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by MC Donatella Pavone
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 27, 2019
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 27, 2019
Alla scoperta delle tradizioni siciliane. Libro informativo riguardo le diverse tradizioni, usi e costumi storici o divertenti, tra il sacro ed il profano, i quali da secoli si tramandano in ogni provincia dell'isola. Santi, ricette, proverbi, storie e storielle.
Riti di corte e simboli della regalità
I regni d'Europa e del Mediterraneo dal Medioevo all'Età moderna
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Un’indagine sulla complessa relazione tra sacralità e regalità nell’Europa cristiana e nel mondo islamico. Mettendo a frutto la ricca storiografia a disposizione, M.A. Visceglia indaga la stretta corrispondenza tra i mutamenti delle pratiche cerimoniali e l’evoluzione dell’idea stessa di...
by Rosalie David
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Supporting the current trends toward document-based teaching, this book introduces the reader to the multifaceted world of ancient Egypt through revealing excerpts from 51 texts written by Egyptians themselves.
• Offers a fresh yet accessible approach to the study of ancient Egypt by giving...
by Louis Bandy de Nalèche, Ligaran
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "L'amour du changement, l'espoir d'un sort meilleur, ont déterminé les premières émigrations. Sous cette double influence, la terre entière a été explorée, des colonies ont été fondées, tous les habitants du globe sont devenus solidaires. De nos jours les émigrations ont un motif...
Dans la campagne bretonne
Étude sur les métiers, les habitudes et les travers des pays bretons
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "L'âme du campagnard breton est un sanctuaire fermé que l'œil du profane pénètre difficilement. Il faut l'avoir fréquenté longtemps, pour pouvoir le deviner. Comme la nature grise qui l'enveloppe, elle est mélancolique et réservée. La langue, les habitudes de localisme, la méfiance...
by Auguste Vacquerie, Ligaran
Language: French
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Extrait : "Le roi de Castille don Pèdre était un fier prince. Un jour il crut avoir à se plaindre de ses alliés de Grenade ; il invita Abou-Saïd et les émirs à une fête. Lorsqu'ils arrivèrent, on les saisit, on les attacha à des poteaux et on les tua à coups de javeline."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS...
by Alfred C. Haddon
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
The Torres Straits separates Australia from Papua New Guinea left untouched by European hands until the 18th Century. It has a rich mythology weaving Papuan and Aboriginal traits. A collection of moral tales and creation myths. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's...
Death in Asia
from India to Mongolia
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Learning How to Die Can Teach Us How to Live
All of the world's religions refer to death in some way. Everyone is somewhat familiar with stories about where we go or what happens to us after death. From an early age, we have all heard stories of heaven or hell or some other version of paradise....
Identity, Hybridity and Cultural Home
Chinese Migrants and Diaspora in Multicultural Societies
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
The Chinese have been one of the oldest and largest ethnic communities across the world with well over 35 million people living overseas. Despite their relatively large cultural distance from the host countries, and the ordeals faced by generations of Chinese immigrants due to stereotypes, prejudice,...
The Stories Clothes Tell
Voices of Working-Class Japan
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Spanning decades of research, this compelling social history tells the stories of ordinary people in modern Japan. Tatsuichi Horikiri spent a lifetime searching out old items of clothing—ranging from everyday kimono, work clothes, uniforms, and futons to actor’s costumes, diapers, hats, aprons,...
Christmas in America
A Photographic Celebration of the Holiday Season
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Peter Guttman offers a dazzling overview of the holiday season throughout the United States. Nothing reminds us of the good things in life-family, friendship, food, and good cheer-more than Christmas. With stunning images and illuminating text, award-winning photographer Peter Guttman offers a dazzling...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Globalization and international economic governance offer unprecedented opportunities for cultural exchange. Foreign direct investments can promote cultural diversity and provide the funds needed to locate, recover and preserve cultural heritage. Nonetheless, globalization and international economic...
by Henryk Flakierski
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
This is the second volume in the author's ongoing inquiry into the extent of income inequality in the East European socialist countries and the effect of market-oriented reforms on patterns of income distribution. Although there has been remarkably little empirical research on this question (in part...
Feminism, Culture and Embodied Practice
The Rhetorics of Comparison
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2010
Within both feminist theory and popular culture, establishing similarities between embodied practices rooted in different cultural and geo-political contexts (e.g. ‘African’ female genital cutting and ‘Western’ cosmetic surgery) has become increasingly common as a means of countering cultural...