Customs Traditions category: 898 books
Brown Boys and Rice Queens
Spellbinding Performance in the Asias
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Honorable Mention for the 2015 Cultural Studies Best Book presented by the Association of Asian American Studies
Winner of the 2013 CLAGS Fellowship Award for Best First Book Project in LGBT Studies
A transnational study of Asian performance shaped by the homoerotics of orientalism,...
Practically Invisible
Coastal Ecuador, Tourism, and the Politics of Authenticity
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The community of Agua Blanca, deep within the Machalilla National Park on the coast of Ecuador, found itself facing the twenty-first century with a choice: embrace a booming tourist industry eager to experience a preconceived notion of indigeneity, or risk losing a battle against the encroaching forces...
The Dominion of Youth
Adolescence and the Making of Modern Canada, 1920 to 1950
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2008
Adolescence, like childhood, is more than a biologically defined life stage: it is also a sociohistorical construction. The meaning and experience of adolescence are reformulated according to societal needs, evolving scientific precepts, and national aspirations relative to historic conditions. Although...
by Donald B. Kraybill
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2008
Primer to understanding Amish life for visitors. Captivating color photography. Insight on recent media events.
A Tour of Two Cities
Eighteenth century Paris and London compared
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
This new translation offers readers of English a unique look at eighteenth century London and England generally, compared to Paris and France in the same period. It was written by the sharp-tongued and observant journalist Linguet, who had moved there to start a French periodical far from French...
Intoxicated Identities
Alcohol's Power in Mexican History and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Thai Smile
Thailand Take Two, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
Thailand is known as the Land of Smiles.
But never assume that smiles mean the same as they do in the West. Smiling is quite automatic in Thailand. A monk once told me that Thais were boirn with smiles on their faces!
Matt Owens Rees discusses the many different types of smile and gives several real-life illustrations in this free volume.
Virgin
The Untouched History
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
"A well-researched history of virginity . . . In an era marked by a 'chaotic maelstrom of virginities,' Blank's book is a useful . . . antidote to our confusion." - The New York Times Book Review
VIRGIN: The Untouched History is a fascinating and wholly original look at the history...
Minimizing Marriage
Marriage, Morality, and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Even in secular and civil contexts, marriage retains sacramental connotations. Yet what moral significance does it have? This book examines its morally salient features -- promise, commitment, care, and contract -- with surprising results. In Part One, "De-Moralizing Marriage," essays on promise and...
by Hal Roth
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
This is a book of regional history, humor, and folklore, full of the picturesque color of everyday life as it was lived in a remote area of the country early in the 20th century. Hal Roth spent years in a country store, listening to and recording the tall tales and hard truths of a fast-fading rural...
by Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
THE AGE OF LOCUST is a cultural essay about locust invasions in Colombia during the twentieth century. The biblical plague was a scourge to agriculture. It caused a great economic impact. The task of combating it was a civic and government work. Several programs were launched by the State to definitively...
Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
In this encyclopedia, two experienced world travelers and numerous contributors provide a fascinating worldwide survey of street foods and recipes to document the importance of casual cuisine to every culture, covering everything from dumplings to hot dogs and kebabs to tacos.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cigars, 2nd Edition
Buying and Smoking Tips to Know Before You Light Up
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1997
For millions of men and women, it's the ultimate pleasure...
From private parties to hip bars to posh gentlemen's clubs, cigar smoking has become an eight billion dollar global pastime. But, like wine, a fine cigar requires dedicated study and tasting. Here is the only comprehensive book on...
Welcome Home
Make Your House a Healthy, Wealthy, and Happy Place to Live
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
This luxe little gift book holds the key to making a home harmonious. From the front door to the bedroom, every square inch of a dwelling can bring its occupants luck, and Welcome Home shows readers how. Compiled with vintage appeal, easy-to-peruse entries explain how to ward off negativity with dill,...