MB - Customs & Traditions 1

In this engaging book, Amber Reed provides a new perspective on South Africa’s democracy by exploring Black residents’ nostalgia for life during apartheid in the rural Eastern Cape. Reed looks at a ……続きを見る

This anthology contains seven texts by Kurt Blaukopf (1914–1999) that exemplify the sociological and epistemological position of this pioneer of Austrian music sociology. Blaukopf’s efforts were aim……続きを見る

Rosa Piñel López es una pionera en la enseñanza, la investigación y la apertura de vías de difusión de la Filología Alemana en todas sus posibles facetas. Con este volumen colectivo, editoras y auto……続きを見る

The volume is uniquely located at the interdisciplinary crossroads of Performance Studies and transnational American Studies. As both a method and an object of study, performance deepens our underst……続きを見る

In 2011 Michel Aberson, Maria Cristina Biella, Massimiliano Di Fazio and Manuela Wullschleger (two Italians and two Swiss, two archaeologists and two historians of antiquity) met in Geneva at the Fo……続きを見る

Du XIVe au XVIIIe siècle en France, l'entrée royale est l'une des occasions principales de mise en scène de l'ordre politique. Les sentiments de la population envers son roi, la hiérarchie, les priv……続きを見る

Fondée en 1950 par Eugénie Droz, la collection des Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance a réuni, en soixante-cinq ans, plus de 550 titres. Elle s'est imposée comme la collection la plus importante au ……続きを見る

Dharmanomics seeks to present a coherent and structured economic framework based on the idea of Dharma for at least 1500 years. Ever wondered what is the socio-economic commonality between the Angko……続きを見る

The Gael were, as a people, pre-eminently superstitious. They were, in the main, a simple minded race, credulous to the last degree, and in almost every form in which superstition has existed it was……続きを見る

A collection of magic songs, spells, and charms in one of the largest published volumes of traditional Finnish folk music. First collected and published by Elias Lӧnnrot in 1880 and later translated……続きを見る

The Mordvins are a unique people living in Russia. So far as is known, the Mordvins never worshipped images or natural objects as such. This interesting and well researched book is a brilliant insig……続きを見る

Have you been charmed and intrigued by the placenames you've come across on Orkney Islands maps: Dwarfie Hammars; Fokkers Gill; Gump o Spurness; Gentlemen's Ha; Kame o Stews? Who was Cubbie Roo? Whe……続きを見る

Depuis la fin de la décennie 1990 jusqu’au moment de la publication de ce livre, la République Démocratique du Congo est secouée par des guerres récurrentes. La littérature sur cette instabilité a r……続きを見る

On this deep and devastating journey, we travel through the harsh realities of urban African poverty, where the gap between the rich and the poor lies wide open. South Africa's townships today are r……続きを見る

From BBC television and radio presenter Amber Butchart, The Fashion Chronicles is an exploration of 100 of the most fascinating style stories ever told. From Eve's fig leaf to Hilary Clinton's pants……続きを見る

A comprehensive history of women in Japanese religious traditions Scholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing……続きを見る

Winner of the 2014 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Taking a performance studies approach to understanding Asian American racial subjectivity, Josh……続きを見る

In 'Club Life of London,' John Timbs provides a fascinating exploration of the vibrant social culture that defined Victorian-era London through its eclectic clubs. Written with meticulous attention ……続きを見る

Preaching During a Pandemic: The Rhetoric of the Black Preaching Tradition is a two-volume collection of sermons from those who preach within the Black preaching tradition during the COVID-19 pandem……続きを見る

In this enchanting new book, one of the country's most celebrated storytellers has gathered together traditional tales that have their roots in the cold and long, dark nights of midwinter. Herein yo……続きを見る

Io, italiano**……in Ucraina ?!** permette al lettore di entrare in una realtà diversa da quella “occidentale” a lui conosciuta. Un simpatico viaggio nella splendida Ucraina, raccontato in chiave comi……続きを見る

First published in 1990, Border Dialogues explores some of the territories of contemporary culture, philosophy and criticism. It touches on arguments surrounding Nietzsche and Italian ‘weak thought’……続きを見る

The Aino people of Japan are very little known and where treated as savages when discovered by western travellers. Their religion was rich and cultured and this book opens the eyes of the reader to ……続きを見る

En las tradiciones indígenas de México el sueño coexiste con el trance, o es equivalente al mismo, y los chamanes locales lo utilizan para acceder a un espacio-tiempo alterno, caracterizado con dist……続きを見る

First published in 1965, The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India in Historical Outline is a strikingly original work, the first real cultural history of India. The main features of the Indian ……続きを見る

En las tradiciones indígenas de México el sueño coexiste con el trance, o es equivalente al mismo, y los chamanes locales lo utilizan para acceder a un espacio-tiempo alterno, caracterizado con dist……続きを見る

En las tradiciones indígenas de México el sueño coexiste con el trance, o es equivalente al mismo, y los chamanes locales lo utilizan para acceder a un espacio-tiempo alterno, caracterizado con dist……続きを見る

Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vodún, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while simulta……続きを見る

Written by acclaimed sports author and oral historian Harvey Frommer and with an introduction by pro football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, When It Was Just a Game tells the fascinating story of the ……続きを見る

From Amber Butchart, host of BBC 4's A Stitch in Time.** Karl Lagerfeld drew inspiration from the dystopian vision of Metropolis. The picture-perfect worlds of Wes Anderson's films echo in Miuccia P……続きを見る