a quest to transcend the limitations of the body...
Shame and Honor
A Vulgar History of the Order of the Garter
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
"It's a nice piece of pageantry. . . . Rationally it's lunatic, but in practice, everyone enjoys it, I think."—HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Founded by Edward III in 1348, the Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest chivalric honor among the gifts of the Queen of England...
Eating Appalachia
Rediscovering Regional American Flavors
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Dozens of indigenous fruits, vegetables, nuts, and game animals are waiting to be rediscovered by American epicures, and Appalachia stocks the largest pantry with these delectable flavors. Eating Appalachia looks at the uniquely flavorful foods that are native to the region—including pawpaws, American...
by Sasha Handley
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
A riveting look at how the early modern world revolutionized sleep and its relation to body, mind, soul, and society Drawing on diverse archival sources and material artifacts, Handley reveals that the way we sleep is as dependent on culture as it is on biological and environmental factors. After 1660...
Chinese Americans: The History and Culture of a People
The History and Culture of a People
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
This in-depth historical analysis highlights the enormous contributions of Chinese Americans to the professions, politics, and popular culture of America, from the 19th century through the present day.
• Highlights the distinctive roles that Chinese Americans have added to the fabric of American...
by Isaac Myer
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
An element of great value to the student of religions is, that the scarabæus symbol, is the earliest expression of the most ancient idea of the immortality of the soul after death that has reached our day, taking us back however to a period which may be considered as civilized and enlightened and...
by Suzi Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Young Lady’s Day is Book 4 in the Regency Life Series.
This book depicts the often-frivolous life and fashions of a young lady in the early 1800’s, but also gives a glimpse into the more serious occupations a young lady may undertake. Through historic images, historical information, and funny...
The Making and Unmaking of the Haya Lived World
Consumption, Commoditization, and Everyday Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 1996
At the center of this subtle ethnographic account of the Haya communities of Northwest Tanzania is the idea of a lived world as both the product and the producer of everyday practices. Drawing on his experience living with the Haya, Brad Weiss explores Haya ways of constructing and inhabiting their...
Osogbo
Speaking to the Spirits of Misfortune
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
By understanding osogbo, the spirits of misfortune, we can better overcome them and return to health and balance in our lives
• Explains how misfortune works in this world as living spirits that plague humanity but are also a catalyst for self-development and conscious evolution
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Desi Hoop Dreams
Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
South Asian American men are not usually depicted as ideal American men. They struggle against popular representations as either threatening terrorists or geeky, effeminate computer geniuses. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means of performing a distinctly American masculinity. Desi...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
First published in 1975. How do men come to perceive and evaluate a world in which marked inequalities of class and status exist? This book considers the nature of class images and their underlying work and community structures. Beginning with the argument that the perception of society varies according...
by Pierre Loti
Language: French
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Pierre Loti (1850-1923)
"Loti fut baptisé le 25 janvier 1872, à l’âge de vingt-deux ans et onze jours. Lorsque la chose eut lieu, il était environ une heure de l’après-midi, à Londres et à Paris. Il était à peu près minuit, en dessous, sur l’autre face de la boule terrestre,...
Les Fêtes célèbres
De l'Antiquité, du Moyen Âge et des Temps Modernes
Language: French
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Extrait : "Dans les temps les plus reculés, l'histoire nous fait assister à des solennités, à des fêtes instituées ou sanctionnées par les lois, ayant pour la plupart un caractère religieux, et montrant chez tous les peuples une tendance naturelle à se réunir pour faire trêve au labeur de...