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Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-17
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Lipsi forms a modern construction that has disconnected from its past. Recently, the community has formed a collective identity reconstructed from fragments of collective memory. This book is an ethnographic account of the mythology proposed by the community and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-17
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Aneji Eko was technically illiterate, but she represents a resource for understanding the complexities of African and Nigerian cultures. This is an account of matriarchy and the complex ties of kinship, their influences in shaping childhood culture, and how they...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-12-11
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Regarding the Pain of Others is Susan Sontag's searing analysis of our numbed response to images of horror. From Goya's Disasters of War to news footage and photographs of the conflicts in Vietnam, Rwanda and Bosnia, pictures have been charged with inspiring dissent,...
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Penguin
Parution :
2013-12-05
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Can religions help us tackle the ecological crisis we are now facing?Can we redefine our relationship with the Earth, giving spiritual depth to ecological issues? This book attempts to answer these questions by exploring the relationship between ecology and theology....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-12-05
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How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-05
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Dieser Band versammelt historische, kunstgeschichtliche, medien- und literaturwissenschaftliche Analysen zu diversen visuellen und textlichen Repräsentationen armer und fremder Familien von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zur Gegenwart. Indem das traditionsreiche Konzept Familie...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-12-04
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Als erster Mensch im Weltraum umkreiste der sowjetische Luftwaffenoffizier Jurij Gagarin am 12. April 1961 in seinem Raumschiff Vostok die Erde. Mehr als 50 Jahre nach dem Ereignis und lange nach Ende des Kalten Kriegs genießt Gagarin weiterhin Aktualität. Der Körper...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-04
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A call for new methods for anthropology, this book explores the nature of anthropological knowledge and the conditions of integration and communication with people. Starting with an analysis of anthropologists' guilt, Fan addresses issues of reflexivity, reciprocity,...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2013-12-03
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A collection of the writings of Raymond Williams, who many considered to be the most significant post-war intellectual in Britain. He wrote on diverse subjects, and his books included "Culture and Society", "The Long Revolution", "The Country and the City", "Towards...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2013-11-30
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Contesting Ethnoarchaeologies provides a systematic overview of major non-American traditions of ethnoarchaeology, with a particular focus on Europe and Asia. It explores all stages of their research agenda. These ethnoarchaeologies were embedded in theoretical...
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Springer
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2013-11-30
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This book presents fourteen original contributions by authors examining the importance of dwellings and local communities in people’s everyday lives. Through qualitative research conducted in North America and Europe, the volume explores the ways in which home is...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-27
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Die Mexikanistik hat die Religion Mesoamerikas bisher mit altertumskundlichen Methoden erörtert. Hier werden vorrangig die religiösen Eigenaussagen der Mesoamerikaner ethnologisch analysiert. Dazu wird der Vergleich mit den nordamerikanischen, von Mesoamerika...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-27
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?Bringt die bloße Knappheit überlebenswichtiger Güter Menschen dazu, Macht und Leistung als sehr wichtig zu bewerten? Oder schaffen wirtschaftliche Institutionen eine „Culture of Competition“, die zu einer hohen Priorität von Macht- und Leistungswerten führt? Welche...
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2013-11-20
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Ecotourism is a unique facet of globalization, promising the possibility of reconciling the juggernaut of development with ecological/cultural conservation. Davidov offers a comparative analysis of the issue using a case study of indigenous Kichwa people of Ecuador and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-11-19
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Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-11-19
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This book analyses the legal aspects of international claims by indigenous peoples for the repatriation of their cultural property, and explores what legal norms and normative orders would be appropriate for resolving these claims. To establish context, the book first...
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Springer
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2013-11-19
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Europa ringt an seinen Außengrenzen, aber auch im Innern, um Integration. Immer dringlicher wird die Frage nach der Gestaltung unseres Zusammenlebens. Die Arbeit nimmt dieses Problem auf der Mittelmeerinsel Malta in den Blick. Dort treffen durch Migrationsbewegungen von...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-15
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Das Heimatland ihrer Eltern und Grosseltern kennen in der Diaspora geborene Tibeterinnen und Tibeter meist nur aus Erzählungen. In den letzten Jahrzehnten wurde dem Leid der tibetischen Flüchtlinge sehr viel Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt und in Bildbänden, Filmen, Studien...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-15
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This book deals with the subject of identity and identification within contemporary cultural studies and includes a selection of papers from the 14th International ‘Culture & Power’ Conference held in Ciudad Real, Spain, in 2010. The volume contributes to contemporary...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-15
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