Ethnologiebücher - englischsprachig  (145 Angebote unter 28.245.964 Artikeln)

The Author: Anne O'Connor holds a Ph.D. in Irish Folklore, an MBA, and academic qualifications in other disciplines. She has been interested in Irish and international folk belief and narrative for...

It is necessary for every discipline to take Stock of its own current state every 20-30 years. Such review helps determine the discipline's path and tasks for the coming decades, and it also facili...

Perceptions of place and of landscape often clash. Based upon a decade of intermittent yet ongoing ethnographic research which explores the UK's Cornish peninsula, this volume investigates the soci...

Ever since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the fairy tale has not only become a staple of the small and silver screen around the globe, it has also famigrated into new media, overwhelmin...

The Circum-Caribbean and its Diasporas constitute a space of relations and disconnections. Historically, the Caribbean served as a bridgehead for the European conquest of the Americas and a point o...

The Author: Nelly Weiss was born in Zurich. She studied History and Linguistics in Zurich and Geneva and has a special interest in Historical Onomastics. She used to be an active member in various ...

The energy transition is associated with different topics in the Global North and South. While countries of the Global North have to reduce their per capita energy consumption and at the same time ...

Music has the universal power to move individuals, peoples and societies. Music is one of the most important signifiers of cultural change. It is also most significant for youth movements and youth...

The book is the first detailed study on the Nusayri-Alawi community of Cilicia available in a Western language. The Alawis are an Arabic speaking religious minority of ca. 300,000 people living in ...

In Tamil Nadu, the nine-night autumnal Navar?tri festival can be viewed as a celebration of feminine powers in association with the goddess. This book explores Navar?tri as it is celebrated in the ...

This book expands the notion of sexual fantasies from the field of psychology into the realms of cultural studies, anthropology, philosophy, and sociology. So far, much research on sexual fantasies...

Alexander Strashny examinines what defines Ukrainians as a people and makes them tick. Based on an analysis of Ukraine's history, everyday life, economy, military affairs, gender, religion, art, mu...

Tanfer Emin Tunc is an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Culture and Literature at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. She received her BA, MA and PhD in American History, and an ...

This volume presents a selection of essays in English and French initially delivered at the interdisciplinary conference of the Association of Modern and Contemporary France held in Leicester in Se...

Every society has its own definition of a normal and an abnormal human condition. For persons living with mental disorders, these concepts have a tremendous impact. This study investigates how the ...