Customs Traditions category: 898 books
To See Them Run
Great Plains Coyote Coursing
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
To See Them Run explores how and why Great Plains hunters have chased coyotes with greyhounds and other sight hounds since before George Armstrong Custer. Though a well-developed, long-lived, widespread, and undeniably enthralling tradition, the practice remains little known, even to those living...
Meeting Once More
The Korean Side of Transnational Adoption
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
A great
mobilization began in South Korea in the 1990s: adult transnational adoptees
began to return to their birth country and meet for the first time with their
birth parents—sometimes in televised encounters which garnered high ratings. What makes the case of South Korea remarkable is the sheer
scale...
by Elder George
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
In his book “A Gender Handbook for Western Man,” author Elder George states that Western thought suffers from a gender imbalance, specifically from a lack of masculine influence, and does not understand the purpose of human existence. George maintains that mankind’s...
by Walter White
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
A July Holiday in Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia
Beyond Aschaffenburg the country improves. Wooded hills alternate with lengthy slopes of vines, deep shady 4coombs, and leafy valleys, where brooks frolic along in frequent windings, and villages nestle, and gray church spires shoot above...
by Zitkala-Sa
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.American Indian Stories (1921) is remarkable for being perhaps the first literary work by a Native-American woman created without the mediation of a non-Native interpreter, or collaborator. Zitkala-Sa vividly articulates...
Leisure and Pleasure
Reshaping and Revealing the New Zealand Body 1900-1960
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2003
This exploration of an unexpected aspect of New Zealand social history examines the human body at leisure in the years 1900–1960. This book studies bodybuilding, especially the famous strongman Eugen Sandow; growing ideas about fitness, health, and exercise; the rise of beauty contests; the culture...
Traditional Music
Sounds in Harmony with Nature
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Music has played and continues to play a vital role in Korean society, providing a rich vein of material as a dynamic part of the nation's culture. Korean music's history reflects active engagement with surrounding cultures, as well as indigenous creativity and innovation.
Korea is heir to...
The Societal Evolution of Male Stereotypes
Gender Bashing of Men in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
"When a negative trait or practice is generally and entirely attributed to a people of a particular race, gender or origin, it is an unfair generalization that we call a ‘stereotype’. When it manifests unchallenged and unanswered, it can over time cause society to lose respect for a particular...
Playa Fire
Spirit and Soul at Burning Man
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Foreword by Burning Man founder Larry Harvey
A stunning visual and narrative homage—featuring more than 100 black & white and color photographs, many never before seen—that captures the wonder and metaphysical power of Burning Man past present, and future, and the magic that draws us...
Sea Islands Heritage
Resonances of Africa in Diasporic Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
As coastal lands become less available in the rush for condo/beach demand, the traditional life of the Sea Islands has become threatened by the pressure to accommodate the tourists, vacationers, and retirees. Scholars and lovers of the culture are recording that information for posterity. Though some...
by Saul Diskin
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Saul Diskins extraordinary memoir is rich with unique and wonderful intimacythe intimacy of twinship. For me this made that closest of bonds come alive in a way no other book Ive read has succeeded in doing. Diskin makes one feel like a twin, see the world through a twins eyes, suffer with him in...
Restaurantes, rumba y más
A Gringo's Guide to Latino Fort Worth
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Taking us well off the beaten path, Peter Szok leads readers on a cultural journey that will make your stomach—and heart—hunger for more.
Szok sets the stage by suggesting that Fort Worth is more than just cowboys and world-class museums, but also a city with a rich immigrant heritage....
Underdevelopment Is a State of Mind
The Latin American Case
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2000
Originally published in 1985, Underdevelopment Is a State of Mind_ was one of the first studies to examine Latin America's rocky development as cultural, rather than colonial, byproduct.
Feed the Baby Hummus
Pediatrician-Backed Secrets from Cultures Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Parenting practices vary widely between countries and cultures. For example, in countries such as the Philippines, breastfeeding after age one year is common, and parents can make their own decision about what is right for their family. In Korea, babies eat a variety of spices and flavors, helping...