Autor: Crane Frederick Ed.

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Constructing a Sociology of the Arts

Sociologists who study the arts have focused on constructing images of \'the artist\' as a social type and have, therefore, been criticized by art professionals for a lack of attention to the creative …

Preface; 1. What is art? What is the sociology of art?; 2. Why sociologists have neglected the arts and why this is changing; 3. Studying the art object sociologically; 4. The art object as social …


geschrieben von Vera L. Zolberg (Autor)

Slavery and Beyond: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean

From the arrival of Hispanicized Africans during the Age of Discovery to today's renewal of racial identities, the history of Africans in Latin America has been complex, their contributions numerous. …


geschrieben von Darien J. Davis (Herausgeber)

Weaving the Threads of Life: The Khita GYN-Eco-Logical Healing Cult Among the Yaka

For the Yaka of Southwestern Zaire, infertility is a tear in the fabric of life, and the "Khita fertility ritual is a trusted way of reweaving the damaged strands. In "Weaving the Threads of Life Rene …


geschrieben von Rene Devisch (Autor) und Renaat Devisch (Autor)

Dis/Agreeing Ireland: Contexts, Obstacles, Hopes

The book looks at: nationalism in Britain and "cosmopolitan" nationalism in Southern Ireland; the roles of business and of women; gender and class oppression, which are shown to be reinforced by …

Nationalisms and transnationalism; the British/Irish peace process; the two Irish economies; integrating Ireland/integrating Europe; the Republic of Ireland - towards a cosmopolitan nationalism; …


geschrieben von James Anderson (Autor) und James Anderson (Herausgeber) und James Goodman (Herausgeber)

Sacred Sites and the Colonial Encounter: A History of Meaning and Memory in Ghana

Sandra E. Greene reconstructs a vivid and convincing portrait of the human and physical environment of the 19th-century Anlo-Ewe people of Ghana and brings history and memory into contemporary …

Preliminary Table of Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements; A Note on Ewe Orthography; A History Outlined; Introduction; 1. Notsie Narratives; 2. Of Water and Spirits; 3. Placing and Spacing the …


geschrieben von Sandra E. Greene (Autor)

Humankind Emerging

Paleoanthropologist Bernard Campbell received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University. He has taught at that institution, Harvard University, and the University of California at Los Angeles, and has …

Highlights of the Ninth Edition Updates the taxonomic scheme for the human lineage, bringing the text into agreement with current paleoanthropological usage. Australopiths are assigned to the subtribe …

I. EVOLUTION. 1. The Search for Human Origins. Mini-Timeline. Pre-Scientific Theories of Human Origins. Early Naturalists Begin to Question Human Antiquity. Geology Comes of Age: The Theory of Deep …

The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and readable introduction to the field of human evolution. The ninth edition of Humankind Emerging tells the story of how, when, and why the human lineage …


geschrieben von Bernard Grant Campbell (Autor) und James D. Loy (Autor) und Kathryn Cruz-Uribe (Autor)

SECDEF: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense

Charles A. Stevenson, Ph.D., has observed the Office of the Secretary of Defense and its …

The men who struggle with Washington's …


geschrieben von Charles A. Stevenson (Autor)

Living Blue in the Red States

Shows what politically progressive creative writers were feeling in the wake of George W Bush's re-election. This book presents the work of essayists who look beyond the passions of the moment - the …

Shows what politically progressive creative writers were feeling …


geschrieben von David Starkey (Herausgeber)

Entre Le Global Et Le Local: Inculturation Et Changement Social

Le modele de la contextualisation conjure la pastorale missionnaire de s'adresser a la situation culturelle integrale des societes, qui comprend des vetera mais egalement des nova, de prendre en …


geschrieben von Valeer Neckebrouck (Autor)


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