Автор: Kislenko Arne Название: Culture and Customs of Laos ISBN: 0313339775 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780313339776 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 6980.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This all-encompassing volume offers a comprehensive look at the contemporary culture that defines this Southeast Asian country of Laos, examining everything from Buddhist traditions to Laotian cuisine.
Автор: Jacka Название: Contemporary China ISBN: 1107600790 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107600799 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5227.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: China`s rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society and social change. It considers China`s imperial past and the Maoist era. Includes case studies, discussion questions and full-colour maps and photographs.
Автор: Yen Название: Calligraphy and Power in Contemporary Chinese Society ISBN: 0415646367 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415646369 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This unusual and interesting book is an account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing.
The social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to something hidden from view. Shifting between the practical and the theoretical, the professional and the intimate, the real and the fictitious, this collection of essays explores the continued power of death over our lives. It examines the idea and experience of death from an interdisciplinary perspective, including studies of changing burial customs throughout Europe; an account of a“dying party” in the Netherlands; examinations of the fascination with violent death in crime fiction and the phenomenon of serial killer art; analyses of death and bereavement in poetry, fiction, and autobiography; and a look at audience reactions to depictions of death on screen. By studying and considering how death is thought about in the contemporary era, we might restore the natural place it has in our lives.
Автор: Kenney J. Scott Название: Brought to Light: Contemporary Freemasonry, Meaning, and Society ISBN: 1771121947 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771121941 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5140.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Secret societies are becoming increasingly controversial - thrust into public awareness by popular books, films, the Internet, and a host of recent documentaries. In academia, this exposure finds a parallel in the proliferation of research, institutes, and conferences. Yet the media depictions tend to be caricatures, a playing to pervasive stereotypes for public consumption, while the academic stress historical and philological matters. Indeed, to the extent a sociological focus exists, it largely emphasizes the roles these groups played in social history. And for the societies' members themselves, there has been a paucity of work on the contemporary meaning of these groups - a neglect made mystifying by the vast social changes that have taken place over the past century. In this study, and for the first time by any scholar, Kenney moves beyond history and applies the methods and theoretical tools of contemporary sociology to study the lived world of freemasons in today's society. To provide a clear portrait of the patterned experiences of contemporary freemasons and the issues faced by ""the Craft"" today, Kenney draws on qualitative data from three primary sources: (1) extensive interviews with 121 contemporary freemasons in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; (2) video footage shot for a feature film on contemporary freemasonry; and (3) his observations and experiences in nearly fifteen years as a freemason. Brought to Light provides a highly original contribution to sociology, Masonic scholarship, and the social sciences generally.
Автор: Shlapentokh Vladimir, Woods Joshua Название: Feudal America: Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society ISBN: 0271037822 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780271037820 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 8437.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Uses a feudal model to analyze contemporary American society, comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies.
Автор: Jacka Название: Contemporary China ISBN: 1107011841 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107011847 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 12195.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: China`s rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society and social change. It considers China`s imperial past and the Maoist era. Includes case studies, discussion questions and full-colour maps and photographs.
Автор: Maria Mackinney-Valentin Название: Fashioning Identity: Status Ambivalence in Contemporary Fashion ISBN: 1474249108 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474249102 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 20592.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: We dress to communicate who we are, or who we would like others to think we are, telling seductive fashion narratives through our adornment. Yet, today, fashion has been democratized through high-low collaborations, social media and real-time fashion mediation, complicating the basic dynamic of identity displays, and creating tension between personal statements and social performances. Fashioning Identity explores how this tension is performed through fashion production and consumption,by examining a diverse series of case studies - from ninety-year old fashion icons to the paradoxical rebellion in 'normcore', and from soccer jerseys in Kenya to heavy metal band T-shirts in Europe. Through these cases, the role of time, gender, age memory, novelty, copying, the body and resistance are considered within the context of the contemporary fashion scene. Offering a fresh approach to the subject by readdressing Fred Davis’ seminal concept of ‘identity ambivalence’ in Fashion, Culture and Identity (1992), Mackinney-Valentin argues that we are in an epoch of ‘status ambivalence’, in which fashioning one’s own identity has become increasingly complicated.
Автор: Matthews, Graham Название: Will self and contemporary british society ISBN: 1137486554 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137486554 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This stimulating and comprehensive study of Will Self`s work spans his entire career and offers insightful readings of all his fictional and non-fictional work up to and including his Booker prize nominated novel Umbrella.
Автор: B. Field; A. Botti Название: Politics and Society in Contemporary Spain ISBN: 1349455156 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349455157 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 10760.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This edited volume examines the political, social, and economic developments in contemporary Spain, with a particular focus on the period of the Socialist government (2008-11), the 2011 elections, and the challenges facing Spain and the new Popular Party government.
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