Dali is a small region on a high plateau in Southeast Asia. Its main deity, Baijie, has assumed several gendered forms throughout the areas history: Buddhist goddess, the mother of Dalis founder, a widowed martyr, and a village divinity. What accounts for so many different incarnations of a local deity?
Goddess on the Frontier argues that Dalis encounters with forces beyond region and nation have influenced the goddesss transformations. Dali sits at the cultural crossroads of Southeast Asia, India, and Tibet; it has been claimed by different countries but is currently part of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. Megan Bryson incorporates historical-textual studies, art history, and ethnography in her book to argue that Baijie provided a regional identity that enabled Dali to position itself geopolitically and historically. In doing so, Bryson provides a case study of how people craft local identities out of disparate cultural elements and how these local identities transform over time in relation to larger historical changes—including the increasing presence of the Chinese state.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Short History of Nearly EverythingISBN: 0552151742 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552151740 Издательство: Random House - PenguinРейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.)Описание: Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can`t contain his curiosity about the world around him. It`s not so much about what we know, as about how we know what we know.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Made In America (R/I)ISBN: 1784161861 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784161866 Издательство: Random House - PenguinРейтинг: Цена: от 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: Tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn`t won, why Americans say `lootenant` and `Toosday`, and more.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Troublesome WordsISBN: 0141040394 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141040394 Издательство: Random House - PenguinРейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: A guide to the problems of English usage and spelling. It lets you discover whether you should care about split infinitives, or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say `an historic day`.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Bryson`s Dictionary of Troublesome WordsISBN: 0767910435 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780767910439 Издательство: Random House (USA)Цена: 1471.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: "English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where 'cleave' can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word 'set' has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at all; and] where 'colonel, ' 'freight, ' 'once, ' and 'ache' are strikingly at odds with their spellings." As a copy editor for the London Times in the early 1980s, Bill Bryson felt keenly the lack of an easy-to-consult, authoritative guide to avoiding the traps and snares in English, and so he brashly suggested to a publisher that he should write one. Surprisingly, the proposition was accepted, and for "a sum of money carefully gauged not to cause embarrassment or feelings of overworth," he proceeded to write that book-his first, inaugurating his stellar career. Now, a decade and a half later, revised, updated, and thoroughly (but not overly) Americanized, it has become Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words, more than ever an essential guide to the wonderfully disordered thing that is the English language. With some one thousand entries, from "a, an" to "zoom," that feature real-world examples of questionable usage from an international array of publications, and with a helpful glossary and guide to pronunciation, this precise, prescriptive, and-because it is written by Bill Bryson-often witty book belongs on the desk of every person who cares enough about the language not to maul or misuse or distort it. From the Hardcover edition.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Bryson`s Dictionary: for Writers and EditorsISBN: 0552773530 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552773539 Издательство: Random House - PenguinРейтинг: Цена: 1715.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: Originally published as The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors, Bryson`s Dictionary for Writers and Editors has now been completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century by Bill Bryson himself.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: At HomeISBN: 0552777358 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552777353 Издательство: Random House - PenguinРейтинг: Цена: 1187.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: What does history really consists of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business. And where did all these normal activities take place? At home. Taking a journey around the rooms of his own house, an 1851 Norfolk rectory, the author discovered surprising connections in relation to the history of the way we live.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Bryson`s DictionaryISBN: 0385610440 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385610445 Издательство: Transworld PublishersРейтинг: Цена: 1979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: A selection of spellings and usages, covering capitalization, plurals, abbreviations and foreign names and phrases. This book also helps the readers with the difference between British and American usages, and includes information such as the names of all the Oxford colleges, or the new name for the Department of Trade and Industry.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Bill Bryson`s African DiaryISBN: 0767915062 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780767915069 Издательство: Random House (USA)Цена: 1195.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh. "Daily Telegraph" Bill Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. Bryson visits Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to eradicating poverty. Kenya is a land of contrasts, with famous game reserves and a vibrant culture. It also provides plenty to worry a traveller like Bill Bryson, fixated as he is on the dangers posed by snakes, insects and large predators. It is also a country with many serious problems: refugees, AIDS, drought, and grinding poverty. The resultant diary, though short in length, contains the trademark Bryson stamp of wry observation and curious insight."
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Mother Tongue, TheISBN: 0380715430 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780380715435 Издательство: HarperCollins USAЦена: 1775.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: "Vastly informative and vastly entertaining...A scholarly and fascinating book." --Los Angeles Times With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries.
"Vastly informative and vastly entertaining...A scholarly and fascinating book." --Los Angeles Times
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language.
From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Made in AmericaISBN: 0380713810 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780380713813 Издательство: HarperCollins USAЦена: 1775.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni."
Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni."
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: A Walk in the WoodsISBN: 0307279464 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307279460 Издательство: Random House (USA)Цена: 827.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: Soon to be a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America-majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you're going to take a hike, it's probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you'll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way-and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in).
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte.
Автор: Bryson BillНазвание: Bill bryson the complete notesISBN: 0552776238 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552776233 Издательство: Random House - PenguinРейтинг: Цена: 1715.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
